Bus CXXIX

Scott: Guess what I saw last night

Jack: The naked futility of life?

Louisa: No, that was more late afternoon

Scott: I was walking past that chicken restaurant in town, and I saw a ghost in there

Louisa: No way. How'd you know it was a ghost?

Scott: He was all pale and dead-looking

Jack: That just sounds like one of their employees

Scott: This was at 3am

Louisa: How could you even see in there at 3am? They pull down those security blinds.

Scott: The ghost had opened all the blinds. And the doors too.

Jack: Why would a ghost open all the doors? Couldn't he just float through them?

Louisa: Maybe he has a ghoulish sense of humour. See what I did there?

Jack: What was the ghost doing, Scott?

Scott: Making a cheeseburger

Jack: Okay, this is ridiculous. Why would he go to the chicken restaurant for a cheeseburger when there's a perfectly good burger bar just down the road?

Scott: I was gonna go in and ask him that, but the next thing I knew I was back in my bed at home. He must've used his ghost powers to send me there.

Louisa: Sounds like you just had a bad dream, Scott

Scott: Oh yeah? If it was just a bad dream, how come I woke up with this straw from the chicken restaurant in my hand?

Jack: That's the bendy straw I gave you when your microwave broke. You're still carrying it around with you?

Scott: Well, I can't afford a security blanket