On 01-13-98 Greg Easthom wrote to Maureen Goldman... 
 
 MG> Me, I'm a Trekkie.  I live at home.  I own the home.  I have 
 MG> four grown kids, so I must have kissed a member of the opposite 
 MG> sex at some time.  I enjoy Trek shows but I don't feel any 
 MG> compulsion to agree with the ideals of any TV show.  Mostly I 
 MG> like the characters and quandries.  Okay? 
 
 GE> That makes you a TrekkER. As a TrekkIE, you'd live at your Mommy's 
 GE> house, in your old bedroom. Mommy would still iron your underwear and 
 GE> read you a bed-time story, bring you Jello when you're sick, and buy 
 GE> you a new dolly when you've had a bad day at the office. 
 
 Bigot! 
 
 (Do you really like to have your underwear ironed?  How do you 
 feel about starch?) 
 
 GE> Gee... doesn't sound half bad! 
 
 The part about working in an office is scary.  Been there, done 
 that, don't do that no more. 
 
 GE> Maybe I should glue on some pointy ears and run around pinching people 
 GE> on the neck! :) 
 
 Superglue is particuarly good for that purpose. 
 
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