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- Subject: 1992: Year in Review Part 2
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.015904.21894@pony.Ingres.COM>
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- Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Ingres Product Division
- Date: 23 Dec 92 01:59:03 GMT
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- These are actual news stories from 1992, compiled by
- Bill Mandel of the San Francisco Examiner.
-
- A San Francisco man walked through a plate-glass storefront trying to
- board the cable car he saw reflected in the shiny window.
-
- Sonoma County viewers who'd paid $30 to see a Madison Square Garden
- tribute to Bob Dylan on cable TV had their Dylanfest interrupted by 90
- minutes of soft-core porn. Only one complained.
- [maybe no one noticed]
-
- A San Francisco m,an dressed as Mickey Mouse on Halloween was beaten on
- the street by a man who threatened to kill the would-be rodent "if I catch
- you dressed up like Mickey again."
- [who said Californian's were strange?]
-
- A government worker in the Philippines who is a hermaphrodite (both male
- and female sex organs), bacame pregnant but was denied maternity leave
- because he's legally a man.
-
- Man of God and serious Republican presidential aspirant Pat Robertson
- said the Equal Rights Amendment "encourages women to leave their husbands,
- kill their children, practice withcraft, destroy capitalism and become
- lesbians."
-
- Speaking of the federal deficit, U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini said:
- "We're going to wrassle to the ground this gigantic orgasm that is out
- of control." [yes, that is the actual spelling]
-
- San Francisco police served a jaywalking ticket on a comatose man
- hospitalized in an intensive care unit. An investigation revealed the
- man, not the motorist who hit him, was at fault in the accident.
-
- One of themen arrested for looting in the L.A. riots is a $3 million
- Lotto winner who recieves $120,000 a year from the state.
-
- A women in Royal Oak, Mich., was arrested, handcuffed, and jailed for
- putting her garbage cans out too early.
-
- A lawyer defended himself against charges of microwaving his ex-girlfriend's
- kitten by saying he'd put the cat in the oven to keep it out of his way
- [I believe him]
-
-
- A Los Angeles man on trial for harrassing ice skater Katarina Witt
- demanded a jury of nymphomaniacs, atheists and agnostics to compose
- "a jury of his peers."
-
- A Pennsylvania judge resigned after promising leniency to a defendent
- if he could shampoo the man's hair.
-
- A Florida wedding reception was interrupted when the bride threw macaroni
- salad at the groom and he responded with gunfire. At the
- [wholesome family values]
- bride insisted on checking in under her new married name.
-
- A Polish pro soccer team acquired two top players from a Kiev squad for
-
- An off-duty Oklahoma city police officer ran from the stands at a high
- school basketball game and arrested an officer who, the cop claimed, was
- not calling enough fouls against the visiting team.
-
- [and not to be outdone for team spirit]
- Mississippi State football coach Jackie Sherrill defended the castration
- of a bull in front of his football team (which was about to play the Texas
- Longhorns) as "motivational and educational."
-
- A Chicago high school teacher punished truants by making them listen to
- Frank Sinatra records.
-
- The CIA classified as "secret" the report of its Openness Task Force.
-
- Investigators probing Sears auto repair departments found that several
- cars taken in for brake repair came out with no brakes at all.
-
-
- This is about half the news items. Let me know if
- you like them.
-
- -Garrett@Ingres.com
-