Date:  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 00:19:18 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU>

Subject: Re: Empirical proof for "going postal"



Announcers on CNN Headline News have used 'go... postal' a number of times,

but sorta "in quotation marks." And 'hello' was a prominent feature of

one segment of "Talk Soup" on E! a couple of hours ago. 'Hello' is a

short form of 'Hello! Anybody home?', a rejoinder that I've heard occasionally

for maybe 3 or 4 years. But then I watch "Talk Soup," so who am I to say

what's normal?

          DMLance