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- From: hathaway@stsci.edu
- Subject: Re: Read this book or else
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.173737.1@stsci.edu>
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- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
- References: <1992Nov30.155236.21164@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <Bz2527.2orM@austin.ibm.com> <1992Dec11.015559.20069@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:37:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.015559.20069@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, kachun@spot.Colorado.EDU (Ka Chun Yu) writes:
- > In article <Bz2527.2orM@austin.ibm.com> jlpicard@austin.ibm.com writes:
- >>mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu (Robert McGrath) writes:
- >>> In fact, I picked up and read parts of the new book "How to
- >>> Play With Your Food" by Penn and Teller.
- >>...
- >>> PPS. My personal favorite gag is the sugar pack thing.
- >>
- ..
- >>
- >>Fun book.
- >
- > I heartily agree. I bought it last night and read it for two hours even
- ..
- > as Penn and Teller's personal hero! If that isn't enough to make you buy
- > the book, what is? :)
- >
- >>
- >>Craig
- >
- > --
- > *Ka Chun Yu * Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy *
- > *kachun@spot.colorado.edu * Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences*
- > * --or-- * University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 *
- > *kachun@vela.colorado.edu * (303) 492-6857 *
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- From 11-DEC-1992 Washington Post Page B3:
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- "Villard Books recalled about 100,000 copies of 'Pen & Teller's How to
- Play With Your Food' yesterday after discovering a 'sugar packet' included
- with each book actually contains a chemical irritant."
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- Be cautious, Wm. Hathaway
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