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From: woof@hpfcla.UUCP (woof)
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 15:30:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 12 15:30:00 1984
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Nf-From: hpfcla!woof    Nov  1 12:30:00 1984

I had a book for a while called "Dear Sir, Drop Dead: A Study of Hate Mail
Through the Ages" which had some pretty good flames in it.  One was from
Voltaire, who had received a nasty letter.  It went something like:

	Dear Sir:
	  I am sitting in the smallest room of my house.  I have
	your letter before me.  Soon it shall be behind me.
			Voltaire

It also contained gems like a letter from Ben Franklin to the gas company
complaining that the gate to his house was in the dark halfway between two
street lights, and a bunch of hate mail to Ms. O'Hair (sp? the outspoken
athiest).  I'm don't remember who the editor of the collection was...

				Steve Wolf
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