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   News to Diogenes   
   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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