<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>In a southern cotton field where lived two boll weevils: Victor, who was immense, arrogant and overbearing, and Wes, who was a small, introverted, likable weevil. Whenever they met, Victor delighted in taunting little Wes, openly sneering at him and belittling him in ever weevil way.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One day little Wes asked a passing jaybird, "Why is it that I am a victim of such unjust discrimination?"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Because," replied the jaybird, "you are the lesser of two weevils."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Bolls!" cired little Wes. Unable to tolerate his lot any longer, he flew off to the north country where he soon infested a frontier outpost. In joyous celebration of his courageous move, the townsfolk promptly named the place WES WEEVIL'S TOWN.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The name has since been corrupted into the present "West Yellowstone," but exactly when does not seem to be documented in either the town library or the nearby national park's where there are geysers [moderator: note keyword "geysers"] archives.</DIV> <DIV>--------</DIV> <DIV>The above being one of the little known true stories promulgated by the Wretched Mess News</DIV></BODY></HTML>