2005-11-24 >>Be favorable, O Oracle, inspirer of frenzied women! We mortals >>sing of you as we begin and as we end a brain straining task, >>and none forgetting you may call out "Holy Toledo" and not be >>smirked at by the other immortals. >> >>Should I notice the single mother's advances? Silly Supplicant. You *did* notice her advances (and if you didn't, I'd say you were blind as a teenager). The question you want to ask is "should I respond in kind?" I say go for it. Single moms need love too, and by love, I mean the grab-the-headboard sorta stupid-grin-walking-funny kinda lurve. If nothing else, you could grin enigmaticly the next time someone yells "You motherf*cker!" I recommend bringing a bottle of Wolf Blass "Yellow Label" Shiraz. I know red wine isn't supposed to go with chicken, but she prefers red. You owe the Oracle a sales receipt for a half-dozen long stemmed roses.