Re: About David Poole
David, leaving aside the aesthetics, you could go further and dispense with
your name altogether and become your e-mail address.
Think of it -no more filling in forms name, address etc - just give your
e-mail address/name/identity/.
The only problem is that the world's poets[and possibly all writers,
journalists etc] would go on strike - possibly no bad thing.
ekf@lineone.net [aka Edward Faridany]
Sussex, UK
----- Original Message -----
From: David King <greenman@ucla.edu>
To: <ekf@lineone.net>
Cc: <dave-poole@ilsham.demon.co.uk>; <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: 10 November 1999 19:33
Subject: Re: About David Poole
> In the history of a planet, it wasn't so very long ago that folks went
> around with one name. Then it bacame apparent that there were too many -
> oh, just for example - David's running loose without proper supervision
> and it became difficult to tell the "David's" one from the other. The
> convention of family names was the solution so that we could have, on one
> hand, a David Poole and on the other a David King. It was immensely
> helpful (I have, for example, never picked up Mr. Poole's laundry,
> mistakenly or otherwise) and has remained the convention to this day. It
> is no longer enough.
>
> We are now part and parcel of a global community. The circumstances of
> the poor unfortunate Mr. David Poole being confused with our aquaintance,
> the hale and hearty Mr. David Poole, only serves to bring into sharp and
> positive focus the shortcomings of this system. The solution, to me at
> least, is clear: newspapers and governments must include the person's
> email address as a part of their identification. Hence, the recent
> article about the demise of a soul named David Poole would have cleared up
> any and all confusion and grief before it even started! The unfortunate
> death of David Poole (someone@somewhere.org) would have in no way startled
> someone who knows David Poole (dave-poole@ilsamn.demon.co.uk).
>
> Write your elected official and your local editor at once! Your can find
> their email addresses on the web - it will make your request so much more
> poignant!
>
> Thank you for your time. It is so exhilarating to be on the absolute
> cutting edge of technology, it just makes me giddy sometimes.
>
> David King (greeman@ucla.edu - in keeping with this innovation)
>
> Edward Faridany wrote:
>
> > Dave, I am very glad to hear that news of your demise was considerably
> > exaggerated
> > Edward Faridany
> > Sussex UK
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dave Poole <dave-poole@ilsham.demon.co.uk>
> > To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> > Sent: 09 November 1999 18:48
> > Subject: Re: About David Poole
> >
> > Ahem - very much alive and kicking I can assure you.
> >
> > In view of my reluctance towards cold places, Alaska in autumn is
> > probably one of the last places you'd find me.
> >
> > Dave Poole
> > TORQUAY UK
> > http://www.ilsham.demon.co.uk/gardenviews.html
>
>
