Hi,

What follows is seriously funny.
A friend send me this with the following comment:
"We often forget about subliminal impression our names, aliases and sigs make on people (and ourselves)."
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Reports claim people with surnames beginning with a letter in the first half
of the alphabet are more likely to be successful.
The problem has been traced back to childhood, when school lists and classroom
seating arrangements are often determined alphabetically.
The report claims people who continuously see their names at the bottom of a
list can suffer from low self-esteem.
The world's five richest people - Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Paul Allen, Larry
Ellison and Karl Allbrecht - are have surnames near the top of the alphabet.
Of the British Prime Ministers elected in the 20th century, only Margaret
Thatcher and Harold Wilson had surnames starting A to M.
All the Spice Girls, three of the four Beatles, and six of the seven G7 heads of
government all follow the rule.
The trend is explained in this week's edition of The Economist.
Economics editor Pam Woodhall says pupils with surnames at the end of alphabet
aren't questioned as much by teachers because they're sat near the back of the
class.
She said: "The humiliation continues ... at university graduations, shortlists
for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers: all
tend to be drawn up alphabetically."
The paper quotes psychologist Richard Wiseman saying a high alphabet listing
boosts people's confidence.
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