One day I met a sweet gentleman and fell in love. When it became apparent that we would marry, I made the supreme sacrifice and gave up beans.

Some months later, on my birthday, my car broke down on the way home from work. Since I lived in the countryside I called my husband and told him that I would be late because I had to walk home.

A software engineer booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life. At least for a while.

A hurricane came up unexpectedly. The ship went down and was lost instantly. The man found himself swept up on the shores of an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing. Only bananas and coconuts.

A woman came in a Garage and asked for a seven-hundred- ten.

All looked at each other, and the mechanic asked, "What is a seven-hundred-
ten?"

She replied, "You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine. I lost
it and need a new one. It had always been there."