FOR FUN: How much is enough?

The Coeur d'Alene Press has been chock full of serious stories lately. The issues go from the County Comprehensive Plan to possible resurgent racism in North Idaho to the economic meltdown.

The problems never seem to have answers and the problems mount and multiply.

In the middle of all this I had an anniversary, Christmas and a birthday in a 30-day period. My wife asked me what I would like for gifts and my answer was simple: Ammunition. By my birthday, my wife asked me how much ammunition was enough. That simple question set me to thinking and I could not come up with an answer.

In the middle of the night, I awoke with one of those gestalt (ah hah) moments. I had the answer. I had THE ANSWER. No one could ever challenge the answer. It was the right answer.

With certain reservations, you have enough ammunition when you have 500 rounds per gun barrel. If you have four guns then you need 2,000 rounds. A quick check is simple enough. Take a single shot shotgun out for the afternoon and you rarely shoot more than 150 rounds. Big caliber rifles is the same story and besides the shells cost a fortune.

Now the exception is .22 caliber long rifle. 22 isn't reloadable, so the rule here is 10 to 20,000 rounds.

So, when the paper publishes this letter, many women in Kootenai County will have their present shopping for their husbands solved for years to come.

At a recent gathering, our Chaplain was missing, so I said grace: "Lord, thank you for all we have, and thank you for all we don't have. Amen." I consider it the perfect prayer and am considering having it copyrighted.

I wouldn't be surprised if the citizens of this county raise a statue in my honor down at the courthouse. It is a good thing I am a well-balanced person. Now that I have authored the perfect prayer and answered the all-important question of how much ammunition is enough, what is left to accomplish?

ROBERT B. HUNT

Post Falls