Re: A CISM FABLE or a GRIM FAIRY TALE

[Guest guest]

ONCE UPON A TIME,

When Dr. Bledsoe and I were EMS pups there was no CISM. We employed

SELF-HELP to deal with the stresses of our world because that's all we had.

A dark sense of humor, the off-the-wall personalities that led us into this

bizarre business to begin with, the beer, barbecue, and bull sessions after

the calls.

There were no HIPAA rules to worry about, no political correctness to make

us ashamed to laugh at our weirder patients and the strangely awful things

that happened to them, and we didn't expect there to be an evidence-based

cure for every single twinge we felt. We thought we were normal.

Then we learned that we were not. We learned that the feelings we had were

symptoms of a CONDITION. A CONDITION that required PROFESSIONAL help. So

we read THE LITERATURE. And low and behold, we found out that what we had

was Post Traumatic Stress DISORDER. We felt sick.

We searched THE LITERATURE some more. Some people decided to get their PhDs

and get grants to do STUDIES on US. They PUBLISHED ARTICLES on what was

wrong with us and what we ought to do about it. They named it CRITICAL

INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT. They were invited to travel to SEMINARS. They

got MORE GRANTS. The grants funded more STUDIES.

We all went to Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. There was no beer or

barbecue but we felt better because we were receiving PROFESSIONAL HELP. We

were proud of ourselves. After the CISM Debriefings we went for beer and

barbecue to celebrate.

There were no more PAPERS to write and no more GRANTS and no more STUDIES to

do to prove how sick we used to be and how much better off we were now that

we had PROFESSIONAL HELP.

But there were some who still didn't have our PhDs and couldn't think of any

way to get a grant to get them free. So we decided to invent another

DISORDER. We called it POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING DISORDER

(PISDD). And we WERE pisd. Now we felt sick again because we realized

that we weren't well after all. We were really even SICKER than we had

thought.

So we decided to throw CISD out. This turned out to be a wonderful idea

because it enabled lots of us to get new GRANTS, do new STUDIES and become

the NEW PROFESSIONALS. We published more LITERATURE, and all the books had

to be changed and rewritten. The publishing business entered a new economic

boom. The Republicans got re-elected. Morbidity and mortality plummeted.

We got a whole new round of invitations to go to SEMINARS and present new

PRESENTATIONS. We felt important again. We felt GOOD because we once again

had identified a new sickness that we didn't even know we had and came up

with a cure for it without even being asked.

But some of us still didn't have our PhDs yet. We were looking for something

new to write about, some new GRANTS to apply for, some new STUDIES to do.

And LO AND BEHOLD, one day we discovered that we were STILL SICK, EVEN SICKER

THAN BEFORE. We had POST-POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBREIFING SYNDROME.

We were thrilled. Before, there was only a DISORDER. NOW THERE was A

SYNDROME. We applied for grants.......................

Gene Gandy

" i think i've got a fever "

[Guest guest]

Gene, you ain't right in the head........... LOL

Jane Hill

You wrote:

>ONCE UPON A TIME,

>

>When Dr. Bledsoe and I were EMS pups there was no CISM. We employed

>SELF-HELP to deal with the stresses of our world because that's all we

had.

>A dark sense of humor, the off-the-wall personalities that led us into

this

>bizarre business to begin with, the beer, barbecue, and bull sessions

after

>the calls.

>

>There were no HIPAA rules to worry about, no political correctness to

make

>us ashamed to laugh at our weirder patients and the strangely awful

things

>that happened to them, and we didn't expect there to be an evidence-based

>cure for every single twinge we felt. We thought we were normal.

>

>Then we learned that we were not. We learned that the feelings we had

were

>symptoms of a CONDITION. A CONDITION that required PROFESSIONAL help.

So

>we read THE LITERATURE. And low and behold, we found out that what we

had

>was Post Traumatic Stress DISORDER. We felt sick.

>

>We searched THE LITERATURE some more. Some people decided to get their

PhDs

>and get grants to do STUDIES on US. They PUBLISHED ARTICLES on what was

>wrong with us and what we ought to do about it. They named it CRITICAL

>INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT. They were invited to travel to SEMINARS.

They

>got MORE GRANTS. The grants funded more STUDIES.

>

>We all went to Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. There was no beer

or

>barbecue but we felt better because we were receiving PROFESSIONAL HELP.

We

>were proud of ourselves. After the CISM Debriefings we went for beer and

>barbecue to celebrate.

>

>There were no more PAPERS to write and no more GRANTS and no more STUDIES

to

>do to prove how sick we used to be and how much better off we were now

that

>we had PROFESSIONAL HELP.

>

>But there were some who still didn't have our PhDs and couldn't think of

any

>way to get a grant to get them free. So we decided to invent another

>DISORDER. We called it POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING DISORDER

>(PISDD). And we WERE pisd. Now we felt sick again because we realized

>that we weren't well after all. We were really even SICKER than we had

>thought.

>

>So we decided to throw CISD out. This turned out to be a wonderful idea

>because it enabled lots of us to get new GRANTS, do new STUDIES and

become

>the NEW PROFESSIONALS. We published more LITERATURE, and all the books

had

>to be changed and rewritten. The publishing business entered a new

economic

>boom. The Republicans got re-elected. Morbidity and mortality

plummeted.

>We got a whole new round of invitations to go to SEMINARS and present new

>PRESENTATIONS. We felt important again. We felt GOOD because we once

again

>had identified a new sickness that we didn't even know we had and came up

>with a cure for it without even being asked.

>

>But some of us still didn't have our PhDs yet. We were looking for

something

>new to write about, some new GRANTS to apply for, some new STUDIES to

do.

>And LO AND BEHOLD, one day we discovered that we were STILL SICK, EVEN

SICKER

>THAN BEFORE. We had POST-POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBREIFING

SYNDROME.

>We were thrilled. Before, there was only a DISORDER. NOW THERE was A

>SYNDROME. We applied for grants.......................

>

>Gene Gandy

> " i think i've got a fever "

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Gene, you ain't right in the head........... LOL

Jane Hill

You wrote:

>ONCE UPON A TIME,

>

>When Dr. Bledsoe and I were EMS pups there was no CISM. We employed

>SELF-HELP to deal with the stresses of our world because that's all we

had.

>A dark sense of humor, the off-the-wall personalities that led us into

this

>bizarre business to begin with, the beer, barbecue, and bull sessions

after

>the calls.

>

>There were no HIPAA rules to worry about, no political correctness to

make

>us ashamed to laugh at our weirder patients and the strangely awful

things

>that happened to them, and we didn't expect there to be an evidence-based

>cure for every single twinge we felt. We thought we were normal.

>

>Then we learned that we were not. We learned that the feelings we had

were

>symptoms of a CONDITION. A CONDITION that required PROFESSIONAL help.

So

>we read THE LITERATURE. And low and behold, we found out that what we

had

>was Post Traumatic Stress DISORDER. We felt sick.

>

>We searched THE LITERATURE some more. Some people decided to get their

PhDs

>and get grants to do STUDIES on US. They PUBLISHED ARTICLES on what was

>wrong with us and what we ought to do about it. They named it CRITICAL

>INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT. They were invited to travel to SEMINARS.

They

>got MORE GRANTS. The grants funded more STUDIES.

>

>We all went to Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. There was no beer

or

>barbecue but we felt better because we were receiving PROFESSIONAL HELP.

We

>were proud of ourselves. After the CISM Debriefings we went for beer and

>barbecue to celebrate.

>

>There were no more PAPERS to write and no more GRANTS and no more STUDIES

to

>do to prove how sick we used to be and how much better off we were now

that

>we had PROFESSIONAL HELP.

>

>But there were some who still didn't have our PhDs and couldn't think of

any

>way to get a grant to get them free. So we decided to invent another

>DISORDER. We called it POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING DISORDER

>(PISDD). And we WERE pisd. Now we felt sick again because we realized

>that we weren't well after all. We were really even SICKER than we had

>thought.

>

>So we decided to throw CISD out. This turned out to be a wonderful idea

>because it enabled lots of us to get new GRANTS, do new STUDIES and

become

>the NEW PROFESSIONALS. We published more LITERATURE, and all the books

had

>to be changed and rewritten. The publishing business entered a new

economic

>boom. The Republicans got re-elected. Morbidity and mortality

plummeted.

>We got a whole new round of invitations to go to SEMINARS and present new

>PRESENTATIONS. We felt important again. We felt GOOD because we once

again

>had identified a new sickness that we didn't even know we had and came up

>with a cure for it without even being asked.

>

>But some of us still didn't have our PhDs yet. We were looking for

something

>new to write about, some new GRANTS to apply for, some new STUDIES to

do.

>And LO AND BEHOLD, one day we discovered that we were STILL SICK, EVEN

SICKER

>THAN BEFORE. We had POST-POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBREIFING

SYNDROME.

>We were thrilled. Before, there was only a DISORDER. NOW THERE was A

>SYNDROME. We applied for grants.......................

>

>Gene Gandy

> " i think i've got a fever "

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Gene, you ain't right in the head........... LOL

Jane Hill

You wrote:

>ONCE UPON A TIME,

>

>When Dr. Bledsoe and I were EMS pups there was no CISM. We employed

>SELF-HELP to deal with the stresses of our world because that's all we

had.

>A dark sense of humor, the off-the-wall personalities that led us into

this

>bizarre business to begin with, the beer, barbecue, and bull sessions

after

>the calls.

>

>There were no HIPAA rules to worry about, no political correctness to

make

>us ashamed to laugh at our weirder patients and the strangely awful

things

>that happened to them, and we didn't expect there to be an evidence-based

>cure for every single twinge we felt. We thought we were normal.

>

>Then we learned that we were not. We learned that the feelings we had

were

>symptoms of a CONDITION. A CONDITION that required PROFESSIONAL help.

So

>we read THE LITERATURE. And low and behold, we found out that what we

had

>was Post Traumatic Stress DISORDER. We felt sick.

>

>We searched THE LITERATURE some more. Some people decided to get their

PhDs

>and get grants to do STUDIES on US. They PUBLISHED ARTICLES on what was

>wrong with us and what we ought to do about it. They named it CRITICAL

>INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT. They were invited to travel to SEMINARS.

They

>got MORE GRANTS. The grants funded more STUDIES.

>

>We all went to Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. There was no beer

or

>barbecue but we felt better because we were receiving PROFESSIONAL HELP.

We

>were proud of ourselves. After the CISM Debriefings we went for beer and

>barbecue to celebrate.

>

>There were no more PAPERS to write and no more GRANTS and no more STUDIES

to

>do to prove how sick we used to be and how much better off we were now

that

>we had PROFESSIONAL HELP.

>

>But there were some who still didn't have our PhDs and couldn't think of

any

>way to get a grant to get them free. So we decided to invent another

>DISORDER. We called it POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING DISORDER

>(PISDD). And we WERE pisd. Now we felt sick again because we realized

>that we weren't well after all. We were really even SICKER than we had

>thought.

>

>So we decided to throw CISD out. This turned out to be a wonderful idea

>because it enabled lots of us to get new GRANTS, do new STUDIES and

become

>the NEW PROFESSIONALS. We published more LITERATURE, and all the books

had

>to be changed and rewritten. The publishing business entered a new

economic

>boom. The Republicans got re-elected. Morbidity and mortality

plummeted.

>We got a whole new round of invitations to go to SEMINARS and present new

>PRESENTATIONS. We felt important again. We felt GOOD because we once

again

>had identified a new sickness that we didn't even know we had and came up

>with a cure for it without even being asked.

>

>But some of us still didn't have our PhDs yet. We were looking for

something

>new to write about, some new GRANTS to apply for, some new STUDIES to

do.

>And LO AND BEHOLD, one day we discovered that we were STILL SICK, EVEN

SICKER

>THAN BEFORE. We had POST-POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBREIFING

SYNDROME.

>We were thrilled. Before, there was only a DISORDER. NOW THERE was A

>SYNDROME. We applied for grants.......................

>

>Gene Gandy

> " i think i've got a fever "

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Gene, you ain't right in the head........... LOL

Jane Hill

You wrote:

>ONCE UPON A TIME,

>

>When Dr. Bledsoe and I were EMS pups there was no CISM. We employed

>SELF-HELP to deal with the stresses of our world because that's all we

had.

>A dark sense of humor, the off-the-wall personalities that led us into

this

>bizarre business to begin with, the beer, barbecue, and bull sessions

after

>the calls.

>

>There were no HIPAA rules to worry about, no political correctness to

make

>us ashamed to laugh at our weirder patients and the strangely awful

things

>that happened to them, and we didn't expect there to be an evidence-based

>cure for every single twinge we felt. We thought we were normal.

>

>Then we learned that we were not. We learned that the feelings we had

were

>symptoms of a CONDITION. A CONDITION that required PROFESSIONAL help.

So

>we read THE LITERATURE. And low and behold, we found out that what we

had

>was Post Traumatic Stress DISORDER. We felt sick.

>

>We searched THE LITERATURE some more. Some people decided to get their

PhDs

>and get grants to do STUDIES on US. They PUBLISHED ARTICLES on what was

>wrong with us and what we ought to do about it. They named it CRITICAL

>INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT. They were invited to travel to SEMINARS.

They

>got MORE GRANTS. The grants funded more STUDIES.

>

>We all went to Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. There was no beer

or

>barbecue but we felt better because we were receiving PROFESSIONAL HELP.

We

>were proud of ourselves. After the CISM Debriefings we went for beer and

>barbecue to celebrate.

>

>There were no more PAPERS to write and no more GRANTS and no more STUDIES

to

>do to prove how sick we used to be and how much better off we were now

that

>we had PROFESSIONAL HELP.

>

>But there were some who still didn't have our PhDs and couldn't think of

any

>way to get a grant to get them free. So we decided to invent another

>DISORDER. We called it POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING DISORDER

>(PISDD). And we WERE pisd. Now we felt sick again because we realized

>that we weren't well after all. We were really even SICKER than we had

>thought.

>

>So we decided to throw CISD out. This turned out to be a wonderful idea

>because it enabled lots of us to get new GRANTS, do new STUDIES and

become

>the NEW PROFESSIONALS. We published more LITERATURE, and all the books

had

>to be changed and rewritten. The publishing business entered a new

economic

>boom. The Republicans got re-elected. Morbidity and mortality

plummeted.

>We got a whole new round of invitations to go to SEMINARS and present new

>PRESENTATIONS. We felt important again. We felt GOOD because we once

again

>had identified a new sickness that we didn't even know we had and came up

>with a cure for it without even being asked.

>

>But some of us still didn't have our PhDs yet. We were looking for

something

>new to write about, some new GRANTS to apply for, some new STUDIES to

do.

>And LO AND BEHOLD, one day we discovered that we were STILL SICK, EVEN

SICKER

>THAN BEFORE. We had POST-POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBREIFING

SYNDROME.

>We were thrilled. Before, there was only a DISORDER. NOW THERE was A

>SYNDROME. We applied for grants.......................

>

>Gene Gandy

> " i think i've got a fever "

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Gene, you ain't right in the head........... LOL

Jane Hill

You wrote:

>ONCE UPON A TIME,

>

>When Dr. Bledsoe and I were EMS pups there was no CISM. We employed

>SELF-HELP to deal with the stresses of our world because that's all we

had.

>A dark sense of humor, the off-the-wall personalities that led us into

this

>bizarre business to begin with, the beer, barbecue, and bull sessions

after

>the calls.

>

>There were no HIPAA rules to worry about, no political correctness to

make

>us ashamed to laugh at our weirder patients and the strangely awful

things

>that happened to them, and we didn't expect there to be an evidence-based

>cure for every single twinge we felt. We thought we were normal.

>

>Then we learned that we were not. We learned that the feelings we had

were

>symptoms of a CONDITION. A CONDITION that required PROFESSIONAL help.

So

>we read THE LITERATURE. And low and behold, we found out that what we

had

>was Post Traumatic Stress DISORDER. We felt sick.

>

>We searched THE LITERATURE some more. Some people decided to get their

PhDs

>and get grants to do STUDIES on US. They PUBLISHED ARTICLES on what was

>wrong with us and what we ought to do about it. They named it CRITICAL

>INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT. They were invited to travel to SEMINARS.

They

>got MORE GRANTS. The grants funded more STUDIES.

>

>We all went to Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. There was no beer

or

>barbecue but we felt better because we were receiving PROFESSIONAL HELP.

We

>were proud of ourselves. After the CISM Debriefings we went for beer and

>barbecue to celebrate.

>

>There were no more PAPERS to write and no more GRANTS and no more STUDIES

to

>do to prove how sick we used to be and how much better off we were now

that

>we had PROFESSIONAL HELP.

>

>But there were some who still didn't have our PhDs and couldn't think of

any

>way to get a grant to get them free. So we decided to invent another

>DISORDER. We called it POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING DISORDER

>(PISDD). And we WERE pisd. Now we felt sick again because we realized

>that we weren't well after all. We were really even SICKER than we had

>thought.

>

>So we decided to throw CISD out. This turned out to be a wonderful idea

>because it enabled lots of us to get new GRANTS, do new STUDIES and

become

>the NEW PROFESSIONALS. We published more LITERATURE, and all the books

had

>to be changed and rewritten. The publishing business entered a new

economic

>boom. The Republicans got re-elected. Morbidity and mortality

plummeted.

>We got a whole new round of invitations to go to SEMINARS and present new

>PRESENTATIONS. We felt important again. We felt GOOD because we once

again

>had identified a new sickness that we didn't even know we had and came up

>with a cure for it without even being asked.

>

>But some of us still didn't have our PhDs yet. We were looking for

something

>new to write about, some new GRANTS to apply for, some new STUDIES to

do.

>And LO AND BEHOLD, one day we discovered that we were STILL SICK, EVEN

SICKER

>THAN BEFORE. We had POST-POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBREIFING

SYNDROME.

>We were thrilled. Before, there was only a DISORDER. NOW THERE was A

>SYNDROME. We applied for grants.......................

>

>Gene Gandy

> " i think i've got a fever "

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

And after finding this message five times, I see that working with him for

all that time had an effect.

Donn ;~)

Re: A CISM FABLE or a GRIM FAIRY TALE

Gene, you ain't right in the head........... LOL

Jane Hill

You wrote:

>ONCE UPON A TIME,

>

>When Dr. Bledsoe and I were EMS pups there was no CISM. We employed

>SELF-HELP to deal with the stresses of our world because that's all we

had.

>A dark sense of humor, the off-the-wall personalities that led us into

this

>bizarre business to begin with, the beer, barbecue, and bull sessions

after

>the calls.

>

>There were no HIPAA rules to worry about, no political correctness to

make

>us ashamed to laugh at our weirder patients and the strangely awful

things

>that happened to them, and we didn't expect there to be an evidence-based

>cure for every single twinge we felt. We thought we were normal.

>

>Then we learned that we were not. We learned that the feelings we had

were

>symptoms of a CONDITION. A CONDITION that required PROFESSIONAL help.

So

>we read THE LITERATURE. And low and behold, we found out that what we

had

>was Post Traumatic Stress DISORDER. We felt sick.

>

>We searched THE LITERATURE some more. Some people decided to get their

PhDs

>and get grants to do STUDIES on US. They PUBLISHED ARTICLES on what was

>wrong with us and what we ought to do about it. They named it CRITICAL

>INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT. They were invited to travel to SEMINARS.

They

>got MORE GRANTS. The grants funded more STUDIES.

>

>We all went to Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. There was no beer

or

>barbecue but we felt better because we were receiving PROFESSIONAL HELP.

We

>were proud of ourselves. After the CISM Debriefings we went for beer and

>barbecue to celebrate.

>

>There were no more PAPERS to write and no more GRANTS and no more STUDIES

to

>do to prove how sick we used to be and how much better off we were now

that

>we had PROFESSIONAL HELP.

>

>But there were some who still didn't have our PhDs and couldn't think of

any

>way to get a grant to get them free. So we decided to invent another

>DISORDER. We called it POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING DISORDER

>(PISDD). And we WERE pisd. Now we felt sick again because we realized

>that we weren't well after all. We were really even SICKER than we had

>thought.

>

>So we decided to throw CISD out. This turned out to be a wonderful idea

>because it enabled lots of us to get new GRANTS, do new STUDIES and

become

>the NEW PROFESSIONALS. We published more LITERATURE, and all the books

had

>to be changed and rewritten. The publishing business entered a new

economic

>boom. The Republicans got re-elected. Morbidity and mortality

plummeted.

>We got a whole new round of invitations to go to SEMINARS and present new

>PRESENTATIONS. We felt important again. We felt GOOD because we once

again

>had identified a new sickness that we didn't even know we had and came up

>with a cure for it without even being asked.

>

>But some of us still didn't have our PhDs yet. We were looking for

something

>new to write about, some new GRANTS to apply for, some new STUDIES to

do.

>And LO AND BEHOLD, one day we discovered that we were STILL SICK, EVEN

SICKER

>THAN BEFORE. We had POST-POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBREIFING

SYNDROME.

>We were thrilled. Before, there was only a DISORDER. NOW THERE was A

>SYNDROME. We applied for grants.......................

>

>Gene Gandy

> " i think i've got a fever "

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jane:

Your ISP is sending 5 copies of everything.

Re: A CISM FABLE or a GRIM FAIRY TALE

> Gene, you ain't right in the head........... LOL

>

> Jane Hill

>

> You wrote:

>

> >ONCE UPON A TIME,

> >

> >When Dr. Bledsoe and I were EMS pups there was no CISM. We employed

> >SELF-HELP to deal with the stresses of our world because that's all we

> had.

> >A dark sense of humor, the off-the-wall personalities that led us into

> this

> >bizarre business to begin with, the beer, barbecue, and bull sessions

> after

> >the calls.

> >

> >There were no HIPAA rules to worry about, no political correctness to

> make

> >us ashamed to laugh at our weirder patients and the strangely awful

> things

> >that happened to them, and we didn't expect there to be an evidence-based

> >cure for every single twinge we felt. We thought we were normal.

> >

> >Then we learned that we were not. We learned that the feelings we had

> were

> >symptoms of a CONDITION. A CONDITION that required PROFESSIONAL help.

> So

> >we read THE LITERATURE. And low and behold, we found out that what we

> had

> >was Post Traumatic Stress DISORDER. We felt sick.

> >

> >We searched THE LITERATURE some more. Some people decided to get their

> PhDs

> >and get grants to do STUDIES on US. They PUBLISHED ARTICLES on what was

> >wrong with us and what we ought to do about it. They named it CRITICAL

> >INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT. They were invited to travel to SEMINARS.

> They

> >got MORE GRANTS. The grants funded more STUDIES.

> >

> >We all went to Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. There was no beer

> or

> >barbecue but we felt better because we were receiving PROFESSIONAL HELP.

> We

> >were proud of ourselves. After the CISM Debriefings we went for beer and

> >barbecue to celebrate.

> >

> >There were no more PAPERS to write and no more GRANTS and no more STUDIES

> to

> >do to prove how sick we used to be and how much better off we were now

> that

> >we had PROFESSIONAL HELP.

> >

> >But there were some who still didn't have our PhDs and couldn't think of

> any

> >way to get a grant to get them free. So we decided to invent another

> >DISORDER. We called it POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING DISORDER

> >(PISDD). And we WERE pisd. Now we felt sick again because we realized

> >that we weren't well after all. We were really even SICKER than we had

> >thought.

> >

> >So we decided to throw CISD out. This turned out to be a wonderful idea

> >because it enabled lots of us to get new GRANTS, do new STUDIES and

> become

> >the NEW PROFESSIONALS. We published more LITERATURE, and all the books

> had

> >to be changed and rewritten. The publishing business entered a new

> economic

> >boom. The Republicans got re-elected. Morbidity and mortality

> plummeted.

> >We got a whole new round of invitations to go to SEMINARS and present new

> >PRESENTATIONS. We felt important again. We felt GOOD because we once

> again

> >had identified a new sickness that we didn't even know we had and came up

> >with a cure for it without even being asked.

> >

> >But some of us still didn't have our PhDs yet. We were looking for

> something

> >new to write about, some new GRANTS to apply for, some new STUDIES to

> do.

> >And LO AND BEHOLD, one day we discovered that we were STILL SICK, EVEN

> SICKER

> >THAN BEFORE. We had POST-POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBREIFING

> SYNDROME.

> >We were thrilled. Before, there was only a DISORDER. NOW THERE was A

> >SYNDROME. We applied for grants.......................

> >

> >Gene Gandy

> > " i think i've got a fever "

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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