How I Got This Jar


One weekend, much earlier in the school year, I was walking along when a car with three people in it drove by me. I noticed that the door to the car was open, so I ran along side the car and jumped in. It turned out that the three people were going to The Flats to try to find some kind of entertainment. Instead of deciding to thro me out of the car while it was speeding along, they decided to allow me to go with them on their quest for fun. Eventually we wound up at Max & Erma's family resteruant. I was not terribly hungry, and also my teeth still hurt from all the dental work I had undergone before going to school, so I only had a slice of Key Lime Pie. It was excellent. Anyway, they served drinks, or at least their iced tea, in glass jars with Max & Erma's designs painted on them. I asked our waitress if I got to keep the jar after I finished the drink and she said, "No, but you can buy a jar." So, I figured, "What the hell? Why not!" and I bought one. Fortunately, after we ate, the three random people whose car I had just randomly jumped into as it sped by were nice enough to take me back to Case, where they also happened to live, as it turned out.