Cover Up

 Most of us believe cover-ups are bad.

However....

Do you have a cat litter box?

Why Do You Smoke?

 After WW2, my father met with an old friend who had been a participant in the war.

Dad notice that he now smoked - a habit he had not had earlier in their friendship.

When asked how he happened to start smoking, he replied that it helped mask the stench of burning flesh.

Dad said he did not pursue the topic, but presumed there were two possible scenarios:  He encountered persons who had died while in the presence of fire - or - he encountered persons who were being encouraged to provide information by being burned.

Judging a Book

 A co-worker had once worked as a salesman at a well-known local car dealership.  He told this tale:

It was almost time to quit after a slow day.  A ragged old pickup truck rolled in.  None of the other salesmen was interested in wasting their time, so I walked out to meet the driver, obviously a working man with many miles under his belt.

He was interested in one of the nicer trucks we had on the lot and asked about the price.  I told him, and he asked if I would wait while he went home to get the money.  I said I would.

I figured I had seen the last of him, but, sure enough, he came back.  

He got out, peeled 100 dollar bills from a big roll, until the agreed-upon price was lying on the hood.

After some paperwork, he drove off - leaving me for a better appreciation for the old saying:  Never judge a book by its cover!