Rich:  Hey Paul, what's a pillow sham?
Paul:  It's a kind of decorative covering for your pillow.  You   
       getting some?
R:  So it's a fancy pillowcase?
P:  Not exactly.  It doesn't close in the back.  It just *looks*  
    like a pillowcase.
R:  But you wouldn't sleep on one?
P:  No.  You just put them on if you're having company, or you're 
    showing the house.
R;  But Paul, I live in an apartment and I never entertain.
P:  So I guess you really don't need pillow shams then.
R:  Do they fit *over* the regular pillowcases?  Why *couldn't*   
    you sleep on one?
P:  Trust me, Rich.  It's just wrong.  I suppose you could force  
    them to fit over your normal pillowcases but then they'd get  
    all bunchy and no, it just wouldn't be right.
R:  So they're slit up the back?
P:  You could put it that way.  In fact, *you* would.
R:  I want some.  I think they'll spruce up my whole bedroom.  
P:  Rich, if your bedroom gets any sprucier I can't be your       
    friend anymore.
R:  Hey, *you're* the pillow sham expert, not me.  I think I'll   
    buy extra pillows, too, so I don't have to keep changing the  
    cases.
P:  You get those curtains yet, like I told you?
R:  No, but I got this killer bedskirt...

RICHH