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Re: Balls on the road?

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From: Brendan B. Boerner
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1992 20:31
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In article <1992Nov20.191843.5016@dvorak.amd.com> paul@dvorak.amd.com (Paul Schnizlein) writes:
> bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner) writes:
>>Sure, I flipped over the handlebars of my bike at UT, broke my
>>collarbone and had a concussion.  I learned from that accident - I'm a
>>lot more careful than I used to be.  If UT had covered the ground with
>>Smurf balls so that I never got hurt, would that have taught me the
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
>>same lesson?
>> Brendan
>
>Perhaps you mean Nerf(TM) balls? They are sqeezable foam rubber.
>Smurfs are small blue cartoon characters, and although there seem
>to enough males on that show to do as you suggest, I doubt it
>would keep you from getting hurt. Maybe before we do that we
>should consult Smurfette?  (I got a good chuckle.)

Good comeback.  You can judge the extent of my exposure to both
Nerf(TM) balls and Smurfs. :-;

Brendan
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From: bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner)
Newsgroups: austin.talk
Subject: Re: Balls on the road?
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