"Why are you washing your truck?"

She might have asked (if I didn't make a habit of at least hosing the trucks down when I change the oil).
-"I just put on the new plates they gave me when I re-registered the truck."
"And you wanted the truck looking good for the new plates?"

-"Not really, they're too froufrou to be real Texas plates, I didn't want them to stand out any more than they will already, or like I was happy to have them."



"I mean the last ones were busy enough."




"...And the ones THOSE replaced said everything they needed to say."