Thanks for the new line! My repertoire was getting old! In fact, I recall one highly entertaining example of this line on an old episode of the Lou Grant Show when one of the reporters was assigned to interview (those who are "appalled" at non-pc language tune out now) skid row bums. He tried to escape the assignment by telling Mr. Grant that his father was one of these unfortunates and that doing the interview would create unpleasant feelings. The crusty editor's response was: "That's why it's called work." Or, when I was running my own business and my employees complained, I reminded them that if they were enjoying themselves then they'd be paying me! Geoff At 04:15 PM 8/31/01 -0600, you wrote: >My stock response to "this is boring" is "that's why they call it >'work.'" To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/