By Ralph Hipp

We have not read the gory details; but after their famed kiss at the 2000 Democration Convention, I was really surprised to read that Al and Tipper Gore have decided to separate after FORTY years of marriage.  She's still a very attractive woman, and Al Gore is just Al Gore.. you love him or hate him.   (Where Tipper is on that scale, I don't know.)  Gore has been portrayed as being as wooden as a cigar store Indian, the inventor of the internet, and he is still a Nobel Prize winner. 

But when you've gotten that far into your marriage, can't you make it to the "till death do us part" ... part??  Ladies, what would your advice be to Tipper?  Guys, what do we say to Al now that he's loosening up, he's known around the world, and he's on the market? 

And gosh.. if you have any idea why they're splitting and quitting, I would love to read you comments!   RALPH