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- From: me_s420@ceres (Chris Welch)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Black Death Birthdays (Recipe Included)
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 09:43:41 GMT
- Organization: Kingston University
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- mmbt+@andrew.cmu.edu ("Mary A. Mark") writes:
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- : On the trolley before her sit (In Chorus: "OOOOhhhh, AAAAAAh")
- : 1) A very large, absolutely black, chocolate cake (Remember the
- : absolutely black ship that gets stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox? Well,
- : this cake is *that* absolutely black. Yes, really. Absorbs light.)
- : 2) A large bowl of whipped cream (no sugar, no flavoring, just cream)
- : 3) A stack of plates, spoons, forks, etc.
- : 4) A large serving knife
- :
- : Merrigold lifts the knife, cuts the cake (you can see her *working*
- : to push the knife through the cake: it's *really* dense) and puts
- : the first two slices onto a pair of plates. She then loads them
- : with whipped cream, and adds forks.
- :
- : "Once I've handed these two slices out, the cake is fair game!
- : But I've brought this cake here in honour of two friends of mine,
- : Chris Welch (Urban Spaceman) and John Ockerbloom, and the first
- : two slices go to them. They're both celebrating birthdays this week
- : (Chris on the 16th and John on the 18th) and I wanted to celebrate them.
- : Since I can't manage to be in the UK, Chris, I hope you'll accept
- : this virtual cake, with virtual hugs, and warmth and affection.
- : And since John lives in Pittsburgh, I can offer him an actual hug!"
- :
- : "Happy Birthdays to you both!"
- :
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- The Urban Spaceman shimmers in to existence, virtual chocalate smeared
- around his mouth.
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- "Thanks for the cake, Merry, I've never had one turn up on my terminal
- before. The Gardener is going to put it together for the weekend, since
- you were thoughtful enough to send the recipe. If only we knew what a
- bundt tin is (hint, hint.). Anyway, I reckon you deserve a hug for that.
- Here."
-
- *HUG*
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- "On a side issue, the choco-mail that you sent me arrived Monday 16th, whil
- the cake, at least from my perspective, only appeared in Callahan's today,
- Wednesday 18th. This confirms my suspicion about periodic cyberlag in the
- networks.
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- "Anyway, seems like time for a toast to me. Drinks are, um, at my expense,
- Mike. I'll have a dram of the Dufftown Glenlivet since today is cold and
- miserable in RL."
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- Taking the whisky, Spaceman sips it for a bit. When it is finished, he
- steps up to the chalk line...
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- "To Friends, Chocolate, Birthdays, and Whisky, but not necessarily in that
- order."
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