From: usenet@only.tnx   
      
   For a time a housemate was responding to the Publishers Clearing House   
   entreaties.  "It's only a stamp," they'd say.  After a long period of never   
   winning anything, and informed that their odds are worse than most lotteries,   
   they gave up responding.  The mailings continued for a while and then trickled   
   to a stop.  Until this spring, when they offered some free flower bulbs.  My   
   housemate bit, got the free bulbs, and now the letters are back in force.   
      
   Prize Award Imminent   
      
   Executive Selection Committee Notification   
      
   Gold Circle Members Announcement   
      
   I must commend the writers/designers of the envelopes for their creativity.   
   Each entreaty seems a bit more compelling than the last, as if some grand event   
   is inevitably approaching, destined to sweep the reader atop it if only they   
   would get on board.  Each envelope somehow seems a bit more important.   
   I have seen dozens of mailings from the Publishers Clearing House and they are   
   like snowflakes -- no two are ever the same.   
      
   --   
   A payphone was ringing, it just about blew my mind   
   When I picked it up to say hello, this foot came through the line   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)