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To: E. Charters who wrote (81752)	2/8/2002 4:59:25 AM
From: d:oug	Respond to of 116759

To: E.[ric]C.[ute] From: Elizabeth "... girls like the way you..." Many years ago research was done to identify what the average regular house-wife woman of the 1950s felt was a perfect man. The answer disclosed was Li'l Abner, and a picture was supplied. A few weeks later it was pointed out that the picture of Li'l Abner was identical to his cartoon image except for one detail. Actually, the man who sighted this difference thought that a simple drawing mistake was made, but as it turned out, no mistake was made. The Li'l Abner picture supplied as example of perfect man for woman was in effect drawn with skill and care by the very artist who creates that comic strip of same name, and as he explained it, the only difference between his character and the one voted perfect by them woman was that his had a right and left foot, while the perfect man for woman had two left feet. True story, really. And no i'm not gonna ask E.C. if he has two left feet :o) lil-abner.com Li'l Abner was the title character in the long-running (1934-1977) syndicated newspaper strip by cartoonist Al Capp. Hardly "li'l," Abner was a hulking, naive man-child, and the frequent foil for Capp's satiric stories about American life and politics. This simple-minded citizen of humble Dogpatch was a paragon of virtue in a dark and cynical world. Abner often found himself far from home, whether in the company of unscrupulous industrialist General Bullmoose, ... [or wherever] whimsical and often complex plots led our heroic hillbilly. Li'l Abner... son of tiny Mammy (Pansy) and Pappy (Lucifer) Yokum. Mammy was the industrious "sassiety leader" of backward Dogpatch who instilled honesty and All-American ideals in Li'l Abner. Pappy, in contrast, was an illiterate and hopeless parasite. From the inception of the strip, Abner was vigorously pursued by Daisy Mae, a beautiful Dogpatch damsel hopelessly in love with the bumbling, unappreciative and seldom amorous bachelor. Abner spent nearly two decades outracing Daisy in the annual Sadie Hawkins Day race but the couple finally married in 1952, ... cover story for Life magazine... [their] child, Honest Abe[born 1953] Li'l Abner generally had no visible means of support but he sometimes earned his living as a mattress tester. [he was] engrossed by his favorite "comical strip," Fearless Fosdick...

To: E. Charters who wrote (81752)	2/8/2002 5:34:10 AM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 116759

Holy Fungibility Batman -- gold is displaying its semi-unique commodity unitary liquidity in responding to market pressure! Fung a duck. this could be a new prime direction for the yaller metal. Asia / Europe Spot Price MARKET IS OPEN ----------------------------------------------------- Metals Bid Ask Change from NY close ----------------------------------------------------- Gold 305.00 305.50 +5.20 +1.73 % Silver 4.41 4.44 +0.07 +1.61 % ----------- Feb 08, 2002 at 05:18.24 ------------ I predict 75,000 dollar gold in 6 months. Of course that will presage widespread famine, war, pestilence and starvation, But hey! Gold bugs will be having fun, so who cares? P.S. Is E. Andrews a pseudonym for Sherry Cooper? She does talk like an economist. Sort of. EC<:-}

To: E. Charters who wrote (81752)	2/8/2002 6:32:03 AM
From: d:oug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116759

E.C., If u r so good, y u act so bad? (answer follows) lil-abner.com ... into the forbidden Valley of the Shmoon, against the frantic protestations of Ol' Man Mose. "Shmoos," he warned, "is the greatest menace to hoomanity th' world has evah known." "Thass becuz they is so bad, huh?" asked Li'l Abner. "No, stupid," answered Mose, hurling one of life's profoundest paradoxes at Li'l Abner. "It's because they're so good!" ... the lovable and selfless Shmoos ultimately brought misery to humankind because people with a limitless supply of self-sacrificing Shmoos stopped working and society broke down... [end.] Golly, might Gata Bill use "a limitless supply of... Shmoos" to reflect on Fed Greenspan's limitless supply of... fiat US dollars :o)