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- From: Brian.Milner@brunel.ac.uk (Brian D Milner)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Groaning Cupboard Tale (*Origin*)
- Message-ID: <BzM6rz.Lyo@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:55:09 GMT
- Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK
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- I don't know if this qualifies as true urban folklore, but an amusing
- incident that occurred *while I myself was present* follows ...
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- I was finishing my sandwiches at my desk one lunchtime at the Thorn EMI
- factory in Feltham, West London, UK. The girl from the cash office rushed
- past me sobbing hysterically about groaning coming from the *locked*
- cupboard behind where she sat.
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- I ignored her because A) I didn't believe her, B) I couldn't really
- understand what was going on, and C) she rushed on past at a fair speed.
- This is a shame because I missed out on some exitement.
-
- When the cupboard was opened, they found an electrician crumpled in a heap
- on the floor. He'd been working in an *unlocked* cupboard on the floor
- above, and the floor had given way beneath him (it wasn't really meant to
- take any weight.)
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- The poor guy was taken off in a stretcher, and I'm sure he survived to
- tell the tale.
-
- Ho, hum ...
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- |Brian Milner, The Computer Centre, Brunel University , West London, UK |
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