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To: blake_paterson who wrote (62246)	12/3/2000 12:53:14 AM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 93625

Blake, Please tell us, who did you vote for? I'm a little surprised that a person of your high moral standards has not been critical of Bush's many transgressions. Scumbria

To: blake_paterson who wrote (62246)	12/3/2000 7:39:47 AM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Dave Barry on the PS2. LOL Excerpt: To meet the demand it created, Sony set up the PlayStation 2 manufacturing facility, which is located in a one-car garage in suburban Tokyo. There, the PlayStation 2 work force, which consists of 92-year-old Mr. Wokohito Mumuwama and his 89-year-old wife, Blanche, have been making PlayStation 2 units as fast as they can, considering the fact that they must assemble all 123,972 parts by hand, and their candles keep blowing out. Nevertheless, the Mumuwamas have been cranking out these babies at the rate of nearly one per month, for a total of 11 so far, of which eight failed quality-control tests because of defects such as spiders, denture adhesive on the microchips, etc. So the bottom line is that only three functioning PlayStation 2 units have actually been made, and two of these were stolen during shipment. As a result, 37 million parents were competing for the one remaining unit, which was purchased by 24-year-old video-game enthusiast Trevor Beanhonker, who got it, in a heartwarming holiday story, by strapping explosives to his chest. washingtonpost.com