RE: thinking about the unthinkable

From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 19:38:22 MDT

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    Robert responds (yay!)

    > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Lee Corbin wrote:
    >
    > > > (Lest anyone mistake me, I am emphatically not calling
    > > > for the assassination of Robert Bradbury or anyone else.)
    > >
    > > Too late. You know how "dangerous" this list is. He's
    > > probably already as good as dead, because after all, there
    > > exists *google*! And millions of people will have mis-
    > > understood! His goose is cooked. Thanks to you.
    >
    > This is too good to resist.
    >
    > Robert raises his voice from the cart being drawn through
    > the village (or across space, etc.) and exclaims in
    > a loud Monty Pythonesque tone --
    >
    > "BUT I'M NOT DEAD YET"....

    Yes, this is good! The approximately 4 gallon volume
    of lively atoms where Robert is graces the space containing
    it. Were only the rest of the solar system so well disposed.
    Long life, pal!

    (But why have you taken to referring to yourself in the
    third person? Have all the evil people on this list saying
    nasty and vile things about you occasioned a split into
    multiple personalities?)

    > (I think its from "The Life of Brian" but I'm not sure...)

    I think it was from "The Meaning of Life".

    > At any rate do not count me as bacteria food just yet.
    > As Barbara has pointed out there may be people on the list
    > who are clever enough to escape the final door, perhaps even
    > more than once. I'm not sure I fall into that category.
    > But one can always hope. It is very difficult to determine
    > how creative people can become when pushed to the edge.
    > And if you don't know the answer to that then nothing is
    > "certain".

    Well, then nothing is certain :-) Except the Great Hawaiian
    Truth, of course, (Some people have been to Hawaii).

    Lee



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