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Re: CHAT: Hair (was: Orange)

From:Andy Canivet <cathode_ray00@...>
Date:Friday, June 14, 2002, 19:22
LOL - I bet the apes thought the scientists were looking for ticks...


>From: J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU >Subject: Re: CHAT: Hair (was: Orange) >Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:41:43 EDT > >In a message dated 06/13/2002 09.45.18 AM, cathode_ray00@HOTMAIL.COM >writes: > > >Neat - I didn't know we had the same number of hairs as apes - I just >feel > >sorry for the poor sods that had to sit there and count them all... > > ::imagines scientists counting their own and each others body hair, >then >comparing with various utterly pleased and puzzled apes:: > ::tries to imagine what the apes thought of this behavior, perhaps >"wow! >the Humans are finally learning to be social! They are grooming us!"::: > *giggloctet* > >... talkin' of scientists... from the July 2002 issue of _Asimov's Science >Fiction_: > > EIGHT THINGS NOT TO DO OR SAY WHEN A MAD SCIENTIST >MOVES INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD > > "I'm right next door. Just holler if you need anything." > > Let your cat out. > > "Why are your glasses so thick?" > > Go through his garbage looking for body parts. > > "Exactly what is it that you do for a living?" > > Teach your children that the world is made up > of many different kinds of people and we all > have to learn to be tolerant and love one another. > > "Did you hear that bloodcurdling scream last night?" > > Invite him to a potluck. > > ---- Bruce Boston > >Hanuman Zhang /'hanuma~n dZahN/ >Avatar of Sun WuKong, a.k.a. "Monkey," a.k.a. "TricksterGod of Chinese >Boxers" > >~ om hung hanumatay rudratmakai hung phat ~ > mantra to Hanuman the Hindu Monkey TricksterGod > >~§~ thee Prizc ov Existenz iz Ætern'l Warfær 'n' Creativ Playf'llniz ~§~
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