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Bat'Leth sent me this one, along with the first news of the event. Wahhhhh!

Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000
Subject: OT - One for the Peanuts fans

For those of us in the States who missed the special newspaper with the Peanuts tributes in them and those overseas who may never have had the chance to see them, they're online. Personally, Garfield is my favorite of the bunch, and page 6 of the editorial cartoons actually put me in tears.

[Note - March 2002 - the tribute collection on Dilbert.com has been closed down, probably due to webspace shortages or something. I extend my thank you's to the site managers for having kept it up so long. But! Click here for the Official Peanuts Website ... Hurrah! - Gok]

Terri

Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000
From: Cecilia
Subject: Thoughts of our Beloved Pets

Got this from ANOTHER Cecilia. Loved it

>> > Subject: Being a True friend 

>> > HEAVEN 
>> > An old man and his dog were walking along a country road, enjoying 
the 
>> > scenery, when it suddenly occurred to the man that he had died. He 
>> > remembered  dying, and realized, too, that the dog had been dead 
for many years. He  wondered where the road would lead them, and 
continued onward. 
>> > After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side 
of 
>> > the  road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, 
it was 
>> > broken by a tall, white arch that gleamed in the sunlight. When he 
was standing  before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that 
looked like mother of  pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked 
like pure gold. He was 
>pleased  that he had finally arrived at heaven, and the man and his dog 
walked 
>> > toward  the gate. As he got closer, he saw someone sitting at a 
beautifully 
>> > carved  desk off to one side. 
>> > When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, but is this 
>heaven?" 
>> > "Yes, it is, sir," the man answered. 
>> > "Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked. 
>> > "Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water 
brought 
>> > right up." The gatekeeper gestured to his rear, and the huge gate 
began to 
>> > open. 
>> > "I assume my friend can come in..." the man said, gesturing toward 
his 
>> > dog. 
>> > But the reply was "I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets." 
>> > The man thought about it, then thanked the gatekeeper, turned back 
>toward the road, and continued in the direction he had been going. 
After another long walk, he reached the top of another long hill, and he 
came to a dirt 
>> > road, which led through a farm gate. There was no fence, and it 
looked as if the gate had never been closed, as grass had grown up 
around it. As he 
>> > approached the gate, he saw a man just inside, sitting in the shade 
of a tree in a rickety old chair, reading a book. 
>> > "Excuse me!" he called to the reader. "Do you have any water?" 
>> > "Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there," the man said, pointing to 
a 
>> > place that couldn't be seen from outside the gate. "Come on in and 
make 
>> > yourself at home." 
>> > "How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog. 
>> > "He's welcome too, and there's a bowl by the pump," he said. 
>> > They walked through the gate and, sure enough, there was an 
>old-fashioned hand pump with a dipper hanging on it and a bowl next to 
it on the  ground. 
>> > The man filled the bowl for his dog, he then took a long drink 
himself. 
>> > When both were satisfied, he and the dog walked back toward the 
man, 
who was  sitting under the tree waiting for them, and asked, "What do 
you call 
>> > this place?" the traveler asked. 
>> > "This is heaven," was the answer. 
>> > "Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "It certainly doesn't 
look 
>> > like >> > heaven, and there's another man down the road who said 
that place was heaven." 
>> > "Oh, you mean the place with the golden street and pearly gates?" 
>> > "Yes, it was beautiful." 
>> > "Nope. That's hell." 
>> > "Doesn't it offend you for them to use the name of heaven like 
that?" 
>> > "No. I can see how you might think so, but it actually saves us a 
lot 
of time. They screen out the people who are willing to leave their best 
>> > friends behind."