-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 11:07 PM Subject: Taking genealogy seriously >Hi all, > >Greeting. More great giggles ... > >********** 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. 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. > > >with thanks to: [email protected] > > >