Subject: Re: The Clam
From: Steve Mueller
Date: 1996/08/19
Message-ID: <32182933.1B43@garlic.com>
Newsgroups: alt.personals.ads,alt.personals.misc,alt.personals.poly,alt.personals,ba.personals
Brad Templeton wrote:
>
> From what I recall, it's a hoax STD that some guy has invented and is
> trying to turn into an urban legend. The alleged disease has no
> symptoms other than increasing your sex drive (ie. to help itself spread)
> and part of the hoax is that some people actually want to catch it.
Actually, there is another symptom claimed -- small, clam-like bumps
that appear occasionally. In one post made by this woman, she cited a
Web page for the Chowder Club. (I'm assuming for this discussion
that this person is a woman since she posted as a SWF even though the
E-mail address at the Web site lists David K. Colroom -- more than one
person *could* share an E-mail address.)
Thinking it was about Clam Chowder, I checked it out. It was about
the clam. There were many links to other references, and I read a
"paper" on it. It seemed real, but I wasn't looking to expose it as a
scam, just trying to find out more about it.
I have attached a post from ba.dance that includes the Web site I saw
(thanks to Deja News).
At first, I assumed "the clam" was short for chlamydia, too.
Steve
>>> Posting from ba.dance <<<
: The City Chowder Club is holding a joing benefit for the
: CCC and the Mollusca Information Center (for more info:
: http://www.nepenthes.com/Sex/mollusca.html). Come to
: Scooters, August 24 from 9PM to 4AM for a pro-sex, safe-
: sex extravaganza of clam diggin', education, and support.
: Safe sex supplies will be provided; a $7.50 donation is
: requested. Non-alcoholic drinks will be available.
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