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Doctroid (doctroid@mailinator.com) 2010/04/01 09:18

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In article <Ru2tn.137341$1j3.4151@newsfe10.ams2>,
 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, crosspost, I'm buggering Kibologists.  I hadn't noticed.

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