The eternal connundrum (was: Re: A4 = Passat?)

["Barton P. Chambers" <bartonc@annap.infi.net>]

Hey there, fellow q-heads;

Anyone got a spare clue for a clueless (but still, polite) newbie...?

Harry Hermann, doubtless a fine fellow otherwise, is <so far, fruitlessly, one 
fears> desperately (even as we speak) searching for one.

Where, oh where, to begin...  Aye, the eternal connundrum...

> stop sending me these messages please!

As my mentor, Groucho would say, "Harry, old thingee, I'd love to help you out. 
Can you recall how you got *in* here?"

Perhaps it would be useful if you would be so kind as to tell me which, exactly,
of "these" messages you would prefer me to stop sending you.

But gee whiz, Harry, old rutabega; do you mind if I ask "Why?" first?  

Is it my breath?  My deodorant?  My age, politics, or religion...? Just the cut 
of my jib? <sigh, the possibilities, although I never gave it any thought before
you rubbed my face in it, for not wanting me to send you any more messages; are 
seemingly endless.  I am *so* distraught...

But perhaps I am over-reacting.  Hmmmm...  

Could this, on the other hand, be *merely* an indication that you subscribed to 
this internet mailing list while under the influence of strong drugs  (although 
I don't usually recommend that for most people, it always seems to work for me)?

That *would* explain why you would make such a strange (and might I add, 
heart-breaking) request.

You see, Harry old kumquat (** CLUE-ALERT **) while Yer Kindly ol' Unka Bart 
*is* a playful varmint, the time has come to show you the secret handshake - he 
is not the culprit!  You are getting messages from an internet mailing list, not
from the avuncular varmint.

Look at the "To:" field of your message(s).  It will show "To: 
quattro@coimbra.ans.net" and the originator's name will show in the "From:" 
field.  "These" messages (well, "those messages," *this* is a one-time shot)
go to *each* person, regardless of race, gender, national origin or sexual 
preference, who had the foresight to *s*bscribe* to the list!

Nancy Reagan was right, Harry old watchamacallit.  One shouldn't mix strong 
drugs with internet mailing lists.  You simply *must* choose one or the other.
Like Yer Kindly ol' Unka Bart (who forgets just now which one he chose...)