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- From: s903040@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Christopher Francis Anderson)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: No deep meanings, just enjoy
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 03:24:11 GMT
- Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
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- tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Thomas J Lee) writes:
-
- > The Lamplighter walks into the place with an envelope ... and with
- >much shorter hair! He grins at the stares directed at his head and says, "I
- >told the guy 'pretty short,' and I guess that's what I got." Amid cries of
- >"Who are you, and what have you done with the Lamplighter," he goes to a
- >table in his favorite area of the Place, sits down, and contemplates the
- >envelope.
-
- > It's a large envelope, and it's from Iowa State University. He takes
- >a deep breath and opens it, none too neatly. Inside is a certificate,
- >printed with glossy ink, containing among others the words "Master of
- >Science," "Major in Physics," and "Thomas Jennings Lee." He sighs and leans
- >back in his chair.
-
- > It's over. He thought he had everything done, but he wasn't
- >*sure*, because he moved away to New York right after. Now he is, and the
- >relief comes like the loosening of a harp string. He puts the diploma back
- >into its envelope, to protect it until it can be framed.
-
- [poem deleted, 'cos it's on the walls for all to read...]
-
- // Heartiest congratulations Lamplighter!
-
- The ThunderKat momentarily reverts to human form, in order to pay for and carry
- a whole series of drinks to the new Master.
-
-
- --
- ThunderKat (a.k.a. Chris Anderson) s903040@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
-
- "I vote we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to
- be sure."
-