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To: Professor Dotcomm who wrote (62106)	12/20/2000 10:06:38 PM
From: d:oug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116770

off topic - ... 'pink slip' party... got laid off from dotcoms this year. Professor Dotcomm, Maybe a couple out-of-work gold mining working will crash this party. Seems that gold bugs could make up their own 10 list of things that were positive for them these last 20 years of low gold prices, but I'm sure it will hurt to laught. There is another address: thehiredguns.com Contests > Worst Downsizing Story Contest > The Official Pink Slip Top 10 Challenge Got an axe to grind about being axed? We the organizers of the Pink Slip Party want to give the pink slipper with the most agonizing tale of downsizing. We'll pick the "best of the worst" and post them to the Pink Slip community at large... > The Official Pink Slip Top 10 Challenge Are you quick with the wit? Or just dim with it? It doesn't matter, because now's your chance to go up against the best and the brightest comedy brains from iCast Comedy. You know, the site that got choked by CMGI on the day they were about to launch. Anyhow, we challenge you to come up with a better top10 list than the legendary Bunny for Hire from iCast Comedy wrote. (see below). If yours is more humorous, as judged by Bunny's former co-workers, you'll not only get a major award but you'll also get the joy of knowing that you would have been accepted into the comedic den of this group of moderately likeable smartasses. "The 10 Best things about being laid off... ... submitted by Bunny For Hire, iCast Comedy 10. No more ultra-casual dress code means I can sit at home in my suit and tie. 9 . Sitting around all day... 8. I can use the extra time to figure out... 7. Sympathetic Devil gave me back the soul I sold him to get a writing job. 6. Maybe I am qualified to be... 5. Cover letters are easy... 4. I'll finally start that novel someday. 3. I finally have the time to develop prison-size triceps. 2. I'm lucky to find out I'm unemployable now instead of when I'm 40. 1. iCast business cards will fetch a mint on e-Bay. Now it's your turn...give us your best Top 10.