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Subject: Cactus Pryor reflects on the news (7/8/83)
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Date: Sat, 9-Jul-83 03:13:02 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul  9 03:13:02 1983
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The news ,  according to Cactus Prior
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(Cactus is  an Austin-original and these are his comments on the
news in his daily column in the Austin American Statesman:)

	A defendant showed up for trial in Memphis, Tenn., wearing
	fur, bones, goggles, and green body paint explaining that
	he is 3,000 years old and came from another planet. He got
	10 days in jail
			...... on this planet.

			* * * * *

	The U.S. Naval Observatory has added one second to our clocks.
	Inflation.

			* * * * * 

	It appears that the London Bridge in Arizona may now be
	America's best built bridge.

			* * * * *

	Overheard in a Canadian acid rainstorm: "I'm stinging in
	the rain....just stinging in the rain....."

			* * * * *

	A Salt Lake City man has had his rooster's crow removed
	surgically because of complaints from neighbors.
	Poor hens. Now they'll have no warning.