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cause in the continued quest for bachelorhood.)
Salads taste better when you know you have to step on a scale later in the same week.
You begin to take a second look at that pint of ice cream in the fridge instead of shovelling it into your face when you know the results may eventually reveal themselves.
It seemed other people had the same idea about enjoying the warm weather of the summer months. The catalog store was crowded.
The cute girl behind the counter (yet another reason for shedding some tonnage), wearing a purple shirt the color of a mountain sunset with rouge and nail polish to match, was filling the orders in my line. I didn’t mind the wait.
To the guy in Bermuda shorts and dark socks, she gave a set of power tools, but I was too far back in line to hear any of the conversation with that transaction.
Then, to the guy two places in front of me, the girl in the purple shirt said: “Yes, Mr. Jefferies, here’s your Mr. Wilderness, professional-style camping gear. Have a nice weekend.”
Then, to the guy in front of me:
“Oh, yes, Mr. Michaelson. We have your Sweat Glands-Plus Exercise System right here. Let me get five or six of the boys from the back to help you carry this to your car.”
I was next.
“Mr. McFarlane,” said the cute girl, me acting my macho best and sucking in my gut so hard it nearly fell out my backside. “Let’s see; you ordered the bathroom scale,” she
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