[Newspoetry] resurrection

[Jay Morris]

1) Whatever happened to the Newspoetry t-shirts? Were they made? Can we sell
them at the IMC?

2) The writing below was the result of substance abuse (a caffeine overdose)
and thus should probably be stricken from the records.

jay



> "It's a beautiful day in Champaign.  The temperature here is 78 degrees
and
> the local time is 12:08.  We'll be landing in a few minutes folks, if
you'll
> look to your left and right, you'll notice that everyone around you is
much
> younger than they were in Boston.  We ask that you keep your seatbelts
> fastened and keep all compacts and hand mirrors safely stowed until the
> plane reaches the terminal."
>
> When the plane landed, I was so psyched about my younger image in the
> airline's hand mirror (fifteen bucks and totally worth every penny!) that
I
> didn't even realize that the coffee stains that got all over the seat in
> front of me from, like, the crazy turbulence, were gone.  In fact, my wife
> didn't even ask why I was wearing 'retro' 80's-style clothes until we got
> out to the car.  I was like "these threads are totally awesome, dude!".  I
> wasn't too sure where that came from, but soon I was, like, saying a whole
> bunch of, like, outdated and annoying cliches, and some stuff I'm like, so
> sure I never even said in the 80's.  My wife eventually left me and ended
up
> backing out of the driveway and, like, totally running over our dog that
> they ressurected a couple years ago.
>
> The researchers (who were funded by the airline industry.  duh!) said they
> didn't find any evidence that their 'anti-aging' flights could, like, have
> an effect on your personality.  But, like, if that's true, then why am I
so
> totally into Def Leppard all of a sudden? I think something got, like, all
> screwed up or something.
>
> So ... your honor? ... that's why I'm asking for, like, a whole bunch of
> money to, like, offset this, like, totally terrible turn of events in my
> life.
>
>
>
>
> jay
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "newspoet" <newspoet at cox.net>
> To: "John" <gavroche at gavroche.org>; "NewsPoetry"
> <newspoetry at lists.groogroo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 2:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Newspoetry] resurrection
>
>
> > better than statistically safer, our airline can actually reverse the
> death
> > process
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John" <gavroche at gavroche.org>
> > To: "NewsPoetry" <newspoetry at lists.groogroo.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 12:26 AM
> > Subject: [Newspoetry] resurrection
> >
> >
> > >     Resurrection
> > >
> > >     A week prior to Easter
> > >     A miracle has happened.
> > >     A dog -- resurrected.
> > >
> > >                                 Airplane personnel
> > >                                 fretted upon finding
> > >                                 a dead dog in baggage.
> > >
> > >     fearing a lawsuit
> > >     they found
> > >     a replacement.
> > >
> > >                     they insist their dog
> > >                     was a perfect match --
> > >                     the ower'd never have noticed
> > >
> > >                     except for one small problem.
> > >                     she was transporting her dog
> > > a                  for burial, and didn't expect
> > >   wagging tail.
> > >
> > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_552902.html
> > >
> > > John Newmark
> > > gavroche at gavroche.org
> > >
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