No, No, Bill.
    What I am is the offishul "Question Man". I have it on good authority that,
as one of his final acts in office, Mr. Clinton plans to commute the sentences
of 32 men and ladies on Death Row, and (as a rider) to create the Department of
Molluscs. Even as we speak, the building is being readied and security installed
by a Chinese firm that was low bidder.
    Art

"William Bednarzyk, Jr" wrote:

> Thank you, all that replied with a "real" answer.  I knew Art was "trying"
> to be funny...
>
> Bill
>
> P.S. Art, are you the "Shell Answer Man" ?
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Conchologists of America List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]  On
> Behalf Of Kev Lamprell
> Sent:   Saturday, June 17, 2000 7:11 PM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Re: new to group
>
> Nice one Art
> Kev
>
> Art Weil wrote:
>
> > Dear Bill;-
> >     Your friend is absolutely right. Shells, which are calcarious
> cytoplasm,
> > are created from the  (mostly) large seaweed fronds. The fronds break off,
> and
> > on their way to the bottom of the sea, curl to the right in the Nothern
> > Hemisphere and to the left (or sinistralia) in the Southern Hemisphere.
> The
> > individual protoblasts are replaced by calcium carbonate molecules which
> > inhabit all salt waters. On reaching the bottom, the new shell-like
> creatures
> > are subjected to tides and tsunamis which wash them ashore in places such
> as
> > Florida and New Jersey.
> >     The Answer Man
> >