The third guy smiles and says “I’m a lollipop salesman”.A young naval student was being put through the paces by an old sea-captain. “What wou...ld you do if a sudden storm sprang up on the starboard?” “Throw out an anchor, sir”. “What would you do if another storm sprang up aft?” “Throw out another anchor, sir”. “And if another terrific storm sprang up forward, what would you do?” “Throw out another anchor”. “Hold on,” said the Captain “where are you getting all your anchors from?” “From the same. " Well. I was, for awhile, there." Doc says your vision's fine." Yeah. He thinks it's all in my head." What do you think?" Well, I think it must be all in my head. I see the ball ok, and I don't -- consciously -- bail out on it, at all. But I've pretty much quit hitting." It's only been -- what? A few games, right?" Six games. I've got -- like -- four hits, all singles, in six games -- something like that." By your standards, that's not so good." That's right. I'm hitting .230 for the six. ”Erica leaned across the table and took both of Nina’s hands in hers. “Your mother and I have a secret, okay, and your father must never know. Is that clear?”“Sure, I get it, but how in the hell did this get started and you do realize it’s fucked up beyond disgusting, right?”Erica told the story about Mike and Hanna and her later meet up with them when Laura was with her. When she was done Nina sat in silence for a long time, just staring at her plate.“Are you okay, honey?” said Laura.“No, I’m. "Howdelightfully swishy. I'm sure our visitor will just love seeing youthat way."He tensed. The idea of someone else seeing him like that was horrid.Then she finished her work by applying lip-liner, black cherry lipstick,and a thick overcoat of gloss. "That mouth looks ready for action," sheteased, though he failed to find any humor in her remark. With his facedone she paused a moment before deciding to add earrings, then selecteda pair of large gold hearts that clipped tightly onto his.