yeah, we save the Gene sightings for the actual chat.  We want HIM to
know we saw him, not just each other.


--- In [email protected], "denisesudell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], Diane Lochner
> <dlochund@> wrote:
> >
> > to elaborate:
> >
> > I don't think of this so much as a fan club, as I think it's a
> group of people who appreciate humor, irony, satire, wordplay, and
> poop.   I like Gene's writing and chats most of the time; but I'm
> here for the humor value and potential of all of you, and less so
> because of Gene.
> >
> >
> >
> > And I'll end with a wedding story (I was not there, and heard this
> from a co-worker).  This woman was at a wedding reception during
> which the bride and groom offered a prayer.  So far, so good.
> Prayers at weddings aren't unheard of.  Except in this prayer, the
> bride and groom beseeched God to help all of their single guests
> find a mate, since that was the only true path to love and
> happiness.  As in, "Dear Lord, please help all of our single friends
> get dates so they can be happy like us and won't have to be alone."
> >
> >
> > Suddenly all of my weird wedding experiences sounded normal.  I
> think I would have walked out that point.  And maybe taken my gift
> back on the way out the door. 
>
> Ick. 
>
> That's definitely one couple whose longevity I'd bet against. 
> Although given how smug and self-satisfied they sound, they might
> have been made for each other.
>
> Re:  the fan club question, I don't think this group is a fan club. 
> After all, we do talk about subjects other than Gene -- Gene and his
> columns and chats are just a springboard for discussion.  Whereas if
> we were a true fan club, we'd undoubtedly be far more obsessed with
> Gene.  "I saw him!  I saw him walking down the street!  Here's a
> pic!  His mustache looked shorter than in the pic James posted
> yesterday -- do you think it means something?"
>







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