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	[quote name="OMM Historian"]<table><tr><td bgcolor=#004000 valign=top><strong>Up With People, Disabled Subhumans</strong> <small>2001-06-25 <a href=mailto:erik@oldmanmurray.com>Erik</a></small><table border=0 width=600 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=8%></td><td width=92%><small>Thanks to Junior Old Man Patrol Minister of Ethics Commitees, Xthlc. Here's a special preview of the answer to the first question from our upcoming FAQ about this news story: As a matter of fact, it does make me feel like a big man.</small></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" width="576" height="19">The Frederick, MD <a href="http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/archives/display_detail.htm?StoryID=22192">News Post</a> reported last week that Thurmont resident Curtis L. Powell, Jr., 37, has finally <a href="http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/archives/display_detail.htm?StoryID=22192">scored over 400,000 points</a> playing Ms. Pac Man, "considered by many game historians to be the best in the Pac-Man series. " Evidently unable to contact busy video game historians about other matters, the Post states that Mr. Powell is the first person to achieve such a high score, "to his knowledge".<p>Though the article is generally quite well researched, its author, Liz Boch, fails to provide one key detail regarding the achievement: whether or not Curtis L. Powell, Jr. is, in fact, retarded. Without this piece of information, I can't decide whether <a href="http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/archives/display_detail.htm?StoryID=22192">the story</a> is the funniest thing I've ever read or simply the most uplifting. But regardless of whether we're laughing at him or, in case he's disabled, <strong>with</strong> whatever secret joy retarded people are always so happy about, the story stands as a testamant to our shared humanity. And depending on Mr. Powell, Jr.'s mental faculties, it will also act as a constant reminder of either how embarrassed I am to still be playing video games or how mortififying it is that I could be beaten at Ms. Pac Man by a retard. If you haven't yet, <a href="http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/archives/display_detail.htm?StoryID=22192">go read the article</a>.</p> </td> </tr></table><br><br></td></tr></table> [/quote]