Subject: The Price of True Love
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sun Dec 29 2002 - 02:29:52 EST
"Roar!"
A little boy was in a relative's wedding. As he
was coming down the aisle he would take two
steps, stop, and turn to the crowd (alternating
between bride's side and groom's side). While
facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like
claws and roar... So it went, step, step, ROAR,
step, step, ROAR all the way down the aisle.
As you can imagine, the crowd was near tears
from laughing so hard by the time he reached
the pulpit.
The little boy, however, was getting more and
more distressed from all the laughing, and was
also near tears by the time he reached the pulpit.
When asked what he was doing, the child sniffed
and said, "I was being the Ring Bear...."
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"The Price of True Love"
The price of giving all the items bestowed by
the "true love" of the song "The Twelve Days
of Christmas" may be a little beyond most
people's budget. The following costs were
calculated for 2002, based upon a report
issued in 2000 by PNC Bank Corp., assuming
an annual rate of inflation of 2.5 percent:
1. Partridge in a pear tree $38
2. Turtle doves $54
3. French hens $16
4. Calling birds $302
5. Gold rings $485
6. Geese-a-laying $162
7. Swans-a-swimming $7,538
8. Maids-a-milking $37
9. Pipers piping $2,807
10. Ladies dancing $3,245
11. Lords-a-leaping $1,194
12. Drummers drumming $1,293
Total to give gifts once: $17,170
Total to give as in song*: $78,986
* Singing the song in its entirety results in 364 presents:
The partridge is given 12 times, two doves 11 times (22
total), etc., etc., etc...
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