Oh, Tommy P., I am SO hurt! And offended! Has the family disowned me then?

(You must have missed the secret election which made me spokesMAN. No worries-- so did I!)

Even if you extend the olive branch I'll shake your hand, but I won't kiss you.

No. I'm not being homophobic, though you're not all that pretty.

Our grey beards might get tangled.

That, I think you'll admit, would be terrible for all concerned.

Peace out? Or does that offend somebody too?

John




Author: Mayan Solstice: A Novel of 2012 (http://www.createspace.com/3420054)

If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.-
from "The Door into Summer" (1957), chapter 1 (Robert Anson Heinlein)

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. (again, RAH)