Xref: utzoo rec.humor:18462 rec.humor.d:1535 comp.misc:4900 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!bbn!bbn.com!mthome From: mthome@bbn.com (Mike Thome) Newsgroups: rec.humor,rec.humor.d,comp.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore Message-ID: <35619@bbn.COM> Date: 3 Feb 89 22:29:47 GMT References: <7143@pyr.gatech.EDU> <4744@sfsup.UUCP> <1357@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: mthome@vax.bbn.com (Mike Thome) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 18 In article <1357@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> aem@Mthvax.Miami.Edu (a.e.mossberg) writes: >In <4744@sfsup.UUCP>, wrote: >>I heard of someone that put a computer in >>the microwave to dry it off. I think >>one of them, either the microwave or the >>person that did it, exploded. >It was a poodle, not a computer. This is a true story - The lady who owned the well-done dog sued Amana (really! Anyone know (1) for how much $$, and (2) if she won?) The only other good (& also true) microwave story I know is: The Amazing Randi, in his Big Sting of the Psychic Researchers Operation had two young unknown magicians pose as psychics to be researched... one of the feats of mentalist powers they were asked to demonstrate was "to do something" to a pair of digital watches. Well, they stared and kneeded the watched without effect until lunch, when they palmed 'em and nuked 'em for a minute on high. After lunch the researchers were astounded!