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[James A. Landau <JJJRLandau@netscape.com>]

At a cold reading Saturday a female actor encountered the line

"[the Californian] had been around so long he helped eat the Donner Party".

She delivered it as "...he helped eat the dinner party."

           James A. Landau
           test engineer
           Northrop-Grumman Information Technology
           8025 Black Horse Pike, Suite 300
           West Atlantic City NJ 08232 USA
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