Autzoo.1282 net.jokes utzoo!henry Sun Jan 17 21:39:20 1982 curse of King Tut The San Francisco suit is all the more funny if you are aware that the Curse of King Tut was invented by Howard Carter and his colleagues as an effective way to keep thieving locals away from the tomb excavations. (The last living member of the Carter expedition revealed this a year or two ago.)