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THE PURPLE THUNDERBOLT OF SPODE VOL 1, #5
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"Kenyon's Very Own Non Alien Run REPLIES TO: VAX004::Purps
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Electronic Magazine" PURPS%VAX004.DECNET@VAX001.KENYON.EDU
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W.A.S.T.E. STEVENSJ-GOH-MUNDI
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(or Drop it in the Columbus
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"bin".)
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SOMETHING WHICH MIGHT, IN THE CORRECT FRAME OF MIND, LOOK SORT OF
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LIKE A TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction- Never Trust a "Pope"
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What News?: Constipation!, Fear of Bathrooms, Caped Crusaders at
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Weddings, Brain Surgery!, MORE!
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OTISian Rants: Introducing "Elbo", Goddess of Angles and, erm,
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Grease, Further Contacts!
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Other Rants: Time Distortion! Elvis/ OTIS IS Everywhere, MORE
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ART!, Sex Changes, English as a Difficult Language,
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More!!!!!
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INTRODUCTION
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("Never trust a Pope")
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Ack! What a day! The organization panned by Gajoob
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magazine (who called us the InterNATIONAL House of Fruitcakes to
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add insult to injury) in the morning, OOODELS of mail came in
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the afternoon, necessitating, ENTIRELY against my will, another
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PURPS. Then bitnet node OHSTPY died in the evening. And stayed
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dead.... Let me tell you, this party I've been invited to in
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Rob's room had better be good.....
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No more promises this time. It looks like Purps will be
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coming out more frequently whether I will or no. I promise to
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holler, kick, scream and STRAIN these ties that bind me to make
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sure you don't see this more than once every two weeks, starting
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with this issue. OTIS must like this magazine or something... I
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mean REALLY like this magazine.....
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Alright, we can now (thank you, MAL) reach people on
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Compuserve, Applelink and several other networks. If you know
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anyone there or would rather join us there, holler. You can send
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mail (and ONLY mail, sorry) to people you know on these networks
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too, by the way. Just pull OTHERNETS.ARH up from the archives.
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(Don't know what I'm talking about? Of course not... But there's
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more on this in the OTISian Rants section.) FAIR WARNING: this
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is a LONG file....
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Finally (gasp) those of you with your lights in the attic
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still functioning may have noticed that two new addresses grace
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this 'zine's title page. Please redirect ALL (and honey I mean
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ALL) Purps mail to those addresses, as I don't have the space on
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my other account for Purps stuff. Now, send without fear of
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crashing my quota. Not that that was ever your primary motive...
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"Pope" Jephe I
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News
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PURPS.STUFF
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OFFICIAL OTISian T-SHIRTS:
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To be worn in either winter or summer, but considerably cooler in
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the former, 100% cotton (lots of sheep destroyed; apologies to
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environmental types) OTISian T-Shirts proudly emblazoned with the
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official IGHF logo on the front, and the words "Hail OTIS!!" on
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the back are available for FREE, to all members of this mailing
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list. That's right, kids, we sold all we could, now we're
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letting them go for free! AvaiLable in either conventional black
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ink on a white background, or RADICAL NEW IMPROVED TOTALLY
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UNCONVENTIONAL white background BENEATH black ink, in sizes Adult
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large and adult medium only. (And don't come crying to ME
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because OTIS didn't make you the RIGHT SIZE)! There's a bag on
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my door (403 Mather) for those of you on campus, others need to
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send a mail message and reimburse for postage (about a dollar-
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five US, I think). The logo was hand crafted (no apes were
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involved) by EJ Barnes, a fantastic artist. The shirts are 100%
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environmentally safe, "dolphin free" and likely to get you placed
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on the FBI's "watch list" if you wear them in public. Get one in
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time for Halloween.
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And by the way, I'm trying to get another batch made up... Anyone
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know anyone with a silk screen? PJ.
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OTISIAN NEWS
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From: subgenius-request@mc.lcs.mit.EDU
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Reply-to: Subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.EDU
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News of the Weird
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From: Eric Haines <eye!erich@wrath.cs.cornell.edu>
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- James M. Jernigan, 30, was arrested in Folly Beach, S.C., in April outside
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the church where Teresa Parker was being married. Jernigan, described as
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infatuated with Parker, was attempting to prevent the marriage, brandishing a
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toy pistol and wearing a big cowboy hat, white cape, and black mask.
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- A Springfield, Ill., physician, writing in an April medical journal about a
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3-year-old boy's severe constipation, attributed it to his fear of entering
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the bathroom due to memories of a TV commercial in which the toilet bowl turns
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into a monster, with the lid making a chomping noise. He had refused to enter
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a bathroom for six months without explaining why.
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From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@quake.lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Do-it-yourself brain surgery
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To: Subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
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"The _British Journal of Psychiatry_ reported in 1988 that a Canadian
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teenager who shot himself in the mouth in a suicide attempt three
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years earlier had actually torn apart the section of his brain
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responsible for his remarkable compulsion to wash his hands as many
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as 100 times a day - a compulsion that had led to his suicide attempt
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in the first place. The boy survived, and saw his IQ rise to its
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pre-illness level."
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Credit Where Credit is Due...
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Find more of this in: "More News of the Weird" (catchy name, eh?), by Chuck
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Shepherd, Ohut, & Sweet, New American Library/Plume Books, something like
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$7.95, due out around November 1.
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OTISIAN RANTS
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(in which everything worth knowing about absolutely everything will be
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revealed!)
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THE OTISian Pantheon Has a New Goddess! Please Welcome "ELBO" Goddess of
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ANGELS, and... erm.. Grease..... (*athem*...)
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Elbo is the newest OTISian goddess. She was introduced by OTIS him/herself
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to me in a dream a few nights back. It went a little like this:
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I was having a perfectly normal, happy fantasy when OTIS interrupted. A
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GREAT SHINING LIGHT (know any other kinds do you?) burst into my dreamscape,
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and out of it strode OTIS in all (well most, even god/desse/s have their
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modesty) of his/her glory!
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OTIS: Erm.. Hi there. Excuse me for interrupting your previous dream, but
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there's something very important I have to tell you about... um... listen...
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could I just move these yaks out of here, they're cramping my space.
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Geoffe: Go ahead, oh great one, who am I to oppose your will?
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OTIS: Thanks. I'll just show this one this way, and toss all the rest off this
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conveniently located high precipice... Hmmm... here's another.... Do you
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always have so many yaks in your dreams?
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Geoffe: Last night it was gerbils...
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OTIS: Ah..... Anyway, back to the business at hand (*athem*). BEHOLD A NEW
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GODDESS HAS BEEN BORN. "ELBO" GOD OF ANGELS SPRUNG MIRACULOUSLY FULL GROWN OUT
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OF THE AREA BETWEEN MY SHOULDER AND WRIST LAST NIGHT. IN HER HAND WAS A
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CARPENTER'S COMPASS AND LEVEL. THEREFORE, I DECLARE HER GODDESS OF ANGELS AND
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GREASE.... Gee, this place echoes nicely... Where are we?
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Geoffe: Tibet. But tell me great one, why "grease"?
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OTIS: Ever give birth from the area between your shoulder and wrist?
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Geoffe: No, but I did no the guy who--
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OTIS: It requires a little lubrication, and then, generally some vaseline to
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take the sting away.
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Geoffe: Ah.
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Please Welcome 'ELBO', daughter of OTIS to the Pantheon.
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WE HAVE AN ARCHIVE
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THE PURPS ARCHIVE IS NOW THIRTY TWO FILES LONG AND GROWING!!!!
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INFO ON ANY NUMBER OF WEIRD TOPICS, EVERYTHING FROM STAR TREK PARODIES TO
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"COCKNEY" VERSIONS OF "PURPS" TO THE MOOSe ILLUMINATTI CAN BE FOUND HERE!
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HUGE AMUSING TEXTFILES ARE YOUR FOR THE ASKING....
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IF YOU'RE ON KENYON'S VAX TYPE "@[STEVENSJ]PURPS.ARH" AT THE DOLLAR SIGN.
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THE LIST OF FILES IN "PURPS.ESSENTIAL" IS NOT COMPLETE!!! GIVE ME TIME...
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IF YOU'RE ON THE BITNET, SEND MAIL TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE CONTAINING ONLY THE
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MESSAGE "SEND ME PURPS.ESSENTIAL YOU BOZO". A SEMI_ELECTRONIC PROCESS WILL
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HANDEL YOUR REQUEST. "POPE" JEOFFE I
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This Time: I didn't feel like entertaining you. So, here are some other people
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who will. Next time I'm working on a truly MEGALITHIC rant. 'till then, this
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will have to suffice. P.J.
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HEY YOU! Do you like Purps? Want to receive even more weird stuff like this
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through the mail? Do the ideas of radicals, free thinkers, and out in out
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weirdos appeal? Well, there's a whole other "network" out there in the real
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world composed of UFO cultists, deranged OTISians and other free thinkers.
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It's non-electronic, and works instead by the blood sweat and tears of the
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dedicated men and women of the US Postal Service. (That's right, kids, the
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mail... remember the mail.... might be time to check that box again, huh?).
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It's referred to affectionately as the "Fringe", and it consists of a vast
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network of hip, strange, and unusual people communicating with each other and
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the world via independently published "'zines", xeroxed sheets, odd pamphlets,
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and flyers...
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All you need to do is drop a line or two to the following along with an SASE,
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or a donation, or something, and, within a few short weeks, your PO Box will be
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FLOODED with bizarre "stuff".
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First, there's us:
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IGHF
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POB 235
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WILLIAMSTOWN MA 01267-0235
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The only FULLY REGISTERED promoters of the OTISian faith. Lots of OTISian
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rants pamphlets mailed "weekly" and the ever popular OTISian Directory (more
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on that later). SASE, please.
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Then there's:
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FACTSHEET FIVE
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C/O MIKE GUNDERLOY
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6 ARIZONA AVE
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RENNSELAER NY 12144-4502
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Send $3.00 for an issue of "Factsheet Five", a HUGE magazine containing nothing
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but addresses of fringe members. 1,000s of sources of weird mail. Tell him
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"Pope" Jephee I sent you.
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Not to Mention:
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GAJOOB
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POB 3201
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SALT LAKE CITY UT 84110
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The definitive magazine of the alternative (I mean REALLY alternative) music
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scene. $3.00 for a back issue, I think... The most recent one PANS the IGHF
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in a brief review in the back. Odd when you consider they used to reprint our
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stuff in full...
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WEIRD Politicians Should Really Look Into:
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THE CONTROVERSY CHRONICLE
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POB 80721
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FAIRBANKS AK 99708
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A marvelous little 'zine covering everything from incredibly strange film top
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the constitution. LOTS of adds for other strange periodicals...
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WEIRD Books!!!!
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The Finest Weird Bookstore in the world is:
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LOOMPANICS UNLIMITED
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POB 1197
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PORT TOWNSEND WA 98336
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FINALLY:
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You'll want a copy of the latest OTISian Directory. For only $2.00 you get a
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NIFTY little 'zine listing 20-30 of the BEST contact addresses on the fringe,
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and filled with wonderful art and odd OTISian "bizarrity" (A word not in
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Websters, I know, I know....). If you're on campus send mail to VAX004::PURPS
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or drop by room 403 Mather, two dollars in your hot and sweaty paw, and I'll
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run one off for you. Mike Gunderloy of Factsheet Five once said it read like a
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"Low Budget 'High Weirdness by Mail'"..... Which brings me to...
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Tucked inocculously enough away in the "humor" section of the Bookstore is one
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of the weirdest books of all time. "High Weirdness by Mail" is the publication
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of the once funny Church of the Subgenius (whose chief members are too busy
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right now being on trial for throwing a mail bomb to tell many jokes). It's
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one of the BEST contact guides for the fringe available. These people are
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almost as sarcastic as WE are....
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OTHER RANTS
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(in which absolutely nothing will be revealed at all)
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Subject: fun with time control
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Reply-To: Parapsychology Discussion Forum
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<PSI-L%RPIECS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
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From: Glen Daniels <gub%FTP.COM@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
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Subject: Re: Awake - yet unable to move...
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Speaking of time distortions....
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There's a book called "Stalking the Wild Pendulum", by Itzhak
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Bentov (I think that's his name). It's a very interesting sort of
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pseudo-scientific treatise on consciousness, life, and the
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interrelationship of "mind" and "matter". He gets some things wrong,
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he's a little too "spacey" in places, but in general it's a very
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worthwhile little book (he's very enthusiastic about the universe).
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So this is a paraphrase of an experiment from this book that
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demonstrates the subjectivity of time sense:
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Sit upright in a comfortable position, preferably near a
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table or counter. On the table, place an analog watch or clock, one
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with a sweep second hand. Take several deep breaths, and RELAX.
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While you do this, let your eyes track the motion of the second
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hand...get a feel for how fast it moves, how long a second is.
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Now, when you're relaxed and ready, close your eyes. Imagine
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yourself someplace you'd really like to be, somewhere you're happy
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and at peace -- lying on the beach, with a cool drink in your hand;
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on a sailboat; skiing down a mountain; etc... The important thing is
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to really BE there -- feel the condensation off the glass dripping
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down your hand, taste the salt air, feel the sand under your toes....
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When you're completely into the visualization, experiencing
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it as deeply as you can, S L O W L Y open your eyes. Don't snap
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them open, don't focus quickly on anything. Just keep yourself in
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your mental environment.... Now, lazily, without thinking about it,
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let your eyes focus on the second hand of the watch as you continue
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to maintain your image....
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You'll find, I think, that something very interesting happens
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(or rather, doesn't happen). As soon as you consciously notice,
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though, the weirdness goes away.
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Try it....It works. The better you get at it, the longer you
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can keep the effect (you can probably guess what it is).
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From: cox@cmp-rt.music.uiuc.edu (Benjamin Cox)
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Subject: The ELVIS gene
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Organization: University of Illinois School of Music
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My sister is in the genetics program at Berkeley. A couple of her friends
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searched through GenBank looking for amino acids which contained the string
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"ELVIS" in their "code".
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A match was found, in an amino acid which is found in mitochondria. Also, in
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this same acid, the strings "KING" and "DEAD" were found.
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PROOF that there's a little "ELVIS" in all of us.
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"Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're comin' Cause you REALLY STARTED SOMETHIN!"
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-- Elvis
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"Don't just *eat* a hamburger . . . eat the HELL out of it." (Economicon 23:78)
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-- Ben Cox
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From: jdobbs@director (Jim Dobbs)
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Newsgroups: alt.slack
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Subject: Re: The ELVIS jean
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I really hate to be the one to tell you this, Ben, but 'little Elvis'
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was The King's nickname for his er, uh ... UNIT. So let me be the
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first to proclaim that there was NEVER a 'little ELVIS' in ME!
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You may be suffering from a little JHVH-1 mind control, or not.
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It is like unto the story of the SubGenius who was made invisible,
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and did dwell in the Girl's locker room for forty days and forty
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nights- whereupon reappearing, found a twenty in his old cardigan,
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only to discover that the Utilities had lost his account number and
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were unable to bill him forevermore, who did shout, "Glory be to Bob,
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and all who sail in him!", finally to awaken and discover that not only
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had it all been an Xist-induced dream, but that he had missed his bus
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stop and had to walk several miles to his home.
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Whether I was that man or not is unimportant, but there IS a GREAT DEAL
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of PUZZLING EVIDENCE and ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS herein contained.
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DO NOT MISTAKE 'PIPE-DREAMS' for TRUE SLACK, Ben. You could be in GRAVE
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DANGER. You could find yourself 'happy' and 'contented' WORKING AT A
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REGULAR JOB, or MARRIED, ALL UNDER XIST MIND CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I think you KNOW what to do, Ben. RENOUNCE THE PINK MEN and begin your
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SOMNOLENT QUEST for SLACK, or DOOMOLA.
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Uncle Bob used to say, 'GET OUT OF MY FACE, YOU LITTLE CREEP, OR KILL
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ME!', and it made me feel VERY SPECIAL, let me tell you. My hope for
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YOU, Ben, is that YOU will HURT LIKE I DO.
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-Jim
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^ - | "You can't depend on your eyes | "Go, and never | - ^
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( O-O | when your imagination | darken my | O-O )
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> | is out of focus. | towels again! | <
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^ | -Mark Twain | -Groucho Marx | ^
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[So, now that you've heard about "B-b" (we OTISians never spell that name),
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perhaps you'd like to see what the supreme Frop head looks like... Don't USE it
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anywhere, though. It's a REGISTERED TRADEMARK of SIMON AND SCHUSTER!
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Which brings us nicely to our....]
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ART CONTEST ENTRIES
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From: a864@mindlink.UUCP (Jono Moore)
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Subject: Bob
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USENET: a864@mindlink.UUCP | "I've got compassion running
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BITNET: usernk1z@sfu | out of my nose, pal. I'm the
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INTERNET: Jono_Moore@cc.sfu.ca | sultan of sentiment."
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DATA: (604)983-3546 MSDOS only | --Albert Rosenfield (Twin Peaks)
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We have art, too, of course. It's just not as, well, good....
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From: VAX001::SCHROEDER "Screaming Prophet of OTIS Triumphant"
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Now, something you really need to know....
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From: VAX001::ZECCHIN "hackERS make better programERS" 5-OCT-1990
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Subj: Pregnant men??
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From: OHSTPY::IN%"ADND-L@PUCC.BITNET" "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
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discussion list"
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To: "David H. Zecchin" <ZECCHIN%52225@MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
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Subj: RE: Sex Changes (was WORMY POLYMORPHS)
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If you want a discussion about that enter Anime-l discussion list as
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that has been a topic with Ranma 1/2 (A show where the major character;
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12th level Monk and still going to High School, was cursed by a pool to
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turn into a Princess everytime he gets wet with cold water. The only way
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to turn back into a male is to get wet with Hot water.)
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They have been trying to figure out what would happen if (s)he got pregnant.
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Michael Carlson
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The Sorcerer
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LTU Student Government
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MC68416@LTUVAX.BITNET
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The Last Word, however, goes to our European correspondent
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From: VAX001::SIMPSONS "BOB is dead; Long live OTIS!" 5-OCT-1990
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Subj: the dangers of thinking in one language and speaking in another
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From: VAX001::WINS%"<XCULT-L@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>" 5-OCT-1990 11:00:02.39
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I belive in Germany feelings are mixt. For many young "western" people
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the eastern part of Germany was behind the moon and thirty years
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behind the way of living and thinking, now they fear the rollback.
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The worthsystem in the western part is consumoriented, egoistic
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and solidarity has no high place.
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While most german are looking on the economic part only few
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see the problem that two different cultures are bound together.
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In the eastern part many people feel desoriented and betrayed
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because they wakeup in unemployment and do not know the way
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the W-Germanm society works.
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Patriotism is still low today, we and the world had too bad experinces
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with that sh__ , so we use it only on the soccerfield.
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The conservative party uses the reunification to get better chances
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next election, they play the "no higher taxes promise" game and will win.
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Heinrich Heine
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former W-Germany
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THE PURPLE THUNDERBOLT OF SPODE ISSUE # 5
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Neither censored nor edited. Deal.
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