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From: larry@kitty.UUCP
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Subject: Re: New fortune file request
Message-ID: <1711@kitty.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Apr-87 12:41:43 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 18 12:41:43 1987
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References: <276@bsdpkh.UUCP> <134@actnyc.UUCP>
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Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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Summary: "Outdated" fortunes...

In article <134@actnyc.UUCP>, srk@actnyc.UUCP (Shalom Krischer) writes:
> >The fortune file on our system is over two years old. The source code
> >for fortune gives Ken Arnold as the author of (at least most of) the
> >code. Is anybody maintaining a fortune data base? We'd sure appreciate
> >a new batch of fortunes! Thanks!
> 
> Us too!!!!  (I think this is worthy enough to be posted to net.sources)

	I agree; we need an updated fortunes file, since some of the
entries are rather outdated.  My two favorites:

One Bell System - it sometimes works.
One Bell System - it works.

	Perhaps those entries should be replaced with:

One Bell System - it lived once, but then it died.

	:-) :-) :-)

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