In a message dated 12/2/00 9:33:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, bfox@nightowl.net writes: << .: While shopping in a local toy store, I came across a long line of : people waiting for a promised shipment of dolls from Mattel. As I : scanned the line, I noticed a friend waiting with all the others. I knew : my friend had no daughters or young relatives, so I figured he must : like the dolls himself. "Bill," I said going up to him, "I didn't know you were a collector!" "I'm not," he replied. "Oh," I said, "You're buying : a gift, then." "No, not at all," my friend responded. "If you don't : mind my asking then Bill," I said, "Why are you standing in this : line?" "Oh that," he answered. "It's like this," my friend stated, : "I've never been able to resist a barbie queue!" >>