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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: i tell the rumor i heard told mithridates he died old
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Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 07:09:54 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 27 07:09:54 1986
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what is a rumor?  that seems to be an important question
	confronting us in this newsgroup.  we seem to be reaching
		a spiritual crisis in our purpose.  will life consist of
	nothing but somnambulant wanderings through the hackings
of ignorant journalists?  is the only way to find the truth
	through facts and knowledge?  do your glasses fog when it's
		cold outside and warm inside?  or is it the other way around?
	seriously, is it the other way around?  i once heard a wise
man say that he heard a wise man say that when he was one
	and twenty he heard a wise man say give crowns and pounds
		and guineas but not your heart away give pearls away and
	rubies but keep your fancy free.  but he was one and twenty
you see no use to talk to he.  so out of a stem that scored
	the hand he wrung it in a weary land.  is it clear now.
		you who read these little letters of the land can sand
	away tomorrow for free.  you dont think so.  just because
its a rumor?  why do read this newsgroup then.  feh.  feh.

And now for the obligatory rumor:

I heard a rumor that STAR WARS is S RAW RATS spelled backwards.
Can anyone confirm this?

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720