The Loony Bin
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Tue, 4 Jun 1996 11:31:57 +0100
Hiya Guys & Gals... Here's another news item for you...and you won't believe it... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx ************<andrea@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk>************ ******************<ajc6@ukc.ac.uk>******************* *** *** *** THE LOONY BIN *** *** loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk *** *** *** ******************Internet Goddess******************* *********************ANDROMEDA*********************** ------- Forwarded foolishness follows ------- DOBBIGAN (YURO COUNTY) May 28 (UPX)--Yuro County officials have closed a Mexican restaurant at a retreat operated by the California-based Church of the ABC of Abraham, after a thorough inspection of the restaurant revealed a bizarre violation of the state Health and Safety Code. Restaurante "La Cucaracha" ("The Cockroach") served gourmet Mexican food to church members and tourists visiting the sect's rural Yuro County spiritual retreat until Sunday, when health inspectors ordered the facility closed. The retreat, originally known as the Cluny Bin Ranch, later the Coney Island Monastery, was recently redubbed "Priapus" by its founder in a gesture of tribute to the ancient Greco-Roman god of male generative power. The Yuro County Health Department, in its official statement, cited its principal reason for shutting down the restaurant the fact that "semen is not a food and cannot legally be served as a condiment in restaurants in California." Members of the Priapus community believe their Leader's semen to be a sacrament, the consumption of which magically links the astral bodies of the group's membership and ensures group unity through the difficult reincarnation process. "The condiment was not available to non-members and thus posed no threat to the community," said the group's lawyer, Avramel Gittleson. "Members are entitled to consume the condiment as a religious sacrament, under the first amendment as well as the Religious Freedom Act of 1993." But county officials have a different view. "We've had complaints from several former members and their guests who were served meals without full disclosure," said County Health Commissioner Mark Everett.