The Adventures of ...

Disclaimer: The following story is fictitious. Any resemblance with persons dead or alive is purely coincidental. Any action written here is not to be re-enacted in real life. In short, please do not try this at home.

Lonnie and Klyde are not only a pair of fun-loving friends, they are mighty tight-fisted too. And not ashamed of it.

After a typical cheap night out together - they had crackers and butter that Lonnie smuggled out of her office pantry and watched the latest blockbuster movie by holes that Klyde drilled through the cineplex walls with the Bosch power tool he borrowed from his brother - Klyde suddenly realised that he had lost his parking ticket!

They frantically searched his car thoroughly for the dratted ticket, and he even ransacked the trashcan where he threw some bits of paper into - but no ticket was to be found.

The thought of paying the ticket fine was too distasteful for the two cheapskates to contemplate. And so, with evil glints in their eyes, they decided to beat the system. Lonnie paid her parking ticket duly. Then Klyde and her did their research by observing how long it took for the barrier bar to lower itself after a car has deposited a paid parking ticket into the machine.

Satisfied that the barrier bar took a sufficient amount of time for TWO cars to pass through, Lonnie got into her car and drove to the exit with Klyde following very closely behind her with his car. Upon reaching the exit, Lonnie inserted her parking ticket into the machine.

Both hearts were racing in anticipation and they waited with bated breaths as the barrier bar lifted. Lonnie wasted no time, the minute her car was clear to go, she stepped on the accelarator and zoomed like a bat out of hell. She looked at the rear view mirror and saw that Klyde got through, too!

He drove alongside her car and shouted, "Lonnie, we did it!!! Yee-hah!!!"

And with exhilirated whoops of joy, the partners in crime went on their separate ways home.

With their penchant for danger and thirst for adventure, there's no telling what further adventures lay ahead for these two. Even this author has no clue. Stay tuned, just in case.