It's true. I used to take ashtrays from bars and restaurants. I told the hub that they wanted us to take them for advertising in our homes. Then, I read an article in The Wall Street Journal of all places, that talked about stealing is stealing. Towels from hotels, silverware from restaurants and ashtrays.

My girlfriends were just as bad. We'd leave a place and I always carried a large purse and they would sneak ashtrays into my purse and when I walked out, it would clang.

Now, if I see an ashtray that I like, I ask if I can buy one and the waiter always gives me one free.

We were in Norway and after eating at a restaurant and returning to the hotel bar, he said, "Can I ask you something? I thought he would ask how long I had been a thief, given that I had taken yet another ashtray that evening. Instead, he asked me, "Will you be my wife?"

I've reformed my bad ways. I don't steal anymore. Who knew I was actually a real thief?