> > Two pieces of rope walk into a bar and ask for a drink. The barman looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, we don't serve rope in this bar."
> >
> > The pieces of rope go back outside and walk down the road to another bar. They go in and ask for a drink. Again, the barman tells them to leave. "I'm afraid our policy is not to serve pieces of rope in this bar."
> >
> > So they go out and stop outside a third place. Before they go in, one of the pieces of rope ties himself up and unravels himself a bit at the top.
> >
> > They go in and ask for a drink. The barman looks at them and says, "Sorry, we don't serve rope here. You are a piece of rope, aren't you?"
> >
> > The piece of rope says, "No, I'm a frayed knot..."
> >
> >
> > Brunnen-"now you know why Kang was out to get me"G
>
> That *was* bad, but I'm laughing anyway.
>
> Totally off topic: Is there a way to see who's online here at any given time? Just wondering.
>
> Gr"It's 1 Am where I am, and this paper is not at all finished. :-("ace

Not as far as I know. Just keep the Recent Messages page open and try to grab people for a conversation as the posts come in. It's 7pm where I am and I'm still at my day job waiting for a bit of work we're expecting ... reaaaal soon ... any minute now ... -sigh-.

Brunnen-"RinkForum: nine out of ten posters only use it to avoid homework"G