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Grand Unified Field Theory, Charles Fort Edition

Al, hi. Ha ha ha haha. Welcome to electro-land where everything you know is wrong. Your narrative brought to mind one of several incidents. My late dear wife, Rita, had this happen. A store catering to women's fashions opened in a new shopping center in the late 80's. Rita went there to check it out. As soon as she walked through the doors the elaborate electronic security system went off. Managers scrambled. Security personnel converged. Think of the Three Stooges. Rita was somewhat startled by the commotion not knowing what was going on. She was confronted by security and management who demanded to inspect her purse.
"But, I just came in the store" she replied. "Nonsense! Our security system is detecting merchandise leaving the store" was the reply. After some befuddlement, back peddling, and hemming and hawing and, I might add, after inspecting her purse and herself the powers that be had her exit the store and re-enter minus whatever she had been carrying. Whammy! The security system alarms went off again full force. They had her repeat this exercise a few times until it could be established that her mere physical presence would set off the alarms. They had her take off wedding ring and watch and any other metal save the fillings in her teeth. She still set off the alarms! This incident provided us much mirth in the retelling of it over the years. So, if you do get stuck to the fridge you'll know at least you are not alone. How does it feel to know you contain a strategic metal - cobalt?


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