HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (JOSEPH T CHEW)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Run out of town on a rail
Summary: Tar and feathers are okay if you don't inhale
Keywords: eat more cruciferous vegetables for Jesus.
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:53:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: dog.22530
Reply-To: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov
Followup-To: alt.usage.English
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.198
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4

>This week's phrase is "run out of town on a rail".
>It means to eject someone in disgrace.
>But why add "on a rail"? What does it come from?

The full phrase is "tarred and feathered and rode out of town on
a rail."  The rail is a fence rail made from a split tree trunk --
an omnipresent object in frontier days, thanks to thousands of 
young Abe Lincoln types sublimating their adolescent frustrations. 

The meaning is to eject someone in disgrace _very publicly_, like,
as the guest of honor at the final level of escalation below an
actual lynching, and leave him with no doubt that he ain't welcome
in these here parts henceforward.  Sort of the Dan'l Boone version
of posting a hundred flaming followups and sending E-mail copies to 
the offender's sysadmin.  

I recall an old political cartoon of people about to treat someone
to the tar-and-feathers portion of this honor.  It may be an
American custom only, but I'm sure it's a couple centuries old,
at least.

--Joe "Ask your fine-feathered friends on alt.usage.English" Chew
From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Rock and roll (was Re: some old uls)
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:17:31 GMT
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1992Apr6.172609.13111@anasaz> morris@anasaz (Bob Morris) writes:
>In article <4APR199223550662@gamma.is.tcu.edu> djohnson@gamma.is.tcu.edu (Darryl Johnson) writes:
>>
>>I suppose I should include a UL.  Q: Did rock-n-roll originally
>>refer to automobile sexual carousing, BEFORE the music style came
>>into being?  I recently had a short argument with someone over this.
>
>I heard that the name is from Negro slang (hey, this was the 1950's,
>remember?) for sexual carousing without the automobile.  Since the subject
>matter of early rock and roll music was sex, the name seems appropriate.
>If you don't belive this, listen to "Sixty Minute Man"
>
>Continuing the UL, the reason that the Negroes sang about sex was so
>whites couldn't steal their style and make money from it.  Almost worked.
>

In 1954, the Midnighters (featuring Hank Ballard) recorded "Work with me
Annie) which was generally banned until the cleaned-up version called
Dance with me Henry was released several years later by another group.

(Dance with me Henry/roll with me Henry, etc.)

cjl (still revolting against conformity)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Todays conspiracy theory
From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 07:17:57 GMT
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Keywords: thats an old joke, sonny.

In article <1992Apr9.211407.26454@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>As for causes of "today's high cancer rate," C. Everett Koop is of the
>opinion that the only new "causes" are longevity and correct diagnosis.
>
>50 years ago not many people died of "cancer" because (1) they died of
>something else first, or (2) they had cancer but it wasn't correctly
>diagnosed, and a secondary infection or something got them.

True.  50 or more years ago people would die from pnuemonia contracted 
because they were debilitated by cancer.  

-- 

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	unixland!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP
From: uspam@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Tom Maynard)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Falling bullets on Marilyn's Parade
Date: 9 Apr 92 04:45:32 GMT

In <1992Apr8.024933.26124@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> amorgan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Crunchy Frog) writes:

>In article <1992Apr8.013957.8139@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> 
>  billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
>>subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao) writes:
>>: 
>>: Let's assume that the doors are labeled A, B and C. 
>>: Assume A and C have goats 
>>: in them, and B has the car.
>>: 
>>: Let's say you pick A. He shows you C. Switching will get you the car.
>>: Let's say you pick C. He shows you A. Switching will get you the car.
>>: Let's say you pick B. He shows you either A or C. Switching will get 
>>: you a goat.
>>: 
>>: So is the line of reasoning like this? If you DO switch, there is a 66% 
>>: chance 
>>: (2/3) of getting the prize. Since 66 > 50, you should switch.
>>: 
>>: Right? Or am I missing something?
>>

I'm not a stats expert, but I did finally master enough probablity to get
through genetics... What I'm wondering, is why should we consider the
"switch or not" choice to be linked to the other choices?

IE: I pick a door.  Any door.  Monty shows me one door that it is NOT.

Now, the question is between two doors.  Call them A and B.  WHY is this
any different probabilistically because of any previous event?

The way I've learned probability, I'd say this was a new, independent event.


To illustrate a point:  I flip a coin four times, and get heads each time.
The odds of flipping a coin five times in a row are (0.5^5) = 1/32.
What are the odds of my getting a heads on my fifth try?

Answer: the same as the odds of getting tails: 1 in 2.  50%.  0.5

Although the odds of flipping five in a row are 1 in 32, the probability
of the fifth try, taken all by itself, are 1 in 2.


So, I ask:  Why, can anyone with more statistical sense tell me, is the
"switch or not" question NOT treated as an independent event?  After all,
you're just choosing between two doors, each of which has a 50% chance of
holding the car...


Oh, well, at least I understood mendellian genetics...

--Tom Maynard
  Bio geek
From: djb6@quads.uchicago.edu (dennis joseph brennan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Perfume and whale vomit
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:31:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: midway.1992Apr13.223141.5701
Reply-To: djb6@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations


ambergris. n. A waxy, grayish substance, mainly cholesterol, formed in the 
intestines of sperm whales and found floating at sea or washed ashore.  It
is used as a fixative in perfumes. [Middle English "ambregreis" from 
Old French "ambre Gris"]
 
Reader's Digest Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary.
The above definition has been reproduced and duplicated without the express
written consent of the commisioner of baseball.


Actually, I'm glad I looked it up.  I used to think that ambergris was
whale snot.
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Flute tuning (Re: Radio UL)
From: comjohn@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Mr. John T Jensen)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 22:46:44 GMT
Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.

eepee@polaris.utu.fi (Esa-Pekka P{lvim{ki) writes:

>In article <1992Apr8.004651.6300@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
>>
>>And just what do they do with the fixed span instruments, such as flutes and
>>the woodwinds? The idea would work fine for the string instruments, and such
>>instruments as the trumpets which have a tuneable section. Why do you think
>>that the instrument that is often used as a tuning reference is a flute? It
>>is because the span between notes is fixed and cannot be tampered with.

>Sure you can tune a flute, just by changing the length of it slightly. 

>/ep

Flutes and woodwinds can all be tuned a bit, by pulling the neck out or
pushing it in slightly.  In addition, there is a tuning plug inside the end
of the head for establishing the basepoint of the pitch.  Admittedly brasses
tend to have a bit more tuning range, which is why our orchestra uses the
oboe (who has the least variability) to tune on.

jj

John Thayer Jensen                      64 9 373 7599 ext. 7543
Commerce Computer Services              64 9 373 7437 (FAX)
Auckland University                     jt.jensen@aukuni.ac.nz
Private Bag 92019
AUCKLAND
New Zealand
From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: the stolen lobster
Date: 17 Apr 92 14:49:25 GMT
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <2884414@harvee.UUCP> scm@harvee.UUCP (S. Mudgett aka little gator) writes:
>a friend of mine told me the following, which her father told her he'd
>read in the paper. does anyone recognise it?
>
>a man stole a live lobster from a vendor at haymarket in boston, by putting
>it in his trousers. somehow the lobster got its claws loose from the 
>elastic bands which held them closed, and pinched the man viciously in very 
>tender places.

Dave Barry wrote about it.  I think it's in "DB Talks Back," but I
wouldn't swear to it.

-- Ted "I was told this newsgroup was glatt kosher" Frank
-- 
Ted Frank          + "Question whether attorney's filing claim for 'stud fee'
1307 E 60 St, #109 +  as countersuit to paternity action was improperly
U o' C Law Skool   +  motivated required remand."  Headnote 9, Committee on
Chi, IL 60637      +  Legal Ethics of WVa State Bar v Douglas, 370 SE2d 325.
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: news@knight.vf.ge.com
Subject: FCC Call letters
Organization: GE Aerospace, Valley Forge, PA
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 15:49:50 GMT


And WLW Cincinnati, which once broadcast at 500,000 watts.  The company's
propaganga claimed that farmers used to be able to pick up the station on
tin roofs.

Paul "No word about fillings, though" Joslin

joslin@hp804.ae.ge.com
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,misc.kids
From: schwerin@u.washington.edu (Stan Schwerin)
Subject: Re: Walla walla bing bang 
Organization: Academic Services, UW
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 00:20:28 GMT


Actually there is a record shop Walla Walla, WA. named 
Hot Poop.  Their logo reads: Walla Walla's only
Bing Bang Record Shop.

** Stan Schwerin   Internet:   schwerin@u.washington.edu **
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From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,misc.kids
Subject: Re: Walla walla bing bang (was Re: Worm song?)
Date: 8 Apr 92 21:20:47 GMT
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <92097.112555ICLNM@ASUACAD.BITNET> ICLNM@ASUACAD.BITNET writes:
>In article <1992Apr4.010929.21383@ims.com>, johnnyb@ims.com (Johnny Battle)
>says:
>>
>>from around that time were the "One-eyed, One-horned, Flying Purple
>>People-eater"
>>and the "Itsy-bitsy, Teeny weeny, Yellow, Polka-dot Bikini" songs. I believe
>>"Ahab the A-Rab," "Does Your Chewing Gum Loose Its Flavor on the Bedpost
>>Overnight," and "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" also made it big just about then. Now,
>>my question is: were the radio airways really dominated by this kind of song
>>
>Does the SPEARMINT Lose its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight was a country music
>staple much earlier, in the 40's I think.  Along with Yucka-Puck, Movin' On and
>(my favorite) I've Got Tears in my Ears, Lyin' on my Back, Cryin' on my Pillow
>Over You.  Of the others, "Ahab" and "Tie Me Kangaroo" were well into the 60's.
>Other favorites were "Beep, Beep" and "Tan Shoes, Pink Shoe Laces".  I think
>we remember them so well because they caught our fancy (temporarily) and
>because they were a radical departure from the standard fare of the era.  It
>is usually the unusual that we remember the best.
>Loyd Means
>Phoenix AZ

Beep, Beep by the Playmates

cjl (hey buddy how can I get this car...out...of...second...gear :-))
From: scm@harvee.UUCP (S. Mudgett aka little gator)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Worm song?
Date: 8 Apr 92 09:12:36 GMT
Organization: gators 'r us
X-Version: Rodney's UUCP modules 02/11/90 V1.18

kall this worm stuff reminds me of a particularly pointless popular
playground game of my childhood(1960s, bedford mass.) does anyone else
remember this:

the players would all hold hands. the leader would lead the whole line under
someone's arm till that someone was turned around with arms crossed in
front of him/her.  thne the same thing would happen to the next in line, untill
the end of the line. next, we'd all jump up and down shouting the song one 
last time.  thrilling, huh?

the song was, droned endlessly over and over:

"r-a-t, t-l-e, s-n-a-k-e spells rattlesnake."
--
-- little gator aka S. Mudgett     email: scm@harvee.uucp
-- friend of a gator is a friend of mine
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Monday, 6 Apr 1992 09:45:06 MST
From: <ICLNM@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: landfill cities
 <1992Apr3.155503.11754@anasaz>

In article <1992Apr3.155503.11754@anasaz>, morris@anasaz (Bob Morris) says:
>
>in the upper end zone section for a couple of years.
>
Only one year

>There was a plan to fix it by pumping concrete into the landfill to
>fill the holes between the stuff in it, but they calculated that there
>isn't enough concrete to do that.  It's fixed now, or so they say, but
>it took a long time and a lot of concrete and steel beams to fix it.
>
They really did stuff concrete in it.  However, they realized that it was
taking a lot more concrete than they had expected.  Then they discovered
that they were filling a near-by storm sewer and  had to start over.

I had tickets in that section for a while
Loyd Means
Phoenix AZ
From: root@hp804.ae.ge.com (Root at hp804)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: FCC Call letters
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:44:17 GMT


 In alt.folklore.urban you write:
 
 >At some point in history, the 40's I might guess, the FCC decreed
 >that all radio stations granted call letters henceforth would 
 >arbitrarily be divided into east and west, those east of the 
 >mississippi getting W??? call letters, and those west getting 
 >K???.  My question is why W + K?   Any reason?
 
 
 >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >      Tim Mefford       | "If you pick up a starving dog and make
 >                        |  him prosperous, he will not bite you.     
 >  tim@physics.orst.edu  |  This is the principal difference between
 >                        |  a dog and a man." - Mark Twain
 >________________________________________________________________
 
 
 Great trivia question.  The answer is that W stands for 
 Westinghouse, and K for Kaiser.  These companies were the 
 dominant suppliers of broadcasting equipment.  
 
 
 joslin@hp802.ae.ge.com
 

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Phil Gustafson)
Subject: Re: "Cute" animals vs. Food animals was Re: Cat food marketed as Tuna Fish
Organization: Famed Parquet Floor
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 00:40:53 GMT

Peter van der Linden, who has great big biceps from pushing himself away
from the table, butts in:
>
>I have heard [tm] of an intrepid explorer who made a point of 
>trying every possible source of protein.
>He said that the worst thing he ever tasted was a common housefly.

This sounds like something Amundsen would have done, but I haven't
heard of it before.  A reference would be appreciated.

The stories of Amundsen's, Nansen's, and Sverdrup's polar expeditions
sound pretty gory to folks who buy their flesh at Cosentino's.  Essentially,
when they were confronted with new and exotic forms of wildlife, they shot
them and ate them.  Amundsen laid down sixty tons of seal during his South
Pole jaunt.  Nansen and his companion Johanssen (Those Norse sure have
boring names) survived an arctic winter on only polar bear and walrus:
Nansen gained 10 kilos, and the main complaint was the inabilty to wash
for a year.

The contemporary British explorers eschewed seal (or overcooked it to
clobber the vitamin C), ate proper canned goods, and died of starvation
and scurvy.

Anyhow, tasting a housefly is exactly what I would expect from old
Roald.  It doesn't sound more or less disgusting than the half-digested
stuff from reindeer stomachs that the Inuit find a delicacy.

Phil "Hope I perked up your appetites" Gustafson
-- 
|play: phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG; {ames|pyramid|vsi1}!zorch!phil                |
|work: phil@gsi; sgi!gsi!phil            | Phil Gustafson                   |
| "Better a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy"          |
|                                      Fred (not Steve) Allen               |
From: caladan!seanews!billmcc@seattleu.edu (Bill McCormick)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Boldly Not Going Where No Man Has Not Gone Before
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 23:26:40 PDT
Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News & Mail

russ@bbx.basis.com (Russ Kepler) writes:
> Overcoming their reluctance to trample the grass, practicality
> overcame them and slowly but surely paths were worn in the grass.
> Skinny paths where the traffic was sparse, wide, well worn paths where
> the traffic was dense.
>
> After the paths were clear a landscaping company came in and paved the
> paths, matching the concrete walks to the size of the paths worn in
> the grass.

Interesting.

Georgia State University (in downtown Atlanta) did something much like
this.  There is a large grassy area which people walk across to move
from building to building.  As I understand it, the University mounted
TV cameras on a nearby building and through the miracle of modern image
processing, discovered where most of the people travelled.

This is where they built sidewalks.


-- 
Sysop of SEANEWS [] Seattle News + Mail [] +1 206 937 9529
caladan!seanews!billmcc@sumax.seattleu.edu  or  
seanews!billmcc@nwnexus.wa.com
From: csuah@warwick.ac.uk (~WISP at CU~)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Iron in blood setting off metal detectors
Date: 17 Apr 92 10:02:00 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK

In article <1992Apr16.170835.1@vm2.cis.pitt.edu> tjw@vm2.cis.pitt.edu writes:
>In article <1992Apr16.152527.14763@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes:
>> tjw@vm2.cis.pitt.edu writes:
>>>See how much rust (iron oxide) will stick to a magnet.
>
>> A pretty substantial amount, apparently.  Just look at the heads
>> of a well-used tape recorder.
>
>> If iron compounds don't have magnetic properties, I wonder how
>> magnetic recording tape works?
>
>Well, that is a good question!  I've never seen rust stick to a magnet, but
>is recording tape iron oxide?

Hang on! Rust isn't a simple compound - it's a complex mixture of oxides,
hydroxides and lots of other sh*t! The oxide they use on magnetic tape
(mostly chrome, now, if you listen to the manufacturers...) is a very pure
compound. Surely this makes a difference?

Anyway, rust doesn't stick to magnets. I should know: when my last car was
scrapped, they had to put it in the crusher by hand...

Later,

The Wisp. [of course, maybe the fuse had gone...]
-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Chris Williams <csuah@uk.ac.warwick.csv> aka <csuah@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
"Tony Greig in the slips, legs apart, waiting for a tickle"
                                      Brian Johnson (thanks to A. Simha 8^>)
From: wjeuerle@athena.mit.edu (William J Euerle)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Falling bullets on Marilyn's Parade
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:34:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Apr8.143446.10293
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <1992Apr8.033845.5938@midway.uchicago.edu>, thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
|> In article <1992Apr8.013957.8139@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
|> >Well, look at it this way. After you pick a door, there are 4 possibilities.
|> >Assume the doors are as you describe.
|> >
|> >Pick A and be shown C - switch and get a car.
|> >Pick C and be shown A - switch and get a car.
|> >Pick B and be shown C - switch and get a goat.
|> >Pick B and be shown A - switch and get a goat.
|> >
|> >Work it out for yourself.
|> 
|> NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
|> 
|> Okay, there are *nine* possibilities.  Car in A, B, or C; first pick
|> being A, B, or C.
|> 
|> Car is in:	You first pick:		You are shown:		The switch:
|> ----------	---------------		--------------		----------
|> A			A		    B or C		    Goat
|> A			B			C		    Car
|> A			C			B		    Car
|> B			A		        C		    Car
|> B			B		    A or C		    Goat
|> B			C		        A		    Car
|> C			A			B		    Car
|> C			B			A		    Car
|> C			C		    A or B		    Goat
|> 
|> Switching gets you two-thirds.  Period.


Why not count the 2 cases of what Monty shows you as 2 seperate cases, because
they ARE!  this gives you  a new table with 12 possibilities, 6 of which get you
the goat, 6 the car.  That's only 50%.
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,misc.kids
From: mpeter@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (Margot Peter)
Subject: Re: Walla walla bing bang (was Re: Worm song?)
Reply-To: mpeter@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU
Organization: California State University, Chico
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 15:52:33 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.074220.15280@amd.com>, karen@brahms.amd.com (Karen Black) writes:
writes:

>Two oddball songs I remember from the early 70's were "Dead Skunk (In the
>Middle of the Road)" and "Tennesee Birdwalk".  Since silly songs go all
>the way back to "Lamsie Doats" (30's?) and beyond ("Clementine"), 
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
I hope you mean "Marezy Doats" 'cauze little lamsie divie. 


   
Margot                 "I had to sink my yacht to make the guests go home."
                                      F. Scott Fitzgerald
                                                   
                                                   
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.beer
From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip 'AdaX' Sauls)
Subject: Re: other fun mistranslations..
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 02:45:39 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.115358.6962@public.sub.org> peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel) writes:
>Ok, here two examples from Germany:
>
>When Commodore launched its VIC 20, it had to be renamed to VC 20 here, 
>because the german word for f*ck is spelled indeed with an i, and the 
>V in VIC is pronounced here like an F.
>
>Rolls Royce has a car named Silver Mist, but in German, "Mist" means
>"dung".

Cool!  Another Amiga advocate reading alt.beer!  Weird as it sounds, I
just posted a request for favorite beers in comp.sys.amiga.advocacy.

>Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions...
>Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk

Skip Sauls                     //    Graduate Student & Instructor
skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu    \X/     CS Department, University of Mississippi 
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From: gtoal@castle.ed.ac.uk (Graham Toal)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: Pleonasm
Keywords: I don't read headings very carefully
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:01:43 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <ku6jr3INN72o@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> linden@positive.Eng.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden) writes:
>The technique of using more words than necessary (e.g. "he heard with his
>own ears") is called "pleonasm".  Please write that in big letters in your
>red books and don't forget it.  PLEONASM, peons.

Perhaps if you'd described the right problem you'd have got the
right answer.

G
From: tjw@vm2.cis.pitt.edu
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Free magazine from subsription service - SHEESH!
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:37:48 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>No flames because if you don't want a free magazine, don't
>call them. If you want a free magazine, call them. In either
>case you don't loose anything.
>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Yea, it will only cost us two-fifty.  Hey buddy, this is AFU!  We don't
trust ANYBODY!!!!

Terry "Sheesh!" Wood