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To: David Lawrence who wrote (2)	6/30/1998 10:12:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4023

I find these kinds of quotes REALLY get my goat! #reply-5055895. o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (2)	6/30/1998 10:24:00 PM
From: Pullin-GS	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4023

...slow drivers in the left lane. ...people who pass going 30MPH faster than the speed limit in the right lane. ...people who don't use turn signals. (Do you see a pattern here?)

To: David Lawrence who wrote (2)	7/20/1999 10:48:00 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 4023

Try the - Subject 21603

To: David Lawrence who wrote (2)	9/2/1999 2:24:00 AM
From: Wigglesworth	Respond to of 4023

American food!! From BusinessWeek Online: Finally, the French Are Right About Something: American Food France has become the shrillest voice among nations that are denouncing genetically altered U.S. crops and the spread of what one rebel calls the "multinationals of foul food." The French have a point. If you are what you eat, then maybe there's a physiological reason why so many Americans develop a throbbing affinity for Ricky Martin or watch pro wrestling or send money to the Gary Bauer campaign. Churning within us is a fetid stew of calcium-enhanced orange juice, eggs forced from hens who spend their lives in horrid cages, pork bellies soaked in sodium nitrate, and tasteless bread products spread with a whipped corn oil derivative. And that's just breakfast. For the millions of our countrymen who take their lunch at a fast-food outlet, there's a tasty meal of ground, hormone-laced, antibiotic-addled dairy-cow parts on an air-filled bun of blandness, finished with a measured topping of chemically preserved condiments. Usually, that's washed down with a tub of high fructose corn syrup mixed with artificial colors, flavors, and carbonated water. Yum. NUKED LASAGNA. For din-din, many of us busy, busy people just grab a frozen package of something and briefly shove it into the microwave before shoving it into our mouths and, in many cases, the mouths of our loved ones. Those feeling like Italian, for example, might pop open a hearty serving of microwavable lasagna. This rare dish is made in big vats by gently simmering more ground cow parts in canola oil. Throw in some desiccated onions, pureed tomatoes from who knows where, garlic powder, colorings, and monosodium glutamate before spreading it all over mushy sheets of pasta -- and bon appetit. Is it any wonder that the revolted world is revolting against edible goods made in America? Despite the food renaissance that has swept the country over the past several decades. Despite all the fresh foods now available year-round. Despite all the diligent truck farmers and bakers and cheesemakers. Despite the wonderful restaurants and 10 zillion coffee bars and attentive audiences watching Emeril Live. Despite all that, we as a nation continue to consume vast amounts of land-fill-ready garbage. And we have taken our junk food and fast food and processed food to almost every corner of the globe. Probably in the long run, countries like Japan, Mexico, and France that are vocally rejecting new strains of crops such as corn and soybeans will prove to be Chicken Littles. And there is no denying that for the French at least, this food fight is a proxy war against the encroaching U.S. culture. FOOD IS RELIGION. But why should any country with a culinary tradition worth its salt allow products like beef pumped with hormones and antibiotics to degenerate their food supply? In countries like Italy and France, food is religion -- central to their way of life and worthy of safeguarding. Trashing outposts of McDonald's and railing against the globalization of food may seem crazy to a lot of Americans, but then we, as a nation, often treat eating as a nuisance rather than a holy experience. For so many of us, any old piece of shoeleather slathered with ketchup will do. It must have something to do with our past life as a colony of Britain.

To: David Lawrence who wrote (2)	10/7/1999 7:31:00 PM
From: Wigglesworth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4023

How Russian invasion was thwarted! by Francophobic union workers at NASA in Houston!!! On Sept. 23, the $123 million Mars Climate Orbiter was lost when it veered off course and burned up in the Martian atmosphere. Last week, NASA revealed the cause: One part of the orbiter's navigation system was speaking in English units and another in metric. Why hasn't the U.S. adopted the metric system? The metric system originated in France in the late 17th century to combat rampant commercial fraud by farmers and shopkeepers who used the varied systems of weights and measures to their advantage. American metric advocates encountered stiff opposition in the '70s and '80s. In the 1970s, some opponents suggested that metric road signs would facilitate a Russian invasion. Labor unions worried that workers would be unable to learn a new system.

To: David Lawrence who wrote (2)	12/13/1999 1:11:00 AM
From: Wigglesworth	Respond to of 4023

Dan Quail got dot com fever, now is webmaster!!! Judge not, lest ye be judged. At a site that rates spelling, a typo. A new shopping-comparison site called EWonders.com started up last week. The site is meant to guide online shoppers by rating e-tailing Web sites on various characteristics, like prices, product selection and, of all things, spelling and grammar. The problem is, the EWonders Web site misspelled "grammar" -- writing it "grammer."