“Did you just make that up right now?” I asked as he climbed onto the bike.
He then had me get on after he was settled while at the same time telling me, “Nah, that was a traveling prayer of the Jewish people.”
I wrapped my arms around him and with a kick, the engine came to life.
“Sure is loud!” I shouted.
“What?”
“I SAID, IT SURE IS LOUD!”
“WHAT?”
After the second time I realized he was messing with me. I gave him a firm squeeze and we were off.
We didn’t get too far before we encountered our first road hazard… Larry!
“Oh crap, it’s my friend Larry!”