Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!uwvax!astroatc!gtaylor From: gtaylor@astroatc.UUCP Newsgroups: news.misc,talk.bizarre Subject: Some alternatives to "Thanks in advance." Message-ID: <136@astroatc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 10-Feb-87 11:16:42 EST Article-I.D.: astroatc.136 Posted: Tue Feb 10 11:16:42 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Feb-87 19:19:36 EST References: <262@unisoft.UUCP> Reply-To: gtaylor@astroatc.UUCP (Ou sont les neiges d'antan?) Organization: Haute Vulgarisation, Madison WI Lines: 20 Xref: watmath news.misc:181 talk.bizarre:1882 This kind of "thanks in advance" stuff is yet another example of creeping weenieism in our midst, up there with winky faces and line eater cuties. The following permutations are recommended, expecially when posting abroad (where the anagrams would be more troublesome): savannah cent kid deviant hank scan and i havent snack vatican shank end knead thin canvas a thinned van sack advent inna shack ask ninth advance Vacated Shank Inn, Greg -- All the clouds turn to words/ All the words float in sequence/ No one knows what they mean/ Everyone just ignores them. gtaylor@astroatc.uucp