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A post from HJB - inspired by "Oh Wow Man The Colors!"

Nope - not too long for a post.

Your piece today on the 'newly-discovered' controlled substances reminds me of a short story from the years at Mines -

I had driven up to Boulder very early one Saturday morning to attend a geology lecture. On the way back down Hwy 93 to Golden, mid-morning, on the dead-straight and flat section about half-way I found myself catching up to a slow-moving Volkswagen Beetle.

When I was about 100 yards behind, the Bug suddenly made a 90° right turn, ran through the roadside ditch and came to rest impaled on the barbed-wire fence along the adjacent pasture. I pulled over quickly and jumped out to render aid if needed. As I got to the car a long-haired, bearded flower child of the late 1960s Boulder / CU variety emerged with a wide-eyed look on his face …..

"Did you see that?? Did you see that??? Oh my God, did you see that??" …..
"See what, I hollered" …..

"That giant purple chicken in the middle of the road …. there was a giant purple chicken!!" ……

Seeing that he was not visibly injured, I returned to my car and made my way back to Mines, thanking my stars for having not chosen CU.

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