[at bay]

Keep posting! Here's some Snott speak (phrases he has used over and over) codebreakin' ideas:

market unbrellas (never heard that term)==MacKenzie, doped

"well certainly"==water closet, toilet, Scotty's potty time where Jackie punsihed him unmercifully, the beginnings of the making of her lttle monster

"she needs to be with her family"==I wish I could have put the whole clan in the drink with her

Yeah, he needed to conceal something in those umbrellas. that were incidentally never delivered anywhere, his alibi-maker, MacKenzie the golden retriever. I don't know if Amber did call the home phone or not, b/c said he was back east somewhere at that point.

[Sandylapper]

ROFL! OMG! YOU think I could learn to speak Californiaese? At bay, I'm an old ahem from the east coast! Ain't no way, nohow that I could ever learn that "market umbrellas" meant "MacKenzie was doped", much less some of the other phrase interpretations you listed!

You see, where I come from, they speak English. It's true that "a pretty fur piece" can have a double meaning; i.e., (1) a lovely fur stole or muff, (forgive me PETA), or (2) if you're talking to one of our rednecks, it means a far distance. In the case of (2), one understands immediately because said redneck uses "purty" or "purdy" instead of "pretty". Very simple! But thanks for the lesson anyway. I'm still laughing!