### Apollo BBS Archive - July 25 - 27, 1988

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    Message: 3923
    Author: $ David Burkhart
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 03:38:54

    I though that's what he was doing before -- charging criminal prices.
    (A JOKE, Cliff).

    Message: 3924
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Todd on Cliff's job
    Date: 07/25/88  Time

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    Message: 3922
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Cliff/Job
    Date: 07/24/88  Time: 23:35:51

            Turn to computer crime.

    Message: 3923
    Author: $ David Burkhart
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 03:38:54

    I though that's what he was doing before -- charging criminal prices.
    (A JOKE, Cliff).

    Message: 3924
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Todd on Cliff's job
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 06:26:12

    Can't you just see Cliff "doing his thing" at Cheek's?
    Sort of reminds me of the old days of burlesque.
    They always had a house comic too. Never very good at it, but it was a break
    in between the strippers.
    (And yes, before you ask, I did occasionally go to a "burleque" show in my
    wild, misspent youth.)

    Message: 3925
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Sandy on Cliff
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 07:10:41

    If Cliff does become a stripper - let me know and I WILL for sure go with
    you next time! Ta ta. =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 3926
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 12:42:25

            Sorry, Ann, won't be able to go with you. Think I am busy that
    night.

    Message: 3927
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Idea for thought
    Subject: Stats
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 12:43:18

                    87% OF VIOLENT CRIMES BY STRANGERS OCCURRED
                            AWAY FROM THE VICTIM'S HOME

    * 26% of the total number of violent crimes occurred in and around the
      victim's home, but 32% of all rapes occurred there.
    * 40% of violent crimes by persons known to the victim occurred in or near
      the victim's home, but only 16% of those committed by strangers occurred
      there.

                             % crimes of violence     % larceny
    Place of occurrence    (rape, robbery, assault)  with contact
    -------------------    ------------------------  ------------
    On street, in a
    parking lot                     36%                  28%

    On public trans-
    portation                        1%                  15%

    Inside commercial
    building                         7%                  22%

    Inside restaurant                6%                  12%

    Inside own home                 13%                   3%

    Message: 3928
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Idea for thought
    Subject: Stats - cont.
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 12:44:54

                            % crimes of violence     % larceny
    Place of occurrence    (rape, robbery, assault)  with contact
    -------------------    ------------------------  ------------

    Near own home                   13%                   4%

    Inside school                    9%                   4%

    Friend's or
    neighbor's home                  8%                   3%

    Elsewhere                        8%                  10%

    Total                          100%                 100%

    Source: BJS Criminal victimization in the U.S., 1985, May
    1987.

    Message: 3929
    Author: $ Todd Reese
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Exotic Dancers
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 14:07:31

    How come they never dance very well?

    Message: 3930
    Author: $ Beauregard Dog
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Exotic Dancers
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 18:02:40

    They don't have to

    Reverend Beauregard Jackson Culpeper Dog, Colonel, CSA, retired

    Message: 3931
    Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: exotic dancers
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 02:01:59

    The dances that they perform are obviously exotic beyond your understanding.

    Message: 3932
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: exotic dancers
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 06:01:44

    Who goes to watch the dance steps? That's not really their area of
    expertise.

    Message: 3933
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Dancers
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 11:00:12

            Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..................

    Looks like I may have missed my calling.

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    Message: 913
    Author: $ Zak Woodruff
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: art
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 20:29:46

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    Message: 914
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Review/Critique
    Subject: Zakey Baby
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 08:43:35

    Real cute honey - real cute! =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 915
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Doodle
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    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 12:19:54

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    Message: 1653
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Daryl/knees
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 00:49:07

    No - I'm still on them! That time in the Zone made me quite contrite! It'll
    take me weeks to get back to my nasty self again. =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 1654
    Author: $ Lloyd Pulley
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Lighten Up
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 01:09:24

    It seems that the New York State Zoo was given a gift of two
    porpoises from New Zealand.  The name for this particular species
    of porpoise (when translated from the native language) means
    "immortal."

    Well...after a few weeks, the porpoises grew lethargic and listless.
    The folks at the NY zoo called a marine biologist in New Zealand
    who explained that the porpoises needed an occasional dietary
    supplement of the meat of young seagulls.  So, the folks in New
    Zealand sent a crate of the birds  to the NY zoo.  As the zookeeper
    carried the crate to the porpoise tank he had to cross a bridge
    going over the lion's den and was promptly arrested.
    Do you know what for???  (of course you do!)

         He was arrested for...

             TRANSPORTING YOUNG GULLS
             OVER STATE LIONS
             FOR IMMORTAL PORPOISES !!!

    Message: 1655
    Author: $ Lloyd Pulley
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Lighter still
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 01:10:55

    What do you get when you cross a Jehovah's Witness with an Atheist?

    Someone who knocks on your door for no reason at all.

    Did you hear about the German lad that got high from drinking
    milk?   He's known as...
                                 ...the COW-STONED RHINE BOY

    Message: 1656
    Author: $ David Burkhart
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 03:40:24

    Blah.

    Message: 1657
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Lloyd/jokes
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 07:12:50

    I like everyone of them - especially the one about the Johovah
    Witness/athiest knocking on your door for no reason. Ta ta. =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 1658
    Author: $ Daryl Westfall
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Hm...
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 09:52:47

    The next time the Postal workers go on strike, we'll just get the Jehovah's
    Witnesses to deliver the mail. Granted it might take a little longer (what
    with the stopping to talk with everyone), but you KNOW they'd hit EVERY
    house!

    Message: 1659
    Author: $ Beauregard Dog
    Category: Answer !
    Subject: Culpeper
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 18:04:40

    Mine is.

    Reverend Beauregard Jackson Culpeper Dog, Colonel, CSA, retired

    Message: 1660
    Author: $ Zak Woodruff
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: joke
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 20:13:22

    Did you know if you turn a fan on its back and then turn it on it will BLOW
    UP?

    Did you know if you curl the hair under your arms with a curling iron it's
    called a PIT BARBEQUE?

    Message: 1661
    Author: $ Alan Hamilton
    Category: $#!+
    Subject: USPS foulups
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 07:41:10

       Here we go again.  I had to send a package to England a couple weeks ago.
    I took it it my local PO to send it.  The clerk there was, ah, less than
    helpful.  He acted as if the scale was something he had never seen before.
    He asked me to explain what "magnetic media" was (I was sending some disks).
    He thought that writing that on the package (it was part of the
    handling instructions) was enough, and I didn't need a green export sticker
    (wrong).  I tried to be as polite as possible, and made suggestions rather
    than saying "Hey, jerkface!  That's wrong!"  Even so, he got a bit surly at
    me.
       I could understand that better if he knew what he was doing and I was
    badgering him, but if he's wrong, a "I'm sorry" would be nice.
       I hope he got the postage right.  Even after all this, I think he was
    supposed to stamp it "SMALL PACKET" but I was tired of arguing with him, and
    that's a minor matter.

         /
     /  *  /  Alan
    *     *

    Message: 1662
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Beyond...
    Subject: Sculking around
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 10:29:58

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    Message: 1663
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Beyond...
    Subject: last
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 10:31:00

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    The reason why he paid that visit!

             *The truth always hurts*

    Message: 1664
    Author: $ Lloyd Pulley
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: More yokes
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 11:43:22

    Jack and Irv were talking one afternoon and the subject of sex
    came up.  Irv said, "I'm 75 years old and still active."

    Jack bemoaned, "I'm only 73 and I'm not active, how can you still
    do it?"

    Irv replied, "I owe it all to rye bread."

    So that  afternoon Jack went over to the bakery and asked the
    woman at the counter for 5 loaves of rye bread.

    She said,"Why do you need so many. In two days it's going to get
    hard."

    Jack muttered, "So how come everybody knew that but me?"

    Message: 1665
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Beyond...
    Subject: Yum!
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 12:17:29

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    Message: 1666
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Pulley
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 17:15:22

    That joke didn't make sense.  What does rye bread have to do with sex?

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    Message: 53308
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: The SYSOP Speaks
    Subject: The Sleeper Awakens
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 00:16:36

            "Yawn..." said Tom R. Slone as I dragged him out of the closet.
    "Is it that time again?" he quipped.  "Yes," I said, "it is almost time for
    your Birthday Party."  "Oh boy! Let's get my drives cleaned and backups made
    so I can get back on line and hear from my old friends," said Tom. The SYSOP
    looks at the pile of jumbled wires and silently hopes he can remember how
    this old Mod I works.
                    To be Continued.....

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    Message: 53309
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Rod
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 00:46:31

    Welcome back Rod. Your vacation sounded wonderful! Go get um! Ta ta.
    =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 53310
    Author: $ Carol Graham
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: above
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 03:08:46

    Yes, welcome back, Rod!

    You gave us a wonderful vacation.

    carol->

    Message: 53311
    Author: $ Carol Graham
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: V.P.
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 03:09:48

    1st choice :  Jesse Jackson (smart move)
    2nd choice :  Sandra O'Connor
    3rd choice :  James Taranto

    carol->

    Message: 53312
    Author: $ David Burkhart

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    Message: 53312
    Author: $ David Burkhart
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 03:48:56

    Jesse obviously wouldn't go for it.
    Sandra would be stupid to give up a lifetime on the country's highest court
    for a maximum of eight years of going to funerals.  Arizona only has three
    electoral votes, and, besides, Sandra said she wasn't interested.
    James Taranto isn't 35 yet.

    Message: 53313
    Author: $ James Hawley
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 04:30:20

    I thought Arizona had 7 electorial votes?  I guess I should check.

    Message: 53314
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Carol/choices
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 07:09:08

    Pardon me, but 'James Taranto' who? His name is nice but  does he have
    other, important assets for the job? 1. Would he make a good president? Some
    nut might kill the President and the chain of command would go to this James
    Taranto! 2. Is he intelligent? 3. Sophisticated? 4. Excellent speaker? 5. Is
    he married to a beautiful woman that would quit her career to be 'his wife'
    and hang all over him? You know - all the important political stuff. If any
    of the above is true - I might seriously consider voting for him.
    =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 53316
    Author: Robb Topolski
    Category: Bulletins
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    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 12:10:33

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    Message: 53317
    Author: Apro Poet
    Category: Tales & Tall Stories
    Subject: Tru Fax
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 16:44:26

      When a sex scandal and financial irregularities forced
    evangelist Jim Bakker to resign, he had to abandon plans for
    his most ambitious project, a billion-dollar amusement park
    at the Heritage USA complex in South Carolina.  Still in the
    blueprint stage when Bakker relinquished his empire were
    carnival rides such as "Daniel in the Lions' Den" and "The
    Shipwreck of the Apostle Paul."  However, visitors to the
    attraction will find several projects completed before the
    television minister was ousted, including Der Bakker's
    Bakkery; a pizza parlor featuring the "pastor's special," a
    pizza with nine toppings; and a boutique peddling Tammy
    Bakker cosmetics.

      KICU Channel 36 filed a complaint in Santa Clara County
    Superior Court against Jim and Tammy Bakker, seeking more
    than $140,000 for airtime and contract obligations.  Craig
    Seiden, an attorney for the station, did not consider this
    action unusual.  "TV ministers often don't pay their bills,"
    he said.  "I've sued Jerry Falwell twice."

    Message: 53318
    Author: Apro Poet
    Category: Tales & Tall Stories
    Subject: Tru Fax
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 16:52:21

      The Episcopal bishop of central Florida sued the U.S.
    government for $200,000 because he could no longer genuflect.
    Bishop William H. Folwell claimed he damaged his knee on
    tennis courts at the Naval Training Center in Orlando,
    Florida, leaving him permanently unable to perform the act
    of reverence.  Folwell sustained his injury when he slipped
    on algae growing in the playing area.  The decision to sue
    the government "took a lot of thought, prayers, and
    consultation," according to the bishop.
      Attorneys for the government filed a counter suit, seeking
    $5,200 from Folwell for "unlawful use, enjoyment, and wear
    and tear on the courts."  For five years, stated the counter
    suit, Folwell scheduled tennis matches early in the morning
    to avoid detection by security staff.

    Message: 53319
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Burkhart
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 18:16:22

    Arizona has seven electoral votes, you dolt.

    Message: 53320
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Burkhart
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 18:21:24

    I am going to see Vice President Bush speak tomorrow at the Library of
    Congress.  I will let you know if your evaluation of him is accurate.  I am
    also having lunch with Judge Bork on Thursday.

    Message: 53321
    Author: $ David Burkhart
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 19:56:31

    Well, let us know how it went.  I'm envious of your opportunity to meet
    Bork; I found the confirmation hearings fascinating because of his agile
    legal mind.

    Message: 53322
    Author: $ Mike Carter
    Category: Politics
    Subject: DeConcini's reply
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 21:03:18

    Dear Mr. Carter:

         Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns on various issues.

         I deeply regret the downing of Iran Air flight 655 which resulted in
    the loss of innocent civilian life. I have been informed by the Pentagon,
    however, that the United States intelligence reports indicated that Iran was
    planning an incident to coincide with our Independence Day weekend.

         Some have suggested the the U.S. pay reparations to the families of
    those who died. I oppose such a payment. We must remember that this area is
    a war zone. Iran has to share the responsibility for sending civilians into
    this war zone. This is a regrettable incident; however, under the
    circumstances, I believe the commander of the Vincennes made the proper
    decision. In light of this incident, the U.S. should redouble its
    peacemaking, as well as peacekeeping, efforts in the Iran-Iraq War.

         Again, thank you for contacting me. Your concerns are ones which I
    share.
                                                 Sincerely,

                                            (Rubber Stamped John Henry)

    Message: 53323
    Author: $ Mike Carter
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 21:05:07

    Why is it that with any reply from any of the elected officials you get the
    overwhelmming idea that they ALWAYS agree with you *personally* ?

    It must be election timne again.

    Message: 53324
    Author: $ Dean Hathaway
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Cars
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 00:42:09

      During my vacation I drove over 3000 miles. We counted the following
    disabled vehicles along the road:

     Manufacturer   Total    Manufacturer    Total
     ------------   -----    ------------    -----
     AMC            2        Nissan          26
     BMW            3        Toyota          24
     Chrysler       32       Triumph         2
     Ford           65       Volvo           6
     GM             216      VW              23
     Honda          11       Yugo            1
     International  3        Saab            1
     Jaguar         1        Subaru          1
     Mazda          4
     MGB            1

    It makes an interesting game for the whole family.

      See you later,
         Dean H.

    Message: 53325
    Author: $ Dean Hathaway
    Category: Politics
    Subject: JT/Libertarians
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 00:44:35

      In #53230 you cited me as an example of Libertarian views. If you will
    think back on the views I expressed on abortion you will see that I did
    not support abortion as it exists today. The views I gave were my own
    and I have never heard or seen them written by anyone else. Add to this
    the fact that I am not a member of the Libertarian Party and it becomes
    clear that your tactic was to simply collect random ideas and construct
    a 'dangerous' image of what the Libertartian Party would do if it were
    in power.
      If we used the same tactic to describe the Democratic and Republican
    parties it would be easy to assert that they are unfit to govern, but we
    don't have to. Their policies are written into law for all to see, so
    we don't have to imagine what 'dangerous' things they might do. The
    growth of government, to better solve the problems it has already
    created, is a bi-partisan philosophy. At most they choose between 'fast'
    or 'faster' erosion of individual freedom.
      When you balk at the 'social cost' of Libertarian proposals and brand
    anyone who is not convinced by this as 'shallow and mindless', you are
    ignoring one thing. These proposals haven't been tried and their 'costs'
    are not known and may not be so high. The costs of increasing statism are
    not only known, but known to be eventually fatal.

      See you later,
         Dean H.

    Message: 53326
    Author: $ Daryl Westfall
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Nue Eenglish
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 01:44:09

    Did aneewun hir thu tue jentulmen ahn thu raedeeo that wur prupoezing that
    Uhmehrikuns shud beegihn ae nu meens of rieteeng thehr wurdz fonetiklee?

    If they succeed, in about 20 years, that is what "American" English would
    look like. Looks real intellectual doesn't it? Sure, it may be correct
    phonetically, but it looks STUPID! And can you imagine how embarrassing it
    would be to have a whole generation of Americans who could not communicate
    in a written manner with their British counterparts? They say that
    phonetical spellings would make it easier for the written word to be
    learned, thus making it easier for the average Joe Blow to learn more. I
    think it is just a copout for the fact that kids (and adults) don't want to
    learn anything challenging. They want everything simplified and handed to
    them on a silver platter (with crayons and coloring books, preferrably
    without words they can't read.) Sheesh.

    Message: 53327
    Author: $ James Hawley
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Dean
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 03:32:24

    Well since I have a Dodge, it looks like none of that type were broken down.

    (Did a little brand lumping there...)

    Message: 53328
    Author: $ Alan Hamilton
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Daryl/spelling
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 07:28:23

       I have always thought that "ought" looked stupid.

         /
     /  *  /  Alan
    *     *

    Message: 53329
    Author: $ Jim Lippard
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: language
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 07:59:47

    There were no spelling standards in English until the invention of the
    printing press.  English has been more or less frozen into its present
    written form.  The spoken form, however, has continued to change, giving us
    written forms with less and less resemblance to the spoken forms (silent
    letters, letters with lots of different pronunciations).

    Message: 53330
    Author: $ Ralph Blehm
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Ann/JT
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 09:28:44

    Ann you must be on something JT for any Office is a joke.

    Message: 53331
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Ralph/JT
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 10:25:26

    I still say he beats the heck out of all that is running right now. Ta ta.
    =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 53332
    Author: $ Todd Reese
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Westfall
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 14:17:41

    Phonetic spellings only look stupid to you because you have used written
    English for so long.  If you were brought up writing phonetically, English
    would look stupid to you.

    It's all a matter of perspective.

    Message: 53333
    Author: $ Mike Darus
    Category: Politics
    Subject: A RUNNING MATE-BUSH
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 16:59:24

    There has to be a qualified candidate named Bird.  The cartoonists would do
    Bird in the Bush jokes for months (years if he wins).

    Message: 53334
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Bush
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 17:03:26

    Well, I got there too late.  I waited an hour in line (boy am I bushed) and
    they started turning people back about 100 people before me.

    Message: 53335
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Hathaway
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 17:12:45

    You missed my point, you chowderhead.  I cited your views on abortion as an
    example of the shallow approach of doctrinaire libertarians to issues that
    do not fit easily into their "freedom/coercion" dichotomy.  Your approach
    (which you attributed to Murray Rothbard, a leading libertarian thinker --
    so you can hardly deny that it is a libertarian view) was simply to twist
    the question until it fit this framework.

    You also suggest that I attributed social costs to libertarian proposals but
    not to "statist" ones.  Needless to say, this is a distorted version of what
    I said.  Take the question of drug legalization, for example.  Legalizing
    drugs would have some social costs and some social benefits.  So would
    keeping them illegal.  Reasonable people may disagree on how the various
    costs and benefits should be weighed, but the point is that they ought to be
    weighed in making drug policy.  Doctrinaire libertarians have no interest in
    looking at the social costs of things like drug legalization; they simply
    dismiss the question entirely, labeling drug laws an illegitimate use of
    force.  This is a shallow and potentially dangerous approach.

    Message: 53336
    Author: Apro Poet
    Category: Tales & Tall Stories
    Subject: Tru Fax
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 17:46:44

      According to Elias Freij, the Christian mayor of Bethlehem,
    the town has no money to combat the commercialism of the
    birthplace of Jesus and gets virtually nothing from fellow
    Christians around the world.  Among the sights attracting
    tourists to this increasingly honky-tonk city are the
    Christmas Tree Cafe, All Kinds of Souvenirs Jewelry, and the
    St. George Restaurant.
      In the Sixth Century Church of the Nativity, where a
    fourteen-point silver star marks the place of Jesus' birth,
    the sign requesting absolute silence is usually ignored.  A
    few years ago, Greek Orthodox monks and Armenian clergy beat
    each other with sticks and chairs as they fought over their
    rights to hold services in the church.
      Six miles away in Jerusalem, pilgrims can rent a wooden
    cross on wheels to drag over the route which Christ walked.
    At the top of the path, a young Arab collects the cross and
    quickly returns it to the rental stand.

      In Sydney, Australia, Said Abdallah and his son Bassam
    were treated for injuries sustained when fighting broke out
    in the Syrian Orthodox Church over who should pass the
    collection plate.  The brawl involved several families
    wielding wooden clubs and knives, and had to be broken up by
    the police.

    Message: 53337
    Author: Apro Poet
    Category: Tales & Tall Stories
    Subject: Tru Fax
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 17:56:48

      According to another son, Gus, "It was all an accident.
    Things like this usually don't happen at our church."

      Two priests in San Leandro, California, attempting to
    analyze what was wrong with a tape machine that broadcasts
    chimes at St. Leander Catholic Church, inserted a recording
    of Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night."  However, the
    priests forgot to shut off the loudspeakers in the bell
    tower during their test.  Since the machine was working at
    that point, the singer's popular hit was heard clearly within
    a half-mile radius.
      According to parish receptionist Anita Garcia, who was
    listening to a country-music station on the radio at the
    time, "I thought I was hearing things when I heard Sinatra's
    song."

      Security guards were called to quell a disturbance that
    broke out in a prayer room established by fundamentalists
    for the Canadian legislature when rival prayer groups entered
    the room.  A group of Christians called Prayer Canada
    maintained that prayers could only be offered to "Our Lord,
    Jesus Christ" and that non-Christian groups, including
    Moslems, pagans, and Islamic Sufis, should be denied entry.
    The various groups spoke in tongues, sang hymns, and chanted
    mantras until officials ordered the prayer room closed.

    Message: 53339
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Ann/Carol
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 21:02:55

            Thank you, I think?

    Message: 53340
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: JT/Drugs
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 21:14:21

            Perhaps if the Libertarians were in office then this country may get
    the shot in the arm that it's been needing.  Perhaps then drug use would not
    be so big of a problem.
            Also, I do not believe that voting Libertaian would be a wasted
    vote.  As some knowledgable person pointed out, if enough people show
    concern for the Libertarian viewpoint, perhaps some of their ideas will be
    used in the next administration.  If enough people vote Libertarian, a scare
    of sorts just may cause this to happen.
                                    Rod

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    Message: 25
    Author: $ Zak Woodruff
    Category: Zak Drools
    Subject: Peter
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 01:50:42

    Well, Peter Petrisko is probably too smart, true.  In that case, how about
    Peter Cervelli?

    Message: 26
    Author: $ James Hawley
    Category: Zak Drools
    Subject: Last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 04:32:31

    I think the occupancy limit in this room is limited to 10 by the order of
    the fire marshall.

    Message: 27
    Author: $ Steven Carls
    Category: Steven Wild-Pussy
    Subject: Peter Cervelli
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 17:42:25

    Blah..........
     " The ATARI WILDCAT "  Steven Carls

    Message: 28
    Author: $ Zak Woodruff
    Category: JT Intellect Bore
    Subject: last
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 20:19:21

    What do you mean, blah?

    Message: 29
    Author: $ Mike Carter
    Category: Mike Farter
    Subject: Eat Guano
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 21:19:54

    Eat beans, America needs the gas.

    Phhhhhhhffftt!

    Message: 30
    Author: $ Alan Hamilton
    Category: Rod - 60's Hippie
    Subject: Category
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 07:42:42

        I believe that your category is "Rod - 60's Hippie" not "Hippie - 60's
    Rod."

         /
     /  *  /  Alan
    *     *

    Message: 31
    Author: $ Steven Carls
    Category: Steven Wild-Pussy
    Subject: Peter
    Date: 07/26/88  Time: 16:28:35

    If Peter became a member on this SIG, I think I would take therapy to become
    normal again, EH???
     " The ATARI WILDCAT "  Steven Carls

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    Message: 1468
    Author: $ Carol Graham
    Category: Mortal users
    Subject: Your princess
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 02:57:18

    Returns, shouting "I am the mighty SisOP!!!"

    Cliffy sneers....'If you are so mighty,' he cries....'how come
    you couldn't get out of the dungeon?'

    With that, the Princess shouts 'A pox on you!!!'

    'I shall return"
                       (not to the dungeon, of course!)

    Message: 1469
    Author: $ Carol Graham
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: above
    Date: 07/25/88  Time: 02:58:29

    'However, I did enjoy the GOOD company!' she cries while swirling off into
    space.
           Aside from Cliffy: 'Yeh, I bet, your highness...'

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