And MEP Jill Evans has volunteered to sit for the dunking stool, in furtherance of a good cause. 100 Euros a throw, and proceeds go to buying DDT-treated mosquito nets for the third world. Fastball, right down the middle. What a wonderful world this would be. -Joe -----Original Message----- From: tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Bruneel Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:40 AM To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tinwhiskers] Re: EU parliament issues press release Dang Steve too bad it's April 1st -----Original Message----- From: tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:33 AM To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tinwhiskers] EU parliament issues press release PRESS RELEASE 1 April 2010 From: Office of the President of the European Union Parliament To: Those concerned For Broad Public Issue (BPI) Subject: All RoHS Directives All RoHS Directives are hereby repealed. It has been discovered that these (RoHS) regulations were without scientific merit and actually destructive to the environment, rather than supportive and protective of it, as we had originally intended. We admit that we were misled by certain radical-fringe environmental groups, who, masquerading as scientists, furnished our legislative representatives with False Data. We did not properly investigate and ask for substantiation of the information furnished, as was our responsibility as elected representatives of our constituents and members of the World Community of Mankind. We are willing to take responsibility for the consequences of our actions. Any individual, business or National entity who believes they have been damaged by the enforced waste of human resources and excess costs fo compliance with the former ROHS regulations and all material losses attendant thereto, including specifically equipment and systems failures due to tin whiskers and brittle lead-free solder joints, is entitled to enter a claim for reparations. Damages may be ascertained by attestation under oath, and will be taken at face value. Our preliminary calculations show that the United States of America alone is entitled to reparations of no less than fifty billion U. S. Dollars, and we accept worldwide responsibility with no upper limit. The reparations will be funded by an income tax surcharge on all radical-fringe environmentalist-group-members in perpetuity. ---end---