Friday, January 20, 2006

Indeed! A bank robbery

We were sitting at dinner one night last week, discussing nothing much at all, really--funny things the dogs did and silly things that happened at the co-op earlier in the afternoon--when she leaned in and asked "did you hear about the bank robbery?"
"The what?"
"The bank robbery" she repeated, braids swinging in front of her shoulders.

Now, in a place as small as the Far Coast, bank robberies just don't happen. Ready for a good story, everyone leaned in a bit. This was promising to be as good as last August's car chase.

Working in the store, in town, she always has the best gossip. "Well, I'm not sure, really, I heard that there was one guy and he got away with some money and I also heard there were three guys and they didn't get anything."

In the end, none of it was quite right, of course. There were two guys and they did get some money but they didn't get away.

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