Dear Dun-Wanabe Dad,

I have taken your advice to heart, and searched for a money tree, but to no
avail. So, being a motivated self starter, I have decided to make my own.
But I have just one problem- a lack of seed money. Thinking you might help
with this part of my advancement, I'm willing to devulge my plan. I will
graft $100.00 bills  to the largest tree in Tahiti, and care for this tree
until it bears the desired fruit of my labors. A donation of  $10,000,000.00
should be about right, as I intend to find a tree that is quite (in the
american sense)  large.

I'll begin packing immediatly, so that I won't be late this time. And I
won't tell Mom that you called me an S.O.B., because I wouldn't want to
disrupt my new family.

Your Wanabe Devoted Son,
Brad :-))))))

----- Original Message -----
From: "Reef Fish" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: G'Bye Sydney; Mahalo and Aloha Strike's Reef!


> On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 02:38:19 -0500, Brad <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > ...If you would adopt me, and take me to Tahiti with you and mom, I
> > promise not to be a burden to y'all like I was to my other parents.
> > :-)))))   ...Welcome back. <G>
> >
> >Your wanabe devoted son,
> >Brad :-)
>
> Dear Wanabe Devoted Son,
>
> I am going to ASSUME that you're the "late Brad" himself, posting in
> about the same hour on the day you missed the flight and made you
> late for the CAIV02NEDfest.  :-)))
>
> Whilst your Wannabee Mom and I don't have a son, not even an
> un-devoted one, and we appreciate your interest to be our SOB (of
> the diving kind <G>) in Tahiti, I think you'll be far happier to
> stick with your "other parents" :-))), unburden them by working your
> arse off (as I did) while being an apprentice in the art of shaking
> a money-tree, until enough 24K gold fall on your head to make dive
> weights out of them ... <VBG>
>
> Failing to do so, you'll still be a very happy man, diving with lead
> weights, in mud-holes or prinstine water, because you know you've
> EARNED it yoself!  :0)
>
> Your dun-wannabee dad,
> -- Bob.  :-)