Humor: Sometimes you get the bar...

[Geoff Hart <geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA>]

     ...and sometimes the bar gets you! This thread on
     announcing your membership in the techwhirling
     community reminds me of an incident back when I
     was a lab rat (translation: grad student) working
     in the forests of northern Ontario, where men are
     men but the blackflies, deerflies and mosquitos
     could care less. Anyway, it turns out that
     blackflies have an aversion to Avon's "Skin so
     soft" bath oil, which we slathered on in great
     quantities to preserve our sanity while working in
     the field. Worked like a charm (though the
     mosquitos and deerflies, which can bite through a
     heavy sweater and raincoat without hardly slowing
     to appreciate the taste, paid no mind). Well, at
     least up until the last day of the trip...

     Sweaty and eager to get home, we nonetheless chose
     to stop at a local truck stop before hitting the
     showers. Unfortunately, when we bellied up to the
     bar, smelling like a bunch of wilted wildflowers,
     we attracted so many raised eyebrows and ominous
     looks from the manly residents that we had to
     leave in a hurry lest things turn ugly. Sure wish
     I'd announced that we were really tech. writer
     wannabes! Someone try that and let me know if it
     works. <grin>

     --Geoff Hart    @8^{)}  <--writing from scenic Pointe-Claire
     geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca       where a nice, thick double-glazed
                                window keeps out most things that
                                might be tempted to bite through a
                                dress shirt, let alone an inch of
                                wool and rubber. (With homage to
                                the inimitable DD.)

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     opinion.