Well, now, let's be fair to the . . . um . . . lady.

Architecturally speaking, she isn't bad. Slender, fairly nice figure, long blonde hair (which is, by many indices, a plus), with even, well-proportioned features. By most standards of feminine beauty, she would be regarded as quite attractive.

However, it doesn't take listening to her speak for very long to discover that the lady's soul is a dark place full of rusty razor blades and venomous spiders. Then, you begin to notice that she has the eyes of a snake.

One of life's little lessons there:    the packaging doesn't always give an accurate picture of the nature of the contents. In fact, at first glance, it can be downright deceptive. Many a small insect met its doom because it found the aroma of the Venus fly-trap attractive.

Don Firth