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- From: olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson@somewhere.out.there)
- Newsgroups: alt.quotations
- Subject: Re: Tolkien revised
- Message-ID: <OLSON.93Jan3201018@husc8.harvard.edu>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 01:10:18 GMT
- References: <1992Dec31.031545.16128@atlantis.uucp><1992Dec31.194519.11332@src4src.linet.org>
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- In-reply-to: zaphod@src4src.linet.org's message of 31 Dec 92 19:45:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.194519.11332@src4src.linet.org> zaphod@src4src.linet.org (Steve Wechsler) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec31.031545.16128@atlantis.uucp> aaron@atlantis.uucp writes:
- >
- >>"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to
- >>anger." --Tolkien
- >
- >Seen on a button at a con (Boskone, probably):
- >
- >"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for you are crunchy and good
- >with ketchup."
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- another variant:
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- "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and quick to
- piss on your computer."
-
- --
- -Chip Olson. | olson@husc.harvard.edu | ceo@{gnu.ai,silver.lcs}.mit.edu
- "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down?
- Maybe we would if they screamed all the time for no good reason." -SNL
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