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Hello Friends, Whyvillians, and Countryfolk. This article is in response to
Sanic's: "How to Find the WhyHouse." Having read over the article, and the
several hundred Why-mails to me that must have followed, I find myself in a
position where I must respond.
The history of the WhyHouse is quite strange. It was one of the first buildings
in the Whyville community. It has been open to the public for years.
Unfortunately, the link from the Whyville Square to the WhyHouse was severed
just over one year ago. Citizens from that point forth were denied direct access to the
WhyHouse, the building which housed the Whyology survey of 2001.
After a few months, I decided to set out in search of the WhyHouse. About 6
months ago, I discovered the hidden URL:
www.whyville.net/smmk/WhyHouse. I kept
it a secret for about 2 months before I decided (with encouragement from City Worker
scyllaCat) to create a band of people to get together every once in a while to
make plans about Whyville, and try our best to help it in our own way.
After much thinking time, I formed the club now known as the Death Angels four months
ago. We are a fully active club, with about 40 members. There are strict
requirements for citizens who wish to join the club. Your salary must reach
or exceed 70 clams on one account (not including clams made from face parts).
You must be a 3-month member of Whyville or longer to be considered a member.
The reasons these rules are in place is so that club members will have already
experienced most of Whyville, and will therefore have creative ideas for
helping it.
Meetings are arranged weekly by myself and vice-presidents. For one hour, we
discuss Whyville and its concerns, from topics such as "Oldbies vs newbies"
to
"Racism in Whyville." Our members live anywhere from Canada to the United States
to Ireland and farther. Our members are black and white; Jewish, Christian and
Hindu; and all our members are people who want to help Whyville with all they can.
Vice-presidents of the club are Rebok, Darsh, bbubb, kkrules and zebra10. I or any one of these 5 members can
host a meeting at any time they choose. We keep to our rules, and we fight for
what is right.
However, we felt we were a rather low-key helping group until the article in the
Times. I felt my club's name was placed in a bad position. My club is
absolutely free and is easy enough to join, if you are willing to take the time
and effort.?? I don't know why Sanic said I asked for clams -- that's just
not true, maybe there was some confusion, or maybe she just doesn't like our
club.
In any case, since the discovery of the WhyHouse in the Times, new members have been flooding
inside. My club location was made public knowledge, and we have been temporarily
silenced.?? Editor's Note: I'm pretty sure Deriko doesn't mean
that he thinks other people shouldn't be allowed into the WhyHouse; he probably
just wishes they had their private club space again.?? Deriko, feel free to
correct me in the BBS.
I want to encourage any citizens who feels they want to make a
difference, to speak to me or another member of the club. If you like what we
have to offer, and you want to offer something to the community as well, then
please Why-mail one of our VP's and they will try their best to send you a
speedy response.
I do want to congratulate Sanic for finding the WhyHouse. It takes
dedication to actually go out and look for these things. Sanic did just that,
and succeeded in her quest.
Does
everyone in Whyville know there are over 3 billion checkers rooms? There are
around 12 billion hidden chat rooms in Whyville. All of them are separate from
normal links to the Whyville world. For example, the Whyville Times building still has a link
to it from Whyville. The Sportplatz still has its extra prom rooms.
With billions of new chatrooms to explore, I offer all Whyvillians a challenge
to find and discover as many as they see fit. I am also still looking for new
members for the Death Angels society, and I think that anyone who really wants
to give a thanks back to Whyville should come and enjoy themselves. We have our
own club paper, The Death Angels Daily, which is safe for readers of all age.
We want citizens of all age, gender and race to join our quest to help Whyville.
I'm off to go snowblading with my friends. I hope everyone has a safe and happy
winter.
Death Angels President,
Deriko
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Editor's Note: Out of curiosity, Deriko, why the
club name "Death Angels"?
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