O.K. I've had it! Two unpleasant posts singling me out
personally re: porcine complaints is just one too many
for this PWP. I'm going on vacation. And I'm taking my
pigs with me.            Carole H.

--- Barb_MSN <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Carole, et al....
>
> First, I'm NOT trying to belittle the pig, nor
> those list members who've been posting pig
> jokes and comments.   The following is NOT
> meant as an attack on either pigs or people
> who post here on the List about pigs.
>
> However, YOU all have had your say about
> pigs for several weeks, if not months, and
> I FINALLY feel the need to share my own
> opinion with my fellow  List-members (and
> it's been pretty darn tough keeping my opinion
> to myself on this subject 'cause I didn't want to
> offend folks I like and respect who seem to
> have gone whacko when it comes to PIGS.
>
> With all due respect to those few List-members
> who appear obsessed with pigs and things
> porcine, IF it should somehow come to pass that
> the pig - however cute and/or intelligent that
> animal can be portrayed  - is adopted as an
> "official" Parkinson's Disease mascot,  after
> weeks of having to live with incessant pig jokes
> and and other references to the pig I'D deny all
> relationship to Parkinson's and claim to have
> some other disease instead! (maybe terminal
> ice cream eater's disease or something) <grin>
>
> Frankly, I'm SOOOOO sick of the pig-related
> posts - which keep being resurrected by the
> same few List members after the topic appears
> to die a natural death - that I could
> SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAM!!!
>
> AGAIN  - This is NOT a personal attack on our
> pig-obsessed List members, it's not meant as a
> personal put-down, and it's not meant to hurt or
> otherwise cause anyone here grievous personal pain .
>
> It's just that I'm now bored to TEARS with the
> multi-dozens of pig-related posts and their
> spin-offs.
> All those pig-posts have driven me - a person who
> USED to think the pig was kinda cute - to NOW I'm
> thinking about trashing my copies of author
>  E.B. White's classic, "Charlotte's Web," and
> "Babe."
>
> Heck.... I've EVEN considered substituting BEEF
> ribs instead of eating them yummy-smothered-
> in-bar-b-q-sauce baby-back pork ribs.. <tho
> haven't hit THAT stage quite yet.
>
> Please, PLEASE..... GIMME A BREAK!   Surely
> there HAS to be SOME other mascot that would
> better represent those of us having this terrible
> disease?  How about the mythical and heroic
> Phoenix, the bird that is thrown into and consumed
> by the flames yet arises from those flames whole
>  and alive each and every time?
>
> Finely... I'd appreciate if the pig-posters just
> take
> this as my own opinion, and not start to clutter up
> the
> List with the pros and cons of discussing  pigs
> discussing pigs online.  Been there, done that....
>
> Barb Mallut
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carole Hercun <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 8:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Ivan's Thoghts on His Video
>
>
> >In "Thoughts on Your Reviews", Ivan Suzman wrote
> that
> >he only had 2 days to get ready for the interview
> and
> >did not know the questions to be asked in advance.
> >Ivan, I've seen the tape, and think you did an
> >extraordinary job. You also looked more comfortable
> on
> >camera than did your interviewer. (What was up with
> >him?) Also,the media exposure and practice in front
> of
> >the camera is most important. You also said:
> >"I wish we List-members had a unified symbol or
> logo
> >to wear
> >on our lapels or shirts when appearing on TV. I
> wore
> >my own local
> >"no Parkinson's" pin.  It helps to focus our
> message."
> >
> >Which brings me back to Camilla's gold and silver
> >winged piggy "angel" pigs pin idea. I know she was
> >joking when she came up with the idea, but I think
> it
> >could work. They would be cute, marketable, not too
> >expensive,a conversation piece, etc. etc. I have
> had a
> >succession of Irish setters and for a time belonged
> to
> >a Setter List and they had a similar fund-raising
> >product for sale last Christmas. Call me crazy, but
> I
> >think it could work. (No, on second thought, don't
> >call me crazy.)      Carole H.
> >
>
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