Here's an interesting email I received March 19, 2005, from "Lauren", who liked my symmetric Venn diagram on 5 sets that is also a Brunnian link:


From: Lauren <XXXXXXX@YYYYY.ZZZ>
To: me@myschool.edu
Subject: a million thanks
Date sent: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:24:06 -0500
Send reply to: Lauren <XXXXXXX@YYYYY.ZZZ>
> hello Dr. Mabry... i am just some random person
> that stumbled upon your page of cool
> math/computer graphics stuff a month or so ago and i
> wanted to show you that i liked the "ice cream cone"
> one so much that its now a permanent part on my body :)
> please dont sue me.
image of Lauren's tattoo
Hi Lauren,

You know, if I collected a dollar from everyone who has
used that graphic for a tattoo, I'd be ...
a dollar richer!

WOW! Hey, this isn't going to become some cult symbol now, is it?
The power of mathematics must be used only for good.

No, I won't sue you. A far as I'm concerned, it is "public domain",
because I put it out there for academic purposes.
(I could not and would not sue you.)

I presume you also saw the awful truth
> cheers and thanks SOOO much... Lauren
Thanks for making my day. I'll have to share this with my colleagues.
(I'm not sure it is safe to share with my students!) Hey, I think
I'll post it on the website. Please don't sue me.

Enjoy!

RM