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According to Dr Andrei Arkhipov the farmer's cerebral DNA to see if of the Ukrainian Institute of Radio there is any empiric proof of his theAstronomy (Globe and Mail] an 14, ory of human origins. 1997) all life on Earth may be • Dr Arkhipov might have done betdescended from interstellar sewage. ter with a tissue sample from this The, "we come from alien dung" theyear's recipient of the Charles Darory has led one Catholic commentawin Award (awards given to people tor to remark, "It would seem that who did the the gene pool a service God must have a fairly vigorous by killing themselves in the most sense of humour." Judging by this extraordinarily stupid ways). An month's crop of reports of human unidentified boater in the waters off foibles, both the theory and the the coast of Washington State commentator's remarks would strapped a JATO bottle to his motor P.J. Taylor, MD, FRCSC, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, appear to have some validity. boat. Jet Assisted Take Off bottles University of British Columbia One wonders about the genetic lin(JATO) are small solid fuel rockets eage of the couple whose daughter used to boost military transport airgot her hair munched by a Cabbage Patch doll craft off short runways. (Globe and Mail Jan 11, 1997). In the great panorama Firing the bottle pushed the boat to an estimated of human tragedy this event hardly rates with the speed of 300 knots in five seconds. All that was sinking of the "Titanic" or World War I. The parfound, 3.9 nautical miles from the point of ignition, ents are so distraught that they are suing the manuwas a three-foot crater 125 feet up a solid rock cliff. facturers for $25.5 million because "the entire family A piece of the boat's windshield was recovered. A lip will require psychological help for mental and emoprint Scm wide was etched into the perspex. Either tional injuries." the boat driver was extremely satisfied by the velocI can't imagine how "the entire family" would have ity attained or was being subjected to G-forces that reacted if their daughter had also received a talking defy the imagination. "Smurf." According to the Sunday Telegraph (Jan The speeding boater should have worked with the 5, 1997) the little beasts are being removed from toyRomanian pig farmer. The flames from a JATO botstore shelves in Branrford Ontario because customers tle would have been more than adequate to remove are claiming that the dolls are teaching children to a few hairs from a pig's skin. swear. The "entire family" would probably have It cannot be substantiated but it is believed that both needed counselling for life. individuals' final words were, "Oooooh, interstellar Phil Hall sent me a clipping. The source was not sewage!" identified but I thought you might like to know that • "The whole hospital service is stretched beyond its a Romanian farmer used butane to inflate a pig he capacity to cope. The bubble must burst somewhere." had slaughtered. Apparently, distending the corpse (Sunday Telegraph Jan 5, 1997). Many British instimakes it easier to remove the bristles from the skin. tutions could find no beds for even the sickest Normally, air from the exhaust of a vacuum cleaner patients. Fortunately such a situation could never is used and the next step is to burn the bristles off. happen in Canada. The politicians directing our Our hero's vacuum was broken. health care system are far too intelligent. The blast of the butane totally destroyed the pig and And if you believe that last remark you should write sent the farmer to hospital for three days. Whether to the good Dr Arkhipov. I'm sure he could use all or not the experience led him to sue anybody for the support for his theory he can get. If you can't $25.5 million or require psychological help for menreach him, we will be pleased to supply you with the tal and emotional injuries was not reported. There is address of a boat rental firm and of the manufactura rumour that Dr Andrei Arkhipov wishes to study ers of ]ATO bottles.
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MAY 1997
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According to Dr Andrei Arkhipov the farmer's cerebral DNA to see if of the Ukrainian Institute of Radio there is any empiric proof of his theAstronomy (Globe and Mail] an 14, ory of human origins. 1997) all life on Earth may be • Dr Arkhipov might have done betdescended from interstellar sewage. ter with a tissue sample from this The, "we come from alien dung" theyear's recipient of the Charles Darory has led one Catholic commentawin Award (awards given to people tor to remark, "It would seem that who did the the gene pool a service God must have a fairly vigorous by killing themselves in the most sense of humour." Judging by this extraordinarily stupid ways). An month's crop of reports of human unidentified boater in the waters off foibles, both the theory and the the coast of Washington State commentator's remarks would strapped a JATO bottle to his motor P.J. Taylor, MD, FRCSC, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, appear to have some validity. boat. Jet Assisted Take Off bottles University of British Columbia One wonders about the genetic lin(JATO) are small solid fuel rockets eage of the couple whose daughter used to boost military transport airgot her hair munched by a Cabbage Patch doll craft off short runways. (Globe and Mail Jan 11, 1997). In the great panorama Firing the bottle pushed the boat to an estimated of human tragedy this event hardly rates with the speed of 300 knots in five seconds. All that was sinking of the "Titanic" or World War I. The parfound, 3.9 nautical miles from the point of ignition, ents are so distraught that they are suing the manuwas a three-foot crater 125 feet up a solid rock cliff. facturers for $25.5 million because "the entire family A piece of the boat's windshield was recovered. A lip will require psychological help for mental and emoprint Scm wide was etched into the perspex. Either tional injuries." the boat driver was extremely satisfied by the velocI can't imagine how "the entire family" would have ity attained or was being subjected to G-forces that reacted if their daughter had also received a talking defy the imagination. "Smurf." According to the Sunday Telegraph (Jan The speeding boater should have worked with the 5, 1997) the little beasts are being removed from toyRomanian pig farmer. The flames from a JATO botstore shelves in Branrford Ontario because customers tle would have been more than adequate to remove are claiming that the dolls are teaching children to a few hairs from a pig's skin. swear. The "entire family" would probably have It cannot be substantiated but it is believed that both needed counselling for life. individuals' final words were, "Oooooh, interstellar Phil Hall sent me a clipping. The source was not sewage!" identified but I thought you might like to know that • "The whole hospital service is stretched beyond its a Romanian farmer used butane to inflate a pig he capacity to cope. The bubble must burst somewhere." had slaughtered. Apparently, distending the corpse (Sunday Telegraph Jan 5, 1997). Many British instimakes it easier to remove the bristles from the skin. tutions could find no beds for even the sickest Normally, air from the exhaust of a vacuum cleaner patients. Fortunately such a situation could never is used and the next step is to burn the bristles off. happen in Canada. The politicians directing our Our hero's vacuum was broken. health care system are far too intelligent. The blast of the butane totally destroyed the pig and And if you believe that last remark you should write sent the farmer to hospital for three days. Whether to the good Dr Arkhipov. I'm sure he could use all or not the experience led him to sue anybody for the support for his theory he can get. If you can't $25.5 million or require psychological help for menreach him, we will be pleased to supply you with the tal and emotional injuries was not reported. There is address of a boat rental firm and of the manufactura rumour that Dr Andrei Arkhipov wishes to study ers of ]ATO bottles.
JOURNAL SOGC
57 6
MAY 1997