As Bob walked across campus reading Joyce's Portrait he had an epiphany. Should he rethink his life? Should he change his major? Should he be here at all? What about his wardrobe? Had he not been so lost in thought Bob probably would not have been taken aback quite as much when the ferret suddenly bit his nipple. Had the pain not been so great he might have contemplated whether or not taking his pet to class was a good idea. He might have also reconsidered his new piercing. Apparently ferrets are attracted to shiny gold things.
16 months later....
As Bob sat on his couch sipping Budweiser through a straw, oblivious to what Oprah was saying to the Andy Warhol look-alike on his 65" plasma screen, he thought about the turn his life had taken over the past year and a half. Had the ferret not bitten his newly pierced nipple, he never would have qualified for disability. He would still be slaving away for his degree in business administration with an uncertain path to the destiny he desired, a destiny he now enjoyed. He muted the TV as he took another sip, thought for a moment and then said aloud to the empty room, "Every cloud really does have it's silver lining."
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