I've yet again shown the validity of the adage "Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find." I asked one of the cashiers at the food court whether I could buy one of the decorative pumpkins lying around, and she just let me have it for free. People always wonder how I happen to know people or how I get free stuff—that's how! I just ask...

Hint: If a professor calls his 97-question multiple-choice test "multiple guess"...you know he's a good one to keep around.

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