"They all squealed, "PANTIES??" Yes. In the afternoon, on the sly, when nobody else is home. I caughthim at it to-day. Look at him! That's my toug... little brother, the terrorof the neighborhood, and he's *really* a sissy who likes to wear panties!"And of course they all screamed and began to giggle. This was just as badas I had feared. It was about to get worse.One of them, a girl named Betty, gave me a penetrating look and said, "He'scute!" I blushed at that. And naturally Betty. While the Vermin are immune to most poisons and seem to be able to adapt to almost any type of climate and planetary conditions, they have nearly the same adversity to addiction as most humans, possibly even slightly greater. I have used your computer to probe all known highly addictive substances, and narrowed my choices down to three. They are Vactimite, Shockalodon and Carodine." Why did you choose these? Oxidite, for instance, has far more addictive properties," the AI questioned,. Calvin looks down at his wife and smiles. “How about we go home for your other surprise?”“There’s more?” she asks.“Well, that was your Christmas Eve present,” he answers.Jana looks back over her shoulder, hoping to get a glimpse of who that just was, but the stranger is already back in his car and is pulling away. When she turns back to her husband, he is back to normal, naked and pulling on a shirt. “Will it be my Christmas present?” she asks.“By the time we get home, it will be Christmas,” he. “Riiiiiight! I heard you last night. I know better. Now, let’s eat before she shows up.”We ate our dinner, carrying on a light conversation about the upcoming presidential election which looked to me like it was going to be a blowout. Neither Gary Hart nor Walter Mondale seemed likely to be able to beat Reagan, and Jessie Jackson certainly was no threat. Although the contest between Hart and Mondale was far from over, I felt that Mondale had effectively scored a knockout blow with his Where’s.