blood of john jones

Fig. 1

The Honorable Judge Father-in-law, well aware of my parsimonious habits, donated an ugly, worn down chair to my home office project. During my moments of upholstering, I discovered a hidden message below the right armrest. "Blood of John Jones 5/16/88 Prison Hot Day (see Fig. 1). I wouldn't have caught the message if my peripheral vision hadn't mistaken the words "Hot Day" for "Hot Dog". Nothing has filled my work days with more satisfaction than the knowledge that John Jones assembled my chair from prison. My only regret is not thinking about leaving a message myself before stapling the fabric to the chair; although, I have my doubts that I would have been able to write something as graceful as J.J.