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[A Friend of Charlie]

We just hit the road and are heading home.  CigarFest was a success!

[A Friend of Charlie]

Arrived home in one piece.

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

[LSUFAN]

Arrived home in one piece.

I bet I know someone who is worn out now.

[LSUFAN]

On this day in history ..
1345 - "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers
1497 - John Cabot departs to North-America
1526 - German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League
1536 - King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest
1595 - King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Neth
1598 - France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins
1652 - Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik
1668 - 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands
1668 - Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution
1670 - King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company
1703 - Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
1749 - Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"
1750 - Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di CaffŠ," premieres in Mantua
1776 - France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels
1780 - William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris
1808 - Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid
1824 - Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)
1833 - Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs
1845 - Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilizaci¢n y Barbarie"
1847 - Sabbath famine
1853 - Franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC)
1863 - South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va
1863 - Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men
1865 - Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis
1876 - Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
1878 - US stops minting 20› coin
1885 - "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published
1885 - Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium
1887 - G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence
1887 - Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1889 - Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale
1890 - Territory of Oklahoma created

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1900 - George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell," premieres in London
1902 - "A Trip To The Moon," the 1st science fiction film released
1903 - 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09
1904 - 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior aboard Elwood wins in 2:08«
1905 - French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work
1906 - 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8
1907 - Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian govt
1909 - Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
1911 - French troops occupy FŠs El Bali Morocco
1915 - Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road
1916 - US president Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act
1916 - 2nd Ave & Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe & Selwyn Avenue named
1917 - Cin Fred Tooney & Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits & a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0
1919 - 1st US air passenger service starts
1920 - 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis
1921 - Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia
1922 - WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas
1923 - Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
1924 - Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR
1925 - Kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens
1926 - US military intervenes in Nicaragua
1927 - Intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens
1927 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)
1928 - KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
1930 - Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights
1932 - Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
1932 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (Good Earth)
1933 - In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions
1934 - Nazi-Germany begins People's court
1936 - "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow
1936 - 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6
1936 - Emperor Haile Selassie & family flee Abyssinia
1938 - Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
1938 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)

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1939 - Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2
1941 - FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1
1941 - Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy
1941 - Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists
1941 - Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400
1942 - 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4
1942 - Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma
1943 - German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia
1944 - WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast
1945 - Allies occupy Wismar
1945 - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen
1945 - German Army in Italy surrenders
1945 - Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
1945 - Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
1946 - Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die
1947 - Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC
1949 - Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman"
1949 - Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
1949 - Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0
1950 - Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan
1950 - Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration
1950 - Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China PR
1952 - 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music"
1952 - 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet
1952 - Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers
1953 - 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02
1953 - Feisal II installed as king of Iraq
1953 - Hussein I installed as king of Jordan
1954 - Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader
1955 - India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable
1955 - Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
1955 - WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
1956 - US Methodist church disallows race separation
1958 - Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into NYC
1959 - 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2
1960 - Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
1960 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice & Consent)
1960 - "American Bandstand's" Dick Clark
1960 - House investigating committee, looking into payola questions
1962 - Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I
1962 - OAS strikes in Algeria

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1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 - WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast
1964 - 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00
1964 - Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks
1964 - Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1965 - "New Faces of 1965" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 52 performances
1965 - Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational
1965 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1966 - Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
1967 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
1968 - 1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony
1968 - 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2
1968 - Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London
1968 - Israeli television begins transmitting
1969 - British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to NY
1970 - 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
1970 - 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4
1970 - KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast
1971 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1972 - Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
1972 - Lt General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred
1975 - Apple records closes down
1976 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1977 - "King & I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
1978 - NBA championship: Portland Trailblazers win in 4 games
1979 - "Quadrophenia" premieres in London
1979 - -May 10] Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) begins nonstop ride, cycling 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
1979 - 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell
1980 - Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
1980 - Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in S Africa
1980 - Pope John Paul II begins African tour
1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 - 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02
1981 - Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1982 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1982 - Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1983 - 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga Calif
1984 - "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth NYC for 604 perfs
1984 - Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn)
1984 - Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid
1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 - Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II

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1986 - Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC
1987 - 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4
1988 - Balt Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt & get a new park
1988 - David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow," premieres in NYC
1988 - Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000
1988 - Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
1990 - "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 62 perfs
1990 - South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
1991 - Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus
1992 - "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs
1992 - 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03
1992 - Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian Pres Alija Izetbegovic
1993 - "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 445 perfs
1993 - "Candida" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1993 - "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 40 perfs
1993 - "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
1993 - Kristi Albers wins Sprint Golf Classic
1993 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament
1994 - Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
1994 - Dr Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides
1994 - Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros "Love is Wonderful Thing"
1995 - "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances
1995 - Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning
1995 - Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
1997 - Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce they are separating
1997 - Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber
1997 - Police arrest transsexual hooker Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
1997 - Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
1998 - 124th Kentucky Derby

[LSUFAN]

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1551 - William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)
1601 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)
1660 - Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)
1729 - Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)
1729 - Florian Johann Deller, composer
1740 - Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society
1752 - Ludwig August Lebrun, composer
1754 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer
1768 - Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist
1772 - Novalis, writer
1779 - John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)
1810 - Hans Christian Lumbye, composer
1810 - Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)
1817 - Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer
1821 - Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
1837 - Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)
1843 - Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer
1844 - Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents
1846 - Zygmunt Noskowski, composer
1849 - Frst Bernhard HM von Blow, German chancellor/Prussian PM (1900-09)
1853 - Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)
1855 - Theodore Moses Tobani, composer
1857 - Frederic Cliffe, composer
1859 - Eugene D'Harcourt, composer
1860 - D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)
1860 - Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founder (Zionist movement)
1862 - Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine)
1869 - Tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band)
1872 - G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC)
1884 - Fran‡ois de Vries, Dutch economist
1886 - Gottfried Benn, writer
1887 - Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's)
1890 - E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary)
1892 - Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, [Red Baron], German WW I ace
1893 - Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien) [or May 13, 1912]
1895 - Alfred Kurella, writer
1895 - Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield Ct, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads)
1898 - Jef [Josephus C F] Last, Dutch poet/politician (The Spark)

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1901 - Bob Wyatt, cricketer (England batsman 1927-37)
1901 - Lev N Lunts, Russia, writer (Outside the Law, City of Truth)
1901 - Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer
1901 - Willi Bredel, writer
1902 - Brian Aherne, Worcestershire England, actor (Juarez)
1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore, LA CA, actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl)
1903 - Benjamin Spock, CT, pediatrician (Common Sense Book of Baby Care)
1903 - Oivin Fjeldstad, composer
1904 - Georgi Dimitrov, composer
1905 - Alan Rawsthorne, Haslingden England, composer (Cort‚ges)
1906 - Aileen Riggin, Newport RI, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1920, 24)
1906 - Maurice Thiriet, composer
1907 - Pinky Lee, children's show host (Pinky Lee Show)
1908 - William Bakewell, LA Calif, actor (Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show)
1910 - Laurie Nash, cricketer (Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia)
1911 - Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist
1912 - Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate
1912 - Marten Toonder, writer/cartoonist (Mr Bommel)
1913 - Nigel Patrick, London Engld, actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold)
1914 - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (opened batting for S Africa v England 1947)
1915 - Jan Hanus, composer
1915 - Van Alexander, NYC, orch leader (Gordon MacRae Show)
1918 - Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat
1919 - Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues)
1920 - Jacob Gilboa, composer
1921 - Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)
1922 - Abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times)
1923 - Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer
1924 - Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer

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1924 - Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming)
1925 - David Ironside, cricketer (S Afr swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54)
1925 - John Neville, actor (Adventures of Baron Mnchausen)
1925 - Roscoe Lee Browne, Woodbury NJ, actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap)
1925 - Svatopluk Havelka, composer
1929 - Edward Levy Irving, composer
1929 - Luc Ferrari, composer
1929 - Sydney Gedye, cricketer (opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964)
1932 - Bruce Glover, Chicago Ill, actor (Diamonds are Forever)
1932 - Kees de Galan, Dutch economist
1932 - Malcolm Leyland Lipkin, composer
1933 - Bunk Gardner, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1935 - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58)/son of Ghasi I
1935 - Hussain ibn Talal, King of Jordan (1952- )
1935 - Link Wray, rocker (Link Wray & His Ray Men)
1936 - Michael Rabin, NYC, violinist (In Memorium)
1936 - Quinn Redeker, Woodstock Ill, actor (Dan Raven, Young & Restless)
1937 - Gisela Elsner, writer
1937 - Lorenzo Music, Bkln NY, writer/actor/voice (Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield)
1938 - Constantine Bereng Seeiso, king Moshushoe II of Lesotho
1940 - Bryan Davis, cricketer (bro of Charlie WI batsman v Australia 1965)
1940 - Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, Dutch MP (VVD)
1941 - Jules Wijdenbosch, premier Suriname
1944 - F Innerhofer, writer
1944 - John Verity, rocker (Argent)
1945 - Bianca P‚rez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wife
1945 - Bob Henrit, English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset)
1945 - Goldy McJohn, rocker (Steppenwolf)
1945 - Randy Cain, US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics)
1945 - Robert Henrit, England, rocker (Argent)
1946 - Lesley Gore, Tenafly NJ, singer (It's My Party)
1947 - Bill Lowery, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
1948 - Larry Gatlin, Seminole Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
1949 - Joey Phillips, percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)

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1950 - Lou Gramm, Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love Is)
1952 - Christine Baranski, Buffalo NY, actress (Maryann-Cybill, Birdcage)
1953 - "Keith" Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward (Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975)
1954 - Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader (UDF)
1955 - Ian Callen, cricketer (one Test Australia v India 1978, six wickets)
1955 - Jay Osmond, rocker (Osmond Brothers)
1955 - Joe Callis, rocker
1957 - Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles LA, USN/astronaut (sk: STS-91)
1958 - Kim Jones, Sonoma Calif, 5k runner
1959 - Brian Tochi, LA Calif, actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere, Renegades)
1960 - Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer (Sri Lankan pace bowler & opening batsman)
1961 - Doctor Robert, [Bruce R Howard], rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
1961 - Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star
1962 - Elizabeth Berridge, Westchester NY, actress (Amadeus, Funhouse)
1962 - Nancy Harvey, Swift Current Sask, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th)
1963 - Jos van Eck, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1963 - Kenton Leonard, CFL cornerback (Calgary Stampeders)
1964 - Kelly Michael Gibson, New Orleans LA, PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope-7th)
1967 - Kerryn McCann, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1968 - Reggie Slack, CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1968 - Will Furrer, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1969 - Brian Lara, cricketer (WI left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994)
1969 - Glen Young, NFL linebacker (SD Chargers)
1970 - Vania Thomas, Miss US Virgin Islands Universe (1997)
1971 - Greg Bishop, NFL guard (NY Giants)
1972 - Erik Maes, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
1972 - Jennifer Miriam, Oklahoma City OK, playmate (March, 1997)
1972 - Jill Savery, Ft Lauderdale Fl, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1972 - Peter Ogilvie, Vancouver BC, 100m sprinter (Olympics-96)
1973 - Rich Yurkiewicz, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Amst Admirals)
1974 - Miles Joseph, West Springfield Mass, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 - Mark Johnson, Dayton Ohio, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 - Murray William Burdan, Wellington NZ, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1976 - Ailleen Damiles, Miss Universe-Philippines/Miss Photogenic (1996)
1976 - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star
1977 - Amy D'Entremont, Stoneham Mass, figure skater (1995 NE Jr champ)
1977 - Jenna Von Oy, actress (Seven-Blossom)

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leather bodice
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Three women: one engaged, one married and one a mistress, are chatting about their relationships and decided they needed to spice up their love lives. All three agreed to wear black leather bras, stiletto heels and a mask over their eyes that evening with their respective lovers.
After a few days they meet up for lunch and compared notes.

The engaged woman: "The other night when my boyfriend came over he found me with a black leather bodice, tall stilettos and a mask. He saw me and said, 'You are the woman of my life. I love you.' Then we made love all night long."

The mistress: "Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing the leather bodice, heels, mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat he didn't say a word, but we had wild sex all night."

The married woman: "I sent the kids to stay at my mother's house for the night when my husband came home I was wearing the leather bodice, black stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes. As soon as he came in the door and saw me he said, 'What's for dinner, Batman?'"