A dirty old toothless human saunters happily into the Menacing Mariner.
"Gimmie a whiskey! In fact, gimmie the whole bottle, I'm celebratin'!"
"What's the scoop, old timer?," inquires the barkeep.
"Just found a major deposit of these beauties--diamonds!" The old man opens his fist and reveals a handful of rough, clear crystals.
The barkeep examines them and scoffs. "You old fool, that's just quartz."
"What? Well what the hells do I care? Them Thayans done bought it fer way more than that quartz stuff yer talkin about!"
"Gimmie a whiskey! In fact, gimmie the whole bottle, I'm celebratin'!"
"What's the scoop, old timer?," inquires the barkeep.
"Just found a major deposit of these beauties--diamonds!" The old man opens his fist and reveals a handful of rough, clear crystals.
The barkeep examines them and scoffs. "You old fool, that's just quartz."
"What? Well what the hells do I care? Them Thayans done bought it fer way more than that quartz stuff yer talkin about!"