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I really like the list as it is. Will along with whatever. No choice. If you count the number of people who write , you miss the people who just laugh. At least the pigs don't offend people, just annoy them. Last I have to say on that subject. Nita Harlan Williams, Jr. wrote: > In a message dated 8/4/99 12:16:44 PM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > << 2 You can't please all of the people all of the time. > > You are correct Carole, that you cannot please all the people all the time. > But, David has a valid suggestion in trying to get the pigs off-line. After > all, it is a certain minority of the list members who partake in the pigs > revelry. Most list members, I'm willing to bet, couldn't care less about the > pigs and find the pigs and Mafioso messages both burdensome to delete and a > needless waste of time. Why not give serious consideration David's idea of > starting a second list, which includes the non-serious side of Parkinson's > and leave the list to people like David that turn thereto for information and > guidance and not pigs and jokes. I must admit, however, that I would join > the pigs list just to keep abreast of the latest jokes. That one about the > lady that fell asleep in church and was poked with a hatpin by her husband > killed me. But, for those of us not infatuated with the pigs humor or other > type of humor, would it kill us to separate the pigs from the real > information related to Parkinson's Disease. > > You also write that: > > #3 I personally think that humor embodies the spirit > of the List.Certainly helps me get through the day. >> > > I think that I've addressed this issue above. Nuff said. > > Harlan