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IS MY HANDWRITING TOO SLOPPY FOR YOUR EYEBALLS?  HERE'S THE TEXT OF THE ABOVE CARD ...

GREGORY AND PAMELA / SOUTH CAROLINA / GREGSTER AND PAMMEISTER!  HOW THOUGHTFUL OF YOU TO SEND ME A NEW PAIR OF SOCKS!  BOY WAS I EXCITED WHEN I OPENED THE PACKAGE, AND THERE THEY WERE, ALL COTTONY AND LEMONY!  (IN FRESHNESS, NOT TASTE.)  BUT THEN I GOT TO THINKING, WHY BE SELFISH WITH YOUR ACT OF KINDNESS?  WHY NOT SPREAD THE JOY, THEREBY MULTIPLYING IT?  SO I GAVE ONE SOCK TO MORLEY AND THE OTHER TO CHICO!  (THEY WERE TOO BIG FOR GRETCHEN AND DIDN'T MATCH FELIX'S SHOES, SO HE'S A LITTLE UPSET WITH YOU, OBVIOUSLY.)  PENELOPE WAS MAD THAT I DIDN'T OFFER HER ONE FIRST, BUT HEY, I SAID, GREG AND PAM ONLY GAVE ME ONE PAIR, GO GRIPE TO THEM, NOT ME!  (HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HER YET?)  ANYWAY, NOW MY FEET KIND OF MISS THOSE SOCKS AND I'M THINKING OF ASKING CHICO AND MORLEY TO GIVE THEM BACK, BUT THEY KEEP CHANING THE SUBJECT.  THIS IS TORTURE.