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James Nicoll  
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 More options Jun 28 2004, 8:35 am
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From: jdnic...@panix.com (James Nicoll)
Date: 28 Jun 2004 08:35:10 -0400
Local: Mon, Jun 28 2004 8:35 am
Subject: Re: You know, we have a word for that
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Bill Snyder wrote:
> Chad Irby wrote:

>> When you read a Nicoll post, one thing to keep in mind is that, whenever
>> you read about some insanely odd thing happening to him, I'm the sort of
>> guy who would be standing ten feet to the left.

> Naah, can't be.  What about the times when the meteorite, or the
> lightning strike, or the flaming debris, or the exploding chicken,
> *was* ten feet to his left?

        In point of fact, the meteor was something like 30 km when it
exploded. It was over north Waterloo and I was north of St Agatha.
Two spherical clouds, and two explosions. Unfortunately, I was dealing
with a goat that was trying to eat an oil truck's fuel line, goats
having this optimistic "Well, maybe it has become edible since they
last time I tried this" worldview, and I missed -seeing- the explosions.

        Late '70s sometime.

--
"The keywords for tonight are Caution and Flammability."
                                                        Elvis, _Bubba Ho Tep_


 
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