Bill gates taking credit for something he didnt author? what is the world coming to!
(heheh) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicky Avery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 10:27 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic > > Sorry, Joe, but this has nothing to do with Bill Gates or Mt. Whitney HS. > > > This list is the work of Charles J. Sykes, author of the book /Dumbing > > Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But > > Can't Read, Write, Or Add./ (The list has appeared in newspapers, > > although not necessarily in this book.) Many versions of this list > > omit the last three rules: > > > > Rule No. 12: Smoking does not make you look cool. It makes you look > > moronic. Next time you're out cruising, watch an 11-year-old with a > > butt in his mouth. That's what you look like to anyone over 20. Ditto > > for "expressing yourself" with purple hair and/or pierced body parts. > > > > Rule No. 13: You are not immortal. (See Rule No. 12.) If you are > > under the impression that living fast, dying young and leaving a > > beautiful corpse is romantic, you obviously haven't seen one of your > > peers at room temperature lately. > > > > Rule No. 14: Enjoy this while you can. Sure parents are a pain, > > school's a bother, and life is depressing. But someday you'll realize > > how wonderful it was to be a kid. Maybe you should start > > > > Go here to read the whole thing > http://www.snopes.com/language/document/liferule.htm > > Nicky >
