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- From: jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (J. Furr)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
- Subject: An oracle post *I* got that never made it into the Oracularities
- Message-ID: <BzpEMu.6tC@polaris.async.vt.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 08:37:41 GMT
- Organization: Virginia Center for Lemur Fandom (subscribe to alt.fan.lemurs TODAY)
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- The Usenet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.
- Your question was:
-
- > Tell me, o mighty Oracle, whose picnics are as the picnics of heaven and
- > whose potato salad is Never infested by ants,
- >
- > Why is corned beef called "corned beef"?
-
- And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
-
- > Because if we called it "reinforced concrete" people would get confused.
- > Architects would unknowingly build skyscrapers out of luncheon meat, while
- > innocent children would end up with a mouthful of broken teeth after biting
- > into their sandwiches. All in all, it's better this way.
- >
- > You owe the Oracle a yellow submarine sandwich.
-
- Personally, I thought that was a howl. Totally out of the blue. Never
- would have thought of answering the question that way. What do you all think?
-