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From: Genealogy <>
Subject: [NYERIE] Fwd: Are you taking genealogy too seriously?
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 17:13:55 -0400 (EDT)


Today's chuckle...

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> You know you're taking genealogy too seriously if...
>
> You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party
> with a shovel.
>
> To put the "final touches" on your genealogical research, you've
> asked all of your closest relatives to provide DNA samples.
>
> Your house leans slightly toward the side where your genealogical
> records are stored.
>
> You decided to take a two-week break from genealogy, and the U.S.
> Postal Office immediately laid off 1,500 employees.
>
> Out of respect for your best friend's unquestioned reputation for
> honesty and integrity, you are willing to turn off that noisy
> surveillance camera while she reviews your 57 genealogical research
> notebooks in your home. The armed security guard, however, will
> remain.
>
> You plod merrily along "refining" your recently published family
> history, blissfully unaware that the number of errata pages now far
> exceeds the number of pages in your original publication.
>
> During an ice storm and power outage, you ignore the pleas of your
> shivering spouse and place your last quilt around that 1886
> photograph of dear Uncle George.
>
> The most recent document in your "Missing Ancestors" file is a
> 36 page contract between you and Johnson Billboard Advertising
> Company.
>
> Ed McMahon, several t.v. cameras and an envelope from Publishers
> Clearing House arrive at your front door on Super Bowl Sunday, and
> the first thing you say is, "Are you related to the McMahons of Ohio?"
>
> "A Loving Family" and "Financial Security" have moved up to second and
> third, respectively, on your list of life's goals, but still lag far
> behind "Owning My Own Microfilm Reader."
>
> A magical genie appears and agrees to grant your any one wish, and
> you ask that the 1890 census be restored.

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