Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:36:11 -0700
From: Derek R <derekr@DEREKROGERSON.COM>
To: POETICS@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: utility problem


the street lights are not working
air-conditioning is not working
airport screening is not working
the airports are not working
the elevators were not working
the road map (to peace) is not working
the railroad is not working
the subway is not working
President Taylor is not working
our education system is not working
my mother asks why I'm not working
tax-cuts are not working
cell phones are not working
tornado sirens are not working
celebrities want to be left alone when they're not working
UI will pay you $330/month for not working
the government in Sacramento is not working
we only have video, the sound's not working
the situation is not working
security's not working
US foreign policy is not working
affirmative action is not working
war is not working
my msn messenger is not working
the television remote control not working
AIDS Policies are not working
this Web site is not working
the lines of communication are not working
the password is not working
something is not working
ATMs are not working
the plumbing's not working
you're doing what you're doing and it's still not working
pest control is not working
next week he's on vacation and not working
her lungs are not working
photo finish machines are not working
a worm strikes a computer then it's not working
your car's not working
it's not an issue unless it is not working
the system's not working
Terry's complaining his shoulder's not working
healthcare is not working
the flight data recorder was not working
dishwashing machine was not working
the parole system is not working
the tv's not working
the radio's not working
the gas-pumps are not working
the game-plan is not working
the experiment's not working
what we have is not working
the homeland security warning-system is not working
13 percent of business-school graduates are not working
the automated system is not working
the coalition forces are not working
the power's not working
the electricity is not working
escalators are not working
what I've been teaching our kids is not working
condom dispensing machines are not working
the strategy is not working
the business model is not working
retirees are not working
free-trade policies are not working
there is fear if it's not working
a refrigerator storing portobello mushrooms is not working
federal dollars shouldn't be used for things that are not working
the earpiece is not working
monetary policy is not working
neighborhood cleanups are not working
the 'customer is always right' policy is not working
parts of the brain that interpret emotion are not working
Balkan unity is just not working
the Davis' strategy is not working
self-regulation is not working
the fire alarms are not working
prohibition is not working
you're joking around too much with the customers and not working
the 'let's wait and see' is not working
stomach implants designed to reject alcohol are not working
the refineries are not working
the current legislation not working
employed people drink more heavily than those not working
Germany is not working
the microphones were not working
control measures are not working
police policing themselves is obviously not working
the machines are not working
my pager's not working
your voice-mail is not working
I have a great deal of time when I'm not working
when you love what you do you're not working
when he bats left-handed it's not working
when we're not in session we're not working
you're less appealing to employers when you're not working
reform is not working
the church is not working
capitalism is not working
the free market is not working
no one ever takes responsibility for the damn thing not working
the medicine is not working
people get restless when they're not working
I go fishing all the time when I'm not working
my double life is not working
chemotherapy treatments are not working
the meter is still not working
the effort to combat terrorism is not working
the romantic formula is not working
Hilary Duff is a normal 15-year-old girl when she's not working
the water is not working
my right arm is not working
the fax number's not working
the protest vote is not working
appliances are not working
half of those certified as an MCSE are not working
you can't stay out of trouble if you are not working
it seems to me that something is just fundamentally not working