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Article #4023Re: Balls on the road?
From: Brendan B. Boerner
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1992 20:31
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 -- Brendan B. Boerner Phone: 512/346-8380 Internet: bboerner@novell.com MHS: bboerner@novell Please use ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ if replying by mail exterior to Novell.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: ffea8,ca6ecb061875a5b3 X-Google-Attributes: gidffea8,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-11-29 15:41:40 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!sgigate!rutgers!sun-barr!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!cronkite.Central.Sun.COM!texsun!moxie!wotan.compaq.com!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!novdpd!bboerner From: bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner) Newsgroups: austin.talk Subject: Re: Balls on the road? Keywords: humourous Message-ID: <1992Nov29.203136.26324@novell.com> Date: 29 Nov 92 20:31:36 GMT References: <1992Nov20.191843.5016@dvorak.amd.com> Distribution: austin Organization: Novell, Inc. --Austin Lines: 24