Without Mudcat my life would hardly be so rich! I might have missed this poinant story, and all the clever word play, and the pain that not a single pun was left for me to post by the time I accessed this thread. But it would have been a brilliant one, although maybe not as brilliant as what has been posted.

Don't be surprised if several posts from this thread are lifted and incorporating (without attribution) in the next best-selling romance novel.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble