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Thanks for your messages,the matter had been preying upon my mind for a few days,it seemed time to clear it up.

But I approach you tonight,as a man who has been wronged!

I have been denied a very special cultural experience,unique to the US,and I've been sulking about it for the last couple of days.

Saturday,as we passed through Lebanon,OR, we noticed that there seemed to be something of a summer faire type affair happening.(Indeed,this sort of thing seemed to be happening in quite a few places last Saturday.).

It was with great enthusiasm,that I spotted a Cheerleader Carwash being offered near the roadside.Its not like our car didn't need a wash,it is positively filthy (but with good dirt,which has accumulated throughout our journey.Maybe I should collect it up,and make a collage.Or something.), but Persistence seemed immovable on the negotiations,which had to be conducted at speed as she accelerated through town.

I did see the local Fire Crew offering a similar service,and I am an equal opportunity lech...I was quite prepared to let the Fire Crew wash half the car,if only she'd let the Cheerleaders do the other half.

Or even if she'd have been prepared to let the Cheerleaders rinse it off.

Hell,I'd have settled for her letting me watch Cheerleaders washing other peoples cars.

She even had an opportunity later to rescind her harshness,as we passed through Sisters,but even the possibility of 'Soccer Girls' soaping our vehicle up seemed unpalatable.I even tried to appeal to her sense of pity....as it all seemed to be in aid of charity.

'Think of the Kittens!' I cried,but she remained unmoved.

She is a harsh,and merciless woman.