A Moment Of Agony That Transcends All Moments Of Agony.

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A moment of agony that transcends all moments of agony. I hope this story
is true, because it's too beautiful to be a lie. A man is at a long table.
There are twenty-five people seated about this table, enjoying a formal
supper. This man is meeting for the first time his prospective in-laws.
It's a very stiff affair, white tie, he's trying desperately to behave
tonight. At one point during the meal, he glances down into his lap and he
notices that he has forgotten to do something terribly important. Very
surreptitiously he reaches down and makes the adjustment. And everything is
fine. A few minutes later he gets up to excuse himself. And the whole
tablecloth goes with him.
-- Shelley Berman

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