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Subject: Robotic Can Opener
Message-ID: <299@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Jul-84 11:45:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 22 11:45:00 1984
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  I have fond but very vague memories of a series of stories from a couple
of decades ago, about an inventor who did his best work while drunk and 
the robot he invented while in said state, whose primary purpose was to be
a beer-can opener.  The inventor's name may have been Gallagher and the 
robot's Joe; I do remember that beer cans had just been replaced by 
"plasti-bulbs," rendering the robot obsolete as well as silly.

  Can anyone give me a pointer to these stories?  Thanks.
              -- Bob Munck  (MUNCK@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA)