On 01/04/2010 14:50, Otto Bahn wrote:
> "Peter Moylan"<gro.nalyomp@retep> wrote
>
>>>>>> What is "kibology", anyway? I have looked it up in my dictionary,
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>
>>>>> A.R.K. has a FAQ, which you can find with a WWW search engine and the
>>>>> unimaginitive string "alt.religion.kibology FAQ". (You can also find
>>>>> it
>>>>> with the more imaginitive strings "Dr Pepper come FAQ" and "peppermint
>>>>> bacon kitty litter FAQ".) Just remember that the FAQ that you see is
>>>>> not the true FAQ.
>>>> Also, kibology is the smell that the thought "BZZZT...GAH!" is given its
>>>> best expression in an interminably dull discussion about Ohm's law,
>>>> including contributions about the electrical resistance of charred flesh
>>>> from someone called Fried_man.
>>>
>>> Isn't Fried Man the title of an alien cookbook?
>>>
>> As I recall it, the title of that book was "To Serve Man".
>
> That would imply they're trying to help us, not eat us.
That was the point of the story. The hero got a job on the alien
spaceship and started to learn their language, which was fiendishly
difficult. He decoded the title of their Instruction Book, which was
"To Serve Man" and reported back to his friends. But he later sent
another message - "It's not a help manual, it's a cookery book!".
--
David
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