Sign On or Off?

A man from Arkansas and a man from WV bought a business together in Little Rock. The guy from Arkansas had an apartment across the street from the store, but the guy from WV lived out of town. The fellows had bought a new flashing neon sign which they turned off each night at midnight when they closed their business in order to save money. One morning around 1:00am the WV fellow called the guy from Arkansas and asked him to look out the window and check to see if they'd turned off the sign before leaving the store. The guy from Arkansas looked out the window and said, ...
"Yeah we did,
no we didn't,
yeah we did,
no we didn't..."
Originally published November 14, 2002.