barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) (08/09/85)
For the record (and not because I condone the actions of Dan White) --and despite the inacccurate summaries of TV newscasters-- the "Twinkie Defense" as I read about it in the _newspapers_ (!) consisted of the assertion that.... White's claim that he had a general history of being a slim, athletic fellow. That his personality had deteriorated in the weeks before he shot the mayor and Milk. That one objective sign of this psychological instability was that he'd started gorging on Twinkies, stopped exercising, and become quite pudgy. He was going for limited liability due to temporary almost-insanity--and got it. --Lee Gold Me myself, I've found I do get somewhat more irritable if I'm not on vitamin B for about a day before my period starts. And calm down immediately as soon as the blood starts appearing. Anyone else have this particular set of symptoms?