1.13.05: How things sometimes go quickly downhill

"You know Lacoste, the guy that made up the aligator shirts?"

"Uh-huh."

"Well, he also invented the tennis ball machine."

"The machine that makes tennis balls?"

"No. The machine that throws the balls at you to practice."

"Oh, you mean serve, not throw. He invented the machine that serves balls."

"Right. The machine that serves balls."

"Yummy."

(laughter)

"No, seriously. I was was thinking about dim sum. Those sweet sesame balls. There should be some automated way of serving those."

"Right. Automated servings of sweet balls."