OT-HUMOR: The 100 PC Solution
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- Subject: OT-HUMOR: The 100 PC Solution
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:34:14 -0700 (MST)
Peace, Everyone!
Now that we have heard from the Warthog Antidefamation League and the
Friends of the Dead (both operating from the same address, apparently), it
is obvious that in this age of political correctness it is impossible to do
a good turn for the dogs if you are perceived to be stepping on the toes of
the warthogs, the deceased or any other definable interest group. Mark Cook
suggests
> Seeing the controversy this is causing, maybe we should call bad
seedlings
> "skunks."
But the same objection applies here as was raised by the Angel of the
Warthogs - that skunks, too, are mammals and may be presumed to have
feelings; and, in any case, no one wants to get on the wrong side of a
skunk.
No, my friends! We must seek the solution by a different pathway. I suggest
(humbly) that our salvation lies in a neologism. May I propose (not without
trepidation) that in future all unsatisfactory iris seedlings be known as
"snuks". An exhaustive search of the literature confirms that this
construct is not a word in any language, living or dead, nor does it
reproduce the vocalization of any species of organism, extant or extinct.
The hypersensitive may object that four perfectly innocent letters of the
alphabet are being singled out from their fellows and subjected to
intolerable pain and humiliation. To which I reply, "Take two aspirin and
call me in the fourth millenium!"
Yours in the interest of equity and sensitivity,
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
