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To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (116)	7/2/1998 9:30:00 AM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4023

Technically inclined people (usually men) who spend hours trying to "understand what's wrong" with the thing you want them to fix. You already KNOW what's wrong: it's BROKEN.

To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (116)	7/2/1998 10:15:00 AM
From: Howard C.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4023

<people who don't use brackets or italicsto include what they are responding to and forcing people to click back on old posts to figure out what they mean. :)> people who use brackets instead of 3 or 4 words and force us to click on the message to see what they have to say in this way causing an inefficient use of personal resources, like, you know, there are other things most people here are SUPPOSED to be doing, and it would be nice to have some SENTENCE STRUCTURE insteadoftheselong runons and by the time you get to the end of the message you forget what the message was, like, does it matter? :(

To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (116)	7/2/1998 11:39:00 AM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4023

People who use smiley faces without a nose: :) Much preferable: :-) or :^) Unless you're a leper, of course, in which case I'm annoyed by people who don't find the humor in the following leprosy haiku: The scabs and sores that Plague my body are often Worse in the springtime. - Elliott C. Evans In the late autumn, When leaves wither and fall down, My nose crumbles off. - Elliott C. Evans Like Job bemoaning The loss of his family I weep for my ear. - Elliott C. Evans Oh, no, leprosy Armadillos can get it I hope I do not. - Jim Zelenka Simon was leprous He left long trails of organs Boy, was that sucky! - Doug DeCarlo On a windy day Guns are unnecessary To blow my head off. - Doug DeCarlo Check extremities. No summer sun can wake these from numbing winter. - Kurt Schaefer Oh the fetid smell. Dull senses alert too late. Ulcers bloom with spring. - Kurt Schaefer Sure glad i don't have Leprosy. That would really Suck in the winter. - Axel Essbaum In winter we play Hockey except when there's a Face off on the ice. - Joby My life is Winter Yet my soul is the Summer My limbs are just Fall. - Chris Rapier Breeze over the lake See the ducks flutter and splash Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! - Andy "Zarf" Plotkin Jenny Craig you fool Who needs a diet when your Body falls apart. - Esther Filderman She loves basketball Since her illness she uses Her boobs to dribble. - Esther Filderman I would create more But i must go catch a bus Hope my self stays whole. - Esther Filderman leper beach outing salt water laps at their toes floating out to sea - Karen Fabrizius lepers at the beach do not need sunblock lotion wipe away the tan - Paul Mazaitis Fall rain comes gently pond ripples with falling leaves fingers drop like stones. - Greg Landrum we are holding hands our fingers intertwine -- hey, come back here with that - Andy Plotkin morning, sun shining coffee perks, toast is soon done flesh makes tasty jam. - Greg Landrum sex can be a drag when you're afraid of leaving your true love behind - Esther Filderman reading haikus here. i will blow chunks on the floor... aha! found that finger! - Brian Harrison I was bulimic until my finger came off while stuck in my throat - Greg Landrum melted brie is yum but it tastes much better when i stir with his tongue - Esther Filderman lepers laugh aloud, "We have a quicker way than bulemia diet." - Brian Harrison i used to archive the sick jokes on dan and eric about pilot last remarks. - Brian Harrison my good friend in need asks me for a hand today so I oblidged him. - Brian Harrison headaches are so fun someone pulled the dagger out my head went with it - Esther Filderman My sores and pustules Continue to produce filth Much like this instance. - Elliott Evans the weather turns cold "bridge freezes before surface" blood swirls down the stream. - Brian Harrison Valentines Day gone Hearts strewn all over the stores One of them is mine - Jim Zelenka don't smoke any more took a deep drag on a butt then coughed up a lung - Esther Filderman decided to die tried to slit my throat but my head snapped & rolled off - Esther Filderman help, feline vulture she climbs on my shoulder & my arm falls away - Esther Filderman Poetry leprous Falls from and with our fingers Like leaves in Autumn - Jim Zelenka