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- From: styri@hal.nta.no (YuNoHoo)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: Dead Cat
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.133046.9187@nntp.nta.no>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 13:30:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.132034.3266@e2big.mko.dec.com>, a_fraser@level.dec.com (Andy Fraser) writes:
- |>
- |> I heard a variant of these in Glasgow (Scotland) in the '50s.
- |>
- |> Seems the obligatory FOAF had to bring a urine sample to the
- |> Infirmary and the only container available was an empty Scotch
- |> bottle. She duly placed the bottle containing the amber fluid
- |> variously on top of her shopping bag/on the tram seat beside
- |> her and as some guy jumped off the tram, he swiped the
- |> bottle...
-
- Oh my, oh my. In the version I'm usually told the bottle makes it
- all the way to the doctor, who makes the following comment to the
- patient: "You didn't have to fill it up completely, you know."
-
- That brings me to the real question: Would a bottle thief be tempted
- by an almost empty bottle?
-
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- YuNoHoo "I was told a true scot would bring a family sized urine sample"
-