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,
thank-you!!! (munch). [Panda holds out a piece of tender bamboo to
Gopher] "Shoot?"

Gopher balks at the offer and begins to speak in low tones . . .

Remember how I helped get you your nickname at Xmas?  Well, I got it on >sale and thought it was a real bargin.  However, I got this letter in the mail
the otherday - seems I didn't get a bargin after all.

>FROM : LAW OFFICES OF DEWEY, CHEETUM, & HOWE

RE   : FAULTY NICKNAMES
TO   : ALBERCROMBIE - THE SPACE GOPHER
CC   : S-MART CORPORATION SUPERSTORE CHAIN

	We are sorry to inform you that the nickname you so recently
purchased through the S-Mart Corporation Superstor chain were found to be
faulty and possibly leethal.  It was discovered that when the nickname was

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

	If you would please return the nickname to the store you purchased
it from a full refund will be offered to you.  Also, you will be issued a
temporary nickname until such time that a new, safer nickname can be
manufactured.  We are sorry for any inconvience this may cause.

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]

...well anyway, Pan..er, sorry, I can't say that anymore.  Until they ship
me a new nickname - you'll have to use this temporary one I got for you.  I
was a little slow in getting back to S-Mart, and the pickings were slim, but
I think you'll like it.  S-Mart did re-assure me that this won't have to
last more than a week.

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

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 . . .)

I'm really sorry about all this.  I'm sure it's just temporary, honest!
AlberCrombie - The disapointed Gopher

(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'?

^_^

STILL Panda!!! (And a willing victim of the 'Be in a "Three Stooges" Episode'
game)<G>

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BG Cross
The Dark Traveller
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