From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!teklabs!reed!bred
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Evil Influence of North Dakota
Article-I.D.: reed.212
Posted: Tue Jan 11 12:38:01 1983
Received: Thu Jan 13 05:51:39 1983

Assuming for the moment that North Dakota exists, look at the following
facts:

A.	George McGovern, from a state directly south of North Dakota,
        lost the 1972 Presidential election to Richard Nixon despite
        Watergate.

B.	Hubert Humphrey, from a state directly east of North Dakota,
        died of cancer.

C.	Walter Mondale, from a state directly east of North Dakota,
        suffers from an allergic reaction to Holiday Inns.

D.	The oil fields of Montana were not hiring this summer.  Montana
        is west of North Dakota.

E.	When asked the question "What Canadian province is north of
        North Dakota?" three people were not sure.  (Is it Alberta?
        Saskatchewan?  Manitoba?  Did I spell Saskatchewan right?
        Will I get flames from Canada?  Anybody have a map?)

F.	If I get flames from Canadians (see E above), it will be due
        to the influence of North Dakota.

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As you can see, North Dakota not only exists, but also casts an evil
influence upon its neighbors on the continent.  Does anyone know anything
good about North Dakota?       

With apologies to the Canadians on the net,

John E. Bredehoft
Reed College
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