Over the summer our farmer’s market offers the usual mix of locally grown fruits and vegetables, quality meats and baked goods, crafts for sale, free entertainment, and food booths. The market stays open until the weekend before Christmas. People get to buy Christmas presents. The market gets to sell Christmas presents. It’s a win-win arrangement.

On the weekend before Christmas one of the food booths set a car’s hubcap on display. Alongside of it was a sign reading:

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
EGGS BENEDICT ON A HUBCAP
“Oh, there’s no plates like chrome for the Hollandaise….”