LIMITED DISSIPATION

A small, hen-pecked, worried-looking man was about to take an

examination for life insurance.

"You don't dissipate, do you?" asked the physician, as he made ready for

tests. "Not a fast liver, or anything of that sort?"

The little man hesitated a moment, looked a bit frightened, then

replied, in a small, piping voice: "I sometimes chew a little gum."

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