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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (24232)	7/30/2002 3:58:44 PM
From: XBrit	Respond to of 62550

That's amusing. I get Ashch Bebol. How do I legally change my name?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (24232)	7/31/2002 1:51:37 AM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 62550

Oh? Whose "real" names did he use in creating them? Tell us, please, about the "real" Obi Wan's name, mother's maiden name, and birthplace, etc. Cute.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (24232)	7/31/2002 2:38:00 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62550

Pretty neat. Meet Stese Elrot. Tribal elder from the Planet Lagi ( formed from the first 2 letters of two of your favorite pets names) .

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (24232)	7/31/2002 9:05:41 AM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62550

MENTAL HOSPITAL Jim and Mary were both patients in a Mental Hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sunk to the bottom &stayed there. Mary promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out. When the medical director became aware of Mary's heroic act he immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as he now considered her to be mentally stable. When he went to tell Mary the news he said, "Mary, I have good news & bad news. The good news is you're being discharged because since you were able to jump in and save the life of another patient, I think you've regained your senses. The bad news is, Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am so sorry, but he's dead." Mary replied "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry."

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (24232)	8/4/2002 11:31:21 AM
From: GREATMOOD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62550

How Porn Stars Often Choose Names: 1) Your middle name becomes your first name. 2) Your last name is the street you lived on when you were born.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (24232)	8/27/2002 9:18:46 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 62550

Jedi 'religion' grows in Australia news.bbc.co.uk More than 70,000 people in Australia have declared that they are followers of the Jedi faith, the religion created by the Star Wars films. A recent census found that one in 270 respondents - or 0.37% of the population - say they believe in "the force", an energy field that gives Jedi Knights like Luke Skywalker their power in the films. Most of the 70,509 people who wrote Jedi on their census forms were suspected to have done so in response to an e-mail encouraging all Star Wars fans to get it recognised as an official religion. But the majority do not seriously tell each other: "May the force be with you", according to Australian Star Wars Appreciation Society president Chris Brennan. "When you look at it you probably have got about 5,000 people in that 70,000 that were true hard-core people that would believe the Jedi religion carte blanche," he told ABC Radio. "Then you would have 50,000 fans that said 'oh yeah we'll just put down Jedi for fun, we don't actually have a religion of our own'. "Then you probably have 15,000 people who did it just to give the government a bit of curry," he said. 'Not defined' An e-mail was sent around the world in 2001 saying that if 10,000 people declared they were Jedi, it would be recognised as an official religion. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics said it would be categorised as "not defined". Thousands of people in New Zealand and the UK also followed the advice of the e-mail - with Jedi Knight even being included on the list of religions by UK census authorities.