“The usual, Alex?” asked the bartender when a man in his young thirties took a seat at the bar counter.
“No, I think I’ll go a bit off the track tonight, Bill,” said Alex, checking his digital sports watch and gave a slight nod gesturing that he had enough time.
“Oh, what’s the occasion?” inquired Bill, the bartender.
“Nothing much, if you would really like one, I heard President Bush’s announcement today that we are going to the Moon, Mars and beyond,” said Alex, imitating the speech with a slight curve of the eyebrow.
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