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From: James Baron <jrbaro@facstaff.wm.edu>
Subject: Re: Fabrio and the Bird (apologies to WBY)
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At 02:53 99/04/02 +1200, you wrote:
>Are you sure this thread didn't *start* on 1st April?
>
>	Chris. Ehrhardt
>
>
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>At 03:54 AM 01-04-99 -0800, you wrote:
>>A news story said it was a goose.  Doubtless all a modern-day Zeus might
>>manage {grin}.  Jay Leno's comment, was, I believe (I heard it third-hand):
>>"It was inevitable that two bird-brains should meet."
>>
>>Jack Kolb
>>Dept. of English, UCLA
>>kolb@ucla.edu
>>
>>>Is there any possibility that the bird could have been other than a
>>>pigeon?  Although this type seems likely for the context of an amusement
>>>park, it does not provide very interesting material for interpretation.
>>>What would Suetonius have made of this? :-)
>>>Lisa Au(an)g(e)r
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


Believe me, here in Williamsburg, we know it really happened -- some of our
work-study students were among the "Vestal Virgins."  It seems most likely
to me though, that it is a simple case of Nemesis striking those who had
any part in all the bad mythology in the ride's publicity.


Jim Baron
William and Mary
	and Ted and Alice


Teacher:  "What do you know when you see that the barometer is falling?"

Student:  "It's gunna break?"
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