NEW! 07/08/06
Mystery Solved
by
Purry
"No, I already told you, I'm not going to pay it. Go ahead sue me the law is on
my side," John Gage bellowed into the telephone receiver.
The rest of Station 51's A-Shift crew stopped all dinner preparations to listen
to what was turning out to be a very heated rant that continued to escalate.
"What I did was what everyone else does."
"Nooooo, I wouldn't jump off a building just because I see someone else do it."
Johnny remarked rolling his eyes in frustration.
"This never would have happened if you’d just share that little bit of
information with the public. I mean, it’s not a national security breach."
"Yes I squeezed it. I squeezed several but that’s not the point; the point is if
the public was privy to this information …"
"Oh, I didn’t know that!"
"Really?!?"
"Wow! Gee thanks. "
"No were cool."
"Yeah I can dig that man."
"This is sooo far out!"
"Yeah, yeah thanks man."
Johnny hung-up the telephone and turned to face his crew mates.
"Well, Gage what was that all about?" Chet asked.
Johnny looked at his friends with a smile that was closer to a smirk and said,
"I know how you can tell when bread is fresh."
Stunned speechless, no one said anything for several seconds. Finally Roy spoke
up.
"What?"
"I know it’s amazing, isn’t it?" Johnny replied.
"Johnny, what was all that talk about suing and national security breaches?" Roy
asked.
"Well this is what happened. When I went to get a loaf of Wonder Bread for our
lunch, I squeezed it to see which loaf was fresh. I squeezed several before I
settled on one. The manager thought I was abusing the merchandise like there is
such a thing and threatened to sue me if I didn’t pay for the loaves that I had
squeezed. I told him that everyone squeezes the bread to find out which loaf is
freshest. He in turn tells me that I don’t have to jump off a building just
because someone else might. Then goes on to tell me the grocery store bread
secret."
Johnny stopped for only taking five seconds to regain his breath before
continuing.
"Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to stores five days a week?"
Not giving anyone time to answer, he continues.
"Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and each day has a different
color twist tie. I just thought they were being colorful. Well anyway the
grocery store manager just told me the code."
"Well Junior are you gonna share the new found knowledge?" Roy asked.
"Sure, sure, it’s just amazing that this mystery has been solved. One of many
that has plagued my mind over the years, like where doesn’t your socks go when
doing laundry. I mean you start out with six pair and only…"
"Johnny, forget the socks what about the bread?" Chet questioned.
"The socks are a big deal that would be the ultimate unsolved mystery if we
could just solve it," Johnny replied.
"I don’t think you said that right, partner," Roy smiled at Gage’s antics.
"Oh, mmm, yeah maybe," Johnny stumbled.
"Get on with it, John. What is the code?" Captain Stanley pushed.
"Sure, Cap. Like I said each day has a different color twist tie; Monday is
blue, Tuesday green , hmm Thursday is red, Friday white and Saturday’s yellow.
So if today was Thursday, you would want red twist tie; not white which is
Fridays (almost a week old)! Make sense?" Johnny gasped for breathe.
"As much sense as it’s gonna make coming from you, Johnny baby." Chet razed.
Before Johnny could respond to Kelly’s jab, Hank said, "Since this mystery has
been solved let’s eat."
Each man took a seat at the table all reaching for the loaf of bread wanting to
see what color the twist tie was. Bread mystery solved.
The End