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From: arsmith@holly.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (Alan Smith)
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Subject: [Colony] * A sweetheart for Valentine's *
Date: 1 Feb 1995 11:06:19 -0700
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ADMIN: WOuld those who contacted me with an intrest in [YAT] (especially
you, morning reaper) please get in touch with me again?  I'm having email
problems.

The Business section of the Bismanianian colony of It-At strings from the
Merchant's hill side of the colony due south to surround the Town Hall, the
districts administrative center.  Along the main drags between these two points
enterprising Bismanian, Generican, and Low City merchants have taken to 
plastering every available inch of wall space with advertisements for their
wares, among these, between an ad for Lintisul's Magic and Mystery (Silvenfrin
Lintesul, proprieter) and Viduelin Toys ("Where your Hobby Horse Has a Halter --
Free!") was this:

>o==========================================================o
>|                                                          |
>| Introducing ...                        ***     ***       |
>|                                       ****** ******      |
>|               THE                      ***********       |
>|                                         *********        |
>|      ANATOMICALLY - CORRECT              *******         |
>|                                            ***           |
>|        CHOCOLATE  HEART                     *            |
>|                                                          |
>|                                                          |
>|  ... a delicious, solid hunk of premium milk chocolate   |
>|                                                          |
>|   IN THE EXACT SAME SHAPE AND SIZE AS A HUMAN HEART !    |
>|                                                          |  
>o==========================================================o

If One were to conduct a straw poll, one might get the following replies:

"That's really disgusting." --  Run Lintemacil, Housewife.

"Yech.  Who's idea was THAT?" -- Palandun Lintesul, Bismanian administrator.

"The Colony, I'm tellin' ya." Hrofnar Asklaag, Northern Country Merchant
residing in Generica.

"Why would I want a _human_ heart?" -- Slaadae Fivenfir, weaver from the elven
quarter.

"When I give a present to my lover, I do NOT expect them to throw up." --
Qi'bar Rashishi, executive in the Rameshander embassy.

"Nummy.  What, CHOCOLATE?!?  Yech!!" -- An unidentified, strangely horne'd
fellow.