<html><head></head><BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><font size=2 color="#800080" face="Arial"><br>My father was an officer in the U.S. Air Force! I have friends who are or were members of the Armed Forces! I tried to join the Armed Forces three times and was denied the honor due to having two (2) strokes when I was eight (8) and thirteen (13)! I supported the Gulf War! I support the Armed Forces!<br><br>But, believe it or not, if someone says a joke, there are people who will get offended, not unlike you are about this joke. If you did not notice, I did not specialize on any group. And to be truthful, if you take another look at the original post, you may notice that it was a forward. It was not my personal joke, but I found some amusement in it and I wanted my friends to get a laugh out of it too. My girlfriend works for the state, and even though I did mention state employees in this joke, she found it amusing.<br><br>I am sorry that you took it wrong. That was not my intention. I did not mean this as a slam to any of the groups mentioned it the joke. It was meant to be funny. I am fully awake, and I offer my thanks for the service you have performed for me, my loved ones and the rest of the United States of America. And that is no joke!<br><br>Richard Lee Packham II<br>son of Major Richard Lee Packham (retired after 30 years of service)<br><br><font color="#000000">----------<br>From: Katherine Arrington <<font color="#0000FF"><u>strmridr@magic.bunt.com</u><font color="#000000">><br>To: '<font color="#0000FF"><u>ansteorra@eden.com</u><font color="#000000">'<br>Subject: RE: Tired of Working ??<br>Date: Saturday, March 01, 1997 12:56 AM<br><br><br>"<br>----------<br>From: Rik Packham/Angus mac Taggart[SMTP:<font color="#0000FF"><u>aquinas@eden.com</u><font color="#000000">]<br>Sent: Thursday, February 27, 1997 5:34 PM<br>To: The Kingdom of Ansteorra Newletter; Lady Cecily Garland; The Barony of Bryn Gwlad Newsletter; Carl A. Packham; Gail A. Dzuris; Lady Elaine Rien<br>Subject: Fw: Tired of Working ??<br><br> Four million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 15 <br> million to do the work.<br> Angus"<br><br>I suppose those of us in the Armed Forces don't work, according to what<br>you've written here. Sirrah, I certainly hope you intended this to be funny,<br>because if you're serious, you really need a wakeup call as to what some <br>of us "underfed underpaid overworked oversexed young punk killers"(Margaret Trudeau) actually do for a living. Try not having a day off for the last six months and see if you're as tired then as I am now...<br><br>Thorgrim<br>"Vacationing" in Drachenwald in service to his Uncle Sam...<br><br>----------<br><br></p>
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