Mooman: You might get a chuckle out of this. Then again, you may not. We have a dear friend that has some very quirky interests. One of which is to collect human body parts. For example, she still her own tonsils saved from when they were remoced when she was a child. Before my surgery, she asked if I would give her my old hip and ball joint. I said I'd try, but I already knew the answer would be "no." Several years ago, here in America, they dissallowed the sending home of human body parts. (party poopers).

About a week ago, Judy made a wonderful pot of split pea soup and she included a very large ham bone. When we removed the bone from the soup, there was this very large pig hip and ball joint. So ... I carefully cleaned it and put it in an ornate box. Last Sunday when we were down to our friends home, I quietly slipped it to her.

She went into such oooh's and ahhh's that I had to leave the room. As we were at her house for a dinner party with several other people, I suggested that she keep it to herself. Finally I felt guilty enough that I called her when we got home and told her where it came from. She was very dissapointed! CHEERS, Bob