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- From: petitc@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
- Subject: Re: "What shall I get my husband for Christmas?"
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:51:40 GMT
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- fippen@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (J. Fippen) writes:
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- >My wife asks me every year "What shall I get you for Christmas?" and
- >this is a difficult question because I already have drawers full of socks, shirts,
- >ties (which I never wear!), thermal underwear, pj's, etc. So you can see that
- >I really don't NEED any of these THINGS, and so I don't want any THING for
- >Christmas. In this world full of hate, killings, rapes, muggings, robbery,
- >movies with a killing a minute,four letter words at every turn, well, what I
- >really want is for my wife and daughters to tell me they love me, hug me, and
- >be happy in this house. Love isn't just something, it's EVERYTHING. If we will
- >all love one another the world will be a better place. Love, try it.
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- Wow! I thought I was romantic, but this guy blows me away. Such a lovely
- sentiment. Problem is that, as you said, the world is about as FAR from loving
- as it can get without degenerating into endless civil wars.
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- A quote to think about:
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- "Romance is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
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- In that case, I have one HECK of an imagination. :&)
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- Cat Owner/Passionate Romantic/Poet/Singer/Dreamer/Philosopher...
- That's me! Modest? Sometimes. Crazy? BETTER BELIEVE IT!! :&)
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