Whats That Smell Part 2

Comrade:

Beans? What beans? If you want more, I can have them couriered up to
the EPA. The latest batch has been in the fridge for a week or so, so you
might have to fiddle with the office emission standards.

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Don Juan:

Ah Shi Lin,

It's not the latest version of your now-famous "bean surprise" that i was referring to. The original batch is of far more concern.

If you haven't done so since the Wanderers came to Canberra, now
might be a good time to change your pillow case. Unwrap the present, so to speak.

Oh dear.
Udon

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Wazza:

I smell a rat.

hey, I'm also missing my excellent sandshoes: you didn't put them in his pillowcase either did you?

W
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Kaze
>Kaze in for the weekend provided no double helpings of beans are used
>to entice me into a bit of tongue biting.
>
>p.s for future reference the Club pranks committee refers all members
>to the rule that no one is to give away the prank before it has a
>chance to fester and give Comrade a reason to move out. A bit of faith
>would be appreciated.
>
>Kaze.

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Wazza:
>Agreed....I have no knowledge of the prank, or in fact if it is real,
>as I definitely smell a rat, but Cam is completely right. I think El
>Don should be reprimanded severely for giving away a prank before it
>came due. Severely.
>
>W

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Don Juan:

>Gentlemen
>
>I must respond. I brought the prank to the attention of the prankee
>AFTER A PERIOD OF THREE WEEKS, which was essential for several reasons.
>
>Firstly, we could have lost our ISO14000 accreditation if we'd let
>that bag of beans rot any longer. There were enough viral issues
>associated with the bean soup when it was fresh, let alone after a 3
>week fermentation period inside Comrade's pillow.
>
>Secondly, I did not wish to cause grievous offence to our kind host in
>the capital. I've checked various international tomes on the laws of
>pranksdom, and - with the exception of Big Bill Clinton's epic, titled
>"Quick Monica, Hide Under the Desk" (which I note contains a pertinent
>foreward by Club Ladies Man Hankadona)- they all recommend that "any
>prank involving rotting food being placed within the sleeping confines
>of the prankee should be publicly revealed within two thirds of the
>half life of the food products involved, unless grievous offence is
>desired" (Oxford Prankster's Dictionary, 2002 update). Comrade does not
>deserve grievous offence for the fine hospitality he showed during "Le
>Tour du Wandereaux".
>
>I trust that the Club Pranks Committee, particularly its notable French
>president, will see the sense in this approach.
>
>Yours in steaming beans,
>Udon Juan Martinez Aarondo III
>
>

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Wazza:
>I repeat. SEVERELY Reprimanded.
>
>I suggest that if the Club Pranks Committee accepts such drivel, they
>should go back to the email clause 3.2.2 (amended). All Wanderers
>should cop it on the chin, whether fairly or unfairly copped. Any
>Wanderer found not copping it, should be SEVERELY reprimanded. It's
>there in (virtual) black and white. I can't see what the argument is
>about.
>
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The boffins at the Australian National University Sulfurous Bean Experimental Research Programme have been testing the bean soup sample in question, and have reached some rather startling conclusions. Apparently, following the three week fermentation process, the beans are actually safer for human consumption than when they were first served up during the Tour de Wandereaux. A senior researcher at ANUSBERP, Dr Orregio, claimed to have witnessed first hand the effects of the consumption of two doses of the original material, and declared it to be "potentially fatal" to anyone within a 10m radius of the subject. Apparently, the hydrogen sulfide gas gradually diffused out during the fermentation process, and the total sulfur content continues to decrease markedly. Quizzed as to whether she would consider consuming a portion of the soup, Dr Orregio replied she would wait at least another three months.

Dr Orregio is recommending further trials involving five-year old lima beans, dried chili and mouldy cabbage sourced from Pigweed Food Co-op.
Anyone interested in furthering this vital research is invited to visit the Sydney ANUSBERP laboratory in Hereward St, Maroubra.

Comrade.