a scene from An American Office Comedy

Secretary - What was James' last name?

Tech - Peach.

Sec - In the book too?

Tec - I don't know. He was an orphan. He didn't have a last name...

Sec - So, he had this giant adventure with a peach...

Tec - ...And he became James Peach.

Sec - There were others involved beside the peach.

Tec - Insects I think...

Sec - But the peach brought them all together.

Tec - I've never actually read the book. There was a movie. I don't remember them playing up his past.

Sec - So, you met with James Peach.

Tec - Security Specialist, maybe NSA, walks into this "bohemian" cafe looking like he works for the government; he's not hiding anything.

Sec - He's in his own fucking country.

Tec - Right. Every blogger in the house must have been having a field day.

Sec - Did he flash a badge?

Tec - Yeah. What the fuck do I know about government ids? This could have all been an elaborate hoax.

Sec - Paranoid?

Tec - I didn't say anything out of the ordinary.

Sec - Still.

Tec - Whatever.

Sec - Whatever you say.

Tec - It was a thrill don't get me wrong, but from an outsider's pov it was like a scene they don't show on CSI, you know, the ones where the detectives knock on the wrong door, question a guy for 5 minutes, realize he's useless to their case and move on down the hall. I'm on my couch reading the paper while the guy three doors down is slicing up his boss cause she won't fuck him no more.

Sec - I'd probably call myself Niki Knack.

Tec - Where's your sense of adventure?