premise: He was tied to the front of the booth for most of the weekend , making it hard to talk to him for long . The other wandered the perimeter and had a bit more freedom . When I saw him on Saturday he said , " I see what you mean by the , you know , smell ... " I laughed . He added " it 's not constant or anything , but I ' m glad you warned us . Why did the writer laugh ?
hypothesis: Because it was hard to talk to the man for long .