Sausages.

There once was a man. He liked eating sausages. He would eat any cheap old sausages and enjoy them greatly. "Sausages are delicious!", he'd think to himself, "I will always eat sausages like these."

One day he dined at a friend's house. Eating his friend's sausages, he was surprised, "These sausages are much nicer than mine..." he exclaimed! That night he had some of his own sausages but now they just didn't seem so good. "Hmm, I've tasted better...", he mused.

Next time in the store he bought the sausages like the ones his friend had served him. "Oh, yes!", he rejoiced later eating his dinner, "Now we're talking, these are the best sausages in the world - I shall always eat sausages like these!".

However, his curiosity had been aroused and he started wondering, "What would the best sausages in the whole world taste like??"

Thus it was that the man found himself on a winding road in the search for "The Last Sausage". The sausage that would end his exhausting and frustrating search for satisfaction. He'd taste the next type of sausage and say, "At last, this is the ONE!", but alas, doubts would creep in and he would change his mind and start wondering again.

He would hear rumours of truly great sausages, historic sausages, classic sausages, even signature series sausages!! He would have given up hope but he was simply unable to arrest the urge inside him that kept him searching.

Browsing Ebay one day, he saw IT. He gasped! "This IS the one!", he cried, "and look at the price! It's a bargain with the current exchange rate - if I sell my other sausages I could buy this one!"

And so, while his wife was out, he tried to buy the sausage of his dreams. The payment was refused by the credit card company who then RANG HIS WIFE AND GRASSED HIM UP.

There is a happy ending to this story...

The man's wife was a very gracious woman and approved the payment, God bless her!

As I write, the man is joyously waiting for his Last Sausage to be sent, confident that it is indeed "The Last Sausage".

Peace, at last.