In a message dated 6/10/2003 1:24:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Then there was the person (NOT me) who came to the costume contest as the > "Cosmic Turd": wearing a trash bag which he had covered on the outside > with peanut butter. Unfortunately, the peanut butter rubbed off on > everything and everybody he came near . . . > > For several years after that, the rules for the costume contest at all cons > in the area had an paragraph which read "NO PEANUT BUTTER. If you don't > know why, don't ask. Just don't do it." > I heard no trashbag, and it cost the hotel about $3,500 to replace the shower and plumbing. And no more cons at that hotel. Julia's story was probably more expensive. Two very Planckworthy events. William Taylor --------------------- No flash powder in the toilet paper rolls, please. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
