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- From: jcarroll@ferris.cray.com (Jeff Carroll)
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- Subject: Re: Gerald amuses himself
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.164057.15149@walter.cray.com>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 22:40:56 GMT
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- In article <gerald.721375163@gerald>, gerald@torolab4.vnet.ibm.com (Gerald Oskoboiny) writes:
- > OK. It's 1am, and I'm still at work. The place is deserted, except for
- > janitors here and there, so I am free to poot-poot and make other noise
- > to my heart's content. I've been experimenting with mouth noises, so far
- > I can do a cat meowing and a rat squeaking. I am also able to maintain a
- > single squeaking noise for over 2 mins by breathing through my nose. Cool.
- > Unfotrunately, I began to hyperventilate so I had to give it a rest for
- > a while. I started flipping through the radio stations on my walkman, and
- > finally decided on some jazz. Which is quite a big stretch, for me. To my
- > amazement, I discovered I have the ability to jam along with my mouth
- > noises! Can you imagine? I'm not even black.
-
- OTTAWA, Nov. 11 (UPC) - Prime Minister Brian Mulroney unveiled the keystone
- of his strategy to preserve the Canadian union today, announcing the
- appointment of Gerald Oskoboiny of Toronto to the new cabinet-level position
- of Minister of Noises.
-
- "Mr. Oskoboiny has proven himself in the private sector as one of
- the foremost noise manufacturers in our fair nation." said Mulroney to a
- press conference in the Canadian capital. "He is an expert on the noises
- of almost every orifice of the body, and I am confident that he is the best
- man to head up Noises Canada. Especially impressive is his ability to make
- mouth noises while listening to jazz, which is absolutely astounding when
- you consider that he's not black."
-
- Reached by phone at his Toronto office, Oskoboiny commented on the
- challenges awaiting him in his new position. "Well, actually, I've been in
- this particular position before. You see, I quite often hold the receiver
- of my telephone under my chin while seated, since I need both hands free
- to engage in textual description of my noises via electronic media."
-
- When pressed for a direct answer to the question, he said, "Well,
- in the wake of the failure of the referendum on the Charlottetown accord,
- I plan a two-pronged strategy during my first weeks as Minister of Noises.
- First, I want to reach out to Quebeckers and aboriginal peoples by
- concentrating on nose noises and hand-assisted mouth noises. Then,
- after we have made these conciliatory moves, I will gradually introduce
- a new emphasis on the common ground we all have as Canadians - namely,
- the anal poot-poot."
-
- Approached for comment on this appointment, Quebec Premier Robert
- Bourassa said, "Eu."
-