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  2. From: JTCHEW@lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
  4. Subject: Re: little girl embedded in grille (was: Re: I Li
  5. Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
  6. Date: 22 Dec 1992 18:43:36 GMT
  7. Organization: Honest Ernie's Used Ions
  8. Lines: 11
  9. Distribution: world
  10. Message-ID: <JTCHEW-221292104206@b50-afrd4.lbl.gov>
  11. References: <1992Dec20.001827.20320@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <BzJF38.Jty@polaris.async.vt.edu> <28090@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1992Dec22.125534.18781@husc3.harvard.edu>
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  13.  
  14. In article <1992Dec22.125534.18781@husc3.harvard.edu>, 
  15. joltes@husc10.harvard.edu (Richard Joltes) wrote:
  16. > the cop said `no, you were going 5MPH!' and wrote him a ticket."
  17.  
  18. Seems like an exaggerated story with a core of truth:  excessive
  19. caution (driving far too slowly for conditions, stopping ten feet
  20. behind the stop sign just to make sure, negotiating a corner as
  21. though you were docking the Exxon Valdez) is one of the most
  22. useful signs by which the nice officer spots a drunk.
  23.  
  24. Joe "You're in a heap a trouble, boy" Chew
  25.