My wife says i get houstistic when in the office in front of the computer, and i keep on saying no, we also have fridays funny, that is out of jobs related themes.
Keep them for the sake of my family! Juanse temuko-Chile :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bagwell, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 4:29 PM Subject: RE: MI-L It's Friday! > I thought I would take a survey on how many people on the list want to > receive the "off topic Friday" emails that seem to be becoming more popular > for some reason. > > I, for one, do not like receiving all of the jokes, chain letters, virus > emails, etc. that now plague the Internet (the latest study I read said that > somewhere around 40% or more of the email is junk - jokes, advertisements, > chains, etc.). I load the anti-banner, anti-spam, etc. software and utilize > the functionality of various programs that include ways to weed out such > email. I find it just fills the inbox and takes up space on the server. If I > want to receive that stuff, I'll sign up for it. > > I signed up to this forum because of the capability to reach a worldwide > scope of knowledge and resource in regards to MapInfo and the various > questions that we have... I find it very helpful and save some of the > threads that apply to my own mapping needs. > > However, this whole "Friday" thing worries me... some of you will criticize > me and say "lighten up" and that's ok. I have a thick skin and can take it. > But honestly... the other day we had several emails back and forth of people > asking about an older "Friday" email that they wanted the joke to give to > someone else, and frankly, I don't think that is what this forum was all > about. Is this going to get worse, where we can expect more and more > "Friday" emails on friday, and then more and more questions on an old joke > (instead of using the archives or asking the person who sent it)... to the > point where, once again, my inbox is filling up with useless email? > > Besides, this joke is one of the many that circulate the Internet every so > often... someone fills in a different University name or whatever... I > personally have seen it three times now. > > So what does everyone else think? > > -Ross E. Bagwell > GIS Manager > Universal Access Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Haynes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MI-L It's Friday! > > > Chem Exam > > > At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Organic Chemistry. > They were doing so well on all the quizzes, midterms and labs, etc., > that each had an A so far for the semester. These four friends were so > confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to go up to the > University of Virginia and party with some friends there. > > They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying, they slept all day > Sunday > and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than > taking the final then, they decided to find their professor after the > final and explain to him why they missed it. > > They explained that they had gone to UVA for the weekend with the plan to > come back in time to study, but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the > way back, didn't > have a spare, and couldn't get help for a long time. As a result, they > missed the final. The professor thought it over and then agreed they > could make up the final the following day. The guys were elated and > relieved. > > They studied that night and went in the next day at the time the > professor had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed > each of them a test booklet, and told them to begin. They looked at the > first problem, worth five points. It was something simple about free > radical formation. Cool, they thought at the same time, each one in his > separate room, this is going to be easy. Each finished the problem and > then turned the page. > > On the second page was written: For 95 points: > Which tire? > > > John D. Haynes > Director > Geodata Consultants, Inc. > 1-800-838-6661 ex.10 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.geodataconsult.com > > > This communication contains information from Universal Access, Inc. (or its > affiliates) which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the > exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended > recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this > communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. 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