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From: ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill)
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Subject: NOTICE:"Bigfoot/Sasquatch" Sightings Request
Date: 14 Sep 1992 02:35:15 GMT
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From: bill.dehaan@rose.com (bill dehaan)
Subject: Rice versus Birdseed
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:19:11 GMT
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Date Entered: 09-10-92 23:14
In message <BuBo8x.236@hatch.socal.com>, richg@hatch.socal.com (Rich
Greenberg) writes:

RG>Enjoy your wedding with whatever grain(s) you feel are appropriate.
RG>The "rice exploding birds stomachs" is a genuine take-no-immatation
RG>Urban Legend.  After all, how many dead birds with exploded stomachs
RG>heve you seen around churches lately?

Funny you should mention that. I  was at a wedding last Saturday,  and I
actually noticed  three dead  bird type  things (ex  sparrows; make that
seriously ex) on the way out  of the chapel. Didn't think about  it much
at the time, but now I wonder.

Bill "insert dead parrot quote here" de Haan

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From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Subject: Re: Sinking libraries
Reply-To: warren@nysernet.org
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: 14 Sep 92 05:53:10 GMT

In <1992Sep13.134044.14035@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Citecheck Hell) writes:

ObUL: Someone swore to me as true the story about a husband throwing
      a lit cigarette into the toilet, and having the commode explode.
      But the real catch was that when the ambulance came to get him,
      the stretcher attendants heard the story and started laughing so
      hard that they dropped the stretcher and broke the guy's leg!
      It must be true, it was in an Israeli newspaper.

Dropping the stretcher is an essential part of this UL.
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From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Subject: Re: Third to be bombed...
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 16:07:35 GMT

In article <1992Sep6.075231.14610@u.washington.edu> grimjack@milton.u.washington.edu (Leslie Basel) writes:
>
>Well, the reasons that Seattle is 3rd are:
>	1) Boeing
>	2) Bremerton Naval shipyards
>	3) Bangor nuclear submarine base
>	4) Fort Lewis army base and McCord air base
>and my girl friend (Leslie)

I'm sure that Leslie is the most compelling reason for Seattle being 3rd.

cjl
From: joslin_paul@ae.ge.com
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Third to be bombed...
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:19:47 GMT
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bmb1021@ultb.isc.rit.edu (B.M. Buck ) writes:

>In at least two cities I've lived in (Charlotte, NC and Binghamton, NY),
>there is the claim that that city is "third" on the list of sites to be
>bombed by the Soviets (now that the Soviets are gone, I suspect that
>this legend had died, too), because of some strategic importance of the
>city.  The stated first two places (when pressed) end up being the
>missile sites, and Washington, DC.  After that, comes the current city.

>Is this legend wide-spread?  If you've heard it for your locale, what is

Very wide spread.  Of course, it was almost believable for Colorado
Springs CO (near NORAD headquarters), San Diego CA (7 Navy bases), and
Norfolk VA (Atlantic Fleet HQ?).   But it was also told to me about Key
West, FLA, since "The Russians want to destroy the secret military
base", and Cincinnati, since "It is the center of the machine tool
industry, and the Russians want to keep us from rebuilding."

FWIW, I was a navy brat, but these tales were told by the locals.

Paul "Big Boom Time!" Joslin
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From: jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth)
Subject: Re: Third to Be Bombed
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 20:21:47 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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In article <Bu9sCp.J5n@solbourne.com> lindaj@solbourne.com (Linda Weygant) writes:
>  Not to mention the fact that Colorado is the the best way to drive 
>  cross-country-otherwise you have to go through New Mexico (almost as 
>  boring as Nebraska) or try to negotiate the winding highways and urban 
>  sprawl  of Montana/Wyoming.

Hey, New Mexico isn't all that boring (except for the trip along I25 up
towards Colarado).  Driving across I40 from Amarillo, Texass to the western
border of the state is really neat.  You see many rugged, harse looking
scenes that are straight out of the westerns.  Young Guns (one and two) was
(were?) filmed here.  It is the stretch of road from the Az/NM border to
just outside Flagstaff, Az that is very dull.  Get your facts right!!


Note: New Mexico is a pretty place to visit, but nowhere near as nice
as California.  The only way to make this place really tolarable is to
make it develop another beach on the ocean.

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:33:52 -0400 
From: "Robert S. Huss" <rh50+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Newlywed FAQ


        I am a new reader of this newsgroup, and I've been reading
your FAQ list, preparing to add my 2 cents on some of the FAQs, when
I came across one that I can absolutely refute.  The following is in
your FAQ list:
>Fb."Newlywed Game" husband televised response that the strangest place they
>   That'd be the butt, Bob."

        I watched this show, and although it is misquoted, it DID happen.
The husbands had been sent away, and the question asked to the women,
to be written down.  When the husbands came back, the first husband
asked replied, "Well, Bob, Up the butt Bob, up the butt."  I watched
this show with some friends (it might have been a repeat, I don't know..)
back in 1990/91 when I was a freshman at U of Delaware.  My
name happens to be Bob, so this line was a standing joke with my friends
for a long time afterwards.
        For additional information, I remember that the couple was
a black couple, and that the wife had some normal answer, like on the
couch, written down.  I think the husband just missunderstood the
the question.
        Unless one person's word isn't good enough to change the
FAQ list, I believe the FAQ should be changed to:
T. "Newlywed Game" husband televised response that the strangest place they
   made love was "Up the butt Bob, up the butt."

Bob Huss.

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From: pzs@ficus.webo.dg.com (Peter Z. Simpson)
Subject: Re: Annuit Coeptis
Date: 14 Sep 92 12:11:52
	<1992Sep9.154923.28928@adimail.uucp>
Organization: Data General Corp., Westboro, MA

>>>>> On Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:49:23 GMT, tel@adimail.uucp (Terry Monks) said:


> Novus ordo seclorum - 'to ( or from, or by) a new order of the
> ages.' I think.

    "seclorum", I believe, means "of things". I could be wrong, I
flunked Latin, but "a new order of things" is how I think that phrase
should be translated. 

    Can we update the FAQ? It seems to be a bit off in the Latin
department.

 
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From: leifmk@Lise.Unit.NO (Leif Magnar Kj|nn|y)
Subject: Re: Sex on the Train
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 14:25:09 GMT

In article <mcirvin.715640770@husc8>, mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) writes:
 > wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
 > 
 > >Is this life imitating humour, or is this a gullible newspaper editor being
 > >taken in by a practical joke? Has this been reported anywhere outside these
 > >supposedly staid islands?
 > 
 > It made newspapers in the US, but that means little.
 > -- 
 > Matt McIrvin, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 

Made the papers in Norway, too, for what that's worth.  Who knows?  It could even
be true.

Leif the .sigless
leifmk@lise.unit.no
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From: grimjack@milton.u.washington.edu (Leslie Basel)
Subject: Re: Third to be bombed...
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 07:52:31 GMT


Well, the reasons that Seattle is 3rd are:
	1) Boeing
	2) Bremerton Naval shipyards
	3) Bangor nuclear submarine base
	4) Fort Lewis army base and McCord air base
and my girl friend (Leslie) thinks that Chicago is 3rd because:
	1) RailRoad center
	2) commodities market
	3) Great Lakes Naval Station (ask me about the brig sometime:)
	4) University of Chicago

Sounds good to me -- now that Seattle is safe from nukes we are leaving.

Rodger "which of us is correct - you decide" Coghlan
Leslie "Like any one really cares" Basel

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From: gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: Junk FAX Mail?
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 18:03:16 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.184125.17231@sunova.ssc.gov> Chuck Adams <chuck_adams@qmail.ssc.gov> writes:
:I have heard on several occaisions that a new (and perhaps undesirable) trend
:in "Yuppie" circles is junk mail received via FAX machine.  I have worked at
:several places where we used a FAX, and my parents have one also.  I have never
:seen the reception of a FAX that was not a part of regular business.

I have.  I received a 4-page ad for fax paper.  I was furious, and tried
phoning the company to ask for *their* fax number - under guise of wanting
to phone in an order of course... - they wouldn't give it to me.  Must have
learned the hard way.

:This scenario of "Junk" FAXes implies that there is a "list" of telephone
:numbers out "there" that is somehow passed around/sold like mailing lists are.
:I don't know of any way that FAX machines could be specifically targeted for
:FAX messages unless someone dials every phone number in sequential order with a
:FAX machine to see if a FAX machine on the other end responds.

Precisely what they do, the bastards.

G
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From: Hall.Moore@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Hall Moore)
Subject: Re: Third to be bombed...
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:42:35 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.184825.18056@ultb.isc.rit.edu> bmb1021@ultb.isc.rit.edu (B.M. Buck ) writes:
>In at least two cities I've lived in (Charlotte, NC and Binghamton, NY),
>there is the claim that that city is "third" on the list of sites to be
>bombed by the Soviets (now that the Soviets are gone, I suspect that
>this legend had died, too), because of some strategic importance of the
>city.  The stated first two places (when pressed) end up being the
>missile sites, and Washington, DC.  After that, comes the current city.

Cheyenne (sp?) mountain (NORAD headquaters I'm told) should outrank all
of the above listed targets.  In any case, considering the number of 
missiles pointed this way and the fact that any ICMB strike is likely to
be massive, thousands of sites would be fired on at more or less the same
time.  Simple geography and physics would decide exactly who got hit when.

I have a rather out dated book entitled _Nuclear_Nightmares_ by Nigel
Calder in which it is postulated that the *really* important targets
have many, even dozens, of warheads aimed at them (at least one will work
right and hit home).  Based on this, I suppose you could brag about who
has the most bombs with their name on them :)

>Is this legend wide-spread?  If you've heard it for your locale, what is
>the supposed reason for being third?
>
>  Later,
>    BP (bmb1021@ultb.isc.rit.edu)

Disclaimer:  If a stupid .sig gets tacked on the end of this post it's
not my fault.

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From: wengland@stephsf.com (Bill England)
Subject: Re:  Chef Boy-Ar-Dee commercial
    <bruce.0ajl@zuhause.MN.ORG> <2968@voodoo.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 01:47:02 GMT
Organization: Stephen Software Systems Inc., Tacoma/Seattle, +1 800 829 1684
X-Bytes: 958

In article <2968@voodoo.UUCP> das@voodoo.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz) writes:
>[...]
>giant clams with legs dancing with each other, and he joins in.  Hilarious.
>Unfortunately, someone else didn't think so.  I don't know this for a fact,
>but I heard that Kosner didn't care, but the "Dances with Wolves" distribution
>company got really upset and demanded the commercials be stopped.  


  Thats true.  Also as I remember it the film company got a bit of
  customer feedback that the comercials were pretty good and so 
  relented to allow Ivars to recontinue their commercials.  Since
  then Ivars has done yet another spoof comercial ...


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From: carter@spot.Colorado.EDU (Mike Carter)
Subject: Re: Junk FAX Mail?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:58:37 GMT

>> Has anyone ever received junk mail on their FAX machine?

The travel agency where my wife works gets so many junk FAXes that they turn
their machines off at night.

I saw a US West ad in the Rocky Mountain News or the Colorado Daily for a
service that could certainly be used for junk FAXing.  Basically you pay for
the service, give US West a list of FAX numbers, then FAX them what you want
distributed.  It went on to say that the benefits were that your FAX machine
would be free and your phone line(s) wouldn't be tied up during the mass
distribution.

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From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: Sinking libraries
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 14:28:02 GMT

pratta@rpi.edu (Anthony Edward Prattico) writes:

>In article <1992Sep4.122904.9317@geovision.gvc.com> pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin) writes:
>[RPI stuff deleted]
>>   Yeah right.  Buildings don't sink, they crack.  After they've cracked
>>   enough, they fail.

>>   Paul "I'm wearing my Iron Ring" Tomblin

>a) Get a clue. If the tower of Pisa is cracked, then shouldn't it have fallen
>   long ago? Lots of buildings sink, or settle. The house I live in at home has
>   an attached garage that is sinking, hasn't cracked, and hasn't pulled away
>   from the house.
The tower of Pisa was built before we had building codes, limit states
design, compression testers, and all sort of things.  These new-fangled
gizmos allow us to build buildings that are just strong enough, and no
stronger, than necessary for the intended use.  Back then, they just
overdesigned the shit out of buildings, and hoped for the best.

As for your garage - if it's sinking, and it hasn't pulled away from the
house, then by process of elimination, it's pulling your house down.  Yeah,
right.  More likely is that the cracks aren't visible _yet_.

One other thing - houses and garages aren't _engineered_ - they are designed
and built by architects and building contractors, meaning that they are
overdesigned from a structural point of view.  Your 2x6 stud wall is
probably 10 times as strong as needed, but you have wide studs for
insulation reasons, and 32 inch spacing for convenience reasons - not for
structural engineering reasons.

>b) Lighten up. We're talking about ULs here.
Sorry, I thought this group was for people interested in the _facts_ behind
ULs, not for the perpetuation of them.  If nobody wants any facts, then I
guess I'll go find another newsgroup.

Or does saying "Yeah, right" constitute a flame?  If so, my apologies to
the especially delicate among you.

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From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
Subject: Re: So, what IS the shelf life of Twinkies?
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 14:28:17 GMT

In article <1992Sep5.075912.17905@uwm.edu> spice@convex.csd.uwm.edu (James G Spice) writes:
>In article <1992Sep4.015941.4310@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jcopelan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James c Copeland) writes:
>>OK, I have heard that Twinkies could last for 20 years?  What is the  basis
>>for this claim?  What is the REAL shelf life of these things?
>>(I have a steak dinner riding on this one).
>>
>I have heard that the Twinkie mascot (that cowboy thing), as well
>as the packaging design have remained relatively unchanged since
>the late sixties so that very old Twinkies can be place on grocery
>shelves right next to new ones.  If they changed anything on the box,
>all the old ones would have to be destroyed.
>

Well, I guess they have to get around destroying the old ones.  They
haven't used Twinkie the Kid since I was an undergraduate.  There was
even a Zippy cartoon bemoaning the loss.
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From: kbos@carina.unm.edu (Kurt Bose "of Biscayzee")
Subject: Re: Third to be bombed...
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 23:01:12 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

OK, followup question.  Now that most everyone has established that their town,
city, state, hole in the ground, etc. is high on the list, is there anyplace in
the US that prides itself on being relatively safe from nuclear devastation?

I have read that Tierra del Fuego was ranked last among all strategic targets
for nuclear devastation worldwide, but where in America has this honor?  
Anywhere???

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From: tb13@ellis.uchicago.edu (leon joel gross)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Mnemonics
Date: 6 Sep 92 20:16:28 GMT
Reply-To: tb13@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <715796362.AA00000@csource.oz.au> Tony.Sander@f840.n800.z3.fidonet.org (Tony Sander) writes:
>mm>  >people  who  worried  about  this  sort  of  thing should picket Adidas,
>mm>  >because Adidas is an acronym for "All Day I Dream About Sex".
>mm>
>mm>  And rare is the creature knowing how adidas really got its
>mm>  name...
>
>I heard that Adidas really stands for "After Dinner I Do A Shit".
>--
>Tony

I heard that Adidas was named after the owner, Adi Dasler, who I believe
is Greek.

Leon Gross
I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.
From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: The Brady Bunch
Date: 6 Sep 1992 21:07:42 GMT
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
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c8922369@jupiter.newcastle.edu.au (Leon James Garde) writes:

  +Now, none of the actors who played any of the kids in the Brady Bunch 
  +has died, ok.
  +However there are lots of stories about the deaths of all the young actors.

Uh, didn't Robert Reid (or is it Reed?  You know, the old guy) buy the 
farm about 2 months ago?  Cancer?  Liver trouble?  Rumors of AIDS?  
(Is this sufficiently vague enough?)

Terry "That reminds me of a story of Jerry Mathers..." Chan
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From: john@newave.newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Third to be bombed...
Date: 9 Sep 92 04:34:47 GMT
Organization: Newave Communications, Ltd, Lake Wobegon, MN

In article <79336@ut-emx.uucp> llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine) writes:
> i heard it when i was a kid in san antonio. we were sposed to be high
> on the list because of strategic air command hq at kelly afb, and the
> other four military installations in the city.

If they would have bombed San Antonio, they would have missed the
Strategic Air Command HQ by about 1000 miles--it was at Offutt AFB,
just south of Omaha, Nebraska.  For the most part, all of the USAF
stuff in San Antonio are training bases or airlift.

If nothing else, I would have thought that the Soviets would have
spared San Antonio since it is such a fun place to visit!

-john-

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