Message no. 1

From:	shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk (Paul J. Adam)
Subject:	What is it with the phones today?
Date:	Sat, 30 Mar 1996 14:16:08 GMT

>>>>>[Okay, so who's been putting pixie dust in the telephones?

+++++begin news item
BIZARRE HOMICIDE STUNS BYSTANDERS
Ravenna shoppers watched in horror this morning as Jonah Brindleberg,
73, was bludgeoned to death with the handset of the public telephone
he was using. His murderer, described as an Ork in his late teens
wearing the colours of the Bloody Screamers gang, had been rudely
and repeatedly insisting that Brindleberg complete his call: when
Mr Brindleburg replied that he was paying for the call and intended
to be some time yet, the youth attacked the old man, savagely beating
him about the head with the telephone reciever.

Bizarrely, the youth then wiped blood from the handset and made a call,
before walking away, challenging onlookers as to "what are you looking
at?" Lone Star, although arriving within minutes, were unable to either
save Mr Brindleberg or apprehend his killer. Mr Brindleberg left a wife,
four children and six grandchildren.
+++++end news item

Must have been a really important call. Although they don't say how long
the guy had been waiting for...]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <14:30:26/03-30-57>