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To: Neenny who wrote (11245)	8/27/1999 8:08:00 AM
From: scrooge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62558

An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced himself down the stairs, gripping the railing with both hands. With labored breath, he leaned against the door-frame, gazing into the kitchen. Were it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven. There, spread out upon newspapers on the kitchen table were literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies. Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man? Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table, landing on his knees in a rumpled posture. His parched lips parted; the wondrous taste of the cookie was already in his mouth; seemingly bringing him back to life. The aged and withered hand, shakingly made its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when it was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife. "Stay out of those," she said, "they're for the funeral."

To: Neenny who wrote (11245)	8/27/1999 9:50:00 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62558

Monty Python Comedy Team To Reunite After 30 Years Friday August 27 6:07 AM ET dailynews.yahoo.com LONDON (Reuters) - The surviving members of the zany Monty Python comedy team are to reunite to celebrate their 30th anniversary. John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones have written and will perform sketches for a Monty Python special night being broadcast in October, the British Broadcasting Corporation announced. The team, whose offbeat humor and iconoclastic sketches made them international stars, had always declined in the past to get back together again because of the death in 1989 of Graham Chapman, one of their founder members. But The BBC finally persuaded the four others to reunite for an anniversary special. One BBC channel will be putting on a Monty Python theme night to relive such comedy classics as The Ministry of Silly Walks and the Dead Parrot sketch.