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Additional Text for the 08/10/04 Alumni Sandstorm 
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)

To: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: Skeeter Solutions
Betty,
    Thank you for your "Skeeter Alert" about The West Nile
virus mosquitos and their love for standing water. I'm not
sure if "West Nile" mosquitoes have made it clear out here
yet, although I'm sure their dads and gramps have told them
"go west young skeeter, go west." I was unable to address
this matter in a timely manner as I was kinda "swamped" 
with a "swarming" of other concerns for awhile and John
Richardson ('58), PPP Estates Pro Shop Promoter and Puddle
Pal Agent appears to be off playing in other phavbulous
puddles (I refuse to "capitalize" on other commercial
puddles -- Power To The Personal Puddle!) with Phvavbulous
Beautiful Phemales!!! Not to worry, John will have to return
those rather large phemale kitty cats to the Sigmoid and 
Ray show people soon and then he will get back to the
development of PPP Estates. 
    I was wondering if you could capture a bunch of 
lightening bugs there in Kansas. Send the bugs to me and 
we will cross them with the local skeeters. That way, just
before they bite, their little hind ends will flash, making
them easier to locate and swat. In the meantime and as 
a temporary precaution, My wife has recruited "The Toad
Patrol" from Toad Hollow. They are a Two-Toad Team (The T3
team) so in this case, T3 = two, Oh well, you get what I
mean -- don't you? The Top Toad (T2) is the commander and
supplies his own binoculars, so costs are minimal and they
get to eat all they catch. T2 locates the skeeters and
directs T1 (his apprentice) to the proper coordinates for
capture of invading skeeters (both aerial and aquatic
infiltrators). However, as with most consulting teams of
specialists there are issues to work around. Top Toad AKA,
T2, or "The Big Guy" wanted a lily pad which we were unable
to provide due to the intermittent nature of Pappy's Puddle
so he settled for a large rock. Seems as though he's
squeamish about getting his feet wet. I guess all
celebrities demand their perks. And they demanded "no DEET,"
something about it making the skeets taste funny. A picture
of the T3 team on patrol is provided.
    
 
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ Psst!  John, get back here 
       quick. I don't know how much longer they'll buy the 
       toad patrol story.
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