31.   Everyone in Willits had heard that one, Hoggett said.

32.   For instance, have you heard the one about the high-school couple whose car stalled on a back road while they were on a date?

33.   Have you heard the one about the giggling lab rat?

34.   Have you heard the one about the guy who kills himself trying to get a can out of a soft drink machine?

35.   Have you heard the one about the Hollywood blockbuster and Three Aggrieved Writers?

36.   Have you heard the one about the priest, the preacher and the angel?

37.   Have you heard the one about Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry?

38.   Have you heard the one about the Japanese farmer who visited an American farmer on his Texas spread?

39.   Have you heard the one about the Palm Beach con man?

40.   Have you heard this one before?