Nifty secret bank system

[David Honig]

At 12:42 PM 10/4/01 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote:
>
>[These tallysticks piled up in government archives, and
>were kept long after no one could read them (the dead media
>problem isn't new, either). In 1834 it was decided to dispose
>of them by burning, but the fire got out of control and burned
>down the Palace of Westminster]
>

That is the funniest thing I have heard today.  

CD's give off toxic fumes if you burn them.