<<"No, we're not gonna try the old switch and hope he doesn't realize it's not the same one.">> Smart move, George. If your son hasn't faced death before, this might be a good opportunity to gently introduce him to the concept.
At college I'd talk with the farm kids and realize what an advantage over us urban kids they had as they developed. They saw the cycle of existence right away - birth, life, death - and they didn't fear it. Plus as teenagers they always had Ol' Bessie to sneak behind. ;-) <<"Our son's hamster died this AM. He doesn't know yet.">> Well, somebody had better tell him that he's dead before he eats too many peanuts and makes a mess somewhere. Where I once worked we had a sign, copies of which hung in every cubicle, which went like this: "Remember that it is a violation of Company policy for an employee not to fall over when dead. Failure to comply by remaining upright at one's desk means that Management cannot differentiate between employees and corpses. There have been several instances recently of failure to comply, leading the Company to continue Direct Deposit paychecks well after death. Appropriate disciplinary action was taken once it became apparent to Management that a dead employee had violated this Policy by failing to topple over." "Behold I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds." - Vishnu, in the Hindu Bhagavad Gita. David Hanwell -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Gallen Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 11:05 AM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] My sincere condolences Funny thing.... Our son's hamster died this AM. He doesn't know yet. First my wife calls, hysterical, "The hamster is dead!" Then I get an email titled "My sincere condolences." I'm thinking, now, how the heck did the U2 list find out about the hamster???? Guess we will be hamster shopping tonight. No, we're not gonna try the old switch and hope he doesn't realize it's not the same one. Oh well... George >-----Original Message----- >From: Results [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:32 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [U2] My sincere condolences > > >Dennis, > > If anyone is having trouble posting, they should contact the >moderators immediately so that we can get it resolved. >Everyone deserves >to be heard. Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - Charles Barouch, Moderator > >Dennis Bartlett wrote: > >>Condolences? The list appears to be suffering from asthma - no-one has >>wot it takes to blow >>bags of hot air around this mortal coil. >> >>Huh? Wot ya on about? >> >>Just seems there're only a few brave souls able to post. Tis very sad! >>------- >>u2-users mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users >------- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users ____________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and also may be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, or have otherwise received this communication in error, please delete it from your inbox, notify the sender immediately, and do not disclose its contents to any other person, use them for any purpose, or store or copy them in any medium. Thank you for your cooperation. ____________________________________________________________ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
