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. > > **USUAL DISCLAIMERS** > > > > > > -- > - The free mind must have one policeman: Irony. > -- Elbert Hubbard > [[neil hathaway [log in to unmask]]] >