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To: John Solder who wrote (10294)	4/13/1998 9:29:00 AM
From: seth thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14631

Wait - let me support Rusty here. I do not celebrate Easter, but understand the spirit in which it was intended. I like his most recent post musing about Chaz's, shall we say, "background" (actually, foreground might be more appropriate).

To: John Solder who wrote (10294)	4/14/1998 8:56:00 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

Meanwhile, in a bunker at an undisclosed location . . . our intrepid cub reporter, Ernie Peterfisch, has tracked down a tired and disheveled Rusty Johnson and gives this exclusive interview for the good people at Silicon Investor. Q. Rusty, what in the #&*% were you thinking? A. "It's earnings season Ernie, I obviously wasn't thinking. I get Informix earnings announcements on the brain and I can't shake it. Anyone that has visited over thirty countries knows that you don't go around wishing the world 'Happy Easter'. Only a knuckleheaded fumblestuck would say something that stupid. But that's no excuse." Q. What in the world did you mean to say? A. "I was trying to say 'Happy April 12th and may the April 12th bunny bring you heaps and heaps of stuff . . . that is, if you believe in the April 12th bunny' but both brain cells were already thinking of earnings." Q. That's it? A. "Well, I celebrate St. Patrick's Day and I'm not Irish or Catholic. I celebrate Secretary's Day and I'm not a secretary. I celebrate Arbor Day and people that know me can attest that I'm at least an IQ point shy of being a tree. I celebrate Labor Day and everyone knows I don't even like work let alone celebrate it. I just like to celebrate." Q. What's with the bunker? A. "Soft rock and permanent change are two things, but 'religious war' . . . that's a whole 'nother oxymoron." Q. So you want to apologize? A. "Absolutely. I apologize to the whole world. And a special apology to Wpckr. In the course of trying to be cute, I sounded like a jerk when I wrote to him. Sorry Wpckr. We need opposing views. We need everyone's opinion with the possible exception of one Midwest Norwegian Bachelor Farmer. There's the saying, 'you are unique . . . just like everybody else'. The strength of this 'neural net of neural nets' lies in the diversity of opinion. I'd rather make money disagreeing with everyone than lose money agreeing with them." Q. Why are you smiling? A. "It's just hard to say the word 'Wpckr' with a straight face. I like that name." Q. Why apologize now? A. "I wanted to apologize before becoming the next person to undergo a sex change on this thread." Q. My sources tell me that you don't know the first thing about databases. What is your role on the IFMX thread? A. "Well Ernie, I think someone needs to entertain the troops during the inevitable lulls between personal attacks." Q. Doesn't it get boring in this bunker? A. "Hey, I've got billions and billions of apologies to write. I'm one busy Norwegian." Q. What about the rumors that say you're about to be thrown out of SI? A. "I'm not sure. I've never been thrown out of anywhere . . . that didn't have a liquor license." Q. Any other problems posed? A. "Yeah, this put the release of my next book behind schedule. I had to change the title and reprint all of the dust jackets. It seems that not everyone in the world uses TP. And now the feather industry is upset over my expression, 'We'll be s_ittin in tall feathers'." Q. Because it is disparaging to feathers? A."No, because it slights short feathers." Q. Any last thoughts for our members? A. "Yes, I would like to wish each and every Irish Catholic, Secretary of Labor a very happy and healthy 3rd of July." Thanks for your time Rusty. "Thanks Ernie. My pleasure." This is Ernie Peterfisch reporting. (Fade to black) . . . oops! . . . I mean . . . (Fade to an arbitrary, solid color) . . .