reminds me of a quote in a book i read once.. the hero mildly
annoys a priest, but really saves the guy's bacon in the
process.   he apologizes for the annoyance part, and the priest
says,

    "I absolve you, my son.   In fact, I abolve you for the whole
    weekend.   Have a good time, it's on the house."


now if i could only remember the title or author.. 

(the up side of dementia is that you see new sights every day..
and in all the same places)