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From: kevin@sun.uucp (Kevin Sheehan)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: asterisks and creation
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Date: Fri, 23-Mar-84 04:23:04 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 23 04:23:04 1984
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<tastes better than drano>


	The other useful thing to do with those asterisks is bronx
cheering.  A common name for asterisks is "splat", the sound of "splat
splat splat ..." is about as rude as same. (say ********************).
Could be useful for those easy replies to Ken Arndt in net.women.
(think of the reduced phone bills, reduced disk space, and the novel
concept of returning to the subject that would follow)


	Also, the article that explained creation/religion/jesus in
terms of alien involvement had nothing on R. Bucky Fuller's theory of
operations manual for the world in "Critical Path" & "Tetralogy".
(Anybody else read these??)


	And, last but not least,  since short (sometimes good)
one-liners have become a fact of life due to the once voracious
line-eater, why not make them the standard for cute phrases, and knock
off the long, repetitive endings.  As this is the net.flames, why not
see how much light you can generate with something small, instead of
how much screen you can darken.


	Since this is the net of choice for anarchy, I expect more than
just pissing in the wind. It happens, but not often enough.  It would
be nice to see fire used to light & shape, not burn.
Imagine if you will.....

				kev