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Best of Internet Oracularities #1276-1300    (3.9 mean)
Compiled-By: Steve Kinzler <kinzler@cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 2003 15:32:00 -0500

Oracularities are the distilled wisdom and sagacity of the Internet
Oracle, as incarnated in its many anonymous e-mail participants.
This collection has been compiled from the regular Oracularities postings
#1276 through #1300 and contains the Oracularities rated by its readers
as among the funniest.

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1278-03    (01dhi dist, 4.1 mean)
Selected-By: Dave Hemming <dhemming@blueyonder.co.uk>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Hey Oracle who is really smart.
>
> How many vacation days does Bush get?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Strangely enough, the more important you are, the less vital
} it is that you actually be in the office.  Let us examine the
} relationship between status and necessity...
}
} MAILBOY:  Has to be on the ball every minute of every day or
} the whole firm will shut down due to lack of mail.
} Status:  Nil.
} Necessity:  Supreme.
}
} CLERK:  Has to come in to work every day.  Without him, numbers
} are wrong, and at each level above him (and there are many) the
} errors will multiply.
} Status:  Minimal
} Necessity:  Very high
}
} SUPERVISOR:  Comes in to work every day, but can shag off early
} on a Thursday afternoon without much problem.  Is really only
} needed weekly to check CLERK's work.
} Status:  Marginal
} Necessity:  High
}
} MANAGER:  Comes in to work nearly every day, but spends most of
} the time canoodling with secretary (equiv. to STOCKBOY).  Only
} function is to be fired when a sacrificial goat is necessary,
} without disturbing the people who actually work.
} Status:  High
} Necessity:  Marginal
}
} VP:  May or may not come in to work.  Will not be missed.  Only
} function is to tell CEO what MANAGER is up to, and to be fired
} when accounting irregularities arise, but CEO is saving MANAGER's
} firing for another scandal.
} Status:  Very high
} Necessity: Minimal
}
} CEO:  Usually doesn't come in to work.  Usually out at trade shows
} or "high-level negotiations" at the golf course.  Primary function
} is to be the public face of the company, but is usually old, bald,
} fat, and unpleasant; you do the math.
} Status:  Supreme
} Necessity:  Nil
}
} PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  Leader of the free
} world.  Problem is, it's the (ahem) *FREE* world, which does best
} when left alone and not bothered.  Every day PRESIDENT comes in
} to the office, the free world is interfered with, so negative
} progress is made.  Experts pray for PRESIDENT to take more
} vacations.
} Status:  Awe-inspiring
} Necessity:  Negative
}
} So, the answer to your question about how many vacation days
} President Bush gets:
}     NOT ENOUGH
}
} You owe the Oracle five (5) paid days off.


1296-10    (06blo dist, 4.0 mean)
Selected-By: "Tim Chew" <twchew@mindspring.com>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Ye great Oracle, master of the world, nay, the universe...
>
> How shall I repair this sword?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Bah! Here, take this. Haven't you heard, "The pen is mightier than
} the sword!"
}
}              -------------------------
}
} 'There are Orcs out there' said Gandalf `And a great cave-troll!"
}
} 'They will pay for disturbing the rest of Balin,' said Aragorn
} grimly feeling the edge of his pen, Bic, Ballpoint of the West.
}
} And like a storm in burst the Cave Troll, and forward leapt
} Aragorn and with his pen he wrote a Great Flame chocked full
} of Hateful Words of Lore on the arm of the Cave Troll, phrases
} of great infliction, cunningly crafted they pointed out the Cave
} Troll's many failings, his inability to think his way out of a
} wet parchment bag. And worse!
}
} The Cave Troll paused and held up its arm, huge as a beam, so it
} could view the words The Pen of Aragorn had written there. But,
} alas the Cave Troll was as illiterate as he was strong and the
} words effected him not. Down came the troll's arm and with it a
} hammer as big as two fattened oxen. And so ended the life of the
} heir of Islidur.
}
}                 ------------------------
}
} Oracle: Oops. Sorry about that.


1297-10    (04enl dist, 4.0 mean)
Selected-By: Christophe <xof@chanticleer.com>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

>  Hey Oracle! Look at this! If you use a monospaced font to
>  view your email, then the lines in this question line up!
>  Of course, if you do not then you lose the effect. Also I
>  had to use words I don't really know the meaning of, like
>  "uxurious" to achieve the desired result. I bet that news
>  papers could save money by buying cheaper word processors
>  that don't have a "justify" alignment and just tell their
>  writers to write so that all the lines are aligned in the
>  Courier New font. Although the lost productivity spent by
>  trying to align the lines would cost something too. I bet
>  that if I dragged this out for a while, I would then make
>  a cube! I mean a square. Cubes are three-dimensional. But
>  then I'd have to continue for about another twenty lines.
>  So I won't. But I don't want to exert the effort required
>  to make the lines aligned anymore so I'll just end abrupt

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} I would be          a bit more
} excited by          your skill
}           if you did          a pattern.
}           Like a box          with holes
} in it like          this. Or a
} swirl or a          zigzag. If
}           You really          tried hard
}           with these          things you
} might just          get into a
} digest. If          you have a
}           desire for          RHO infamy
}           you'd make          a question
} that would          ask me how
} woodchucks          chuck wood


1277-02    (13cif dist, 3.9 mean)
Selected-By: Kirsten Chevalier

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Oh Oracle most wise, who could bring a knife to a gunfight and win
> anyway, please tell this lowly supplicant...
>
> Where have all the cowboys gone?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} First, just to make sure we're clear, I could come to a gunfight with a
} spoon and win anyway.  Isn't *that* ironic?
}
} Hmm, cowboys, cowboys--I had them here a second ago...  Ah, here we
} are. Since the main job of the cowboy was to herd cattle from the
} ranches to the various slaughterhouses, the need for them was greatly
} reduced as more of the country was connected via road and rail.  Today,
} all the cowboys have changed professions to a modern job that suits
} their skills.  Since they can withstand a great deal of monotony, are
} proficient in pointing brainless animals in the proper direction
} (especially when the destination is not in the animals' best interest),
} jump into action the moment any little thing goes awry (which includes
} things being "too quiet"), don't care what they're wearing as long as
} it's comfortable and are willing to shoot someone they don't like on
} sight, they are currently in great demand.
}
} We now call them tech support.
}
} And don't be fooled by those namby-pamby city-slickers on "help desk".
} Those fools can't tell a SCSI port from a hole in their head.  I'm
} talking real tech support.  The guys and girls who'll format a hard
} drive just to show the machine who's boss (especially if it runs any
} form of Windows).  I once saw a man quick-draw his leatherman and swap
} out two hard drives and a motherboard before the greenhorn MCSE he was
} facing found the power switch.  Some say they've lost their spark from
} the old days, but those who do have never felt the sting of a blood
} sacrifice freely given to the gods of PCI card installation.
}
} Oh, you want to know how to win a gunfight with a spoon?  Just hold it
} up and say "There is no spoon".  When your opponent looks at your hand
} to try to figure out what you're talking about (and how to get you to
} share your obviously high-quality stash), you kick him in the
} saddlehorn.
}
} You owe the Oracle a pair of chaps, a spoon, and a saddlehorn cup.


1282-08    (14dni dist, 3.9 mean)
Selected-By: "Tim Chew" <twchew@mindspring.com>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Oh, mighty Oracle, whose very mojo makes the ground tremble, please tell
> me:
>
> Where were all the tongue-stud-sporting, low-jeans-wearing,
> midriff-bearing hotties when I was in school, dammit?
>
> Many thanks,
> An appalled-and-vaguely-frustrated, aging supplicant

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} In diapers.


1287-04    (34djp dist, 3.9 mean)
Selected-By: Kirsten Chevalier

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Why are men so obsessed with breasts?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} ...
}
} *looks back up*
}
} Sorry, what were you saying?


1298-10    (22gfl dist, 3.9 mean)
Selected-By: Christophe <xof@chanticleer.com>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

>  Oracle most wise, who knows the network like the back of his hand,
>
>  What happens to all the lost packets? Will they ever find their way
>  home?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Sure, leave them alone, and they'll come home, wagging--wait, sorry,
} that's sheep. Well, gentle supplicant, let's fire up the network
} monitor so you can see what's going on:
}
}       _______| |______| |______   ______
} source o                       ...       destination
}       -----------| |--------| |   ------
}
}       _______| |______| |______   ______
} source o      o                ...       destination
}       -----------| |--------| |   ------
}
}       _______| |______| |______   ______
} source o      o      o         ...       destination
}       -----------| |--------| |   ------
}
}       _______| |______| |______   ______
} source o      o      o      o  ...       destination
}       -----------| |--------| |   ------
}
}       _______| |______| |______   ______
} source o      o      o      o  ...       destination
}       -----------| |--------| |   ------
}                             ooo
}                             ooo
}                             ---
}                              o
}                             Bar
}
} They'll be home, but not until about 2.
}
} You owe the Oracle a virtual beer.


1278-02    (059ob dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: nolan@celery.tssi.com

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Oh mighty omniscient Oracle, fount of all knowledge, keeper of all
> wisdom, here the plea of this poor soul...
>
> What is Kraft American "cheese-like food" *really* made of?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} In order from largest amount to smallest amount, it's made of:
}
} *deep breath*
}
} Thiamin mononitrate, ferrous sulfate, sodium benzoate, benzium
} sodioate, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dexadrin, soy
} lecithin-an emulsifier, kitten katothol, sodium ascorbate and
} ascorbic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, hydrochloric palmitate,
} phosphoric acid, lactic acid starter culture, BHA, BHT, maltodextrin,
} LL-cysteine hydrochloride, ammonium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate,
} THBQ, MVBMS, bits of Jimmy Hoffa, ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate,
} oxybenzone, 2-ethyhexyl salicyate, homosalate, snips and snails and
} puppydog tails, PEG-8, silica, cetyl phosphate, acrylates/C10-30
} alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, diazolidinyl urea, methylparaben,
} popylparaben, disodium EDTA, propylene glycol, patent pending,
} triethanolamine, THC, PABA, canthaxanthin, 5-hydroxy tryptophan,
} adenosine triphosphate, synthetic iron oxide, nasty squid
} tentacles, ferrous gluconate, toasted partially defatted cooked
} cottonseed flour, radioactive waste, titanium dioxide, riboflavin,
} potassium sodium copper chlorophyllin (chlorophyllin-copper
} complex), luminescent zinc sulfide, sunlight, strawberry alarm
} clocks, 1,4-Bis((2-hydroxy-ethyl)amino)-9,10-anthracenedione
} bis(2-propenoic)ester copolymers, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, vinyl
} alcohol/methyl methacrylate-dye reaction products, acrylamide, love,
} sweet love, KAVA, hydrocodone w/APAP, alprazolam, triamterine/HCTZ,
} some bad vibes that are just making me freak out, man, glucophage,
} rantidine HCI, metaprolol tartrate and milk.
}
} And here I bet you thought it didn't have any milk in it at all, huh?
}
} You owe the Oracle a new spellchecker--I burned mine out on this
} answer.


1281-04    (10jkb dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: "Alyce Wilson" <shantipoet@teenagewildlife.com>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Most suitable Oracle, who can tie in any reference to any other
> fact yet has never had his shoelaces tied to a chair by gnomes,
> please answer my question, if you would please,
>
> Why do people need names since so few of them look alike?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} -----------------------------------------------------------------------
} 17 DEAD IN FUN-RUN DEBACLE
} By: That reporter with the Big Hair
}
} Yesterday's annual charity marathon in aid of Impoverished Priests was
} transformed into a terrifying exhibition of pain and violence, shocking
} spectators and participants alike.
}
} Some guy with blond hair and a moustache (23), gave us this eye-witness
} account:
}
} "It was shaping up to be a pretty good day - the sun was shining,
} everyone was happy to be doing something for the community - spirits
} were high, you know?
} I was stood on the walkway across the road with two of my buddies -
} that short, fat balding guy, and the one we all suspect of being gay,
} watching the whole thing - the starter's pistol fired, and everyone
} took off - 2,000 people chatting, laughing, enjoying the experience...
} and that's when it happened.
}
} There was some kind of disturbance in the crowd - a mugging,
} bag-snatching - we're not quite sure, and someone ran off towards the
} town square... The shout went up; "Hey you! Stop right there!"
}
} My god, it was horrible - 2,000 people all turning round at once, some
} in rabbit costumes, some in wheelchairs, some pushing their friends
} along in hospital beds... I'd say the whole incident took less than 2
} minutes, and by the time it was all over, the road just looked like a
} butcher's window. One big mass of writhing limbs, and the screams... oh
} dear lord, the screams. I won't be sleeping for a long time."
}
} The mayor, fat corrupt guy who likes hookers, had this to say: "This is
} a sad day for our once-great town - the memories of that guy, the other
} guy, and that annoying one no-one likes - not to mention creepy
} glass-eye dude, will live long in our memories."
} -----------------------------------------------------------------------
}
} You owe the Oracle a name-tag with "HI! My name is BOB" written on it.


1285-10    (45cil dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: nolan@celery.tssi.com

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Oh wonderful, chunderful Oracle,
> Whose name rhymes so nicely with "coracle",
> Please answer my question
> And relieve my congestion:
> What the hell *else* rhymes with Oracle?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Thou supplicant most oratorical,
} This challenge is largely rhetorical.
} Of course, I do know
} Many rhymes I can show
} To the poet whose work's metaphorical.
}
} I daresay this most allegorical
} Of challenges is quite historical.
} And yet, I can rise
} To this pleasant surprise.
} My wisdom's beyond categorical.
}
} You owe the Oracle a Shakesperean sonnet ending with "orange."


1286-07    (25frf dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: "Mark Lawrence" <lawrence.4@osu.edu>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> From: Zadoc
> Subject: OOTO Monday and Tuesday
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002
> To: Temple Staff <oracle+staff@cs.indiana.edu>
>
> I'll be out of the office undergoing a painful quadruple root canal on
> Monday and Tuesday. In my absence, if you need someone to lick your
> boots, be generally menial, or be a whipping post, Og will be glad to
> step forward. I should be back Wednesday, and boy would a kick in the
> teeth hurt then!

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} From: The Oracle
} Subject: Food
} Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002
} To: Temple Staff <oracle+staff@cs.indiana.edu>
}
} Starting Monday I want the only foods available in the
} commissary to be peanut brittle, beef jerky, raw almonds,
} and ice cubes.


1289-03    (17jlk dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: Christophe <xof@chanticleer.com>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

>  Oh wisest of Oracles,
>
>  Why is "weird" spelled so weird?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} > look around
} You are on page 1732 of The Intergalactic Collegiate English
} Dictionary.  You see lots of words.
}
} You hear shouting from nearby.  You have the faint sense that it
} is directed at you.
}
} > inventory
} You have 5 letters.
}
} > examine letters
} You have a 'w', an 'i', an 'e', an 'r', and a 'd'.
}
} > who am i?
} You are 'wierd'.
}
} > examine words
} Your nearest neighbors are 'wield', above you, and 'wife', below
} you.
}
} You hear loud sounds coming from below.
}
} > examine wife
} She's not very attractive.  In addition, she seems to be yelling
} rather earnestly at you about something.
}
} > listen
} Trust me, you'd rather not do that.
}
} > rearrange letters
} Done.
}
} > who am i?
} You are 'Dr. Wei', prominent brain surgeon.
}
} Mrs. Wei continues to scream at you from below... something about
} using an adjective where an adverb is called for...
}
} > rearrange letters
} Done.
}
} > who am i?
} You are 'Drew I', Lord of Careya.
}
} You continue to hear some choice imprecations being directed at
} you by Lady Drew.
}
} > rearrange letters
} Done.
}
} > who am i?
} You are 'wired'.
}
} Your wife screams at you to sit down and behave like an adult.
}
} > bounce off walls
} Wheee!  Wasn't that fun?  But perhaps you should cut down a bit
} on the caffeine...
}
} Your time is running out.
}
} > rearrange letters
} Done.
}
} (Your score just went up by 10 points)
}
} > who am i?
} You are 'weird'.
}
} > I beg your pardon?
} Hey, that's MY line!  Your pitiful grovel does not entitle you to
} its use.
}
} (Your score just went down by 5 points)
}
} > who am i again?
} You are 'weird'.  Just plain weird.
}
} The silence from below is deafening.
}
} > look around
} You are on page 1695 of The Intergalactic Collegiate English
} Dictionary.  You see lots of words.
}
} > examine words
} Your nearest neighbors are 'weir', above you, and 'welcome',
} below you.
}
} Your southern neighbor greets you kindly and expresses fond
} wishes for your successful integration into this neighborhood.
}
} > listen
} Ahhhh!  You hear a wren singing from far away, perhaps for the
} first time since the dictionary was printed.
}
} (Your score just went up by 10 points)
}
} The game is over!
}
} Congratulations on successfully evading the 'wife'.  Your score
} entitles you to remain exactly where you are in the dictionary,
} your letters forever frozen in their current order.
}
} You owe the Oracle an explanation of the difference between
} 'weird' and 'weirdly'.


1290-03    (18him dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: Dave Hemming <dhemming@blueyonder.co.uk>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

>

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} What's that thing?
}  _
} / \                                                              |
} \__\                                                             |
} >__ >                                                            |
} /  /                                                             |
} \_/                                                              |
}
} Oooh, it's one of those stealth fighters.  Ugly brute, isn't it?
}
}            _
}           / \                                                    |
}           \__\                                                   |
}           >__ >                                                  |
}           /  /                                                   |
}           \_/                                                    |
}
} Look at it go!
}
}                     _
}                    / \                                           |
}                    \__\                                          |
}                    >__ >                                         |
}                    /  /                                          |
}                    \_/                                           |
}
} Hey, here comes another one!
}
}                                     _
}                                    / \                           |
}                                    \__\                          |
} >                                  >__ >                         |
}                                    /  /                          |
}                                    \_/                           |
}
} Oops, maybe not.  That looks like a SAM.
}
}                                               _
}                                              / \                 |
}                                              \__\                |
} >>===>====>                                  >__ >               |
}                                              /  /                |
}                                              \_/                 |
}
} Hurry, hurry!
}
}                                                             _
}                                                            / \   |
}                                                            \__\  |
}                          >>===>====>                       >__ > |
}                                                            /  /  |
}                                                            \_/   |
}
} Will he make it?
}                                                                  |
}                                                                  |
}                                                >>===>====>       |
}                                                                  |
}                                                                  |
}
} Oh well, I guess we'll never know.
}
} You owe the Oracle a bigger skylight.


1290-10    (08etf dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: Klone (aka Daniel V Klein) <dvk@lonewolf.com>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Oh Oracle Most Wise,
>
> I have a rather embarrassing problem,
>
> you see 'it' is rather large, quite a bit larger than anything I've
> seen in those videos
> (you know the kind I mean)
> So large in fact, that it frightens my girlfriend, and she doesn't come
> to visit any more.
>
> I've heard that you may also have suffered from this problem,
> do you have any advice?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Those big SUVs are completely inefficient anyway.  Sell it, and buy a
} Mini Cooper.  She'll think it's cute.


1292-09    (08dtf dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: Klone (aka Daniel V Klein) <dvk@lonewolf.com>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Oh Oracle most wise,
>
> How many "N" ate wings?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Well, let's work backwards. You invited N friends over to watch the
} game. You bought the Monster Wing Assortment[TM] from your local Dead
} Chicken Purveyor[R]. The assortment has 289 in seventeen levels of
} spiciness:
}
}  1) A la mode
}  2) Reduced Flavor
}  3) Original Factory Farm Flavor
}  4) Artificial Free Range Flavor
}  5) Salt and MSG Bonanza
}  6) Black Pepper
}  7) Red Pepper
}  8) Original Buffalo Flavor
}  9) Extra Cayenne
} 10) Peppery Piquant
} 11) Fire Bomb
} 12) Thermal Failure
} 13) Incendiary Grenade
} 14) Fire-in-the-Hole
} 15) Like-A-Briquette-On-Your-Tongue
} 16) Nuclear
} 17) Pop-Star Photo-shoot
}
} Of your N friends one half (L) don't eat spicy food and are stuck with
} the lower five flavors. All of those wings were consumed. You have K
} friends who love spicy foods, but can only eat nine wings each, before
} their tongues burst into flame and they leave for the emergency room.
} You have J friends who like to one up each other on heat and who
} consumed one of each flavor. One of your friends is vegan and only eats
} the carrots and celery, thus depriving spicy food eaters of a pallete
} cleanser. Now, knowing that K + J + L + 1 = N, and that after the game
} there were 50 wings left burning holes in your paper plates, you can
} easily deduce that
}
} L = 17         ate 3 each      51 wings
} K = 14         ate 9 each     153 wings       204 total
} J =  2         ate 2 each      34 wings       238 total
} you had left over        50           288 total
}
} N = 34, because your so-called vegan friend actually ate one on the
} sly.
}
} You owe the Oracle pop star suitably matched for the #17 wings.


1294-08    (07dph dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: "Leo L. Schwab" <ewhac@best.com>

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> O mighty Oracle, whose animated alter ego I am not fit to draw,
>
> In the intro to the animated series "The Simpsons" Homer drops a
> radioactive rod in the sewers. This has happened once a week for a
> large number of years.
>
> Where do those rods end up and what effect does it have on the ecology?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Why do you think everyone's yellow and only has 4 fingers?


1299-08    (65acq dist, 3.8 mean)
Selected-By: Kirsten Chevalier

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

> Wise Oracle most global in perspective,
>
> Europe is just as rich and white as America, where do they
> get off by acting like they're morally superior?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Well, let's lay it on the table and see what we find:
}
} =====================================================================
} |                      |       EUROPE        |     UNITED STATES    |
} =====================================================================
} | 1. Predominant       |                     |                      |
} |    racial grouping?  |       White         |         White        |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} | 2. Level of          |                     |                      |
} |    affluence?        |        Rich         |          Rich        |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} | 3. Repository for    |                     |                      |
} |    spoiled, rich     | Powerless, symbolic |    The White House   |
} |    idiots with       |  royal families     |                      |
} |    famous parents?   |                     |                      |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} | 4. Prevailing public |                     |                      |
} |    opinion on:       |                     |                      |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} |    a. Global warming | It's bloody obvious!| Facts aren't facts   |
} |                      |                     | if they mean I lose  |
} |                      |                     | money.               |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} |    b. Terrorism      | It's a problem.     | AIIIIEEEEE! KILL!    |
} |                      | Let's solve it.     | KILL! KILL! KILL     |
} |                      |                     | ANYONE WHO WHIFFS OF |
} |                      |                     | ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS! |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} |    c. Gun control    | It's bloody obvious!| You can't make your  |
} |                      |                     | problems go away     |
} |                      |                     | just by outlawing    |
} |                      |                     | them.                |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} |    d. Keeping        | It's bloody obvious!| Let's outlaw         |
} |       abortion legal |                     | abortion, and then   |
} |                      |                     | the problem will go  |
} |                      |                     | away! Hurray!        |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} |    e. The death      | Two wrongs don't    | Victim's families    |
} |       penalty        | make a right.       | will find bloodlust  |
} |                      |                     | -- I mean, peace,    |
} |                      |                     | and titillation --   |
} |                      |                     | I mean, closure,     |
} |                      |                     | through revenge --   |
} |                      |                     | I mean, justice.     |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} |    e. War with Iraq  | Shouldn't we have a | Look at all these    |
} |                      | reason, first? Or   | bright, shiny        |
} |                      | some evidence? Or   | weapons we've got!   |
} |                      | something? Hello??  |                      |
} |                      |                     |                      |
} |    f. Food           | Let's have some     | Did somebody say     |
} |                      | traditional         | McDonald's?          |
} |                      | regional favorites  |                      |
} |                      | made with fresh     |                      |
} |                      | ingredients, and a  |                      |
} |                      | fine wine.          |                      |
} =====================================================================
}
} So there you have it, supplicant. The Europeans aren't morally superior
} to you at all. Just intellectually.
}
} You owe the Oracle a star-spangled dunce cap.


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