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<DIV>Hi Folks!</DIV>
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<DIV>What? Again?! I demand a recount. I was sure it would be
Larry this year. I (mercifully) cut my posts by over 100 and I'm still the
top poster. The 2003 total is about half of what I did when I came in
second a few years back. Oh, well...</DIV>
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<DIV>In an attempt to NOT be the top poster for 2004, I will try to combine more
posts, starting now:</DIV>
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<DIV>1. Azamin wrote: > arghhhhhh number 10.....???? Oh my
god... I'm grooed... I don't have enough money to go to SDCC....... I have
classes to attend... is there anybody who want to go to SDCC... ? are you
willing to take my spot at <BR>number 10...? please... anybody.... help me</DIV>
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<DIV>Hey Azamin! I have a better idea. Send a picture of yourself we
can blow up and paste onto a cardboard cut out. I will personally carry it
around this year's SDCC so that you WILL be there. (Azamin will always be
a Top 5 Grooper Trooper in my book no matter how many posts he has.)
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<DIV>2. Chad wrote: > Well, I (for one) have never been so ashamed of
myself. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ah, Chad. That's your problem. The key to being a top poster is
having no shame whatsoever, as any fool can plainly see! </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"Bob" wrote: > Did someone say other side of the planet . . . . . . . .
<BR>"what camels ?"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Greg, or, uh, Bob, Azamin is on the other other side of the world.
That's right. From the steamy cheap comic book paper eating jungles of Malaysia
to the no boobs allowed by the government desert heat of Saudi Arabia, Groo Fans
are everywhere!!! And Greg, why is your e-mail name "Bob?" </DIV>
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<DIV>3. As for the "Top Poster," well, the promo posters are great, but
it's hard to beat the only mass market Groo poster with it's 171 characters
(178 if you count the little prairie dog-like animals and the ox), the hidden
message, the entire Groo Crew, and all those cool helmets, including helmets for
each of the Groo Crew that have a real life meaning. Did you also notice
that every character in the drawing except Rufferto and the guy asleep
on the side wall has there eyes on Groo, including some of the creatures on the
helmets! By the way, when I told Sergio there were 178 characters in
the poster, he said "Is that all? I have done things with many
more!" </DIV>
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<DIV>4. I guess Angel is a spin off of Buffy (?) and they have this
charter called Groo. Didn't know he was Groo Like. If was REALLY
Groo like, Angel would be dead (even if he is a vampire) and both shows would be
off the air. Oh wait, I think that's happening. All the more proof
that they did steal the Groo idea from Sergio & Mark and they should
sue. </DIV>
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<DIV>5. Hey Jared! I think lots of Groopies read lots of other stuff
and some, like me, don't. I only read Groo, anything by Sergio and/or Mark
and Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6. And finally, Re: Shawn & Larry & Groo License
plates: I am about to give my 1994 Mazda Protege away. It has had
Groo license plates on it for about 4 1/2 years now and I've put over
130,000 miles on it in that time and had no major problems. Clearly a
mystery of cosmic proportions. The only explanation is that my daughter
loves dogs, thereby perhaps granting my Groo car some kind of Rufferto
immunity. (btw, I'm transferring the plates to another car.) </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So there you go! At least 6 pointless posts in one, thereby saving
your delete fingers and working toward Larry or Eric or Anybody but me
being the top poster of 2004. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I hope all is going well with everyone. Read everyone else's bogs and
take care -Gary G. </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Total Groo Messages Received by Charles in
2003 - 1683 (which happens to be exactly ONE more message than in
2002)</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Top 5 from 2002 (from my previous
e-mail):</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>1 - Gary (What, Me
Err?) Grossman - 293</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>2 - Larry (Did I
Groo... again?) Steller - 174</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>3 - Mark (Man
of 1000 jobs) Evanier - 119</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>4 - Azamin (Cantona)
Zainol Abidin - 89</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>5 - Eric (Witty name
here) Chun - 73</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Top 5 from 2003 (even with the dynamic duo
of Janet & Elie):</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>1 - Gary (What Groo Panel?) Grossman
- 183</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>2 - Larry (I'm with Gary) Stellar -
151</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>3 - Eric (No Profanity!) Chun - 113
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>4 -
Janet (We should be counted together) & Elie - 72+30 =
102</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>5 - Ariel (The hills are alive, with the
sound of Groosagi) Sudilovsky - 69</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>6 - Mark (There's no need to fear, Mark
Evanier is here) Evanier - 67</SPAN></DIV>
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