Estimated number of Afghan civilians killed by US bombing last year: 3,950. Last year in which a country other than Afghanistan was the world's top source of refugees: 1980. Amount the US spent in 1949 on international aid and diplomacy: $66,400,000,000. Amount the US plans to spend on this in 2002: $23,800,000,000. Chances that a movie released in the US last year was pornographic: 9 in 10. Grams of nuclear waste per capita in the US, the UK, and Canada, respectively: 7, 15, 50. Number of years a sheep can remember another sheep's face: 2. excerpted from Harper's Magazine March 2002 janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky pd: 54/41/37 cd: 54/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn