Today's Topics:
burnt again...
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From: "Eric A. Haines" <erich@eye.com>
Message-Id: <9205221320.AA14892@hemlock>
Subject: burnt again...
To: subgenius@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Date: Fri, 22 May 92 9:20:35 EDT
Y'know that story about the UNC student quacking like a duck that I posted?
Asking for a date & verification, I got this (from someone who'll remain
nameless to protect the somewhat guilty):
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Eric:
{...}
Yep, it's a put on. This was originally some AP article about a guy
who got arrested for a traffic ticket and went ballistic. One of our
students "rewrote" it to refer to someone who had just flunked his
orals. Humour, John, humour.
This is how rumors get going!
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Oh, well, too bad - a case of the story being stranger than truth or fiction.
I do recall hearing a similar story about someone being denied a bank loan and
taking off his clothes & quacking like a duck. A new trend, perhaps? Urban
legenders take note!
Eric
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