Waiter: would you like some more tea?

Me: yup.

Waiter: Teach me how to say that!

Me:  What? Yup?

Waiter: Yes! Yes! That!

Me: You just say yup.

Waiter: yup yup yup

Me:  So could I have some more tea?

Waiter: yup yup yup

Me: How 'bout them Red Sox?

Waiter: yup yup yup

(waiter stands in the starlight. Yodels from distant temples create a soudscape of haunting echoes. He looks out over the Ganges.)

yup yup yup . . . yup  yup yup