Lee was: the Incarnation !
Answered on: 30 Oct 2003
The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: > > ???? > ?? ?? > ?? ?? > ?? > ?? > ?? > > ?? >
And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } This incarnation (who's still rather new at this) has pondered your } question for some time. I came up with several respones. The first } was: } } } ZZZZZZ OOOO TTTTT !! } Z O O T !! } Z O O T !! } Z O O T !! } Z O O T } ZZZZZZ OOOO T !! } } } but that's a bit too obvious. Next, I considered: } } } I'm sorry, but your grovel and most of your question seems to } have accidentally been deleted by my new e-mail filters. Could } you please try sending it again? } } } but that's not terribly funny, is it? Then I thought about: } } } Yes. } } } But again, that's too easy. So I considered stealing another } incarnation's shtick. } } } OARP: The Oracle Automated Request Parser, version 0.8.3 } Copyright (c) 600000BC, 1985, 2003 Oracular Industries, Inc. } } Note: Beginning with version 0.8.1, remember to preface your } queries with '?' (ex.: > ? load query). Please see the file } 'ReleaseNotes' for more details of changes in this version. } } > Login: oracle } > Password: ************************ } > ? load query 'QtRU18.qry' } Loaded. } } > ? extract questions } Parsing file... done. } Question marks found: 20 } Questions found: 20 (45%) } Done. } } > ? show questions } Questions found (estimated accuracy %): } 1. "?" (45%) } 2. "?" (45%) } 3. "?" (45%) } 4. "?" (45%) } 5. "?" (45%) } 6. "?" (45%) } 7. "?" (45%) } 8. "?" (45%) } 9. "?" (45%) } 10. "?" (45%) } 11. "?" (45%) } 12. "?" (45%) } 13. "?" (45%) } 14. "?" (45%) } 15. "?" (45%) } 16. "?" (45%) } 17. "?" (45%) } 18. "?" (45%) } 19. "?" (45%) } --more-- } 20. "?" (45%) } Done. } } > ? generate zot --repeat 20 } Generating zot #1... done. } Generating zot #2... done. } Generating zot #3... done. } Generating zot #4... done. } Generating zot #5... done. } Generating zot #6... done. } Generating zot #7... done. } Generating zot #8... done. } Generating zot #9... done. } Generating zot #10... done. } Generating zot #11... done. } Generating zot #12... done. } Generating zot #13... done. } Generating zot #14... done. } Generating zot #15... done. } Generating zot #16... done. } Generating zot #17... done. } Generating zot #18... done. } Generating zot #19... done. } --more-- } Generating zot #20... done. } } > ? send response } Sending response to listproc... done. } } > ? sign off } Saving updated query 'QtRU18.qry'... done. } Terminating connection to OARP server... done. } } You owe the Oracle a free upgrade to version 1.0, } when it becomes available. } } } but stealing another incarnation's material just isn't this } incarnation's thing. } } I briefly considered just: } } } !! } !! } !! } !! } } !! } } } but again, it's too obvious. } } I needed something truly original. Something that would tickle the } priests to death, get digested, receive nothing but 5s, and be the } talk of rhod for days. Then it finally occurred to me! Yes, this } answer was indeed The One: } } } Well, Supplicant, that certainly is a poser, isn't it? First, } Error: Max file size exceeded. File truncated.
Notes: I really did take some time to consider the appropriate response to this. And I really did consider each of these responses until I came up with the punchline above. Well I thought it was funny, anyway.
The OARP bit really was stolen from some digests (#1313 and #1315). I just modified it as appropriate for this question and used a variation on an old joke ("Cutie, are you 18?") for the query file name.