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AFTERGLOW

I had me an Uncle Fester's Mystery Light Bulb as a kid. You could put a small piece of foil in your mouth to make the electrical connection to the battery, and make that dog glow, just like Fester.

When I was 11 or so I went to a summer camp in Dahlonega, and took my new toy on that long bus ride. I was the bee's knees with that thing. And girls, being girls, all wanted to try it out.

And as those girls put that bulb in their mouths, and it glowed, a similar bulb, albeit invisible, went off over my head.

Well, now. No one had ever told me girls liked to put sech objects in their mouths, much less make them glow. But I am a determined cuss, and once I've learned a lesson, it is seldom forgotten.