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From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: The Emerald Forest - how based-on-truth is it?
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 19:41:20 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 19:41:20 1985
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In article <313@greipa.UUCP> jordan@greipa.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
>In article <2209@sdcrdcf.UUCP> lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) writes:
>>By the way, what are "lightening sticks"?  Helium-filled bamboo?
>
>No, Guns. Don't you remember them mentioning (with considerable fear)
>that the savage(?) people had 'lightning sticks?' after the attack
>on their camp? They were talking about the CAR-15 Powers Booth lost.

The film didn't say anything about "lightning sticks".  It only talked about
"lightening sticks", and I wondered what those might be.  What do they lighten?
      ^

What's that you say?  Brazilian Indians can't be expected to spell the
subtitles correctly?

Okay, okay, I'll go away.  I was only trying to lighten your day...

Larry Wall
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