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Photo of Woody Allen I was down south once, and I was invited to a costume party, and I rarely go to them, I went to one when I was younger. I went in my underwear shorts, and I have varicose veins. I went as a roadmap. And I figure what the hell, it's Halloween, I'll go as a ghost. I take a sheet off the bed and I throw it over my head, and I go to the party. And you have to get the picture, I'm walking down the street in a deep southern town, I have a white sheet over my head. And a car pulls up and 3 guys with white sheets say "Get in". So I figure there guys going to the party... as ghosts, and I get into the car, and I see were not going to the party, and I tell them. They say "Well, we have to go pick up the Grand Dragon". All of a sudden it hits me, down south, white sheets, the Grand Dragon, I put two and two together. I figure there's a guy going to the party dressed as a dragon. All of a sudden a big guy enters the car, and I'm sitting there between four clansmen, four big-armed men, and the door's locked, and I'm petrified, I'm trying to pass desperately, y'know, I'm saying "Y'all" and "Grits", y'know, I must have said "grits" 50 times, y'know. They ask me a question, and I say "Oh, grits, grits". And next to me is the leader and you can tell he's the leader, cause he's the one wearing contour sheets, y'know. And they drive me to an empty field, and I gave myself away, cause they asked for donations and everybody there gave cash. When it came to me, I said "I pledge 50 dollars". They knew immediately. They took my hood off and threw a rope around my neck, and they decided to hang me. And suddenly my whole life passed before my eyes. I saw myself as a kid again, in Kansas, going to school, swimming at the swimming hole, and fishing, frying up a mess o' Catfish, going down to the general store, getting a piece of gingham for Emmy-Lou. And I realise it's not my life. They're gonna hang me in 2 minutes, the wrong life is passing before my eyes. And I spoke to them, and I was really eloquent, I said Fellas... this country can't survive, unless we love one another regardless of race, creed or colour. And they were so moved by my words, not only did they cut me down and let me go, but that night, I sold them 2000 dollars worth of Israel Bonds.