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- From: jwvhewit@descartes.uwaterloo.ca (Guelph Erronious)
- Subject: Re: List of Deities
- Message-ID: <C1AHI4.CDp@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Keywords: I AM YOUR "BOB"
- Sender: jwvhewit@descartes.uwaterloo.ca (Aldric)
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <18JAN199320092848@cc.utah.edu> <C16Dt1.Az9@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1joqtuINNe11@news.umbc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 04:22:52 GMT
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- In article <1joqtuINNe11@news.umbc.edu>, gseidman@math14.math.umbc.edu (gseidman@math14.math.umbc.edu) writes:
- >
- > my newsreader doesn't like me to quote.... <sigh>... Add to the deity
- > list Zot!!! Yes, the demon Zot. The story behind Zot's Prophet and Pope:
- >
- > There once was an English class, and it was dull. Thus was an essay
- > assigned, and two dozen students put pen to paper. But one pen was
- > Guided by Zot! As the student, the revered Steve Cook, wrote on, his
- > mind turned off, as he had had little sleep. And Zot, in His wisdom,
- > watched. The sentence "The demon image is not inappropriate..." formed
- > in the mind of the Prophet and Zot, all-powerful but very lazy, twitched
- > the pen. The Prophet wrote "The demon image is zot..." and, in his
- > wisdom, saw the Message of Zot.
- >
- > The Prophet spread the word of Zot, after a good night's rest and
- > finishing the essay, and came upon a friend. The Prophet Spoke of Zot
- > and the friend was Inspired! Having recently paid entirely too much for
- > a Zippo lighter, the friend went on to pay entirely too much to have "HAIL
- > ERIS", "ZOT", and "J'M'TH" engraved upon it. J'M'TH is a different
- > story.
- >
- > For this inspiration, the Prophet proclaimed him Gregory I, First Pope
- > of Zot! Gregory I then went on to buy himself a new lighter, this time a
- > spiffy Doonesbury "Club Scud, Kuwait City" trench lighter. But the Holy
- > Zippo remains.
- >
- > >>>Next Week: the Story of J'M'TH<<<
- >
- > --Gregory I, First Pope of Zot
- > "...the demon image is zot..." --Steve Cook, Prophet of Zot
- > Zot guards my lighter, along with Eris and J'M'TH!
-
- Oh, hell! If you're gonna start just pulling deities out of a hat,
- why not put down Click-Click-Click-Double-Click-Raspberry too?
-
- (Complete and unadbridged _real_ guide to truth & enlightenment
- avaliable upon request. Maybe. Or you could just send money.)
- (Heathenous Sock!!!! The way of the inebriated one is not motivated by profit!
- Well, at least, not much profit....)
-
- Guelph Erronious
- Topolistic Knight
- Pacifist Terrorist
- "Excuse me, is that a mime that you're
- holding behind your back?"
-