When I was in the Air Force I went car shopping with a buddy of mine. Things were going along swimmingly and we wound up in a bank at some point. He was there to cash a check but he hunkered over the little desk stand, turned his ball cap and around and appeared to be struggling with his writing. Finally he looks up at me and says in a loud clear voice "Hey Tom! do you spell stick-up with one "k" or two?" I think my gut-busting laugh was the only thing that saved him from arrest!

I read once where Alfred Hitchcock and a friend once got on and elevator and rode in silence to the lobby of a tall hotel. Not a soul said a word or acknowledged that the "Great" Alfred Hicthcock was among them. As the doors slid open Alfred says in a familiar voice "really Leonard, I didn't know the gun was loaded" and with that they walked away.

Wait, there's more! My wife and I took a cue from Alfred. We only did this a couple of times but it was interesting and fun. We cooked up a couple of stories about lurid outlandish events that never actually happened. Then we went out to dinner and proceeded to discuss these events! After about five minutes we noticed that most of the people around us were not talking to each other but straining to hear what we were saying. Hey! A cheap evening's entertainment for all concerned.

As I said, we only did this a couple of times and one of the times it was an off-duty police officer listening. He came over and asked us to clarify a couple of points, which we did. Still, he wasn't very amused.

Try it some time! And if you aren't real original (but I'm sure you all must be, here at mon muddy chat, take it from a book and make it your own! Jist don't go and git yerselves arrested.