Everyone is telling me about this swanky cocktail lounge and piano bar. “Great place,” someone said. “You’ve gotta go sometime,” said another. So, Saturday night I went. I ordered a rum and coke, a...

Everyone is telling me about this swanky cocktail lounge and piano bar. “Great place,” someone said. “You’ve gotta go sometime,” said another.
So, Saturday night I went.
I ordered a ruм and coke, a pretty ordinary drink and just about choked when the waitress told me the price. Whew!
Normally I would toss back two, three or four drinks in a half hour, but not if I have to get a second mortgage on the old homestead. Sheesh!
So I chose to sit there, listen to the pianist and nurse my drink ever so slowly.
Boy did I nurse it! The ice cubes became floating slivers. The waitress grew rather impatient.
I nursed that ruм and coke so long it grew a niррlе.

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