oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) (08/06/85)
A while ago, Don Black told the story about the coyote and the hunters and the pick-um-up truck. I was enthralled -- never had such a sharp irony intruded upon my long and hideously boring life. Imagine my surprise upon reading page 63 of the August 1985 National Lampoon: "Hunters' Cruel Trick Backfires" ****************************** * A sadistic stunt with gelignite and a captive rabbit blew * up in the faces of two prankster rabbiters. ****************************** * Two men on a spotlighting expedition reportedly tied a stick * of gelignite to a rabbit they had caught by hand. The fuse * was lit and the rabbit released. ****************************** * Laughter evaporated as it doubled back and hopped for cover * under their Toyota four-wheel-drive utility. [*BOOM*] ***************** (Quentin P. Smith, the Adelaide Advertiser) Now I truly know Mr. Black is important, if even the Advertiser sees fit to track him and quote his words. If ever I tie some gelignite to... to... er, anyone, I'll park in the next state. This message does not explain why >the majority of Venezuelans are ... >malnourished. -- Oded Feingold {decvax, harvard, mit-eddie}!mitvax!oaf MIT AI Lab oaf%oz@mit-mc.ARPA 545 Tech Sq. 617-253-8598 work Cambridge, Mass. 02139 617-371-1796 home