outtherecomic.com/d/20060703.html Out There - Monday, July 3, 2006 [[ John and Miriam are in a bar. ]]/John: You're a bartender?/Miriam: The best! That's why they pay me the big bucks! That's why I can afford this little odyssey!//Miriam: Not to boast, but I make twice the tips other bartenders make. Why is this, you ask?//Miriam: Because I'm an engaging conversationalist, and because I make a good stiff drink. Of course, being stunningly beautiful doesn't hurt either.//John: I don't spend much time in bars, but you've already shattered one of my preconceptions./Miriam: Do tell.//John: Isn't it sort of traditional for bartenders to be good listeners?/Miriam: Listening is overrated. Stunning beauty, vastly UNDERrated.