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From: gordon@bolton.UUCP (Gordon Partridge)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Static cling: one man discovered it's real
Message-ID: <177@bolton.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 10:14:34 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 22 10:14:34 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 21:08:21 EST
Organization: GenRad, Bolton, Mass.
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Last summer I had a walk-on part in The Boston Ballet's "Don Quixote".  The
role was a priest, and the costume was a heavy black robe of coarse wool
with sandals.  The itching from the wool was almost intolerable.  I couldn't
wear tights because my bare feet had to show through the sandals, so between
dress rehearsal and the opening night I got a long black half-slip.  In the
time it took to get from the dressing room to the stage, the damn thing had
attached itself to my legs like saran wrap!!  I could hardly walk.  Yes,
there is static cling.

Whether or not an anti-static laundry rinse would have helped was a moot
question because Rudolf Nureyev had a serious injury on opening night,
the entire run was cancelled, and I had no further use for the slip.

Gordon Partridge, GenRad, Inc., Mail Stop 98, Route 117, Bolton, MA  01740