Brad Patrick wrote:
We are all cracking up here at the office. Well done!
On 7/26/06, Dirk Riehle <dirk(a)riehle.org> wrote:
>Just saw this:
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>http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50902
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>Enjoy!
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>Dirk
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>PS: In case you wonder what kind of magazine The Onion is, try our
>favorite reference:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion
>
I was especially amused by the line "But after a string of military
antics and a convoluted scheme involving chicken feathers and an
inflatable woman, the British were eventually defeated..."
It reminded me of something that I randomly found in the stacks at the
University of Toronto library many years ago in a very long series of
pamphlets sponsored by various US government agencies in the 1960s.
There were so many of these that it seems that the library staff had
great difficulty keeping them catalogued.
One in particular was memorable. "The Toxic Effects of Burning Chicken
Feathers." It was produced by the U.S. Army! The only disappointment
was that the motivation for the study was not what would seem to be the
obvious one. It had to do with the manufacture of mattresses for
soldiers, and the possible hazards in the event of a barracks fire.
Ec