# On Graciously Rejecting a Nice Gift

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-graciously-rejecting-a-nice-gift/15664>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 29, 2000, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-graciously-rejecting-a-nice-gift/15664 "2000-03-29T00:22:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-graciously-rejecting-a-nice-gift/15664/21 "2000-04-08T03:31:00Z")

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Dr. Watson, I wholeheartedly agree with Billdo. I hav been lurking for the same reasons he did, and I came out because this would be the most awesome thing you could do now. I really like your solution to this dilemma, as well as Billdo’s suggestion to finish it up.

\<bending low in a curtsy, purplebear smiles at Billdo\>

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You are more than a human being, you are a human becoming.  
Og Mandino

That’s my name, not a description. I am neither purple nor a bear. Okay, so I’m purple.\<a true Wally original!\>

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