The winner was........ raedavissm@mindspring.com With the only correct answer to my question..."What is a Thagamizer?" A good runner up would be ujhale@webtv.net who gave us the following response: The Game-izer must be one who makes a game of everything or is it GAMS as in legs and what kind of game would that be? Don't know what kind of game that is and I'm not really sure I want to know. lizard@usit.net made a good showing too as we launched into a discussion of doomerwatchits and thing-a-ma-bobs. Thagamizer: >From Gary Larson's The Far Side. It is from the comic strip that featured a Neanderthal teaching school to little cave kids. On the board is drawn a stegosaurus tail. He is pointing at one of the spikes and says " These are known as Thagamizers after the late Thag Orsen who discovered them". Now we can only speculate on how he discovered these spikes and why he is now "The late Thag Orsen". Don't worry my wife doesn't get The Far Side either. Bet all you new people wonder just what kind of list you joined don't you? I promise this doesn't happen very much. Just when it slows down. Chip Union County TnGenWeb thagamizer@aol.com