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free donut. Normally, I am not overly excited about "free."
• All I had to do was fill out a little survey online and they would send me a code that would guarantee me a free donut. In my "daily diary diet," I have a whole section devoted to the subject that when a forbidden food is free it cancels out all calories.
• When I first told the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage she looked at me rather strangely and said, "Who said that?"
• I know we are both getting old but we are not that old!
• I got close to her, waved my hand so she could see me and said, "It's me. I just said it. Can you see me now?"
• "That is not funny. You know exactly what I meant."
• My grin drained from my face and I said to her, "Well, I said it."
• "Did," she said inquisitively, "anybody ever say that before you said it?"
• My wife has many talents, skills and gifts. It would be difficult for me to say which is her best gift but at the moment, her greatest skill is backing me into a corner. And in a corner I was thus backed.
• I then had to explain to her, in detail, how this was an observation I worked through with much research. This is an original with me and I am quite proud to be the author.
• All she said was, "Huh, that is exactly what I thought."
• I will go to my grave believing when a donut is free it means it is free of calories. Call it what you will but free by any other name is still free in my personal dictionary.
• Getting back to my free donut. I was anxious to get to the donut shop, cash in the coupon and enjoy a donut. I do not know when the best time to eat a donut is, so I just started at my convenience.
• I got at the donut shop and walked in and the smell was overpowering. Nothing like the smell of donuts baking in the oven with a hint of coffee brewing in the background. I just stood there for a few seconds absorbing the luxury of this marvelous atmosphere. It is not often I can enjoy such luxuries, especially if my wife knows where I am.
• When I became adjusted to the ambience, I walked up to the counter and presented my coupon for a free donut. It was at that moment I saw them.
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