Sharon's birthday!

Jim hopped out of bed, his eyes wide as he realized he hadn't gotten her a present yet. He jumped into and out of the shower, brushed his teeth, and ran a worn-out comb through his hair, and then

Jim ran down to his basement lab and finished the final touches of his present for Sharon's birthday. He was tring to make perfume, but somehow it smelled more like a bottle of coke. "Oh well" said Jim. "She'll be happy I got her this instead of a card." Little did he know just how happy she would be after she tried it out.

Jim finished wrapping the Coke-scented perfume and began writing a card.

Dear Sharon,
 So! It's your birthday. Inside there's a homemade present from me to you. It didn't come out too well, but I hope you'll appreciate it.

Jim

Then he looked over the present, then the card. Perfect. Now, how to give it to her......

Jim had always been a thoughtless person, and shipping his girlfriend's present to her, on the day of her birthday no less, was a classic example. Had he not been so thoughtless, it might have occurred to him that this was one of the reasons he was such a nerd and a social outcast.

When he arrived at the Federal Express office, he