I quit first." He sewed steadily for a while then prepared another thread, waxing it, and twisting the bristle on either end.
"That fire-extinguishers joke," he said, as he ran the ball of wax up and down the thread; "that was a good one, yes?
On Skinner.

That makes me a revenge on Skinner for such a klop on the head, yes ?" He adjusted the shoe on his knee, and began to sew again.
"Yes," he said, "I am glad I make that joke on Skinner.

What was it ?" "Come now!" said T.J."Don't pretend such innocence, Stitz.

Don't try to fool ME.

You knew all the time that those fire-extinguishers were nothing but lung-testers." The mayor looked puzzled, and properly, for he had never heard of lung-testers.