[UA] Something UAish I just came across

[John C]

> >You know how it happens when you're watching the news,
> >or surfing the net, or something like that, and you
> >come across something that would make far more sense
> >in UA (or some other fictional context) than it does
> >in real life?
>
>One bit I found a few days ago was:
>http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0101/05/A11644-2001Jan5.shtml
>
>which is a few months old, but I don't recall it being mentioned.  The 
>epideromantic potential is a little too obvious for me.  Perhaps instead 
>he's after the Mystic Hermaphrodite?  In the kingdom of heaven, there is no 
>woman or man... or some such.  Or maybe he's just a whacko.

The Liberty Bell was attacked by a guy last week; he was shouting something 
about "freeing God" as he pounded on the bell with a hammer.  I have to 
admit that putting a UA spin onto the event was the first thing that occured 
to me when I heard about this.

It's a sickness, I tell you.

John Crimmins                     john1x at hotmail.com
     http://www.voicenet.com/~johncrim/index.html
   "Yes, I am acquainted with Mr. DePalma," Dr. Hsu said.  "He was
my pupil years ago.  A young man not without talent, but slapdash,
and huckle-muckle in his worksmanship."
   "What did you say?" the mayor asked.
   "He's a jerk," Dr. Hsu Ting Feng said.
           -- Daniel Pinkwater, _The Hoboken Chicken Emergency_

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