Conversations, 1

Ben, tutoring at Berkeley Youth Alternatives:

10-year old: what happened to your arm?
Ben: my cat bit me.
10-year old: what happened to your arm there?
Ben : my cat bit me again.
10-year old: why did he bite you?
Ben: well, my house was on fire so I had to put him in a box and he didn’t want to go.
10-year old: you should get a dog.

Conversations, 2

Selling my car:

1: man, this place [carmax] is a well-oiled machine.
2: it’s like a giant factory of car processing. old cars roll in, and slightly newer cars roll out.
1: so, this place just eats old cars and poops new ones at full speed all day.
2: basically, it’s the civet cat of car dealerships?