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From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: CBW, racially oriented diseases, etc (really Slim Jims)
Message-ID: <583@grkermi.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 12:02:43 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 25 12:02:43 1985
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References: <840@mtuxo.UUCP> <2300002@fthood> <591@bu-cs.UUCP> <112@cithep.UucP>
Reply-To: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
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In article <112@cithep.UucP> tim@cithep.UucP (Tim Smith ) writes:
>> 'race' as survivors. Sorta like if you forced everyone to eat twinkies
>> and slim jims only hackers would survive :-)
>
>I know what a twinkie is, but I have never heard of a "slim jim".  What
>is it?  Is it not on the West Coast, or something, or am I just out of
>touch with my junk food?

A 'Slim Jim' is a slender cylinder of matter purported to be chemically
related to smoked sausage.  I wasn't aware that hackers (nor anyone else)
actually eat them, though.

I don't know if they are distributed nationwide or not, but they are readily
available at liquor store checkout counters here in the Northeast.

AWR