"Excuse me sir," A young gypsy lady calls, "Do you have an appointment?" "Not
yet, but I'm sure that you can get me one." You say waving a fifty dollar bill
in your glove. "Please don't do that," she begs, "Lady Azullia will know if I
were to take a bribe, ...it's dishonest." "Then split it with her," you
cleverly offer, "It doesn't look like there is much of a line to break in front
of anyway." She refuses the outright, but declares that you are next by
default. You sit down on a old, weather-beaten bear skin couch, and after ten
minutes of being grilled by the young lady why you are wearing the suit, and
why you came to the psychic, Lady Azullia made her entrance.
In all the TV programs you have seen in your life, (Which have, in your case, been quite a few more than the average person) no gypsy lady EVER looked so fake! She was obviously wearing a wig, her nose was extended with one of those plastic halloween witches' noses, and her accent sounded like she came from Wisconsin! You are tempted to do an about-face and go somewhere else when she says "Appearances aren't always what they seem, Bernie." How did she know your name? Maybe it was written on a tag, hanging off your suit or something.... just a trick, but you listen to what she has to say anyway. "I know you are searching for an answer to a great problem, Bernie, Ooh yes, a great problem indeed." "Geez-loueez, is this hokey!" You think to yourself. "But to find the answer, Bernie, I may have to contact a spirit medium, and that takes a lot out of me.... Which will cost YOU a bundle." To which you reply, "Why in the world should I beleive you? You don't even look like a Gypsy!" "Because," she invites, "Even if I can't find an answer in the spirit realm, I could make a potion that would cure you of your olfactor-imparing alement!"
Now that got your attention. It's just a potion, for a chance to be cured, how much could it cost? "How much are we talking, here?" you ask the psychic. "The potion would only be about three hundred dollars. -Two for ingrediants, and one for myself." "Hmm," you say, "Not that bad, how much for the spirit medium?" "I will give you bargain at 500 dollars." She replies. "It is up to you, but I cannot guarantee that the spirits will want to talk to you... well, you... stink. And they know it."