Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 21:17:29 CDT
From: Patrick Douglas Crispen 
To: tourbus@colossus.net
Subject: TOURBUS 8/17 -- SOME NEAT LISTS

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                   Today's Stop:  SOME NEAT LISTS


"My way of joking is telling the truth; that is the funniest
joke in the world." -- George Bernard Shaw


Hi, kids :)

In light of my recent success in that introductory Internet
class I was taking (thanks to some extra credit, I made a 104%
in the class), I decided to make today's stops totally e-mail
based :)

THE DAVID LETTERMAN TOP-TEN LIST
--------------------------------

If you are a fan of David Letterman's Top-Ten lists but can't
stay up late enough to watch his show on CBS every night (or
if don't want to watch Dave because you are a super-huge Ted
Koppel groupie), you probably should check out the TOPTEN list.

TOPTEN is a free LISTSERV e-mail distribution list.  The owners
of the TOPTEN list watch the Late Show on CBS, copy down Dave's
list, and then (with Dave's and CBS' permission) redistribute
that night's Top Ten list to thousands of e-mail subscribers.
It seems that TOPTEN is a pretty popular LISTSERV list ...
over 82,000 people are subscribed to it.

To subscribe to TOPTEN, send an e-mail letter to

     LISTSERV@LISTSERV.CLARK.NET

which says

     SUBSCRIBE TOPTEN YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME

in the body of your e-mail letter, replacing YOURFIRSTNAME and
YOURLASTNAME with your first and last names.


THE NEWS OF THE WEIRD LIST
--------------------------

This one is kind of hard to explain.  There is a syndicated
newspaper column called News of the Weird which republishes
true (and often humorous) news stories such as:

     "Jeremy E. Bennett and three juveniles were arrested
      in Waynesboro, Va,. in February and charged with burglary
      after allegedly throwing a bowling ball through a store
      window to gain entry.  Police knew who to look for because
      the gang left behind the bowling ball, which had the name
      of one of the juveniles engraved on it [Waynesboro News-
      Virginian, 2-14-95]"

The News of the Weird column can usually be found in you
local newspaper, but if your newspaper doesn't carry the
column you can get it from the Net (albeit on a two week
delay).

The News of the Weird list is a free Internet e-mail distribution
list that distributes the News of the Weird column to its
subscribers every Friday.  To subscribe to the News of the
Weird list, send an e-mail letter to

     notw-request@nine.org

and in your letter beg to be added to the News of the Weird mailing
list (your letter is going to a person, not to a machine, so please
be really nice ... and patient).


DOGBERT'S NEW RULING CLASS
--------------------------

This one is even harder to explain.  If you are a big fan of Scott
Adams' syndicated cartoon "Dilbert" (and who isn't?), I am pleased
to announce that Dogbert is accepting members into Dogbert's New
Ruling Class (the DNRC).

By becoming a member of the DNRC (in other words, by subscribing
to the Dilbert list), not only will you ensure your place at Dogbert's
side when he conquers the world, you will also receive letters from
Dilbert creator Scott Adams on a "whenever I feel like it" basis.
You also get to give yourself a nifty DNRC title :)

Anyway, to subscribe to the Dilbert newsletter, send an e-mail
letter to

     listproc@internex.net

and in the subject line of your letter put

     Dilbert

and in the body of your letter put

     Subscribe Dilbert_List YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME

replacing YOURFIRSTNAME and YOURLASTNAME with your first and
last name (by the way, that _ between Dilbert and List is not
a typo -- you must include it in your letter).

Scott posts an e-mail letter once every three or four months,
so don't expect anything until September :(


SOME TOURBUS CHANGES
--------------------

Bob and I kind of swapped two days coming up.  Since Bob needs
next Tuesday (Aug. 22) off, I am going to be writing both of
next week's TOURBUS posts (YIPPEE! *TWO* Southern words of the
day in one week!).  In return, Bob is going to cover for me
on Thursday, September 7 (which is my birtday). :)


TODAY'S SOUTHERN WORD OF THE DAY
--------------------------------

ALL - noun. A petroleum-based lubricant.
Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts
        all in my pickup truck."

NOTE: Some of you mentioned that you received two copies of the last
TOURBUS posting.  As far as I can tell, it was a glitch.  Sorry, and
I sincerely hope you only get one copy of this one!


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