Daddy and Mom just stay at home and be calm and watch the late late show, uptown

``175 dollars to park for barely two hours! Could you believe it?''

``I could not and do not.''

``You'd believe it if you were there.''

``I was there, that's how I know not to.''

``If I wasn't exaggerating a bit --- ''

``By about five parts out of six.''

``If I wasn't exaggerating more than a bit --- ''

``You're just short of exaggerating six bits.''

``What would I be?''

``Accurate.''

( This may look like a Vic-and-Sade piece. Actually, I was thinking of it more as a Fibber McGee and Molly one, although the voices drifted pretty swiftly. You'll never guess which element in this is autobiographical.  )

Trivia: On 22 July 1988 Hershey acquired the US candy division of Cadbury Schweppes. This gave it the market lead in the United States for the first time since 1966. Source: The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars, Joël Glenn Brenner.

Currently Reading: Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2011, Editor Sheila Williams.