In article , "Michael Reynolds"
writes:

"Disgusted" wrote in message
...

I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the ****
out of them!

According to the same 1930 ARRL Handbook, "The Wouff-Hong is amateur radio's
most sacred symbol and stands for the enforcement of law and order in
amateur operation." The Wouff-Hong's nearest analog is the old-fashion but
still effective can opener. Now every can opener requires an initial
insertion point, and (if you picture the human anatomical form) you can
choose between upper and lower points. The object is to open up the
miscreant and expose his evil to himself. This requires the subject to be
supine and all opening to be done on the front side, where the victim can
indeed see the results: the exposure of his own evil. The beauty of the wood
Wouff-Hong lies in the fact that it leaves splinters in places from which
they cannot be removed. Thus is the scoundrel reminded for life of his
misdeeds and what lies ahead if any one of them should ever be repeated.

So, not only were the Founding Fathers of the ARRL anal retentive, but
they exhibited some kind of perverse fascination with sodomy and
inflicting suffering on those who did not think/do as they did.

Not a good thing to found a radio activity hobby on...

LHA