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From: sk@duke.UUCP (Sanjaya Kumar)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: Some interesting points raised by Mr. Ajemi
Message-ID: <6678@duke.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 11:14:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 11:14:50 1985
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Summary: 

In article <182@hector.UUCP> martillo@hector.UUCP (Yakim Martillo) writes:
>
>After all, I don't have the impression that
>Africaners go and perform ritual ablutions if the shadow of a black falls
>upon them.
>

Dear Mr. Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo Ajami
      
      After years of performing ritual ablutions whenever the shadow of
a person of unknown caste fell upon me, I have invented and patented
a rather ingenious device that saves me the trouble.
      It is now being test marketed in North America and the state of
Madhya Pradesh as "Kumar's Halo (Save yourself a washup!)". In the 
unlikely event that you have missed the commercials plugging this device,
(and at the risk of breaching net etiquette) here is a brief description:
      "Kumar's Halo" basically comprises a headband (worn, of course,
around the head) with numerous (512 to be exact) tiny halogen bulbs 
powered by a lightweight backpack battery pack. When operated 
correctly, this device renders the wearer as a perpetual light 
SOURCE. And herein lies its beauty. Just as those poor blokes
living on the Sun don't get to see any eclipses since no shadow
can fall on them, the person wearing the Halo does not have to worry 
about any unwanted shadows defiling his/her person.
      Of course there may be problems in bright sunlight, but I am
avidly following advances being made in laser technology (for 
application in the SDI effort) and hope to come up with a 
laser powered version of the Halo.
      I hope, Mr Martillo, that you will recommend this device to your
upper caste Indian friends. Meanwhile, a market survey conducted 
among potential Afrikaaner buyers in downtown Johannesburg indicated
that it would be well worth my effort to try and market this product
there. I must thank you for that suggestion.

Sanjaya Kumar
Duke University