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To: EPS who wrote (213)	2/20/1999 9:33:00 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 331

Appologies ? oh come on what is this, sensitivity week ??? How about an apology from the Church to Galileo and other scientist that have proven the church wrong.... not to mention the atrocities executed throughout history... BY THE CHURCH (ever heard of the Inquisition?) And the continuous put down of the majorities in the third world countries by the same, while the king... er, the "pontiff" sits in richness in the Vatican... give me a break !!! This is what Turner should have said to the Catholics, and the Pope: Upon the Pope's rise to power, he convoked a meeting and the formation of a council, for "the improvement of the image of the Polish people" Once the meeting was ongoing, the pope said to the group, a highly distinguished set of Polish individuals: "We must improve the image of the Polish people throughout the world" There were successful engineers, doctors Lawyers, businessmen, you name it they were there. They all agreed that they did not like to hear all these jokes that were going around about Polish people. At the end of the meeting they had formed a council who would decide on a project to execute in front of the eyes of the world that it would forever change the existing image..... The project, they decided, was to build "the longest bridge ever built for the benefit of mankind". Bravo (or the equivalent in Polish), said the Pope, go out and do it and then report back to me when it is done.... we will announce the project to the world with great fanfare !! So two years go by, with progress reports every three months and everything seems to be going fine and on schedule... On the scheduled day, the committee gathers again to see the Pope, to gave the final report..... The chairman reports to the pope, Your Holiness, we have finished the bridge and we did it on budget and on schedule..... except that, we have a little bit of bad news to report, but we also have good news too... Oh no, says the Pope, what do you mean you have bad news, after all this time and effort, this can be happening, what do you mean by bad news.... Feeling extremely embarrassed and nervous the chairman begins: Well, it is like this. Yes we have finished the longest bridge in the world (the Guinness book of records has already approved our application too btw), except that we built it in the middle of the Sahara desert. Oh my god says the Pope, what are you people, stupid ? now we have really made it in grand style, we are going to become the laughing stock of the entire world..... thanks to you, the brightest and proudest....How can we possibly have any GOOD NEWS ???!!! Oh no I do not think so your excellency, you see this is where the good news are....... What do you mean ? ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Well there are 500 Italians fishing off it already!!!!