Hmmm. (deep in thought) Now what was that again? Oh Yeah: 1) Take the cardy thingy and put it in the slotty thingy, aligning the holey thingies with the peggy thingies. 2) Use the pokey thingy to make a holey thingy in the cardy thingy next to the presidential candidatie thingy of my choicey thingy. 3) Count the holey thingies. 4) The one with the most holey thingies wins. Now we have to wonder about denty, scratchy, and other types of thingies. It seems that these would be near misses, which (I have been told) only count in horse schoes and hand grenades. Now, what was that again? ---- Larry

"Larry Flinner, Jr." wrote: > > Hmmm. (deep in thought) Now what was that again? Oh Yeah: > German life having such a strong, positive impact on American ideals, work ethics, and citizenship, it's probably not inappropriate to note here that those who complain about the ballots had whatever opportunity was necessary to prepare themselves to vote. The presidential campaign ran for nearly a year pointing at the day in November for casting ballots. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Why is it, now, always the other guy's fault? Counting hundreds of thousands of ballots results in error, period. Recounting should be available, but not on the grounds that a voter reports that he voted for "A," but he wanted to vote for "B." They don't allow recounts to lottery customers. The voting machines have been used for more than thirty years! The voters who appear to have been used to trump up this fiasco probably used the ballot in at least one previous election (more, if they are politically activist enough to be drawn into the scheme). BTW, the word being pronounced "shad" or "chad," is "shard (Scherbe)." In my Merriam-Webster 7th edition, shard is defined as a piece or fragment of a brittle (sproede) substance, broadly: a small piece (klein Stueck). Stan from Livonia, MI