At 08:48 2002/07/13 -0500, Don Adams wrote: >On 12 July Janet Paterson wrote to PIEN under the subject "I'm not smiling": >QUOTE; >hi all >i don't get it >a so-called humour list (snip) >why? >what does this have to with parkinson's? (snip) >i'd really like to know >---------------------- > Would someone else on this list please take on this trouble maker?. You >can inform her as to how much it means to most of us who also suffer the >debilitating symptoms of PD to have, in the form of humor, an outlet for >our mental pain and anguish. She asks why, and what does it have to do with >Parkinson's? If she doesn't understand, perhaps that is the reason she >attempts to strike out at others on this list and the Sparkle list. Rather >than anger, I feel pity, but not to the extent that this question should >not be answered for those new members who do not know about her past re the >lists. I hope someone other than myself will respond, as well. Remember, >she doesn't have to subscribe to Sparkle if it offends her. We need Sparkle. > > Don Adams actually don the part you have snipped is what i am concerned about thus 'i really want to know' is mis reprsented above janet janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky pd: 55/41/37 cd: 55/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice website: 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