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- From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
- Subject: Re: Backed into
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.182259.26824@linus.mitre.org>
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- References: <1993Jan20.203212.28173@cheshire.oxy.edu> <4603@cvbnetPrime.COM>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:22:59 GMT
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- In article <4603@cvbnetPrime.COM> tjohnson@anyway.UUCP (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317) writes:
- > Now to the issue at hand. You've damaged a fine motorcycle. A
- >GXS850 or something. These are outstanding machines for sure. My ex-fiance;
- >who met a tragic death when she repeatedly fell on an ice pick (god rest
- >her soul); had the same problem with her handle bars. Myself and a group
- >of my lawyers got together and came up with a solution. We considered the
- >fine workmanship the Japanese put into these machines, along with the
- >top quality materials and engineering involved with the steering mechanism.
- >We carefully considered the value of the bike, and of course the safety
- >factor involved (as it was in fact my fiances (RIP) bike). Taking all this
- >into consideration, we pounded the shit out of handle bars with a large
- >hammer until they were as close to straight as we could get them.
- >
-
- That's what I like about you Tod, how delicate and fragile you are. May
- I say that your solution to the problem at hand was sweet and nurturing,
- and that your ice pick story was pretty yet tragic, like the little flower
- that loses its petals in a storm.
-
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- | Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714 | DoD #207 AMA #573534 |
- | The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730 | KotNML / KotB |
- | "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never get | '81 CB750C |
- | nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111 | '88 Bianchi Limited |
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