-          Hey.

-          Hey what?

-          Did you see that sign on the roadside that said No Jakes Allowed?

-          Ya.

-          Well what does it mean?

-          Don’t know.

-          I was thinking on it. It’s homemade, but its no joke. It’s definite. It’s deliberate. Big strong black lettering. Out there leaning against a streetlamp. What does it mean?

-          It means, you know…I don’t know the word…what’s the word?

-          You mean like hot-dogging, that it means no driving fast, or funny, like that…

-          Ya, that’s not the word, but something like that.

-          Could be, but it could be something different.

-          Don’t know. I think it means that. No fast driving.

-          I’d never seen anything quite like that. I was thinking that someone would think it meant that, but what if it means something more covert-like or esoteric or something…

-          Eso-what?

-          Esoteric. Not exactly esoteric, but just something on the inside, or something ruralish.

-          I know what esoteric means.

-          I know, but you asked.

-          That is because I didn’t hear you, not because I didn’t understand what you were saying. Who cares anyway?

-          I don’t care, I was just thinking about it for a moment the other day. Its not like I sit around thinking about it. Hey.

-          Hey what?

-          Its cool out. Nice.

-          Ya, it’s freezing out there.

-          You are freezing unless it’s boiling.

-          I don’t care. It’s freezing.

-          I’m going to find out what No Jakes Allowed means.

-          Whatever excites you. Sounds exciting.