Another reason why we're better off with Thomas Alva Edison's electric lamp. Slivers might not have been dead for more than these 90 years if it hadn't been so easy to do away with oneself using energy intended for illumination. And the world would have been a happier place if it hadn't been for suicide by cock. Gas cock, that is. Let us hoist a jar in his memory when next we meet. Ralph In a message dated 6/22/2008 5:12:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: It is with sadness I report that the famous "Slivers the Clown" of the Barnum & Bailey circus - aka Frank Oakley - killed himself with gas in his furnished room at 308 West 71st Street, March 12, 1916. Christopher ____________________________________ Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient _used cars_ (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) . -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>