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From: carlc@tektronix.UUCP (Carl Clawson)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.women
Subject: Re: Skunk oil
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 10:39:43 EST
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In article <845@rtech.UUCP> jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) writes:
>> 
>> A few years ago in Oakland there was a serial rapist ("Stinky"?) who
>> according to the news media was reported to have a really noticable [sic]
>> foul smell, and I don't recall that he was ever identified.
>
>It was Berkeley, and one of the main reasons that Stinky was never caught
>was that the Berkeley city council was a band of jackasses.

Stinky _was_ caught!  They didn't have enough evidence to prosecute,
but the individual responsible was identified and the attacks stopped.  It's
hard to prosecute someone based on smell, as well it should be.
-- 
Carl Clawson
Solid State Research Lab / Tek Labs
carlc@tektronix     (503) 627-6304