status (cymbal)

[Jim Strong]

--- Wayne Johnson <cadaobh@shentel.net> wrote:
> Thorne.  I hate to be the one to tell you this, but
> there was a secret ballot and it was decided that
> anyone whose name had a,  uh, "prickly" image
> associated with it should be cut off.   The noted
> physicist Kip Thorne also suffered the same fate,
> although he was never actually on the list and was
> too busy at Cal Tech placing bets with Stephen
> Hawking to worry with.  Still in these desperate and
> troubled times, what with the FBI and everyone
> reading the emails, one simply can't be too careful.
> 
> Please eat this message.
> 
> Anonymously yours
> 
> B.
> 
> I urge you to consider a different name.  Like,
> Thyme. Or Basil.  Or Rosemary.
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   yes bubba, some people are more prick-ly than
others.
   thorne, howsomever, is not one of 'em ...

jim