Date:  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:26:35 EDT
From:  Julia Cochran <COCPROFS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Subject: Re: "Bless you" (was "Good morning")

>and even taken as an empty formula, it
>still struck me as a conscious gesture of making human contact with a
>stranger in a city which otherwise does a poor job at interpersonal
>relations.

Precisely -- like a tail-wag. Thanks for putting it so well.