Tailor’s Yarn
So, Captain Picard walks into Suzzane’s Expert Tailor Shop and rings the bell. A well-dressed man with a measuring tape draped around his neck and three pins in his hand walks up with a smile. “Hello, sir! My name’s Gregory! And I DO believe I have the perfect suit for you today!”
Captain Picard squinted his eyes and asked, “What? I thought this was Suzzane’s Tailor Shop? What kind of trickery is this?”
“Ah,” Gregory said, “This is my shop. Suzzane’s the name of my machine. I’ve been using the same machine for rapid mends and patching sleeves for years. Since she does all the work, I named the place after her.”
Captain Picard pulled tightened his coat and then said, “All right. So what do you think you can do with my jacket? It feels a little loose around the sleeves and shoulders.”
After examining Picard’s coat with the tape measure, Gregory said, “I can easily take a 1/2 inch off your sleeves and a 1/4 inch from the shoulders and it won’t even cost you more than a pretty penny. I could have the work done before you leave town.”
Captain Picard stood back aghast with amazement. “How did you know I was leaving town?”
“Well, you do have tickets to the Wharf sticking out of your jacket pocket.”
“Quite right good Gregory. Well met indeed.”
Gregory wrote down the bill for his services. “So what do you say? Ten dollars is all I’ll need for my work. Shall we begin?”
Captain Picard pulled out his checkbook and made his $10 check out to ‘Suzzane’ and said, “Make it so.”
-Tyler
