Re: The good ship Extro 1

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 21:38:38 MDT

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    On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Michael M. Butler wrote:

    > ANDERS: "Are you sure you didn't pull that lever?" ELIEZER: "Pretty sure.
    [snip]

    ROTFL, in fact ROTFL (in tears).

    This (combined with the several posts leading up to it) has to
    be the best exchange I've ever seen on the Extro list (at least
    in my recent memory).

    It is missing only a few elements.

    > JEFF DAVIS: You *really* shouldn't pull that lever. It may
    > significantly impact ship's operations.
    > DAMIEN BRODERICK: Oh come on... I can cite at least a dozen
    > SciFi novels where pulling the lever had no effect at all.
    > SPIKE JONES: Will pulling the lever produce another Mersenne Prime?

    I could go on but that would deny others an opportunity to
    contribute.

    Robert



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