This was allegedly posted very briefly on the McDonnell Douglas Website by an employee there who obviously has a sense of humor. The company, of course, does not have a sense of humor, and made the web department take it down immediately (for once, the 'IMPORTANT' note at the end is worth a read too...)
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Posts: 1859 | From: / | Registered: Nov 1998
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Please remove this post becouse I suspect that my local "Signs This Second" shop is run by a terrorist and he may not find this funny. He is already tring to put me out of buisness and I do not want evoke is wrath. I hope I said that right.
-------------------- Ryan Young Indocil Art & Design indocil@comporium.net 803-980-6765
I highjacked Letterville!! Winter Muster 2004 Posts: 904 | From: Rock Hill, SC | Registered: Sep 2001
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MIKE....YOUR A BAAAAAAAAAD MAN......heheheheheh iam adding that disclaimer to all my posts!!!!
[ December 31, 2002, 06:05 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Dictionary definition: ab·squat·u·late [ ab skwóch làyt ] (past ab·squat·u·lat·ed, past participle ab·squat·u·lat·ed, present participle ab·squat·u·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular ab·squat·u·lates) intransitive verb 1. abscond: to leave, especially in a hurry or under suspicious circumstances 2. die: to die 3. argue: to argue [Mid-19th century. A humorous formation modeled on English words of Latin origin, as if from Latin ab away + English squat + -ulate (as in congratulate), literally meaning the reverse of squat, that is, to depart in a hurry.]
-------------------- Brian Snyder Sign Effectz Woodbridge, New Jersey Posts: 723 | From: Woodbridge, NJ USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Hysterical! I love that, thanks for posting it. The disclaimer is invaluable, and worth saving. And let's not underestimate that circle of salt.
I'm laughing too hard to be fully conscious of how impressed I am, but it will come.
Happy New Year to you and to everyone who reads this, it's just a couple of hours away. Mike, in your picture you seem to be tipping your hat to it, for today anyway! I tip mine to you for that funny post and the wonderful addendum.
-------------------- Myra A. Grozinger Signs Limited Winston-Salem, NC
signslimited@triad.rr.com Posts: 1244 | From: Winston-Salem, NC USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Mike, What did you paste in this thread to force the side scrolling. Just curious, as I have only seen it happen on bitmaps. P.S.,...very funny!
-------------------- "Don't change horses in midstream, unless you spot one with longer legs" bronzeo oti Jack Davis 1410 Main St Joplin, MO 64801 www.imagemakerart.com jack@imagemakerart.com Posts: 1549 | From: Joplin, MO | Registered: Mar 2000
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Sidescrolling? ¡I don't get no esteenkin' sidescrolling!
I thought CJ was kidding because the whole thing is in a tall, skinny column on my monitor, just the way I sent it. If anybody else sees this -- it ain't my fault . . .all I did was command C / command V. (Cut&Paste) I'm on Mac.
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