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|    Top Ten OLD Rumors:    |
|    30 Jan 05 00:59:10    |
      10. True Thomas the Rhymer turned rumormonger        9. A coalition of Marc Barrett, David Corn, Nicholas Alwin, and Jerry        Shekhel bankrolled by Steven jobs, Rupert Murdoch, O.J. Simpson,        former US President Bush, and Mumar Kaddafy have put in the high bid        for Commodore.        8. Commodore is relocating to an closely guarded airplane hanger in        the US southwest desert.        7. Commodore is relocating to a closely guarded airplane hanger at        Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.        6. An unnamed company has purchased Commodore and is relocating the        entire operation to Lahore.        5. The successful offerer is from Chengdu and Commodore is relocating        there.        4. A major manufacturer of steelcase furniture wants the use of the        name Commodore for its new line of file cabinets, and will be using        key parts of the Amiga chipset to offer computerized filing organic        to the new Commodore filing cabinets that will be coming out in five        months.        3. The former Charlestown Naval Shipyard is being reactivated, and the        new ships to be built there will be robotic. The intelligence        on-board will be ranked as a Commodore, and the US Government is        nationalizing Commodore USA's remnants to avoid trademark conflict.        2. The names of the companies expressing interest in the Amiga product        line have been mistranscribed -- "Sam sung on the topic, NOT        "Samsung." "Who let Pat, err..." was mistakenly heard as        "Hewlett-Packard." "Mat sued [expletive deleted], uh...." was also        mistranscribed.        1. A coalition of Asha Develder, Joyce Divina, Holly Sullivan, Paula        Lieberman, and others put in a bid as a woman-owned business special        interest to take over the Amiga line. "hey, we're all female, and        mostly friendly, so the name "Amiga" is a natural for us! Ms        Lieberman was, however, noticed muttering darkly about Kiki effects,        Politically Correct Advertising, Catherine the Grape, and how        refreshing it would be to hear an adult male soprano voice used in        the new ad campaign to come...       --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5        * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)    |
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