Questions have been raised in my guestbook about what I have now dubbed The Semi-Sacred Cavorting Prize Fundraising Chocolate Bar Which Has Lived In The Vegetable Keeper For At Least Two Weeks.

There are issues involving the identity and security of the deeply coveted Semi-Sacred Cavorting Prize Fundraising Chocolate Bar Which Has Lived In The Vegetable Keeper For At Least Two Weeks.

We live in cynical times.

The brain trust at MarnCo, the ruthless multinational behind The Big Adventure, spent the night grappling with these issues.

Steps Have Been Taken.

The Bar is now encoded with the latest in anti-counterfeiting technology! Its identity is secure!

A crack security squad of highly trained guard cats will be with the bar at all times!

Yes, I realize that to you Zubby looks like a very mellow, laid back house cat but trust me, appearances can be deceiving and the cat is a coiled spring of barely sheathed mayhem.

Fear The Cat. Really. I Mean It.

Questions have been raised about internal MarnCo-based malfeasance against The Semi-Sacred Cavorting Prize Fundraising Chocolate Bar Which Has Lived In The Vegetable Keeper For At Least Two Weeks. There is scepticism that it will survive until the Nov. 1 drawing and its shipment to its new owner.

After all, it's no secret that the bar is living with a woman who has chocolate issues.

Each day, to prove that the bar is still with us, I will take its picture with the on-line edition of a newspaper. Today's picture shows The Semi-Sacred Cavorting Prize Fundraising Chocolate Bar Which Has Lived In The Vegetable Keeper For At Least Two Weeks with the Oct. 26, 2002 issue of The Montreal Gazette.

As you can see, MarnCo, the ruthless multinational behind The Big Adventure, cherishes its three loyal readers.

And now we come to a bitter, bitter moment.

You may want to sit down for this and have some smelling salts at hand.

This is the part where I have to admit I Was Wrong.

I know. I share your pain over this freakish turn of events.

Back when the International Cavorting Day extravaganza was launched, Cuppa Joe, the keeper of the Hall o' Fame predicted that by Oct. 31 we would see 100 members enshrined in the International Cavorting Day Hall o' Fame.

I pooh-poohed such insanity, figuring it would be a major achievement if it broke into the teens. I suggested that perhaps a $20 bet would be in order, the proceeds to go to the charity of the winner's choice. I figured it was like shooting fish in a barrel, that my favourite charity, M�dicins San Fronti�res, Doctors Without Borders was about to become $20 richer.

I was so very, very wrong. Today, the Hall o' Fame broke through 100:

So today I wrote that cheque.

*This is the part where we cue the incredibly heart-breaking, poignant violin music* Sure, I had to dip into my paltry retirement savings plan a.k.a. my pineapple piggy bank. Sure, I'll be eating cat food during my golden years because of this bet, but, well, I'm a woman of my word.

Guess next time I should choose my words a bit more carefully, eh?

--Marn

P.S.--The International Cavorting Day Hall of Fame is open. You, too, could be part of an institution that's just like the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame except that it doesn't involve music, Ohio, talent or an actual building.

Otherwise, they are remarkably alike.

Celebrate the notion that we should all have one day in our lives when we are free to celebrate a jolt of spontaneous happiness.

Post a button or post a link to the cavorting site and become enshrined! See yourself right up there on the screen!

Make a rubbing of your name!

Oh. Wait. Maybe that last bit wouldn't work. Nevermind that part, 'kay?

Today's inductees into the Hall o' Fame, Potential Winners of The Semi-Sacred Cavorting Prize Fundraising Chocolate Bar Which Has Lived In the Vegetable Keeper Of My Refrigerator For At Least Two Weeks are:

104. Betty Already 103. Maybe I'll Be Okay After All 102. Candy Mounds is not porn 101. Mod Housewife By Day, Girl Singah By Night100. Adventures of the Easily Amused99. Pie Hole

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