Jerry, I take exception to your rules. They should be changed forthwith, immediately and without further delay. In particular the age referred to in rule 4 shall be changed to "46" (Forty Six) and all references to I shall refer to me and not you! Regards DaveSA PWP 46/Dx44/Since40 ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Finch" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 2:45 AM Subject: The Professional Way To Destroy The PWP List > Leaving the destruction of the list to amateurs will > mean that this list will have an agonizingly slow > death. We cannot have this. I, being a PROFESSIONAL, > have decided to do this job myself. Please hold your > praise until the deed is done. (it won't take long) > > New Rules: > (1) Everyone is ignorant except me. Accept this. If you > don't like it, quit the list. > (2) No one is to post anything with which I disagree. > Do not send jokes, except those I consider funny. No > personal reflections. No poems. No stories. If this > rule is violated I will hold my breathe and threaten to > quit until you quit. > (3) PWP are too caring for this list. If a PWP has a > problem, see Rule 8. PWP are not allowed to answer > questions. Leave that to those of us who know the > answers. See Rule 1. > (4) Men are allowed except those that are short, tall, > fat, skinny, or any age other than 57. If you are > younger, you don't know anything. If you are older, you > are past your prime. This age will increase by one > every year. > (5) Only my religion will be recognized. You don't need > to know my religion. > (6) All post must reflect my philosophy. You don't need > to know my philosophy. > (7) Post that violate Rules 6 and 7 will be screamed at > and corrected. They must leave the list voluntarily. > (8) If you want to know anything about PD, go to the > archives. This list is for people with PD, not for > people with PD. If you joined this list to learn about > PD, then this is the wrong place. You need to quit. (I > love the logic on this one!) > (9) Please know that no one has any interest in > anything you say. If you think you have anything to > say, then you are on the wrong list. Quit. > (10) Do NOT complain. Quit. > > (Personal note: Since I wrote my last post, I've > received 12 (make that 14) emails from people who have > been on this list for ages. Every single one has > basically said that they are afraid to post anything > again because of the people who have taken over. > > Guys, this is ridiculous. Damn it, this is OUR list. > Let these self-righteous humans go off and start their > own list. There are fifty places where they can do a > list all by themselves, where they can rave about the > ignorance of other posters and where they can set their > own rules. > > I challenge EACH of you to post exactly what YOU want > to post. If any of the seld appointed list GODS > complain, ignore them. Let them sputter and fume all > they want. Don't bother answering them, it encourages > more ranting. Just keep posting. AND DON'T STOP! > > For those who have complained about the volume of mail > - SET THE PD LIST TO DIGEST! Two, maybe three, emails a > day is ALL you receive when you SET DIGEST. > > Above all - let's get this list back to where it was: > supportive, FUN, and informative. Let's give help to > those who ask, let's hold tight to those who need > support and let's always remember that we are family. > New PWPs are asking questions, us old timers have > answers. If Ms. X is having a bad day, then we all > should support her. If Mr. Y is feeling great, then we > should laugh along with him. > > It's either that or let it die. The choice is up to > you. The future of this list is in YOUR hands. You have > to make the decision. The time to make it is now.) > > Jerry > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: BBC0DF76716D8443B19BCD5F6DCC4C65C4C57991 > * > ************************************************************************