Woodlvr
Member
>
>THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY!
>
>We Must Stop This Immediately!
>Have you noticed that stairs are getting steeper.
Groceries are
>heavier. And, everything is farther away. Yesterday
I walked to the
>corner and I was dumbfounded to discover how long our
street had become!
>
>
>And, you know, people are less considerate now,
especially the young
>ones. They speak in whispers all the time! If you
ask them to speak up
>they just keep repeating themselves, endlessly
mouthing the same silent
>message until they're red in the face! What do they
think I am, a lip
>reader?
>
>I also think they are much younger than I was at the
same age. On the
>other hand, people my own age are so much older than
I am. I ran into
>an old friend the other day and she has aged so much
that she didn't
>even recognize me.
>
>I got to thinking about the poor dear while I was
combing my hair this
>morning, and in doing so, I glanced at my own
refection.........well,
>REALLY NOW- even mirrors are not made the way they
used to be!
>
>Another thing, everyone drives so fast these days!
You're risking life
>and limb if you happen to pull onto the freeway in
front of them. All I
>can say is, their brakes must wear out awfully fast,
the way I see them
>screech and swerve in my rear view mirror.
>
>Clothing manufacturers are less civilized these days.
Why else would
>they suddenly start labeling a size 10 or 12 dress as
18 or 20? Do they
>think no one notices?
>
>The people who make bathroom scales are pulling the
same prank. Do they
>think I actually "believe" the number I see on that
dial? HA! I would
>never let myself weigh that much! Just who do these
people think
>they're fooling?
>
>I'd like to call up someone in authority to report
what's going on --
>but the telephone company is in on the conspiracy
too: they've printed
>the phone books in such small type that no one could
ever find a number
>in there!
>
>All I can do is pass along this warning:
>WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!
>Unless something drastic happens, pretty soon
everyone will have to
>suffer these awful indignities.
>
>PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE SO WE CAN
>GET THIS CONSPIRACY STOPPED!
>
>PS: I am sending this to you in a larger font size,
because something
>has happened to my computer's fonts - they are
smaller than they once
>were.
>THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY!
>
>We Must Stop This Immediately!
>Have you noticed that stairs are getting steeper.
Groceries are
>heavier. And, everything is farther away. Yesterday
I walked to the
>corner and I was dumbfounded to discover how long our
street had become!
>
>
>And, you know, people are less considerate now,
especially the young
>ones. They speak in whispers all the time! If you
ask them to speak up
>they just keep repeating themselves, endlessly
mouthing the same silent
>message until they're red in the face! What do they
think I am, a lip
>reader?
>
>I also think they are much younger than I was at the
same age. On the
>other hand, people my own age are so much older than
I am. I ran into
>an old friend the other day and she has aged so much
that she didn't
>even recognize me.
>
>I got to thinking about the poor dear while I was
combing my hair this
>morning, and in doing so, I glanced at my own
refection.........well,
>REALLY NOW- even mirrors are not made the way they
used to be!
>
>Another thing, everyone drives so fast these days!
You're risking life
>and limb if you happen to pull onto the freeway in
front of them. All I
>can say is, their brakes must wear out awfully fast,
the way I see them
>screech and swerve in my rear view mirror.
>
>Clothing manufacturers are less civilized these days.
Why else would
>they suddenly start labeling a size 10 or 12 dress as
18 or 20? Do they
>think no one notices?
>
>The people who make bathroom scales are pulling the
same prank. Do they
>think I actually "believe" the number I see on that
dial? HA! I would
>never let myself weigh that much! Just who do these
people think
>they're fooling?
>
>I'd like to call up someone in authority to report
what's going on --
>but the telephone company is in on the conspiracy
too: they've printed
>the phone books in such small type that no one could
ever find a number
>in there!
>
>All I can do is pass along this warning:
>WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!
>Unless something drastic happens, pretty soon
everyone will have to
>suffer these awful indignities.
>
>PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE SO WE CAN
>GET THIS CONSPIRACY STOPPED!
>
>PS: I am sending this to you in a larger font size,
because something
>has happened to my computer's fonts - they are
smaller than they once
>were.