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- From: timkin@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tim Wilkin)
- Subject: Re: Discworld Dynamics (was Re: Idiots w
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:37:09 GMT
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- Wayne McDougall (system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz) wrote:
- : gnat@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Nathan Torkington) writes:
- :
- : > In article <0R3SBF2G@cc.swarthmore.edu> nparkhu1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Nao Parkh
- : >
- : > > So, Terry, you're saying that there is a small cafe directly over the
- : > > centre of the Disc?
- : >
- : > The Cafe at the Centre of the Earth :-)
- : >
- : > Nat
- : > (in reference to Douglas Adams' 2nd book)
- :
- : And not Jules Verne?
- :
- : On the subject of competitions with the devil, ignoring Bill & Ted, the
- : traditional ones are cards, (specifically poker), playing musical
- : instruments and chess. One version I liked had a man sell his soul to
- : the devil in return for a long life, wealth, beautiful wife, fabulous
- : house, etc [actually everything is highly correlated with wealth, but
- : that's a sociological point].
- :
- : Well, having a long life gives you a chance to contemplate the
- : downside of spending eternity in hell, and so our hero is frantically
- : reading the Bible when the devil walk in at 10 to midnight on the last
- : night. "I'm here for your soul" says the devil. "Hang on, I've still
- : got 10 minutes left". "Well it won't do you any good", snicker sthe
- : devil. "Make it easy for both of us. Come now. I have other souls to
- : collect". "Ok, says our hero, just give me until the candle runs out".
- : [He is reading by candlelight. The devil looks at candle, sees it has
- : much less than 10 minutes, and agrees. Our hero quick as a wink, blows
- : out the candle and shoves it in the Bible [where, as we all know, the
- : devil can't touch it]. Now the candle will never run out, and the devil
- : can never claim the soul [agreement to alter the terms of the
- : contract]. So devil roars, house wife money, etc all disappear, and man
- : left alone with his soul, and pops on down to the village to have a
- : chat with a priest.
- :
- :
- : Well, *I* liked it.
-
- Ok, but why didn't the Devil just burn the house with the bible and hero
- in it...then the candle would have burnt out (totally) and he'd have the
- soul he wanted!!!?????????
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- 'Yeah, but they haven't seen :
- my bedroom yet!' :
- ---------------------------------: YEAH, OK! SO I AM AN ASTRONOMER!
- 'Astronomy: A profession whereby : WHAT OF IT???
- you get paid to dream about the :
- stars...Well, ok, so you get to :
- dream though!' :
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