Lights Out

A man from Arkansas and a man from West Virginia bought a business together in Little Rock. The guy from Arkansas moved into an apartment above the store. His partner bought a house just outside of town. One night the West Virginian couldn't sleep. Finally, he called his partner and asked him to look out the window and see if he had remembered to turn off the store's flashing neon sign. The Arkansas fellow looked out the window and aid, "Yeah we did, no we didn't, yeah we did, no we didn't..."
Originally published November 14, 2002.