Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site burl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!rcj From: rcj@burl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Aspartame(tm?) questions Message-ID: <227@burl.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Jul-83 19:17:57 EDT Article-I.D.: burl.227 Posted: Sat Jul 9 19:17:57 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Jul-83 23:54:34 EDT References: <2230@ncsu.UUCP> Organization: Western Electric, Burlington, NC Lines: 20 I think that a good light-hearted commentary on the pump-the-rats- full-of-mass-quantities testing procedures was issued by Saturday Night Live Weekend Update reporter Bill Murray on a show some years ago; it is on their album, but I will have to paraphrase 'cause I don't have it here: "Regarding our report last week of the influx of so-called Killer Dope into the U.S. -- Weekend Update has been analyzing the samples of marijuana being sent to us all week. The conclusion reached was: If you force a baby squirrel to smoke 700 Cannabis joints a day, he WILL become disoriented, and seems to take the law of self-preservation less seriously -- tending to play with his nuts rather than store them." A little humor to break up the rather serious (but very useful) mood of this newsgroup, -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj