Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site shark.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!tektronix!orca!shark!johnc From: johnc@shark.UUCP (John Crown) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Re: ** FAXS, and all that connected... ** Message-ID: <1495@shark.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 18:52:22 EDT Article-I.D.: shark.1495 Posted: Fri Aug 9 18:52:22 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 02:37:53 EDT Reply-To: johnc@shark.UUCP (John Crown) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 17 In article <179@proper.UUCP> walt_sak@proper.UUCP (walt_sak) writes: (word-final letters restored for sake of readability): >A twenty-two year old man with a hole in his forehead walked into >the Lindon, Ohio police headquarters and requested an X-ray in >order to locate his brain. The unidentified man had inserted six >inches of wire through a hole into his skull in an attempt to >find his brains but had failed. He told police that he made the >hole with a power drill (Columbu Dispatch) Reminds me of a very similar story I heard several years ago: A man attempted to commit suicide with an electric drill. He applied the drill to his head, and managed to penetrate his skull six times. The man survived, however--it seems he never hit a vital organ. \ | / jc ===