It was sometime around winter 1974, another sleepover night at Davey's house. After a full day of Hot Wheels track building and Jane tormenting we had settled down to watch one of our favorite movies that seemed to always come on around the holidays, "The Great Race". It's the one with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon and Natalie Wood and features the greatest pie fight scene of all time. Back then the De Haans had a huge, white leather swivel rocker. It was, by a longshot, the most entertaining chair in the house. I don't know who's idea it was to place piles of neatly folded clean laundry on the chair with a Peterson kid in the house, but let's just say some of us didn't see the clothes ("How can Tony Curtis stay pie-free amid all that flying pastry?"). Jan came upon the mess and said, "Oh, no! Who did this?" Now mind you, she said this to herself, but with a power to her voice I had never heard before and never heard again. I don't recall the culprit ever speaking up, but the evening concluded as usual by being tucked into the top bunk with a kiss goodnight on the forehead. Lesson learned. I love you Jan!--Brian Peterson
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