On Fri, 1 Sep 1995, Larry R. MacPhee wrote:

[snipped for brevity of levity]
> offence of taking lava rock back on the plane, and when going through the 
> agricultural check, the woman at the counter says "My God, you takin' lava rock!
> Are you crazy man?" Apparently people often experience bad luck after taking 
> Pele's children, the lava rocks. The local post offices, I'm told, receive 
> hundreds of packages each year with lava rocks sent back by people whose luck 
> turns bad. Now lets see, has anything bad happened lately? (1) Our catsitter 
> told us that a stray cat broke into our house while we were in Hawaii and gave 
> our cats fleas and also shit in our bathtub before being evicted. (2) A 
> eucalyptus tree branch fell and destroyed the front windshield of our car 
> shortly after we returned. (3) My kids both failed eye exams and need glasses. 
> (4) Alice's dad fell ill with a mysterious ailment. (4) My son has decided to 
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    Wow the luck even got to your your counting skills!

> start playing the violin (No, anything but that!) (5) The van fails to start 
> only when we are camping. (6) The summer is ending. (7) I got called a dork! 
> Man, this is powerful stuff. I laughed when I watched the Brady Bunch, but now 
> I'm getting nervous. Good thing I'm not superstitious.
> 
> LMACPHE@cello.gina.calstate.edu
> 
> I am not a "dork".
> 

But am I?

bill killian