This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_907188242_boundary Content-ID: <0_907188242@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In a message dated 9/23/98 6:14:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, RDown3657@aol.com writes: << A little humor I received from one of my other mailling lists: > >Some genealo-humor to lighten and brighten your day! *;) > >********************************************************************* > .....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. > >In order 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. Postal >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 research >notebooks in your home. The armed security guard, however, will remain. > >You plod merrily along "refining" your recently published family >history, blissfully unaware that the number of errata pages now far >exceeds the number of pages in your original publication. > >During an ice storm and power outage, you ignore the pleas of your >shivering spouse and place your last quilt around that 1886 photograph >of dear Uncle George. > >The most recent document in your "Missing Ancestors" file is a 36-page >contract between you and Johnson Billboard Advertising Company. > >Ed McMahon, several t.v. 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, 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. >> --part0_907188242_boundary Content-ID: <0_907188242@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <owner-ks-kin-l@raven.cc.ukans.edu> Received: from rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (rly-zd02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.226]) by air-zd05.mail.aol.com (v50.11) with SMTP; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:14:23 -0400 Received: from raven.cc.ukans.edu (raven.cc.ukans.edu [129.237.33.3]) by rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id UAA23675; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 20:49:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from host by raven.cc.ukans.edu (8.8.7/1.1.8.2/12Jan95-0207PM) id TAA0000001079; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 19:49:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from imo22.mx.aol.com by raven.cc.ukans.edu (8.8.7/1.1.8.2/12Jan95-0207PM) id TAA0000021929; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 19:49:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from RDown3657@aol.com by imo22.mx.aol.com (IMOv16.10) id 6WREa22760 for <ks-kin-l@raven.cc.ukans.edu>; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 18:49:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4cd42aa3.36097adf@aol.com> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 18:49:03 EDT Reply-To: ks-kin-l@raven.cc.ukans.edu Sender: owner-ks-kin-l@raven.cc.ukans.edu Precedence: bulk From: <RDown3657@aol.com> To: ks-kin-l@raven.cc.ukans.edu Subject: Re: You Know You're Taking Genealogy Too Seriously If..... X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 38 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit In a message dated 98-09-23 15:02:03 EDT, you write: << A little humor I received from one of my other mailling lists: > >Some genealo-humor to lighten and brighten your day! *;) > >********************************************************************* > .....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. > >In order 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. Postal >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 research >notebooks in your home. The armed security guard, however, will remain. > >You plod merrily along "refining" your recently published family >history, blissfully unaware that the number of errata pages now far >exceeds the number of pages in your original publication. > >During an ice storm and power outage, you ignore the pleas of your >shivering spouse and place your last quilt around that 1886 photograph >of dear Uncle George. > >The most recent document in your "Missing Ancestors" file is a 36-page >contract between you and Johnson Billboard Advertising Company. > >Ed McMahon, several t.v. 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, 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. > > --------- End forwarded message ---------- >> --part0_907188242_boundary--