OVERHEARD IN A MOMBASA BAR:  SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ("SOF") SPEAKING WITH SCOTTISH MISSIONARY ("SM")

by Charles Carreon

SOF: Been in town long?

SM: Just arrived. How about you?

SOF: Been around.

SM: Just so.

SOF: Doing the Lord's work?

SM: Just so.

SOF: Works up quite a thirst, eh?

SM: Quite so.

SOF: Need any help?

SM: Depends what you're offering.

SOF: Terms of worship, you mean?

SM: Past experience.

SOF: This God of yours, is he partial to automatic weapons? Plastic explosives? Dirty deeds done dirt cheap? That sort of thing?

SM: He tries not to get his hands dirty, if that's what you're asking.

SOF: Just so.

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