They were in the car, and passed a young woman wearing a purple floral coat, black miniskirt, yellow tights with bright blue knee-high socks on top of them.
"Somewhere, deep inside her," he said, "there's a fashion statement trying to break out."
She laughed.
They kept driving.
Traffic came to a stop on a small, suburban street. There were men in bright orange safety vests.
As they crept along, they saw a big truck with a hose, and men cleaning out the sewers.
"You see, kids?" he said. "THIS is what we're talking about when we tell you to work hard in school and make good life choices."
"Damn!" she said. "You are ON FIRE today!"
She licked her finger, touched his shoulder and said:
"TSSSST!"