Fans
of
Weirdness
-
6th
Oct
2000
We
have
a
law
firm
here,
Pinsky,
Barns,
Watson,
Coumo
and
Hinnerman.
They
fired
their
secretary
for
answering
the
phone,
"Good
morning,
a
bunch
of
lawyers."
Newsgroups:
alt.shenanigans
Subject:
Re:
Comical
test
answers
[...]
The
homework
was
due
and
I
hadn't
the
faintest
idea
how
to
answer
a
"what
would
happen
if"
question
so
I
put
that
it
would
cause
small
children
to
burst
into
flame.
The
returned
homework
had
a
check
by
the
answer
and
got
full
credit.
Newsgroups:
rec.music.celtic
Subject:
Re:
Flute
Question
[...
discussion
whether
oiling
wooden
flutes
prevented
cracks
...]
I've
been
told
just
don't
use
olive
oil,
because
it
makes
the
instrument
smell
like
a
deceased
pizza
when
you
play.
Newsgroups:
alt.shenanigansThis
reminds
me
of
going
to
Thailand.
In
the
airport
they
had
two
lines
for
customs
-
domestic
and
foreigners.
They
couldn't
get
the
Americans
to
walk
through
the
foreigners
line,
so
they
finally
made
a
third
that
said
"Americans".
We're
silly
that
way.
;)
Newsgroups:
sci.math,rec.puzzles
Subject:
Re:
Math
Riddle!>
>
I
can't
think
of
any
number
that
is
used
as
a
name.
>
>
[...]
Octavius
means
8th,
Decimus
means
10th,
>
Vicesimus
means
20th.
A
story
I
read
when
I
was
young
featured
an
octopus
who
was
named
after
the
battle
at
Stiklestad
in
year
1030.
It
was
called
1030.25;
1030
was
its
first
number
and
.25
its
family
number...
:-)
Postscript
-
A
post
on
alt.sysadmin.recovery
reveals
the
following: Oh,
there
is
this
children's
book
called
Ruffen.
Ruffen
is
a
sea-serpent, and
one
of
his
friends
is
an
octopus
called
1030.
He
is
named
after
the Battle
of
Stiklestad.
So
when
I
got
my
cactus,
and
found
out
I
had
to name
it,
I
named
it
1855.
It
is
not
a
year.
I
am
working
in
the
abuse department.
That
should
be
enough
of
a
hint. I'm
guessing
19:00
is
your
quitting
time,
and
so
obviously
18:55
on Friday
is
when
the
lusers
call
with
the
problem
[...] Sorry,
no
cigar.
A
hint:
Which
RFC
is
dealing
with
netiquette?
The
Ruffen
books
(in
Norwegian)
by
Tor
Åge
Bringsværd,
Illustrations
by
Tore
Hansen: Ruffen
-
sjøormen
som
ikke
kunne
svømme,
Den
Norske
Bokklubben
1973 Ruffen
på
nye
eventyr,
Den
Norske
Bokklubben
1975 Ruffen
og
den
flyvende
hollender,
Den
Norske
Bokklubben
1982 |
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Cartoon:
Don't
talk
to
strangers
-
from
When
the
Martians
Land
in
Huddersfield
by
Mike
Harding,
Arrow
Books,
1984.
Mike
Harding
is
also
the
author
of
The
Armchair
Anarchist's
Almanac.