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|    Re: Compressed air car nearing manufactu    |
|    16 May 12 16:31:36    |
      From: Killspam@invalid.kill              Diogenes wrote:              > Dunno if any of you folks are old enough to remember the "Li'l Abner"       > comic strip, but there was one character named General Bullmoose who       > was the archtypical predatory, big-business tycoon.       >       > A Japanese inventor showed up at General Bullmoose's oil company       > office with a self-powered compact car. A strap around the driver's       > chest was stretched and relaxed as he breathed, which provided power       > to the wheels. The other executives were terrified that demand for       > their oil was about to drop to nothing.       >       > General Bullmoose picked up the phone and said "Send up Miss 'Wowie'       > Wong from our Asian department." An incredibly curvaceous Asian woman       > strutted in at which point the Japanese inventor started panting       > uncontrollably. His 'breath powered' car suddenly burned rubber and       > went right through the window, crashing to the pavement thirty stories       > below.       >       > General Bullmoose sat back, lighted a cigar and said "Another business       > problem solved."              Great story Diogenes. Not far from the truth.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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