In a message dated 10/21/98 3:49:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Rereading the part about using junk for rebar made me sure you were kidding. The response to the story is interesting that everyone who understood it was a fiction all had different points of awareness. I regret that I suspect there were some people that did NOT get it, even at the end, and they felt used -- at least, they expressed usedness to me. I'm trying to behave and keep my humorous transgressions to BP. The upcomming Gab & Eti T-shirt will say the following on the reverse: "Bubblegum sidewalks and portable jakes restored in tinkle of a leaftime." copyright (c) Ken Follett 1998 (in honor of my abufe of Mr. Gray'f generofity of intellect). Next time I will include the phone number so that you do not have to walk your fingers :) ][<en