One could find evidence to suggest that the world is actually not
overpopulated. A reformed painting licker could turn out to be a
tremendous asset to the museum.

On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Neil Hathaway wrote:

> Re: H. Grunder's attempts to lighten things up with helpful suggestions
> about "useful" depopulation of the planet.  I never find even the most
> silly suggestions funny and never miss an opportunity to suggest to those
> who think any segment of the human population (painting lickers
> included!) would help the rest of us by being dead ought to volunteer . .
> . so start licking Mr. Grunder!
>
> >Lighten up, Dave. Christopher Whittle may be onto something
> >when he suggests facilitating museum patron licking of
> >paintings. I would suggest steering them towards those with
> >cadmium and other heavy metal pigments. And, as I recall, some
> >dandy arsenates have been used historically. The world is
> >overpopulated, and this might be a useful form of demographic
> >Darwinianism.
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