As a long-term subscriber to several lists on various professional and
avocational topics, it seems the most dynamic and long-running ones
always have threads of quality humor.  Keep up the good work, and you
might consider sharing the recipe for whatever you have been sniffing
before these sessions :-).
 
Dave Bickel
 
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Lynn Scheu [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Wednesday, February 17, 1999 7:38 AM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: The White Conch
>
>Dear Peter, and anyone else who is wobbling from Art's latest messages:
>
>Welcome to the OTHER Conch-L. Sometimes we get a little strange and
>lightheaded. It might be from the fumes of all those chemicals we have
>been
>mixing to melt away whale flesh, clean animals out of shells, and
>preserve
>seahorses.
>
>Anyway, the Flying Pigs (Art introduced them to us about two years
>ago!)
>are sort of mascots of Conch-L with an entire life history and ecology,
>subject of poem and song ("Hey Diddle Diddle, the Pig and the Fiddle,"
>Neil
>Diamond's ever famous "Cracklins Rosie" ) Some people hate them, others
>deplore the off-topic postings. Whole WARS have been fought over them.
>(Art
>only THINKS that Flying Elk are the sole predators of his little
>critters!
>I know some ConchLers who had a flying pig barbeque!)
>
>And then there are those of us who have a great fondness for them. I
>personally prefer to believe they are little on-topic cowries with
>wings.
>But they are always with us, no matter what! Wander the archives. Or
>maybe
>Art has the flying pig thread indexed and will share it?
>
>One can only hope that the Elks are not common!
>
>Lynn Scheu, ducking unfriendly fire!
>Louisville, KY
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>
>
>>What are you talking about????
>>Did I miss something?
>>Peter Egerton
>>
>>>Do any of you have any idea how valuable white or albino flying pigs are
>>>to members of the Elks Club? I thought not!
>>>    Art
>>>
>>>
>>
>>