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               *** A Story by Dr. Graper ***
 
         2/1/78   9:20 pm     lynch / unidel
Dear Friends:
 
Once again, fate has put a GUIDO terminal in my hands, only
to snatch it away at any moment when my piano teacher 
arrives.  But I promise, since school's starting shortly
I'll be on campus all day and, damn it, I'll. . . I'll. .
 
VOICE:  You'll what?
Dr  G:  I'll. . .I'll
(See a large auditorium with fifteen men sitting on folding
chairs, all facing a small podium behind which Dr. Graper
and another individual are standing)

(Behind the podium is a banner, on which is printed the
words:  WHINERS ANONYMOUS)
 
VOICE:  You shouldn't have come to a Whiners Anonymous 
        meeting if you aren't going to seriously try
        to stop whining.
Dr  G:  Damn it, already!  I just want to say that I 
        WILL finish my epic!  All of it!  No more un-
 
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               *** A Story by Dr. Graper ***
 
         2/1/78   9:23 pm     lynch / unidel
        finished stories!  And damn it, I'm not a whiner!
VOICE:  Aren't you whining now?
Dr  G:  Whining about what?
VOICE:  Whining about whining!
Dr  G:  NO!
VOICE:  Seems like you're whining about your whining about
        your whining.
Dr  G:  Never!
Voice:  NOW it seems like you're. . .
 
[That certainly doesn't seem to be going anywhere.  But 
what else can you write when you're waiting for your piano
teacher??  I certainly don't want to get into something
dramatic and connected and then have to leave ANOTHER
story incomplete. I'll bet YOU don't play piano.  Hah!  
Piano playing take more self-discipline than YOU'LL ever
have! So don't whine when I say I've got to go to my piano
lessons!  Christ, I hate whiners. . .excuse me, here he
is).