...said the new eastern european secretary, Gloria, recently hired. "Surely", she mused, "leaving all this perfectly good electrical stuff lying around the foundry is not good for profits?" Of course, Gloria, [ for it was she ], mused in her native Hungarian. But her English is very good actually.
Overhearing her perplexed question, the crane driver, [ for it was he ], helpfully explained:
"It's all a surreal joke at the expense of that ostoba Doofy, him over there with two dents in his hard hat. If you'd like to join in the fun, just make up something to keep the story going."
Just then Doofy turned and walked back toward our little party, but tripped over a cable that some dolt had carelessly tossed aside and....
