It’s a put on, but I chuckled all the same.

Of course, as I took the picture, a couple of the zombies that currently infest our neighborhood leered into my personal space. The tall scabrous-faced one began asking half-informed questions about the camera, which I dodged.

Hm, I thought. Should I discuss my small, eminently stealable technology toy with a substance-dependent person who appears, by the way he is practically touching my face with his lips, to be drunk?

I think not.