30 lines
1.5 KiB
Standard ML
30 lines
1.5 KiB
Standard ML
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The following is from the Horse Feathers BBS
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100/105: Are we talkng Wicked or Nasty here?
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Date: Tue Mar 28 18:11:02 1989
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Under "Wicked:" a memorable ride along Northern State Parkway during which
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I developed appreciation for cruise control, tilt-wheel, radar detector,
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tinted glass and Michelin radials. Not to mention my female passenger. Did
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you know, if you raise the steering wheel all the way, there's JUST enough
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room...
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Under "Nasty": In Rome, Italy, once; a bunch of us Russky exiles
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wandering aroun in search of trouble, when -- Hark! A familiar language
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spoken! We turn to find a group of obvoiusly SOVIET tourists. Now for a
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Soviet to be in Italy AS A TOURIST back then (1976) meant that he/she passed
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through ten kinds of security checks AND did soething to deserve the very
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special treat. We were face to face with loyal running dogs of the
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proletariat.
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One of us had a bright idea. He walked up to the last one in line and
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whispered to him:
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"Comrade. A provocation is being planned against you. Immediately:
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break into pairs and scatter through the city. You will be contacted."
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From our vantage point on the stairs of the Vittrio Emmanuele Secondo
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Monument we watched the word ripple up the line; we watched the group disperse
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in the crowd until only the tour guide and the KGB nanny remained, standing
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there looking extreely bewildered...
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I think they must STILL be looking for those tourists.
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