Date:  Mon, 4 Aug 1997 10:57:21 -0400
From:  Ron Butters <RonButters[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
Subject: vulgarity--in the eye of the beholder?

>Dave Barry today describes a
>huge rubber band that "would
>sting like a mother." I don't
>think he was referencing a
>sweet old lady in a rocking
>chair.

more likely an old-fashioned, angry stern mom with a birch stick?