unsubscribe -----Original Message----- From: Dorothy Nanninga Sewell <dsewell@alaska.net> To: IL-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com <IL-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 09, 2000 12:02 AM Subject: [IL-CENTRAL] Too serious >Got this from another list -- enjoy. > > > YOU KNOW YOU'RE TAKING GENEALOGY TOO SERIOUSLY IF... > > You are the only person to show up at the cemetery > research party with a shovel. > > To put the 'final touches' on your genealogical > research, you've asked all of your closest relatives > to provide DNA samples. > > You were instrumental in having 'non-genealogical' > use of the genealogy room copy machine classified > as a federal hate crime. > > Your house leans slightly toward the side where > your genealogical records are stored. > > You decided to take a two-week break from genealogy, > and the U. S. Post Office immediately laid off 1,500 > employees. > > Out of respect for your best friend's unquestioned > reputation for honesty and integrity, you are > willing to turn off that noisy surveillance camera > while she reviews your 57 genealogical notebooks in > your home. The armed security guard, however, will > remain. > > Ed McMahon, several TV cameras and an envelope > from Publishers Clearing House arrive at your front > door on Super Bowl Sunday, and the first thing you > say is, "Are you related to the McMahons of Ohio?" > > 'A loving family' and Financial Security' have moved > up to second and third place, respectively, on your > list of life's goals, but still lag far behind > 'Owning My Own Microfilm Reader.' > > A magical genie appears and agrees to grant your > any one wish, and you ask that the 1890 census be > restored. > > > >==== IL-CENTRAL Mailing List ==== >Your donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible. Find out more! >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >RootsWeb, Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222 > >