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Dear Flipside Editor:

I saw this and thought you might enjoy it…



The other day, I was browsing my MySpace account and one of my friends had posted a bulletin.

It was an amazing story about how they had this puppy with an inner ear disorder that prevented it from being able to walk in straight lines. One day, it got into their cabinet for cleaning supplies and drank a couple of drain cleaners. In a dazed stupor, it wandered into the woods behind their house.

In these woods it was adopted by a family of wild boars, who nursed it back to health. Then, once it had returned to full strength, it roamed the forest protecting baby deer from out-of-season hunters, despite the fact that it couldn’t walk straight. But then as leaves began to turn color and fall to the ground, a polar bear wandered into these temperate woods. The puppy approached it to make friends, but then the savage polar bear ate it. In two bites.

That story taught me the power of perseverance and sharing. And at the bottom of the bulletin I saw the words, “Re-post this under the title, ‘10 qualities women want in a real man’ and mail this story to 18 people and your happiest dream will come true!’”

I followed the instructions perfectly. I re-posted the story with the title “10 qualities women want in real men” and added an eleventh I found appropriate for the list. Then I forwarded it to everybody who ever e-mailed me, so nobody would miss out on this uplifting tale of love and self-esteem.

Then my happiest dream came true! I found a dollar bill that a bird had woven into its nest! So I unwove the nest to get this dollar bill and took it the grocery store, where I bought a one dollar lottery ticket that actually cashed out for five dollars!

So with my five dollars I bought a pack of bendy straws, a grab bag of chips, and twelve pack of Mountain Dew. Then when I checked out, the hottest checker in the store checked me out. And as I started to leave, she winked at me!

I’ll never underestimate the power of forwarding again!

Re-post this in 8 other newspapers in 30 minutes or the person you have a crush on will meet an untimely demise at the hands of South American Poison Dart Frogs!