The stories contained in this book will make you laugh. Period. They're not meant to offer some profound meaning of life. You can read this book, put it on a bookshelf for a year, and then re-read it. It'll still make you laugh. If, however, you do discover the meaning of life in these pages, please let us know so we can bump the price a bit. The truth is, no matter how politically correct we try to be, we all enjoy knowing that someone suffered differently than we. Sure, we tell people that we walked twelve miles to school--uphill, both ways, but honestly, most of us had a pretty sweet childhood.