I subscribe to a lot of lists, and have seen replies to nutty things go on for days. I have learned to not respond and contact the list owner, who takes care of things like that. Some people send such nutty things to get something going. Not responding on the list, makes them oh so sad cause you have spoiled their fun, by ignoring them. That's the point of why some send mess. not appropriate to the list, they just want to get something going, then they sit back and laugh at the responses, etc. The list owners almost always take care of things like this, and it doesn't spoil the list, remember there are all kinds of people in this world, send it on to the list owner, just a thought, as to how i handle inflammatory mess. dixie