I think this is looking promising... :D
On 27/04/2005, at 1:25 PM, Avery Ke wrote:
Clytie Siddall wrote:
Perhaps we could raffle someone's rich uncle, and share the jet? It has to come past South Australia, though, or I won't buy any tickets!
Hmmm... I want to go to Australia almost as much as Paris. :)
If we make enough out of the raffle, we could have some Professional Tours (thinly-disguised happy hours in different continentsâ. :)
There is a great book called "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" by Judith Viorst.
Hey, I have days like that!
Um, does it have a happy ending? <hopefully>
On practically every page, Alexander states his intention of moving to Australia. <grin>.
I believe my ancestors felt the same, and it was a tough journey in those days. One wonders what was chasing them... (and one is probably grateful it didn't catch them).
Of course, the more people who want to go, the bigger the uncle we need. Please only enter large and impressive uncles in the raffle. We respect your poor and deserving uncles, but we want the fat ones who
Surely Bill Gates has a niece, who could enter him in the raffle. Wouldn't it be nice if his ill-gotten gains did something helpful for the linux world, such as an install party?
Now why didn't I think of him? He's a totally unused resource: that has to be one still-shrink-wrapped moral sense, for a start... <meditates a quick sell on ebay>
Warning: skinny uncles will be logged as a bug against this package. (Tasks -> Install -> Options -> Rich uncle and jet)
Yes!
:D
I've just realized I don't _have_ any uncles! My family has really let me down here. Another bug to file...
from Clytie (vi-VN, team/nhÃm Gnome-vi)
Clytie Siddall--Renmark, in the Riverland of South Australia
á thÃnh phá Renmark, tái mián sÃng cáa Nam Ãc
