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From: tom inkpen
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1988 06:30

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Have you heard the story about the lady who tried to use her 
microwave to dry her wet poodle (it was a bit messy)?  This and many 
other stories like it have been called urban legends (see Jan Brunvand's 
"The Vanishing Hitchhiker").  I would like to hear of any urban legends 
concerning computers.  One story that I think has possibilities as a piece 
of folklore is one concerning worm copy protection software.  If you know
of any others please reply to inkpen@dalcsug.uucp.

Tom Inkpen

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