Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 1998/12

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] P.T. Barnum was right . . .
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 21:42:58 -0500

>I certainly don't want anyone thinking I was a fool, so here's the dope.
>Without going into great detail, this is what came down. I was
>participating in a fundraiser for a school band. Someone challenged me
that
>he could raise more money than I could. I have a relative who regularly
>contributes to this fundraiser and does so in large sums. We were
>discussing this pink clarinet and the fact that the bids were so high on
it.
>He said that he would triple the top bid and pay for the purchase of the
>clarinet if I was the top bidder. I made the top bid, got the school a
>clarinet for it's music program, earned the school $2580.00 for their
>instrument fund and won a $50.00 bet. OK? ;-)

ROTFL!

Mark Charette@-----.org

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