Peter Samis and Craig Deller have commented on the redundancy and questionable
relevance of much material on MUSEUM-L.  I agree and suggest that much of the
problem would be alleviated if people would respond directly to an individual,
rather than to the entire list, with personal messages and items not of general
interest.
 
I also find the cute jokes, poems, etc. to be unnecessary and inappropriate
to a professional forum.  Send them to your friends, or join one of those silly
chat forums on Compuserve, etc.