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From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
Subject: Re: Jesus' name (was Re: Late breaking potential UL!)
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 06:21:48 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.060139.16738@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai) writes:
>Jon "Still myself" Papai
>...........
>Now I never wrote a "good" line in my life, but the moment after it
>was written it seemed a hundred years old. ...  Any new formula which
>suddenly emerges in our consiousness has its roots in long trains of
>thought; it is virtually old when it makes its appearance among the
>recognized growths of our intellect.
>Oliver Wendell Holmes   _The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table_  1857.

You should clarify that this is OWH, Sr., rather than his more famous
son.

ObUL: OW Holmes, Jr., never drove a car in his life, which led him to
      make a Supreme Court decision whereby trains would not be held
      legally liable for collisions with cars where the driver of the
      car did not stop, look, and listen for the train, even to the
      extent of requiring drivers to exit their cars.
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From: Bruce.Tindall@launchpad.unc.edu (Bruce Tindall)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: AFU SOUTHEAST
Date: 24 Jan 93 04:19:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service

AFU EAST seems destined for Pittsburgh, home of the lovely wedding-cake
building at CMU and the if-it-didnt-exist-AFU-would-have-to-invent-it
Cathedral of Learning at Pitt.  (Love the Hungarian room, BTW.)  
It should be a fun field trip to check out the USX building and watch
it as it rusts on purpose.

But Pgh takes me more than 30 minutes to drive to.  And we do seem to
have a few AFU'ers down here in the nether reaches of the continent,
where the water starts getting sluggish before swirling in the canonical
septentrional fashion.

So shall we have an AFU SOUTHEAST this forced spring?  I can produce
not only TWO (count 'em) people who were certifiably born in the same
hospital -- same ROOM -- as our Commander in Chief in Hope, Arkansas,
but can also (as Joel mentioned) get us into the Lemur Research Center
at Duke University, my alma mater, provided that my buddy from Amnesty
International is still a grad student in good standing there.  
(Their "Free the Lemurs" campaign might kick off at the same time!)

Duke Univ. is notorious as the only place in America other than Yale
(on which its 1930s architecture is shamelessly based) that is willing
to claim the title of "home-o-deconstructionism."  But it does have some
redeeming features, such as the aforementioned Lemur Center.  It is home
to more lemurs than any place outside Madagasacar.  Of course, here in
the Northern hemisphere, the lemurs rotate in the opposite direction.

Bruce "patriarchy discourse text lemur deconstruct subvert Krzyzewski" Tindall

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Subject: Re: Jesus' Birthday
From: derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 19:45:54 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand

In article <1993Jan27.003658.22488@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
>derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne) writes:
>: >: 
>: >: No, you gored Bill's Blessed Bovine. An inquisitor will be knocking on your
>: >: door shortly.
>: >
>: >Who? Terry? Derek? Ya wanna watch? It'll cost you two-fifty.
>: 
>: Remember, never taunt the Happy Fun Bull<tm>.
>: 
>: Derek "Noooobody expects the New Zealand inquisition" Tearne
>
>Hey Derek. You gonna make it over for AFU West V? I am sure someone
>would be willing to meet you at the airport.  We could have a scrum
>to get the AFU Ball Game to a good kickoff.

Unfortunately I am feeling a little poor at the moment.  The doctor suggests
that a quiet period with no foreign travel can work wonders for those sadly 
stretched bank accounts.  I might be better in time for AFU West VIII though.
The kick off will therefore have to be delayed until my wallet injury has 
fully recovered.  Looking forward to it though.

Unless I get a lucrative offer of work + green card in the next couple of 
weeks of course.  You are surrounded by fault lines, computers, tar pits 
full of gooey animals and rock musicians.  There must be a niche for a 
computer programming, bass playing geologist somewhere around there! 

Derek "Itchy feet gather no broth" Tearne


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From: michaelb@cse.fau.edu (Michael Rogero Brown)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Discovering America (was British Constitution)
Date: 25 Jan 93 20:44:45 GMT
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

In article <1993Jan25.113752.19776@husc3.harvard.edu> joltes@husc10.harvard.edu (Richard Joltes) writes:
>barth@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards) writes:
> 
>>There is some evidence to suggest that there were "old world" interactions
>>with the Native Americans long before that.  Check out the book AMERICA
>>B.C. by Barry Fell.  I know that his position is pretty controversial, but
>>he presents a lot (I mean a *lot*) of interesting archeological and
>>linguistic evidence that suggests that all sorts of people from Europe and
>>the Middle East were popping in on Pocahontas's ancestors for many hundreds
>>of years before either Columbus or Erikson arrived here.
>
>Fell presents a lot of evidence, but his sources and methods are subject to
>serious debate.  He's pretty well considered in the same league as Von Daniken
>and Veliokovsky (sp?) among most folks.  There's even a class here at Harvard
>on "Alternative Views of the Past" that classes his work under the heading of
>"fantastic archaeology."
>
>There's some limited (but growing!) evidence that Europeans were contacting
>Native Americans much earlier than Columbus.  I think most newer history books
>have changed their ways, and now state that Chris "opened the way for New World
>exploration" or something like that.
>
>Lots of people seem to need to believe that really wild stuff happened in the
>past.  Personally, I'd like to spend one day in the Library at Alexandria with
>the ability to read any items contained therein...
>
There is an excellent book entitled _Fantastic Archaeology_ which examines the
MANY pseudo-archaeology ideas that are held by many.  The book is written by
an archaeology prof based on a course he teaches.

Most of the stuff presented by Von Daniken, Fell, et al is totally bogus.

That doesn't mean that Europeans could have visited America before Columbus,
just that most of the stuff people put for is riduclous (Viking rune stone
in Minnesota, Mystery Hill "America's Stonehenge", anomoulous structures in
NE America, etc)


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From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
Subject: Re: Tuition Refund
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:27:04 GMT

In article <9062@news.duke.edu> dkelly@bio4.acpub.duke.edu (Diane Kelly) writes:
>What if the professor died of an AIDS-related illness before the class
>started?  This happened to me while I was an undergrad at U. Chicago, and the
>administration didn't do anything for me except offer condolences. And
>I'd slept out for that course, too.
>							Diane Kelly

You know, if I weren't a U of C student, and if I didn't know what you
were really talking about, I'd make a lewd comment with respect to your
last sentence.

Ted "they wouldn't *dare* make law students sleep out" Frank
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From: de@moscom.com (David Esan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Primate Speech Research: Bogus?
Keywords: Dear Dr. Spock, Little Eric's 1st words were B*** M*!
Date: 22 Jan 93 17:05:19 GMT
Organization: Moscom Corporation, Pittsford NY

In article <1993Jan18.163644.16869@ms.uky.edu> fehr@ms.uky.edu (Jeff Davis) writes:
>As well as incessantly. And demandingly. Often early in the morning.
>I don't know how parents who do not "Stop At Two" cope.

Coping is easy, you have to establish rules for the rare times when all the
children want to talk at the same time.  "No, you go first, and I'll get back 
to you in a minute."  While sometimes it is a Babel of noises, the children
are generally understanding enough to know that they will get their turn.  Think
of kindergarten, with 30 screaming kids, all of whom wait their turn to
speak.

Remember also, that in general parents of > 2 children have an age seperation
between them.  Usually, the nine year old doesn't want to talk to me, the
seven year old doesn't stop, the five year old wants to play, and the two
year talks when she wants, but generally says nothing important (Doggie, Mommy
bye-bye, milk, yucky, etc).

I try very hard not to use the older kids to watch the younger kids.  That is
not their job, and that is not why I had them.  They certainly can help, but
it is within the context of "family work", getting a bib, finding a missing
child.  I don't expect them to babysit for free, or change a diaper.


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From: obrien@netcom.com (No parking EXCEPT FOR BOB)
Subject: Re: parking meter nun smash
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:59:18 GMT

 rchao@netcom.com (Robert Chao) writes:
>A long time ago I saw in a TV movie where a nun came up to a parking
>meter and smashed it with her purse or with her hip, and it gave her
>some time. It cracked me up, because it was a nun.
>Is there anything to do to a parking meter to cough up some time, apart
>from inserting slugs or opening the meter? (I doubt it.)

When I worked in downtown Sac'o'tomato (for the CA-impaired: Sacramento),
back in the late 70's, I developed a way of giving an extra-slam-twist of
the handle that would double or triple my coin value about four times out
of five.  That fifth time, though, it might give me nothing, but I budgeted
my coins for several weeks and determined it was well worth it.


	Bob "for those who miss Quayle already: Sac'o'tomatoe" O'Bob
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From: nolan@twg.com (Pius X)
Subject: Re: Jesus' Birthday
Reply-To: nolan@twg.com
Organization: Holy Inquisition
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:43:22 GMT


In article <930120165840.1ee2@VAX.CSUN.EDU>, VBCSC03L@VAX.CSUN.EDU (snopes) writes:
|>  billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes . . .
|>
|>>>Well, he was born on Easter, so we'd have to look it up and find out 
|>>>whether it fell in March or April that year.
|>
|>>No - Easter was set as the date of his resurrection. It has nothing to do
|>>with the supposed birth date. 
|>
|> Uh, somebody didn't recognize the joke.

No, you gored Bill's Blessed Bovine. An inquisitor will be knocking on your
door shortly.
From: cindy@solan10.solan.unit.no (Cynthia Kandolf)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: TIME and the anti-bill
Date: 24 Jan 93 12:31:24 GMT
Organization: /home/ludviga/cindy/.organization

Jason McIntosh writes:
>My roomate just got all excited about this:
>He showed me a TIME magazine from a couple of months ago that had Bill
>Clinton's huge mug on it, big enough so that the magazine's title was
>blocking some
>of the president to-be's puffy hair. He SWORE to me that the first
>time he saw
>the cover, Bill's head was in front of the word, and the two crests of
>the letter M gave Bill evil red horns!
>He concluded that the publishers let a few issues go past them like
>this beforeseeing what the image looked like and quickly rearranging
>the graphics.

Tell your roommate to take a tranquiliser.

The issue with the "horns" was not from several months ago; it was
the "Man of the Year" issue, the last published in 1992 (which of
course meant it was dated 1993... why do they do this?).  All copies
of this issue came out with the word "TIME" behind the new Prez's
head, making it look like devil's horns to anyone who normally goes
over a magazine with a microscope looking for signs of the coming of
the Anti-Christ.  TIME has, in fact, printed comments about this on
their Letters to the Editor pages, and their response has been that it
was absolutely unintentional, and no one in the graphics department
gave it a thought.

Furthermore, at least in the international edition, the word "TIME" is
now written in black, although the famous red frame around the cover
is still red.

You should be able to find the issue in your university's library.
Barring that, i still have my copies of the Man of the Year issue and
the issue with the disclaimer on the letters page - come on over and
you can have them...

-Cindy Kandolf           (directions on request)
 cindy@solan.unit.no
 Trondheim, Norway
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From: de@moscom.com (David Esan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.conspiracy
Subject: Re: Hepatitis and Taco Bell Scare.
Date: 27 Jan 93 22:38:30 GMT
Organization: Moscom Corporation, Pittsford NY

In article <BEERS.93Jan26112751@leopard.cs.uidaho.edu> beers@leopard.cs.uidaho.edu writes:
>In article <4897@moscom.com> de@moscom.com (David Esan) writes:
>
>   Yup, I watch them make my sandwich with their gloved hands, and then take
>   my money with their gloved hands.  Real sanitary.  Good law.  Of course,
>   what can we expect from the fools in Albany?
>
>That law doesn't make much sense:  Your hands touched the money, the
>worker's gloves touched the money, the worker's gloves touched other
>person's food.  Similar laws are intended to prevent cross-contamination
>like this.  This law, however, when taken to such extremes, does not.

Of course this law does not make a whole lot of sense.  The New York State
Legislature, one of the finest examples of the lack of intelligent life on
Earth, passed it.  There are very few laws that they pass that make sense,
and very many laws that they fail to pass that don't make sense.

The law makes sense in larger establishments where a person's job is to
handle food and nothing else.  Then you are protected from various diseases
by the rubber gloves.  But in little one and two person shops, not only is
the owner operator doing everything by him/her self, they are also trying to
keep expenses to a minimum.  Thus they don't remove their gloves more than
they have to, and when they do remove them, they reuse them, putting the 
same gloves on with dirty hands.

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From: mrjg8679@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael R James)
Subject: Re: starting a car takes more gas that idling
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:03:38 GMT

jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:

>In article <1993Jan21.210843.269@gems.vcu.edu> hleaves@gems.vcu.edu writes:
>>People have always told me that it takes more gas to start a car than to leave
>>it running. That, suppposedly, is why you shouldn't turn off your engine for a
>>brief stop. I can believe that this is true for a very brief idling period, but
>>not for any longer times. What would be considered the crossover point, where
>>it is better to stop your engine than leave it running? (considering gas
>>consumption only, not including engine wear from starting)

>When Highway 101 through Santa Barbara used to have stop lights on it,
>the lights could take 4 to 5 minutes to turn, so there were signs posted
>suggesting that motorists turn off their motors when stopped there. So,
>I'd guess 4 or 5 minutes

There is a big difference between starting a cold engine and starting
a hot one as far as fuel consumption is concerned.
A cold engine takes quite a bit, a hot one takes very little.

>John Switzer             | 1/21/93 - Clinton fails to follow through on promise

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From: dwarner@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (David J.)
Subject: Re: Break dancing (was Re: Cuttin' the Rug)
Organization: Blue Riddle Productions
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:31:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.061739.13722@ultb.isc.rit.edu> ter5424@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>In article <fYxZU8j@quack.sac.ca.us>, pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey) writes:
>>
>>fiddle-fee fiddle-fie fiddle-foe fiddle-fum, I smell the blood of an
>>English - muffin, huffin' and puffin', selling his soul, j-e-l-l-o, ya
>
>^
>|
>------------------------- (This Whole Line)
>
>Does *anyone* know what this line means?  It has never made sense to me at all. 
>I came up with ideas to try and make it make sense, but, unless I missed
>something in the news, nothing seems to work.

I thought it was a response to Xodus, myself.

"Fee to the fie, and foe to the fum.
 I smell the blood of some wicked mortal man."

					- Brother J.

>                                               T-Dub
>                                               SHYGUY Productions

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From: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (S. Mudgett aka little gator)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Organization: gators 'r us
Subject: Re: Bambi meets Godzilla.
Keywords: bambi cute roadkill
Reply-To: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us
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In <1993Jan25.220201.16899@nezsdc.icl.co.nz>, Derek Tearne writes:
>The well known film 'Bambi meets Godzilla' just came up in conversation.
>
>You know, the one were Bambi just prances around pronking and saying hi to
>all the cute animals and then getting squashed underfoot by Godzilla.
>
>We were just wondering if it ever really existed.  Who were the producers
>etc. and how much did it gross (out?). 
i have it on videotape.  it's only a minute or two long, and marv newland
did just about everything in the credits.
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From: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Bambi meets Godzilla.
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Date: 27 Jan 1993 01:00:00 GMT
Organization: FizzBall Racing
Distribution: world
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jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:

>Just as the last credit rolls off the screen, blamm!  Down comes the 
>foot, leaving Bambi's four legs sticking out under Godzilla's scaly claws. 


Don't forget the subtle touch in which Godzilla's toenails flex upward
momentarily.



Geoff


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From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Subject: Re: Snapple
Organization: NYSERNet, Inc.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:43:12 GMT

On the question of the mysterious symbol on the Snapple bottle, last
time I was at a refrigerator in a deli, I noticed that it was a circle
surrounding a K.  The significance of this mark has been described in
a previous article.

Warren "I'm OK, you're not" Burstein
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From: Bruce.Tindall@launchpad.unc.edu (Bruce Tindall)
Subject: Re: Events (was The horse's butt -- err -- mouth)
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:04:11 GMT

In article <C1JL0o.sI@rahul.net> phil@rahul.net (Phil Gustafson) writes:
>Well, we have been honored with STella's company from time to time.

But does sie grep for hir name with case-sensitivity on?

Bruce "AFU burger-munch (tm), anyone?" Tindall

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From: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker)
Subject: Re: Arrested for travelling at the speed limit
Originator: jlpicard@woofer.austin.ibm.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:50:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Object Technology Products


[tales of cops sweet talking/intimidating people into 
 signing search release forms deleted]

Recently the police down here in Texas set up a roadblock
on IH 35 going north from San Antonio. About a mile before
the roadblock, there was a sign that said something like 
"Drug Enforcement Roadblock - 1 Mile". The cops claim that
they found several pounds of marijuana along the side of
the road just past the sign.

The question I have is this: how long will it be before
refusing to sign a search "release" form is taken to be
articulable reason or probable cause for a search?

Craig

Not the opinion of my employer.
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From: trice@brtph330 (Tony Rice P885)
Subject: Re: Your suggestions for favorite sayings for T-shirts?
Organization: Bell Northern Research, RTP, NC
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 14:16:24 GMT

Sunday and Associates (sunday@cup.portal.com) wrote:
: 	We are requesting your suggestions for a favorite one-liner, joke,
: aphorism etc. that could appear on a T-shirt? Remember that shirts have
: fronts and backs making a two line joke possible.
: 	Your suggestions?


I'm the yuppie scum your English prof warned you about.

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