| 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 09:04 |
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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 11:04:34 -0400
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<barbara@bookpro.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.
You don't need permission on the usenet. But what the hell
is a Kibologist?!
--oTTo--
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