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- From: djsnyder@husc10.harvard.edu (David Snyder)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: And now, for something completely different.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.231520.19718@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 04:15:19 GMT
- References: <1jo50hINNi1n@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> <1jmsucINNt4t@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1993Jan21.195736.20708@e2big.mko.dec.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.195736.20708@e2big.mko.dec.com> pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan aka Starknight) writes:
- >
- >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.
- >
- >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?
- >
- Dalek approachs from the corner where he was working on rewriting
- his operating system. He moves his eye stalk up and down as he scans
- the newly arrived lifeform. It looks familiar, but no positive identification.
- The Dalek tries to access the records in his Battle Computer, but
- finds he has managed to deny himself access rights.
- The Dalek moves back behind Starknight. He's not sure how well
- his shell would hold up against this acid, but is not eager to find out.
- A chill runs through him as he remembers the acid pool he ran into
- when the Daleks invaded Vortis. Not a pleasent experience.
-
- The Dalek
-