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- Subject: IMPORTANT COSMIC INFORMATION NOT FROM WEDNESDAY
- Date: 2 Jul 1995 18:53:44 GMT
- Organization: Club BOB(c)
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- **THE BOB(c)FAQ WRITTEN BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN WEDNESDAY**
- *********************************************************
-
-
- Because so many of you have started asking questions which would and
- could never dare be covered in the Official(tm) BOB(c)FAQ written by
- Wednesday, we at The BOB(c) Foundation have endeavoured to put together
- this short but helpful FAQ document to explain some of the more esoteric
- and complicated aspects of The BOB(c) and BOB(c)NESS in general.
-
-
-
- "What happened to The BOB(c) when he didn't post for weeks?"
-
- He was taking a trip back to his home planet to see the other
- groundhogs. We went over this before. He needs to go back there every
- so often to refuel on the jetfuel that powers his trenchcoat.
-
-
- "Is there a FAQ for alt.fan.the-bob?"
-
- Well, not for the group itself, but for the guy in it and for Club BOB(c),
- the organization which chose him to be its leader and titled him as
- The BOB(c). Most Frequently Asked Questions are asked so infrequently
- that it is now impossible to be off-topic in alt.fan.the-bob.
-
-
- "Should I let The BOB(c) date my daughter?"
-
- That depends on your daughter.
-
-
- "Why?"
-
- The BOB(c) is very selective. Does she appreciate a good rain?
-
-
- "What is the collective IQ of alt.fan.the-bob?"
-
- If you need to ask this, then you shouldn't be here. Let us just say
- that it is quite low for its great age. We are all quite foolish.
-
-
- "How often does The BOB(c) eat cauliflower?"
-
- Whenever he likes, but it should be noted that he has a special place in
- his heart for cauliflower, right next to the pickled lemming spleen.
-
-
- "What is The BOB(c)'s connection to Kibo?"
-
- He has his home phone number. CD-ROMs are Spiffo.
-
-
- "Is Kibo really gone?"
-
- No. He's visiting relatives in the KAG. Everyone and his dog seem to have
- them there. The BOB(c) saw him there on his recent vacation to the KAG.
- The KAG is quite close to Neptune, you know.
-
-
- "Isn't that a little presumptious?"
-
- No, because it's Very True.
-
-
- "Does The BOB(c) actually say 'Spiffo' in real life?"
-
- What? Real? Real what?
-
-
- "What is The BOB(c)'s connection to Wednesday?"
-
- TCP/IP and faith.
-
-
- "Why is it that Wednesday writes stuff about The BOB(c)?"
-
- She likes to make fun of his geeky looking hairnet.
-
-
- "What is the funniest thing that The BOB(c) has done to Wednesday?"
-
- He told her that the Magnum XL200 roller coaster was 90 minutes long and
- she started to get off because she wasn't "going to ride a 90 minute
- roller coaster." We are not making this up.
-
-
- "Should I let my cat meet The BOB(c)?"
-
- It already has. What did you think was that thing that went "POP"
- when your car interrupted its swelling in the sun while you were driving
- home?
-
-
- "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?"
-
- Watch your own friggin' TV.
-
-
- "Why does The BOB(c) seem so non sequitor at times?"
-
- It's bricks, pal, just friggin' bricks. Have a cheese and sausage.
-
-
- "What -is- the square root of The BOB(c)?"
-
- We all learned a long time ago that the ultimate numeric answer is 3.
-
-
- "How can I get in touch with The BOB(c)?"
-
- Wave your arms in the air whilst shouting "AHH GIDDY BAH GIDDY BAH."
- This may not necessarily get you in touch with him, but it's fun to do in
- the street.
-
-
- "How many times has The BOB(c) been trolled?"
-
- At least as many times as he's tormented rec.arts.disney with rumors of a
- new Victor Hugo novel about to be released.
-
-
- "Did The BOB(c) actually start the famous Painfully Simple Trolling of
- Rec.Arts.Disney and The Mildly Entertaining but Exceptionally
- Enlightening Marek Wars with Rec.Arts.Poems?"
-
- Yes.
-
-
- "How fatal is a head-on collision with Martha?"
-
- Well, considering that Martha is a 1979 Plymouth Volare built like a
- tank, she really wouldn't feel you splatter on her bumper. In fact,
- that brand new 1992 Oldsmobile didn't even scratch her while losing its
- entire back end.
-
-
- "Does The BOB(c) really use PERL scripts to send out automatic letters to
- people who mention him in USENET posts?"
-
- Only if you're a really close friend.
-
-
- "How can I get a copy of those scripts?"
-
- You can't, because it would make you as K3WL FAM()US as The BOB(c).
-
-
- "Can you really learn PERL in 21 days?"
-
- It's a fraud. Only Larry Wall can learn PERL in 21 days. He does it at
- least once a week.
-
-
- "How can I get a copy of The BOB(c)'s neat rando-sig perl script that makes
- it so he has hundreds of random .signatures?"
-
- http://www.emf.net/~estephen/manifesto/aum00019.html
- You can also request a copy directly from him at asdamick@unity.ncsu.edu.
-
-
- "Who wrote the rando-sig script?"
-
- The BOB(c) and Steve "alt.society.steve-lane" Lane.
-
-
- "What is The BOB(c)'s opinion of neurolinguinstic programming?"
-
- It really works, but you can't tell, because you're under its effects
- right now.
-
-
- "Why does The Fred's house look like a heap?"
-
- Because it -is- a heap. Don't take it personally. Casa de Izzy is a fun
- place if you have a sense of humor about gerbils and inflatable bison.
-
-
- "Did the Longest Thread Ever actually originate in Casa de Izzy?"
-
- Well, certainly. Remember, you have to have a sense of humor to sleep in
- Casa de Izzy. This is the kind of place that has more people in it when
- you wake up than when you passed out.
-
-
- "Is it true that they call the cat at Casa de Izzy 'Stink' when his name
- is really 'Sting'?"
-
- Of course they do. It's not that the cat stinks. They just don't like
- rock stars who whine when they sing.
-
-
- "Is there really a us.* hierarchy?"
-
- No, it's a plot by the Middle East to cause the United States to become
- isolationists so Senator Exon can firewall the continent and make a
- better place for terrorism to flourish in Saratoga Springs, NY.
-
-
- "Are there coffee shops in Saratoga Springs?"
-
- Yes, there are, and The BOB(c) visited several while he toured the whole
- United States with his pet bombadier beetle.
-
-
- "Does The BOB(c) really use PICO?"
-
- Yes, he does. He likes it, too. In fact, this document was written
- using PICO 9.9b, the brandest newest version available in the Kingdom of
- the Alien Groundhog (a story actually told at ComedySportz, Raleigh),
- where all technology develops rapidly (Should we say "rabidly"?) and in a
- very Spiffo fashion. (Yes, this means that KAG culture actually has
- fashion shows with technology in them instead of clothing. (Don't make
- quick judgements about a culture you don't understand.))
-
-
- "What is the Kingdom of the Alien Groundhog?"
-
- It's a faraway planet, but you can visit it just by clicking your heels
- together and chanting "There's no place like Rome, there's no place like
- Rome" three times. You can also sometimes catch a cab that will take you
- there. There is constant two-way air service to the KAG from Casa de
- Izzy. (It is, in fact, rumored that Casa de Izzy exists in the KAG, but
- the Casa has been seen on this planet, effectively debunking the rumors.)
-
-
- "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a--"
-
- Don't even start.
-
-
- "Has The BOB(c) really been seen in Japan?"
-
- Yes, next to a large gold plated pagoda. He also found the plastic food
- in the restaurant windows to be much more nutritious and wholesome than
- the stuff they sold inside.
-
-
- "If The BOB(c) needs the Internet broken, to whom does he turn?"
-
- Nate "The Horace" Hill, of course. He's a sysadmin of an ISP. Everyone
- knows that sysadmins are all given a special password by Internet, Inc. to
- cause brokenness of the Internet if they so desire. Remember that there is
- no Cabal.
-
-
- "Is The Horace some kind of pervert?"
-
- Yes.
-
-
- "Is it true that The BOB(c) has seen a T-1?"
-
- Partially, but only because he found a piece of broken sidewalk next to
- The Horace's big ugly chair. It's fun having The Horace as a sysadmin.
- How many sysadmins do you know that refer to their users as "Moron"?
-
-
- "Is it true that trading punches with The Horace is a bad idea?"
-
- OW! Yes. (This is the part where we inform you that The Horace is a
- Big(tm) person who has massive muscles and no problems whatsoever with causing
- physical pain to his closest friends.)
-
-
- "Is Dave Hayes serious?"
-
- What do you care? How are we supposed to know stuff like that, anyhow?
-
-
- "Which newsgroups did The BOB(c) create under other names so as not to
- draw attention to himself at the time, thereby doing a Good Deed,
- unbeknownst to most of his net.acquaintances?"
-
- alt.culture.gard-trask
- alt.culture.jesse-garon
- alt.usenet.tjames
- alt.culture.shawn
- alt.happynet
-
-
- "Are you kidding?"
-
- Nope.
-
-
- "Is The BOB(c) really a changed man after his departure from USENET?"
-
- Yes.
-
-
-
- --
- Ever wonder what a typical Cafe BOB(c) conversation sounds like?
- == "Horace! That was disgusting!" "I liked it." "Pervert." ==
- C a f e B O B ( c ) - e s p r e s s o w i t h a t t i t u d e
- Excerpt from the BOB(c)DICTIONARY: Coffee n. 1. creative juices
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