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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Anthony wrote:</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><<Err... Scrooge lost his original silk hat in US#13, did he not.>></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Well, seems like it is still there - beneath the ground...</FONT><A NAME="_MailAutoSig"></A></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">once</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">submitted a story idea</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">set in Antarctica</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">where Scrooge managed to retrieve his hat</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, but</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> story</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> idea</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> got rejected</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I never did find out why.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The hat wasn</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t pivotal to the story, but it did provide the punch line at the end</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Shaun Craill</FONT></P>
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