Subj : I'm being slammed by thes To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Oct 25 2020 07:38:00 Hi Daryl! DS> And, with winter, it will be delivered. BM> V.O., rapidly speaking: "Offer not available in the Southern BM> Hemisphere. Void where prohibited; we will not be held liable for BM> pubic indecency charges." DS> Really. Yup, really! Our highly-paid designer suit-wearing lawyers said so! BM> Common first names isn't that uncommon, or even ones that sound similar BM> -- and it has probably gotten worse with the muffling of the masks. DS> Plus, you can't see them smile. Or with people gritting their DS> teeth, and it's "I *AM* smiling, d@mn it!!" . They should take a cue from the commercial about some depression medication: person goes around in social gatherings with a stick with a frowny face on one side and a happy face on the other. (The person is depressed so frowning before taking the medication but 'putting on a happy face'.) Should use something like that since we can't see the mouth expression under the mask. BM> When I was at the urologist a year or two ago waiting in waiting room BM> with the usual crowd of others. Nurse comes in, announces "Barry?" BM> Someone else bounds up to her. Think to myself well maybe it wasn't BM> Barry - could be Larry, Harry, Jerry.... Wait and wait, finally BM> inquire at the check in counter, yup, probably was for me. Not sure BM> how the other guy got past the last name and birthdate verifications. DS> There was similar confusion in the ER last night (see another DS> post from this packet). But, the hospital uses last name first DS> (i.e. Stout, Daryl). Hmm: with a slight accent I could be a "Stout Beer-ee"! DS> ... Are cranberries healthy?? I never heard one complain. So we know they're not Jewish! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Waiter asks table full of Jewish women "Is anything all right?". --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .