Slappy says, "let's be happy!"
Okay sure, the stock market's a little gloomy today, and there's a world-wide collapse of stock and credit markets going on, but have you stopped to consider the good things in your life? Slappy has. For instance, the price of gas is going down! Of course, now that real estate agents don't have to drive all around town showing houses that's not quite the blessing it might have been this Spring, but its still a darn good thing, you betcha!

The builders of all those empty spec houses are happy, too - can you imagine what it must cost to heat 25,000 square feet of empty home during the winter, all winter? Lower fuel prices must be a real blessing for them.

Cross-word editors are happy because real estate lawyers and title searchers now have the time to idle away just hours and hours filling in the little squares. Imagine how proficient that extra experience will make them! Slappy sees a demand for entirely new crossword puzzles that are much more demanding than today's.

Bar tenders are happy counting tips from all their new customers who come off the train and head for the counter, rather than home; divorce counselors must be doing well and our churches will soon be over-flowing.

Those are just a few of the improvements to our life Slappy sees. Surely, if you'll look deep inside, you'll find many, many more. Ta ta for now.