Cuilionn, I love tae storie lass, wae ya believe there aer siml'r accents hae in me hielands? Loved yer tale. Mick, even though I love ketchup I am more that willing to accept Kowpoose as it's offical name. I would have named it Rolaidsstuff but kowpoose is better. Next time I'm in Burger Death I'll tell them " Hold the Kowpoose, Hold the lettuce, only your burgers upset us" DDW, this was a lark and I must confess it is much more fun than my futile gas boycott joke. Loved your story. Once as a young janitor our city was celebrating it's 150 birthday so they made it an impromtu law that it was illegal to shave. I was 14, at my first job. My boss was in his middle 40's and was growing his first beard to join the civic spirit. In front of him his son ask how I thought his beard looked. My brain said one thing, my mouth another. I meant to say it didn't look like a fake....fill in the rest. Lucky for me, Roger had a sense of humor. We laughed about the gaff all summer but I still get embarrassed to this day when I think about the look on his face when I first said it.