From:	Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject:	Hostile Amish
Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 1996 00:40:40 -0500

Ok, now just as a sidenote, before I get into something really silly...

I have nothing against the Amish, and if anyone on this list happens to be
Amish...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING USING A COMPUTER?????

<grin>

Well now, with that out of the way...

About an hour south of where I live there is an Amish community called
Middlefield. A couple weeks ago I had to ride down there with my
grandfather and help him pick up some stuff... Anyways, while down there,
we stopped at a restaurant down there, and lo and behold, what did I see?

An Amish Dwarf! He was about four feet tall, about three feet wide, and had
the Amish beard and clothes... Pretty fuky looking... I mean, he didn't
just look like a midget (also appologies for that term... But vertically
challenged sounds wierd), he looked like your typical Fantasy/SR dwarf. He
even had the wide nose that fantasy dwarves have...:)

and that got me thinking... What would Amish Country be like in 205X?

Any Suggestions?? These may be included in my Cleveland posting to the next
Nerps posting...:)

BTW, for those of you who don't know what Amish are, they are a
semi-religious group of people who don't believe in technology (hence my
earlier comment). They farm most of there own food, drive horse and buggy's
instead of cars, etc...

They also dress odd... The men wear these dark suits most of the time with
these black hats (similar to a fedora), and all where a beard cut in a
specific style with no mustache... The women all where black or lite blue
dresses and white bonnets...

They're all nice people, real friendly, but a little odd...