From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:ESVAX:Cory:cc-18 Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Re: What kind of government are you guys running up there? Article-I.D.: ucbcory.733 Posted: Fri Jun 11 02:18:06 1982 Received: Sat Jun 12 00:48:52 1982 The county sheriff's department (Contra Costa, California) here has done the following in the past year: [1] Raided a dime-limit poker game at an old folk's home, confiscating the $7.?? pot and busting half-a-dozen participants; [2] Confiscated a child's toy slot machine, on the grounds that, even though it couldn't pay out, it still took money. Michael Chastain ucbvax!cory:cc-18 (UUCP) Cory.cc-18@Berkeley (ARPA)