person A: Yesterday_comma_ I saw a dead possum in the road on my way home from work.
person B: Are you sure it wasn't palying dead?
person A: Oh_comma_ no I'm sure he was dead. Made me think of all the times I had to nab up all that sweet_comma_ savory roadkill a few years back to fill up my empty stomach. Times were tough.
person B: Eww_comma_ what the heck! I guess you really were at a bad place at the time.