he could not find a shirt to go to work in they all had stains on them somewhere he pulled out a vest to put on over the stains but somehow all of them were still visible most of them were unidentifiable but one he thought could have come from that peach he ate two weeks before another looked like toothpaste but he was paranoid it was something else when he took the bus into work he could not relax he was paranoid everyone was staring at his stain and kept looking out the corners of his eyes to make sure they were not they did not seem to be but they could also be looking away just as he looked at them the observation paradox he muttered to himself jill was the only one to notice the stain at work she came around to his cubicle during a break because he dared not show his stain in the break room you have a stain on your shoulder she said it looks like toothpaste do i he feigned ignorance but went red at the same time i did not see that there this morning how do you get toothpaste on your shoulder i do not know skills i guess he said and she grinned you know vinegar will take that out she said although i think i like it you should start a museum of shirt stains i do not have that many shirts with stains he said frowning yes you do she said