| Re: What is "kibology", anyway? I have looked it up in my dictionary ... |
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| Otto Bahn (Ladybrrane@GroinToHell.com) |
2010/04/01 08:53 |
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From: "Otto Bahn" <Ladybrrane@GroinToHell.com>
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Subject: Re: What is "kibology", anyway? I have looked it up in my dictionary ...
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:53:34 -0400
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"the Omrud" <usenet.omrud@gEXPUNGEmail.com> 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!".
That makes no sense all. Why would the aliens let him learn
the language?!
--oTTo--
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