Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!ima!haddock!karl From: karl@haddock.UUCP (Karl Heuer) Newsgroups: net.wobegon Subject: Re: Life on the net Message-ID: <166@haddock.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Nov-86 00:56:52 EST Article-I.D.: haddock.166 Posted: Wed Nov 12 00:56:52 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Nov-86 04:35:56 EST References: Reply-To: karl@haddock.UUCP (Karl Heuer) Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston Lines: 20 In article eh0j@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Erik Hare) writes: >Now, if this here net still really exists, maybe we could get GK hisself to >give a little spiel. I'm sure he'd be right tickled to hear [about us]. >Matter of fact, I'm right sure we could get him to read on the air: Probably not too hard. Does he read every birthday/etc greeting he gets? If not, what fraction? (He probably favors the cute ones -- what could we ask him to say that wouldn't be over the rest of the audience's collective head?) "Hello to all my friends on the electronic news network, the new name is rec dot arts dot wobegon, I know you were too shy to ask." Work on it. (Plenty of room for a Raw Bits pun here.) Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint There was a big meeting in net.news.group. Mark Horton stood up, looking quite uncomfortable, and announced that net.wobegon would be merged into rec.arts.misc. Rec.arts.misc! Why, the people in rec.arts.misc couldn't guess which way the elevator was going if you gave them three guesses... They make shish kabobs by shooting an arrow through a garbage can...