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@@ -761,3 +761,11 @@ If you've cheated the guy in the glass.
 		    especially when acquired dishonestly. Ed.]
 
 
+Several years ago, some smart businessmen had an idea: Why not build a
+big store where a do-it-yourselfer could get everything he needed at
+reasonable prices?  Then they decided, nah, the hell with that, let's
+build a home center.  And before long home centers were springing up
+like crabgrass all over the United States.
+		-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"
+
+