> Every day, more exclamation points are abused
and then horridly discarded than are any animals
in the world. Despite having been placed on the
endangered punctuation list several times, and
despite the threat of heavy fines and even prison
time, people continue to exploit these poor
creatures. Help put a stop to this. By signing
this petition, you are pledging never to use more
than two excalmation points together, and that
many only with good reason. You are pledging that,
any time you see someone string together a long
line of exclamation points, you will not take
whatever he says seriously. If you wish to make a
"flaming" or "sarcastic" reply, that action will
be accepted by STEP (Save The Exclamation Points)
Worldwide. Please, make the choice to care.
>
> When this list has one-hundred signatures on it,
please forward it, along with any attached
"derisive" or "mean-spirited" comments to every
@aol.com e-mail address you can think of.
>
> 1. Una Nancy Owen, ENGLAND
> 2. Dr. I. M. Pseudonym, Little Rock, AK
> 3. Snook Draddots, Dooby, MN
> 4. Frank B. Fakename, Tel Aviv
> 5. Stephen Keller, Dork Haven, CA
> 6. John Doe, Rock Island, IL
> 7. Jane Doe, Brooklyn, NY
> 8. David J. Parker, Loserville, CO
> 9. George J.
Thisisntarealpersonlistentomeimlauhingatyouallmooh
oohahaha, Buffalo, NY

Sorry, I couldn't fit my entire name into the name
field on the reply, probably because the
administrator of this site chooses to discriminate
against people with exceptionally long names like
myself.

Firstly, I'd like to say that my name was used on
this list without my knowledge or consent which is
a violation of my civil rights.
Secondly, I would never want to have my name
associated with such an organization. I believe
that the exclamation point has been created for
the simple purpose of being abused and overused.
Let's think about this logically. There's no real
shortage of excalmation points, much like cats.
Nobody in their right mind would need to "ration"
their usage of cats so as not to "abuse and
discard" them. Exclamation points are inherently
designed to be used in this manner. Furthermore,
if we don't use them, we will end up with a vast
overpopulation of exclamation points that will
threaten the existence of all other punctuation.
The semi-colon or the hyphen could become
endangered in the process, and that would just not
be right. Your organization threatens the very
balance of punctuation. I blow my nose at you. I
fart in your general direction. Your mother was
an ampersand and your father smelt of apostrophes.


All my love,
George J.
Thisisntarealpersonlistentomeimlauhingatyouallmooh
oohahaha, Buffalo, NY