and especially not to an attractive woman . `` you do n't have to take me out , mack , but thanks . '' all three of them froze , staring at me in disbelief . funny , i 'd never stopped to wonder where the name had come from . `` the amount of fun you have in your job ought to be illegal . '' i noticed he did n't say home , and i felt the same way . they were a shade of brown so dark they almost looked black . 