OFF: meet me in the bar

John McCartney John.McCartney at CORP.SUN.COM
Thu Oct 16 14:38:13 EDT 1997


There are a number of people on this list who will appreciate this.....


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> > >>
> > >>        A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as
> > >>        the slowest buffalo, and when the herd is
> > >>        hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones
> > >>        at the back that are killed first. This
> > >>        natural selection is good for the herd as a
> > >>        whole, because the general speed and health
> > >>        of the whole keeps improving by the regular
> > >>        culling of the weakest members.
> > >>
> > >>        In much the same way, the human brain can
> > >>        operate only as fast as the slowest brain
> > >>        cells.  Excessive intake of alcohol, we all
> > >>        know, kills off brain cells, but naturally
> > >>        it attacks the slowest and weakest brain
> > >>        cells first.  In this way, regular
> > >>        consumption of beer eliminates the weaker
> > >>        cells, constantly making the brain a faster
> > >>        and more efficient machine.
> > >>
> > >>        The result of this in-depth epidemiological
> > >>        study verifies and validates the causal link
> > >>        between all-weekend parties and engineering
> > >>        performance.  It also explains why, after a
> > >>        few short years of leaving university and
> > >>        getting married, most engineers cannot keep
> > >>        up with the performance of the new
> > >>        graduates. Only those few that stick to the
> > >>        strict regimen of voracious alcoholic
> > >>        consumption can maintain the intellectual
> > >>        levels that they achieved during their
> > >>        university years.
> > >>
> > >>        So, this is a call to arms.  As our country
> > >>        is losing its technological edge we should
> > >>        not shudder in our homes.  Get back into the
> > >>        bars! Quaff that pint!  Your company and
> > >>        country need you to be at your peak, and you
> > >>        shouldn't deny yourself the career that you
> > >>        could have.
> > >>
> > >>


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