My wife and I were at a school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunk man, sitting alone at a nearby table, swigging his drink.

I asked my wife; ''Do you know him?''

''Yes,'' She sighed, ''He's an old boyfriend. I understand he took to the drink when we split up all those years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since.''

''My God!'' I said, ''I've never heard of a person celebrating for that long?''