>>Bruce,
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>>It's really a strawberry jelly like chunk of data that has a propensity to ooze through doorways and windows swallowing anybody that gets in its way.
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>Of course! How could I be so dense. I saw the Steve McQueen movie years ago :-)

You missed the recent remake, the Blob is recast as a child from a broken home - the daddy blob was always drinking reactant coolent and momma blob spent so much time at tupper ware parties that she could never make quality time available for junior - statisticians always seem behind the times!:)


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>Anyway thanks to all replies (especially the 1st), I now stand slightly more educated.