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                  Sloths over Ethiopia #0020 $$ April 16, 1997
         Sloths over Ethiopia is a dto [doomed to obscurity] production

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    Sloths over Ethiopia is thrilled to announce that we have hit the TWENTY
    barrier#@@#  SoE, with this release, has made the world yet more absurd.

   We are also overjoyed to have our twentieth issue feature the one and only
      STYX, bachelor at large and champion of whore decimation everywhere.

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      _an excerpt from "see billy trip his face off with real bad acid."_

                                   - by styx

      after eleven years of research, i have discovered the source of the old
  cliche; "a stitch in time saves nine."  i've always wondered what the hell
  it meant.  i found the source in an old, dusty tome in my attic titled _see
  billy trip his face off with real bad acid_.  it is written in play-form.
  the following is an exact transcription:

      shawn - hey billy, i have some acid.  would you like to take some?
      billy - i sure would, shawn!
      shawn - cool!  here is your tab of LSD!
      billy - great!

      [styx's note:  for the next six pages, shawn tells billy what acid is
       like and how much fun he is going to have.  they eventually end up
       in a shack in shawn's backyard.  a little over an hour after billy
       takes the acid, he starts convulsing and vomits all over shawn's
       fluorescent nike airs.  these events lead up to the following.]

      shawn - what's wrong, billy?  you're puking all over me!
      billy - ;a0g49hj09a49ujgairoag;ios5rjhilak!!!!!!
      shawn - yeah man.
      billy - ajdkliarijistchninenen!!!!!!
      shawn - what's that?  i can't understand what you're saying!
      billy - strrryychniiiine!!!
      shawn - what?  did you say "a stitch in time saves nine?"

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  Sloths over Ethiopia moral:  push it, push it, baby.  push it, push it,
  baby.  push it, push it, baby.  push it, push it, baby.  push it, push it,
  baby.  oh yeah, baby.  push it good.  push it, push it, baby.  oh yeah.

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                  Sloths over Ethiopia #0020 $$ April 16, 1997
         Sloths over Ethiopia is a dto [doomed to obscurity] production

                 Sloths over Ethiopia welcomes all submissions.
        Why should we be picky when we're so blatantly fucking terrible?

     All Sloths over Ethiopia releases will be less than 5k, for no reason.

           You can reach Sloths over Ethiopia by mailing dto@dto.net,
         the official address of dto [doomed to obscurity] productions.

       Check out other releases by dto [doomed to obscurity] productions,
    which are guaranteed to be better than anything in Sloths over Ethiopia,
                      which is just pretty fucking stupid.

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