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- From: sinister@ac.dal.ca
- Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
- Subject: Re: Hello, world ...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.131635.8930@ac.dal.ca>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 13:16:35 -0400
- References: <1992Nov13.031218.24106@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Lines: 34
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- In article <1992Nov13.031218.24106@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, dmoran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Tauther) writes:
- > [Tauther wanders up and warms himself at the fire momentarily. He looks
- > into the flames for a moment, then looks around at the crowd 'round
- > the fireplace.]
- >
- > Hello ... I've been lurking here for, oh, say a week. :-) I just thought
- > I'd introduce myself, and ask a question to the crowd ...
- >
- > [He bows.]
- >
- > I'm Tauther ... and my question is this:
- >
- > What is the 'group opionion', so to speak, of a LDR?
- > Suggestions about it?
- > Warnings?
- >
- > Any comments at all would be appreciated.
- >
- > [He smiles slightly, and sits quietly to the side, awaiting any answers ...]
-
- [Out of one of the only shadows in the rooms steps a tall, black-cloaked
- figure.]
- Seeing as you asked, I've never known a Long Distance Relationship to
- ever result in anything save a broken heart, with one notable exception. And
- he could afford $500 plane-trips once a month; the proverbial thousand-dollar-
- date. That worked out along the lines of "Happily Ever After".
- Blacjac might endorse 1 in 50+ odds. I don't.
- Of course, romance is the sort of thing that prompts you to ignore
- the odds. And advice.
-
- Oh. I'm the lurker called Sinister. Pleased to greet you.
-
- [The figure sweeps a flourishing bow with his cloak and retires to the cool
- darkness of the shadows]
-