HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Subject: Re: Rapture? Oops
Reply-To: warren@nysernet.org
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 08:45:06 GMT

In <49227@shamash.cdc.com> dternes@duke.cdc.com (David Ternes) writes:

>I still say it happened.  It's just that the number of faithful has
>been vastly exaggerated over the years.  Besides, would the world really
>miss 144,000 out of the 5+ billion people in this world?

Only a small number of those whose faces appear on milk cartons were
actually raptured.  The rest were kidnapped by Satanic cults for
unmentionable purposes.
-- 
/|/-\/-\       In real life, the Vice President chastises Murphey Brown
 |__/__/_/     for her morals.  Bill Clinton plays the sax on "Arsenio
 |warren@      Hall."  Though "Batman Returns" is fiction, it's not too
/ nysernet.org much stranger than truth - Caryn James, The New York Times
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: jfe@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Brian Chung)
Subject: Re: military UL
Organization: Alchemy International
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:01:13 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.202339.13884@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai) writes:
>
>(regarding a 15,000 lb [6000 kg for the unit impaired] bomb used
>against Iraqi troops.)
>
>
>In  sci.military,  bf469@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Twila Oxley Price) writes:
>
>>AS I recall, this is not an FAE.  It is a GP or General Purpose Bomb,
>>basically high explosives in a case.  One was used in Desert Storm which
>>caused some Brits to believe we had nuked the site.  Don't know what the
>>poor Iraqi's thought.  A contact in the military said the item had passed
>>through his base enroute, and they were glad to get rid of it.  It took up
>>to much space.
>>Bruce A. Price
>
>
>	Does anybody have confirmation that any "Brits believed we had
>nuked the site."  It sounds like propoganda.  If any Brits did say
>they thought USA had nuked the Iraqis, it must be on tape somewhere.
	
	This story was in Time magazine right after the Gulf War.  
Supposedly, the Americans dropped the bomb on the Iraqis and told them
that we have bigger ones where this one came from.  But we didn't bother
telling our ALLY, the Brits.  One British major saw the explosion and
told his superior, "Sir, the blokes did it!"
>
>
Brian "But shouldn't have this bomb set the atmosphere on fire?" Chung


-- 
T. H. Brian Chung                      | Happiness is...              
Internet: jfe@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu   | "Tea, hot, Earl Grey."
Bitnet: jfe@cornella                   | 
DECnet: CESR10::THC                    |
From: jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: forpost-WWII Japanese soldiers
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:44:01 GMT
Organization: IBM Rochester
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM

In article <9NOV199213341059@csa3.lbl.gov>, jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera) writes:
|> > ...need to score food and water imply the need for interaction with other
|> > humans?  It is just about impossible to imagine having 30 years worth of
|> > food stockpiled (not to mention water).

[stuff deleted]
|> What's harder to imagine is a psychologically normal person
|> going underground like that for 20-30 years without figuring
|> out that, duuh, it's been a long time since he's seen or heard
|> from his buddies or otherwise gotten evidence that there's still
|> a war on.  I rather suspect that these guys had a screw loose,
|> if not completely missing, from the ourset.

Many Japanese soldiers were told that if they surrendered to the
Americans they would be tortured and killed.  And often, they chose
to take their own lives rather than be captured.  Look at the 
historical accounts of many battles in the Pacific.  In those conditions,
It wouldn't take much to push you over the edge.  Fear is a very 
powerful thing.

-- 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
| Jared Dahl             | "My heart is human, my blood is boiling, | 
| Systems Programmer     |  my brain IBM"                           |
| IBM - Rochester, MN    |              -- STYX,  "Mr. Roboto"      |
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Opinions expressed are mine, not IBM's.
From: harris.minter@ehbbs.gwinnett.com (Harris Minter) 
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: forpost-WWII Japanese
Date: 12 Nov 92 11:34:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Ed Hopper's BBS - Berkeley Lake, GA - 404-446-9462
Reply-To: harris.minter@ehbbs.gwinnett.com (Harris Minter) 

>What I want to know is how these guys eat.  I mean, it is just a little
>hard for me to imagine that they are out and about getting food and
>such, and still don't figure out that the war is over.  Wouldn't the
>need to score food and water imply the need for interaction with other
>humans?  It is just about impossible to imagine having 30 years worth of
>food stockpiled (not to mention water).

The Japanese troops in the Pacific were woefully undersupplied - they
had to forage for adequate food.  I see no problem with him foraging
for 30 years - he'd been doing it during the war.
                                                   
----
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|       Ed Hopper's BBS - ehbbs.gwinnett.com - Atlanta, Georgia         |
|  USR/HST: 404-446-9462                  V.32bis: 404-446-9465         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: dpm1960@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (snopes)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Legal Tender
Date: 9 Nov 92 16:29:00 GMT
Organization: Will pay money for food.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <mcirvin.721168955@husc8>, 
  mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) writes...

>And what was meant by the possibly legendary statement I once heard
>that "U.S. coins are not legal tender"?  Is it somehow more legitimate
>to refuse pennies than to refuse $100 bills?

My father (the numismatist) always claimed there was some sort of statute that
gave transactors of business dealings the right to refuse payment in pennies
over a quantity of 100.

 - snopes

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|   "If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune.  And if   |
|    someone pulled him out, that, I suppose, would be a calamity."           |
|                                                                             |
| Benjamin Disraeli, asked to distinguish between a misfortune amd a calamity |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|    David Mikkelson       Rockwell International     Chatsworth, CA  USA     |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.arts.startrek.misc,alt.fan.lemurs,alt.cascade
From: rka20423@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Rubio)
Subject: Re: Question about "T." in James T. Kirk !!!!!! (As seen on TV)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:51:08 GMT
Keywords: We don' nee' no stinkeen' keywords!

pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz) writes:

>In article <BxIEtG.AEs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, miles@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Derick) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov10.051247.26359@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>>In article <BxGwLn.HEo@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> bwbrock@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Benjamin Warre Brock) writes:
>>>>Tiberius
>>>Terry
>>Timmy
>Testicular
Take it elsewhere.  AFU's been overrun by so many stupid little jokes that it's
From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Joel Furr)
Subject: Re: Halloween
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: Sat, 7 Nov 92 04:47:10 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.192652.27356@linkoping.trab.se> ath@linkoping.trab.se (Anders Thulin) writes:
>In article <1992Nov03.093249.25074@DIALix.oz.au> djs@DIALix.oz.au (Darryl Salisbury) writes:
>>Having just experienced my first halloween party I'm interested to know
>>if anyone can fill me in on the origins of halloween, and the types of
>>costumes which are appropriate.
>
>I think Ray Bradbury has written a rather nice story on that.  Full of
>rural.folklore.  I forget the title, though.

The book was "The Halloween Tree."
From: foltz@as.arizona.edu (Craig B. Foltz)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Courgettes (was Re: doggy style)
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:30:09 GMT
Reply-To: foltz@as.arizona.edu
Organization: MMT Observatory, Univ.of Arizona

Yes, those pesky Brits...

Courgettes are zucchini.  Fyi, they refer to eggplants as 'aubergines.'

---
Craig Foltz                               cfoltz@as.arizona.edu
Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory     Tel   (602) 621-1269
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721        Fax   (602) 670-5740
     "Help me!  I've fallen and I can't reach my mouse!"
From: kristyp@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kristy Patterson)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Amusing pronouns, was
Date: 13 Nov 92 18:31:29 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In article <dlphknob.721669948@cs1.bradley.edu> dlphknob@cs1.bradley.edu (Jemaleddin Cole) writes:
>In <3209.434.uupcb@ehbbs.gwinnett.com> harris.minter@ehbbs.gwinnett.com (Harris Minter)  writes:
>
>>>> Mike Hunt
>>>> Dr. Jack Meehoff
>>>> Daniel Druff
>>>>
>>>    My husband was baptized into his church many years ago by a Jack Hoff.
>>>    It's true.  I saw the baptismal certificate and Jack Hoff's signature!
>
>>Richard Head is a real person.
>
>Try Dick Sweat, the recently elected congressman from New Hampshire....

At least it's spelled Swett, so it's not as bad as all that.

-Kristy "still a really unfortunate name for a politician, though" Patterson
-- 
   +==========================+============================================+
   |Kristy Patterson          |"One more date and we would have had a Greek|
   |kristyp@mac.dartmouth.edu |tragedy on our hands."     -Jeffrey Anderson|
   +==========================+============================Soapdish========+
Xref: sparky alt.folklore.urban:27594 alt.conspiracy:11941
From: v462etnn@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (David L Anderson)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.conspiracy
Subject: Re: Trilateral commission
Date: 6 Nov 92 20:44:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Nov6.184843.13311@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade) writes...
>In article <BxAyDA.JwF@acsu.buffalo.edu> v462etnn@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (David L Anderson) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov6.150237.24924@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, pwhitman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Philip N Whitman) writes...
>>>What is the Trilateral Commission?
>>> 
>>>-Neal
>>
>>They don't do anything worth mentioning.
>>
>>David
> 
>then why all the hype about new world order and world congress etc.
>there is always some group holding a lecture warning about one-world gov. and
>how usa big banks are buying up all the small independents as first step of
>control....

Um, sounds like conspiracy theory to me.  Can you elaborate, ie.
titles & dates of lectures as well as content?  It just sounds
too hokey to be real.  Besides, US banks aren't the largest in
the world, the dollar isn't the strongest currency, etc. 

Have you ever considered that these theories require a suspension
of critical thinking?

David
From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Trick or Treat Tampering
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Date: 6 Nov 92 06:22:19
Organization: Computing and Telecommunications Services, UCSC
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu
In-reply-to: smith+@cs.cmu.edu's message of 1 Nov 92 18:22:44 GMT

In article <Bx1v1x.LHn.2@cs.cmu.edu>, smith+@cs.cmu.edu (Sean Smith) writes:
) In the 11PM news on Halloween night, WPXI TV in Pittsburgh reported
) that a mother in the Brentwood section of the city discovered a pin
) inserted in a Snickers bar that her child brought home.

On Halloween this year, a local chain of medical clinics offered a
free service to the community--they would irrad^H^H^H^H^Hx-ray candy
to search for razors, pins, etc.

I think this UL started with the Tylenol poisoner to which we owe a
huge debt for the current "tamper-evident" packaging trend.  Is there
some other event that predates that scare which might have been the
source of the Halloween poison UL?

Bill "I'm feeling pins and needles" Ward

--
William R Ward                         __o   Bay View Software
VoiceMail: +1 (408) 479-4072         _ \<,_  Internet:  hermit@cats.ucsc.edu
SnailMail: 1803 Mission St. #339    (_)/ (_) BITNet:    hermit@cats.bitnet
           Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,soc.culture.african.american,sci.skeptic
From: C558172@mizzou1.missouri.edu
Subject: Re: 1950's Darryle, damnit.
Organization: University of Missouri
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 18:32:00 CST

In article <XrB=1k@engin.umich.edu>
dem@engin.umich.edu (Darryle E Merlette) writes:
 
>
>Even if AIDS appeared in the 50's (what evidence is there of this?)
>and is a naturally occurring virus, that doesn't preclude its use in wiping
>out populations just as smallpox was used to wipe out the indiginous people
>of North America. So you are wrong if you think everything I'm saying is
>rendered nonsense by your dubious claim.
>
smallpox was easily transmittable. The normal method used on the American
Indians was to sell them the blanket used by somebody who had died of it.
Notice that Europeans had a higher immunity to smallpox than Indians.
Indians were dying of European deseises (how do you spell it??) before
the Europeans realized the cause and used it against them. There was
no central conspiricy to wipe out the Am. Inds. As far as I know the
government was not involved -- settlers did this on their own.
 
>
>
>July 1, 1969 the House Appropriations subcommittee hearings report has this
>to say:
>"Within the next 5 to 10 years it would probably be possible to make a new
>
Lets run with their estimation of the time it would take to develop the virus.
(although they didn't actually say one could be produced -- just the technology
would exist -- tack on another 5 to 10 years to develop it -- this estimation
is from the time required to develop a state-of-the-art fighter jet)
anyway the 1959? British sailor death was documented by tissue samples.
So 1959 - 5 (or 10) = 1954 or 1949.-- when development started
But wait! AIDS has a 5 to 10 year incubation period.
1954 - 5 (or 10) = 1949 to 1939.
The United States had very little military spending during the '30's
(depression) and VERY minimal spying apparatus (can you say amature?)
During the war we had better things to do than wipe out indiginous populations
Even more...AIDS targets IV drug users and sexually promisciuos people.
Neither of these groups existed in large numbers during this time. Also
AIDS must be carried from location to location by people. During this time
AIDS would not have spread far due to these two reasons (it existed but it
didn't spread and therefore we didn't find out about it until these two
conditions had existed for about 15 years)
Oh yeah, CIA was created in 1947 +- a year or two. OSS was the spy operation
run during WWII. Such a disease would have had to been one of the CIA's first
projects (at the height of the Cold War???) I think if they had "hidden" that
kind of technology we would have seen a Russian-specific virus.
--ShannonAIDS was created by dogs pissing on jars of water in yards
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: cel@nsscmail.att.com (clayton EDward LEIHY iii)
Subject: Shakespeare v. KJV (was: Re: Tool)
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Summary: MORE PROOF
Organization: NCR Systems Support Center - New Jersey
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:32:52 GMT

In article <lg2pcpINN7tp@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> bls@sector7g.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
>In article 2797@israel.nysernet.org, warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein) writes:
>> I remember a proof that Shakespeare *wrote* the King James [...]

>Sure enough, in psalm 46, the 46th word is "shake" and the 158th (of
>204) word is "spear".  Works for me.

>Brian "Thank God for my on-line bible" Scearce
>---
>Brian Scearce                                           bls@sector7g.eng.sun.com

The Rest of The Story...
(as was taught to me by my seventh-graded English Lit. teacher):

Yes, the 46th word from the beginning is "shake"

AND--- the 46th word from the >END< (ignoring any Amen's) is "spear".

The significance of the number 46???

    Supposedly, William Shakespeare was 46 years old when the translation
    was taking place.

Ed "anybody find 'francis' and 'bacon' in their KJV?" Leihy  
NCR (an AT$T company, not afffiliated with anything I'm doing right now)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: phil@rahul.net (Phil Gustafson)
Subject: Re: WW11 over, News at eleven (was forpost-WWll Japanese..)
Keywords: Ruhe, ruhe, du Gott
Organization: a2i network
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 01:26:37 GMT

In article <1992Nov8.204314.18383@massey.ac.nz> C.K.Black@massey.ac.nz (C.K. Black) writes:
>
>Reference: No Surrender, my thirty-year war.  By Hiroo Onoda, trans. by
>C.S.Terry . Kodansha Int'l 1976 ,  ISBN 0-87011-240-6.
>
>Conrad 'orders is orders Sir' Black

We need more posters like Conrad.  Here we have a direct, attributable
reference, an ISBN number, a whole new Terry, and a hero whose name
sounds like a hopelessly awful automobile.  And no in jokes, no POSH,
no spelling flames (mea culpa), no endless cavilling about the limey
approach to "Democracy".  If you can make it over here, Conrad, the
chicken mole' is on me.

Phil "I tried to trade my Humber Super Snipe for a Hiroo Onada, but
Nolan popped up with a Wolseley, or something.  Anybody got a good
line on a Rover Three?" Gustafson

-- 
Phil Gustafson <phil@rahul.net>
From: de@moscom.com (David Esan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: More odd net.acronyms (was Kryptonite bike locks)
Date: 6 Nov 92 16:28:31 GMT
Organization: Moscom Corporation, Pittsford NY

In article <Nov.4.16.10.49.1992.7531@math.rutgers.edu> cromar@math.rutgers.edu (Scott Cromar) writes:
%The one that still gets me (after almost 3 years of reading this
%group) is ObUL.  Here are a few possibilities:
%
%Obvious UL
%Obligatory UL
%Own believed UL
%Observed UL
%Obviously bogus UL
%Obscene UL (at least sometimes)
%Obscure UL
%Obstetricians' UL (not very often)
%
%I'm open to other suggestions.

Oh Blow-it-out-your-shorts-here's-a(n) UL
O Be-a-fine-girl-kiss-me-now UL (for astronomers)

-- 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -->     David Esan      de@moscom.com  
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: dpm1960@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (snopes)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Ex-presidents
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:18:00 GMT
Organization: Will pay money for food.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <jberger.35.0@novell.com>, 
  jberger@novell.com (John Berger) writes...

>However, does anyone know when we hav had this many 
>living ex-VICE-presidents? 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Oxymoron of the week.

 - snopes

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| "An idea or belief is not necessarily true or false because your parents,   |
|  your friends, or you or your children have believed it."                   |
|                                                           - Abel J. Jones   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  David P. Mikkelson        Rocketdyne Systems          Chatsworth, CA  USA  |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.arts.startrek.misc,alt.fan.lemurs,alt.cascade
From: obrienjj@meena.cc.uregina.ca
Subject: RE: Question about ""T."" in James T. Kirk !!!!!! (As seen on TV)
Date: 11 NOV 92 16:42:51 GMT
Organization: University of Regina, Regina, Sask., Canada


Henry. (Damn humans never could speelll...)

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: userDHAL@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (David Halliwell)
Subject: Re: Toilet paper: over or under?
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 01:57:17 GMT

starfish@stein.u.washington.edu (Sarah Skovronsky) writes:

>jrs@zippy.unet.com (John Switzer Frame 3.0) writes:
>[toilet paper question deleted]
>>I hate to insert logic into a.f.u, but if you've ever had a dog (or a child),
>>[dog story deleted]

>I fail to see why the "under" method makes any difference.  I mean, I'm 
>sure a child (or even a dog) has the dexterity to pick up the toilet paper
>when it's in ANY position (save being taped down) and drag it all over the
>house.


   I know I shouldn't be continuing this, but....

   When the paper comes out *over* the roll, the dog (or cat) doesn't
need to get a hold on the paper. They just have to reach up and spin it
by pulling downward. Paper all over the place. If the paper comes out
*under* the roll, it just spins in place.

   Now how about discussing something more important? Like frinstance,
when you put a roll of paper towels in one of those dispensers with the
door that hinges upward and a slot at the bottom front, do you put the
roll so that the paper comes over the top and straight down the slot,
or under the roll and bends sharply downward to go through the slot?

   (In my experience, when the paper goes over the top, you tend to roll
the half-used roll up the side of the sloping container, and when you tear
it off it rolls back down, taking the end with it out of reach.)

   I'm sure I'll end up regretting this.....

Dave Halliwell
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: parker@navier.math.uh.edu (Ronald L. Parker)
Subject: Re: CDs cheaper to make than cassettes?
Organization: Society to disband societies. (Good thing I'm the only member!)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:48:55 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.204737.18626@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:

>: Along related lines (I know this one is true), it is cheaper to make certain
>: computer chips with math coprocessors than to make them without (since it costs
>:  extra money to sever the line to the coprocessor).  But the ones with the
>: coprocessor cost more. Of course in this case, you're paying for technology...

>Wrong? When they design a chip, it doesn't matter what they put on it. They
>simply design the chip without the co-processor. Thus, there is no need to
>"sever lines", since there are no line to sever.

Actually, early runs of the 80486SX were lobotomized versions of the 
original 486DX, with the coprocessor severed but still present.  This info
comes from Computer Shopper, sometime in the summer of 92.  Of course, most
486SXs you can get now were made after they retooled to remove the coprocessor
entirely.

>The chips with the co-processor cost more, because it has more components.
>Thus, more chips fail testing - this increases the unit cost of the chip.

It may be that the 486SXs that were lobotomized DXs failed some coprocessor
test, but this is just my personal theory, with no evidence at all.
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ron Parker, parker@navier.math.uh.edu,  st1ca@jetson.uh.edu
What would be so wrong if Fred Rogers WAS running this country? --D. Letterman
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,soc.culture.african.american,sci.skeptic