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Pickleball Canada Organization Official Newsletter September 2013

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PickleballThe fastest growing sport in North America

Le sport qui affiche la croissance la plus rapideen Amerique du Nord

There is no doubt that pickleball is the fastest growing sport in North America!Because thereare somanyplayerswanting toplaypickleball andbecause therewerevirtually no places to play outdoor, many of our ambassadors and pickleball playersacross the country haveapproached their respectivemunicipalities, cities, tennis andgolf clubs to paint lines on tennis courts or create new pickleball exclusive courts.Congratulations to Pickleball Kelowna on the grand opening of your brand new 8outdoor pickleball exclusive courts.

Peter Darvill, Area Ambassador for Ladner, BCwas probably the first to have success getting the localparks board to paint lines on newly paved tennis courts to allow either pickleball or tennis. Last yearafter our request to the City of Abbotsford, they also painted lines for 4 outdoor pickleball courts. Therehave been so many of these conversions happening across Canada. Pickleball is here to stay both

indoor and outdoor. There are so many pickleball clubs and groupsstarting up in every province. There will continue to be great demandfor more pickleball courts to accommodate the ever increasingnumber of players. Some of the recent ones include ParksvilleGoldenOldiesSportsAssociation (PGOSA) inB.C.Theystartedwith20players this summerandwithin 3weeks theyhad86players. Theyneeded pickleball courts so the City of Parksville marked out sixoutdoor pickleball courts in the lacrosse box.Here are some more examples of tennis court conversions to dualpurpose:1. Congratulations Linda Brown, Area Ambassador for Salmon ArmBC on the Grand Opening of 4 outdoor pickleball courts at Club Shuswap Golfand RV on Aug. 13 which attracted 140 people when 45-50 were expected.

2. TheCity of Trail BC has designated one tennis court at Butler Parkfor four pickleball courts.3. The two tennis courts at Westridge Park in Burnaby, B.C. are nowlined for 8 pickleball courts.4. The City of Parksville, B.C. has marked out pickleball lines on twotennis courts and six pickleball courts in the lacrosse box.5. Kingsville Tennis Organization in Ontario has recently includedpickleball. A group of pickleball volunteers have painted pickleballlines on4 tennis courts. In the near future, they are proposing anamechange to Kingsville Tennis & Pickleball Association. Great to seethe cooperation between the pickleball and tennis groups!There aremanymore examples across the country, I ammentioningonly a few. Thanks to all our Ambassadors and members who worktirelessly behind the scenes increasing the number of courtsavailable, indoor and outdoor, for the ever increasing number ofplayers.

Inside this Issue:

Pickleball Canada welcomes newsabout Canadians playing pickleballacross Canada and around the world.

Please send to editor, Denise Griffin

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[email protected]

President's Message - Dave Shepherd

President’s Message p 1

New Look & Logo for IFP p 2

Pickleball News Coast to Coast p 2

Prince Edward Island p 2

Nova Scotia p 2

Ontario p 3

PAO Tournament p 4

Alberta 55+ Provincial Playoffs p 7

BC Seniors Games p 8

Upcoming Tournaments p 10

Editorial, “What’s In It For Me?” p 10

PCO Rules Guru p 11

Pickleball Canada Organization Official Newsletter August 2013


New Look for International Federation of Pickleball

Check out the new logo and web page for the IFP at www.ipickleball.orgBy reading through the new web page I learned just how valuable this

organization is to the advancement of pickleball and to preserving the original nature of the game.

Spain is the newest member of IFP along with India, USA and Canada. What potential there is forpickleball growth around the world! If you have not had the opportunity, take a look at the websites forIndia (All India Pickleball Association) and Spain. Some of youmay even travel to these countries in thenear future and join in a pickleball game.

Pickleball is alive and thriving inDartmouth, Nova Scotia!

Pickleball in Dartmouth startedwhen a couple of residents ofDartmouth discovered thisfascinating game being playeda 40 minute drive across the

city in Tantallon. We found out that we loved thegame, but disliked the long drive twice a week.

Deciding that this game was worth promotinglocally, we got financial support from our localcouncillor DarrenFisher, and facility support fromPeter Wightman, director of the East DartmouthCommunity Centre (EDCC). The EDCC groupstarted with 8 dedicated women signing up for 4Friday mornings, but it quickly grew to up to 25people of both sexes and various ages playingMonday mornings, Wednesday mornings andevenings, Friday mornings and Sundayafternoons. In June we hosted the Bridgewaterpickleball group forexerciseand lunch.Ourgroupmaintains an e-mail list of over 60 peoplewantingto be kept up on pickleball activities. For the firsttime pickleball will be played at the 55+Games inSeptember and some of the EDCC pickleballparticipants will be competing.Submitted by Regis Hill

Pickleball News from PEIFor the past two years wehave had Pickleball inFortune in an outdoor rink.However, this year....wehave created two newPickleball courts in the town

of Souris, PEI at the Souris Tennis Court area.We received a grant from Eastern Kings SportsCouncil which allowed us to purchase two newportable Pickleball nets. We then got togetherand painted lines for the two new courts. All Julyand August, we were fortunate to have KarlHanson and Pat Bear , who are seasonalresidents of PEI, put on Pickleball Clinics two

days a week. We now have approximately 14players who come out twice a week. If you cometo PEI, make sure you come for a visit and playwith us !Submitted by Garth Matthews , PEI Ambassador

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The Town of Kingsville Ontario is a participant inthe Windsor-Essex 100 Mile Peninsula Club, aninitiative by surrounding municipalities toconvince retirees to relocate to this area. It maycome as a surprise therefore, that as of May 01st

of 2013, the game of pickleball was not beingplayed anywhere in Kingsville. Indeed, a couple

of initial phone calls revealedthat theKingsvilleParks&Rec.Dept. knew nothing of thegame, and the local tennis clubwanted nothing to do with thegame.

In the first week of May, a group of four of ussnowbirds started playing pickleball on theTown’s tennis courts. We initially used painter’stape to lay out our court markings, but that wastoo costly and very time consuming. So wequickly changed to homemade reusable rubberstrips which also proved to be time consumingand dangerous as players would sometimes tripover the markers. Thankfully no one wasseriously injured. Wordspreadquickly, andsoonour numbers doubled, then tripled. We beganplaying regularly, three mornings a week,attracting picklers from neighbouringcommunities. In an effort to lendourselves credibility, we namedour group “Kingsville Pickleball”,and created a Facebook page ofthe same name.

Around mid-June we feltestablished enough to solicitTown councilors, and theDirectorof the Kingsville Parks & Rec. Dept., forpermanent pickleball markings to be applied tothe tennis courts. During the months of June &July we made three separate presentations tothree different committee levels. We told the

panels about the history of Pickleball, why it is sopopular, and the benefits it can bring to the Townof Kingsville. We received positive feedback ineach case. It also helped that the localnewspaper ran an article detailing the growingpopularity of Pickleball. The only glitch weconfronted was some early opposition topermanent markings by members of the localtennisassociation,whichhadexclusionaryuseofthe courts at peak times. TheParks&RecreationProgram Manager arranged a meeting betweenthe tennis and pickleball groups. Cognizant ofthe history that many pickleball groups have hadwith tennis associations in North America, theKingsville picklers, lead by a small contingent,went into the meeting expecting a battle.Astonishingly, the tennis association supportedthe idea of having pickleball lines painted on thetennis courts, and even agreed to pay for therequiredmaterials. Wow!!! Thismust havebeena first. Many of the Kingsville Pickleball playersended up joining the tennis association, whichperhaps someday may come to be known as the“Kingsville Tennis & Pickleball Association” .

On August 3rd of 2013, a group of KingsvillePickleball members met at the tennis courts

ready for work. Usingchalk lines, painter’stape, and a gallon of‘Traffic Yellow’ paint weapplied the permanentlines to the fourKingsville tennis courts.Three hours later we hadfour new Pickleball

courts! We were tired & dirty, and had justenough energy left to give ourselves a ‘high-five’.The news of our (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from prev page) ...permanent pickleballmarkings seems to bebringing out some newplayers. Recently we hadone of our busiest days todate, with all four courts inplay, and another fourplayerswaiting in rotation. Serendipitously, on thatsameday,wewere advised that Pickleball will nowbe included in theofficial activity guide for theTownof Kingsville. We see great potential for thecontinued growth of Pickleball in our town……andwho knows - maybe we’ll even get our own T-shirts!

Kingsville is now one of many places to playpickleball in the Windsor/Essex County area. Youare sure to get a good & friendly game in Kingsvilleas there are players of all ages and skill levels.

Pickleball is played Monday, Wednesday andFriday from 8:30 – 11:30 (weather permitting).The address is 1741 Jasperson Drive, Kingsville,Ontario, N9Y 3J4. Submitted by Wayne & Jude Halpertand Jules & Mary Kay.

For more information please contact:Wayne and Jude Halpert at (519) 800-3550([email protected]) orJules and Mary Kay at (226) 783-8573([email protected])

Annual Pickleball Associationof Ontaio Tournament andAGM A Huge SuccessOshawa, Aug. 14-16, 2013 - The 2ndAnnual PAOInvestors Group 50+ Ontario Pickleball Open heldatKingswayCollege inOshawaonAug. 14, 15and16 was by all accounts a huge success.115 players attended with 40 mixed teams, 24women's teams and 29 men's teams. The facilitywas excellent and players appreciated the jobdone by the organizers, referees, volunteers andscorekeepers. Congratulations to the winners andto all players for helping to make this a successfulevent. The list of medal winners can be found onour Tournament Listings & Results page. Thanksalso go to ourmain sponsors, InvestorsGroup andthe Quality Hotel for their support financially andotherwise.A highly successful raffle was held at thetournament. Donated prizes consisted of six new

paddles, a Eureka vacuum cleaners and a giftbasket loaded with balls, a PAO t-shirt and $25 incash. Thanks to all those who bought raffle ticketsin support of the PAO.The 2012-2013 Directors appreciated the supportprovidedby all ourmemberswhohelpedmake thistournament a success.Abig thank you is extendedto those same Directors who were the chieforganizing committee for the tournament.The second Annual General Meeting of the PAOwasheld at the conclusion of play onAug. 14 at theQuality Hotel. Approximately 50 people attendedfor the business portion of the meeting and thesocial which followed. A large number of doorprizes supplied by pickleball companies and localbusinesses were awarded at the end of themeeting. The membership approved a newexecutive consisting of: Bill Gohn (Port Perry),Russ French (Windsor), Sylvia Schultz(Tecumseh), Andy Hall (London), Bruce Doughty(Whitby). Submitted by Dave Hall, Prov. Ambassador

Russ French 2000Merrie Lee 1500Pierrette Hebner 1300Bud Hebner 1000Richard McGowan 1000Simonne McGowan 1000

James Alberga 1000Dave Hall 800Helen Hall 600Roy Wilson 500Mary Allard 300Carol Doughty 300

2nd PAO Tournament Points

For complete tournament results check out pages 5 thru 7....



Bud Hebner Pierrette Hebner

Little CurrentBarb Taylor Michael David

Nepean

Silver BronzeGold

Helen Hall Dave HallSt. Thomas

Mixed Doubles 50 - 59

Simmone & Richard McGowanBarrie

Harry Bannister Ute HuefferEtobicoke/Mississauga

Silver BronzeGold

Bill Gohn Carol DoughtyDurham Region


Merrie Lee Russ FrenchNorth York/Oshawa

Lillian Cree John CreeLondon

Silver BronzeGoldMixed Doubles 70+

Looey Tremblay Paul LeederKitchener

Rob Smith Randy ElliottDurham Region

Silver BronzeGold

Scott Revell Wayne SawdonWoodstock/Brampton

Mens Doubles 50 - 59

Larry Howells Diane Pounder

MississaugaAnne Berry Hans Tim

Durham Region

Silver BronzeGold

Jeanette McGuire Dennis CarterStouffville


Absent for Photo

Patrick McDade & Joy McDonald

Durham Region



Silver BronzeGoldLadies Doubles 50 - 59

Bud Hebner Pierrette Hebner

Little CurrentBarb Taylor Michael David

Nepean

Silver BronzeGoldMens Doubles 70+

Silver BronzeGoldMens Doubles 60 - 64

Silver BronzeGoldMens Doubles 65 - 69

Ron Johnson Claude LapierreCobourg/Cornwall

Dave Hall John BlackwellSt. Thomas/London

Mike March Grant McLaughlinDurham Region

Bill Gohn Zoli HartaiDurham Region

Roy Wilson Bob Cook-AbbottDurham Region

Godfrey Lue-King Joe Sue-HoScarborough

Absent for Photo

Doug Cain Gary Tuck

Durham Region

Barb Taylor Christine RogersNepean/Ottawa

Tracy Vernest Joseline SikorskiDurham Region

Pierrette Hebner Helen HallSt. Thomas/Little Current

Rose Cammaert Lynda BowerLondon/Nobelton


Anne Robertson Joan ArcherDurham Region

Sharon Clarke Pauline AltonDurham Region






Silver BronzeGoldLadies Doubles 70+

Ute Hueffer Diane PounderMississauga

Merrie Lee Yolande LewScarborough/North York

Susan Talacko Mary AllardCollingwood

Sylvia Lacoe Marnie HarrisonDurham Region

Joanne Keates Annette GagneAurora

Joy McDonald Christa LegaultDurham Region

ALBERTA 55 PLUS - PROVINCIAL PICKLEBALL PLAYOFFS 2013Well – wasn’t that a party???What a fantastic day for Pickleball in Alberta!! The sun shone brightlyand history was made in Sherwood Park, AB on August 22, 2013 at the inaugural Alberta 55 PlusProvincial Pickleball Playoffs. 58 teams and 84 participants representing 6 of the AB 55+ provincialzones took part. From all points of view – this was amajor achievement and a truemilestone for AlbertaPickleball.Congratulations to everyonewhohelped tomake this such a great success: the volunteers, the players,the spectators and the sponsors. This was the culmination of 3 years of working on having Pickleballincluded in theAlberta55PlusSeniorGames.Big thanks to thevolunteerswhoorganizedZonePlayoffs

in Bonnyville, Spruce Grove, Edmonton, Camrose, CalgaryandCochrane in July of this year.Winners from theseZonesthen advanced to the Provincials and the winners of theProvincials will now advance to represent Alberta at theCanada Senior Games to be held in Sherwood Park, AB,August 27 to 30, 2014.We would like to thank Alberta 55 Plus for allowing us to puton this tournament. In particular Past President PatCovingtonwhohasbeenahugesupporterofPickleball eventhough 3 short years ago – she said “Pickleball?? What theheck is Pickleball??” The event was featured on GlobalNews – here is the link to the video: http://globalnews.ca/

video/802987/pickleball We also are lucky to have two great pickleball players who double asphotographers and here is a link to their photos of the day: https://plus.google.com/photos/103271621962873799839/albums/5915914380168268657?authkey=CKvC4uvhyu2CEgThe medal winners in each event are listed below. However, everyone who participated in this eventis awinner. You are all part of an historical event: the First Ever – AB 55+Pickleball Provincial Playoffs!!You are the First – be Proud!! Submitted by Linda Dane, Provincial Ambassdor/PCO Treasurer.

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Women’s 55+: Women’s 65+:Gold: Debbie Henwood & Marg Ouimet Zone 5 Gold: Susan Nigh & Diane Weeres Zone 4Silver: Val Christians & Val Vollmin Zone 4 Silver: Vivian Oko & Marg O’Donnell Zone 5Bronze: Linda Affleck & Linda Slater Zone 4 Bronze: Dorothy Downie & Ann Reiter Zone 5

Men’s 55+: Men’s 65+:Gold: Ajit Masand & Ken Shaw Zone 6 Gold: Ed Lorenz & Dennis Tomkinson Zone 5Silver: Butch March & Ric Klassen Zone 5 Silver: Gord McLure & Orville Wong Zone 3Bronze: Ron Dumbarton & Joseph Lee Zone 3 Bronze: Ken Hurshowy & Ed Neuman Zone 6

Mixed 55+: Mixed 65+:Gold: Toni Antcil & Ric Klassen Zone 5 Gold: Dorothy Downie & Dennis Tomkinson Z 5Silver: Joan Hotchkiss & Ron Dumbarton Zone 3 Silver: Marg Ouimet & Trevor Cook Zone 5Bronze: Kathleen Woulahan & Ajit Masand Zone 6 Bronze: Gloria Hall & Dom Saliani Zone 3

Women’s 75+: Mixed 75+:Gold: Wendy Jerome & Ramona MacNeill Zone 6 Gold: Wendy Jerome & Ray McMurray Zone 6

Silver: RamonaMcNeill & Marshall Yaremcio Z 6Men’s 75+:Gold: Ray McMurray & Marshall Yaremcio Zone 6

BC Seniors GamesOver 3700 athletes came to the city of Kamloops to celebrate healthy competition in over 32 differentsports, showcasing that age is not a factor in leading an active, healthy life. The BC Seniors Games is anannual event (26 years) held by the BC Senior Games Society, who promote a healthy, active lifestyle atthe community level for all 55+ aged residents of BC. The sport of pickleball is a relatively new additionto the Games (2009) and continues to draw curious spectators and much exposure in both print and ontelevision. Skill ratings were used for the first time and games played over 3 days at the South KamloopsSecondary gyms. In 2012 there were 94 pickleball players registered and this year 154 players wereregistered. Pickleball players wish to thank the City of Kamloops for hosting the games, the BC SeniorsGames Society for organizing and giving us this opportunity and the Province of BC through the Ministryof Community, Sport and Cultural Development for financial support. Langley, BC will host the 2014Games in September. The following are the complete pickleball results.

BC Summer Games 2013 - Pickleball ResultsPriebe Ross Gold Men 3.75 Singles Surrey (Z3) Fraser ValleyClark David Silver Men 3.75 Singles Surrey (Z3) Fraser ValleyDegregorio Glenn Bronze Men 3.75 Singles Kamloops (Z8) South Central

Gaudet Brian Gold Men 4.0 Singles Abbotsford (Z3) Fraser ValleyCho Glenn Silver Men 4.0 Singles Vancouver (Z4) Lower MainlandPaynter Henry Bronze Men 4.0 Singles Westbank (Z5) Okanagan R Similkameen



3.0 Mens DoublesTeam Medal ZoneBaumer / Kahl Gold (Z5) Okanagan -SimilkameenAndrews / Burgess Silver (Z5) Okanagan –SimilkameenBodkin / Carriou Bronze (Z5) Okanagan –Similkameen

Men 3.25 DoublesHerrmann / Wolf Gold (Z5) Okanagan –SimilkameenAkins / Hamilton Silver (Z8) SouthCentralJohnson / Jacques Bronze (Z8) South Central

Men 3.5 DoublesShostak / Osborne Gold (Z2) VancouverIslandNorthStovel/Schulz Silver (Z5) OkanaganSimilkameenRutter / Simpson Bronze (Z5) Okanagan –Similkameen

Men 3.75 DoublesKraemer / Cho Gold (Z4) Lower MainlandPriebe / Clark Silver (Z3) Fraser ValleyMallow / Tyler Bronze (Z5) Okanagan -Similkameen

Men 4.0 DoublesParkes / Scorgie Gold (Z3) Fraser ValleyMeerkerk / Kusch Silver (Z3) Fraser ValleyKhan / Gaudet Bronze (Z3) Fraser Valley

Women 2.75 DoublesCollier / Durrand Gold (Z5) Okanagan -SimilkameenStakkestad / Rauhala Silver (Z5) Okanagan -SimilkameenHamann / Wurflinger Bronze (Z6) WestKootenay Boundary

Women 3.0 DoublesBurnell / Loyst Gold (Z5) Okanagan -SimilkameenAndrews / Burgess Silver (Z5) Okanagan -SimilkameenMartin / Tourand Bronze (Z8) South Central

Women 3.25 DoublesPriebe / Carrigan Gold (Z3) Fraser ValleyNailor / Robinson Silver (Z5) Okanagan -SimilkameenKeraiff / Avis Bronze (Z6) WestKootenay Boundary

Women 3.5 DoublesAnderson / Kissick Gold (Z6) West Kootenay

BoundaryCalver / Heron Silver (Z8) South CentralPeniuk / Stewart Bronze (Z2) VancouverIsland North

Women 4.0 DoublesJmaeff / Stern Gold (Z2) VancouverIsland NorthGillis / Knorr Silver (Z8) SouthCentralKhan / Parkes Bronze (Z3) Fraser Valley

Men and Women 3.0 Mixed DoublesBurgess / Burgess Gold (Z5) Okanagan -SimilkameenBurnell / Baumer Silver (Z5)Okanagan - SimilkameenAndrew / Andrew Bronze (Z5)Okanagan - Similkameen

Men and Women 3.25 Mixed DoublesDesmond-Coster/JacquesGold (Z8) SouthCentralHerrmann / Herrmann Silver (Z5)Okanagan - SimilkameenWolf / Robinson Bronze (Z5) Okanagan -Similkameen

Men and Women 3.5 Mixed DoublesMoore / Bakogeorge Gold (Z8) SouthCentralHepditch / Allen Silver (Z5) Okanagan -SimilkameenPhillips / Simpson Bronze (Z5)Okanagan - Similkameen

Men and Women 3.75 Mixed DoublesFridrickson / Gillis Gold (Z8) SouthCentralAustin / Austin Silver (Z2)Vancouver Island NorthPeniuk / Shostak Bronze (Z2)Vancouver Island North

Men and Women 4.0 Mixed DoublesSaunders / Jmaeff Gold (Z5) Okanagan -SimilkameenStern / Komen Silver (Z2) VancouverIsland NorthKhan / Gaudet Bronze (Z3) Fraser Valley



Upcoming TournamentsSeptember 14 Vernon, BC, Vernon Outdoor Pickleball

Tournament-contact Cheri Burgess [email protected] or

ph. 250-545-5864

September 19-21 Truro, Nova Scotia 55+ Senior Gamescontact Patsy Simon [email protected]

September 21-22 Liberty Lake, Washington,Slamma Jamma Pickleball Tournament-USAP Sanctioned

Round Robin Formatcontact Phil or Cassi ph. 509-927-0602

October 11 Durham Region, Ontario,Honor Your Partner Mixed Doubles Open TournamentAccepting registrations until Sat. Sept 29, from any mixed

teams.Openings still available in ages 50-59, 65-69 and 70+

events-contact Carol Doughty [email protected]

If any player or group would like to have their tournament advertised here pleasesend request to: Denise at [email protected]

Membership in a National Organization - What’s In It For Me?.......How many times do you hear this comment when membership in Pickleball Canada Organization ispromoted? How do you respond? Initially, I personally had to think about it. What do I gain by beinga member? I realized I had become pretty complacent about the availability of the sport, rules of thegame, the facilities, and the opportunities to compete. I just expected it (Continued on next page ...)

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from your PCORULES GURUQuestion:In a doubles match, theserver hit his serve over

thenet andhit the receiver's partner beforetheball touched theground.Theballwouldclearly have gone out if it had not hit thereceiver's partner. The receiver wanted are-serve. Is that the correct procedure?Answer:No. The server wins the point.Refer to IFP Rules Section 7 Fault Rules.Part of 7.F. ................................. Indoubles, if the serve strikes the receiver’spartner, it is a point for theserving team,providing it isnota let serveora fault serve.This rule also includes balls that appear tobe hit out of bounds: during play, if youcatch the ball or try to stop it from headingout of bounds, you lose the rally.Know the rules. You will become a betterplayer!

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PCO now has

650 members.

The drive

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(Continued fro prev. page..) all to happen and be there for mewhenever and wherever I wanted. I had forgotten how dedicatedArea Ambassadors, Directors, Board Members and all theunrecognizedplayers inmanysmall communitiesacrossCanadavolunteer behind the scenes to make pickleball possible for me.I had forgotten how easy it was forme to access pickleball on lineduring my travels and how many new pickleball venues havesprungup in thepast year. I had forgotten that allmajor andminorsports in Canada have governing bodies that support theirplayers and keep their sport legitimate and true.I would love to hear what you think or how you respond to,“What’s In It for Me?” Submitted by Editor

Why did the little pickle love his mother's cooking?

It was dillicious!

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