At 10:57 1999/04/19 -0700, you wrote: >Dear Hilary 'n Ivan.... > >I've got THEE perfect world-wide-attention-grabber >that'll make all of us sweet-treat and ice-cream guzzling >Parkies make it to the front page of all the major >newspapers and also will tickle the fancy of all the >big-name TV anchors. Parkinson's will become a >household word if we do THIS!! Ready? Here's >what we gotta do: > >To make Parkinson's and those of us who live >with this %#@^& disease VISIBLE and FAMOUS >(which theoretically would also bring in the much >needed research bucks so a cure and/or treatment >may be found) , errrrrr.... I digress... is to hold a > world-wide ICE CREAM EAT-A-THON! > >I can see the headlines now: "Millions of Parkinson's >sufferers and their families and friends vow to >non-stop eat ice cream till a CURE to the disease >is found." (Choice of flavors left up to the eater) <smile> > >Heck.... we can get Ben and Jerry to be our spokespersons! > >Barb Mallut (who absolutely LOVES ice cream!) >[log in to unmask] barb i ddoubble ddipp ddare ya! here's ben and jerry's site and here's their foundation site i love these guys even without their ice cream wowwee! [with all respect to all involved this sure appeals to me a lot more than pennies for parkinsons!] janet janet paterson - 52 now /41 dx /37 onset - [log in to unmask] 613/256/8340 - po box 171/almonte/ontario/k0a 1a0/canada Scan some of My Past Posts at: http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm Mine the PD List Archives at: http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/ Cull Nine Million Pub-Med Medical Studies at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ Comb the 'People With Parkinson's' Web-Ring at: http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=parkie;list