HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Hello?  It's Your Vending Machine.
Date: 10 Jan 1993 23:22:36 GMT
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.12.117

I was BS'ing with some of the people around here about various
appliances (we do this on work time no less) and their energy
consumption.

One of the older fellows here mentioned that he had heard in
the 1970s that a "hidden" problem with common vending machines
was that they would run up large telephone charges because they
were wired by the installers to ring up their companies (which
were often regional offices some distance away) when there were 
problems (e.g., mechanical, out of snacks, need change, etc.)  

It also seemed that many installers just "tapped" their machines
into the phone lines without informing the company.

Anybody hear anything similar?


Terry "Who do I call when my Twinkie is stuck?" Chan
--
Energy and Environment Division   | Internet:  TWChan@lbl.gov
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory      | 
Berkeley, California  USA  94720  | Yeah, right.
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.arts.startrek.misc,talk.bizarre
From: PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai)
Subject: Re: Sex, the Final Frontier?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 22:44:58 GMT

torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair) writes:

>The holographic brothel, I believe, has been cut from the series.  It was to
>have been run by the Ferengi.

Bullshit.  Of course they'll have it.  We'll find out tomorrow.

>I was quite disappointed at the recent "Tiny Trek" episode on ST:TNG.
>The writer's had a perfect opportunity for the first televised passionate
>kiss between an adult and a child (O'Brien and Keiko), which technically
>would have been acceptable, as Keiko still had her adult intellect.  Oh well...

Why's this O'brien guy named Miles.  ST:TNG is consistent about
using only SI units, while ST:TOS was all the time using regular
units like feet and miles.  Shouldn't he be called "Meters
O'Brien".

ObUL: The other new sf TV show, 'something 5', will be more erotic
than DS9.

Jon " 'Three way' has a different meaning in Cincinnati" Papai
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: AFU person of the year?
From: derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 22:31:23 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand

In article <28224@dog.ee.lbl.gov> TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan) writes:
>nolan@twg.com writes:
> +
> +I vote for Trelford Pinkerton, the being who singlehandedly stirred up 
> +several maelstroms of activity in the newsgroup.

Did these maelstroms turn clockwise or anti-clockwise and did this change 
if you read them in the Western Hemisphere.  Anyway isn't Trelford Pinkerton 
the original of three pseudonyminous posters?

>Terry "Winner buys" Chan

If Trelford really is one of three alter ego's and wins, does he have to 
buy three times as many drinks?

Derek "Didn't someone once bring out a three sided Pinkerton" Tearne


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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: Craig Shergold in Ottawa
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:45:49 GMT

In <C0HtH4.F93@geovision.gvc.com> pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin) writes:

>The Craig Shergold story was making the rounds at work today (it came to us
>from a customer, on official letterhead).  When I sent out my copy of the
>Craig.shergold file, I got back an interesting response.

The story has been posted to an inordinately large number of BBSes
recently in the Ottawa-Hull area. Unfortunately, there's always the
sap who posts the message: "I think this is so sad, and I just sent in
my entire collection of business cards to help him out."

Michael
Just got a new business card holder...I need it filled too
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: Grant A. Barrett <gbarrett@missouri.edu>
Subject: Re: Amusing street names
X-Xxdate: Sun, 10 Jan 93 15:46:02 GMT
Organization: I need a job in New York City
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:43:42 GMT

Re: Amusing street names
That song sounds like one of the cartoon edifiers that ABC (our ABC, not
yours) used to play on Saturday morning. Others included "I'm just a bill
on Capitol Hill" and a song about prepositions.
From: styri@balder.nta.no (Haakon Styri)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: origin of which side of the road to drive on
Date: 10 Jan 93 01:28:25 GMT
Organization: Norwegian Telecom Research
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

ottoh3@cfsmo.honeywell.com (Otto Heuer #3) writes:
: 
: I've now heard two different explanations for why half the  world drives on
: the right side of the road and the other hald drives on  the wron...er left
: side of the road.  Just curious if anyone knows which (if either) was true.
: Or if anyone has heard a DIFFERENT reason...
: 
: An old GF was trying to tell me it traced back to the days  of the knights.
: When they approached each other on a road, they'd want to have  a weapon in
: their right  hand,  and  would shake  hands with  their left  hand, so they
: always "drove"  on  the  right  side  of  the  road.    She  didn't have an
: explanation for  why  Brits,  et.al.  drive on  the left  (unless the whole
: country is filled with southpaws).  :-)

No no no. The knights travelled on the left side of the road to keep
their shield close to the forrest, protecting them agains the villains.
Oncoming knights were, of course, gentlemen and would tell you in
advance if they really wanted to stick a pointed object into your side
when they passed by.

---
YuNoHoo "And just see what happened when that oil tanker passed on the
         left side of Shetland"
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.fan.lemurs
From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Joel Furr)
Subject: Re: Ring in the New Year with Some FAQs
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 21:33:00 GMT

In article <CINDY.93Jan4211212@solan10.solan.unit.no> cindy@solan10.solan.unit.no (Cynthia Kandolf) writes:
>>OFFICIAL AFU MASCOT
>>  - My pet King snake, Elvis
>>  - Peter's pet dalmatian dog, Pixel
>>  - snopes' pet cat, Snopes
>>  - little gator's non-biological gator, harvee (sorry, no use of
>>    the "s" word here)
>>  - Cindy's pet troll, Steinar
>
>No, no, no, no..... Steinar is my pet Norwegian.  Stein is my pet
>troll.
>
>I had no idea this was so complicated.

And Nigel the Lemur is my Lemur friend.  Nigel is hurt that he was left
out of the FAQ.  Nigel KNOWS where Terry Chan lives.  Nigel is NOT AMUSED.

Joel "Who was I to say no when Nigel asked to borrow my rocket launcher?" Furr
From: styri@hal.nta.no (YuNoHoo)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: AIDS: Rock Stars v. Roadies
Date: 9 Jan 93 20:48:04 GMT
Reply-To: styri@nta.no
Organization: Bohemians and Globetrotters, Unlimited

Just to keep the AIDS thread alive, here's a story I was told by a show
biz friend:

Rock stars (or Pop stars if you like) are less likely to get AIDS than
the roadies. The latter pick up and sleep with more fans (of the star)
than the star himself, and they usually get a lot of scratches and small
wounds from their work. In addition, my friend claimed that a higher ratio
of the roadies were junkies compared to `the stars'.

Hope I haven't offended any. Anyone else heard the same story? Are
there any facts suporting this ULish theory, or is it just crap?

---
YuNoHoo  "now I really want to become a star"
From: 92636828s@csghsg5a.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Rush!Rush!Rush!
Date: 5 Jan 93 11:48:53 GMT
Organization: University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

Any Rush fans around?????
-- 
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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai)
Subject: Re: Something in the FAQ list...
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 20:28:35 GMT

jvarley@crash.cts.com (J.J. Varley) writes:

>  On the majority of stoplights, there is a sensor somewhere on the
>stoplight, and this is used by fire engines, ambula

Certainly not the "majority" of stoplights.

>t to the proper Mhz, or some strobe lights (like one I saw in radio
>shack a while ago) can be adjusted with a knob to do this.  If
>someone already babbled about this, then let me babble with them.
>

MHz is a peculiar choice of unit in this case.  MHz is broadcast
band frequency.  These lights are visible, somewhere around 4 to
7 x 10^14 Hz.

ObUL: Just my 5 sparrows worth. (see Luke 12:6)

Jon "Doesn't play with knobs in Radio Shack" Papai
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: Grant A. Barrett <gbarrett@missouri.edu>
Subject: Re: New Yorker
X-Xxdate: Sun, 10 Jan 93 16:44:52 GMT
Organization: I need a job in New York City
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:42:30 GMT

New Yorker
In article <1993Jan9.205824.19727@midway.uchicago.edu> Ted Frank,
thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu writes:
>Ted "and in an issue commemorating wallace shawn, no less" Frank

You mean William Shawn. 
Note: I was thoroughly entertained by each of the letters about the man.
I(d(ve liked to meet him, although I(m sure he(d find my contractions
atrocious.
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: CD Legends
From: andrewb@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Andrew Bevin)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 03:58:21 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand

In article <1993Jan1.074413.7594@news.columbia.edu> lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner) writes:
>In article <1992Dec31.171213.61@gtewd.mtv.gsc.gte.com> scruggs@gtewd.mtv.gsc.gte.com writes:
>>
>>It goes back further than Layla or In A Gadda Da Vida. Light My Fire was pretty
>>long for AM but it got played. Even earlier than that, according to disk jocky
>
>It was a few weeks before I first heard the uncut version of Light My Fire
>and then understood just what the reference to
>"the time for hesitation's through" since
>the pop version cuts out the entire instrumental portion.  In spite of this,
>it's still fairly long.
>

Actually the single Light My Fire has the guitar and keyboard solo's combined,
where as the LP has the solos separated.



-- 
Andrew Bevin      			                     andrewb@icl.co.nz
SDC, Fujitsu New Zealand                      ## I do not speak for Fujitsu! ##
Auckland, New Zealand   
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From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Amusing street names
Date: 4 Jan 93 04:37:32 GMT
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1993Jan4.032205.9702@nmsu.edu> dtasman@NMSU.edu (Dan Tasman) writes:

>I personally like harsh, hard-to-pronounce ethnic street names in central  
>Buffalo, like "Schreck Avenue", "Scrutum Avenue" and "Paderewski Drive".  

In Brooklyn, NY there is a short street called Force Tube Avenue.  And of
course we have the Kosciusko Bridge which isn't too far from Onderdonk Avenue.

cj "meet me on Great Jones street" l
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Subject: Re: Net's Funniest Kitche
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 02:36:12 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

In article <1993Jan5.001313.9956@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>, billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
> Do they actually use picric acid to etch metal samples? How do they handle
> the metallic pirates that are formed?

They send the metallic navy after them.
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Net's Funniest Kitchen Disasters
From: system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall)
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 09:18:47 NZST
Organization: The Code Works Limited, PO Box 10 155, Auckland, New Zealand

billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:

> dsegard@nyx.cs.du.edu (Daniel Segard) writes:
> : 
> :        I've heard that it is possible to coat sodium in gelitin so that it
> : won't react with water -- for a while at least.  The trick I had heard was
> : that you toss these into a person's gas tank and then eventually the small
> : amount of water in the gas will disolve the geletin and react with the
> : sodium -- causing the gas tank, the car and the occupants to blow up. 
> : Works better with a gas tank that isn't filled to the brim I gather, need
> : some amount of air to react with the gas.  Not a very sure fire <a hmm>
> 
> Yeah - that is what they claim. However, you need water - the sodium does
> not react with gasoline. It is also very unlikely to work. I would expect
> the gasoline fume concentration to be far too high - not enough oxygen
> for much of a reaction to occur.
> 
Doesn't the sodium reduce the water, thus producing its own oxygen?


Change of topic:

Notice the alleged burgular stuck in the chimney claiming to be santa? This
shows that the the woman smelling her moulding husband in a similar prediciment
could have happened, so IT MUST BE TRUE.

-- 
  Wayne McDougall, BCNU

"I hate quotations." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: Net's Funniest Kitche
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 21:13:22 GMT

PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai) writes:
: 
: Picric acid is used in an etchant called picral (4 g picric acid
: in 100 ml ethanol) to metallographically etch steels and irons.
: 
: Picric acid is also diluted in various other substances (water,
: methanol, etc.) at about the same concentration to etch aluminum,
: magnesium, tin, and indium.
: 
: Etchants made from safer raw materials then picric acid are preferred.

Thanks for the info. Having made and experimented with a number of the
picrates - I certainly would use something else. An etch solution that
may explode at any time, while being used, is not my idea of fun.

Bill
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: kathrynw%radian@natinst.com (Kathryn Whitworth)
Subject: Re: The Ultimate Circumcision
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:55:04 GMT
Distribution: alt.folklore.urban
Organization: /usr/local/lib/news/organization

In article <1992Dec30.122445.16181@panix.com> ilaine@panix.com (Liz Stokes) writes:
>In article <1992Dec29.224003.25783@nosc.mil> randle@nosc.mil (Mike Randle) writes:
>>
>>I Recall reading about a medical mishap back in the late 70s (I think).
>>A doctor slipped up during a circumcision of a bouncing baby boy, and
>>recommended to the parents that he should have a sex change operation
>>and be rasied as a girl. Seems that the kid's fledgling manhood was
>>beyond repair.  If I'm right, the doctor was in the military, and the
>>hospital may have been Trippler (Hawaii).  Can anyone confirm this
>>incident, or is this just another urban legend?  If it is true, whatever
>>became of him/her?  What happened to the doctor?
>
>	I dunno if it's true, but I remember reading the same story
>(Reader's Digest maybe?)
>
>	Liz "glad it wasn't *my* boyfriend" Stokes
>
>
>
>-- 
>Liz Stokes         | 	Ilaine's E-Z Garb Workshop
>Ilaine de Cameron  | 	We're going to try an experiment now. Instead of using
>                   | 	a loom, we're going to wind all the yarn into balls
>ilaine@panix.com   |    and adopt an infinite number of kittens...

Reader's Digest is the source I remember for it, also in the same time-frame.
Seems to me the child was one of twins.  His brother made it through the
operation just fine.  RD reported they were raising the poor unfortunate (?)
as a girl, and she was doing just fine.  Just to add to the nature/nuture
controversy, she was growing up sweet and gentle, while her brother was
rough and tumble.

Kathryn Roth Whitworth
Radian Corp.
Austin, Texas

... Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer,
my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental.  Any
resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic.
The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold
them is left as an exercise for the reader.  The question of the
existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god
coefficient.  (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism
is beyond the scope of this article.)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,talk.politics.medicine
From: ilaine@panix.com (Liz Stokes)
Subject: Re: Why care what percentage?  (was: Gay Likelihood)
Organization: Panix Public Access Internet & Unix, NYC
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:01:49 GMT

In article <wLT3wB3w165w@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz> system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall) writes:
>My concern is that if someone has the virus before developing antibodies, 
>then that won't be detected if only the presence of antibodies is tested.
>
>I've asked lots of doctors, etc, and no one can give me a straight answer.
>
>Someone care to relieve my paranoia?

	I don't know how they test, but when you go to give blood they
ask you some *very* personal questions and make you mark down the answers
on the sheet and sign it. then they give you two bar-coded stickers - one
for 'transfuse my blood' and one for 'don't transfuse my blood'. That way
if you think you might be at risk for having HIV you don't have to tell 
anyone, and you won't put anyone in danger. They make it clear that thought
they test the blood, the testing isn't perfect and it's up to you to be
responsible. 
	Liz "take my blood, please" Stokes


-- 
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Ilaine de Cameron  | 	We're going to try an experiment now. Instead of using
                   | 	a loom, we're going to wind all the yarn into balls
ilaine@panix.com   |    and adopt an infinite number of kittens...
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: kutcha@eos.acm.rpi.edu (Phillip Rzewski)
Subject: Re: Amusing Street Name Consequnces
Organization: The Voice of Fate
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 01:39:25 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.223642.4107@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai) writes:
>ObUL: 3 of the above 4 are true.

What an obscene application of the Liar's Paradox.

ObUL: Phil Rzewski will post two long ULs later tonight.

--
  Phillip Andrew Rzewski                      Internet: kutcha@acm.rpi.edu
             "Don't wait; while you're waiting, you're dying."
                          --- Peter Hammill
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From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.folklore.college
Subject: Re: Architecture (Was: Architect Suicides)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 22:24:33 GMT
Organization: AS&M Inc
	<1993Jan7.182142.11816@crd.ge.com>
	<1993Jan7.195204.14496@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
Reply-To: J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cmb00.larc.nasa.gov
In-reply-to: rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu's message of 7 Jan 93 19:52:04 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.195204.14496@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu (Rachel J. Perkins) writes:
   who was kresge?

Creator of K-mart?  (Perhaps a different Kresge.)
--
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    employed by, not speaking for, AS&M Inc, at
         NASA LaRC, Hampton VA 23681-0001
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Subject: Re: Late breaking potential UL!
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 12:39:05 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

In article <C0ErtE.553@geovision.gvc.com>, pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin) writes:
> PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai) writes:
> >Jon "If Christ and Anti-Christ collide, energy released=mC^2" Papai
> 
> Just what _is_ the mass of your average Saviour (or Anti-Saviour as the case
> may be), eh?

Depends on the religion, I guess -- some think that their Saviour [sic]
has a Mass instead.
Xref: sparky alt.folklore.urban:33456 rec.sport.baseball:37547
From: cabanrf@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Trademarkability of personal names (Was: Re: Babe Ruth Candy Bar)
Date: 13 Jan 93 03:47:24 GMT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In article <1993Jan11.033610.29780@Princeton.EDU>, niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:
> In<1993Jan10.154046.19010@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>In <1993Jan8.213043.7416@photon.com> jbn@photon.com (Joe Naiman) writes:
> 
>>>Allegedly the Baby Ruth bar was named for President Cleveland's daughter,
>>>but since Cleveland was out of office for decades, it's popular belief
>>>that the Curtis Candy Company wanted to avoid paying the Yankee slugger
>>>royalties and claimed that it was named after the President's daughter.
> 
>>Does this make any sense?  I'm pretty sure that people's names are not
>>trademarks.  I could make a Richard Nixon candy bar, and I doubt I would
>>have to pay royalties to any of the Richard Nixons in the US or anywhere
>>else.
> 
> I'll leave it to Ted to answer *that*, but this next sentence doesn't
> follow from that.  As an aside, why the hell would you want to name a
> candy bar after Richard Nixon?  Who would buy it?  :)
> 
>>This, of course, leads to the funny legal positions of, e.g., somebody
>>named "Joe MacDonald" opening a restaurant named ...
> 
> No.  The fact that you can't trademark your name doesn't mean that you
> can use your name in violation of a trademark. McDonalds is a trademark,
> irrespective of whether it is also someone's name.
> 
> And believe me, McDonalds is VERY aggressive at protecting that
> trademark.  Use McAnything as the name of your store, and you're likely
> to find a lawsuit waiting for you.
> 
> -- 
I'm not so sure about that.  There was a situation in Alabama where a
guy named McDonald had a hamburger stand and put two big yellow
circles over it.  When MCd'd sued he partially won.  He got to keep
the restaurnat name, did not have to change the decor on the
restaurant (which look a lot like the arches type stuff).  He was
barred from using the yellow circles...... So he painted them red. 
Two years after that the restaurant died.  If you had ever eated
there, you'd know why (YUUUK, even moreso than a McD's).  But he was
allowed to keep using the McDonalds name on his restaurant.

Roy F. Cabaniss
Western Kentucky University

All opinions contained herein
Are all mine own, and that's the sin.
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Why care what percentage?  (was: Gay Likelihood)
From: system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall)
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 10:47:26 NZST
Organization: The Code Works Limited, PO Box 10 155, Auckland, New Zealand

wvhorn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William VanHorne) writes:

> >       I guess I haven't been paying attention to the public service
> >broadcasts....   Please explain how those of us who don't fool around with
> >anyone and don't do drugs, etc are going to contract AIDS?  Or has there
> >been a news release that I missed announcing that AIDS is carried by
> >misquito bits or something?
> >
> No, AIDS is only carried by the naughty bits.

My Uncle claimed that a Scientific American article showed that there was
a statistically significant correlation between areas of mosquito infecstation
and the incidence of AIDS in America.

Does that mean that areas of mosquito infestation is correlated with the
presence of the naughty bits? From memory, this is in the Bible Belt.






-- 
  Wayne McDougall, BCNU

"I hate quotations." - Ralph Waldo Emerson