pete@stc.UUCP (01/23/86)
Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: Xref: ukc net.music:632 net.movies:410 net.followup:2013 net.books:514 Xpath: ukc eagle From the August 1853 preface to `Bleak House', written by Charles Dickens: "The possibility of what is called Spontaneous Combustion has been denied since the death of Mr. Krook; and my good friend MR. LEWIS (quite mistaken, as he soon found, in supposing the thing to have been abandoned by all authorities) published some ingenious letters to me at the time when that event was chronicled, arguing that Spontaneous Combustion could not possibly be. I have no need to observe that I do not wilfully or negligently mislead my readers, and that before I wrote that description I took pains to investigate the subject. There are about thirty cases on record, of which the most famous, that of the Countess Cornelia de Bandi Cesenate, was minutely investigated and described by Giuseppe Bianchini, a prebendary of Verona, otherwise distinguished in letters, who published an account of it at Verona, in 1731, which he afterwards republished at Rome. The appearances beyond all rational doubt observed in that case, are the appearances observed in Mr. Krook's case. The next most famous instance happened at Rhiems, six years earlier; and the historian in that case is LE CAT, one of the most renowned surgeons produced by France. The subject was a woman, whose husband was ignorantly convicted of having murdered her; but, on solemn appeal to a higher court, he was acquitted, because it was shown upon the evidence that she died the death to which this name of Spontaneous Combustion is given. I do not think it necessary to add to these notable facts, and that general reference to the authorities which will be found at page 459* (Macdonald Illustrated Classics, 1955 - PWK), the recorded opinions and experiences of distinguished medical professors, French, English, and Scotch, in more modern days; contenting myself with observing, that I shall not abandon the facts until there shall have been a considerable Spontaneous Combustion of the testimony on which human occurrences are usually received. * Another case, very clearly described by a dentist, occurred at the town of Columbus, in the United States of America, quite recently. The subject was a German, who kept a liquor-shop, and was an inveterate drunkard." -- Peter Kendell <pete@stc.UUCP> ...!mcvax!ukc!stc!pete `When your achievements match your expectations, it's time to move on.'
ccs025@ucdavis.UUCP (Johan) (01/25/86)
> >While doing Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy once caught fire while > >doing a skit with W. F. Buckley. > > The chemicals used to straighten and maintain Micheal Jackson's hair are > probably flammable. I don't know how it happened to Eddie Murphy. Actually, I heard that Eddie Murphy *is* Micheal Jackson in disguise. He is apparantly a paranoid hebophrenic and uses the Eddie Murphy persona to release his exibitionist side. It certainly would make sense, seeing as he is so shy. What I wonder is who is given credit for the song "Party All the Time", surely Michael wouldn't give Eddie credit and risk losing *another* award! Either way I can't explain why they are so combstible. Although I did here that the person on the net who expressed the "ALIEN" explanation has disapeared !!!! Makes you wonder several things 1)Is Michael Eddie or is Eddie Michael, 2)What planet did these aliens come from, and most importantly-- #3) Why is this in net.movies.....unless of course the aliens own MGM..... . . ^ -___- -- Martin Van Ryswyk {dual,lll-crg,ucbvax}!ucdavis!deneb!ccs025
ccs020@ucdavis.UUCP (Kevin Chu) (01/27/86)
In article <895@dataioDataio.UUCP> bright@dataio.UUCP (Walter Bright writes: > > I understand that when Michael Jackson was filming the Pepsi commercial, > he spontaneously combusted on the stage. I believe it was even captured > on film. > > While doing Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy once caught fire while > doing a skit with W. F. Buckley. Catching on fire and spontanous combustion are not the same thing. The Pepsi commercial had a lot of fireworks in it and some of them ignited the 'afro-sheen' in his hair. I heard of anything ever happening to Eddie Murphy. -- Kevin Chu [UUCP] !{ucbvax,lll-crg}!ucdavis!vega!ccs020 [ARPA] ucdavis!vega!ccs020@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
nunes@utai.UUCP (Joe Nunes) (01/28/86)
> In article <895@dataioDataio.UUCP> bright@dataio.UUCP (Walter Bright writes: > > > > I understand that when Michael Jackson was filming the Pepsi commercial, > > he spontaneously combusted on the stage. I believe it was even captured > > on film. > > > > While doing Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy once caught fire while > > doing a skit with W. F. Buckley. > > Catching on fire and spontanous combustion are not the same thing. The > Pepsi commercial had a lot of fireworks in it and some of them ignited the > 'afro-sheen' in his hair. I heard of anything ever happening to Eddie Murphy. > -- > Kevin Chu > [UUCP] !{ucbvax,lll-crg}!ucdavis!vega!ccs020 > [ARPA] ucdavis!vega!ccs020@ucbvax.berkeley.edu No, no, no. This is getting silly. Eddie Murphy did a skit on Saturday Night Live in which he played a talk-show guest that had a theory that blacks could spontaneously combust. He gave Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor as examples. As the skit ended smoke started coming out his clothes.
davidl@teklds.UUCP (David Levine) (01/28/86)
>> >While doing Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy once caught fire while >> >doing a skit with W. F. Buckley. >> >> The chemicals used to straighten and maintain Micheal Jackson's hair are >> probably flammable. I don't know how it happened to Eddie Murphy. > >2)What planet did these aliens come from, and most importantly-- > #3) Why is this in net.movies..... The answer to these two questions is the same. Michael Jackson and Eddie Murphy are both Black Lectroids from Planet 10, as seen in the film "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension". Like the Invaders of old, captured Lectroids have a tendency to self-immolate to prevent their disguises from being penetrated after death. Apparently, the conditioning required to rid these talented aliens of their Rastafarian accents left them suceptible to accidental combustion. - David D. Levine, Blue Blaze Irregular (no kidding!) (...{decvax,ihnp4,hplabs}!tektronix!teklds!davidl) [UUCP] (davidl%teklds%tektronix@csnet-relay.arpa) [ARPA]