Here at The Big Jewel, our favorite color is plaid and every tune is played on a set of bagpipes. And by an amazing coincidence, our bit of comic relief this week comes from newcomer Tom Conoboy, who describes himself thusly: "Tom Conoboy is a Scotsman undertaking missionary work in England. He works in local government, one of those bureaucrats who sits in his office all day shuffling bits of paper and counting paperclips. Sometimes vice versa." We don't know whether he wrote this story while he was supposed to be working, but we like to think he did: "George Cunningham" by Tom Conoboy George Cunningham left the faintest of marks on existence during his forty-two years and twenty-eight days of life. When he died -- in about eight minutes' time -- he would be neither mourned nor missed... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com/ To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx