Article 93804 of alt.peeves: From: Ken Smith Newsgroups: alt.peeves Subject: A new land speed record for turnips was Re: The Fruit Bats Date: 10 May 1998 14:13:35 GMT Organization: a2i network Lines: 16 Message-ID: <6j4cmf$dp0$1@samba.rahul.net> References: <6j3js5$mli@news.acns.nwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: waltz.rahul.net NNTP-Posting-User: kensmith Path: news1.meer.net!nntp2.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!peerfeed.ncal.verio.net!bug.rahul.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!kensmith.a2i!kensmith Xref: news1.meer.net alt.peeves:93804 In article <6j3js5$mli@news.acns.nwu.edu>, Jan M. Bednarczuk wrote: [....] >Is it just me, or are beggars getting more and more aggressive these days? ^^^^^^^ Ooooo you can't call them that. It is just tooooo unsympathetic. Today you have to call them "Advertizers Seeking Substantial Hand Outs by Local Effort. That name is a bit long. I wish I could think of a way to shorten it. -- -- kensmith@rahul.net forging knowledge