Message-ID: <8743247.1075858976208.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:54:28 -0700 (PDT) From: michele.winckowski@enron.com To: andrea.ring@enron.com, e-mail <.bob@enron.com>, teb.lokey@enron.com Subject: FW: The World Today Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Winckowski, Michele X-To: Ring, Andrea , Bob Gerrish (E-mail) , Lokey, Teb X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \TLOKEY (Non-Privileged)\Misc. X-Origin: Lokey-T X-FileName: TLOKEY (Non-Privileged).pst Isn't this the true. MW > >Let's see if I understand how America works > >lately. > > > >If a woman burns her thighs on the hot coffee she > >was holding in her lap while driving, she blames > >the restaurant. > > > >If your teen-age son kills himself, you blame the > >rock 'n' roll music or musician he liked. > > > >If you smoke three packs a day for 40 years and > >die of lung cancer, your family blames the > >tobacco company. > > > >If your daughter gets pregnant by the football > >captain you blame the school for poor sex > >education. > > > >If your neighbor crashes into a tree while driving > >home drunk, you blame the bartender. > > > >If your cousin gets AIDS because the needle he > >used to shoot up with heroin was dirty, you blame > >the government for not providing clean ones. > > > >If your grandchildren are brats without manners, > >you blame television. > > > >If your friend is shot by a deranged madman, you > >blame the gun manufacturer. > > > >And if a crazed person breaks into the cockpit > >and tries to kill the pilots at 35,000 feet, and > >the passengers kill him instead, the mother of the > >deceased blames the airline. > > > >I must have lived too long to understand the world > >as it is anymore. So if I die while my old, > >wrinkled butt is parked in front of this computer, > >I want you to blame Bill Gates. > > > >OK?