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  1. Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.food.misc,alt.fan.fruitcake
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!lasner
  3. From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
  4. Subject: Re: Fruitcake
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec26.051151.24468@news.columbia.edu>
  6. Sender: usenet@news.columbia.edu (The Network News)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu
  8. Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
  9. Organization: Columbia University
  10. References: <1992Dec25.190428.21649@Virginia.EDU> <BzuKxJ.C9z@polaris.async.vt.edu>
  11. Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 05:11:51 GMT
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  14. In article <BzuKxJ.C9z@polaris.async.vt.edu> jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (J. Furr) writes:
  15. >
  16. >Joel "I'm a graduate student.  I'll do anything for food" Furr
  17.  
  18. It is not universally accepted that fruitcake is a food.  However, all agree
  19. that it is a common construction material.
  20.  
  21. Perhaps fruitcake is used to damp out oscillations in tall buildings, 
  22. especially flan factories.
  23.  
  24. Have any buildings cracked because they forgot to take into account the
  25. weight of the fruitcakes in the buildings?
  26.  
  27. cj "does fruitcake taste like chicken?" l
  28.