You should have come in and lit up a cigar and asked, "Uhhh, by the way, would you happen to have an ash tray handy so I don't spill ashes all over your carpet?" And when you had one, and the interview was over, you could have wiggled your eyebrows and said, "Saaaay, I'll just take this ashtray out so you don't have to clean it!" And put it in your pocket . . . The way Groucho would have done!