>>>>My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I
>kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a
>nearby table.
> My wife asks, "Do you know her?"
> "Yes," I sighed, "She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to
>drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she
>hasn't been sober since."
> "My God!" says my wife, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating
>that long?"
> So you see, there really are 2 ways to look at everything.