On 12/1/2003 2:15 PM, Declan Murphy wrote:

> It was one of a sequence of odd and unusual events. I walked out only 37 
> minutes after entering (my record, also at Nagoya, still stands at 4 
> hours 17 minutes). My number was called (after being in a queue of all 
> of five) only 8 minutes or so after taking the ticket. I had a seat! 
> Strolled up to the counter, handed over my docs and konnichiwaed the 
> bloke, and without so much as a by-your-leave, the fat bastard smiles.

I wonder if this qualifies as kindness to a stranger.

Are you sure you're not making this story up, Declan. I mean, quick 
service at the immigration counter and an act of gratuitous kindness as 
well? Perhaps this was something you experienced in a dream, or made up 
out of whole cloth?

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Scott Reynolds                                      sar@gol.com