As usual, we had a very enjoyable dinner. We polished off several bottles of wine and were feeling rather silly. We were telling each other stupid jok...s and laughing it up. After the coffee we retired to the living room. I thought that things would mellow out but Joyce was on a roll. She was telling one joke after another and was as good as any stand-up comic. She seemed to enjoy our encouragement and our hearty laughter.At one point Joyce told a dirty joke that had something to do with the. I threw my pants and tshirt over one of the windmill pipes and got in and splashed around and enjoyed the somewhat cool water on that really hot summer day.After a bit of that I got out stark naked of course and grabbed my jeans and tshirt and headed to the house to get a towel I had forgotten to take and dry off. Right on my heels was one of our dogs, Jasper we called him who was no more than a who knows what mutt kind of dog. Dad didn't like him much nor did my brother, but Mom insisted we. "I guess. Do you have any cash?" "Of course sweetie," I said and took her hand, starting to lead her towards my car. "How much do you need?" Now that I was walking beside her, I could smell her. She obviously hadn't had a shower in at least a few days, and her cloths hadn't been washed for longer. "Is fifty ok?" I laughed and told her, "I can do better than that!" I opened the car door and let her into the front passenger seat. Inside the car her odour was even stronger. "Now lets get you some. Jack saw it and said, "That must have been why my mom was getting everyone at the reception into groups around one of the tables. She is so sneaky! She must have gotten everyone to sign it, then took it to one of the other rooms to wrap it and sneak it into the gift pile as they were loaded into the car."They opened the other gifts, which were a toaster oven, satin bed sheets, an Amish Quilt, gift certificates for several restaurants and other businesses around town, a pair of red terrycloth.