["Followup-To:" header set to alt.religion.kibology.]
On 2010-04-01, Otto Bahn <Ladybrrane@GroinToHell.com> wrote:
> "the Omrud" <usenet.omrud@gEXPUNGEmail.com> wrote
>
>>
>> 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?!
>
So he could learn the recipe for gakh, eggs, sausage and spam.
> --oTTo--
>
>
--
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing - and that was
the closest our country has ever been to being even.
-- The Best of Will Rogers
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