Monday Morning in the Office Parking Lot
Joe: (Joe notices Frank pulling up into the parking spot beside him.) Hey, Frank, is this your car? Wow! It’s gorgeous! It looks like something James Bond would drive.
Frank: Yeah, ain’t it a beaut? I got it last week. I know I didn’t need another new car since we just got the mini van, but I got such a great deal I got on it that I couldn’t pass it up!
Joe: Really? (Joe laughs.) I bet your wife wasn’t too happy with you. But it is fine. I know it’s probably none of my business, but how much did you have to fork out for this baby?
Frank: Yeah, Frannie was kind of ticked off at me cause our budget is so tight since the twins were born. But, hey, she’ll get over it. (Frank looks adoringly at his car) You’re right; it’s none of your business. Oh, stop making that pouty face - I’ll tell ya. Well, I really shouldn’t brag, but it only cost me… (whisper whisper whisper).
Joe: (Joe shakes his head in disbelief) Man, I cannot believe that! You must have stepped in something to get a price like that!
Frank: I know. I am sooo lucky.
Friday morning at the bus station
Joe: (Joe notices Frank getting off the bus and waits for him.) Frank, you took the bus to work today? Why? Where’s your new car?
Frank: (Shaking his head in despair.) You are not gonna believe this. Last night, the police came to our house and they told me the car was stolen!
Joe: Stolen! How could that be? Don’t you have the title and registration and stuff?
Frank: Yeah, I got it all. But it was all a fake. The guy who I bought it from ripped me off. He stole the car and put a fake VIN identification on it and had counterfeit ownership papers. Now, I’m out the money and the car, and the police are thinking about charging me with possession of a stolen vehicle.
Joe: Oh, man. That just bites. Your wife must be so pissed at you.
Frank: That ain’t the half of it. She went to her mother’s house and took the kids and the mini van and she said she’s gonna call a divorce lawyer.
Joe: You poor unlucky S.O.B.
What you have just read is a dramatization of a story that may or may not be actual. The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the clueless.
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