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- Subject: Re: And now, for something completely different.
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 19:57:36 GMT
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- In article <1jmsucINNt4t@shelley.u.washington.edu>, lazuli@byron.u.washington.edu (Fred Sloniker) writes:
- |>In a previous article, Splash! wrote:
- |>
- |>>Splash looks up as the newcomer arrives, and strolls over to the bar where Laz
- |>>and Thyra are having a drink. Laz looks up cautiously as a "normal"
- |>>looking human male wearing shorts and a t-shirt approaches, sweating
- |>>slightly. "Gidday, I'm Splash ... the bar's resident marine biologist,
- |>>from Western Australia. As you can tell, it's slightly warm there at the
- |>>moment - mid-summer, yahoo! Anyway, enough of personal biases about
- |>>weather (a pet topic of mine) ... can I shout you your next drink?"
- |>
- |>Laz grins at Splash, motioning for him to join him and Thyra. "Shout me
- |>my..." he begins, then shakes his head. "Nevermind. Actually, I'm still
- |>working on this one. But thanks anyway." He takes another sip of his
- |>cocoa. "Australia, eh? I've always wanted to--" But he is cut off, as--
- |>
- |>(--as his typist receives mail from Andrea Evans, who isn't allowed to post
- |> from work, requesting he post something for her. He obliges.)
-
- (Appearance of large, acid dripping alien deleted for... well, you know why)
-
- |>Laz sets his cocoa down on the bar, and walks over to the creature. "Shame
- |>on you!" he says to the creature, strangely unafraid of it. "Look what you
- |>did to the wall!" He tsks slightly. "Oh well. Can't be helped now, I
- |>suppose... anybody got something we can use to plug this gap?" he asks the
- |>bar, now ignoring the acid-dripping killing machine like it was his brother
- |>asking him to read his English report.
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- Starknight, shimmering slightly within the confines of his SmartSuit's force
- field, looks at the anthropomorphic squirrel. "Laz? Is this a friend of
- yours? Or are we all about to be in serious trouble?" The Space Ranger's
- right hand is moving towards the starburst on his chest...
-
- Starknight
- spr@abo.dec.com
- Disclaimer: Huh? What'd I say?
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