"The answer to any question that starts with WHY DON'T THEY? is always answered with NO MONEY"--Joe Sam

The Frumious Bandersnatch Satirical Newspaper
BLAME IT ON EL NINO

Heartbreak of Psoriasis? Blame it on El Niņo If you're experiencing a new outbreak of the heartbreak of psoriasis; if you've been diagnosed with a chronic case of Dutch Elm disease; if even GDU won't send you a diploma; if your daughter has just announced she's going to pierce her body in places you didn't even know there were places and run off to join a group of pygmy goatherds, blame it on El Niņo.CONTINUED INSIDE

HOW TO MAKE A RELATIONSHIP FAIL

Billions of words have been written on how to save a marriage or make a relationship work better. That's easy stuff--writing all those words. The Department of Pathological Social and International Relations of the General Delivery University has recently completed the definitive study of how to make relationships fail, whether interpersonal or international. The same rules apply to both. Herewith are excerpts from that GDU report:

1. Always try and read the other person's mind. Never wait until the other person (or country) explains itself. For example, your spouse could be thinking the weather is nice today. Or she could be thinking you are dirt. Or the Chinese could be thinking about improving their human relations record, or they could be thinking about where to build a new prison for dissidents. Assume you know how they are thinking, and act accordingly.CONTINUED INSIDE

WALL STREET CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN EARLY
Wall Street celebrated Halloween on Monday as the Dow Jones stock index plunged 554 points--one of the largest declines in history. "I guess you could say the DJ index said BOOOO!" observed Bandersnatch financial analyst Carlo Ponzi, head of the General Delivery University Ponzi School of Business and Finance.

Fortunately for pedestrians in lower Manhattan, stock brokers could not jump out their windows as the buildings are environmentally controlled and the windows don't open.

One theory for the sudden decline in stock prices is that the fires in Indonesia have set off a decline in Asian stock markets, which has now spread to the US in the wake of fears about El Nino. "You can blame El Nino for just about anything," Ponzi added.

SPOOKS SIGHTED IN WASHINGTON
Thousands of spooks were sighted in a suburb of Washington D.C. recently. "The gathering of spooks was discovered in Virginia at a place locally known as the Central Intelligence Agency," noted Joe Sam, TFB foreign correspondant and statutory agent.

The newly discovered spooks are not transparent, as are their spectral counterparts, but they do go bump in the night.

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A SLIGHTLY SELF-INDULGENT HALLOWEEN STORY
HOW TO MAKE A RELATIONSHIP FAIL
BAD COW PUBLIC RELATIONS
BLAME IT ON EL NINO
MICROSOFT TO START ITS OWN WEB
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ASK ALICE (when shes 10 feet tall)
DINOSAUR NEWS

NEW FOR OCTOBER

CLINTON'S MOST INTIMATE THOUGHTS
ON MOWING THE LAWN (AND LIFE)
HOT CHAT by Sassy Serena
AND FOR A BILLION YOU GET...JANE FONDA?
ASIAN DISCRIMINATION INVESTIGATED
GO THE THE MARV ALBERT HALL OF SHAME
IRS ANNOUNCES REFORMS--WON'T SEIZE KIDS
HOW TO MAKE ARBITRARY DECISIONS
ADVERTISING AND THE MEDIA

BANDERSNATCH COLUMNISTS
SLINGS & ARROWS SASSY SERENA SEX ADVISOR

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Posted October 26, 1997 NEXT ISSUE November 3

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