Johnny Dollar. Earl Pullman. There's a welcome, boys. Hi, Earl. How are things down there in nice, warm, sunny Florida? Nice and warm and sunny. Oh, it's a lot more than you can say for up here, New England. We've just been hit over the head with a cold, wet spell on anybody as wants it can have it.

Oh, it's even more important, Johnny.

The fishing is red hot.

Okay, all you have to do is cook up some excuse for me to hide myself down there on expense

account. How about it?

Well, I can try. Let's see now.

Well?

One broken ankle.

What?

I said one badly busted ankle.

You think that'll do for it?

For what? The excuse you want to come down here and take over a little chore, I'd handle myself except

for this bum ankle of mine.

Earl, if you really have a broken ankle, I'm sorry to hear it.

I really have.

What is this little chore that you're talking about?

A visit to one of our clients who lives down the road a piece.

You want me all the way down there just to call on a client?

Why not?

You think the home office would okay all my expenses just for that?

When I remind them of all the thousands, maybe millions, you saved them over the years?

Here, here.

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