Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!lwall From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: The Emerald Forest - how based-on-truth is it? Message-ID: <2235@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 19:41:20 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.2235 Posted: Thu Aug 8 19:41:20 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 02:23:45 EDT References: <2160@watcgl.UUCP> <410@kontron.UUCP> <2209@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <313@greipa.UUCP> Reply-To: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 19 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 {allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!lwall