> Forgive me for being a butthead, but the number and variety of responses

> to this topic suggest its, well, silliness.  That's okay, I'm all for

> silliness and lord knows I'm in favor of having a dozen pieces of e-mail

> everyday.  But should we maybe think about what this forum is for?  I'm

 

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I am the one who had the "silly" request for films depicting

childish scientists (or other good stereotypes).  I just wanted to

say I still think such questions ought to be fair game for this

listserv (I may have other such questions in the future).  What

clutters up everyone's mailbox is the large number of replies.

That's why I suggested that people send replies directly to me.  I

can then compile them and, if anyone's interested, post them back

as a single message to the listserv.  If we can follow this policy,

it should lighten everyone's mailbag (something I am VERY much in

favor of) and people with silly questions can still go out looking

for answers.

 

By the way, I did get a number of requests from people who wanted

to see the responses to my questions, so in a couple of days I'll

be sending a long message with all the responses.

 

Thanks,

and sorry for the unintentional burden on everyone's mailbox,

 

Don Ulin