41-11-24 Mr. Gumpox Offers Sade A Stall (gdg)

"I was grateful as a lion."
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"The way it is, there's not room around here to choke Billy Patterson."
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"Man comes home from the office mad at his wife before she's even got time to choke Billy Patterson."
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"Clear out nine or ten bushels of rubbish and we'll have space to tie our shoe."
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The big, ole box of lodge certificates takes up enough room to shoot a snake."