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- \* SPEW implementation of MAD rock concert article generator
- \* Based on: "C Implementation of MAD magazine's
- \* ALL-INCLUSIVE DO-IT-YOURSELF ROCK CONCERT Newspaper Story
- \* by satyr@ucscb.ucsc.edu 1987
- \* SPEW implementation by wiml@u.washington.edu 1990
- %HOWMANY
- Thousands of
- Millions of
- Hundreds of
- Several
- Uncounted millions of
- Fourteen
- A huge number of
- Billions of
- Seven and a half
- Many
- Quite a few
- More than one
- %WHATSTATE
- screaming
- ripped-off
- born-again
- Bloom County
- suicidal
- toxic
- whacked-out
- slightly used
- pregnant
- molting
- frigid
- calcium deficient
- %WHO
- rock fans
- teenagers
- marmot-breeders
- Sandanistas
- Bob Uecker look-alikes
- boat people
- amnesiacs
- Trivial Pursuit players
- owl worshippers
- bed-wetters
- DeLorean dealers
- soothsayers
- %WHERE
- the City Auditorium
- the Kingdome
- Bernie's Car Wash
- St. Patrick's Cathedral
- the Oval Office
- Buddy Hackett's hot tub
- the Australian outback
- a new Honda Civic
- Ted and Rita's family room
- the K-Mart linens section
- Lake Huron
- the Exit 17 offramp
- %WHOTOSEE
- the Jacksons
- Van Halen
- Boy George
- the Little Rascals
- Kate and Allie
- Botswana wife-swappers
- the Dallas Mavericks
- Mr. T's caterer
- the Miss Bulgaria finalists
- the last Civil War veteran
- Casper Weinberger
- a KGB double agent
- %DIDSOMETHING
- stood in line
- counted their toes
- shouted pygmy oaths
- chanted "DEE-fense!"
- aged prematurely
- licked Snickers wrappers
- donned wet suits
- polished their nose-rings
- wept openly
- broke wind
- swapped zip-codes
- fondled their ear-lobes
- %DOSOMETHING
- pay $30
- sell their sisters
- grovel shamelessly
- lose their virginity
- renounce Satan
- give up breathing
- sacrifice a beagle
- betray their scoutmaster
- sell their vital organs
- give up their citizenship
- pawn their phony Omegas
- change their sex
- %SOME
- a few outbreaks of
- the usual
- some harmless
- post-Olympic
- sloppy attempts at
- authentic Haitian
- precision drill
- the romantic lure of
- the Bush Cabinet's
- some very creative
- the lethal effects of
- the distinctive odor of
- %DISTRACTION
- rioting
- terrorism
- drunkenness
- car-stripping
- pillaging
- nude break-dancing
- possum worship
- Karl Malden impersonations
- silicone rejection
- out-of-body retching
- estate planning
- parakeet training
- %ANNOYANCE
- arrest
- flogging
- hearing loss
- death screams
- melt-down
- spraying
- flossing
- glassy-eyed stares
- pre-soaking
- poor penalty-killing
- factory recall
- painless removal
- %ANNOYADJ
- unruly
- off-duty
- stoned
- pre-Columbian
- singles-bar
- fur-bearing
- Lucasfilm
- Libyan-backed
- reincarnated
- set-user-id
- moss-covered
- cutesy-pie
- splattered
- %ANNOYOBJ
- punks
- drug dealers
- Sagittarians
- nerds
- welfare cheats
- Unitarians
- surfers
- mercenaries
- Cornhuskers
- skycaps
- Munchkins
- centerfolds
- %FUN
- an unqualified success
- a victory for good taste
- more fun than Pearl Harbor
- a vindication of greed
- proof of God's love
- an incredible waste of time
- as significant as Flag Day
- a triumph of Jerry Falwell
- a glorification of self-abuse
- as memorable as 'Lottery'
- a festival for degenerates
- an answer for Communism
- %MAIN
- \* We have to break this line up or SPEW will chop it
- \HEADER\! \PART1 \PART2 \PART3 \!\!
- %HEADER
- MAD MAGAZINE\! \
- ------------\! ROCK CONCERT LAST NIGHT\!
- %PART1
- \HOWMANY \WHATSTATE \WHO packed \WHERE last night to see \WHOTOSEE in concert.
- %PART2
- Many fans \DIDSOMETHING for more than ten hours while waiting to \DOSOMETHING for a ticket.
- %PART3
- Despite \SOME \DISTRACTION and the occasional \ANNOYANCE of \ANNOYADJ \ANNOYOBJ, the promoters of the event called it \FUN.
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