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[Laura C. Minnick]

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

> I have one friend who is Boring.  She wasn't Boring
> before she got married, but she became Boring
> afterwards.  She knew her husband and his family were
> Boring even before she married and still married him
> anyway.  And now she has two Boring children.
>
> Yeah, you guessed it, her real, legit last name is
> Boring.  You'd have thought the family would have
> changed their name, but they are very proud of being
> Boring.

Ooh! I have one almost as good- my #2 student, Laurence of Damascus,
grew up in Boring, Oregon, which is an actual town near... Damascus.

'Lainie