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|    Jack to Joe Fineman    |
|    Re: Hope and Redemption in 1984: New Ess    |
|    28 Jul 05 21:04:22    |
      From: baron58y@yahoo.com              Joe Fineman wrote:              > A public clock in a university town began striking thirteen every       > midnight. Workmen dismantled it several times looking for the       > trouble, but without success. It finally developed that an       > undergraduate with a room opposite had provided the thirteenth       > stroke with the aid of an air rifle.       > -- E. Bright Wilson, Jr., _An Introduction to Scientific Research_                     Air rifle mus' 'ave fired one bluudy great pellet, then! Or, th' clock 'ad       no' much of a bell.                     Jocko              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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