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Re: Friday Funnies...a bit early



11) Thou shalt not laugh so hard at Friday Funnies that thou forgestest to
put thy name on replies to them.

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@hcea.net
http://www.hcea.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dostie, Arthur" <Arthur.Dostie@STATE.ME.US>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:34 AM
Subject: Friday Funnies...a bit early


> We were evaluating a few agency rules the other day, and the thought
struck
> me that a "Ten Commandments" for amateur genealogists might be helpful.
> These are what I came up with off the top of my head...perhaps you can
think
> of others.
>
> This is, of course, meant in fun, and reflects my own twisted sense of
> humor, not the opinions of my agency.
>
> Art Dostie
>
> Ten Commandments for Amateur "Genies":
>
> 1)  Thou shalt be brief.
>
> 2)  Thou shalt not complain about using microfilm.  Thou cannot have the
> original documents.
>
> 3)  Thou art perfectly capable of finding the bathroom on thine own.
>
> 4)  Eateth not thy peanut butter cups in the Search Room, nor thy potato
> chips.
>
> 5)  Honor the Archivist, and bring him/her chocolate chip cookies.
>
> 6)  Thou shalt not put a death grip on the microfilm reader at closing
time.
>
> 7)  Thy spoiled unruly child shall never enter unto the Search Room,nay,
not
> to the fifth generation, that My staff's sanity may be preserved.
>
> 8)  Honor the Sabbath Day.  Sitteth not down next to me at Burger King on
> Sunday morning as I peruseth the paper and telleth me all about thy family
> (this actuallyeth happened to me, folks!).
>
> 9)  Thou shalt not bear false witness (thy grandmother, Bridgett
> McGillicuddy, was Not a full-blooded Indian princess.
>
> 10)  Thou shalt faithfully obey Commandment Number 5, lest the chances of
> thy locating that "critical" birth record be diminished.
>
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