alert amy your phone is ringing. 980906 ... [marissa] [user is online] [in case of emergency, use stairs] [you have four unplayed messages] [warning! highly flammable] 981023 ... emily Panic... Run... Move... Quick... Quick... Must Move... Must Get Away... 990130 ... paul People on alert miss what they weren't looking for. 990226 ... For sure! wouldn't you love to have an alarm clock that screamed, "ALERT! ALERT!" ? I would! 000713 ... User24 me too. that would be quite cool. Or one that says "warning! evacuate immediatly....warning! evacuate immediatly...." etc 010813 ... User24 a very useful keyword in JavaScript eg 010820 ... User24 oh fuck it commented it out. 010820 ... User24 function alertStuff(theText) { //this function is totally pointless. alert(theText); } alertStuff('here is our text'); 010820 what's it to you? who go blather from