🚀 go-pugleaf

So, you got tired of being ignored and changed your name to avoid my
filter... Boaty, your only sex life is with fish.  so go fishing okay?
I'll filter your whole domain to get rid of pubic lice like yourself.

GOD never existed, the man who pretended to be Jesus is long dead.  Re:
my posts that god is DEAD.  prove that material wrong or shut the hell
up on alt.atheism you bass-ackwards freak.


"John P. Boatwright" wrote:

> oberon wrote:
> >
> > K. Lets show Christians how we feel about this.
>
> Certainly, I'd rather they sent the KJV bible, the NIV
> claims "hold" = "rape"... it does NOT.
>
> They MISTRANSLATED the one verse to where a man and woman
> having pre-marital sex, that instead it's a man raping a
> woman and she's then FORCED to marry him... it's ridiculous
> and other translations DO NOT say such.
>
> God made it all, Jesus died for our sins.
>
> Proof God described the planet density profile
> BEFORE science did:
> http://www.teleport.com/~salad/4god/density.htm
> (see the 2 graphs, obviously God was right in Genesis)

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johac@my-deja.com wrote:

> I can still recall a time when most families didn't
> have TVs and rushing home from school to catch
> all my favorites on the radio. Tom Mix, Sky King,
> Captain Midnight, Superman, The Lone Ranger
> <cue the WilliamTell Overture>, The Green
> Hornet, The Inner Sanctum <with the creaking
> door>,  and of course: "Who knows what evil
> lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows....
> Ha, ha, ha,......"

Sundays, 5PM Eastern.  Winter.  Just getting dark.  Enter Lamont Cranston.
:-)

Didn't you listen to Baby Snooks, too?

Maraya

johac@my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> In article <397BC813.1FDAA629@uswest.net>,
>   Maraya <maraya@uswest.net> wrote:
> > johac@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > > I can still recall a time when most families didn't
> > > have TVs and rushing home from school to catch
> > > all my favorites on the radio. Tom Mix, Sky King,
> > > Captain Midnight, Superman, The Lone Ranger
> > > <cue the WilliamTell Overture>, The Green
> > > Hornet, The Inner Sanctum <with the creaking
> > > door>,  and of course: "Who knows what evil
> > > lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows....
> > > Ha, ha, ha,......"
> >
> > Sundays, 5PM Eastern.  Winter.  Just getting dark.  Enter Lamont Cranston.
> > :-)
> >
> > Didn't you listen to Baby Snooks, too?
> >
> > Maraya
> >
> 
> I think I recall that one,

That was the one with Fanny Brice, about the bratty little girl.

> and I liked the one about the teacher,
> "Our Miss Brooks" too.

Wasn't that on TV, with Eve Arden?  I don't recall hearing it on the radio.
 
> You are right about the time for the Shadow. Every Sunday I
> was there.

Me, too!

Maraya

Science1 wrote:
> 
> > >General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
> > >
> > Well it's gotta be better than finding a cockroach :)
> 
> Ahhhhhh....Cockroach, or bible CD rom.... cockroach, or bible CD rom...
> ...........Can I get back to you?


LOL!  I must say that some of you atheists/agnostics have been very
entertaining!!

Maraya

In article <ORve5.976$z27.353391@news.uswest.net>,
  "_ Lillith_" <no45reply@nor45etun.net> wrote:
> General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
>
> July 22, 2000
> Web posted at: 5:56 PM EDT (2156 GMT)
>
> DETROIT (AP) -- Cereal maker General Mills has issued an apology for CD-ROM versions of
> the Bible that are headed to grocery stores nationwide in about 12 million cereal boxes.
>
> The discs are part of a $10 million software-and-cereal promotion that offers CD-ROMs with
> computer games, dictionaries and Bibles. But the Minneapolis-based company said it didn't
> know the Bible had been put on CD-ROMs.
>
> "While inclusion of the Bible may be seen as added value by some, it is the company's
> policy not to advance any particular set of religious beliefs," said General Mills, which
> counts Cheerios and Chex among its cereals. "Inclusion of this material does not conform
> to our policy, and we apologize for this lapse."
>
> Greg Swann, founder of Rhinosoft Interactive of Wisconsin, the company that helped create
> the CDROMs, called General Mills' claims that it was unaware of the software Bibles "a
> flat-out lie."
>
> "We all knew we were walking through a minefield," Swann said in Saturday's Detroit Free
> Press. "But I knew this idea was going to be very popular with millions of Christians who
> will want those free Bibles."
>
> Michigan-based Zondervan Publishing had given free licenses for the software copies of its
> New International Version of the Bible.
>
> --
> ---------------------
> Do you know that if all the xians were laid end to end
> around the world, three quarters of them would drown?
> --------------------
>

Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.

I guess it could have been worse. If it were Wheaties, they would
have put a picture of an Old Testament prophet or a xian saint
on the front of each box too.

John Hachmann,  aa #1782

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On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 07:36:25 GMT,
johac@my-deja.com wrote:

>In article <ORve5.976$z27.353391@news.uswest.net>,
>  "_ Lillith_" <no45reply@nor45etun.net> wrote:
>> General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
>>
>> July 22, 2000
>> Web posted at: 5:56 PM EDT (2156 GMT)
>>
>> DETROIT (AP) -- Cereal maker General Mills has issued an apology for CD-ROM versions of
>> the Bible that are headed to grocery stores nationwide in about 12 million cereal boxes.
>>
>> The discs are part of a $10 million software-and-cereal promotion that offers CD-ROMs with
>> computer games, dictionaries and Bibles. But the Minneapolis-based company said it didn't
>> know the Bible had been put on CD-ROMs.
>>
>> "While inclusion of the Bible may be seen as added value by some, it is the company's
>> policy not to advance any particular set of religious beliefs," said General Mills, which
>> counts Cheerios and Chex among its cereals. "Inclusion of this material does not conform
>> to our policy, and we apologize for this lapse."
>>
>> Greg Swann, founder of Rhinosoft Interactive of Wisconsin, the company that helped create
>> the CDROMs, called General Mills' claims that it was unaware of the software Bibles "a
>> flat-out lie."
>>
>> "We all knew we were walking through a minefield," Swann said in Saturday's Detroit Free
>> Press. "But I knew this idea was going to be very popular with millions of Christians who
>> will want those free Bibles."
>>
>> Michigan-based Zondervan Publishing had given free licenses for the software copies of its
>> New International Version of the Bible.
>>
>> --
>> ---------------------
>> Do you know that if all the xians were laid end to end
>> around the world, three quarters of them would drown?
>> --------------------
>>
>
>Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
>a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.
>
>I guess it could have been worse. If it were Wheaties, they would
>have put a picture of an Old Testament prophet or a xian saint
>on the front of each box too.
>
>John Hachmann,  aa #1782
>
Wow, John, that would make you older than
Clothaire. ;-)


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<johac@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8le79p$fu1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <ORve5.976$z27.353391@news.uswest.net>,
(snip)
> Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
> a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.

But as luck would have it, you can use the decoder ring to interpret the
bible. It's guaranteed to be just as arbitrary as any theist's
interpretation.

Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet

no45reply@nor45etun.net (_ Lillith_) wrote in
<ORve5.976$z27.353391@news.uswest.net>: 

>General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
>
>July 22, 2000
>Web posted at: 5:56 PM EDT (2156 GMT)
>
>
>DETROIT (AP) -- Cereal maker General Mills has issued an apology for
>CD-ROM versions of the Bible that are headed to grocery stores nationwide
>in about 12 million cereal boxes. 

Do CDROMS make good frisbees, at least? I know we use the AOL ones that are 
everywhere, as sun catchers. They make nice rainbows when you hang them up, 
but they're still not as good as the faceted glass balls for that.

>"While inclusion of the Bible may be seen as added value by some, it is
>the company's policy not to advance any particular set of religious
>beliefs," said General Mills, which counts Cheerios and Chex among its
>cereals. "Inclusion of this material does not conform to our policy, and
>we apologize for this lapse." 

Well, see, at least they admitted the error of their ways. Can I go back to 
my Cheerios now? :-)


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dloubet@io.com (Denis Loubet) wrote in 
<90ye5.5048$e34.83186@typhoon.austin.rr.com>:

>
><johac@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8le79p$fu1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>> In article <ORve5.976$z27.353391@news.uswest.net>,
>(snip)
>> Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
>> a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.
>
>But as luck would have it, you can use the decoder ring to interpret the
>bible. It's guaranteed to be just as arbitrary as any theist's
>interpretation.

I can imagine an atheist having all kinds of fun, some of it too gross to 
mention here, with these CDROMS.

-- 
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Please link to : http://www.UPAlliance.org

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To email me, remove the spam spoofing character on either side of the @

TELL FIRST DATA CORPORATION to DO THE RIGHT THING! :
http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/jennifer.htm

On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 23:56:24 -0600, _ Lillith_ <no45reply@nor45etun.net> wrote:
>General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
>
>July 22, 2000
>Web posted at: 5:56 PM EDT (2156 GMT)
>
>
>DETROIT (AP) -- Cereal maker General Mills has issued an apology for CD-ROM versions of
>the Bible that are headed to grocery stores nationwide in about 12 million cereal boxes.
>...


WTF has this to do with colorado?

TheCentralScrutinizer.199@pobox.com posted the following to 
alt.atheism:

(co.general and co.politics removed from followups)

> On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 23:56:24 -0600, _ Lillith_
> <no45reply@nor45etun.net> wrote:
> 
> >General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
> >
> >July 22, 2000
> >Web posted at: 5:56 PM EDT (2156 GMT)
> >
> >
> >DETROIT (AP) -- Cereal maker General Mills has issued an apology
> >for CD-ROM versions of the Bible that are headed to grocery stores
> >nationwide in about 12 million cereal boxes.
> >...
> 
> WTF has this to do with colorado?

I haven't a fucking clue. Ask _ Lillith_. She's the one that 
originally crossposted this article to your newsgroup.

(Oh. And you might want to learn about SETTING FOLLOWUPS.)
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       aa #623, ICQ# 25302291
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 he who cannot is a fool,
 he who dares not is a slave.
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<johac@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8le79p$fu1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...

> Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
> a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.

Does anyone remember when Honeycombs came with 45 rpm records on the back of
the box...stuff like Jackson 5 and Partridge Family songs?

Did anyone ever get a record that actually played?  All the ones I got
sounded awful and skipped around terrribly.


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********************

In article <p99lnsktrpcc3r54vptrm469ou5bj8daui@4ax.com>,
  Michelle Malkin <malkinb7@mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 07:36:25 GMT,
> johac@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> >In article <ORve5.976$z27.353391@news.uswest.net>,
> >  "_ Lillith_" <no45reply@nor45etun.net> wrote:
> >> General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
> >>
> >> July 22, 2000
> >> Web posted at: 5:56 PM EDT (2156 GMT)
> >>
> >> DETROIT (AP) -- Cereal maker General Mills has issued an apology for CD-ROM versions of
> >> the Bible that are headed to grocery stores nationwide in about 12 million cereal boxes.
> >>
> >> The discs are part of a $10 million software-and-cereal promotion that offers CD-ROMs with
> >> computer games, dictionaries and Bibles. But the Minneapolis-based company said it didn't
> >> know the Bible had been put on CD-ROMs.
> >>
> >> "While inclusion of the Bible may be seen as added value by some, it is the company's
> >> policy not to advance any particular set of religious beliefs," said General Mills, which
> >> counts Cheerios and Chex among its cereals. "Inclusion of this material does not conform
> >> to our policy, and we apologize for this lapse."
> >>
> >> Greg Swann, founder of Rhinosoft Interactive of Wisconsin, the company that helped create
> >> the CDROMs, called General Mills' claims that it was unaware of the software Bibles "a
> >> flat-out lie."
> >>
> >> "We all knew we were walking through a minefield," Swann said in Saturday's Detroit Free
> >> Press. "But I knew this idea was going to be very popular with millions of Christians who
> >> will want those free Bibles."
> >>
> >> Michigan-based Zondervan Publishing had given free licenses for the software copies of its
> >> New International Version of the Bible.
> >>
> >> --
> >> ---------------------
> >> Do you know that if all the xians were laid end to end
> >> around the world, three quarters of them would drown?
> >> --------------------
> >>
> >
> >Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
> >a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.
> >
> >I guess it could have been worse. If it were Wheaties, they would
> >have put a picture of an Old Testament prophet or a xian saint
> >on the front of each box too.
> >
> >John Hachmann,  aa #1782
> >
> Wow, John, that would make you older than
> Clothaire. ;-)
>

I can still recall a time when most families didn't
have TVs and rushing home from school to catch
all my favorites on the radio. Tom Mix, Sky King,
Captain Midnight, Superman, The Lone Ranger
<cue the WilliamTell Overture>, The Green
Hornet, The Inner Sanctum <with the creaking
door>,  and of course: "Who knows what evil
lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows....
Ha, ha, ha,......"


John Hachmann,  aa #1782

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ain't so." - Mark Twain (1835-1910).

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In article <90ye5.5048$e34.83186@typhoon.austin.rr.com>,
  "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com> wrote:
>
> <johac@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8le79p$fu1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > In article <ORve5.976$z27.353391@news.uswest.net>,
> (snip)
> > Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
> > a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.
>
> But as luck would have it, you can use the decoder ring to interpret the
> bible. It's guaranteed to be just as arbitrary as any theist's
> interpretation.



Actually I used my Captain Midnight decoder ring for that.


John Hachmann,  aa #1782

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ain't so." - Mark Twain (1835-1910).

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>


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In article <397BC813.1FDAA629@uswest.net>,
  Maraya <maraya@uswest.net> wrote:
> johac@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > I can still recall a time when most families didn't
> > have TVs and rushing home from school to catch
> > all my favorites on the radio. Tom Mix, Sky King,
> > Captain Midnight, Superman, The Lone Ranger
> > <cue the WilliamTell Overture>, The Green
> > Hornet, The Inner Sanctum <with the creaking
> > door>,  and of course: "Who knows what evil
> > lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows....
> > Ha, ha, ha,......"
>
> Sundays, 5PM Eastern.  Winter.  Just getting dark.  Enter Lamont Cranston.
> :-)
>
> Didn't you listen to Baby Snooks, too?
>
> Maraya
>

I think I recall that one, and I liked the one about the teacher,
"Our Miss Brooks" too.

You are right about the time for the Shadow. Every Sunday I
was there.


John Hachmann,  aa #1782

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"Rob D Swann" <blackswanNOSPAM@sonetcom.com> wrote in message
news:snmj52sdjjt56@corp.supernews.com...
>
> <johac@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8le79p$fu1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>
> > Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
> > a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.
>
> Does anyone remember when Honeycombs came with 45 rpm records on the back
of
> the box...stuff like Jackson 5 and Partridge Family songs?
>
> Did anyone ever get a record that actually played?  All the ones I got
> sounded awful and skipped around terrribly.

Ohh.. MAN. That was ONE memory I didn't need revived! Sheesh. I'd forgotten
all about that till this moment. Seems to me the cereal was Sugar-pops, but
I could be wrong. I do remember that the damn thing was square and wobbled
like a tilt-a-whirl. Strange thing is, I can't for the life of me remember
what it sounded like or even what was on it. There must have been some
backward Satanic subliminal messages that programed me and then told me to
forget. So THAT 'S why I'm an Atheist! Hey! Maybe Satan has gone modern.
What a laugh if those bible CD's have Satanic messages incoded on them to
brainwash a whole new generation! Whooowa!!! That'll give the fundies some
sleepless nights!

-Dex

> >General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
> >
> Well it's gotta be better than finding a cockroach :)

Ahhhhhh....Cockroach, or bible CD rom.... cockroach, or bible CD rom...
...........Can I get back to you?


-Dex

Science1 wrote in message ...
>
>"Rob D Swann" <blackswanNOSPAM@sonetcom.com> wrote in message
>news:snmj52sdjjt56@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>> <johac@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8le79p$fu1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>>
>> > Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
>> > a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.
>>
>> Does anyone remember when Honeycombs came with 45 rpm records on the back
>of
>> the box...stuff like Jackson 5 and Partridge Family songs?
>>
>> Did anyone ever get a record that actually played?  All the ones I got
>> sounded awful and skipped around terrribly.
>
>Ohh.. MAN. That was ONE memory I didn't need revived! Sheesh. I'd forgotten
>all about that till this moment. Seems to me the cereal was Sugar-pops, but
>I could be wrong. I do remember that the damn thing was square and wobbled
>like a tilt-a-whirl. Strange thing is, I can't for the life of me remember
>what it sounded like or even what was on it. There must have been some
>backward Satanic subliminal messages that programed me and then told me to
>forget. So THAT 'S why I'm an Atheist! Hey! Maybe Satan has gone modern.
>What a laugh if those bible CD's have Satanic messages incoded on them to
>brainwash a whole new generation! Whooowa!!! That'll give the fundies some
>sleepless nights!


I got one that was square and it was full of allegedly scary sounds.
I think the scariest sound was my dad bellowing as he heard what it was
doing to the needle on his record player.

-Sterling Crowe

The church is near,
but the road is icy.
The tavern is far,
but I will walk carefully.
                   -Ukranian proverb

>-Dex
>
>
>

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 05:23:46 GMT, "Science1" <science1@mciworld.com>
wrote:

>> >General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
>> >
>> Well it's gotta be better than finding a cockroach :)
>
>Ahhhhhh....Cockroach, or bible CD rom.... cockroach, or bible CD rom...
>...........Can I get back to you?
>
>
>-Dex

LOL!

In article <397b7210@ecn.ab.ca>,  <czar@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>Melissa (MelissaM@Pdimensional.com) wrote:
>I use those "FREE AOL" ROMs one can get pretty much anywhere as 
>coasters for drinks.

They make the PERFECT coasters.  And wouldn't you know it, my 4 year old
learned to use them as coasters...even my good ones!  ARGH!

- John

In article <CpQe5.286$jq1.4669@pm02news.wcom.com>,
Science1 <science1@mciworld.com> wrote:
>Ahhhhhh....Cockroach, or bible CD rom.... cockroach, or bible CD rom...
>...........Can I get back to you?

A hammer is the only sure way to get rid of either of the two.

- John

really... they should be blacklisted. not just a simple boycott, but stopped
in their tracks and forced to see the cold reality that Xtian marketing gets
you only about 12% of the population.  Hopefully ALL non Xtians will stop
buying their products.

general mills:

  christian corporation


General Mills
betty crocker
lloyds barbeque
gold medal
cheerios
bugles
chex mix
fruit roll ups
squeezit
yoplait
columbo
nestle' &
cereal partners worldwide
pepsico &
snack ventures europe
general mills canada
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.



Hyperion Systems wrote:

> In article <397b7210@ecn.ab.ca>,  <czar@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> >Melissa (MelissaM@Pdimensional.com) wrote:
> >I use those "FREE AOL" ROMs one can get pretty much anywhere as
> >coasters for drinks.
>
> They make the PERFECT coasters.  And wouldn't you know it, my 4 year old
> learned to use them as coasters...even my good ones!  ARGH!
>
> - John

--

HACK_CODE;;70 65 61 63 65 0A 0A 68 61 63 6B 0A 74 68 65 0A 70 6C 61 6E 65
74h

Good luck... in addition to the companies listed, they're bound to own
parts of many MANY more companies. This Bible CD thing has got to be
the weakest reason for a boycott ever. Mistakes happen in a large
corporation. The person responsible for the negotiations with the CD
manufacturer probably knew about the bible CDs. He/She might not have
passed on the information to the marketing department. Miscommunication
caused a marketing nightmare, and the corporation issued a public
apology. End of story.

You go right ahead and boycott or blacklist every corporation that
shows (by mistake or not) some bias towards a specific religious
flavor... You'll be wearin fig leaves and tryin to eat rocks to
survive.

Dave

In article <397C5290.DCF63719@uswest.net>,
  cyberclone42@yahoo.com wrote:
> really... they should be blacklisted. not just a simple boycott, but
stopped
> in their tracks and forced to see the cold reality that Xtian
marketing gets
> you only about 12% of the population.  Hopefully ALL non Xtians will
stop
> buying their products.
>
> general mills:
>
>   christian corporation
>
> General Mills
> betty crocker
> lloyds barbeque
> gold medal
> cheerios
> bugles
> chex mix
> fruit roll ups
> squeezit
> yoplait
> columbo
> nestle' &
> cereal partners worldwide
> pepsico &
> snack ventures europe
> general mills canada
> Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
>
> Hyperion Systems wrote:
>
> > In article <397b7210@ecn.ab.ca>,  <czar@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> > >Melissa (MelissaM@Pdimensional.com) wrote:
> > >I use those "FREE AOL" ROMs one can get pretty much anywhere as
> > >coasters for drinks.
> >
> > They make the PERFECT coasters.  And wouldn't you know it, my 4
year old
> > learned to use them as coasters...even my good ones!  ARGH!
> >
> > - John
>
> --
>
> HACK_CODE;;70 65 61 63 65 0A 0A 68 61 63 6B 0A 74 68 65 0A 70 6C 61
6E 65
> 74h
>
>


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In article <397C5290.DCF63719@uswest.net>, user3222@uswest.net says...
>
>really... they should be blacklisted. not just a simple boycott, but stopped
>in their tracks and forced to see the cold reality that Xtian marketing gets
>you only about 12% of the population.  Hopefully ALL non Xtians will stop
>buying their products.
>
>general mills:
>
>  christian corporation
>
>
>General Mills
>betty crocker
>lloyds barbeque
>gold medal
>cheerios
>bugles
>chex mix
>fruit roll ups
>squeezit
>yoplait
>columbo
>nestle' &
>cereal partners worldwide
>pepsico &
>snack ventures europe
>general mills canada
>Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.


Kraft's Cracker Barrel (how appropriate that name is) has 
stated it will fire anyone who is openly non-heterosexual.


Bob Dog

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"Bob Dog" <nowhere@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Kraft's Cracker Barrel (how appropriate that name is) has
> stated it will fire anyone who is openly non-heterosexual.

Cracker Barrel, ughh.  My sister in law was interviewing with them and the
manager noticed a tattoo on her ankle, and pointed it out, saying that she
would have to wear socks that covered it, since they wanted to promote a
"wholesome country image."


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Rob D Swann wrote:
> 
> "Bob Dog" <nowhere@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:Xf_e5.10293$ox3.122864@brie.direct.ca...
> 
> > Kraft's Cracker Barrel (how appropriate that name is) has
> > stated it will fire anyone who is openly non-heterosexual.
> 
> Cracker Barrel, ughh.  My sister in law was interviewing with them and the
> manager noticed a tattoo on her ankle, and pointed it out, saying that she
> would have to wear socks that covered it, since they wanted to promote a
> "wholesome country image."

I think you're confusing Kraft's "Cracker Barrel" brand cheese with the
Cracker Barrel chain of country food restaurants usually found at damn
near every exit on Route 95. 

-- 
Wayne Delia, pb1940@banet.net
Delta Iota Chapter Advisor, Phi Kappa Sigma at Marist College
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants." 
(Chuckles the Clown)

In co.general Melissa <MelissaM@pdimensional.com> wrote:
> They've just GOTTA be good for something and it sure ain't for getting on 
> AOL. :-)
> Someone should write a book, "101 Actual Uses For A AOL CDROM". :-)

At least when they shipped floppies I could overwrite them for 
use as linux boot disks.  Nowadays I put the CDROMs in one of
the fish tanks for decoration.  In case anyone wonders (like
I did) about durability of CDROMs, I pulled one out of my brackish
tank [ObNonaquaria:  somewhere between freshwater and saltwater]
after a year, rinsed it, dried it, and it read perfectly before
being tossed back into the tank.

Has anyone tried water tests on CDRs yet?

-DanD

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In co.general Rob D Swann <blackswanNOSPAM@sonetcom.com> wrote:
> Cracker Barrel, ughh.  My sister in law was interviewing with them and the
> manager noticed a tattoo on her ankle, and pointed it out, saying that she
> would have to wear socks that covered it, since they wanted to promote a
> "wholesome country image."

PLEASE tell me she started to hum "Dueling Banjos" at that time...

-DanD

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In co.general _ Lillith_ <no45reply@nor45etun.net> wrote:
> General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal

I hear he was demoted to Colonel because of it.

-DanD

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dand@babu.pcisys.net (Dan Duncan) wrote in 
<snp6gd573j124@corp.supernews.com>:

>In co.general Melissa <MelissaM@pdimensional.com> wrote:
>> They've just GOTTA be good for something and it sure ain't for getting on 
>> AOL. :-)
>> Someone should write a book, "101 Actual Uses For An AOL CDROM". :-)
>
>At least when they shipped floppies I could overwrite them for 
>use as linux boot disks.

I know. Darn. Do you think we could convince them to at least ship them on 
CDRW's? Then we could at least pop a new label on them and make some music 
CD's for the car.

>Nowadays I put the CDROMs in one of
>the fish tanks for decoration. 

Are the chemicals on the disc safe for the fish? Who knows what they use in 
the coatings and materials.

>In case anyone wonders (like
>I did) about durability of CDROMs, I pulled one out of my brackish
>tank [ObNonaquaria:  somewhere between freshwater and saltwater]
>after a year, rinsed it, dried it, and it read perfectly before
>being tossed back into the tank.
>
>Has anyone tried water tests on CDRs yet?

I wonder if a bunch of them could be glued together to form a huge sun 
catcher on the rainbowy side? Someone really does need to write that book.

Hmm, they might even make good things to toss out the car window for road 
rage incidents. 

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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:53:30 GMT in co.politics Melissa 
<MelissaK@Fdimensional.com> honored us all with these words:
M: 
M: Are the chemicals on the disc safe for the fish? Who knows what they use in 
M: the coatings and materials.

Mostly an acrylic-like plastic and aluminum. 

Labels on the CDs, well, those I know doodly about.

M: I wonder if a bunch of them could be glued together to form a huge sun 
M: catcher on the rainbowy side? Someone really does need to write that book.

I saw something that was supposed to be art, a "sculpture" made of them.
What's that they say? If you don't understand it, it's art?

M: Hmm, they might even make good things to toss out the car window for road 
M: rage incidents. 

Please don't! Us defenseless motorcyclists hit and get hit by enough crap 
already. A buddy of mine went down at about 50MPH because of a large gas cap 
that he rode (almost) over in a curve, while braking. It stayed under the
rear wheel, and off into the guard rail he slid. One of his thumbs still
doesn't work right.

----   Art Sackett   ----

In co.politics Art Sackett <asackett@artsackett.com> wrote:
> I saw something that was supposed to be art, a "sculpture" made of them.
> What's that they say? If you don't understand it, it's art?

But I can understand you, and you're Art.

-DanD

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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:06:23 GMT in co.politics Dan Duncan 
<dand@babu.pcisys.net> honored us all with these words:
DD: In co.politics Art Sackett <asackett@artsackett.com> wrote:
>> I saw something that was supposed to be art, a "sculpture" made of them.
>> What's that they say? If you don't understand it, it's art?
DD: 
DD: But I can understand you, and you're Art.

Yeah, but I'm primitive Art, easily understood even if not appreciated ;-)

----   Art Sackett   ----

Dave, you've got a lot of hate for such a stupid person.  You must be
Xtian.

dmcdd@my-deja.com wrote:

> Good luck... in addition to the companies listed, they're bound to own
> parts of many MANY more companies. This Bible CD thing has got to be
> the weakest reason for a boycott ever. Mistakes happen in a large
> corporation. The person responsible for the negotiations with the CD
> manufacturer probably knew about the bible CDs. He/She might not have
> passed on the information to the marketing department. Miscommunication
> caused a marketing nightmare, and the corporation issued a public
> apology. End of story.
>
> You go right ahead and boycott or blacklist every corporation that
> shows (by mistake or not) some bias towards a specific religious
> flavor... You'll be wearin fig leaves and tryin to eat rocks to
> survive.
>
> Dave
>
> In article <397C5290.DCF63719@uswest.net>,
>   cyberclone42@yahoo.com wrote:
> > really... they should be blacklisted. not just a simple boycott, but
> stopped
> > in their tracks and forced to see the cold reality that Xtian
> marketing gets
> > you only about 12% of the population.  Hopefully ALL non Xtians will
> stop
> > buying their products.
> >
> > general mills:
> >
> >   christian corporation
> >
> > General Mills
> > betty crocker
> > lloyds barbeque
> > gold medal
> > cheerios
> > bugles
> > chex mix
> > fruit roll ups
> > squeezit
> > yoplait
> > columbo
> > nestle' &
> > cereal partners worldwide
> > pepsico &
> > snack ventures europe
> > general mills canada
> > Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
> >
> > Hyperion Systems wrote:
> >
> > > In article <397b7210@ecn.ab.ca>,  <czar@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> > > >Melissa (MelissaM@Pdimensional.com) wrote:
> > > >I use those "FREE AOL" ROMs one can get pretty much anywhere as
> > > >coasters for drinks.
> > >
> > > They make the PERFECT coasters.  And wouldn't you know it, my 4
> year old
> > > learned to use them as coasters...even my good ones!  ARGH!
> > >
> > > - John
> >
> > --
> >
> > HACK_CODE;;70 65 61 63 65 0A 0A 68 61 63 6B 0A 74 68 65 0A 70 6C 61
> 6E 65
> > 74h
> >
> >
>
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:38:45 GMT, Dan Duncan
<dand@babu.pcisys.net> wrote:

>In co.general _ Lillith_ <no45reply@nor45etun.net> wrote:
>> General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
>
>I hear he was demoted to Colonel because of it.
>
How corny! ;-)



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In article <397C94CA.C06AC60A@banet.net>, pb1940@banet.net says...
>
>Rob D Swann wrote:
>> 
>> "Bob Dog" <nowhere@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xf_e5.10293$ox3.122864@brie.direct.ca...
>> 
>> > Kraft's Cracker Barrel (how appropriate that name is) has
>> > stated it will fire anyone who is openly non-heterosexual.
>> 
>> Cracker Barrel, ughh.  My sister in law was interviewing with them and the
>> manager noticed a tattoo on her ankle, and pointed it out, saying that she
>> would have to wear socks that covered it, since they wanted to promote a
>> "wholesome country image."
>
>I think you're confusing Kraft's "Cracker Barrel" brand cheese with the
>Cracker Barrel chain of country food restaurants usually found at damn
>near every exit on Route 95. 

Nope.  The source I heard that from said Kraft.  
But it wouldn't surprise that both companies do 
it.

Or were you replying to Rob Swann? ^_^


Bob Dog

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"Art Sackett" <asackett@artsackett.com> wrote in message
news:397caec1@209.94.64.50...

> Labels on the CDs, well, those I know doodly about.

IIRC, they're an acrylic-based paint.


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In article <397BD381.671A12AF@uswest.net>,
  Maraya <maraya@uswest.net> wrote:
> johac@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > In article <397BC813.1FDAA629@uswest.net>,
> >   Maraya <maraya@uswest.net> wrote:
> > > johac@my-deja.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I can still recall a time when most families didn't
> > > > have TVs and rushing home from school to catch
> > > > all my favorites on the radio. Tom Mix, Sky King,
> > > > Captain Midnight, Superman, The Lone Ranger
> > > > <cue the WilliamTell Overture>, The Green
> > > > Hornet, The Inner Sanctum <with the creaking
> > > > door>,  and of course: "Who knows what evil
> > > > lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows....
> > > > Ha, ha, ha,......"
> > >
> > > Sundays, 5PM Eastern.  Winter.  Just getting dark.  Enter Lamont Cranston.
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > Didn't you listen to Baby Snooks, too?
> > >
> > > Maraya
> > >
> >
> > I think I recall that one,
>
> That was the one with Fanny Brice, about the bratty little girl.
>
> > and I liked the one about the teacher,
> > "Our Miss Brooks" too.
>
> Wasn't that on TV, with Eve Arden?  I don't recall hearing it on the radio.
>
> > You are right about the time for the Shadow. Every Sunday I
> > was there.
>
> Me, too!
>
> Maraya
>
Many of the early TV shows began as radio programs. Somehow,
I think some of them lost something in the transition.



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I've got no hate at all... quite the opposite - I'm laughing. Boycott
because of a marketing blunder that was apologized for - now that's
funny. Boyoboy I can see the masses flocking behind your banner on this
one! General Mills has gotta be shakin in their Gucci loafers!

Yes, I am a Christian. Y'know what? If General Mills had put in a CD
offer honoring Gaia or Buddah and then apologized for it, I'd still buy
their products - I just wouldn't use that part of the CD. Guess
forgivness is one of the things I've learned and you haven't. I've also
learned that calling someone 'stupid' usually means they have no valid
argument to the counterpoint they're facing.

Dave

In article <397CC4CF.39444A4D@uswest.net>,
  cyberclone42@yahoo.com wrote:
> Dave, you've got a lot of hate for such a stupid person.  You must be
> Xtian.
>
> dmcdd@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > Good luck... in addition to the companies listed, they're bound to
own
> > parts of many MANY more companies. This Bible CD thing has got to
be
> > the weakest reason for a boycott ever. Mistakes happen in a large
> > corporation. The person responsible for the negotiations with the
CD
> > manufacturer probably knew about the bible CDs. He/She might not
have
> > passed on the information to the marketing department.
Miscommunication
> > caused a marketing nightmare, and the corporation issued a public
> > apology. End of story.
> >
> > You go right ahead and boycott or blacklist every corporation that
> > shows (by mistake or not) some bias towards a specific religious
> > flavor... You'll be wearin fig leaves and tryin to eat rocks to
> > survive.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > In article <397C5290.DCF63719@uswest.net>,
> >   cyberclone42@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > really... they should be blacklisted. not just a simple boycott,
but
> > stopped
> > > in their tracks and forced to see the cold reality that Xtian
> > marketing gets
> > > you only about 12% of the population.  Hopefully ALL non Xtians
will
> > stop
> > > buying their products.
> > >
> > > general mills:
> > >
> > >   christian corporation
> > >
> > > General Mills
> > > betty crocker
> > > lloyds barbeque
> > > gold medal
> > > cheerios
> > > bugles
> > > chex mix
> > > fruit roll ups
> > > squeezit
> > > yoplait
> > > columbo
> > > nestle' &
> > > cereal partners worldwide
> > > pepsico &
> > > snack ventures europe
> > > general mills canada
> > > Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
> > >
> > > Hyperion Systems wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <397b7210@ecn.ab.ca>,  <czar@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> > > > >Melissa (MelissaM@Pdimensional.com) wrote:
> > > > >I use those "FREE AOL" ROMs one can get pretty much anywhere
as
> > > > >coasters for drinks.
> > > >
> > > > They make the PERFECT coasters.  And wouldn't you know it, my 4
> > year old
> > > > learned to use them as coasters...even my good ones!  ARGH!
> > > >
> > > > - John
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > HACK_CODE;;70 65 61 63 65 0A 0A 68 61 63 6B 0A 74 68 65 0A 70 6C
61
> > 6E 65
> > > 74h
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> --
>
> HACK_CODE;;70 65 61 63 65 0A 0A 68 61 63 6B 0A 74 68 65 0A 70 6C 61
6E 65
> 74h
>
>


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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 05:23:46 GMT, "Science1" <science1@mciworld.com>
wrote:

>> >General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
>> >
>> Well it's gotta be better than finding a cockroach :)
>
>Ahhhhhh....Cockroach, or bible CD rom.... cockroach, or bible CD rom...
>...........Can I get back to you?
>
I would rather have the CD-ROM - cockroaches don't make for very good
coasters. :-)


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                                                    - Bela Bartok

On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:14:54 GMT in co.politics Kevin Gassaway 
<zenoNO2000SPAM@home.com> honored us all with these words:
KG: I would rather have the CD-ROM - cockroaches don't make for very good
KG: coasters. :-)

Yeah, but a CD-ROM race would quickly become boring.

----   Art Sackett   ----

In article <8lhg1j$jtd@flatland.dimensional.com>, Hyperion Systems
<hyperion@dimensional.com> wrote:

> In article <CpQe5.286$jq1.4669@pm02news.wcom.com>,
> Science1 <science1@mciworld.com> wrote:
> >Ahhhhhh....Cockroach, or bible CD rom.... cockroach, or bible CD rom...
> >...........Can I get back to you?
> 
> A hammer is the only sure way to get rid of either of the two.
> 

Problem is, cockroaches will be around long after the last hammer is
gone.

-chib

-- 
wild(at our first)beasts uttered human words
--our second coming made stones sing like birds--
but o the starhushed silence which our third's
           -- e.e. cummings

On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:24:40 GMT, MelissaM@Pdimensional.com (Melissa) wrote:

]>dloubet@io.com (Denis Loubet) wrote in 
]><90ye5.5048$e34.83186@typhoon.austin.rr.com>:
]>
]>>
]>><johac@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8le79p$fu1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
]>>> In article <ORve5.976$z27.353391@news.uswest.net>,
]>>(snip)
]>>> Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
]>>> a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.
]>>
]>>But as luck would have it, you can use the decoder ring to interpret the
]>>bible. It's guaranteed to be just as arbitrary as any theist's
]>>interpretation.
]>
]>I can imagine an atheist having all kinds of fun, some of it too gross to 
]>mention here, with these CDROMS.

All it takes is reading the words as they are written.  

Stoney

On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 14:52:02 -0700, "Rob D Swann" <blackswanNOSPAM@sonetcom.com>
wrote:

]>
]><johac@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8le79p$fu1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
]>
]>> Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
]>> a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.
]>
]>Does anyone remember when Honeycombs came with 45 rpm records on the back of
]>the box...stuff like Jackson 5 and Partridge Family songs?

I remember cereal boxes with them, yes.

]>Did anyone ever get a record that actually played?  All the ones I got
]>sounded awful and skipped around terrribly.

I have no idea.

Stoney

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 05:23:46 GMT, "Science1" <science1@mciworld.com> wrote:

]>> >General Mills apologizes for sending CD-ROM bibles with cereal
]>> >
]>> Well it's gotta be better than finding a cockroach :)
]>
]>Ahhhhhh....Cockroach, or bible CD rom.... cockroach, or bible CD rom...
]>...........Can I get back to you?

I suggest going with the cockroach as it is protein.

Stoney

"Art Sackett" <asackett@artsackett.com> wrote in message
news:397dddc2@209.94.64.50...
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:14:54 GMT in co.politics Kevin Gassaway
> <zenoNO2000SPAM@home.com> honored us all with these words:
> KG: I would rather have the CD-ROM - cockroaches don't make for very good
> KG: coasters. :-)
>
> Yeah, but a CD-ROM race would quickly become boring.

Yeah, and who ever heard of a pet CD-Rom?

-Dexter

"Here Snuggles, Here Snuggles... Damn, now where did that bugger get off
to?"

stoney@stoneynet.net (stoney) wrote in 
<gDp+OTMiusUcmGNnAAvWCHX5h7Bn@4ax.com>:

>On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:24:40 GMT, MelissaM@Pdimensional.com (Melissa) wrote:
>
>]>dloubet@io.com (Denis Loubet) wrote in 
>]><90ye5.5048$e34.83186@typhoon.austin.rr.com>:
>]>
>]>>
>]>><johac@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8le79p$fu1$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>]>>> In article <ORve5.976$z27.353391@news.uswest.net>,
>]>>(snip)
>]>>> Dang! I can remember when all you got in a box of cereal was
>]>>> a Tom Mix secret decoder ring.
>]>>
>]>>But as luck would have it, you can use the decoder ring to interpret the
>]>>bible. It's guaranteed to be just as arbitrary as any theist's
>]>>interpretation.
>]>
>]>I can imagine an atheist having all kinds of fun, some of it too gross to 
>]>mention here, with these CDROMS.
>
>All it takes is reading the words as they are written.  

<kechunk> Pull! <kaboom!> <kechunk> Pull! <kaboom!> ... :-)

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dmcdd@my-deja.com wrote:
: Good luck... in addition to the companies listed, they're bound to own
: parts of many MANY more companies. This Bible CD thing has got to be
: the weakest reason for a boycott ever. Mistakes happen in a large
: corporation.

I really don't think this was a "mistake" at some point along the chain 
of decisions.  This bible was included as part of a "reference" set.

I went to the mall the other day, and looked in all the bookstores to see 
just what their "reference" sets looked like.  Nearly all of them had 
dictionaries, thesauruses, condensed encyclopedias, atlases, general 
trivia, etc.  Not one of them that I found contained any "holy" books--
those were in a totally different section, some with their own self-contained
"reference" packs totally on the religious subject.  Maybe there might be 
a general purpose "reference" pack somewhere that has a Bible in it.  I 
wasn't able to find one.

If it was truly for "reference" purposes, the Bullfinch's Mythology would 
have been a much more logical choice.

Someone tried to pull a fast one here.


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In article <8lschb$eu9$1@uni00nw.unity.ncsu.edu>,
  aiken@unity.ncsu.edu (Wayne Aiken) wrote:
> dmcdd@my-deja.com wrote:
> : Good luck... in addition to the companies listed, they're bound to
own
> : parts of many MANY more companies. This Bible CD thing has got to
be
> : the weakest reason for a boycott ever. Mistakes happen in a large
> : corporation.
>
> I really don't think this was a "mistake" at some point along the
chain
> of decisions.  This bible was included as part of a "reference" set.
>
> I went to the mall the other day, and looked in all the bookstores to
see
> just what their "reference" sets looked like.  Nearly all of them had
> dictionaries, thesauruses, condensed encyclopedias, atlases, general
> trivia, etc.  Not one of them that I found contained any "holy"
books--
> those were in a totally different section, some with their own
self-contained
> "reference" packs totally on the religious subject.  Maybe there
might be
> a general purpose "reference" pack somewhere that has a Bible in it.
I
> wasn't able to find one.
>
> If it was truly for "reference" purposes, the Bullfinch's Mythology
would
> have been a much more logical choice.
>
> Someone tried to pull a fast one here.
>
> ---
>
> Wayne Aiken           slack@ncsu.edu                   "You can BE
what
> PO Box 30904          http://www4.ncsu.edu/~aiken/       you WON'T!!"
> Raleigh, NC  27622    AIM: slackx42                         --"Bob"
> (919) 954-5956
>
The mistake was at the corporate level. I agree that somewhere in the
corporation, someone thought 'Let's throw a bible on it too'. They
didn't communicate that up the chain and the thing got sent out before
the higher ups knew about it. As soon as they found out, an apology was
issued. Maybe the individual that made the descision was trying to pull
a fast one, but for the corporation as a whole I view it as a mistake.

Dave McDonald


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On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 15:58:07 -0500, Carl Wilson
<carl_wNOSPAM@swbell.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 08:27:49 GMT, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
> wrote:
> 
> How do you think Boaty derived his "density profile theory"?

By comparing the slope of his forehead to the thickness of his skull?