Story Zero Cubed (0 ^ 3) Another true story to keep the juices flowing on you most creative fellows.

My friend Wayne was an inveterate pipe smoker until one day when his doctor called him and said, "Wayne, I'm looking at your x-rays and it's not good news, can you come into my office tomorrow?"

It was the worst that it could be, spots on his lung.

Tearfully he and his wife, Janice, packed up his beloved Charatans, tobacco, racks and accessories and packed them in a box. Wayne asked Janice to put them in a place where he wouldn't be able to see them, but he just couldn't part with them yet.

Wayne went to the hospital for a follow-up. Nothing. It was nothing at all. It turns out that his doctor had the x-rays for another patient. Wayne ran down the hall and called Janice at home and told her the good news.

On his way home Wayne stopped at the store and told me the story. "Wow, incredible, what great news!", I said. Wayne said that the first thing that he was going to do was hug Janice and the second was to light up a bowl of this John Cotten as he flipped the tin onto the counter with a $5 bill but I pushed the money back, "Smoke's on me Wayne!" and off he went.

He lived nearby and it wasn't 10 minutes later that I got a call. It was Wayne and he was crying.

"Oh my god, Wayne! The original x-rays were really yours?"

"No", he sobbed.

"Janice was so happy for me that she cleaned my pipes, in the dishwasher!"