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Originally Posted by cknox0723

I was sitting in the local coffee shop on Saturday, reading Donald Miller's "Blue Like Jazz" and eating a piece of apple pie. An older gentleman came in, asked for a few things, and then for a quart of pistachio ice cream. "Sorry," the reasonably attractive 20-something girl behind the counter said, "We only have sugar-free."

It would have made for a neat, surreal little anecdote if the gentleman had turned around in a huff upon hearing that, went and slammed the door shut or something. He didn't; he just went without a quart of pistachio for his wife or grandkids or whoever. Solely because it didn't have sugar. To me, a guy who doesn't salt his food, only rarely uses pepper, and doesn't put sugar in his iced tea, I can't understand that. You want pistachio ice cream, who cares whether it has sugar or not? Pretty much tastes the same, and you'll forget it by tomorrow, anyway!

"OK," you're thinking, "Cute story."

"But what the **** does it have to do with the Pale Hose???"

Just like Ruth Graham, insomnia, and Qantas Airlines, absolutely nothing.

And since Ruth Graham has, in her own way, become a reoccuring character in the realm of the Pale Hose, having nothing to do with the team doesn't mean it isn't important. Without stories like this, what would Craig link to?