Shamb, I think there is a conspiracy to convince you that you are different from every one of the rest of us. Keep in mind that just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not actually out to get you.

Joe Hooker: He was the Yankee general who thought his troops were more likely to stick around camp if the horizontal form of refreshment was made available to them right there. The ladies imported for this purpose became known as "Hooker's girls" or (you guessed it) "hookers." Joe is the pride of Rhode Island, and a larger-than-life statue of him astride his horse stands in a park in the center of Providence, make of that what you will. I am told that Tennesseeans were known as Skeeters because of their talent for harassing maneuvers.

Bud Savoie