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From: silly@ugcs.caltech.edu (Brad Threatt)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Man pays for college with pinball
Date: 12 Jan 1993 01:07:08 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:

>In article <1993Jan11.040334.25873@tc.cornell.edu> kutcha@eos.acm.rpi.edu (Phillip Rzewski) writes:

>No, anything except free games is technically illegal
>no cash no prizes no free coffee no sleeping with the waitress no nuthin

>I'll take that $10 if you pay the air freight to the UK
While it's true that in most places it's illegal, I used to see it all of the
time.  Owners of arcade and other assorted places would pay up for credits on
pinball machines or (more commonly) video poker.  It was illegal for them to
do so (U.S. South Carolina law a few years ago), but they did it anyway.  So
it does seem *possible* to pay for college this way, but rather unlikely.

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From: tcg@mayo.edu (Thomas Gerber)
Subject: Re: Shamen
Reply-To: tcg@mayo.edu
Organization: Mayo Clinic/Foundation Rochester MN Campus
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 16:20:30 GMT

In article 1106@midway.uchicago.edu,  thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
>It was some other rock star who died in a bizarre gardening accident
>from an allergic reaction to pesticides.  Go know.

That was Jeff Porcaro, formerly drummer of "Toto", and it happened this summer.

                                - tcg




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From: PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai)
Subject: Re: Trademarkability of personal names (Was: Re: Babe Ruth Candy Bar)
Organization: The Ohio State University
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:01:58 GMT

pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin) writes:
>trademark.  (Wow - McDonalds Lawyers against Apple Lawyers: The clash of the
>titans)                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 ^^^^^^

There was a movie by that name.  Please refrain from using the phrase
without paying royalties.

ObBaseball:  Marge Schott's dog takes dumps on the astorturf(tm)
during pre-game warmups in Cincinnati.

Jon "Once met Mike Schmitt" Papai
From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Amusing street names
Date: 8 Jan 93 18:20:18 GMT
Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
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vince@cadence.com (Vince Gibboni) writes:
  +
  +    Which leads me to the follow-up question: Can anyone identify a major 
  +    city for me that does not have a street named after John F. Kennedy 
  +    (Montreal does). I'm not sure about London, although, oddly enough,
  +    I seem to remember hearing that there is one in Moscow...

Hmmmm, Havana?

Terry "Oink! Oink!" Chan
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From: bill.dehaan@rose.com (bill dehaan)
Subject: Touching Tongue Cold
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 06:04:42 GMT
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Date Entered: 01-04-93 00:50
In message <1992Dec30.230130.4909@Cadence.COM>, phz@cadence.com (Pete
Zakel) writes:

PZ>Touching tongues to cold metal and having it freeze is NOT an urban legend.
PZ>People in California don't have much experience with it, but in colder climes
PZ>it is a fairly common cruel type of practical joke to get a little brother or
PZ>sister to touch his or her tongue to a cold piece of metal (typically an
PZ>outdoor tool shed or something) and having it freeze their.

Being born and raised in rather northern climes (Peace River,
Whitehorse, and Yellowknife), I can attest to that. When I first moved
south, the first two things I noticed were (a) street sign posts made of
metal rather than wood, and (b) that people actually sold pop in cans
during the _winter_ (instead of glass).

PZ>The best way to remove tongue from metal is by pouring warm water onto the
PZ>join.

Unfortunately, not always possible. I remember one instance where a kid
in our school ended up getting stuck to a metal garbage dumpster; they
had to use torches to cut the piece of metal off - it was either the
metal or the kid's hand (it was a bitch of a day; -35 degrees or so),
and the dumper weighed about a ton. If the surface area of the skin is
large enough (ie. complete hand print) and it's cold enough, then the
water trick doesn't work fast enough to prevent frostbite. Fortunately,
those cases are rare.

My favourite instance of this was when my principal got his lips frozen
to his car door - he was blowing in the lock to melt the ice :-).

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Subject: Re: Pygmy stuff (was; someting else)
From: derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 22:23:57 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand

In article <mcirvin.726799475@husc.harvard.edu> mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Matt McIrvin) writes:
>
>I think the pygmy chimps are called bonobos.  A bongo is a hoofed mammal.
>I saw some bongos at the National Zoo once.

Mea Culpa.  You are quite right.  I was getting my African animals mixed 
up.  I did indeed mean Bonobo.  I haven't seen a Bongo as they are extremely
rare. The famous treetops game park (where the queen can afford to view game 
but I cannot) has bells to awaken sleeping tourists when a rare or interesting
animal arrives at the waterwhole in the dead of night.  Leopard warrants 
one ring etc. The Bongo is so rare it gets the maximum of three rings!

>The National Zoo unfortunately had no Komodo dragons on display at the time.

Derek "It's the Kimono dragons which I'm more interested in!" Tearne


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From: etlcrcy@bugs.ericsson.se (Chris Cleverly)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: 7 Jan 93 11:20:31 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Cellular Division

In article <1993Jan6.190503.17831@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1993Jan6.171249.12923@lucrece.robots.ox.ac.uk> neil@robots.ox.ac.uk (Neil Townsend) writes:
>>ObUL: The Shamen's `Ebenezer Goode' isn't about drugs, its a song
>>about a fictional character inspired by 8 DJ's who are currently
>>moving the London scene.
>>ObTruth: That's what Mr. C. Shamen said (On MTV-Europe.) Just before
>>explaining that he was glad to be back in the south-east [of England]
>>because people there really appreciated `experimental dance music.'
>
>Didn't the lead-singer of Shamen drown or something?
>
>ObUL: People have been getting a lot of free dinners from riding elevators
>      at Cooperstown.
>-- 

Yes, the old lead-singer drowned but the other one ( Colin ) carried on
regardless and with session musicians etc. to make The Shamen as in their
'E's are good' current format - with Mr. C the rapper ( complete prat ).

Free meals ?

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From: bwilson@efim.austin.ibm.com (Brad Wilson)
Subject: Re: Microwave Fun
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:21:05 GMT
Reply-To: bwilson@austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Austin


In discussing Under Siege (movie), I wrote
>|> 
>|> No, no - he had shut off the breaker to the microwave before he put all the
>|> stuff in it.  When the bad guys flipped the breaker, THEN the microwave 
>|> switched on.  When the chief bad guy heard the timer ring, he knew something
>|> bad was going to happen.  The dumb guy opening the microwave had nothing to
>|> do with it... it would have popped anyway.
>|> 
>|> Steel wool in a microwave is a bad idea to begin with.  But I don't think
>|> it was alcohol he used - I thought he mixed a couple of chemicals so they
>|> would react and create some sort of gas, so that the sparks from the steel
>|> wool would set it off.
>|> 
>|> Just what I remember - I only saw it once...
>|> 
>|> --
and the reply (message <C0IAn3.CtC.1@cs.cmu.edu>)
 from rhuss+@EDRC.CMU.EDU (Robert Huss)
>
>	Oh, so what we need, is a really old microwave with a power dial
>rather than a digital control panel eh?  But I guess the effect would work
>with a time-delay microwave, if you know when the bad guys are expected..
>
>Bob "looking for a new apartment to test this out in" Hus

It was a dial-timer microwave - he gives it a twist before leaving the ?galley?.
A friend suggests that he used Drano & Vinegar - I have no idea if it would be
explosive or not - and where my friend got the idea that those were what he used
is beyond me.  Now if he had used lightbulbs...

I have also heard that CD's (musical, not monetary) do "neat" things in a microwave.
(If you turn it on while they are in there, of course)

I do not suggest you try anything with a microwave, and assume no responsibility,
but I would like to hear the stories.

To all:
Thanks for all the great stuff - I have been a lurker for awhile, and this is
great reading.  I don't know when I've had a better time reading news.

ObUL - the army is working on a microwave "gun" that will instantly turn all of
the moisture in a person's body to steam, causing a violent reaction that not
only kills the person in question, but can seriously injure those around the
target.
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Subject: Re: origin of which side of the road to drive on
From: system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 08:24:28 NZST
Organization: The Code Works Limited, PO Box 10 155, Auckland, New Zealand

Bruce.Tindall@launchpad.unc.edu (Bruce Tindall) writes:

> Is there anyone out there who remembers the day in 1967(?) when Sweden
> switched from driving on the left to the right?  I imagine a lot of 
> overtime pay was expended on the folks who had to change all the signs,
> traffic lights, white paint on the asphalt, etc., and a lot of money was
> made by tow trucks hauling away wrecks the next day.
> 
No, the didn't have any of these problems because they introduced the
change in stages.



-- 
  Wayne McDougall, BCNU

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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: bml@netcom.com (Brian Leibowitz)
Subject: Re: Net's Funniest Kitche
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:31:59 GMT

I had a run in with dry Picric Acid spilling on a counter when I was in
college.  I had a hard time finding good information about the dangers
and what to do.  Our safety office didn't know what to do, so I called
three different chemical supply companies until one had a method to
neutralize it (It gave off foul smelling gasses, but luckily it was in a hood.)

Percloric in ethanol is another substance that I had to deal with and that
stuff really is dangerous.  Perchloric acid in ethanol forms a crystal
that is very explosive.  When using it, you are supposed to mix up
small quantities and dispose of it right after use.  Someone 10 years
beforee had mixed up a quart of the stuff and had left it under the sink.
Fortunately, the person who found it knew what it was and gently placed
it in the sink.  When I finally contacted someone in the safety office
who knew what it was, he brought a granade blanket to cover the sink and
evacuated the offices adjacent to the lab.  A disposal company came in
and removed it.  The disposal company supposedly put it in a pit somewhere
with another explosive charge and detinated it.
The crystals that form in perchloric acid in ethanol are supposed to be highly
unstable and can detonate from shock or spontaniously if the temperature is
over 100F.

A lab technition who had been around a long time said
that a similar thing had happened in the 50s and that they took it to
the football field and shot it. (he claims to have witnessed it.)
The bullet used to detonate piceric mentioned in a previous posting
may have been perchloric acid in ethanol.  Both chemicals are used
for etching metallographic samples.

Brian
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From: starfish@stein.u.washington.edu (Sarah Skovronsky)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.rave
Subject: Re: Druggie, gang-member teens suck pacifiers
Date: 10 Jan 93 21:02:53 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
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jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes:

[the "kids suck pacifiers" story I posted deleted]

>I wondered about this one for a few days when I first saw it catching on
>here.  Then the penny dropped.  One of the side-effects of MDMA/Ecstasy is
>compulsive tooth grinding.  A dummy might well help that.

I suspect that perhaps a small fraction of the pacifier-sucking kids are
involved with drugs, and the rest just do it cause it's "cool."  Not that
I claim to understand the kids that think looking like a baby is way nifty
neato, but I think the actual drug-users in this group, if any, are few.

>[Crossposted to alt.rave in the hope that somebody there can confirm or deny.]

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From: anno4000@zrz.tu-berlin.de (Anno Siegel)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Etymological matters (was Re: African-American-top)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 13:41:53 GMT
Organization: tu-berlin
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In article <1993Jan3.040808.3903@Princeton.EDU> datepper@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Aaron Tepper) writes:
[snip]
>Mmmmm... if I remember correctly, young children _in_general_ are
>referred to in the neuter. The word for a young boy is "das Knabe",
>I believe.

Nope. It's "der Knabe", and also "der Junge", "der Bube", "der Bursche",
all meaning a male child, all masculine nouns. It's "das Kind" though, 
meaning a child of any sex.
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From: linden@positive.Eng.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Bugger it
Date: 9 Jan 1993 23:15:08 GMT
Organization: Sun
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From: system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall)
> Can you offer any evidence that all transatlantic telephone conversations 
> are recorded?

Certainly.  The earliest contemporary reference that I can find is an article
in the New Statesman in July 1980.  Duncan Campbell (an editor of the New Statesman)
and Linda Melvern (a veteren Sunday Times reporter) reported that the function
of the (US Govt's) NSA Menwith Hill station in Harrogate, Yorks is to tap
British domestic and international telephone traffic.   The article makes clear
that all transatlantic calls are recorded.

Secondly, I would refer you to "The Puzzle Palace - inside the NSA" by
James Bamford, publ Penguin, ISBN 0 14 00.6748 5, which on page 419 et seq
repeats and expands on this report.

Thirdly I was at graduate school with a man who was cheating the telephone
system by making collect calls to different public phone boxes in England.
As part of the process of convincing him to plea bargain, he told me they
played him a tape of one of his calls.

I would like to see this line reinstated in the FAQ:
> T. The CIA, NSA and 11 different secret govt organizations tap & bug everything they can

Peter

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From: PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai)
Subject: Re: Upside-down burglar
Organization: The Ohio State University
 <1993Jan11.204549.3758@netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:37:27 GMT

jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:
>
>Right - any brass player worth their mouthpiece will know that a E-sharp
>is a different note than an F, and that an A-sharp is different than a
>B-flat. On the piano, of course, those dweebs can't tell the difference...

Of course, the French Horn is keyed with the left hand, as opposed to
their driving tendencies.  Having never played one, I don't know if
the right hand is used to key the English Horn.

ObUL:  The oboe is the oldest woodwind of essentially unchanged design.
It's invention is attributed to Obik, the Swiss-Austrian neolithic
homosexual, circa 5000 BC.

Jon "Is A-flat a musical note, or a flat-chested bra size?" Papai
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From: davew@willow03.cray.com (Dave Wagner)
Subject: Re: Amusing Street Name Consequnces
Originator: davew@willow03
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:11:03 CST


In article <1993Jan8.202941.1132@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai) writes:
>
> ObUL: Even though Columbus, Ohio is the largest Columbus in the world
> by a large margin, everybody still appends ",Ohio".
> 
But Columbus, Indiana has Cummins Engine and Columbus, Ohio has ???
Umm, well, actually, I don't think it has anything of note.  That could
be the problem.  (Well, maybe it has more Columbians).

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From: dsegard@nyx.cs.du.edu (Daniel Segard)
Subject: Re: CD Legends
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	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 22:47:50 GMT


      Tomita's BERMUDA TRIANGLE album has some sort of data (typical modem
squeal sound) recorded on it.  According to the album notes there is a
message encoded and you can decode it if you are running a Tarbel
compatible computer.  (Whatever that means.)

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From: bill.dehaan@rose.com (bill dehaan)
Subject: African-American-top
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 06:03:31 GMT
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Date Entered: 01-04-93 00:50
In message <mjenkins.725757417@cunews>, mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca
(Michael Jenkinson) writes:

MJ>Unfortunately, this resulted in "blacktop" (as in asphalt) becoming
MJ>"African-Americantop", a "black-and-white issue" becoming an
MJ>"African-American-and-white issue", etc.

MJ>Needless to say, the professor was rather upset.

MJ>But as I say, every time I tell this story, people throw "UL" in my
MJ>face. I admit it has a lot of UL tendencies....

MJ>Anyone else heard this one before?

I've seen it. In the Toronto Star (local paper), there was a retraction
a few months back because the city budget had been reported as trying
"to get back in the African-Canadian"; it was supposed to be "back in
the black", of course.

However, I expect that this was more likely the result of an automated
thesaurus function, rather than a deliberate attempt by a writer to be
politically correct to the level you've described (although I expect
that the person programming the thesaurus was probably PC).

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From: Bruce.Tindall@launchpad.unc.edu (Bruce Tindall)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: The Fame Game
Date: 9 Jan 93 20:15:30 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service

In article <1993Jan9.172433.21061@Princeton.EDU> datepper@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Aaron Tepper) writes:
>Oh, who do I know _personally_? I went to school with Jeff "Shoe"
>MacNelly's two kids, and met Mr. MacNelly himself at my graduation.

Like most people who grew up in Chapel Hill in the 1960s and 70s as I did,
I knew Walter Spearman, the real person on whom the "Shoe" character "The
Perfesser" is based.

Bruce "next-door neighbor of Dub Dubose" Tindall
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From: cindy@solan10.solan.unit.no (Cynthia Kandolf)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: The Unmasking of the Faux Cindy
Date: 9 Jan 93 16:04:21 GMT
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Organization: /home/ludviga/cindy/.organization

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Okay, so i'll prove it's me.  See?
>1.   Which famous event took place 10 days before your birth?
 b.  Woodstock
 
>2.   What age difference is there between you and your older brother?
 b.  10 years

>3.   Where were you when the Challenger shuttle exploded?
  b.  in a trig class
 
>4.   What was Henry Kissinger's reaction on meeting you?
[actually, i bumped his arm.... and didn't stick around to tell him my
name after he...]
  d.  spilled his wine (white) all over his shoes (black)

>5.   What breed of dog do your parents keep in Pittsburgh?
[This must be a trick question.  My parents live in Lancaster.  But
they have a psychotic...]
 d.  Chihuahua ("mexican pet"...)

>6.   Which of the following is the "odd-one out" and why?
 c. macaroni
because it's the only one that isn't among my favorite foods, though i
still like it...

>7.   What is the name(s) of your pet stuffed animals?
  c. Brisbane

Steinar, of course, is my husband, and Stein is a troll (not of the
stuffed variety).

Now do you believe me?

And why on earth are you storing up all this information about me?
Now i'm suspicious.

-Cindy Kandolf
 cindy@solan.unit.no
 Trondheim, Norway