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ONLY WHEN I LAUGH

     Remember the story? A settler is impaled by an Indian's arrow. He
     was still conscious and when asked if 'it hurt', he replied, "Only
     when I laugh." Well......In Portland, Maine, Alfred Judd, a high
     school student was impaled by a javelin. It punctured his abdomen,
     passed through a kidney and got stuck in his back. He pulled it out,
     walked back to the school for help. Went through six hours of
     exploritory surgery. He is reported in satisfactory condition.






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ROLLER COASTER MANIA

     Did you know there is an international club for roller coaster
     fans. Yep! And they have conventions all over the world, always
     held near a roller coaster, of course. And, a top-notch quarterly
     magazine is published with professional color photos of coasters
     of the world. The managzine provided the following information:


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                  WORLDS TALLEST WOODEN ROLLER COASTER
                  6 Flags Theme Park, Arlington, Texas

         Length of Track                       4,920 feet
         Height of lift hill                   143   feet

         Features: 137 foot first drop 53 degreee angle
                   60 degree banking on turns
                   G-forces to 2.7 G.
                   62 MPH max. speed.
                   Ride time 2.5 minutes
                   Covers 2.9 acres
                   Cost 5-million to build.

                   Not for those with weak, nervous bladders,
                   or stomachs.

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MAMA KNOWS BEST

      Two Red Robin restaurant workers in Seattle didn't seem to think so.
      This 9 months pregnant women (after lugging the kid around in her
      tummy all day) decides to relax and drop in for a strawberry daiquari.
      The two employees, appalled by the "Alcohol can cause birth defects"
      warning, didn't want to serve her. Suggested a virgin daiquari. Didn't
      work, so the employee put the sign, "ALCOHOL CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS"
      on her table and refused to serve her. The pregnant woman turned to
      her friend and mentioned the baby was past due. One of the employees
      said, "The baby was past due and had had its chance." Anyways, both
      employees were fired, a health baby was delivered shortly after, and
      there was a very upset customer..Didn't say if an attorney had been
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ALIASES, DISGUISES AND MURDER. SHE'S KNOWN AS BAT GIRL

     Sacramento police are looking for athletic 20-year-old Michelle
     Cumminsky. She's tall, green eyed and has a ring of bats tattooed
     around her left upper arm. On her neck is a tattoed vampire bite
     complete with blood drippings. Police have named her Bat Girl and
     she is wanted for questioning for two possible murders in the
     Sacramento area.







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CALVIN AND HOBBES TO DISAPPEAR FOR NINE MONTHS.

     Bill Watterson and creator and cartoonist is going to take a nine
     months sabbatical starting May 5th. Wants to do some interplanitary
     exploration and paleontology work in his absence. But just heard they
     will rerun earlier strips..:-)








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JUST TWO POOR BABIES

     In Mountain View a local bar is being sued by two Hells Angels
     who claimed they were "unduly embarrassed and exposed to public
     ridicule" when they were refused entry by employees who didn't
     like their motorcycle club insignia. Probably stood outside and
     really bawled. Their feelings were apparently hurt so bad that
     they have hired an attorney to sue the Sports Page bar.







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COOL CAR

     Mazda Motor Corp. said it has joined a Japanese electric company
     in developing rooftop solar cells to generate electricity to
     ventilate a car or recharge its battery when parked. No more
     burning your butt while sitting, or hands on hot steering wheels.








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BEAUTIFUL FEATHERS, GREAT SPORT TO SHOOT

     That's what almost make the California Condor extinct. Another chick
     was hatched at San Diego Wild Animal Park. It now makes a known count
     of 43 living Condors. When I was small there were three taxidermist
     shops in my home town and each supported a stuffed condor in its
     window.  Taxidermy is almost a lost art now days. A very unpopular
     trade to most people.







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LEARN A TRADE THAT WILL MAKE YOU BIG MONEY

      Students taking print shop in Mannington Township, N.J. had the
      right idea until they got caught. They were printing and passing
      fake $10 and $20 dollar bills. Very entrepreneurial while it lasted.




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