*ps* Zoe, give this man a kewpie doll!
Woo hoo! I finally won something... maybe my tide is turning .... ship coming in as they say .... drinks on the house for everyone .... happy days are here again, the skies above are ......perhaps I can parlay that doll into tomorrow's $230 million powerball jackpot ;)
BTW, that's some pretty fine satire there, DP9, at least it is in my book. "fine" in that book can be comprised of various elements, and it certainly helps those elements when they are both biting AND true at the same time..... that raised-seal gift from the state of Texas kind of reminds me of the picnic scene from American Vacation - "whssssssssss (surprised sucking sound) real tomato ketchup, Eddie?" ... "ahh, nothin but the best for you Clark".
PS - about that $4000 entrance ticket, modern day state-sponsored racketeering is like that, you know? ... generally intended to provide incentative for all the good people to stay out.