Since Mike Burger has the Allison LaPlaca Open, I can have this. "The Curse" is the tendency for presidents elected in years ending with the digit zero to be shot and/or to die in office. Since we have a new president, it is morbidly appropriate to have a contest to predict his doom. Hopefully, any would-be assassin will get it right the first time, so we won't have to argue about whether merely getting shot or actually death wins the contest, and hopefully, that person will use a gun, so we won't have to decide if knife wounds count. If I decide that the winner deserves a prize, I can't decide whether killing Dubya yourself makes you forfeit the prize or gets you an even bigger prize. So, here's what you do: 1) Send an e-mail to ard_at_... 2) make the subject "The Curse Contest" in order to make it easy for me to wade through my email 3) Include your name, a month, day, and year within the next four years (eight, if you think Dubya's going to be lucky), and a short comment (if you wish) which I may include when I get around to building a webpage. Saying that he won't die is not a valid entry, and will not be included on the webpage. That's the rough guide. More details I think of them and as I get around to making a webpage for this contest. Feel free to forward this to all your friends. And remember: Even if you kill George Dubya Bush, we'll still have a Dick in the White House.
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