Coyote dropped by today to drop off an item for one of my secret projects and to collect an aspidistra I'd set aside for him. I enticed him to stay by offering food but then set him to work on a little home repair project.
By ten o'clock, we were a bit tired and thirsty, so I suggested we make our way to the usual spot for a beverage.
Not wanting to leave the aspidistra outside in the bicycle trailer where it could be stolen, I brought it in and put it on our table.
"Maybe this will help us meet girls," suggested the C-dog.
"Not likely," I said. (You'd think the Coyote would know by now that when he's at a bar with me, there'll be no young ladies approaching. It's not like when he's on his own cutting a swath with cagey American coyotes.)
Then the waiter came and asked what beverages we'd like. Coyote ordered his usual libation and I ordered a dark frothy ale (only a small one.)
"And what would you like?" The waiter stared at the aspidistra.
"Our friend will have a glass of water," I said. "No ice."
A few minutes later, he brought us all our drinks. The aspidistra finished his first. Chugged it, you might say.
