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Article Excerpt
In the 1978 blockbuster (and I use that word only in the video store sense) hit, "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", the countryside is ravaged by hordes of rogue, man-eating tomatoes who have escaped from the ubiquitous "secret government program."
I vividly recall one horrifying scene in which someone is standing at the sink washing dishes when one of these bodacious berries (yes, they are actually berries) issues forth and consumes said dishwasher. I have since thought it wise to avoid washing dishes--paper and plastic really aren't that expensive, and my water bill has dropped by pennies.
But back to the movie: The giant fruit seem to be winning out against their human foes until the film's hero figures out how to shrink them. He does this by playing an insipid teenage ballad called "Puberty Love" (so many jokes suggest themselves here, none of them, alas, in good taste).
In any case, the ploy works, the tomatoes shrivel and are subsequently pureed by triumphant humans. The world is safe once again.
But who or what will save us from a more insidious attack on our sanity and our very businesses that has its roots in the technology sector? I'm talking about the Attack of the Killer Acronyms!
Irvine,...
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