# The Usenet Clam

> Subject: Re: Remember, it's not a disease, it's an opportunity!
> From: greywolf@mail.sover.net ("Greg Wolfe")
> Date: 1996/08/19
> Message-ID: <199608200218.WAA08733@maple.sover.net>
> Newsgroups: alt.gathering.rainbow

    On 14 Aug 96 at 4:09, Kirk Wattles wrote:

    > amassed child vigor  wrote:
    > >Last year I remember seeing some frightening information in New
    > >Mexico about a new STD supposedly running rampant in the Rainbow
    > >Family.  Below is some more sensible information about this
    > >"disease."
    >
    > Two thoughts.  One, there's probably a lot less sex going on at
    > Gatherings than most people (would like to) think, including a lot
    > of the family *at* the gatherings.  Two, this is the first I've ever
    > heard of "The Clam."  It sounds like a hoax to me.  Too good to be
    > true; kind of an aphrodisiac on wheels.
    >
    I dunno, seems like it's legit. I don't agree with the article
    that was included, but i found "The Mollusca Information Center"
    on the web:

    http://www.nepenthes.com/Sex/mollusca.html

    peace...

                           {greywolf@sover.net}