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Show Coffee Drinkers Preferred Page 121 of 307 would kick out just a small amount of coins on the first pull so that the new guy would become titillated. Games of chance my cute Utah tush. My phone rang. "You people sure are prompt on the job. Damn, Nephi. I'm glad to be working on this one with you. I've sure worked with some shits. Some completely unreliable shits but you, you Nephi, I was waiting for you. I didn't even check up on you. I knew you'd be there and there you are." "Steve." I coughed. "Yeah?" "Stop calling me 'you people.' I don't like it. Would you do it if I were a Jew? Or a Black?" "I wouldn't be working with you if you were a Jew or a Black." From a casino loudspeaker inside my brain: Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner. And the Bigoted Racist Prize goes to another Utahn, Steve Cole. This is something I admire about the people of my state. Not that so many of them are bigots, including members of my church, but that they are so open about it. The bigots of my state are generally proud to be bigots. And they are equal opportunity bigots. The few people from Utah that are not members of my |