Recent conversation with Brenda.

Me: You know those signs that say 'Keep Off the Grass'?

Brenda: Of course.

Me: I wonder if they have those at drug rehab places or if they just feel that it's redundant.

Brenda: I think you need one of those signs.

Me: I actually had a poster in my bedroom as a teenager that said 'Good Buds Stick Together'. Lord knows why my parents put up with that. Maybe they didn't get it. When I started college I switched to 'Coffee. If You're Not Shaking, You Need Another Cup'.

Brenda: I had a poster of Leif Garrett.

Me: And you think I'm mentally impaired?


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