Well. I sent this offlist to Barb hoping not to start a thread going
again--but since it HAS started, and there seem to be some who thought I
was SERIOUS about pig mascots, I'm sending it to the list after all...and
BTW, no one who wants to get rid of the pigs and/or humor has explained the
process for doing this--- as I asked in an earlier post,who would do the
WORK involved---any volunteers?
And hey, anything resembling a "flame" should be a "no-no"--is that in your
Intro, Janet?
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>Dear Barb-- just to reiterate: I WAS ONLY JOKING!!!!! I have NO interest
>in flying pig pins as a PD symbol (Sorry, Carole) ---it was just another
>bit of silliness in the Parkinsaw saga. I see no pig-PD connection
>(aside from Porky et al,) nor do I think the attractive Parkinson tulip
>really shouts "Parkinson's disease" to the general public. I guess we've
>never agreed on a "symbol" because no one has come up with the "right"
>one---maybe a Phoenix, but hey, how many people really recognize one when
>they meet it in a dark alley? We may be stuck with WORDS, such as "Fund
>the Research, Find the Cure--No Parkinsons" which is on a bumper sticker
>we got a few years ago, from one of the support groups I think.
>
>See, I didn't want to start this thread on the list--but if somebody
>does, I can't help that. And don't SCREEEEEEEAM so loud---it hurts my
>hearing aid ! <G>
>
>
Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 81/70/55
Oxford, Ohio
http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm
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