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You can't have a secret society without a lapel pin. .

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Good point!

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Since we don't have dues we don't have any money, so we'll have to pay for the pins using the Assistant Grand Secretaries salary.

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And this is where I toss my own French in -- Bon Marché. People think this means upscale because of the department store that bore that name for many years in the Northwestern USA, but if you translate it, it means "Good Market", or if you really get down to it, Cheap.

We'll simply use old beer caps and paint them red. Old fridge magnets glued to the back can hold them on our lapels, using another magnet on the other side. Hey! Nobody will see the magnets! It's okay.

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Now that is a DAMN FINE IDEA!

Excellent! We are off to the races now! We will have to drink a lot of beer of course, in order to have enough 'pins' for our millions of members!

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I second that motion.

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I third it!

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Damn it! I knew I forgot somethin!

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Besides everyone knows that the "Order of the 4 black llamas" is the pinnacle of freemasonry internationally. People sojourn from all over the world to the great city of Maggie Valley NC yearly to receive this honor. Bill Miller is a Llama.

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Two quick things W Brother:

1. Maybe we could trade? You come to Naches with me and we'll make you a 'Texican' then I'll go with you to become a Llama? Just be sure and bring Copenhagen Snuff with you, I don't know if we allow the wimpy flavored chewing tobacco in Naches.

2. We have to be really careful to not get into any fights about which Order is truly the ne plus ultra. If you read really old Masonic works about the 'high degrees' you see all these arguments about which is the highest, which is the most important, which is the ne plus ultra.

We must all simply agree, today, at this specific point in history, that the Ordre du Chapeau is the ne plus ultra. The most prestigious, most elite, most influential, and most powerful Masonic organization across the two hemispheres. Anything less would of course lead to harmful conflict.

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Grand Harlequin, at your disposal. 🙇

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Excellent! We certainly need a Grand Harlequin! Welcome aboard!

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Also, congratulations to the good Sirs Nelson and Edwards!

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