In a message dated 4/7/99 4:30:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, alix.campbell@virgin.net writes: << so i slowly run away. that's like in slo-motion. have any of you been mauled by birds recently? >> I wasn't assaulted recently.. but once while riding through one of those zoos where you see animals in a vaguely natural setting (except that there's a road through their habitat and chain link fencing here and there.) my family's Volkswagon bug was set upon by curious emus. they were walking up and down it's hood and peering in at us. I shrieked because they had bulbous eyes, and my father drove them away by brandishing a silver cap pistol in a menacing fashion. true story! dave +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+