I have decided (and there is simply no arguing here) 'if' is the sexiest word in the English language and once unloaded of its baggage and all of those maddening contingencies, 'if' is like two legs dancing around in a striptease 'if' is the most lewd, the most suggestive thing on two legs, one letter leaning against the other, the most beautiful ***** you have ever seen, standing on a street corner the 'i' buck naked while the 'f' blandly looks away (yes, too often the 'i' is an embarrassing display) the 'f' staggers under its own sort of weight, having lent itself to 'u' and the beginning of 'fu' 'fu' 'fu' you (but you are already stuck now aren't you?) pay the 'i' up front while the 'f' crooks a finger and you can do nothing but obey this is why the 'i' so often breaks itself in two always too much but never quite enough, without the 'f' nothing absolutely nothing will do