<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>I keep caged canaries near the stove just for this purpose, much like coal miners used to do.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alternatively, you can always use Teflon cooking utensils to cook up your birds, although I'd recommend a lower temperature setting than 600 degrees.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Did you know that human saliva has been conclusively proven to cause cancer? (But only when consumed in small quantities over a long period of time.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, to prove that mother's milk is dangerous, they fed rats the equivalent of a gallon of the stuff per day: They all exploded.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And worst of all: Normal aging is 100% fatal.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>And if any of you have birds, get rid of all your Teflon cooking utensils<BR>now. If Teflon gets hot enough to start out gassing, your birds will fall<BR>over dead within moments. Not minutes. Moments.<BR><BR>-- Geoff Sykes<BR>-- Assoc. Los Angeles<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>