[MR] Two Lists or not Two lists

[Jessica Wilbur]

On 13 Apr 01, at 12:35, Gene Bonar wrote:

> > I am highly NOT in favor of splitting the list!
> 
> 
> I agree with Sveva.
> 
> For those of you who were not here 5 years ago the Merry Rose was a
> much more rauchous list then.
> 
> Then joking and chatter got waaay out of hand just before an event (
> Emerald Joust I think) and it finally was decided that an "all fun
> list" would be created to move the "fun" people off the MR and leave
> it for the more "serious and appropriate" stuff.
> 
> Well the fun list (the Red Dragon I think) lasted about 1 month.  The
> fact is that most people like a mixture.

Good my Lord, I must correct this statement. The Red Dragon is, 
in fact, still in existence today, about five years after it was started. 
It's a lot quieter now, but that is mostly due to fairly severe cases 
of Life that have cropped up among its members.

Yours respectfully,
--Muireann ni Riordain