<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> In response to my question regarding Lynne Truss' comment regarding gluten intolerance, I received the following message from list member Danielle. It appears that while Ms. Truss did not respond to each message she received regarding the comment, she did indeed "get" the message: --- Forwarded Msg --- I had not heard of this issue, as I don't always keep up with the list. But, you made me curious, so I did a Google search and found the following on one website: A number of members contacted us to complain about comments in Lynne Truss' latest book 'Talk to the Hand' in which she made light of coeliac disease by joking about gluten intolerance. Coeliac UK CEO Sarah Sleet wrote to Lynne Truss to express concern and explain the seriousness of coeliac disease. We received the following apology from the authoress: ''I am appalled to discover that a joke in my book Talk to the Hand has caused offence to a number of people. That offence is entirely unintentional; in fact the joke is clearly directed entirely at myself. I am saying that, being in a heightened state of intolerance for things in general, I mistake ''gluten intolerance'' for a kind of flag-waving pressure group (rather than a medical condition), and am keen to join up. At the time it seemed to me quite a good joke, and to be honest I adapted it from a line in a Seinfeld broadcast many years ago, so the only accusation I anticipated was one of plagiarism. However, I apologise for any genuine hurt caused, and will remove the joke in later editions of the book.'' So, that is a nice thing to read. It would appear that she was just ignorant about the disease. That quote comes from this link: http://www.coeliac.co.uk/exg/340.asp *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List* ******* To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[log in to unmask] *******