[nukkad] smile again :)

["Ragini" <>]

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Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry. 
-Gustave Flaubert, novelist (1821-80)
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After an overnight flight to meet my father at his latest military
assignment, my mother wearily arrived at Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany with
my eight siblings and me -- all under age 11. Collecting our many suitcases,
the ten of us entered the cramped customs area. A young customs official
watched our entourage in disbelief. "Ma'am," he said, "do all these children
and all this luggage belong to you?"

    "Yes, sir," my mother said with a sigh. "They're all mine."

    The customs agent began his interrogation: "Ma'am, do you have any
weapons, contraband or illegal drugs in your possession?"

    "Sir," she calmly answered, "if I'd had any of those items, I would have
used them by now."

    The official allowed us to pass without opening a single suitcase.

-- Contributed by Mary E. Levy



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