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Subject: Won-Tons an endangered species ???
Message-ID: <5360@lanl-a.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Apr-84 11:47:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 16 11:47:28 1984
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Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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 [genuflection to the glitch queen...]
 Preliminary figures released today indicate that there are fewer than
 
three hundred breeding pairs of won-tons in the world. This decrease,

amounting to almost 34%, is blamed on the increased popularity of won-tons

in soup and other foodstuffs. Government agencies are attempting to capture
 
some of these elusive creatures to place in zoos around the world. Washington

National Zoo is expecting a breeding pair in early summer, and a breeding 

is planned as soon as is possible. A zoo official is quoted as saying

"we don't really know how these creatures reproduce, but we think that a

little soft music and wine can't hurt."

 So the next time you sit down for a dinner at your favorite Chinese 

restaraunt, just remember -- some poor helpless won-ton gave his or her all for
 
that bowl of soup.