"I've had an awful time." Brit told his friends. "First, I got angina pectoris, then arteriosclerosis. Just as I was recovering, I got psoriasis. They gave me hypodermics and, to top it all, tonsilitis was followed by appendectomy.

"Wow!" symphatized his friends, "How did you pull through?"

"I don't know," Brit replied. "It was the toughest spelling test I've ever had."