On Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 12:29:54 PM UTC+10, Puffnutt wrote:   
   > The Legend:   
   >   
   > Legend has it that the Kadaitcha Man is an Austrailian aboriginal   
   > medicineman\witchdoctor. He is greatly feared and purported to be   
   > endowed with great knowledge and power. They are only supposed to travel   
   > at night with their feet covered in emu feathers. If the Kadaitcha Man   
   > is sent after someone they are sung to death and a bone is pointed at   
   > them. Once the offender knows he's been sung, he knows he's had it, sits   
   > down, refuses food & drink, falls into a trance and dies.   
   >   
   > An investigation into the legend by Professor Ludwig Mueller of the   
   > University of Stroble, in Berlin, shows that as usual in these cases, it   
   > is just a legend.  Herein are outlined the legend and facts.   
   >   
   > Legend: A Kadaitcha Man is an Australian aboriginal medicine   
   > man/witchdoctor.   
   >   
   > Fact: The Kadaitcha Man is actually known in the aboriginal tribe as the   
   > "Village Bitch". When a tribal member's wife dies, the Kadaitcha Man   
   > sexually services the male tribe member for up to one year.  Tribal   
   > law dictates the male member may not remarry until a full year has   
   > passed after the death of his spouse.  Depending on the tribe members   
   > age and number of widowers in the village, this could be quite   
   > distressing and unhealthy for the Kadaitcha   
   > Man.   
   >   
   > Legend: Kadaitcha Men are men of knowledge & power and are greatly   
   > feared.   
   >   
   > Fact: They are greatly feared, but not because of their supposed   
   > knowledge and power. It has been found that if a tribe member loaned the   
   > Kadaitcha Man his hunting equipment (spear/bow and arrow/knife), there   
   > was a very likely possibility that they would not be returned, and if   
   > they were returned, they would not be in the same condition as they   
   > were.   
   >   
   > Legend: They only travel at night. With his feet covered in emu   
   > feathers, it's impossible for experienced trackers to say from where he   
   > came & whence he went.   
   >   
   > Fact: While it is true that they only travel at night with their feet   
   > covered with emu feathers there is a rational reason for this part of   
   > the legend. Their   
   > feet are covered in emu feather so no one can hear them creeping around   
   > the village at all hours of the night doing their thing.  Actually   
   > because of what they do, there is no reason to wear anything else but   
   > emu feathers on their feet.   
   >   
   > Legend: If a Kadaitcha Man is sent after someone, the victim is sung to   
   > death & a bone is pointed at them.   
   >   
   > Fact: Sometimes after their sexual encounters the Kadaitcha Man starts   
   > talking and singing and the next morning the tribe member has been known   
   > to tell his fellow members that "After I had  the Kadaitcha Man last   
   > night, he talked and sang   
   > me to death". A computer nerd friend of mine once told me that In   
   > today's society the Kadaitcha Man would probably be a regular subscriber   
   > to an   
   > Internet newsgroup. As for the bone pointed at the victim, I will not go   
   > into that, and leave it to your own imagination.   
   >   
   > Legend: Once the offender knows he's been sung, he knows he's had it,   
   > sits down, refuses food & drink, falls into a trance and dies.   
   >   
   > Fact: In today's language this would be summed up by saying of the   
   > Kadaitcha Man "he bored me to death".   
   >   
   > And there you have it. Another legend shot to hell.   
   >   
   > I have corrected some typos and grammar thanks to someone who was kind   
   > enough to point them out to me in the first and I hope many posting.   
   > Thanks friend and by the way, Linux sucks, Windows Rules! Its XP for me   
   > brother.   
      
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