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  2. From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
  4. Subject: Re: Dead Cat
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec23.170609.6987@midway.uchicago.edu>
  6. Date: 23 Dec 92 17:06:09 GMT
  7. References: <13080088@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> <1992Dec23.163153.13764@crd.ge.com>
  8. Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
  9. Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
  10. Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
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  13. In article <1992Dec23.163153.13764@crd.ge.com> salantel@dssv01.crd.ge.com (E. L. Salant) writes:
  14. >I heard this dead cat in the mall story years ago.  Only in the version
  15. >I heard the theif was a fat lady, who opened the bag in a telephone
  16. >booth in the parking lot.  She fainted upon opening the bag, and became
  17. >wedged in the booth, requiring the fire department to extricate her.
  18.  
  19. I heard it related about a woman who disposed of her trash in fancy shopping
  20. bags.
  21.  
  22. And then there's always the dead-grandmother-in-the-car versions.
  23. -- 
  24. ted frank                     | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu 
  25. standard disclaimers          | void where prohibited
  26. the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
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