\f0\fs16 A woman was making last-minute preparations for the gala dinner party she and her husband were throwing at their new Malibu beach house when she realized she had forgotten to purchase escargot. "Dan, run down to the beach and get me some snails, will you?"\p
\t Her husband reluctantly grabbed a pail and started walking along the shore. Before long he noticed a beautiful bikini-clad woman strolling in his direction. Much to his delight, she stopped and began talking with him. Eventually, their conversation took a personal turn and she invited him back to her house. An intense mutual attraction drew them to her bedroom, where they made love so vigorously that afterward Dan fell into a deep sleep.\p
\t When he woke, he was horrified to see that it was seven o'clock in the morning. Throwing on his clothes and grabbing the pail, he sprinted down the beach to his house, where he took the steps two at a time. On the last one, he caught his toe and went flying, spilling the pails contents. Just then his enraged wife yanked the door open. Dan looked frantically at the snails scattered all over the cedar deck, then at his wife, and then back at the snails. "Come on, guys," the fellow panted, "we're almost there." \p
