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- From: ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Another introduction...
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 02:30:08 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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-
- >>Abner looks suspicious. "Mike Holmes, eh? You wouldn't happen to be
- >>telneting from Luna, would you ..." He then quiets down as Fast Eddie glares
- >>at him.
-
- >A grin appears on the face of /*. "With all the recent chats about
- >Heinlein, I wondered if anyone would notice! I was *quite* startled
- >when I first read 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress!'"
-
- Abner says, "Well, you see, 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' was the first
- science fiction book I ever read. It's what got me hooked ... So I noticed
- your name right off the bat!"
-
- >>>He wears glasses, and has a beard and mustache. He would be a
- >>>relatively unassuming sort - except for the fact that his hair is
- >>>a deep shade of royal purple, and all of the exposed skin on his
- >>>body is a darkish lavender.
-
- >>Abner looks around the place, just in case. OK, diverse it is, but no
- >>sign of any One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eaters, so /* is
- >>probably safe ...
-
- >/*'s eyes widen, and his face blanches to a very pale lavender.
-
- >>gulp< "They don't have a habit of coming here, do they?"
-
- "Well, I've never seen one, but then they've never had a *reason* to come
- in here before."
-
- >He glances around quickly, amethyst eyes searching every corner
- >of the room. "Tough to tell in this crowd!"
-
- >A purple finger tugs at the violet turtleneck;/* seems a
- >*lot* more nervous now.
-
- >"Uhm, any Purple-People Eaters around? Hello? Hello?"
-
- >>silence<
-
- >"Whew. Would somebody warn me if any Purple-People eaters
- >come flying in here? I'd grapely, um, greatly appreciate it!"
-
- "Don't worry. If one shows up, there are more than enough people here who can
- deal with it. For that matter, we could always distract it by getting it to
- sing about short shorts ..."
-
- >>Abner then becomes serious.
- >>"I once signed up to room with a friend of mine, who became 'born-again'
- >>two weeks before we moved in. Too late to change arrangements ... For the
- >>first month or so, things were *very* strained. After the first few days of
- >>preaching I told him that every time he preached at me I'd buy a girlie
- >>calender and put it on the wall. We got up to three of them before he
- >>realized just how much room there was on that wall ...
-
- >>chuckle< "I *like* that idea! But since my brother still lives
- >with Mom and Dad, that wouldn't necessarily *enhance* family harmony!"
-
- *chuckle* "Well, maybe not ... You could threaten to put up symbols of
- other religion ... Like, say, the Cult of Norman Rockwell! ;)
-
- >>>With that, / * realizes he's on some soapboxes, jumps down,
- >>>heads back to the bar, hands over another purple bill, and asks
- >>>Mike to make him another Grape Crush.
-
- >>"Mike, /*'s next Grape Crush will be on *** I'll buy his next Grape
- >>Crush!"
-
- >"Thanks, Abner! I think I need another drink after that Purple-People
- >Eater scare!!"
-
- Here you go. I'm sure it'll taste mauvelous!
-
- =8)
-
-