There are 15 messages totalling 730 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Identifying honest groups in UK society 2. Polish Joke No. ??? (Off. to Poles) 3. Humor: Application to date my Daughter..] 4. Shaggy Dog & Knight 5. Medical treatment 6. More medical treatment 7. Matt Groening Humor (part 1/3) 8. Redneck etiquette 9. 118 was barney should die 10. Church Admission 11. More short books 12. The history of computing - part 1 13. NEW-LIST news about other humor lists (humor lite post) 14. Polish Jokes Part 2 15. The Bull ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:15:26 -0800 From: Mike Robertshaw Subject: Identifying honest groups in UK society This story appeared in the Electronic Telegraph A TV station decided to test the honesty of 4 groups in the UK. =20 "Posing as a bogus furniture company called "Honestly", they sent out 100 cheques for =A310.99 to random members of the public, clergymen, = car dealers and politicians. An accompanying letter explained that the addresses of all their clients had been lost in a robbery and they we= re sending refunds to customers whose names had been supplied by a credi= t company." The results were: * all but 3 of the cheques sent to the 'public' group were returned; * 13 of the cheques to 'used car salesmen' were cashed; * 11 of the 25 to 'vicars and priests' were cashed; and * 7 of the politicians cashed their cheques and one even wrote a lett= er of thanks on House of Commons headed paper! Mike R --=20 Mike Robertshaw @:-) MROBERT@OLIV1.OLI.HK Tel.: (852) 27686802=09Fax: (852) 27891170 Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong, 30 Good Shepherd St, Kowloon, H= ong Kong ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 13:50:21 +0200 From: Maurizio Mariotti Subject: Polish Joke No. ??? (Off. to Poles) This was posted on another list: Two guys are in a bar, a small one and a big one. The small one says to the big one: "Hey, wanna hear a dumb Polish joke?" "Sure," says the big, strong guy, "but I'll have you know I'm Polish. And so are they." The big motions toward two even bigger guys, who come over to the table. "They are my brothers." One of the two brothers motions toward a bunch of other big Polish people who come over and introduce themselves as the cousins of the brothers of the big Polish guy. In the end there, are about 20 HUGE Polish guys on the other side of the bar. "So, so you STILL wanna tell that joke?" asks the big Polish guy. "No," replies the small guy. "Why not?" asks the big polish guy, "scared?" "Nope," replies the small guy, "I just don't feel like explaining it 20 times." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 07:40:27 EST From: JOHN STONE Subject: Humor: Application to date my Daughter..] APPLICATION TO DATE MY DAUGHTER Full Name (first, middle, last) ________________________________ Date of Birth ___/___/___ Height_____ Weight______ IQ______ GPA_______ Social Security #____-____-____ Driver's License #_________________ Boy Scout Rank______________________________________________ Home Address (city, state, zip)__________________________________ _______________________________________________apt. # _______ Do you have one MALE and one FEMALE parent in the home?(y/n)_____ If no, please explain:____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Do you own a van?(y/n)____ Truck w/oversized tires?(y/n) _____ Waterbed?(y/n)____ Do you have an earring, nose ring, nipple ring, belly button ring, tattoo?(circle all that apply) In 50 words or less...what does the word "LATE" mean to you?__________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ In at least 25 words...What do the words, " Don't touch my daughter mean to you" ?_______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ In at least 25 words...What does the word "ABSTINENCE" mean to you? _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Feel free to use back of page or attach additional sheets for above questions. Church you attend:____________________How often?_________________ When would be the best time to interview your father, mother, and priest or other religious education provider?___________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Answer the following freely and completely honestly. All Answers are Confidential (that means I will not tell anyone --ever--really! I promise! ) I. If I were shot, the last place on my body I would want to be wounded is____________________. 2. If I were beaten, the last bone I would want broken is my____________. 3. A woman's place is_______________________________. 4. The "one" thing I hope this application doesn't ask me about is____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________. 5. When I meet a girl, the first thing I notice about her is_____________.* *Note...if the answer to this question begins with T or A Discontinue at this point and leave the premises! Keeping your head low and running in a serpentine fashion is advised. 6. What do you want to be IF you grow up? I swear that all information supplied above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, under penalty of death, a severe beating, dismemberment, torture, crucifixion, electrocution, or a kiss by Hilary Clinton. Any penalty will be decided at the whim of the father. Signature ________________________________ Note: This application will be considered incomplete and rejected unless accompanied by a complete financial statement, copy of birth certificate, job history, lineage, and a current medical report from your doctor. Please allow four (4) to six (6) years for processing. You will be contacted in writing if you are approved. Do not call or write as this will only delay the procedure and possibly cause you undue anxiety, if not a visit from the terminator. If your application is rejected, you will be notified in person by two well dressed gentlemen with violin cases. Do not turn your back on them. Thank you for your interest! ---------and by the way...Have a NICE DAY!------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 07:48:31 -0500 From: Mark Morris Subject: Shaggy Dog & Knight Once there was a man who aspired to be one of King Arthur's gallant Knights of the Round table. He had all the qualifications, he was good with a sword, he was brave and true, and he was very chivalrous. His only problem was he was only 4 feet tall. He finally journeyed to King Arthur's Camelot to gain an audience with the King. When he appeared before the court, he became the object of great derision due to his stature. All the other knights made fun of him and heckled him mercilessly. Naturally, he thought he had no chance to be a knight and, choking back tears, he determined to see King Arthur nonetheless. When he met with the King, Arthur also chuckled a bit when presented with this small man who would be a knight. But Arthur was a man with keen insights towards men and after talking with him for a while, welcomed him into Knighthood. His first edict was to have a special suit of armor constructed for him, as well as down-sized weapons. Then came the task of finding a suitable mount for the new knight. None of the horses in the kingdom would do, as he could not reach to properly hold all his accoutrements. Finall, they found a large, shaggy dog that was the right size for him. Reluctantly, he outfitted the dog and sallied forth out of Camelot to save Damsels in Distress, to Slay Dragons, and all that other knightly stuff. One night, the weather was the worst- it was raining, sleeting, hailing,snowing, and it was foggy. He spotted an Inn's light in the distance, so with visions of a dry bed, he approached the Inn. He knocked loudly on the bottom half of the Inn's split door. The Innkeeper opened the top half of the door, saw no one, then closed it again. The knight repeated his knock, and this time the innkeeper noticed him down there. "What do you want?" said the innkeeper. "I desire lodging for myself and my trusty steed" said the knight. The innkeeper looked out at the rain,sleet,hail,snow, and fog, and then looked at the knight,looked at the dog, who was really bedraggled and said, "That's not a dog fit for a knight to be out in" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 19:07:27 +0400 From: Sampath Samarasinghe Subject: Medical treatment A guy goes to see his doctor about groin pain. The doc says, "I'm real sorry, but we're going to have to cut off your dick." The guy wants a second opinion, so he goes to another doctor who says the same thing. He goes to another 2 doctors before he finally winds up with a chinese herbal doctore. The doc tells him, "You don't need to cut off dick. You only have to drink special tea." The guy's real happy and instantly accepts the treatment. "Are you sure this will cure me?" he asks. "Very sure, now dick just fall off." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 19:08:22 +0400 From: Sampath Samarasinghe Subject: More medical treatment Rastus' wife went into the hospital for an operation on her rectum. One of Rastus' friends ask him where she is and he tells him, "She's gonna get an ass operation." Rastus' kid, Joey, later tells his dad not to call it her ass, call it her behind, or her rectum, or some scientific. A few days later Rastus holds a party. Another friend asks him where his wife is. Above the noise of the room Rastus shouts, "Hey Joey, what's your mamma's ass called?" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 18:38:03 +0200 From: Brian Myers Subject: Matt Groening Humor (part 1/3) WOMEN SPEAK IN ESTROGEN AND MEN LISTEN IN TESTOSTERONE by Matt Groening RELATIONSHIPS: First of all, a man does not call a relationship -- he refers to it as "that time when me and Suzie were doing it on a semi-regular basis". When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends, and she will write a poem titled "All Men Are Idiots". Then she will get on with her life. A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, "I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life, and I'll never forgive you, and I hate you, and you're a total floozy. But I want you to know that there's always a chance for us." This is known as the "I Hate You / I Love You" drunken phone call, and 99% if all men have made at least once. There are community colleges that offer courses to help men get over this need; alas, these classes rarely prove effective. SEX: Women prefer 30-40 minutes of foreplay. Men prefer 30-40 seconds of foreplay. Men consider driving back to her place as part of the foreplay. MATURITY: Women mature much faster than men. Most 17-year old females can function as adults. Most 17-year old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work out. MAGAZINES: Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked women. Women's magazines also feature pictures of naked women. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is lumpy and hairy and should not be seen by the light of day. Men are turned on at the sight of a naked woman's body. Most naked men elicit laughter from women. HANDWRITING: To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken-scratch. Women use scented, colored stationary and they dot their "i's" with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in their "p's" and "g's". It is a royal pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she's dumping you, she'll put a smiley face at the end of the note. COMEDY: Let's say a small group of men and women are in a room, watching television, and an episode of the Three Stooges comes on. Immediately, the men will get very excited; they will laugh uproariously, and even try to imitate the actions of Curly, man's favorite Stooge. The women will roll their eyes and groan and wait it out. BATHROOMS: A man has five items in his bathroom -- a toothbrush, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items. GROCERIES: A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes out to the store and buys these things. A man waits till the only items left in his fridge are half a lime and a beer. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter than the Clampett's car on Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane. SHOES: When preparing for work, a woman will put on a Mondi wool suit, then slip on Reebok sneakers. She wil carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag from Saks. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes later, she will kick them off because her feet are under the desk. A man will wear the same pair of shoes all day. LEG WARMERS: Leg warmers are sexy. A woman, even if she's walking the dog or doing the dishes, is allowed to wear leg warmers. She can wear them any time she wants. A man can only wear leg warmers if he is auditioning for the "Gimme the Ball" number in "A Chorus Line." ================================================= Brian Myers, Cape Town RSA... but really a closet American :-) If you love life and crave experience, why not share those of others who would share them with you! To quote the proverbial bathroom wall: "For a great time call:" _majordomo@story.nerdnosh.org_ In the subject and body, type "subscribe nerdnosh" You'll love it! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:04:03 -0500 From: Gwendolyn E Eckman Subject: Redneck etiquette Redneck Etiquette PERSONAL HYGIENE---------------- Unlike clothes and shoes, a toothbrush should never be a hand-me-down item. While ears need to be cleaned regularly, this is a job that should be done in private using one's OWN truck keys. Proper use of toiletries can forestall bathing for several days. However, if you live alone, deodorant is a waste of good money. Dirt and grease under the fingernails is a social no-no, as they tend to detract from a woman's jewelry and alter the tastes of finger foods. Plucking unwanted nose hair is time-consuming work. A cigarette lighter and a small tolerance for pain can accomplish the same goal and save hours. It's a good idea to keep a bucket of water handy when using this method. DINING OUT---------- When decanting wine, make sure that you tilt the paper cup and pour slowly so as not to "bruise" the fruit of the vine. If drinking directly from the bottle, always hold it with your fingers covering the label. Remember to leave a generous tip for good service. After all, their mobile home costs just as much as yours. ENTERTAINING IN YOUR HOME------------------------- A centerpiece for the table should never be anything prepared by a taxidermist. Do not allow the dog to eat at the table...no matter how good his manners are. Be considerate of your guests. Point out in advance where the injury-threatening springs are located on the sofa. If your dog falls in love with a guest's leg, have the decency to leave them alone for a few minutes. DATING (Outside the Family)--------------------------- Always offer to bait your date's hook, especially on the first date. No matter how broke you are, never take your date flowers that were stolen from a cemetery. Be aggressive. Let her know you are interested: "I've been wanting to go out with you since I read that stuff on the men's bathroom wall two years ago." Establish with her parents what time she is expected back. Some will say 10:00. Others might say "Monday." If the latter is the answer, it's the boy's responsibility to get her to school on time. If a girl's name does not appear regularly on a bathroom wall, water tower, or an overpass, odds are good that the date will end in frustration. Even if you can't get a date, avoid kidnapping. It's bad for your reputation. THEATER ETIQUETTE----------------- Crying babies should be taken to the lobby and picked up immediately after the movie has ended. Refrain from talking to characters on the screen. Tests have proven they can't hear you. WEDDINGS-------- Livestock usually is a poor choice for a wedding gift. Is it okay to bring a date to a wedding? Not if you are the groom. When dancing, never remove undergarments, no matter how hot it is. Kissing the bride for more than 5 seconds may get you cut. A bridal veil made of window screen is not only cost effective but also a proven fly deterrent. For the groom, at least rent a tux. A leisure suit with a cummerbund and a clean bowling shirt can create a natty appearance. Though uncomfortable, say yes to socks and shoes for this special occasion. DRIVING ETIQUETTE----------------- Dim your headlights for approaching vehicles, even if the gun is loaded and the deer is in sight. When approaching a four-way stop, the vehicle with the largest tires always has the right of way. Never tow another car using pantyhose and duct tape. When sending your wife down the road with a gas can, it is impolite to ask her to bring back beer. Never relieve yourself from a moving vehicle, especially when driving. Do not remove the seats from the car so that all your kids can fit in. Do not lay rubber while traveling in a funeral procession. TIPS FOR ALL OCCASIONS---------------------- Never take a beer to a job interview or ask if they press charges. Always identify people in your yard before shooting at them. Always say "Excuse me" after getting sick in someone else's car. It's considered tacky to take a cooler to church. Even if you're certain that you are included in the will, it's considered tacky to drive a U-Haul to the funeral home. The socially refined never fish coins out of public toilets, especially if other people are around. If you have to vacuum the bed, it's time to change the sheets. Always provide an alibi to the police for family members. NOTE: While the original source for this message is unknown, a lot of redneck stuff comes directly or indirectly from Jeff Foxworthy. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 15:22:02 -0500 From: Russamer Subject: 118 was barney should die -- [ From: Russamer * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- >118 ways Barney should die > part 1/4 >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > >1. Nitroglycerin suppository > >2. Dr. Kivorkian approved suicide/euthanasia kit > >3. Paper cuts from hate mail > >4. Wine press > >5. Random act of terrorism > >6. Dissolved in organic solvent of choice (e.g. 1,1,1-trichloroethane, >acetone, carbon tetrachloride) > >7. Clubbed by a baby seal hunter > >8. Exploding gas barbeque > >9. Date with Lorena Bobbit / Tonya Harding > >10. Rusty meat hook > >11. Pulp digester / Saw mill > >12. Sexually transmitted disease > >13. Lethal injestion of bean sprouts and tofu > >14. Skydiving accident (His concrete parachute fails to open). > >15. Barney meets the Terminator. "Hasta la vista...BARNEY!". > >16. Exploding school bus > >17. Field trip to the Toronto Metro Zoo. Barney loves to spread love and >happiness to all of the carnivores. > >18. Childrens Tylenol laced with cyanide > >19. Sacrifice to a tribal god > >20. Fed through a branch/leaf shredder (or office paper shredder) > >21. Trampling by thousands of tiny spongie feet > >22. Asphixiation on a twinkie > >23. Bungee jumping with chord tied around neck > >24. 1000 RPM merry-go-round > >25. Building sandcastles in a quicksand box > >26. Dragged behind a schoolbus on a gravel road > >27. Tail caught in elevator doors > >28. Legalization of purple slavery > >29. Home lobotomy kit ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:57:26 EST From: Elvis Was Here Subject: Church Admission Three couples, an elderly couple, a middle aged couple and a young newlywed couple wanted to join a church. The pastor says, "We have special requirements for new parishioners. You must abstain from having sex for two weeks." The couples agreed and came back at the end of two weeks. The pastor goes to the elderly couple and asks, "Were you able to abstain from sex for the two weeks?" The old man replies, "No problem at all, Pastor." "Congratulations! Welcome to the church!" said the pastor. The pastor goes to the middle aged couple and asks, "Well, were you able to abstain from sex for the two weeks?" The man replied, "The first week was not too bad. The second week I had to sleep on the couch for a couple of nights but, yes we made it." "Congratulations! Welcome to the church," said the pastor. The pastor then goes to the newlywed couple and asks, "Well, were you able to abstain from sex for two weeks?" "Well Pastor, we were not able to go without sex for the two weeks," the young man replied. "What Happened?" inquired the pastor. "My wife was reaching for a can of corn on the top shelf and dropped it. When she bent over to pick it up, I was over come with lust and took advantage of her right there." "You understand of course, this means you will not be welcome in our church," stated the pastor. "That's OK," said the young man, "We're not welcome at Safeway anymore either." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 18:06:05 -0600 From: Les Pourciau at UMem Subject: More short books Some of the shortest books ever written: "Banjo Sonatas" "Waterskiing the Bermuda Triangle" "Vice Presidents With Really Good Ideas" "Moustache Mania" "The Joys of Root Canaling" "Great Blonde Thinkers Through the Ages" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 09:09:42 -0800 From: Mike Robertshaw Subject: The history of computing - part 1 No idea of where this came from so apologies to the author. It's long so I'll send it in chunks. ------------------------- In the early 1980s most major computer manufacturers agreed to stop forcing people to learn a bunch of different operating systems, and instead adopted a single, uniform, standardized operating system so absurdly non-intuitive that nobody could learn it. This system was called MS-DOS. The MS, of course, stood for Microsoft, the company that was started by the brilliant software genius Bill Gates. Gates is a very rich man today -- Forbes magazine estimates that he's worth more than the entire O.J. Simpson defense team combined -- and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. To understand what I mean by versions, let's consider an analogy involving cars. Suppose you've purchased a new car, and you notice that, although it does move, it goes very slowly, is extremely hard to steer, and makes a loud scraping sound. You study this problem for a while, and you conclude that the most likely cause is that the car does not have any front wheels. So you mention this to the salesperson, and he tells you that you have Version 1.0 of the car, but that Version 1.1 will be out shortly, and it will feature wheels in front as well as back. So when Version 1.1 comes out, you upgrade, which means you pay money. But you're happy, because now you have a car with a complete set of wheels, and you're totally satisfied with it from the moment that you pull out of the dealer's lot to the moment, about 90 seconds later, when you drive into a public fountain. This is when you find out that brakes are not scheduled to appear until Version 1.3. This is very much the way MS-DOS worked. The original version, 1.0, did virtually nothing except cause the computer screen to say: A: That was it. Really. Ask anybody who used MS-DOS computers back then. You'd turn them on, and there'd be this A: staring back at you. What did it mean? Why A:? Why not some other letter, or even an actual word? And what was the little pointy thing for? We will never know the answer.It's one of the many mysteries of MS-DOS. So, anyway, people would turn on their computers, and stare at the A: for awhile, scratching their heads, and then finally they'd try typing something after the A: , perhaps something like: A: HELLO But here was the crucial thing about MS-DOS Version 1.0: No matter what you typed in, it would respond as follows: BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME Then, with no further explanation, it would go back to: A: There were rumors -- never verified -- that if you typed in certain secret code words, you could get some response other than A: or BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME, but if there were such code words, only Bill Gates ever knew what they were. So mainly what this version of the MS-DOS was used for -- millions of person- hours were spent on this -- was trying to get it to do something, anything. If you were to travel back in time and look at the average person's computer screen during that era, you'd see what looked like a conversation between the computer user and an unusually hostile employee of the Department of Motor Vehicles: A: HELLO BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME A: HELP BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME A: DO SOMETHING! BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME A: RUN A PROGRAM, DAMMIT! BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME A: **** YOU BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME, ***HOLE This was pretty much all people did with MS-DOS Version 1.0. So you can imagine how excited everybody was when Microsoft came out with Version 1.1, which had a whole new capability. In addition to doing this: A: It would sometimes also do this: C: A new letter! This was very, very exciting news for those of us in the computer geek world. We all immediately upgraded to Version 1.1. Of course, no matter what we typed, it still answered BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME. But we felt renewed hope. Mike R :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:52:02 EST From: Bill Edwards Subject: NEW-LIST news about other humor lists (humor lite post) HUMOR lives on with 10,000 plus members. I thought you might like to know about two other lists devoted to humor, DWORD & GEEK-L. The Distorted Word list lives on (but at a new address) and GEEK-L needs a new home. What is the Internet coming to if geeks can't find a place to share their funny stories. Please, somebody find them a new home or else they might move to HUMOR and start telling their geek jokes here :-). DWORD on Majordomo@md.esosoft.com DWORD, short for Distorted WORD is a list devoted to words that playfully twist a current English word around to give it a new meaning or create a new, never before seen word, to describe an everyday observation and/or experience. DWORDs tend to describe things is a humorous way. 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He drives around all the time waving at the rednecks. One day the rednecks stop him, they draw a circle in the dirt and say "If you step out of that circle, we will kick your ass." They pick up hammers and start busting up his new car. They look back and he is smiling. They hit the car some more, and he is laughing. They walk over to him and ask "Why are you laughing, we just busted up your car." He says "I know, but I stepped out of the circle 9 times." An English guy is driving with a Polish guy as his passenger, when he decides to pull over because he suspect that his turn signal may not be working. He asks the Polish guy if he doesn't mind stepping out of the car to check the lights while he tests them. The Polish guy steps out and stands in front of the car. The English guy turns on the turn signal and asks, "Is it working?" To which the Polish guy responds, "Yes, it's working....No, it's not working....Yes, it's working....No, it's not working...." chalapathi :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 19:00:00 -0600 From: Randall Woodman Subject: The Bull An American tourist went into a restaurant in a Spanish provincial city for dinner, and asked to be served the specialty of the house. When the dish arrived, he asked what kind of meat it contained. "Sir, these are the cojones," the waiter replied. "The what, you say?" exclaimed the tourist. "They are testicles of the bull killed in the ring today," explained the waiter. The tourist gulped but tasted the dish anyway, and found it delicious. Returning the following evening, he asked for the same dish. After he finished the meal, the tourist commented to the waiter: "Today's cojones are much smaller than the ones I had yesterday." "True, sir," said the waiter, "you see the bull, he does not always lose." -=} Randall {=- randall.woodman@lunatic.com --- . SPEED 2.00 #1157 . Visit TX: We haven't shot a tourist since Nov 22, 1963 ---- The Lunatic Fringe * Richardson, TX * 972-235-5288 * Home Of FringeNet ------------------------------ End of HUMOR Digest - 3 Mar 1997 to 4 Mar 1997 **********************************************