On 25 Jan 2005 09:37:43 -0800, "Fifo" > wrote:

>Damsel wrote:
>> Oh baby, where have you been all my life?
>>
>> Carol, chuckling
>
>I was waiting in line at the supermarket stuck behind a guy who kept
>trying to pay with his library card. Maybe I should have abandoned the
>packet of beef jerky and the copy of FHM magazine and gone out in the
>vast wilderness of people and parking spaces to meet you. But then
>again it's a matter of principle - if we yield to one library
>card-holder next thing we know, monthly bus-pass holders will want the
>same privilleges.

I frequently try to pay for things with my driver's license. So you were
just in the wrong line. You were supposed to make your purchase in the
driver's license line, not the library card line. Sheesh! Don't you know
ANYTHING about shopping?

Carol wanders away, muttering to herself
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_