psychoceramics: Microwave itch on side against mattress

[Bruce Ediger <b--@c--.net>]

"Johannes Scmidt" <r--@h--.com> forwards us this
gem:

> >I've found a partly successful tactic against this which
> >may be useful to other e-weapon victims.
	[..."best" scouring pad description...] 
> >These things can be painful to lie on full time, especially
> >when it comes time to turn over.  However, by keeping
> >a couple of them handy in bed, when the itch signals 
> >start up you can slip them either partly under or fully
> >under your body during the attack.

This strikes me as a variant on the tinfoil-lined baseball cap scheme.

It's sort of a cliche' in the USA that bums will be wearing a
tinfoil-lined stocking cap or baseball cap.  We now have evidence that
at least one person is worried about mind control via selective
itch-inducing microwaves.  I've never met a real bum that had a
tinfoil-lined hat.  My question to the list is this: has anyone ever
really met a crazoid with a lined hat?  If so, what was the stated
reason?  Is the tinfoil-lined cap a mere Urban Legend?