Andy Skuse verbalized:

At 08:36 PM 29/12/95 -0500, AlberCrombie wrote:

Um,  Panda...I have some bad news.

[A large shadow stirs in the bamboo grove at the Beijing Zoo . . .]
"Huh? Oh, Gopher! Nice to see ya again! I must say (munch) I'm really
happy with this (munch) new nick (munch) name! Oh, thank-you, thank-you,

How can you *EAT* those things?  Gaah!  No, thanks.

Panda : Ahhh, but I feel fine!!! (munch, munch, munch) HONEST I DO!!!

How much weight have you added since xmas?  Huh?  What 2-300 lbs?  And I'll
bet you didn't even to munch bamboo before a few weeks ago.

INCONVENIENCE??? After fighting to the death (I won BTW) with my mailer
app to add my cherished nickname to my sig file, I don't think they can begin
to fathom the meaning of the word INCONVENIENCE!!! [Panda stomps
around his pen at the Beijing Zoo while children point and laugh at his
antics and the Zoo keepers wonder how the Gopher got in the enclosure]

[Gopher looks over and flips off a zoo keeper for the fun of it.  And
mumbles something about the Panda not knowing enough Unix.]

Yeah?! And!? Cut to the chase M'boy!! (Sounds like Genma!!??)

Just *CHILL*. I'm getting to it!

Anyway - your new *TEMPORARY* non-personallity changing nickname is >now :
				Booger

(well, it was either that or 'snook-ums' - I think I took the better of the
two.)

BOOGER???!!! And what reassurances (munch) do I have that THIS nickname
(munch) won't change my (munch) personality??? (Wow is my nose ever 
itchy all of a sudden . . .)

Simple your last one, the P word, was made it Mexico (kinda explains it
don't it?) and this one is made in...[looks on the back for some type of id
or anything]...Tiwan!  What else could you ask for?!

(Panda blows his nose) Ick! There's no way I'm gonna stand for this !!![Panda
is sitting down]. Gopher, you tell DEWEY, CHEETUM and HOWE that I'm
keepin' this nickname and I'll see them in court !!! BTW, you got a few yen for
the plane ride to the States? Gee, I haven't seen Saf in awhile. I wonder how
she's doin'?

^_^

You, dummy, D,C,&H are suing for you!  Actually, they are suing so you can
get a non-effecting nickname.  Now, if after this you still weigh 3** lbs
and eat bamboo, you're own your own.  But do you really want to take the
risk that this whole thing could be an elaborate misconception?

I mean what happens if they try to mate you with that female panda in...
[Gopher thinks for a minute]...Washington D.C.? 

....uh, why are you getting that funny look in your eyes?


 
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