On 01/04/2010 15:53, Otto Bahn wrote:
> "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?!
Oh, bugger, I'm cross posting to Kibologists. I hadn't noticed.
--
David
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