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Goodbye Bob,



I'll miss you greatly

though I haven't seen you for over a year now



Ever since my migraines ceased last Spring

I've lost my mid-day excuses to join you

I still caught you occasionally

but I never really knew when you were scheduled

only that you were always on at the right time



Like you paired with morphine,

quite the combination after my tonsils were taken

But with them went the main reason for our time together

and I was saddened without that sickness

precious Price moments lost

only to be regained through reruns



At the end of an affordable century

You represented glorious years

when toothpaste was 69 cents, detergent was dirt cheap

and house payments weren't missed for home appliances



You could always make a Toyota look like a Ferrari

and though not much,

the prize money always seemed sweeter coming from you



Along with Plinco, the Yodeler, and that monstrous whirling wheel

Everyone was given a fair shot

from businessmen to bus drivers

because they all had to go shopping



All it took was a name and that hopeful fraise

Come On Down!

And dreams had a chance



It was all due to you

An older, overjoyed man with laugh lines stretching to ears

and a representative of anti-inflation

as well as happiness, when I needed it most



So here's to you, Bob

Thanks for playing...