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From: kkr42091@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (QUEEN ZENOBIA!)
Subject: Re: Flavored Condoms
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 01:45:27 GMT

MJFORRES@SUVM.SYR.EDU (maurice) writes:

>In article <1992Sep28.161441.3369@PA.dec.com>
>snopes%club33@stlth.enet.dec.com (snopes) writes:
> 
>>> Subject: Re: Flavored Condoms (was: Re: Stupid cop tricks)
>>
>>Okay, what's this thread going to mutate into next: snuff films, or
>>north polar time zones?
> 
>Where does the word posh come from?


Port Out Starboard Home refers to the rooms that are most wanted in a 
cruise ship... luxury liner.... whatever they are called.
at least that is what i have always been told.

-kimberli roan

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From: medic@hardy.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella)
Subject: Re: nail in Coca-Cola
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:00:00 GMT

rchao@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Chao) writes:


>I have heard a UL in several places that someone left a nail in some
>Coke overnight and it disintegrated, since the Coke is so acidic (or
>whatever). Does anyone know the source of this UL? (Unless, of course,
>it's true.)
>-- 
>Robert Chao
>Oakland, California

In first grade, when Mr. Pelander was teaching us about the importance of
brushing one's teeth on a daily basis, he opened a bottle of Coke, tied a
string from one nail to another, and suspended the nail in the Coke (using
the other nail as a cross-piece to keep the nail suspended.

           [--------  <-- nail on top of bottle
             | ! |
            /  !  \ 
            \~~~~~/   <-- Coke level
             > + <     /                                \  
            /  |  \   <-- nail suspended in Coke
            \__|__/    \

Result, after one week: A heavily disolved nail.  Still intact, but not in
the best of shape.  Big chunks had been corroded out of the sides, leaving
"cavities."
From: snopes%club33@stlth.enet.dec.com (snopes)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Flavored Condoms
Date: 28 Sep 92 13:14:21 GMT
Organization: Just put everything on the floor; I can find it.


> Subject: Re: Flavored Condoms (was: Re: Stupid cop tricks)

Okay, what's this thread going to mutate into next: snuff films, or north polar
time zones?

- snopes

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From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Subject: Re: Religion versus Science
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 06:26:17 GMT

In article <mcirvin.717466339@husc8> mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) writes:
>I thought the title of this was "Reckless Youth."  Directed by
>Joe Dante, starring Carrie Fisher as the unfortunate innocent.
>
>It's by far the funniest part of AWotM, imho.

All of these movies are supposed to have multiple titles, so you're right.

Note that Ed Wood Jr's movie I led two lives is also known as Glen or Glenda?
and also I changed my sex, for a total of three titles.

I don't know what to say about the funniest part of AWotM, the whole thing
is great.  The Dice routine, Don "no-soul" Simmons (spawned a newsgroup!),
Rosanna Arquette's routine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Begley Jr's, even Lou Jacobi
(Selma!), it's hard to choose.

In any case, it's neat that the Mary Brown bit comes after the end of the
movie followed by David Alan Grier singing (with no soul) Tie a Yellow Ribbon
over the final credits.  And this was before In Living Color and Men on ... .

cj "Mary Brown has a Social Disease" l
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: The Network from Hell
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:23:52 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.164417.5906@sbil.co.uk> jim@spitws117.sbil.co.uk writes:
>In article J7s@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG, phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Phil Gustafson) writes:
>>The ultrasonic ones I remember were cheap, but reliable. You pushed a big
>>fat button on a strong spring whose energy whacked something that made a sound
>>the TV could hear, but you couldn't.
>
>[...]
>
>>Phil "Well, they couldn't control Froggy's Magic Twanger" Gustafson
>>
>
>This thread reminds me of a story my dad told me: he claimed that a
>friend of his (spot the UL) had converted his TV to ultrasonic remote
>control by himself, but had got the frequencies messed up.  Consequently,
>his TV changed channel every time he opened a can of beer :-)

That may be pushing it a wee bit, however my grandmother's ultrasonic
remote controlled TV did respond to the ringer in her telephone.
She kept accusing us of sneaking into her room and turning the TV on,
until we happened to be in the room when the phone rang, and the
TV started switching channels.

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From: george@windslc.seri.gov (George Scott)
Subject: Re: Superglue origin an UL?
Reply-To: george@windslc.nrel.gov
Organization: Colorado State Reformatory for Young Hussies and Trollops
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:04:03 GMT

bls@sector7g.Eng.Sun.COM (Brian Scearce) writes:

>In article 27881@colorado.edu, crosby@caesar.cs.colorado.edu (CROSBY MATTHEW JAME) writes:
>> I have heard from *several people* that Cyanoacrylate (superglue) was
>> originally invented by mountain climbers as a quick fix for
>> wounds/cuts/gouges/etc.

>I had heard that it was used as a replacement for stitches by the US
>military, but not that it was invented by mountain climbers.  I'll give
>climbers their due, but surgical R&D is probably not their strong
>suit.

It wasn't invented by climbers, but apparently some rock climbers (this is a
different animal from mountain climbers) use it to repair 'flappers', an
uncomfortable condition where a large (e.g., 0.25" by 0.25") chunk of skin
is almost detached from your finger by a sharp hold. I prefer adhesive tape
and a lot of cursing.
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From: bwaid@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Oranjelo and the severed dog's head
Date: 30 Sep 92 22:53:46 GMT
Organization: Auburn University, AL

My (ex) wife insisted I post both of these.

1)
She swears this came from an foaf's mom so it must be true. A black lady
at an Indiana hospital gave birth to twins and named them Oranjelo and
Lemonjelo (pron. or-rahn-juh-low and luh-mahn-juh-low) after, obviously,
orange and lemon jello. It sounded like classic UL to me, but what clinched
it was when I was visiting a friend in Atlanta the other week she told me
that a friend told her that a black woman in Atlanta just the other day
named her newborn Oranjelo. So has anyone heard this? I didn't see it on the
FAQ list.

2)
My (ex) wife and two of her friends say they heard that if a dog bit 
someone and was believed to be rabid that its head (the dog's for the
parsing impaired) had to be cut off and sent to a lab for testing. They recall
this from their childhood and all grew up in different places so they are
sure it was true. I'm not buying it. This wasn't on the FAQ list either.

Barry "Dawgshedjelo" Waid
Auburn University
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From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson)
Subject: Re: "Lost In Space" was CLEARLY better
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 02:31:16 GMT

In article <UemmYUm00Xs3A4olRZ@andrew.cmu.edu> David O Hunt <bluelobster+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>Ted Dansen (spelling) of Cheers fame went to CMU - there are
>others, but I don't know 'em.
>
>David
>bluelobster+@cmu.edu

Carter Scott, son of George C., and currently starring in one of the
teenybopper movies (not sure of the title; it is advertised on TV a lot)
went to Lawrence University in Appleton, WI, at the same time as I did.
(I think he is like a year or two younger than me)

Further, he was in at least one of my classes.

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From: bill.dehaan@rose.com (bill dehaan)
Subject: Re: Oranjelo
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 15:42:30 GMT
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Date Entered: 10-03-92 10:38
In message <BvIIIw.4F9@unx.sas.com>, sasbmt@jjoyce.unx.sas.com (Bruce
Tindall) writes:

BT>I heard of a couple of parents who named their infant son "Bruce".
BT>This cruel act supposedly happened in Louisiana in 1956.  But I
BT>can't imagine anyone being so unfeeling, so it must be a UL.

I went to school with a girl whose father was Darcy, and her mother was
Arleen. They named her Darcaleen. Needless to say, she was nicknamed
"gasoline" and "kerosene" everywhere she went. Yes, I can imagine
parents being that unfeeling. Or stupid.

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From: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Radar Cars (was: stupid cop tricks & t)
Date: 5 Oct 1992 18:53:28 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
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In a previous article, woodcock@crchh427.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Gregg Woodcock) says:

(On using marks on the highway to time vehicles for speed)

>This would be fine if all cars were the same length!  I can see it now...
>but officer, My 100 motorcycle won't even go 140MPH... or ...Honestly
>judge, my double trailer Semi was not holding up traffic by going 25MPH
>on I80.
>

But it works fine if you start and stop the timer when the front of the
vehicle is at the marker. I've been nailed a couple of times from Highway
Patrol aircraft.

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From: dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (dogbowl)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Datsum Was (Re: Mixed up translations
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 17:14:26 Y
Organization: The Dawghaus BBS, Palmerston North, New Zealand (+64 6 357 9245)

bwatson@nyx.cs.du.edu (bruce watson) writes:

> My understanding of this is that the name of the manufacturer, Nissan
> was persuaded to use a more western sounding name. When the car 
> became popular in western markets, Old man Nissan wanted his name
> on the car. There was some fear that all the effort that went
> into name recoqnition would be wasted, but Japanese cars were (still
> are) very popular at the time and the changeover went without much ado.

Yeah, but Nissan manufactured cars were called Datsuns from c.1949 until
1983. Why change a major brand name after 30-odd years?

After all, Matsushita still call their products "National","Panasonic"
or "Technics". Could you imagine the confusion that would result if they
decided to rename?

ObUL: Nissan has been making cars and trucks since the early 1930's
      The pre-war cars were called DAT, apparently after the initials
      of the founders.
      The story goes that after WW2, when the Japanese were allowed
      to start producing machinery again, they were going to call the
      cars DATSON ( son of DAT ), but decided on DATSUN ( DATs from the
      land of the riding SUN ).

Dunno if it's for real or not, but it was the story being used in New
Zealand to explain the history of the cars when they changed names.

Then again, what do expect from a company that called a car CEDRIC?



dogbowl at The Dawghaus BBS, Palmerston North, New Zealand (+64 6 357 9245)
dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz

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From: bill.dehaan@rose.com (bill dehaan)
Subject: RE: Oranjelo
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:24:11 GMT
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Date Entered: 10-06-92 17:18
In message <1992Oct5.204437.24237@cs.yale.edu>, smith-jeff@CS.YALE.EDU
(Jeff Smith) writes:

BD>I went to school with a girl whose father was Darcy, and her mother was
BD>Arleen. They named her Darcaleen. Needless to say, she was nicknamed
BD>"gasoline" and "kerosene" everywhere she went. Yes, I can imagine
BD>parents being that unfeeling. Or stupid.

JS>At my high school we had a set of female triplets whose last name
JS>was Tracey.  And (you guessed it), they were all named "Tracy."  Their
JS>full names were:  "Tracy Traci Tracey", "Tracy Lee Tracey" and "Tracy
JS>Leann Tracey".  Mom must have still been on the Thalidomide when she
JS>came up with those.

Actually, my ex-roomate just had his second daughter. The mother is
Kathy, and their first child was Katherine Rebecca (called 'Katie'). The
new one is Rebecca Katherine (with a birthday 3 years and 2 days after
the first child), and they call her 'Kay'.

No room for confusion there..... I hope they have the decency to at
least send the kids to different schools.

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From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Mixed up translations
Date: 4 Oct 92 02:36:43 GMT
Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
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kristyp@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kristy Patterson) writes:
  +> 
  +> There are some really unfortunate car name out there;
  +> Chevrolet CITATION?  Nice to name your car "traffic ticket."
  +> I also heard rumors of a Dodge IMPACT.  I thought that was a good one, too.

arielle@NeoSoft.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
  +
  +Nononono.
  +
  +The absolute most ridiculous name goes to the Ford Probe.
  +
  +I mean, honestly.  Would you buy a used Probe?

Sounds like a clever name to reinforce the new car market and dispense
with the aftermarket.

BTW, isn't the GM hotshot electric car called the Impact?

Terry "If it isn't, it ought to be" Chan
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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: 666 Cable TV
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 21:13:53 GMT

lmh@world.std.com (Larry M Headlund) writes:
: 
: Now that that is out of the way,  I heard a new (to me) UL the other day.

: 	The topic was cable TV and pirating extra TV's inside your home off
: a socket.  I was "informed" that
: 	a) The cable company can test electrically for the number of live
: 	   connections.
: 	b) When they discover a site is cheating they send a powerful electric
: 	   current thrugh the cable and destroy (explode?) all the TV's in the
: 	   offenders' house.
: 
: Before you hit followup I am aware that a) is possible and b) is a howl.

a) This is an old story. Yes, they can - if you do not have a distribution
amplifier in the path. If all you have is splitters and TVs, then they can
(if they wish) figure out how many splitters are connected to the cable.

b) Yes, this is an UL. What they did was make use of a bug in the software
of the unauthorized decoders that would allow them to make those decoders
inoperative. It did not destroy the decoders, much less hurt any equipment.

Bill
Xref: sparky alt.folklore.urban:24546 rec.arts.startrek.misc:9862
From: tjw@vms.cis.pitt.edu (TJ Wood)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: "Lost In Space" was CLEARLY better
Summary: Danger Danger!
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:30:08 GMT
Reply-To: tjw+@pitt.edu
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


 
In article <1992Sep29.002839.13593@PA.dec.com> 
snopes%club33@stlth.enet.dec.com (They call me, MR snopes!) writes:
 
>In article <1992Sep28.182056.14906@bradley.bradley.edu>, 
>  latarra@buhub.bradley.edu (Lisa Ehren) writes...
 
>>Yeah, but at least in Star Trek, they didn't have the entire show caused by
>>a neurotic wimp <Dr. Smith> hiding on a spaceship...where was the security?
 
>Oh yeah?  Security in "Star Trek" meant "put on a red shirt, stand next to 
>the door, and stare straight ahead until one of the bad guys karate chops your 
>neck".  At least Dr. Smith was a *stowaway* -- he didn't take over the ship
>every week like everybody who came on board the Enterprise did.
 
 I think it's important to point out that while Lost in Space did NOT have
 a science officer, Dr. Smith did have a PhD.  Mr. Spock only had a Master's
 Degree from a trade-school on Vulcan.  Mr. Spock was also a licensed
 refrigerator repairman.  So which show had more scientific skill?  Clearly
 Lost in Space.  While it's true that Star Trek has a full time medical doctor,
 it should be noted that June Lockheart was the first Mom in space, beating
 Beverly Crusher by almost 20 years.  Also, June had children that were more
 believable, than Wesley.  She also starred with a dog in a previous television
 series.  Can Gates McFadden match that?
 
 Was it ever established why Dr. Smith was a *stowaway*?  Did he and the
 robot have some sort of "relationship"?  And who exactly was responsible for
 getting them lost in the first place?  Did they lose their map?  Who was
 driving?  Doesn't all of this remind you of the Cone Heads from Saturday
 Night Live -- they were stranded on Earth when their ship crashed into Lake
 Michigan.
 
Terry "Danger! Danger! Will Robinson!" Wood
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From: starfish@stein.u.washington.edu (Sarah Skovronsky)
Subject: Re: gary larson committed
Keywords: the far side
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 03:42:08 GMT

pwhitman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Philip N Whitman) writes:

[Gary Larson story omitted]

>What's the word?  Has anyone else heard the fate of poor G. Larson?
>I mean, it _could_ be true....

So it has to be true, right?  :)  (Oops, there are no smileys in AFU.)
Somehow, had Gary Larson actually been committed to a mental institution,
I think we'd have heard about it in the newspaper, for example, not just
from your "font of bullshit" acquaintance there.  Not that the papers are
always correct, mind you, but I think they're slightly more accurate than
your coworker.

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Xref: sparky alt.folklore.urban:24994 rec.arts.startrek.misc:10121
From: larry@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Kirk VS Picard (was "Lost In Space" was better)
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:49:27 GMT
Reply-To: larry@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Organization: Department of Chemistry, UCLA

In article <1992Oct5.062245.19915@leland.Stanford.EDU>, firestar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lipton Ann Meredith) writes:
>
>Well, yeah, but Picard wasn't always a starship captain.  He must have been a 
>first officer once and he must have gotten some decent hand-to-hand experience
>then.  And didn't he and his brother once get into it?
>I think if we're considering Kirk at his prime and Picard at his prime, we'd
>have to call it a draw.
>

Ah, but you are forgetting that Kirk has the same advantage in all
fights as the fearless Caped Crusader Batman.  That's right, any time
Kirk or the Dark Knight gets into a fight during a TV show, cheesy
music plays in the background and urges the hero on to victory.  With
this kind of advantage, how can you possibly expect Kirk to lose?

ObUL:  The "Spock pinch" doesn't work for humans because they don't
       know how to make the high pitched noise that goes along
       with it.

 Lec "cheesy music plays when I post" Luthor
 Criminal Genius Extraordinaire

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From: sheaffer@netcom.com (Robert Sheaffer)
Subject: Re: Stone Age Sex
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 01:50:22 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

>>+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>>
>>Reprinted w/o permission from "In", a weekly Boston newspaper.
>>
>>"Se non e vero, e ben trovato."
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>Otztal Valley, ITALY -- The mainstream media reported widely on "Otzi",
>>the 5,477-year-old Stone Age man found mummified in a melting glacier
>>high in the Italian Tyrolean Alps.  The U.S. media did not, however, share
>>a gripping detail that was reported in Italy, Austria, Switzerland and
>>elsewhere: there was sperm in Otzi's anal canal.

And how is it that everyone seems to have ignored this little caveat?

I would render it as "If it's not true, it's useful." Now, "ben trovato"
(literally, "well-found") is obviously idiomatic, and is not in my 
Italian dictionary. Perhaps someone can answer this definitively.

C'mon, they're practically ADVERTISING that this little story is made up!

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        Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has
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        where it will end."
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