Date: Mon Oct 25 01:29:30 1999 From: murphy@MYBLUEHEAVEN.COM (Phil Murphy) Subject: Re: carlos is quoted in republic To: AZRKBA@asu.edu
Wow! Am I glad that I read further into this newspaper story than simply stopping at Carlos' quote! I sure as hell didn't see this one coming... `8-p
Phil --
>Arizona Republic > >Inbreeding blamed for tragic gun value miscalculation > >By Laura Trujillo >The Arizona Republic > >Gwen Goofybasque, 40, pulled a .38 >derringer out of a plastic bag holding >Pokemon cards and handmade lace >handkerchiefs. She found the gun at her >mother-in-law's house in storage. > >"We didn't want to just throw it away in >the alley or something," the 49-year-old >Phoenix travel counselor said. > >"Oh, that's good. That's the right thing to >do," Wilcox said, handing Goofybasque >a gift certificate for $50 at Bashes'. > >In a related story, Goofybasque threw >herself from her twelfth-floor apartment >window later that afternoon. > >"She must have been pretty upset at >getting a lousy fifty bucks for an antique >derringer that may have brought her a >good six or seven hundred dollars from >a licensed dealer," said Phoenix police >officer Sam "Spunky" Spunkmeyer at >the scene of the tragedy.