ABOUT WATERBEDS

I told the gathering that, during June, I was standing in line on Friday afternoon at the bank. I spoke to a number of people whom I knew in the lineup and then turned my attention to the man immediately behind me. He was a pleasant chap and he told me he knew who I was and then put this question to me in a very Irish accent: "Skipper, why did d'man have to t'row away his waterbed?"

I said, "You tell me."

"Because his wife's side froze over."