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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Wed Feb 12 01:28:57 1992
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 92 01:27:51 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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amgreene (Andrew Marc Greene):
``And we will use only those materials which my ancestors
had available when they made the trip in 1977.''
- Plucky Duck as Duck Heyerdahl in _Kon_Ducki_
``With expensive special effects by Industrial Light and Hocus-Pocus''
- Buster Bunny in _Behind_The_Scenes:_The_Making_of_Kon_Ducki_
ABBA spelled backwards
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is ABBA
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cyrus (Cyrus Shaoul):
Hello... IRON CURTAIN? Send over a SAUSAGE PIZZA!
World War III? No thanks!
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edzimmer (Eric D. Zimmerman):
"I'm sure you're all aware that this is National Gall Bladder Week.
So, as sort of an educational feature, at this point, I thought I
would acquaint you with some of the results of my recent research into
the career of the late Dr. Samuel Gall, inventor of the gall bladder,
which certainly ranks as one of the more important technological
advances since the invention of the joy buzzer and the dribble glass.
Dr. Gall's faith in his invention was so dramatically vindicated last
year, as you no doubt recall, when, for the first time in history, in
a nationwide poll, the gall bladder was among the top ten organs.
"His educational career began, interestingly enough, in agricultural
school, where he majored in animal husbandry, until they caught him at
it one day, whereupon he switched to the field of medicine. In this
field he also won renown as the inventor of gargling, which prior to
that time had been practiced only furtively by a remote tribe in the
Andes, who passed the secret down from father to son as part of their
oral tradition.
"He soon became a specialist, specializing in diseases of the rich. He
was therefore able to retire at an early age, to the land we all dream
about, sunny Mexico, of course. The last part of this was completely
irrelevant, as was the whole thing, I guess...."
-Tom Lehrer,
"An Evening Wasted
with Tom Lehrer," 1959
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hss (Hany S Saleeb):
--> I may also be reached at hss@abp.lcs.mit.edu <-
Succeeding is like a turtle going up a mountain.
Imagination is more important than Knowledge.
Albert Einstein
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jnrees (Jim Rees):
To work my butt off on this thesis until it is done so I can leave MIT
forever.
Actually, I will miss MIT.
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jpstoehr (Jonathan P Stoehr):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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kenneths (Kenneth J. Schneider):
Address at Theta Chi: Address at Home:
528 Beacon Street 4005 Birdwell
Boston, MA 02215 Tyler, TX 75703
(617) 267-1801 ext. 142 (903) 581-0216
Last logged on Tue Feb 11 14:51:50 EST 1992 on host M1-142-3 .MIT.EDU
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leira (Rev. Linda L. Julien):
To find the lock that the key which mysteriously appeared on my
keyring belongs to.
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mhbraun (Matthew Braun):
"If you were happy every day of your life you'd be a game
show host, not a human being."
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rlcarr (Richard L. Carreiro):
From: risks@CSL.SRI.COM (RISKS Forum)
Newsgroups: comp.risks
Subject: RISKS DIGEST 13.13
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 92 17:15:30 -0800
From: pjs@euclid.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter J. Scott)
Subject: What next - pizza over UUCP? [UUCPizza?]
A colleague just gave me this juicy tidbit. Seems that his brother-in-law was
with the 82nd Airborne and, upon assignment to Fort Bragg, was given an office
that had never been used. He plugged a phone into the jack and the phone
immediately rang. No, it wasn't telemarketers; he was greeted with a modem
tone instead. Hung up. Phone immediately rang again. This repeated 24 hours
a day until the Army put a trace on the call. The trace led to, get this, a
Coca-Cola machine. The manufacturer had built into these vending machines the
capability to call the bottling company when they were getting low on supplies
and order more.
Unfortunately for my friend's brother-in-law, the bottling company that owned
this machine in particular wasn't interested in this option, so they didn't
change the default telephone number that was programmed into the machine, and
which was happened to be set to, you guessed it, the office at Fort Bragg.
The Army cut the telephone cable on the Coke machine. (I guess they weren't
armed at the time.) This brand of vending machine also has the capability of
signalling via modem that it was out of change, full up on money, or had been
broken into ("Help, I've fallen over and I can't get up...").
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rlearne (Rachel E Learned):
My Draper address is learned@draper.com
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
ZAP! YOU'RE DEAD...
The "Blaash," a carnivorous radioactive moth found in TSR's @i(Gamma
World), has only to swoop within 5 meters of someone to kill him
instantly....
from Murphy's Rules
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therese (Therese):
K{{nn|s er{{n amerikkalaisen koulupojan (ik{ 9 v.) aineesta nimelt{{n:
MIKSI AION TULLA ISONA?
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Haluan tulla lent{j{ksi, kun olen kasvanut isoksi---koska se on
hauskaa hommaa ja helppoa. Sen takia on nykyisin niin paljon lent{ji{.
Lent{jien ei tarvitse k{yd{ paljon koulua, heid{n on vain opittava
lukemaan numeroita, jotta he osaisivat lukea mittareita. Luulen, ett{
heid{n pit{{ osata lukea my|s karttoja, niin ett{ he l|yt{v{t perille
jos ovat eksyksiss{.
Lent{jien on oltava rohkeita, niin etteiv{t he pel{sty, jos on
sumuista niin ettei voi n{hd{ tai jos siipi tai moottori putoaa pois,
heid{n on pysytt{v{ rauhallisina, jotta he tiet{isiv{t mit{ pit{{
tehd{.
Lent{jill{ pit{{ olla hyv{t silm{t, niin ett{ he n{kev{t pilvien l{pi,
eiv{tk{ he saa pel{t{ salamoita tai ukkosta, koska he ovat l{hemp{n{
niit{ kuin me.
Min{ pid{n my|s siit{ palkasta, jota lent{j{t saavat. He saavat
enemm{n rahaa kuin ehtiv{t kuluttaa. Se johtuu siit{, ett{ useimmat
ihmiset pit{v{t lent{mist{ vaarallisena, paitsi lent{j{t, jotka
tiet{v{t kuinka helppoa se on.
Ei siin{ ole paljon sellaista, mist{ en pit{isi, paitsi se, ett{ tyt|t
pit{v{t lent{jist{ ja kaikki lentoem{nn{t haluaisivat menn{ naimisiin
lent{jienkanssa, niin ett{ heid{n on aina ajettava ne pois jotteiv{t
ne olisi h{iri|ksi. Toivottavasti en tule ilmasairaaksi. Jos tulen
ilmasairaaksi ei minusta voi tulla lent{j{{ ja sitten minun pit{{
menn{ t|ihin.
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vivace (Terence M Collins):
To be cool enough so that I, too, can buy all my clothes at the Coop.
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