The other day I went to a grocery store called "the backpacker"

The name was due to the fact that the owner had a very noticeable back hump, and he sort of had a sense of humor about it.

**Me:** Can I have a pack of gum please?

**Backpacker:** That'll be 11 bucks

**Me:** Are you out of your mind? I'm not paying that.

**Backpacker:** You know how thing are going, with the economy and the prices and everything... It's all going up, man, it's all going up.

**Me:** Okay, forget about the gum, I'll take this bag of candy instead.

**Backpacker:** That'll be 13 bucks

**Me:** How can that be? It makes no sense.

**Backpacker:** I tell you, the way thing are going, with the economy and the prices and everything... It's all going up, man, it's all going up.

**Me:** Okay, let me ask you something. What is that thing you have here on your back?

**Backpacker:** (turns serious all of the sudden, for some reason doesn't like where this is going) It's a hump, why do you ask?

**Me:** Well, I thought it was your ass, since you keep saying "it's all going up".