[thechat] is this what the list is for?

[aardvark]

i'm not even subscribed, so i don't even know if this is kosher, but 
today, well, today i don't care...  if it's not kosher, you'll have to 
chastise me offlist...

This allegedly was posted very briefly on the McDonnell-Douglas 
Website by an employee there who obviously has a sense of 
humor.  The company, of course, does not have a sense of humor 
and made the web department take it down immediately.  I have no 
idea whether or not it's true, nor do I care, it's still funny.

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