Reps. Wayne Owens and Bill Orton, D-Utah, admit they are guilty of sensual harassment of their House colleagues.

On Wednesday they passed out hundreds of boxes of Mrs. Fields' cookies to all House members' offices, provided annually as "just deserts" by Randy and Debbi Fields of Park City."In might be in good taste to admit to a bit of sensual harassment as we tempt you with these cookies," Owens and Orton said in a letter poking fun at recent Clarence Thomas hearings in which he was accused of sexual harassment.

"But don't worry. Since these are chocolate chip, you won't be accused of caramel knowledge," they added.

And poking fun at House scandals of bouncing checks and unpaid restaurant bills, they wrote, "There are no free lunches around here anymore. . . . Check with the sergeant at arms or whomever you choose, and you will find these cookies are good as legal tender almost anywhere except, perhaps, in the House restaurants."

And for members facing redistricting blues (including Owens and Orton themselves), they said, "Here is your annual reapportionment of Mrs. Fields' best to help you through the worst of cookie-cutter redistricting. When the chips are down and you are about to go nuts, you can always count on the Fields."

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Owens and Orton concluded, "Obviously, Utah does not favor pun control."

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