From: rose@wagner.cbs.umn.edu (Rozalie Enriquez)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals,soc.singles,soc.couples,alt.personals
Subject: More on "Iguanas and more..."
Date: 31 Jul 92 02:43:14 GMT
Organization: College of Biological Sciences, U of MN

Hello Everyone,

This is rose, in Minnesota - you know, the gal with the "boyfriend,
iguana, and baseball bat"....

I am a reader of soc.penpals, soc.couples, and soc.singles...I just figured
that alt.personals ran along the same line as soc.penpals, so I thought 
that the post would be interesting there too.  Unfortunately, I did not
*read* alt.personals before I posted, and now I must say, "OOOOoooppss!"
maybe I should have posted to alt.friends, or something?  
I apologize for the misunderstanding.    

The post was done to inject a little change of pace.  I got tired of reading
about "wedding songs" on soc.couples, and I got tired of reading
about men "getting busy with 14 year olds", and the entries on soc.penpals
needed sprucing up a bit.  So with some creative editing, I came up 
with the post you read a while back.

Thanks to all of you who responded!  Unfortunately, I am not able to reply
to everyone personally, or I would be here forever...the posting was 
supposed to make everyone LAUGH.  That was the idea.  If you have my
brand of humor, you would have laughed, and you would have replied.
I did appreciate all the encouraging replies, and all the smileys you
sent me.  You made me very happy inside, knowing that you laughed and
made a total idiot of yourself while you were in the lab "pretending"
to work.
 
Now, lets get some things straight.

1.  I was *NOT* serious!  The imagery presented in the posting was
supposed to be funny.  Sorry if you did not see the humor...
The entire story is fiction.

2.  As for my poorly written storyline, my "boyfriend"
was the guy with the baseball bat between his legs screaming
"TASTES GREAT!   LESS FILLING!!"  (for those of you who do not live
in the US, it's an advertising slogan for Lite beer...)  But i have
to admit, the thought of "Clyde" (the name of the iguana) running around and 
chasing my "boyfriend" with a baseball bat between his legs was
pretty amusing...maybe the ambiguity was better... 

3.  I realize that the imagery presented has definite sexual connotations, 
but when you picture it in your head - MAN, now that is one funny picture...
It was not supposed be 'sexy' more than just darn silly.  So all
you people on those sex.groups, please do not send me your most interesting
suggestions...

4.  Notice, the definite lack of "statistical information" that is
usually found in soc.penpals, and alt.personals- there was a reason for this. 
I am not really concerned with how tall you are, or how old you are, 
or your weight, or what you do for fun.  Your background of who 
you are is not my focus for interest.  What I *AM* interested
in, is how you react to something that is out of the ordinary.  That 
was it.  That is why I asked you to "help me with my little dilemma."
I don't mind reading biographies, if they are interesting...
 
5.  Again, the main purpose was just for giggles.  It was not meant to be 
a personal ad...I just wanted to see how you netters out there would react.
Boy, I got some doosies!  I used the penpal format, sort of, and that
was how the words "pen-pal" got in there.  I thought that the content
of the post was appropriate for the readers in soc.couples and soc.singles
because it related to the topics that are usually discussed (albeit, with 
a funky twist.)  I realize now that i may have been hasty in my cross-
posting. My apologies also apply here... 
 
Again, people, it was just me havin some fun!  If you laughed, I'd still 
like to hear from you.  

The snail-mail guarantee still applies:

That silly Enriquez girl
3044 Humboldt Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408  USA


Lastly, I encourage all of the "quiet majority" out there to go ahead and 
post!  It's fun!  I know you have thought about it, at least once...

	-rose
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