Pages 152-204 Summary

Jimmy Sr. and Bimbo and other friends are in The Hikers. They're watching the World Cup on television—Ireland vs. England in an early round. Ireland scores and the place goes wild.

Bimbo says, "We'd better be going. They get the van fixed up for customers and open the hatch. There was no one outside. Jimmy Sr. was frying up some fries. Finally a kid shows up and asks for a Choc-ice. Sharon comes into the van just in time to hear her father telling the kid to bug off. A group of women are heading for the van, opening their purses. Jimmy Sr. dumps a bunch of fries into the deep-fat fryer in expectation. The grease spatters into his face. Bimbo gives him a water bottle to wash out his eyes. The women seem to take forever making up...