...sneezed. "You really should cut down," I said.
Taking a handkerchief to her face, I did my best...
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...sneezed. "You really should cut down," I said.
Taking a handkerchief to her face, I did my best...
...wipe the nicotine stains from her teeth.
She thought this was quite endearing and began to...
to try nibbling on my ear. I'd sooner had a rat bite, considering her breath smelled like a brush fire at a tobbaco farm.
Looking the dame straight in the peeps, I said in my sternest voice...
"try 'nicotine gum' to kick the habit, before you go off to dame heaven."
"Do you mean I should stop smoking?" she said, and then....
...I said, "No, I mean you should stop breathing on me. Then stop smoking, before you come back."
A tear fell from her eye as she...
stubbed her toe on some heavy object that was just laying there.
"Oh my" she said "What am I to..."
...a big, strong man like you?"
He replied...
"Lola, (yes, that is the dame's name)..."Lola you are" ....
..., "A dame..." but his voice trailed off. Unfortunately, although able to read the most subtle clue in a crime scene, he had never learned to spell. He thought he was saying, "A damn...
tobacco fiend! When are you going to quit???!
His face turned bright red and suddenly...
he remembered, a case! This dame had a case for him. What was it?
Well, whatever it was, a case paid the bills, especially ...
those pesky overdue ones.
Setting his fedora firmly back on his head, he...
took off after the villain like an alpaca out of hell. (or possibly Tibet.)
"My god!" she shouted, suddenly realizing she had
...forgotten to wear socks with her sandals.
Dashing out after the hero, the dame...
threw her shoe at him shouting "gimme back my tobacco"
Fortunatly he had....