God bless you, Dr. Kevorkian (5 page)

objectionable about human beings in general was that they so seldom noticed it when they were happy. He himself did his best to acknowledge it when times were sweet. We could be

lemonade in

the shade of an apple tree in the summertime, and Uncle Alex would interrupt the conversation to say, "If this isn't nice, what is?"

I myself say that out loud at times of easy, natural bliss: "If this isn't nice, what is?" Perhaps others can also make use of that heirloom from Uncle I find

it really cheers me up to keep score out loud that way. OK, now let's have some fun. Let's talk about sex. Let's talk about women. Freud said he didn't know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to. What do they want to talk about? They want to talk about everything.
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