Dear Mooj,
                                  I’ve always considered
                                  myself an honest and ethical person. But
                                  recently I learned something about myself that
                                  has me very ashamed. I must be
                                  blocking this evil deed out of my head because
                                  I just don’t remember it. It must be one of
                                  those repressed memory things.
                                  I learned about this
                                  terrible secret while undergoing hypnotism to help me lose weight. My hypnotist put
                                  me into a trance and then I revealed to him this
                                  horrible act. Now this hypnotist guy is
                                  threatening to go to the police unless I pay
                                  him $20,000. Is that ethical? Maybe he’s
                                  doing me a favor. I don’t know. I’m so
                                  confused.
                                  Peter Pipe
                                  The Dalles, OR
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Peter Pipe? What kind of name is that? Are you
                                  insane? I bet you are if you’re actually
                                  falling for that old hypnotism gag. Don’t you
                                  know hypnotists are crooks? That’s how
                                  they make their living: by blackmailing suckers
                                  like you! I’m surprised someone as stupid as
                                  you even has $20,000 to throw away. Here’s
                                  what I suggest: pay the hypnotist the $20,000 but
                                  make sure that not only does he not reveal your secret but
                                  that he also not tell others that you’re the
                                  biggest sucker he ever scammed!
                                  
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                                  Most Worthy Mooj,
                                  Last night I went on a
                                  blind date with this girl that my sister had
                                  been trying to set me up with for months. I
                                  didn’t really want to go but my
                                  sister kept insisting. I finally said what the
                                  hell and called the girl and asked her out. We
                                  went to Applebee’s. My date was cute and we
                                  hit it off really well. After dinner my date
                                  asked me if I were the adventurous type and I
                                  said yes (figuring—what the heck). She took
                                  me back to her apartment and…. Actually, I
                                  don’t want to say what happened next since I
                                  don’t want to outrage your modesty most holy
                                  Mooj. But I will tell you that I had this big
                                  surprise waiting for me when this woman took
                                  off her clothes. The woman wasn’t a woman at
                                  all—she was a dude!!!! I was totally freaked
                                  out! I’m going to kill my sister!
                                  Danny Bonnet
                                  Grapevine, TX
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Sounds like you found true love there slim!
                                  Why hide your feelings? Everyone knows you
                                  wouldn’t have sent this letter to The
                                  Mooj unless you wanted him and everybody else to condone
                                  this new perverted lifestyle of yours. I personally think you’re
                                  a freak!
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                                  El Mujo,
                                  El viento es como el alma de una mujer.
                                  Usted oye él gemir y él hace que usted
                                  consigue feliz. Soy como el árbol poderoso.
                                  Mi corteza es peor que mi mordedura. Por qué
                                  debemos luchar con nuestras lenguetas? Somos
                                  condenamos vivir como ranas en una charca de
                                  la leche!
                                  Jose D.
                                  El Paso, TX
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
                                        | Holy
                                          crap it's that Ricky Retardo guy
                                          again! Why is it that every time I
                                          answer the Mooj Mail this deranged
                                          Mexican feels the need to opine his absurdity? Sorry
                                          Pancho, I no speeko
                                          Spanish so I have no idea what you’re
                                          rambling on about. But I bet it’s
                                          really profound—yeah, about as
                                          profound as taking a crap in one of
                                          those new and improved NJ turnpike
                                          porta-potties!
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                                  Mooj,
                                  I’d rather be sorry for
                                  stuff I did rather than stuff I never did. My
                                  motto is "Just Do It—and do it to the
                                  MAX!" I’m a thrill seeker and I do
                                  everything excessively. I’m like those
                                  Mountain Dew guys except that I’m for real
                                  and much more hardcore. Last summer I
                                  backpacked across Antarctica. The year
                                  before that I drove a motorcycle from Tierra
                                  del Fuego, Argentina to Point Barrow, Alaska.
                                  The summer before that I climbed Mt. Everest.
                                  Tomorrow is my 60th birthday and I’m
                                  going to celebrate in style! I’m going to
                                  parachute into a volcano and lava surf to the
                                  bottom with a bag of dynamite strapped to my
                                  ass. What do you think of that?
                                  Action Andy,
                                  Shasta, CA
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Hey grandpa, go easy on the Viagra will ya? I
                                  doubt you’re as stupid as your letter makes
                                  you out to be but then again maybe The Pope
                                  ain’t Catholic. You’re an extreme guy all
                                  right—an extreme idiot!
                                  
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                                  Last week’s newsletter
                                  totally sucked. I hate Trent Handjoy. Please
                                  don’t allow him to sit in for you anymore.
                                  He distorts your message.
                                  Gabe Kelly,
                                  Russell, TX
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Oh no! Gabe Kelly thinks last week’s
                                  newsletter really sucked! I hope he doesn’t
                                  read this one! What really troubles me most is
                                  that Gabe actually thinks that The Mooj
                                  has a message. I wonder what that message
                                  could be? Maybe it’s that Gabe Kelly is a
                                  big fat loser!
                                  
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                                  Trent Handjoy totally
                                  sucks! I hate that guy. Even when he isn’t
                                  arrogant he’s still annoying. Is The Mooj
                                  really off on a spiritual journey? I bet it’s
                                  more like an alcoholic bender.
                                  -Unsigned
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Hey "Unsigned," whose email address
                                  is limabeen@yahoo.com,
                                  did anyone ever tell you that it’s rude to
                                  send people obnoxious emails and then not sign
                                  them? Have some guts you loser! I got news for
                                  you "limabeen man," The Mooj really is
                                  on a spiritual journey. Of course you probably
                                  can’t comprehend what a spiritual journey is
                                  since the only journey you’ve ever taken is
                                  that one to the Emergency Room late one night to
                                  have that mysterious object dislodged from your
                                  rectum.
                                  
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                                  Hey Mooj,
                                  I like all your new
                                  interns, especially Jaques. He’s really cute
                                  and I would love to find out more about him.
                                  Does he have a girlfriend? What’s his
                                  favorite band? What’s his sign? HE IS SO
                                  COOL!!!!
                                  Tammy, Age 13
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Hey Tammy, I think you might have popped one
                                  too many zits since it’s
                                  obvious you’re suffering from a loss of IQ. I’ve met all the new mooj.com
                                  interns and let me tell ya, "Jaques"
                                  is probably the least charming of the bunch.
                                  And that’s giving him the benefit of the
                                  doubt.
                                  
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                                  So the Mooj is missing
                                  again? Sorry to hear that. Glad to see that
                                  Trent Handjoy has found it in his heart to
                                  forgive The Mooj. I have too.
                                  Russell Duquesne,
                                  Dowagiac, MI
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Wow, I think I’m going to cry. This guy
                                  forgives The Mooj. How touching. Hopefully now
                                  this poor soul can move on to the next phase
                                  of his life and figure out why he’s the
                                  biggest loser in all of Dowagiac, Michigan.
                                  
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                                  Dear Mooj,
                                  Did anyone ever tell you
                                  that you have no eyes? I’m looking at your
                                  picture on Mooj.com and see that your eyes are
                                  missing. How do you see?
                                  Fritz H. Day,
                                  Battle Mountain, Georgia
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  I’m not sure what this person is getting at.
                                  He must be one of those insane asylum escapees
                                  that likes to keep sending in stupid letters. Fritz,
                                  my man, I
                                  suggest that you ramp up your medication a wee
                                  bit;
                                  and while you're at it, stop popping yourself
                                  in the head so hard with empty beer cans.
                                  
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                                  Most Holistic Mooj,
                                  This letter is to invite
                                  you and your followers to my wife Ginger and
                                  my 40th wedding anniversary on
                                  March 14, 2002. We’d be delighted if you’d
                                  be the guest of honor and give us one of your
                                  holistic blessings. Both Ginger and I are
                                  minions and rely on you for daily wisdom. We
                                  will renew our vows at St. Raymond’s Church
                                  in Downey, CA at 10:00 a.m. and then proceed
                                  to the world famous Tiki Lounge for a small
                                  get-together.
                                  It’s hard to believe that
                                  Ginger and I have been married for 40 years.
                                  We met during the summer of ’61 when I was a
                                  lifeguard at the Downey Plunge. I was only 18
                                  and had no real ambition in life. My parents
                                  wanted me to go to college but I just wanted
                                  to be a lifeguard. To be honest I didn’t
                                  have a care in the world. Then I met
                                  Ginger!  I knew the moment I saw her jumping
                                  off the high dive that she was the girl for
                                  me. Ginger was a big city gal and didn’t
                                  think much of a guy like myself but I kept after
                                  her and finally got her to go on a date
                                  with me. That night we kissed for the first
                                  time and the rest is history.
                                  Ginger and I got married in
                                  the spring of 1962 and within nine months had a baby. Things were tough in those days
                                  and it was impossible to make ends meet on a
                                  lifeguard’s salary. My dad kept pestering me
                                  to get a real job and so finally I went to
                                  work with him at McDonnell Douglas (which was
                                  doing Apollo space stuff at the time). Since
                                  my dad was a senior engineer I got accepted
                                  into their journeyman program and went to
                                  transistor school. Within six months I
                                  was a certified transistor technician and
                                  finally making decent money. Then one day in
                                  the late 60s I was called into a secret
                                  meeting. I was told that
                                  I had been hand-selected to work on this super secret government project. It was that
                                  project where NASA faked the whole moon
                                  landing thing. I remember it was quite an
                                  elaborate undertaking and involved thousands
                                  of other engineers, technicians, set designers
                                  and special effects people. I guess the plan
                                  worked since the Russian’s really did think
                                  that we landed on the moon. They tried to copy
                                  us and wound up going bankrupt. Actually, I’m
                                  probably not supposed to talk about this since it’s probably still
                                  classified.
                                  Anyway, hope you can make
                                  it to the big gala!
                                  Patrick Stonewood Jr.,
                                  Downey, CA
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Hey Patrick, back when you were working on
                                  that secret NASA project did you by any chance
                                  drink lots of rocket fuel? It sounds like you
                                  might have fried your brain. Gee, I
                                  feel like an idiot because I always thought
                                  that we really did land on the moon. Silly me.
                                  But in truth I think you may be mistaken about
                                  which secret project you were working on. You
                                  were probably working on "that
                                  other" NASA project. You know, the one
                                  that included subjecting people with low IQs
                                  like yourself to mass quantities of LSD. Let
                                  me guess. I bet they picked you up and brought
                                  you home each day on one of those
                                  "short" yellow school buses, right?
                                  
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                                  Minions All!
                                  In the course of human
                                  history certain events occur which change the
                                  direction of human development. Rarely do we
                                  get to witness, much less be a part of these
                                  events. Now is the time for all of you to
                                  participate in one such event. Do not
                                  hesitate! Years from now when we’re sitting
                                  in our rocking chairs on our porches sipping
                                  Geritol while a nurse wipes the drool from our
                                  chins those who witnessed this event shall
                                  have something to smile about while those who
                                  chose not to shall weep.
                                  What is the event you ask?
                                  Mooj-Fest 2002! Where? Brandies University in
                                  the Spingold auditorium parking lot. When? February 26,
                                  all day!!! Come see what minionism is all
                                  about! Free Beer!!
                                  Big Ell (Minion #1092)
                                  Salisbury, MD
                                  
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Gee, this sounds like lots of fun. I’d go
                                  except that I have a life.
                                  
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                                  You guys are full of crap!
                                  That whole Grizzly Duck warehouse fire thing
                                  is a total scam! Everybody
                                  knows you couldn’t sell any of your stupid
                                  Mooj minion T-shirts and so now you’re
                                  faking this whole warehouse fire to make
                                  people think your T-shirts are in limited
                                  supply. Good luck selling your T-shirts
                                  suckers!
                                  Carol Taney,
                                  Jamestown, NY
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
                                        | Darn…..,
                                          Sherlock Holmes here just figured out
                                          the whole T-shirt caper! Wow, I hope
                                          she doesn’t tell anybody. I’d sure
                                          hate to see The Mooj lose a few
                                          T-shirt sales because this mastermind
                                          deduced the Grizzly Duck marketing
                                          strategy. Oh wait—I forgot: Carol
                                          Taney is an ignoramus and so no one
                                          will believe her anyway. To be honest
                                          I have no idea what’s going on with
                                          these official Mooj minion T-shirts.
                                          All I know is that there are only
                                          about two dozen left and I’ll
                                          probably put them in the trunk of my
                                          ’92 Honda Civic when it’s time for
                                          me to drive off into the sunset. My
                                          guess is that if you haven't bought an
                                          Official Minion T-shirt already then
                                          you’re probably not going to do so regardless of how many are left.
                                  
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                                  YOUR NEW INTERN JAQUES IS SO HOTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
                                  HE IS THE ABSOLUTE CUTEST EVER!
                                  KATRINA DEEROSE, age 13
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
                                        | Zounds!
                                          It’s another teenybopper with
                                          impaired judgment. You’re the second
                                          person to write in about mooj.com
                                          intern Jaques. I thought the guy was a
                                          dud but maybe I was wrong. But then
                                          again maybe I’m the illegitimate son
                                          of the Dolly Llama.
                                  
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                                  I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITH JAQUES I WOULD GIVE
                                  THE WORLD TO MEET HIM HE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I
                                  LOVE YOU ALWAYS love Denise.
                                  Denise, age 12
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  What is with these girls? Are they looking at
                                  the same roster of mooj.com interns that I am?
                                  Maybe these poor girls have been operating
                                  their Easy Bake Ovens inside unventilated
                                  spaces?  Or, perhaps, they're snorting
                                  Clearasil.
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                                  Holistic and Harmonious
                                  Mooj,
                                  I met my boyfriend on the
                                  Internet and things were perfect until we
                                  moved in together. My boyfriend talked about marriage at
                                  first, but now says he thinks he wants to be a
                                  professional bodybuilder instead. His mother
                                  doesn’t like me and thinks no one is good
                                  enough for her son. I’m just
                                  about finished with medical school and want to
                                  start my new professional life off on the
                                  right foot. How can I get my boyfriend to
                                  commit to marriage instead of bodybuilding?
                                  Also, do you think people would take me more
                                  serious as a doctor if I had larger breasts?
                                  R.K.,
                                  Hopewell Furnace, PA
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
                                        | I
                                          am at a loss for words. Part of me
                                          really wants to tell this poor woman
                                          what I think of her asinine problem
                                          but part of me wants to spare her
                                          feelings. Let’s just say that both
                                          she and her boyfriend deserve each
                                          other since they’re both losers.
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                                  Most Humble and
                                  Understanding Mooj,
                                  I have never been happy
                                  with the size of my tackle and am thinking of
                                  getting an operation to make it bigger. When
                                  all my friends started developing sexually in
                                  high school I noticed that I was much smaller
                                  than most. I always hoped that I would grow
                                  bigger but I never did, even after using one
                                  of those Ron Jeremy acu-jack pumps. I feel
                                  totally under-endowed and that has affected my
                                  relationships with women. I recently
                                  dumped someone very special to me because I couldn’t face the
                                  humiliation of her seeing my small package.
                                  What do you suggest I do? I value your opinion
                                  greatly.
                                  "Little Lou"
                                  East Leroy, MI
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
                                        | Hey
                                          "Little Lou," what I want to
                                          know is what were you doing looking at
                                          other guy’s private parts while you
                                          were in high school? I guess we all
                                          know which side of the plate you bat
                                          from, eh?  I know lots of guys out
                                          there like yourself that pack a
                                          tootsie-roll-sized wienerschnitzel and
                                          let me tell ya, it ain’t no fun. But
                                          the truth is you gotta draw with the
                                          gun God gave you. I certainly have.
                                          But then again I was lucky.  I
                                          was born with a 155mm howitzer.
                                  
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                                  Dear Mooj,
                                  I’m in love with my best
                                  friend’s mom. I want to be with her but don’t
                                  want to risk losing my friend. His name is
                                  Jeremy. I’m 18
                                  and work at the Food Lion. My friend’s mom also works at
                                  the Food
                                  Lion. I’ve liked her since the first time we
                                  met. She’s totally cool and has a great body. I finally got
                                  the courage to tell her that I loved her at an
                                  employee party last month. I was thrilled when
                                  she whispered that she felt just the same
                                  about me. We made an excuse to go outside and
                                  then made love inside her 1994 Dodge Caravan.
                                  We saw each other again and had sex two more
                                  times, but the second time we nearly got
                                  caught when my friend came home early. Luckily
                                  he thought I only came over to play Nintendo.
                                  That was a close call. Anyway, I’m in a
                                  quandary and don’t know what to do. What do
                                  you suggest?
                                  Stephen Cantor,
                                  Parkwood, NC
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  Ha ha ha.  I should mess with this guy's
                                  mind. Hey Stephen, there is really nothing I
                                  can say other than keep doing what you’re
                                  doing. Why not enjoy life? Heck, I would.
                                  (Man, this guy’s a loser! How can he even
                                  live with himself? Reading letters like this
                                  makes me remember why I faked my death.)
                                  
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                                  My question is: I’ve been
                                  having health problems lately, what do you see
                                  happening with this? Also, who will I end up
                                  marrying, the older man, or the younger man?
                                  Tanya D.
                                  Plymouth, MA
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  This is one of those psychic questions people
                                  often send in to The Mooj. Sadly, The Mooj can’t
                                  help this poor woman but I can. Here’s my
                                  advice: 1) quit smoking, 2) quit drinking, and
                                  3) marry the guy who will make you the happiest.
                                  
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                                  Do you see a new
                                  relationship or even me getting back with an
                                  old partner?
                                  Nakeia G.
                                  Hampton, VA
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                      
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                                  I don’t see anything except that this is the
                                  last letter in the mail bag. Thank God for
                                  that!
                                  
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                                          Okay,
                                          here's a stupid poem.  Well
                                          actually stupid is probably too strong
                                          a
                                          word.  How about "lacking in
                                          any wit, wisdom or style." 
                                          This poem is about The
                                          University of Maryland's recent 87 -
                                          73 thumping of ACC "has-been"
                                          Duke.  It's by some guy calling
                                          himself The Lonely Donkey Kong. 
                                          This Lonely Donkey Kong guy is
                                          obviously a gifted person.  (By
                                          gifted I mean "Rain Man"
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                                  When I was in high school I
                                  had this huge crush on this girl named Karen.
                                  We both were in the same homeroom every
                                  year. She was always very nice to me and I liked her
                                  so
                                  one year I asked her to the school’s winter
                                  semi-formal. She turned me down because she
                                  already had a date but she was very nice about
                                  it. I was bummed and decided to find out who
                                  the other guy was and mess with him. I learned
                                  shortly thereafter that it was this guy named Donald Tracy.
                                  He was my friend.  But friend or no friend, this
                                  was war!
                                  During that week our school was
                                  having its annual candy-cane gram fund raiser.
                                  Everyone was encouraged to buy these things
                                  (basically it was a candy-cane with a message
                                  attached) and send them to friends and
                                  sweethearts. They were to be delivered in
                                  homeroom on the day
                                  before Christmas vacation.
                                  My sinister mind began to
                                  work and so I bought one of those candy-cane
                                  grams and addressed it to Karen. I then wrote
                                  something vulgar like: "I really dig your
                                  big boobs and can’t wait to see them after
                                  the dance." I signed it Donald Tracy
                                  and deposited it into the delivery box. There
                                  was no turning back after that but I didn’t
                                  care; hell, I figured it was the best 25¢ I
                                  ever spent!
                                  A few days later during
                                  homeroom the candy-cane grams arrived and I
                                  sat at my desk trying to contain my giggles. I
                                  had a perfect view of Karen’s desk and
                                  watched as she opened each of her candy-cane grams. Since Karen was popular she got
                                  dozens of them. I knew the moment she read
                                  mine when her face turned bright red.  I
                                  could see that she was totally offended by the
                                  rude message. She was so upset that she didn’t even bother
                                  to read the rest of her candy-cane grams. I almost cried trying not to
                                  laugh.
                                  Then the
                                  bell
                                  rang and I followed Karen into the hallway. In
                                  the distance I saw poor Donald Tracy walking
                                  up the hall toward her. The poor sucker had no idea what
                                  was in store for him. It was like I saw the
                                  whole thing unravel in slow motion: Donald
                                  walked up to Karen with this stupid grin on
                                  his face, asked her if she got his candy-cane
                                  gram and then got slapped right across the face.
                                  Donald just stood there confused, scratching
                                  his head.  I almost lost it right there
                                  and had to duck into a classroom so that they
                                  wouldn't see me laughing.
                                  Later that day I saw Karen
                                  in the lunchroom and she asked me if I had
                                  found a date to the winter semi-formal yet and
                                  I said no. She then said that she was
                                  available again and would go with me if I
                                  wanted. It was a date!
                                  My poor friend Donald could
                                  never figure out what happened. He’s
                                  probably still confused about it to this day!
                                  I’ve always felt really bad about what I did
                                  but then again I’m glad I did it too since Karen and
                                  I eventually got married. We’ve been
                                  together for almost 30 years now and have 6
                                  children and 4 grandchildren. I told Karen the
                                  truth about the candy-cane gram a few years after we were married and
                                  she just laughed about it. We still laugh
                                  about it now and again.