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From: drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley)
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Subject: Re: A Sane Man Gets Hauled Away
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Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 17:22:59 EDT
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> I am posting from the account of "A Sane Man."
> Don't expect to see any more Sane Man postings.
> 
> Seems that last fall his lover's husband went insane and ended up in
> a mental hospital.  After many tests, it was determined that he had
> received long-term low-level exposure to mercury.  More testing revealed
> that the goats he owned were giving mercury-tainted milk.  Why wasn't
> the rest of the household affected?  ASM's lover was secretly mixing up
> powdered milk and keeping the two supplies very carefully separate and
> unobvious.  But guess who was putting the mercury into the goat feed?
> 
> It took almost a year for the story to come out.  You could tell it was
> pretty much 'out' when the FBI surrounded our office and stormed in
> with guns drawn.  "...Attempted murder...right to remain silent...,"
> handcuffs, fading sirens, and then an awkward silence during which we all
> stared at each other trying to figure out if it had really happened or not.

Not too sane...  Murder is a state crime, not federal.

> -The Stoolie.
> 
> "Christ rose from the grave, and all he brought me was this lousy t-shirt!"

The famous Lake Wobegone "He's Up!" Christ-waterskiing t-shirt?

Dale