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Carole, et al.... First, I'm NOT trying to belittle the pig, nor those list members who've been posting pig jokes and comments. The following is NOT meant as an attack on either pigs or people who post here on the List about pigs. However, YOU all have had your say about pigs for several weeks, if not months, and I FINALLY feel the need to share my own opinion with my fellow List-members (and it's been pretty darn tough keeping my opinion to myself on this subject 'cause I didn't want to offend folks I like and respect who seem to have gone whacko when it comes to PIGS. With all due respect to those few List-members who appear obsessed with pigs and things porcine, IF it should somehow come to pass that the pig - however cute and/or intelligent that animal can be portrayed - is adopted as an "official" Parkinson's Disease mascot, after weeks of having to live with incessant pig jokes and and other references to the pig I'D deny all relationship to Parkinson's and claim to have some other disease instead! (maybe terminal ice cream eater's disease or something) <grin> Frankly, I'm SOOOOO sick of the pig-related posts - which keep being resurrected by the same few List members after the topic appears to die a natural death - that I could SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAM!!! AGAIN - This is NOT a personal attack on our pig-obsessed List members, it's not meant as a personal put-down, and it's not meant to hurt or otherwise cause anyone here grievous personal pain . It's just that I'm now bored to TEARS with the multi-dozens of pig-related posts and their spin-offs. All those pig-posts have driven me - a person who USED to think the pig was kinda cute - to NOW I'm thinking about trashing my copies of author E.B. White's classic, "Charlotte's Web," and "Babe." Heck.... I've EVEN considered substituting BEEF ribs instead of eating them yummy-smothered- in-bar-b-q-sauce baby-back pork ribs.. <tho haven't hit THAT stage quite yet. Please, PLEASE..... GIMME A BREAK! Surely there HAS to be SOME other mascot that would better represent those of us having this terrible disease? How about the mythical and heroic Phoenix, the bird that is thrown into and consumed by the flames yet arises from those flames whole and alive each and every time? Finely... I'd appreciate if the pig-posters just take this as my own opinion, and not start to clutter up the List with the pros and cons of discussing pigs discussing pigs online. Been there, done that.... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Carole Hercun <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 8:08 AM Subject: Re: Ivan's Thoghts on His Video >In "Thoughts on Your Reviews", Ivan Suzman wrote that >he only had 2 days to get ready for the interview and >did not know the questions to be asked in advance. >Ivan, I've seen the tape, and think you did an >extraordinary job. You also looked more comfortable on >camera than did your interviewer. (What was up with >him?) Also,the media exposure and practice in front of >the camera is most important. You also said: >"I wish we List-members had a unified symbol or logo >to wear >on our lapels or shirts when appearing on TV. I wore >my own local >"no Parkinson's" pin. It helps to focus our message." > >Which brings me back to Camilla's gold and silver >winged piggy "angel" pigs pin idea. I know she was >joking when she came up with the idea, but I think it >could work. They would be cute, marketable, not too >expensive,a conversation piece, etc. etc. I have had a >succession of Irish setters and for a time belonged to >a Setter List and they had a similar fund-raising >product for sale last Christmas. Call me crazy, but I >think it could work. (No, on second thought, don't >call me crazy.) Carole H. > >_____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com