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In article <N.121997.233857.64@modem59.penfold.pol.co.uk>, Mr Wibbly
Wobbly <user@press.softnet.co.uk> writes
>
>My favourite part of Christmas is telling all the kids Santa won't be coming 
>this year because all his reindeer have had to be put to sleep because they had 
>mad cow disease!
Actually you are not a milion miles from facts here!
Reindeer populations have plummetted in Scandinavia since the Chernobyl
accident since most of them were contaminated with radioactive fallout
which built up in their bodies, making them a) sick and b) unfit for
consumption.  Why do you think Rudolph's nose glowed in the dark?

Just when it looked like they were recovering, the high temperatures in
Scandinavia last winter caused the snow to melt and refreeze as ice,
preventing the reindeer from getting to the lychen they live on during
the winter months.  Consequently most of them died of starvation.

There simply ain't enough of the little buggers left to pull old Santa's
sleigh!
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I never wanted to do this job in the first place!  I...  I wanted to be...
A LUMBERJACK!  Leaping from tree to tree!  As they float down the mighty rivers 
of British Columbia!
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