So, I have - had - one of those older 8 oz. cans of Haunted Bookshop; which is really hard to miss with the yellow lettering against the black background. It has always lived with all my other cans/tubs, in the same place where all my cans/tubs have lived forever; and yet, last night when I went to get it for the first time in about a week... lo and behold... it was magically "not there".
Now, no one else in the house smokes a pipe; and, no visitors/relatives were in the house since I used the can last, except for late in the evening, on the night of December 24th, when this fat, bearded pipe-smoking guy in red underwear, appeared in my den, via the chimney.
Upon discovering that we were the targets of a home-invasion, he was summarily driven-off the property by my broom-wielding wife - she could put most ancient Samurai to shame - and, the dogs got in one or two good nips on his jingle-bells, as he disappeared out our front door, and fled screaming into the dark of the night.
Since that time I have searched all over the house, and no sign of my big can of Haunted Bookshop can be found.
So, I ask you:
Have you ever had that moment when you suddenly realize that an entire can/tub of tobacco has gone magically missing from your stash, and, you cannot find it anywhere? - Sherm Natman
Now, no one else in the house smokes a pipe; and, no visitors/relatives were in the house since I used the can last, except for late in the evening, on the night of December 24th, when this fat, bearded pipe-smoking guy in red underwear, appeared in my den, via the chimney.
Upon discovering that we were the targets of a home-invasion, he was summarily driven-off the property by my broom-wielding wife - she could put most ancient Samurai to shame - and, the dogs got in one or two good nips on his jingle-bells, as he disappeared out our front door, and fled screaming into the dark of the night.
Since that time I have searched all over the house, and no sign of my big can of Haunted Bookshop can be found.
So, I ask you:
Have you ever had that moment when you suddenly realize that an entire can/tub of tobacco has gone magically missing from your stash, and, you cannot find it anywhere? - Sherm Natman
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