Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!umich!sharkey!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews!mjd From: mjd@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Mark-Jason Dominus) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Okay, I give up. What is the real story? Message-ID: Date: 13 Nov 90 03:50:51 GMT References: <1990Nov11.040756.27552@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <1990Nov12.193257.24541@odin.corp.sgi.com> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Distribution: na Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 26 In-reply-to: nelson@sgi.com's message of 12 Nov 90 19:32:57 GMT In article <1990Nov12.193257.24541@odin.corp.sgi.com> nelson@sgi.com (Nelson Bolyard) writes: > Another magic transport word, like xyzzy, was "plugh" > (which I always pronounced "ploog", but I also heard > pronounced "ploo" "ploof" "plooj" "pluf" and "plug") > which took you from the well room to somewhere (I > forget). "Y2" It isn't as widely known as it should be that "Y" is a spelunker's term for a cave entrance. Thus, "Y2" is the second entrance to the cave, which is a very subtle hint indeed! I've been wondering for a long time if there mightn't be sufficient material to warrant an `alt.adventure' newsgroup; there are at least three hacked-up versions on my machine, and folklore about it, obscure stories, and other mutterings, perhaps. Does anyone know where to find David Platt, for example? -- In some sense a stochastic process can do better; at least it has a chance. Mark-Jason Dominus mjd@central.cis.upenn.edu