Read what you have time for below & save the residuum for a stormy/ blustery/dilatory interval while the charming/exquisite/vernal/ aestival season is bursting out all over. Our goal is to promote a non- threatening and productive office & university environment and to establish language that is gender- neutral, ethnic-neutral, and age- neutral while celebrating our spirit of diversity.
A UNC* sophomore calls Delta Airlines and asks, "Can you tell me how long it'll take to fly from Raleigh to New York City?"
The agent replies, "Just a minute..."
"Thank you," the sophomore says, and hangs up.
________ *UNC is the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Specializing in a wide range of degree programs including: B.A. A.H.F.(Advanced Hamburger Flipping), A.P.E., B.R.C. (Bar Room Conversations), etc. Institution was founded in 1898 for sons/daughters of local Chapel Still politicians that were unable to qualify for the more prestigious institutions of higher learning such as Duke, Wake Forest, and N.C. State.
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"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved." Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), Les Miserables, 1862