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Best of Usenet Oracularities #751-775    (4.0 mean)
Compiled-By: Steve Kinzler <kinzler@cs.indiana.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 15:45:51 -0500

Oracularities are the distilled wisdom and sagacity of the Usenet
Oracle, as incarnated in its many anonymous e-mail participants.  This
collection has been compiled from the regular Oracularities postings #751
through #775 and contains the Oracularities rated by its readers as
among the funniest.

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771-04    (148qI dist, 4.3 mean)
Selected-By: "Frank J. Backitis Jr." <perkunas@cyberspy.com>

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

> win95

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} lose$95


775-09    (32hpF dist, 4.1 mean)
Selected-By: "Carole S. Fungaroli" <carole@email.unc.edu>

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

> A friend of mine wrote this as his signature:
>
> GU d H s:- !g p(2) !au a-- w+ v(?)>! C++++ U? P? L 3 N+ E? K- W+(W--)
> M-- !V +po- Y++ 5-- j R G' tv b+++ D+ B- e* u(+) h! f+ r-- n- !y+
>
> What does it mean?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Ah -- you've stumbled on the Geek Code. This is a carefully constructed
} code some people put in their signatures to assure the world that, yes,
} they are total geeks.
}
} Each symbol in the code has a special meaning. In this way, the code is
} like a totem pole. The only difference is that you generally don't go
} around handing out a totem pole to everyone you meet.
}
} Here is a rough translation:
}
} GU         I live in Guam.
} d H        Dartmouth is inferior to Harvard.
} s:- !g     The Saxons (armed with shields and polearms) are fighting
}              the Geats (armed with swords).
} p(2)       Two is prime.
} !au        I don't have a gold card.
} a--        The law is an ignoramus, an a--.
} w+ v(?)>!  (The RSA encryption algorithm, in TECO)
} C++++      I can travel much faster than light.
} U? P?      I have never been to the Upper Penninsula of Michigan.
} L 3        I am a member of the L 3 Society (a group very similar in
}              goals to the L 5 Society, but much less stable).
} N+         My favorite oxidation state of nitrogen is +1.
} E?         (A subtle satire on the E! channel)
} K-         No, no, a thousand times no!
} W+(W--)    I am ambivalent about Larry Wall.
} M--        The Morse Code for M is --.
} !V         My favorite form of smoked salmon is novy.
} +po-       I may or may not be the Pope.
} Y++ 5--    Tasha Yar could kick the butts of everyone on Babylon 5.
} j R        I shot JR.
} G'         I venerate G'Quan.
} tv         I am a transvestite.
} b+++       A *big* transvestite.
} D+ B-      (Grades in French Literature and Compiler Design)
} e*         My favorite song is "Easter Parade."
} u(+) h!    Uh-huh-huh-huh! (in TECO)
} f+ r--     I may or may not be Joel Furr.
} n-         I'm just a guy who can't say n-.
} !y+        I am armed with a sword, a tire iron, and one of the giant
}              stone coins of the Yap islanders.
}
} You owe the Oracle some geeks bearing gifts.


758-02    (46gpC dist, 4.0 mean)
Selected-By: perkunas@ix.netcom.com (Frank Backitis)

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

> Computer Training Iz We, Inc., a Client/Server training company with
> clients ranging from the mega-corporation to the 3-person-in-the-garage
> software company, is looking for qualified Oracle instructors.
>
> If you have extensive experience using Oracle either as a DBA or
> programmer, have teaching experience, and/or have high quality training
> materials in a variety of subjects relating to Oracle, we'd love to
> hear from you.  Also, if you have the freedom to travel on occassion to
> various parts of the United States and Canada, this is a definate plus.
>
> Please email me at: jdoe@ispv.com or call John Doe at:
> (123)456-7890 ASAP.

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

}                                       Oracle
}                                       Delphi
} John Doe
} jdoe@ispv.com
}
} Dear John:
}
}       Thank you for the opportunity of an interview with your company.
} I've enclosed a resume to give you some idea of my background and work
} experience.
}       Since I already know you wish to arrange an interview, I will
} stop by your office today, at 1:00 PM.  You already have a have a dental
} appointment scheduled at that time, but I would not be concerned.
} Your dentist will be involved in a two car collision at 12:10 PM,
} after spilling a cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee in his lap while rushing
} back to his office.  He will suffer only minor injuries to his lower
} back and right shoulder.  His nurse will cancel your appointment at
} 12:50 PM.
}       I look forward to meeting with you, and discussing the work
} of your company in greater detail.  Better answer the phone now; it's
} an urgent call from your wife.
}                                       Sincerely,
}                                       O.
} --------------------------------------------------
}                               Oracle
}                               Delphi
}                       Phone: (111) 111-1111
}                       E-Mail: oracle@cs.indiana.edu
}
} EDUCATION
}
}       AS, BS, PhD, MMD,... from Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Univ. of
} Pennsylvania...
}
} WORK EXPERIENCE
}
}       _Usenet Oracle_;  beginning of Usenet to present
}
}       As Usenet Oracle, It is my responsibility to answer all questions
} put to me in an honest and forthright manner.  I interact with many
} people of varied backgrounds.  I am good with pets.
}
}       My duties include (but are not limited to) the following:
} knowing the unknown, seeing the unseen, pondering the unponderable,
} speaking the unspeakable, uncovering the covered, covering my
} feet when they're cold, printing the unprintable, writing the
} unwriteable, speling the unspelable, cleaning the uncleanable,
} "able"ing the un"able"able, "ing"ing the un"ing"able, "un"ing the
} un"un"able, quoting the unquotable, noting the unnotable, doting on
} my neice, lying on my fleece, fleecing the unfleecable, creasing the
} uncreasable, greasing the skids, thrilling the kids, policeing the
} police, balancing the books, looking the looks, walking the walk,
} talking the talk, shuckin' the jive, stayin' alive, wondering the
} unwonderable, sponging the unspongable, ZOTing the unZOTable...
}
}       I also do windows.
}
}       _Oracle at Delphi_; beginning of time to beginning of Usenet
}
}       Hercules and the Twelve Year Punishment, King Eurystheus of
} Mycenae, Sea Monster, Andromeda Chained to Rocks, Perseus, King
} Cepheus.  You know the rest.
}
} RECOGNITION
}
}       Created the Nobel Peace Prize, when Alfred asked me what he
} should do with all his money...
}
}       Completed the Declaration of Independence when Jefferson asked
} me if all men really *were* created equal...
}
}       Instituted the first cooking school when I told Yog of Ghitherg
} that the meat would taste better if he dropped it in the volcano for
} a few minutes...
}
} INTERESTS
}
}       I have a bleck belt in all martial arts, love to wind surf, and
} participate in full contact origami. (Wait, I'm sorry; wrong text file.)
}
}       I am also an expert chef.  Would you like a recipe for brazed
} woodchuck?
} --------------------------------------------------
}                                       Oracle
}                                       Delphi
} John Doe
} jdoe@ispv.com
}
} Dear John:
}
}       I am including this follow-up letter now, since I already
} know that you've decided to hire me.  I am flattered that you consider
} me partnership material, although I am a bit dissappointed that you
} will try to start me in a sales position to see if I can work well
} with people - and to save money.  Most of your employees think *you*
} are the one who has an ego problem, with the exception of that cute
} secretary you've been boffing on the week-ends.
}       Unfortunately, I must decline your generous offer.  Although
} you think the angry call you just received from your wife is another
} one of her meaningless threats, you are wrong.  She fully intends to
} seek a divorce.  In fact, she hired a private investigator to catch
} you and the secretary "flagrante delicto".  She has many compromising
} photographs.  In color.
}       Due to this sad turn of events, your company will close its
} doors in 3 months.  After the divorce proceedings, you will find
} yourself penniless and without a job.  Do not be concerned.  You will
} be subsequently hired by Borland Inc. as a new account salesman.
} You will travel the Pacific Rim market extensively.
}       Better answer the phone now; it's an urgent call from your lawyer.
}
}                                       Sincerely,
}                                       O.


771-06    (35eoB dist, 4.0 mean)
Selected-By: "Frank J. Backitis Jr." <perkunas@cyberspy.com>

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

> Oh masterful Oracle, knower of all that is to be known, I have a
> question to ask which may very well affect my future and my
> lifespan.  Should I go to a... friend's birthday party or ask
> this girl I know on a date?  I'd rather go on a date, but maybe
> I'm obligated to, well, you know...

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

}       ...To what?  Tap-dance?  Refinish a table?  Make a contribution
} to the Republican Party?  You must be specific.  Give examples.  Show
} your work.
}
}       Well, let me see if I can't help you with a general-purpose quiz
} I've developed for similar situations.  It should help you determine
} whether or not you should ask your female friend for a date.
}
}       Please answer the following questions honestly:
}
} ----------------
} 1:    Please rate your geekiness level:
}
}       A)  What's a geek?
}       B)  I can load and run Windows.
}       C)  GAT C++ d- UL++++$ P+ 3- !n po+(--) D+ s-:+ a- p? u**
}
} 2:    Please rate your degree of physical attractiveness:
}
}       A)  Fabio has tried to have me asassinated.
}       B)  I'm pretty reasonable.
}       C)  I make Tom Petty look like a Greek God.
}
} 3:    Please rate your intelligence:
}
}       A)  I understand the proof to Fermat's Last Theorem.
}       B)  I can usually balance my checkbook.
}       C)  "Potatoe."
}
} 4:    Please indicate your level of cultural development:
}
}       A)  "Hello.  Welcome to Masterpiece Theatre.  I'm Alistair
}           Cooke..."
}       B)  "Space:  The final frontier..."
}       C)  "ARE YOU LISTENING, HULK HOGAN?  I WILL DESTORY YOU NEXT
}           WEEK..."
}
} 5:    Please indicate your culinary preference:
}
}       A)  Chateaubriand medium-rare with a subtly spiced mushroom sauce
}           and a 1966 Merlot.
}       B)  Lemon-herb chicken with rice pilaf and a glass of mineral
}           water.
}       C)  Cheetos and Coors.
}
} 6:    Please indicate your general class of profession:
}
}       A)  "Yes, Mr. Yakamura, we would be delighted to close the deal
}           Monday next..."
}       B)  "Jim, can you fire up the logic analyzer?  The damn debugger
}           is causing more problems than it's solving..."
}       C)  "We're just as interested as you are, your Honor, in seeing
}           this case go to the jury by Labor Day..."
}
} 7:    Please indicate the class of clothing you most commonly wear:
}
}       A)  Armani
}       B)  Calvin Klein
}       C)  Garanimals
}
} 8:    Select the spiritual framework to which you most closely align
}       yourself:
}
}       A)  A synthesis of the Koran, Torah, Bible, Tao Te Ching, and my
}           own personal experiences in this life.
}       B)  The Bible.
}       C)  Dianetics.
} ----------------
}
}       Now, score each answer as follows:
}
}       A) 256 points
}       B) PI points
}       C) -(i^2) points
}
}       Multiply the score of each answer by the square root of its
} ordinal number.
}
}       Now, take all the answers whose ordinal number is even but not
} evenly divisible by three and add them together to get an X-axis value.
} Take all the answers whose ordinal number is evenly divisible by
} three but not by two and add them together to yield a Y-axis value.
} For all other answers, discard the results; they were red-herrings.
}
}                 ^________________________________________
}           9.001 |       |                 /|             |
}                 |       | Write questions/ |             |
}                 | Visit | to The Oracle /  |             |
}             F   |Parents|        /\    /   | Libertarian |
}                 |       |       /o \--* S  |             |
}             u   |       |------/o   \   l  _--_          |
}                 |-------+      \   o/\  e '    `         |
}             r   |   \_          \ o/  \ e( Date )        |
}                 |     \_ Attend  \/ o  \p "-__-"         |
}             l   |       \_ party  \  o /   |             |
}                 | Watch   \_       \  /----+-------------|
}             o   | TV all    \ __    \/                   |
}                 |  day       ]  ---__|    Play Doom      |
}             n   |____________|       +___________________|
}                 |          \  Drink  |______             |
}             g   | rn        \heavily_|      |            |
}                 | alt.       \     /        | Oaklahoma  |
}             s   | binaries.   >---<   Do    |            |
}                 | pictures.  /     \__ your +------------|
}               9 | erotica   /  lint   \ laundry          |
}               +----------------------------------------->
}                 -3                              6.02*10^23
}                            F o r t n i g h t s
}
}       Finally, print the above chart out on a piece of paper.
} Using the X- and Y-axis values you computed earlier, find the
} corresponding location on the chart and mark it.  Then throw it away
} and try not to think about it.  You'll be glad you did.
}
}       You owe The Oracle a recursive DIR listing of your entire
} hard drive.


775-06    (84clH dist, 4.0 mean)
Selected-By: Scott Panzer <stenor@pcnet.com>

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

> Oh great oracle,
>
> what do you do with a supplicant who leaves his .sig at
> the end of his questions?
> --
> --

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} WHAT R U TALK1N' ABOUT MAN?  SIGZ ROOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
}
} LATER MAN.
}
} BIFF.
}
} --
}     BBBBBBBBBBBBB          IIIIIIIII            FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
}     BBBBBBBBBBBBBB         IIIIIIIII           FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
}      BBB        BBB           III             FFF         FFF
}       BBB        BBB          III            FFF         FFF
}        BBB        BBB         III           FFF         FFF
}         BBBBBBBBBBBBB         III          FFFFFFFFF   FFFFFFFFF
}          BBBBBBBBBBBBBB       III         FFFFFFFFF   FFFFFFFFF
}           BBB        BBB      III        FFF         FFF
}            BBB        BBB     III       FFF         FFF
}             BBB        BBB    III      FFF         FFF
}              BBBBBBBBBBBBB IIIIIIIII  FFF         FFF
} BIFF@BIT.NET  BBBBBBBBBBBB IIIIIIIII FFF         FFF  BIFF@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
} BIFF@BIFFVM.BIT.NET                                 BIFF+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
}   B1FF@AOL.COM  B1FF@DELPHI.COM  B1FF@PRODIGY.COM  B1FF@COMU$ERVE.COM
}          B1FF@NETCOM.COM  B1FF@WORLD.STD.COM  B1FF@MCS.COM
}            B1FF@B1FFNET.FIDONET.ORG  B1FF@WELL.SF.CA.US
}              B1FF@ATHENA.MIT.EDU  B1FF@CYBER.SELL.COM
}                             BIFF@MSN.COM
}
}   MY SIG         /^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\          WAITING
}  CAN BEAT        !@@@@@@NUKULAR@@@@@@@@!                 4
}   UP YOUR       -------------------------            ARMAGEDIN
}    SIG           !@@@@@@@@BIFF@@@@@@@@@!          IT"LL B
}    !!!           \--------!   !--------/            AWESOME!!!!
}                           !   !
}                         ---------         THIS SPACE 4 RENT CALL BIFF
}      /\\\                 !   !               HA HA FOOLED YOU!!!
}       |||                /     \
}       /-\
}  /----/-\------------------------------------------------------------\
} | BIFF|@|AOL.DELPHI.PRODIGY.COMPU$ERVE.NETCOM.WORLD.MSN.B1FF.EDU DUDE!>
}  \----\-/------------------------------------------------------------/
}       \-/
}       |-|     BANG THE FALSE METAL HEAD THAT DUZZN"T DRINK BEER!!!
}      \///          HOT METAL TUBS RULE IN A MAJOR WAY DUDEZ!!!
}
}   __________      __________       ___________     ___________        __
}  /         /\    /         /|     /          /|   /          /|      / /
} /         /  \  /         //     /          //   /          //      / /|
} **********   /  **********/      ***********/    ***********/       ** |
} **  |____** /       **           **  |______     **  |______        ** |
} ** /      **        **           **  /     /|    **  /     /|       ** |
} **/      **/ \      **           ** /     //     ** /     //        ** |
} **********/  /      **           *********/      *********/         ** /
} **  |____** //    __**______     **  |           **  |              **/
} ** /      **/    /  **     /|    **  |           **  |              / /|
} **/      **/    /   **    //     ** /            ** /               ** /
} **********/     **********/      **/             **/                **/
}
} BIFF@BIT.NET BIFF@PSUVM.PSU.EDU BIFF@BIFFVM.BIT.NET BIFF+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
}   B1FF@AOL.COM  B1FF@DELPHI.COM  B1FF@PRODIGY.COM  B1FF@COMU$ERVE.COM
}          B1FF@NETCOM.COM  B1FF@WORLD.STD.COM  B1FF@MCS.COM
}            B1FF@B1FFNET.FIDONET.ORG  B1FF@WELL.SF.CA.US
}              B1FF@ATHENA.MIT.EDU  B1FF@CYBER.SELL.COM
}                           BIFF@MSN.COM
}
}                     K0M1NG S00N T0 THEATREZ NEER U!!!!!!
}      _______ _______*_______ _______   _______  _______   _______ __  __
}  +. /____  //______//______//______/  /______/ /____  /  /______//_/ /_/
} `  _____/ /   __    _____ . _____   ,   __    _____/ /  ______  ____
} , / ___ _/.  / / . / ___/ '/ ___/  +.  / /   / _  __/  /  ___/ /   /
}  / /__/ | __/ /__ / / . , / /   ,  .  / /   / / \ \   /  /___ / /\ \
} /______/ /______//_/ * + /_/   *, ` ,/_/   /_/   \_\ /______//_/  \_\
}
}              FEETUR1NG THE GRATE B1FF1NSK1 AS C4PTA1N B1FF!!!!!!
}
}                    B1FF 4RUOND TH4 W3RLD!!!!!
}                                   .
}                               _--_|\
}                     P3RTH--> /      \<--SIND3Y
}                              \_.--._/
}                                    v<---B1FFSM4NIA!!!!!!!
}
}                ___                          (_)
}              _/XXX\
}             /XXXXXX\_ <-- MT. B1FF1NGT0N                 __
} __    __   /X XXXX XX\     MT. K1BO (SHORT3R    _       /XX\__      ___
}   \__/  \_/__       \ \    TH4N B1FF'Z) ----> _/X\__   /XX XXX\____/XXX\
} \  ___   \/  \_      \ \               __   _/      \_/  _/  -   __  -
} __/   \__/   \ \__     \\__           /  \_//  _ _ \  \     __  /  \____
}  __    \  /     \ \_   _//_\___     _/    //           \___/  \/     __/
} /_______\________\__\_/________\_ _/_____/_____________/_______\____/___
}                                    /|\
}                                   / | \       _____ ____
}                                  /  |  \      \    V   /
}     THE RO4D T0 B1FFN3SS!!!!    /   |   \      | R00T  |
}                                /    |    \     |  666  |     +---------+
}     ALL MUST TR4V3L 1T        /     |     \    \___ ___/     | B1FF    |
}                              /      |      \       V         | R00LZ!! |
}     SUMD4Y!!!!!!!!          /       |       \      |       o +---------+
}                            /        |        \     |      o
}                           /         |         \    |   |\__/|  .~    ~.
}                          /          |          \   |   /o=o'`./      .'
}                         /           |              |  {o__,   \    {
}                        /            |                   / .  . )    \
}                       /             |                   `-` '-' \    }
}                                     |                  .(   _(   )_.'
}                                     |                 '---.~_ _ _|


754-05    (45pvy dist, 3.9 mean)
Selected-By: "Carole S. Fungaroli" <carole@email.unc.edu>

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

> Welcome to McDonalds.  May I take your order?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Yes, I'd like a serving person that isn't obsequious and fawning, a
} burger that doesn't contain 17 grams of fat, a thick shake I can drink
} without sucking hard to enough to make my ears bleed, an apple pie that
} does not contain lava, some chicken nuggets that are made from chicken,
} a quarter pounder that weighs a quarter of a pound, and a large coke
} that has more coke than ice.  No, I don't want fries with that, I want
} _chips_, and no I don't want to have a nice day wished upon me by
} someone that has no concern about the kind of day I'm having.
}
} You owe the Oracle a Pizza.  Or some Fried Chicken.


757-04    (25kup dist, 3.9 mean)
Selected-By: gt2126b@prism.gatech.edu (Bill)

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

> Oh wise Oracle, whose technical expertise is outshadowed by
> no other's, I need to get a new monitor for my PC, and I'm
> trying to decide which kind to get.  There are two different
> sizes available:  17" and 21".  I've heard that 21" screens
> are less ergonomic, and tend to give the user eyestrain.  Is
> this true?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Many references in historical literature prove that larger monitors are
} better than smaller ones:
}
} Little Red Riding Hood: "Why, Grandmother, what big keys you have!"
} Grandmother: "The better to type with, my dear!"
} Little Red Riding Hood: "And Grandmother, what a big monitor you have!"
} Grandmother: "The better to see with, my dear!"
}
} Evil Queen: "Monitor, monitor on the wall, which is the fairest screen
}              of all?"
} Monitor: "Multisyncarella is the sharpest, and diagonally she
}           is the largest."
} Evil Queen: "Curses!"
} Monitor: "Yes, and cursors show up larger, too."
}
} Father bear: "Someone has been using my 15 inch monitor!"
} Mother bear: "Someone has been using my 17 inch monitor!"
} Baby bear: "Someone has been using my 21 inch monitor, and she's still
}             here!"
} Goldilocks: "Wow! Doom really kicks on this screen!"
}
} Big Bad Wolf: "I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your screen
} down!" [Wolf blows down pig's 15" monitor; pig buys a 17" monitor.]
} Big Bad Wolf: "I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your screen
} down!" [Wolf blows down pig's 17" monitor; pig buys a 21" monitor.]
} Big Bad Wolf: "I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your screen
} down!" [Wolf blows but has no effect; pigs rejoice in their choice of a
} 21" monitor, and celebrate by cooking the wolf on the massive power
} supply.]


769-02    (42jyp dist, 3.9 mean)
Selected-By: Michael Nolan <nolan@pumpkin.tssi.com>

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

> Oh most wise and magnificent Oracle, I have been one of your
> incarnations on several occasions, and I thank you from the
> bottom of my heart for this great honor you have bestowed
> upon me.
>
> Every so often, though, I have to admit that the questions you
> assign to me as an incarnation are a little on the tough side.
> What should I do if I don't feel worthy to answer questions on
> your behalf?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

}    O sometime incarnation, tremble not at the prospect of the
} occasional tough question.  As a matter of fact, if that trembling
} gets much worse, you might have to resume drinking on the job.  Take
} a deep breath, unclench your fists, and pick the broken bits of your
} mouse out from between your fingers.  Now, doesn't that feel better?
}
}    You, as the Oraclular Incarnation Nominally Knowledgeable (OINK)
} don't _have_ to actually answer the poor Supplicant Who Is Needing
} Entertainment (SWINE).  As long as your response is entertaining,
} the SWINE will be getting his money's worth out of your answer.  If,
} however, you want to go that extra furlong, you may try a number of
} Dissembling Techniques.
}    (1)   Answer in parables.  It doesn't have to make sense; it has
}           now become the SWINE's job to figure it out.
}    (2)   Give the SWINE a Top Ten List.  The priesthood eat that
}           stuff up; you'll make the Oracularities
}    (3)   Blame Bill Gates or Microsoft(tm).  Hell, everybody else does.
}    (4)   Blame Steve Kinzler (tm).  See DT number(2).
}    (5)   Answer in a foreign language.  Morse code, pig latin,
}           COBOL, C++, seem to be the current favorites.
}    (6)       Limericks, haiku:
}          Bewildered Supplicant thinks
}             He has seen wisdom
}    (7)   Let Lisa answer and claim T.U.O. is the victim of an
}           esoteric (yet lurid) sex fantasy.  The priesthood will pass
}           it among themselves but keep it out of the Oracularities
}           since this is a family newsgroup.  The likelihood of the
}           SWINE being delighted with your answer is very high; this
}           is, after all, cheaper than 1-900 phone calls.
}    (8)   Just <ZOT!> the poor bastard on some technicality.  It's
}           not too sportsmanlike, you being temporarily omniscient,
}           and all, but the casual readers like the violence, and
}           hey, we've all <ZOT!>ed our way out of the occasional
}           tight spot.  In fact it feels pretty good; and it has been
}           awhile since I've.... hmmmm.
}    (9)   Lie.
}   (10)   Parody (shudder) popular culture.  Ren and Stimpy, Three
}           Stooges, Beavis and Butthead, any beer commercials.  Do
}           observe that none of them could answer ANY question, but
}           are entertaining, and stand a pretty shot at satisfying
}           the SWINE (particularly if the SWINE was oneof those
}           who stood in line to buy WIN95 at midnight theday it
}           was released because the television TOLD him to.)
}   (11)   .... and in closing, erstwile OINK,
}               What is the sound of an evasive koan?
}
}                                                       <N>


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