Lawn Boy

In need of cash, Mike decides to sell his stuff at a flea market. He ends up selling the same stuff that he bought at the flea market the month before: a fishing rod, tackle box, lawn mower, and Billy Bass.

In severe pain from his bad tooth and lacking dental insurance, Mike asks Freddy to pull the tooth. Freddy cleans a pair of pliers with peroxide and uses them to yank out the tooth. He pulls out the wrong tooth and must repeat the procedure to remove the bad tooth.

Mike applies for a job at Subway. He recognizes the restaurant’s new manager, but he can’t immediately recall where he knows him from. The Subway manager tells him there are no job openings and suggests he try back next week. As Mike is leaving, the Subway manager calls out to him and says: “Oh, and kid. About your writing sample. […] Full of split infinitives. Dangling participles, not to mention vague pronoun references, passive forms, fragments, comma splices, you name it. Didn’t you take freshman comp?” (156). Mike recognizes the Subway manager as the former editor of the newspaper where he recently applied for a job.