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Date: Thu, 24-Nov-83 04:39:24 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 24 04:39:24 1983
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parsec!root    Nov 23 13:42:00 1983

This is the story of an Englishman who came to America to live. He
liked it here, but there was one thing he really missed... good tea.
American tea is weak and tastes like warm dishwater.

So the Englishman decided to make it a hobby of searching for the
best tea to be found in his adopted country.

One day he read about a famous tea grown only in Mercy, Texas. It
was reported to be superior even to English tea. So the man decided
to go to Mercy and check it out.

Arriving in Texas, he went straightaway to the tea plantation, where
he got a guided tour of the operation. He was informed that the tea
leaves were so tender, they had to be picked by hand. Since this was
too expensive, the owners had imported and trained Koala bears to the
actual picking. He watched the bears in action and was impressed.
After the tour, he went downtown (not far, as Mercy was small) and
ordered some of this famous tea in the cafe.

When the waiter brought his cup, the Englishman noted that there
were leaves in the cup. Being English he was used to strained tea,
so he asked the waiter if he would please pour his tea through a
tea strainer.

The waiter replied "Sir, the Koala tea of Mercy is not strained."




Andy Sheppard
Parsec Scientific Computer Corporation

P.S. This is dedicated to parsec!burrows and parsec!campbell, our own
resident Britishers, neither of which can stand tea.