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- From: callahan@biffvm.cs.jhu.edu (Paul Callahan)
- Subject: Re: A Shocking Confession
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.221925.4193@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
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- Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD
- References: <1992Dec22.183011.28337@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:19:25 GMT
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- PC Alert!!!
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-
- It has occurred to me (based on one e-mail response, which was not itself a
- criticism, but which started me thinking), that my previous post could be
- construed as an attempt to trivialize the problem of unwanted pregnancy. Let
- me point out that I currently practice the most effective form of birth control
- known (as you may have inferred from several of my postings). For this reason,
- I am sometimes unintentionally callous to those fortunate ones who have
- problems I lack.
-
- I would like to point out that I *do* own a cayenne pepper plant, and that
- the inspiration for the preceding posting came while hand-pollinating the same.
- There are actually eight peppers on the plant, four of which have turned red,
- providing a festive holiday display.
-
- Sadly, I will not be enjoying said display, as I am going away in a few hours,
- to spend the holidays at home. I post this article in an attempt to prevent
- my mailbox from filling up with complaints in the intervening time.
-
- Apologies in advance, if such are required.
- --
- "I would rather be torn to pieces by the poison-clawed cat, than to suffer one
- instant of acceptance by the resident intellectuals of rec.arts.books."
- [slightly modified; attribution left as an exercise to the reader]
- -- Paul Callahan, callahan@biffvm.cs.jhu.edu --
-