On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:34:30 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"
<kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:

>How's *this* for protocol?
>
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,974998,00.html
>
>In an extraordinary departure from the diplomatic language with which he has
>come to be associated, Mr Blix assailed his critics in both Washington and
>Iraq.
>Speaking exclusively to the Guardian from his 31st floor office at the UN in
>New York, Mr Blix said: "I have my detractors in Washington. There are
>bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in
>the media. Not that I cared very much."

In the military, that is known as "short-timer's attitude".

a = x + w/u

Where "a" is attitude, "x" is amount of time remaining in service, and
"w/u" is "a wake up"

The interesting thing about this equation is that as "x" approaches
zero, "a" approaches infinity.





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