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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Sun Oct 6 01:30:27 1991
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 91 01:29:59 EDT
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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aras (Sheldon Robinson):
Did you know that even the geeks turn around to look at all
the beautiful women that pass them in the corridors...
...they look and later they dream.
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celine (Rob F):
This is the number for the sexual addiction hotline: 1-800-321-2066
It really is.
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rlk (Robert L. Krawitz):
<<<<<<<< TIME LORD OF THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN >>>>>>>>
Ve vill decimate you! Fvirst in time, den in fvreqvency!
Now living in Belmont:
Robert Krawitz
55 Maple St.
Belmont, MA 02178
(617)489-6051
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sethg (Seth A. Gordon):
The Guardian Tuesday October 1st
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This dead parrot is difunto
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John Hooper in Madrid
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A question left hanging by John Cleese - what is the value of a dead parrot?
- has finally been answered by a Barcelona judge. His honour Antonio Nun^io
de la Rosa has ruled that a dead parrot is worth 150,000 pesetas (815 pounds).
He was awarding damages to Maria del Carmen Dotras, whose parrot (male, green)
died, passed away, turned moribund, ceased to exist and, in short, became
defunct two years ago in the city's Vall d'Hebron hospital.
Ms dotras, who lives with her mother, had owned the bird for 23 years, since
she was 12. Her family doctor suspected the parrot might be the cause of an
alergy her mother had developed. He wanted it ot have a blood test, and told
her it would be better done by a doctor that a vet. This proved not to be the
case.
According to Ms Dotras, the doctors virtually suffocated the bird by putting
a towel over its head, and took out six times as much blood as they were told
to. Eventually, a consultant ordered it to be put out of its misery.
Ms Dotras put the dead bird in the freezer, to facilitate an autopsy. In fact,
the deep freezing made it impossible to determine the cause of death.
But, as Judge Nun^io de la Rosa observed in judgement - passages which might
have come from a Monty Python script: "The parrot has deceased, and cannot
be revived." He decided the hospital authorities and the doctor responsible
should pay the sum equivalent to a new bird. He dismissed Ms Dotras claim
for damages of one million pesetas. This had been based, in part, on the
argument that her parrot could talk.
Drawing a fine distinction that will be of assistance in future, similar cases,the judge ruled that it merely "articulated sounds similar to those of people."If the parrot had been able to talk, he reasoned, "it would have complained".
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therese (Therese):
Don't pull too hard, like a kite in the wind
You'll break the string, when I reel you in
Don't take off flying all on your own
When you finally come knocking, there'll be nobody home
Nobody Home
- Heart
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wslee (Whay Sing Lee):
Move on, move on, never look back. That is the way of life.
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Address: Box 52, 3 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Tel: (617)225-6211 (H) (617)253-6048 (W)
Alternate e-mail address : wslee@ai.mit.edu
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