05/26/00

Down at the Veterans' hospital, a trio of old timers ran out 
of tales of their own heroic exploits and started bragging 
about their ancestors. 

"My great grandfather, at age 13," one declared proudly, 
"was a drummer boy at Shiloh."

"Mine," boasted another, "went down with Custer at the 
Battle of Little Big Horn."

"I'm the only soldier in my family," confessed vet number 
three, "but if my great grandfather was living today, he'd be 
the most famous man in the world."

"What'd he do?" his friends wanted to know.

"Nothing much. But he would be 165 years old."