X-Message-Number: 19587 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:33:12 +1000 From: Damien Broderick <> Subject: Don't Cryo for Me, Argentina! I awoke sweating from a terrible nightmare. I'd dreamed that those unprincipled rascals from The Onion had gotten on to the Ted Williams story, and were showing it no mercy. The headlines alone made me shudder. Don't Cryo for Me, Argentina! Long-suppressed rumors were confirmed today: Eva Peron, the musical savior of her nation, rests head-down in cryogenic ice in an unassuming Arizona city, sharing her vat with Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippines' dictator and philanthropist. < see more... > Revenge of the Cro-Babies In an unusual class-action, 41 frozen embryos today petitioned the Supreme Court for relief from their frozen condition. Bringing their action through the firm of Torne, Hernia, Lien, & Snob, the defenseless embryos... < see more... > The Spy Who Went Into the Cold Business ruined by the thaw in the Cold War, British author David John Moore Cornwell (better known as John Le Carre) has arranged to sleep with some very cold fishes for a century. `Surely by 2102, this brief period of world calm will have been seen off,' the wealthy spymeister of thrills & chills told our... < see more... > Born-Again Hopes to be Born Again Countering claims that baseball hero Ted Williams' cryonic freezedown is `comical', `ghoulish' and even `against the express command of the Lord God Almighty and His Son Jesus Christ', Alcor's genial head, Dr. Jerry Lemler, shared copies of his book detailing his search for Noah's Ark. < see more... > It was awful, but luckily I awoke and found it had all been a dream. Damien Broderick Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19587