Dear Mr. Ed- We here in New England indeed mark the appearance of April 21st on our calendars. Here at 42 north, it is the day that the Hated Black Fly invades central Massachusetts. This article tries to describe the impact of the Black Fly, but I assure you, the reality is dreadful beyond words...It is also the birthday of Queen Elizabeth the II, but she never invites me. http://www.theheartofnewengland.com/LifeinNewEngland-BlackFlies.html. I will be busy nailing up sheets of plywood over my windows on that date, so will be unable to chant in your direction at 9PM for further advice about the possible addition of the Fleet enema to my ferret home health kit. Now the *20th*....that is a big day for a lot of people, too. Mostly White Power Skinheads with "88" tatooed on their foreheads. Something about "Heil Hitler" represented as two H's, the H being the eighth letter of the alphabet. It's a big date for all the home frosting companies like Durkee. You know, the little tubes of red frosting you can use at home? Sales go through the roof, because supermarket bakeries won't draw swastikas on their cakes. I'm serious. It was in the news. I do note with some amusement that these two white trash parents have such a poor command of Third Reich history that they named their youngest daughter Honszlynn HINLER Jeannie Campbell instead of Honszlynn HIMMLER Jeannie Campbell. At least they got little Adolf's name right. Many of us here in New England think that the Black Fly is god's way of celebrating Hitler's birthday..as in...with a Biblical pestilence. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28269290/ Alexandra in MA [Posted in FML 6237]