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“Do you mind if I take a photo of your car?”
“It lights up, you know. Too bad it’s daytime.”
“I stopped because my mother always used the phrase, ‘He’s a good egg.’ As a kid, I found that strange because I hated eggs. Your car reminded me of her.”
“Did you see the back?”
“The devil made me do it.”
“I used to have an outhouse on the top.”
“A real one?”
“Empty. Before that, a coffin.”
“Did the police ever stop you?”
“I was a cop for forty years, and finished as the chief of a small town a few miles from here.”
“Why the coffin?”
“A warning. Slow down.”
“I slowed down when I saw you today. Say, was your small town in Minnesota, on the border?”
“How many tickets did I give you?”
“Three. Going out of town, by the cemetery.
You’re still a good egg.”
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