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Greetings, Joyce and all: Wasn't there a well-known medico who prescribed humor as an important supplement to medicine a few years back? Dr. Norman Cousins? It doesn't surprise - or annoy me - that there are some people who might eventually feel that "enough is enough" when it comes to humor on the listserv. (I think Joyce has her tongue firmly planted in cheek.) We might not all want to read these jokes. Fair enough. But rather than discourage those who merely wish to brighten somebody's day - and let's remember that re-telling a joke allows people to enjoy the joke at least twice - could any web curmudgeons please just delete jokes and make a solemn promise not to read them before they are deleted? I notice that many people on the web are helpful in clearly marking joke messages in the Subject line. That's considerate and very useful. Even if we deleted all humor (and discouraged any and all incoming jokes) and were left with only "legitimate" supportive message and ideas about diagnosis and treatment - well _still_ none of us could possibly read all of the E-mail that comes in from from these listservs. I hope our lives never become so "important" that we reserve special feelings of anger for those "clog" our mail accounts by sending smiles across the Internet to PWPs and caregivers alike. Here's an item from the web about nursing and jocularity. http://www.neta.com/~laffinrn/index.html I wish us all health and happiness over the upcopming holiday season. David --------- On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Joyce Saylor wrote: > THAT"S ENOUGH!!! > > I suggest that if you want to post humorous messages you post them to a list > that deals in humor. PD is a serious disease. Perhaps if enough of you > want your daily dose of humor you could form your own list. Call it PDHumor > or something. > > Besides, my sides are aching from laughing so hard. > > BUT WAIT! > > Before everybody gets mad and wants to throw me off the list (and to prevent > my mailbox from filling up with mail from 1400 angry readers-- > > THAT WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA! Thanks to all of you who have posted daily humor > (okay, you Brits, humoUr). Bill, I loved it! And David, please give Anita > Life my best regards and say hello to Jethro for me. > > It is my father who has Parkinsons as a house guest (thanks Stan, your > article was great). He greatly enjoys the fun stuff I pass on to him, and > the whole family has learned from the serious stuff. > > Thanks, Barb. > ------------------- David Robert Austen Masters Degree Program in Information Science Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana 47405 U.S.A. Telephone 812 335 8835 Fax 812 335 8598 --------------------