Subj : Big fat warning, oh my!
To   : Joshua Lee
From : Frank Masingill
Date : Tue Oct 31 2000 05:47 am

 FM> of those who wish to continue such nonsense I added another
 FM> just a dayFM> or two ago and I think the number is now up to
 FM> about 638 or so. Perhaps some critique of my mystical play of
 FM> numbers is required each time I add one.

 JL> I'm sure the critiques will fly when you reach 666!

        I believe that somewhere in the dim past I may have
commented that 666 was the name of a famous tonic produced in
Louisiana in the 1920s and 1930s.  It contained quinine and was
taken as a malaria remedy.  It was called "Three Sixes." and could
easily be mistaken for lemon flavoring if one were not careful.  I
was not, on one occasion and added it a lemon pie mixture in error.
The pies were, of course, lovely to look at but bitter as gall!!
Incidentally, that "bitter as gall" was just an expression.  I never
tasted any gall so can't say if it was bitter or not but those pies
containing the Three Sixes surely was.   From another part of the
house soon after I set them up I heard my sister yell, "Bubba, what
did you DO to these pies. She had cut herself a healthy slice and
was all set for a delicious repast!!!  What a disappointment. I
believe the Longs had some financial interest in this tonic.  Like
the Long political ads, the 666 posters were nailed to trees and
telephone posts along the roads in Louisiana for a long time. 

Frank

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 * Origin: Maybe in 5000 years (1:396/45.12)

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