Arriving for the early shift, Dukey strode confidently through the doors of the local farm equipment manufacturer, McGillicutty's Farmers' Warehouse.<br/><br/>A cousin of his, "Cutty" McGillicutty, had gotten him the job, as no one else would hire him, for some unknown reason...he never really understood why.<br/><br/>He tripped, and flipped the on switch for an unused conveyor belt, as he flailed. The belt had someone’s tools set on it, out of the way. Now they were really out of the way, and the worker scrambled to catch up to them on the runaway belt.<br/><br/>Cutty stepped out of his office, seeing the commotion, and shouted while shaking his head slowly, “Dukey! You Irish bastard! Drunk again, or is this your normal behavior? I got a mission for you. Get your ass to the Tractors Are Us, and pick us up some more nuts and bolts. You do know which is which, right?” Dukey nodded, and mumbled under his breath, “Course I do. They’re those things that you twist in and out of one another.” He was by no means stupid, but he sometimes thought it best to act that way, to avoid trouble. Somehow, it always seemed to find him, though.<br/><br/>He drove, quick as he could, to the Tractors Are Us, and went inside. Fortunately, all the aisles had convenient labels for what was in each. He wandered off toward his destination, when he heard a loud crash, followed by an overhead page: “Cleanup assistance to hardware, please…Cleanup assistance to hardware…” As he arrived at that aisle, he saw an attractive young lady in a pale green dress with four-leaf clovers on it, standing amidst a rather large pile of nuts and bolts. He walked up to her and casually remarked, “Allow me, miss,” as he bent to pick up the scattered metal. He remembered to keep a few for his work.<br/><br/>Finishing up, with the assistance of Tractors Are Us staff, he stood, wiped off his hands on his pants and extended one to the lovely woman before him. “Pookie…Dukey Pookie…just came from McGillicutty’s, down the road, to get some things. Have a nice day, and be careful.”<br/>