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- From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
- Subject: Re: Another boring evening...
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 06:33:52 GMT
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- echalas@expert.cc.purdue.edu (John Mechalas) writes:
-
- > On my way over, I stopped at the gas station (yes, we do have gas
- >in Indiana...gasoline, that is) and purchased a small can of oil.
- >It wasn't very high quality, but it would do.
- > A few minutes later the coffee arrived (with the waitress, of course),
- >and as she turned and walked away from me, I quickly and quietly opened
- >up my oil and poured a small amount into the cup. I grabbed a nearby
- >match (everyone at cafes carries a matchbook...it's the law), lit it, then
- >dropped it into the coffee.
- > With flames spurting out almost 3 inches above the rim of the
- >cup, I called the waitress over, and in a calm, rational voice said:
- > "Excuse me Miss, but my coffee's too hot."
-
-
- > I thought it was hysterical, but no one else seemed to appreciate the
- >joke.
-
- Especially those who thought it was motor oil and know it won't
- burn with just a match igniting it.
-
- < Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu viking@iastate.edu >
- < ISU only censors what I read, not what I say. Don't blame them. >
- < USENET: Post to exotic, distant machines. Meet exciting, >
- < unusual people. And flame them. >
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