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From: schuster@Shasta.ARPA (Jay Schuster)
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Subject: Re: Berke Breathed of Bloom County injured in plane crash
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Date: Tue, 18-Feb-86 20:27:17 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 18 20:27:17 1986
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In article <17@unmc.UUCP> ma3166ay@unmc.UUCP (L.A. Electronics) writes:
>>>Not sure if everyone knew it yet or not, but Berke Breathed, writer
>>>and artist of the BLOOM COUNTY comic strip was injured in a plane
>>>crash a week or so ago.  Apparently he suffered a fractured...
>>
>>He's lucky to be alive, we are lucky he is alive. Hopefully he will
>>find some less dangerous toys for the future.
>
>You aren't kidding about him being lucky to be alive.  When the local
>smarmy-homeboy-let's-talk-about-how-great-this-city-is magazine, "Albuquerque
>Living", did a feature article on Breathed, they revealed that one of his
>favorite activities was to take his Ultralight out over the city, late at
>night, and shut off the engine.  At least he's not bothering the neighbors.
>

One of my housemates went to school with him (His real first name is
Guy, and his last name is pronounced with two syllables) and said that
he liked to raise alligators and release them in a lake at the school
(Some Texas U).

It's not hard to see where some of his humor comes from.

-- Jay Schuster ...!decwrl!shasta!schuster schuster@su-pescadero.arpa