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Message no. 1
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Ok, post already
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 22:23:22 -0600
35 people signed up for this damn thing the day it game online. i'v
issued abotu 10 ID numbers.

What's the deal, folx?

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Message no. 2
From: Steve Mancini <phi@****.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 03:42:52 EST
Robert A. Hayden expouses:
::
:: 35 people signed up for this damn thing the day it game online. i'v
:: issued abotu 10 ID numbers.
::
:: What's the deal, folx?
::
Final Exams perhaps? I just received my 1st and I have a
methods final due in about 2 weeks which is basically my
grade for the course.

Give it some time Rob, I still have to convert my characters
that I keep on line to your selected formats...

-Da Minotaur
Message no. 3
From: Dylan Northrup <northrup@*****.CAS.USF.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 16:32:54 -0500
On Thu, 2 Dec 1993, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> 35 people signed up for this damn thing the day it game online. i'v
> issued abotu 10 ID numbers.
>
> What's the deal, folx?

Finals. Any more questions?

Doc X
Message no. 4
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 15:46:39 -0600
On Fri, 3 Dec 1993, Dylan Northrup wrote:

> Finals. Any more questions?

Why do shapceships make 'whoosh' sounds when they fly by?
Why do wagonwheels go backwards
Why does FASA ignore dwarves
Why do we really play this game?
Why can't americans make really good beer?
Why is pot illegal
Why is sex illegal (in some states)
Why can't I turn off my mind....

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Message no. 5
From: Steve Mancini <phi@****.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 20:25:42 EST
Robert A. Hayden expouses:
::
:: Why do shapceships make 'whoosh' sounds when they fly by?

They don't, the guys in the special effects labs make that noise
when spaceships fly by...

:: Why do wagonwheels go backwards

As a demonstration of the overall effect of the Manifest Destiny
syndrome that "spread" through a young united states?

:: Why does FASA ignore dwarves

They are saving the best for last.

:: Why do we really play this game?

Because I can't stand TSR productions and I was burned out GMing
Marvel Super Heroes/

:: Why can't americans make really good beer?

THEY CAN. We just had a brewery open here in West Lafayette that
makes its own Oatmeal Stout that is better than *any* import I
have ever tasted. In fact, anyone out there who wants to drop
by, I will buy the first round and let ya pass out in my guest
room. (This of course, only applies to folks outside the West
Lafayette area- ie it has to be a real road trip!)

:: Why is pot illegal

Because its enjoyed too much by the masses...

:: Why is sex illegal (in some states)

See above...

:: Why can't I turn off my mind....

Because if you could some large megacorporation would seize
control of turning on/off minds like the utility companies
that already exist and they would charge you a really huge
connection/disconneciton fee like Cable TV.

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Message no. 6
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 20:10:03 -0600
On Fri, 3 Dec 1993, Steve Mancini wrote:

{steve's answers deleted to save my sanity}

Ok smarty, where do babies REALLY come from? This sex thing doesn't
explain it.
And what do you get for bonuses if you follow a Santa totem? Or Easter
Bunny? Or Cupid?

Huh? Huh?

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Message no. 7
From: The Wyrm Ouroboros <mehaffhm@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 21:20:18 -0500
> Ok smarty, where do babies REALLY come from? This sex thing doesn't
> explain it.

The stork. I thought you knew.

> And what do you get for bonuses if you follow a Santa totem? Or Easter
> Bunny? Or Cupid?

Santa: +2 dice to all magical tests during the season of Winter. +1 die
to all magical tests between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. +2
dice to conjuring tests during the 'Twelve Days of Christmas, to
wit December 26-January 6, but only when related to the
appropriate 'gift' for that day. (Ref. yuletide song, '12 Days
of Christmas.') +3 dice to sorcery and conjuring on December
25, only when 'cheering' people. All bonuses are cumulative.

Easter Bunny: +3 dice when reproducing, or when coloring eggs, or when
rabbit hunting. (I hate Easter.)

Cupid: +10 dice when firing a bow; -10 to intelligence when choosing a
target. (Let's face it -- Cupid always hits what he's firing
at, but he .never.hits.the.right.bloody.person.....)

--
Ouroboros
The (Undead) Wyrm of the .Net
Message no. 8
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@***.GWU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 01:33:56 -0500
On Fri, 3 Dec 1993, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Dec 1993, Dylan Northrup wrote:
>
> > Finals. Any more questions?
>
> Why do shapceships make 'whoosh' sounds when they fly by?
> Why do wagonwheels go backwards
> Why does FASA ignore dwarves
> Why do we really play this game?
> Why can't americans make really good beer?
> Why is pot illegal
> Why is sex illegal (in some states)
> Why can't I turn off my mind....

42.
Message no. 9
From: Eric Christopher Trager <etrager@***.GWU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 01:38:59 -0500
Clever, JD. Only your strung-out mind could possibly come up with that
one. Is anyone else groaning? C'mon, I can hear you from here...

(Well, OK, strung out on Count Chocula and Molson's Ice (UGH..!))


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On Sat, 4 Dec 1993, J.D. Falk wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Dec 1993, Robert A. Hayden wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 3 Dec 1993, Dylan Northrup wrote:
> >
> > > Finals. Any more questions?
> >
> > Why do shapceships make 'whoosh' sounds when they fly by?
> > Why do wagonwheels go backwards
> > Why does FASA ignore dwarves
> > Why do we really play this game?
> > Why can't americans make really good beer?
> > Why is pot illegal
> > Why is sex illegal (in some states)
> > Why can't I turn off my mind....
>
> 42.
Message no. 10
From: Deird'Re Brooks <deirdre@***.ORG>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 00:58:24 -0800
On Friday, 3 December 1993, our Inquisitive Leader asked:
>
> On Fri, 3 Dec 1993, Dylan Northrup wrote:
>
> > Finals. Any more questions?
>
> Why do shapceships make 'whoosh' sounds when they fly by?

No one told them space is a vacuum.

> Why do wagonwheels go backwards

Volume my man. Volume.

> Why does FASA ignore dwarves

Because Elves are prettier, Trolls are stronger, and Orks are
meaner. And humans . . . Well, as if the rats and cockroaches
weren't enough of a problem, humans get into *everything*.

> Why do we really play this game?

Too Much Free Time.

> Why can't americans make really good beer?

Why is American beer like sex in a canoe?

> Why is pot illegal

Because American beer is like sex in a canoe, and no one would
buy it if they could get mary-jane.

> Why is sex illegal (in some states)

Noisy Orgasms. Disturbs the peace. Hey, I _like_ that. Would
make a great band name.

> Why can't I turn off my mind....

I've got the switch. It's right there, see? --> `|

Marzhavasati Kali |If mail bounces, check spelling. It's deirdre.
deirdre@***.org |If that doesn't work, send mail to
|deirdre%efn.org@*******.cs.uoregon.edu
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-- Belle Star
Message no. 11
From: MAZDA HEWITT <PLYJMH@****.LIFE.NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 10:17:58 GMT
On Fri, 3 Dec 1993
Steve Mancini wrote:

THEY CAN.
We just had a brewery open here in West Lafayette that
makes its own Oatmeal Stout that is better than *any* import I
have ever tasted. In fact, anyone out there who wants to drop
by, I will buy the first round and let ya pass out in my guest
room. (This of course, only applies to folks outside the West
Lafayette area- ie it has to be a real road trip!)

Oatmeal stout!!! Oatmeal stout!!! Oatmeal stout!!! This adulteration
should not be alowed to be called beer. Try oatmeal wine more loke it.

A real pint of stout has to Guiness or Dragon. For a blow away pint
you want a dring called "Dog bolter" brewd by the Firkin pubs in
England.

Remember the famous WAR CRY : Buy me a Firkin pint you B'astard.

Maz

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Message no. 12
From: Dylan Northrup <northrup@*****.CAS.USF.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ok, post already
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 13:07:05 -0500
On Fri, 3 Dec 1993, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> Why do shapceships make 'whoosh' sounds when they fly by?

That's the sound of their engines

> Why do wagonwheels go backwards

THat is part of the complex world of angular momentum and is beyond the
scope of this text.

> Why does FASA ignore dwarves

They are below the normal line of sight. It is the same reason we tend
to ignore children.

> Why do we really play this game?

Because we are avoiding doing productive things.

> Why can't americans make really good beer?

Because all the really good brewers aren't american.

> Why is pot illegal

This is because a small minority of americans don't want the rest of us
to have any fun.

> Why is sex illegal (in some states)

See previous answer.

> Why can't I turn off my mind....

The qctual question is 'Why would you want to?'

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