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Safe as Milk

(funny story. I was in the record store hanging out at the counter. Kid comes in, kind of geeky, you know, asking the clerk if he's got in that Captain Beefheart import yet, and the clerk goes, "Let's seeeeeeee....." slowly making his way around the counter, and then, "Oh, yes... here it is..." and passes it over for the kid to inspect--who does inspect it, pulls it out, even blows on the vinyl. Then when the kid hands it back and asks "How much?," the clerk goes into a reconsidering mode, and is all, "Well, you know, on second thought, I'm not selling it this week." And the kid looks like he's going to cry and can't say anything and turns and runs out of the store. I go, "Hey, I don't have that record. I'll buy it." Clerk looks at the manager, manager shrugs and goes, "8.50." And the clerk hands it over. "So why would you sell it to me and not to him?" Clerk looks at me: "Cause you're not a geek." True story.)