The Pack Rat Gene

I guess I didn't get the pack rat gene from my parents. I never really realized how much of a pair of pack rats they were until I started cleaning out their house. They seem to have a particular affinity for paper. I think they still have every one of the holiday photo cards that they have ever received. The same goes for those annoying holiday letters. And don't get me started on the bank statements from 1970. If this house had ever caught on fire it would have gone up like a bomb.