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Bill - Very well written. Maybe Ivan was having a bad day. It isn't like him to get so riled up on PIEN. Hopefully things will settle down for him soon. Jo Ann On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:42:59 -0500 Bill Lawless <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Ivan, I saw the 10 seconds of broadcast. The game was asking for the > ICE Hockey Term demonstrated by Mr. Trebek. There was no mention of > any illness and the statement was self deprecating, alluding to his > own inability to demonstrate "Stick Handling ". Is a long leap to > feel threatened or insulted by the word "shakes". I am not aware of > any effort to change the language in order that PWP will never hear > a word that offends them. > > When we do that I have some candidates: Stiff, clumsy, depressed, > useless, restricted, ignored, patronized, desperate, angry, > marginalized, incompetent, burden, drooling, and sensitive. Not to > mention disabled and handicapped. > > Regards, Bill Lawless DX 1997 > [Post hoc, ergo propter hoc!] a logical fallacy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ivan M Suzman > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 8:16 AM > Subject: "It's just the shakes, that's all " > > > Hello PIENO friends, > Did anyone else see the episode? > I think it happened at 7:55 PM on Thursday, Oct. 14. > > Ivan Suzman > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinson send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > In the body of the message put: signoff Parkinson > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn