I agree, Paul. I think the cartoonist meant to be ironic. And, look at it from this point of view- the plight of PWP's is now newsworthy enough for the "Times." A short time ago, we wouludn't have merited a mention. What is that old saw about any publicity being good publicity... Carole Hercun --- Paul Lauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It's interesting how the same circumstance will register > differently on > different observers. I don't see this as an attempt to be > funny which doesn't > succeed. I see it as a wry comment (read 'sympathetic') > on the plight of the > PWP. For me the cartoon is successful. > > Paul H. Lauer > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn