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From: suhre@trwrba.UUCP (Maurice E. Suhre)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Pseudo-Groaner
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 15:02:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 20 15:02:05 1986
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I pulled this out of net.med.  Seemed more appropriate to net.jokes!

>>      I have been hearing recently about a supposed phenomenom where
>> certain people have supposedly spontaneously combusted. Usually their
>> charred remains are found. I would appreciate any information that people
>> might have regarding this supposed phenomenom.
>
>     Something in the genetic makeup of people from Switzerland makes
>them unusually sensitive to this phenomenon.  The effect itself seems
>to be catalyzed by gases given off by vegetables and fruits as they ripen.
>
>     That's why, in the produce sections of supermarkets, one often sees
>Swiss chard.

Maurice

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