Chapter 20The guys at work had filled John's head during lunchtime with all the unusual things that happen in Vegas. These were bizarre, true-life stories that also happen, perhaps less frequently, elsewhere in the world. To an ordinary crowd in any other town, it would sound like hyperbole, but it wasn't. Every day, the guys at work wanted to make it a battle for one-upmanship. First, there were desert snake stories and stinging scorpions. After they tired of those, there came the wacky tales about threesomes and cheating wives. John learned more about porno movie stars and pole dancers than he thought he should. The men he worked with shared their experiences regarding the best mail-order companies for ordering the strangest, most satisfying s*x-toys and prophylactics. They piqued his i

