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- From: siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Identity crisis.
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 14:34:41 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
- Lines: 50
- Message-ID: <1juuh1INNlad@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
- Summary: These two guys show up and explain a few things to y'all.
- Keywords: oh fuck dave
-
- suddenly, a glass is lofted from the bar to smash ownerless against
- the fireplace. a shaky mental apparition/hologram appears in the
- center of the bar. a haggard looking slash speaks directly to kitten.
-
- <I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR UP A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING. KITTEN POSTED
- A REPLY TO KARL/RIE, THAT WAS WRITTEN BY YOURS TRULY. THE SCAM IS
- THUS, I AM SLASH MARAUD. I AM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ENTITY THAN JAMES
- RIEKAR. I HAVE A DIFFERENT RL IDENTITY, THAT OF KARL'S BEST BUD IN
- THE NINE HELLS. THE POINT BEING, IN ORDER TO KEEP THINGS STRAIGHT
- I, MATTHEW/SLASH, TYPE IN ALL CAPS, WITH LOWERCASE NARRATION.
- ANYWAYS, THE PROBLEM CAME WHEN THE RL ME SAID SOMETHING, I THINK.
- ANYWAYS AGAIN, KARL/RIE SHOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING
- THAT I SAY. I AM NOT A PERSONA. I AM A MAN. TO PARAPHRASE JOHN MERRILL.
- RIE?> (OKAY, NOW HAND IT TO ME.)
-
- The image wavers for a minute, then perspective shifts wildly and you hear a
- loud THUNK. You are staring at a beamed ceiling.
-
- <D**MIT, RIE, YOU DROPPED THE CAMERA. STUPID RANGERS.>
-
- Perspective shifts again, and you are looking at the familiar leather-clad Rie.
-
- "Uh, hi, folx. Are you sure it's on?? I don't think..." <JUST SHUT UP AND
- GET ON WITH IT, WILLYA??> "Oh, okay, yeah, umm. Anyway, the deal is, he's me
- and I'm him... No, sorry that's not the deal. I'm all mixed up. Ya see,
- I kept telling my friend Slash that this newsgroup stuff was really cool. He
- wouldn't believe me, so I had to show him. Problem is, this Unix system has
- no net access. It takes about a week and a hlf to get on matt@ksu. So,I
- graciously offered to let him use my <THERE'S A TIME FOR VERBOSITY, RIE, AND
- THIS AIN'T IT. ANYWAYS, HE SHOWED ME, I'M ADDICTED, AND I WON'T HAVE
- MY OWN ACCOUNT FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, SO TO HELP RELIEVE THE LOGJAM OF
- KARL SIEWERT POSTS, WE'RE LURKING.>
-
- "Uhh, right, yeah. So, we'll be around & stuff, but we'll try to be quiet."
- <REAL QUIET>
- "Yeah, like small rodents."
- <REALLY, AND WE MEAN THAT>
-
- the camera falls sideways as the image of Slash and Rie walks into the
- sunset chanting
- 1,2,3,4
- 5,6,7,8
- schlimeiel slimazel
- hasenpfeffer incorporated.
- And then the theme music starts....
- --
- / James Riekar, barhopping yoyist, at your service \
- Impersonated at Fort Hays State by Karl G. Siewert, pretending to be at K-State
- \ address=siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu /
- \ Never underestimate the power of the truly eccentric. /
-