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üDoyouwantacoke,Severine?
-or-
Letthetruthcomeout
-or-
Reactionswanted
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Whatdoyouthink?
-or-
Isitreallydedicationtime?
ÇAtruestorybyandwith
GardEggesbøAbrahamsen
(ExclusivelyforScribaCommunisResponsi)
Onceuponatime,therewasthisboywhowaslookeduponasanoutsider,
andthus,hebecameone.Hehatedthesocietyhelivedin,andworstof
all...hecouldn'tallowhimselftoevensay"Hi,"tofemalesofhisown
age,asthisclearlywouldbemisinterpretedbyhisenvironmentinthe
mostbizarreways.
Hefeltlonely,andheneededsomeonetotalkto.Forsomereason,he
feltthatonlyfemaleswouldbeabletosatisfyhisenormousdemandsofa
listeningperson.Astohisexperience,hewouldnotbeabletofindsuch
afemaleinthesocietyaroundhim.
Ç Then,onedayatschool,hegothishandsonamagazinecalled
"Jugendmagazin".ItwasGerman,andhisGermanwaslousy,buthefounda
penpalscolumn.SomeoftheonestherepreferredEnglish.Now,thatwas
somethinghecouldspeakwell.Unfortunately,themagazinewasabitold,
buthefoundaformtofillinandsendtoJugendmagazin.Theywouldthen
makeacomputerpickapenpaltohim.
Thishedid.
Andtimepassed,andafterahalfayearorso,hehadtotally
forgottenthathehaddonethis,sohestillfeltabitlonely.Then,
suddenly,hereceivedaletterinthemail.Ithad"Jugendmagazin"
writtenalloverit.Wasthisit?Wasthisthesolutiontoallofhis
mentalproblems?Onlytimecouldtell.
Thelettercontainedthreeaddresses.AlloftheminFrance.Healso
receivedaletterfromafemalefromDenmark.Hewrotetoallfour
females.
ThefemalefromDenmarkdidnotwriteback.
OneoftheletterstooneofthefemalesinFrancewasreturnedwith
somestrangemessageontheenvelopethathedidn'tunderstandashe
didn'tknowawordFrench.
ThesecondofthefemalesinFranceneveranswered.
Thethird,however,answered.Herecomeththeminutecollectionof
wordsthatwereexchangedbetweentheboyand...
Ç SeverineDiziain
Cidex22
70240Saulx
Frankrike
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EGGESBØNES,01.01.1990
HelloSeverine,
IthadgonealongtimeandIhadtotallyforgottenthatIhadsenta
lettertoJugendmagazinBriefcomputer,anditwasthereforeanice
surprisewhentheirreplyarrivedatmydoor.Thereis,however,one
thingthatmakesmyheadache.Ican'tfindSaulxonanyofmymaps.I
have,though,byexaminingyourpostaddressnumber(70240)foundthatit
probablyissouthofParissomewhere.
Iamsureyouwon'tfindEggesbønesonanyofyourmaps,soIhave
includedasmallmaptoshowyouwhereintheworldIlive.
Iama16yearsoldNorwegianboy.Myinterestsincludewriting
letters,playingAvalon(aplay-by-mailgame),programmingcomputers,
readingbooks(Adams(Douglas-"HitchhikersguidetotheGalaxy),
Asimov,Bradbury,Tolkien),playingbridge,chess,makingfriendsand
Çlistentomusic.
WhenIwas10yearsold,IstartedprogrammingtheancientSinclair
Spectrum,andtwoyearsago,IboughtmyselfanAtari520STM.
Music?Ilistentoalmosteverything.Myfavouritegroupis,however,
Metallica.Eventhoughtheyplaytrash-metal,Ijustlovetheirguitar
solos.
IbelieveyouwonderwhatkindofpersonIam.Tobehonest,Ihave
beenaverymodestpersonsinceIwasborn.Onlythelastyear,Ihave
beentryingtogetridofmymodesty,asmymodestyiswhatIhatemost
ofmyself.
Isufferfromthewellknowndiseasecalledasthma.Iamallergicto
pollenandanimals'hair.IfIbreatheinairwithmuchpollenor
animals'hair,slimegathersinmythroatandIgetsomedifficulties
breathing,butitreallyisn'tasbadasitsoundslike.
Oneday,Iwillberichandfamous.Thisisnolongeradreamforme
thatcan'tbereached.Iactuallyknowthatthisisquitepossiblefor
me.Throughthenextdays,Iamgoingtodoresearchoncomputer-viruses
andactuallyhelpaDutchprogrammer.IfIcandomypart,Iampromised
thattheprogrammerwilltrytogetmeafull-timejobintheGerman
softwarecompanyThalion.
AsIdon'tknowyou,yet,andcan'tfindanythingmore"generalstuff"
towrite,Iwillleavethepenforyoutowriteabitaboutyourself,and
ÇI'llhopewe're(asweprogrammerssay)compatible.(Iusuallygetalong
withmostpeople)
Oh!Nearlyforgot...myaddress!It's:
GardEggesbøAbrahamsen
Box71
N-6092Eggesbønes
Norway
Yourstruly
GardE.Abrahamsen
PS!IHOPEYOUCANREADMYWRITING!
*********
Saulx1.02.90
HelloGard!
Thankyouverymuchforyourniceletterandyourmap.
I'ma17yearsoldFrenchgirl.I'mbornonJune8th1972.Ihavea
sister(13yearsold)andabrother(9yearsold).
Myinterestsincludewritingletters,playingpianoandtennis,speaking
foreignlanguages,makingfriends,listeningtomusicandreading.
êMusicÇ:Ilistentoalmosteverything.MyfavouritegroupsarePinkFloyd,
Queen,A-ha,U2;myfavouritesingersareStingandfrenchsingerslike
Jean-JacquesGoldman,JohnnyHalliday...Doyouknowthem?
êIspeakÇGermanfor7yearsandEnglishfor4years(That'swhyIdon't
speakverygoodEnglish).For2yearsIlearnGreek.
IhaveacomputertoobutIfinditdifficulttoprogrammeit.I'mnotas
ableasyouthat'swhyIadmireyou.
ThisyearImustworkalotatschoolbecauseImustmakemy
"baccalaureat";itisaveryimportantexam.Afterhavingit,Icangoin
university.
êAndyouÇ,whichclassdoyouattend?Whichlanguagesdoyouspeak?Areyou
interestedinwalkinginthecountry?
Ilikethenaturealotespeciallymountains.Ilikepostcards,cards
andphotoswithcountryandcountryinthesnow.Icollectpostcards,
cards,photosandmysistercollectsstamps!êAndyouÇ,whatdoyou
collect?
NowIleavethepenforyou.
Goodbye.
êSeverineÇ
ÇP.S:Please,excusemymistakes!
Iwillsendyouapictureofmyselfinmyfutureletter!
*********
Eggesbønes11.02.90
HiSeverine,
Thankyouforyourniceletterandyourmap.
IsupposeyouwonderwhenIwasborn.ShallItellyou?Well,OK.It
wasAugust19th1973.And,well,OK.Ihaveabrother(19yearsold).
Ah!IcanseewehaveêsomeÇinterestsincommon.Iusedtoplaythe
pianoaswell.WhenIwas9yearsold,Ibeganinamusicschool,andI
playedthepianofortwoyears.WhyIquit?IsupposeitwasbecauseI
didsolittlehomework,andIneverseemedtoreallygetthecrackof
it.Ihaveforgottenmostofit,butIsitdownandplayabitnowand
then-whenI'maloneinthehouseandnobodyhears.
IusedtolistentoA-haandotherpop-bandsbefore,too.But
throughouttheyears,my