> ....     And isn't there something in Budapest? I seem to recall hearing
> something about Hungarian Ghoulish...
> ....
> Allan Janus
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<double take>  Nobody *I* know would make such bad puns on the Internet,
and so early in the morning, too!  We NASM folks are veddy, veddy
reschpectawiggle.   :-|
 
On a *much* more serious note, there is a particularly tacky "Ripley's"
(no relation to the Smithsonian's ex-secretary, I'm assured) in Las
Vegas.  It's in one of the hotels -- the Four Queens, perhaps?  I just
remember giggling hysterically at the paper-mache' torture chamber,
while my companion pretended he didn't know me.  The museum exits
directly into the video arcade, which exits into the casino.  I give
it four melted watches for surreal quality.
 
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