----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Larrieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jennifer Cribbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: Welcome to a new year
> My wife is falling on the floor laughing at this thread. What did I start?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
> Jennifer Cribbs
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 12:39 PM
> To: Chuck Larrieu; Mask Of Zorro; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Welcome to a new year
>
> What a way to start a new yrs conversation......
>
> I remember when the first advertisements of "tubular objects" and
"masculine
> protection items" were first being advertised on the telly. I believe all
> the women in the world were probably as shocked as myself, my sister and
my
> very old fashioned mom were that people would even talk about
this......Our
> dad used to pick up these items as they were needed for all of us. We
were
> too embarassed to walk through the store carrying these items. The best
> story my Mother ever told was concerning my sis, when she was around 4 or
5.
> It occured during a dinner party and the highpoint of this particular
party
> occured when all retired to the living area for that after dinner chat.
All
> were greeted by the site of my sister sitting in the floor arranging her
> "barbie doll beds". They had the new designer padded model
mattress.....My
> mother about fainted from embarrassment.
>
> Jennifer Cribbs
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Larrieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mask Of Zorro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 1:07 PM
> Subject: RE: Welcome to a new year
>
>
> > The other side of this one, of course, is the buying and selling of a
> > particular tubular product who purpose is "protection", and the most
> famous
> > of which was named for a civilization whose destruction was celebrated
in
> > The Iliad.
> >
> > Things may be different today. It has been 20 years since I worked in a
> > drugstore, with a mostly young lady staff. A portion of our evening
> traffic
> > involved the sale of these products. It was not uncommon to see bright
red
> > faces both on clerk and customer as the transaction took place, and was
> > concluded with the clerk telling the customer to "have a good night"
> >
> > Come to think of it, the same used to happen during the sale of
particular
> > magazines as well........
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
> Mask
> > Of Zorro
> > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 10:46 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Welcome to a new year
> >
> > Never had the trouble with the Feminine Hygeine Products (FHP's). When
> > picking up a small box of 'em for my sister at a local 7-eleven store,
the
> > clerk ringing me up asked "Do you need a bag?" to which I replied, "No
> > thanks, I'll eat them here!"
> >
> > The face he made was priceless...
> >
> > Z
> >
> >
> > >From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: Re: Welcome to a new year
> > >Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:07:00 -0500
> > >
> > >Natasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> attacked the fundamentals of modern
manhood
> > >with,
> > >
> > > >Actually a late Fridays funnies.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > (I'd like to dedicate this to my boyfriend, who is living proof
that
> > > >uncontrollable compulsive
> > > > switching of TV channels with a remote control is a testosterone
> > > >influenced condition.)
> > > >
> > >
> > > >And never, under any circumstances, expect me to pick up
> > > > anything for which "feminine hygiene product" is a euphemism.
> > >
> > >I was cured of this. Many years ago, I had surgery for a pilonoidal
> > >cyst. Without getting into gory details, suffice it to say is that
> > >the normal recovery from this involves lots of bleeding, and the
> > >standard dressing is to tape ...ummm....feminine hygiene
> > >products...to the patient's posterior.
> > >
> > >About 3 weeks postoperatively, I hobbled to the local drugstore,
> > >supported by my first wife, to get more supplies. The clerk seemed a
> > >little surprised at the number of boxes, at which point my wife
> > >cheerfully chimed, in a trained singer's voice that carried
> > >throughout the establishment, "oh...those are for my husband."
> > >
> > >To this day, I tend to refer to "masculine napkins" while in her
> > >presence. I don't complain too much, because I may need her
> > >expertise on object oriented design.
> > >
> > >A couple of years later, I was implementing a WAN for the US
> > >Department of Labor, using state of the art 9600 BPS modems from
> > >Codex (now Motorola). We negotiated what I thought was a rather good
> > >price, but got a called from an irritated purchasing officer.
> > >
> > >"How can you possibly spend $30,000 on these? You'd fill up boxcars!
> > >What do you need with them in the network, anyway?"
> > >
> > >My colleagues, Gary Desler and Ed Peters (who went on to start
> > >Network Solutions), and I gazed at one another in utter puzzlement.
> > >Ten Codex model whatever modems. Then the light dawned.
> > >
> > >With a few clarifications, we established the purchasing department
> > >thought we were ordering $30,000 worth of Kotex Modesses.
> > > >---------
> > > > Because I'm a man,
> > > >
> > > > I think what you're wearing is fine. I thought what you were
> > > > wearing five minutes ago was fine, too. Either pair of shoes is
> fine.
> > > > With the belt or without it looks fine. Your hair is fine. You
look
> > > > fine.
> > >
> > >The probability of a correct answer to such questions, much less "do
> > >I look fat" is approximately that of a single answer to the best way
> > >to solve any networking problem.
> > >
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