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To: Neocon who wrote (257590)	5/22/2002 10:44:41 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Thanks sensei! And, I will use this op to post a little off topice news of the bizarre: Finger foods: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Two Cambodian men accused of eating human fingers and toes have been freed because there is no law on the books against cannibalism. Police say the men work in a crematorium and took the digits off of a body they found at work, and washed them down with a bottle of wine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pubic humiliation: CAMBRIDGE, N.Z. -- A 15-year-old in Cambridge, New Zealand, has been suspended from school after writing an essay about having an erection in front of his classmates. The student says he was only following the topic: How does your body betray you? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nail-clipper mugger: SINGAPORE -- A nail clipper-wielding robber has left an 81-year-old grandma in Singapore with scratches on her arm after a scuffle in an elevator. For all his efforts, the man only retrieved $10, reports "The Straits Times." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your money's no good here: NEW YORK -- Swedish furniture retailer IKEA is telling rich folks who shop at their stores that they aren't welcome. Starting May 23, the retailer is asking anyone whose income is $200,000 or more to kindly stay away from their store for the next week and a half. During that time, they'll put on the ritz for their poorer customers by having butlers wait on shoppers hand and foot and chauffeurs to drive them up to their cars. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allergic to courtesy: ROSWELL, Ga. -- If you sneeze, don't expect to hear "bless you." According to he Kimberly-Clark company, the average American only says "God Bless You" or "Gesundheit" after 39 percent of sneezes. sfgate.com