H L Menkin, who was probably the crustiest old curmudgeon of the them all, once made a most touching statement. He said, "If after I depart this veil, you ever remember me, and have thought to please my ghost. Then forgive some poor sinner, and wink your eye at some homely girl". Homely girls. Well, perhaps no girls are homely, but some girls are lonely. When it comes to men, they just don't seem to have any luck...