On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:56:29 +0100, the Omrud
<usenet.omrud@gEXPUNGEmail.com> wrote:
>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.
You're Allowed.
BW
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