[Newspoetry] resurrection

[Joe Futrelle]

The T-shirt design is done -- I just need to call around to some screen 
printers.  So I'm the one dragging my heels.  Fortunately, it's not T-shirt 
weather yet here in Urbana ...

At 10:31 AM 3/27/2002 -0600, Jay Morris wrote:

>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 bunch of, like, outdated and annoying cliches, and some stuff I'm like, so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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