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work for BIG COMPANY?” he

     queried further.  I told him I didn’t.  At


     that point, due to things that the media


     says goes on in board rooms, I thought

     he might respond, “Oh great!  Now I’m

     going to have to kill you!”  Instead, he


     just graciously cussed and hung up.


            I thought I had pretty much

     received my lifetime allotment of

     strange phone calls, but the next


     afternoon, I received yet another.  I

     looked at the number, and it was a


     strange, long number - very long,

     perhaps originating in a foreign


     country.  When I answered it, a lady

     with a strong, unfamiliar accent


     responded, “Ello.  I call about you pet

     rhino.”






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