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- From: ketil@ii.uib.no (Ketil M. Malde)
- Subject: Re: Blue Lint from the Dryer
- In-Reply-To: bjornts@ii.uib.no's message of Sun, 15 Nov 92 02:19:35 GMT
- Message-ID: <KETIL.92Nov16020524@sandel.ii.uib.no>
- Sender: usenet@alf.uib.no (Bergen University Newsaccount)
- Reply-To: ketil@ii.uib.no
- Organization: student of numerical analysis at the University of Bergen, Norway
- References: <1992Nov13.182917.22107@berlioz.nsc.com> <1992Nov15.021935.20368@alf.uib.no>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 02:05:24
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- In article <1992Nov13.182917.22107@berlioz.nsc.com>, nelson@desktop.nsc.com (Taed Nelson) writes:
- |> It seems that whenever I wash and then dry my clothes that the "lint" (AKA
- |> "fluff") that gets caught in the "lint trap" is _always_ some shade of blue.
- |> I've seen very light blue (nearly white) and very dark blue.
- [...]
- |> Does anyone have any idea what is going one here? I've wondered about this
- |> weird thing for years...
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- >>>>> On Sun, 15 Nov 92 02:19:35 GMT, bjornts@ii.uib.no (Bjoern Tore Sund) said:
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- BT> Now, _anyone_ with a certain level of education (i.e. who
- BT> has read Douglas Adam's Hitch-hiker trilogy) would now,
- BT> and be able to recognize this as the first trials of
- BT> interstellar contact from the super-intelligent shade of
- BT> blue of the planet - eh - eh - (What's the name again
- BT> folks?).
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- Ah, didn't you know super-intelligent colors are no longer the
- fashion? Now it's smart *drugs*!
-
- I wonder how they communicate, I spent half of last evening talking to
- our medicine locker, but didn't get much of a response, I'm afraid.
- Has anyone actually made contact with this rare and wonderful species?
-
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- = Ketil Malde In real life: ketil@ii.uib.no =
- = Nuke the whales! Honk if you love unicorns! =
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