"Okay," said Mike. "This is how you flip burgers. Pretty tough, huh?" He spoke to Joe without looking at him, concentrating on the grill instead. At the moment, fifteen hamburger patties lay on its flat, greasy surface, spitting and sizzling as he turned them with a spatula. Joe watched the grill closely while he listened, trying to memorize everything that Mike showed him.
"You wanna' give it a try?" offered Mike, stepping back from the grill and swinging his spatula toward his student.
"Yeah, sure. What the hell," angled Joe, moving forward and accepting the utensil. Lowering it to the grill, he slid the flat instrument under a hamburger, then lifted the meat up and threw it back down on its rosy, uncooked side. "How's that?"
"Oh, man, that was fantastic. You are just too much."
