Lee was: the Supplicant ?
Answered on: 20 Apr 2005
The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: > Oh great and wondrous Oracle, please grant me a small boon by > answering the question that is nagging this humble supplicant. > > Is it possible to get a good, possibly even digest-able, response from > the Oracle that does not reference any of the following? > > 1. Computers/the Internet > 2. Oracle in-jokes > 3. Science fiction > 4. Monty Python > 5. Politics > 6. Conspiracy theories > 7. Interactive fiction > 8. Rogue-like games > 9. The Lord of the Rings > 10. Top ten lists
And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } The Internet Oracle walks into a bar and the bar tender says, "Hey, } aren't you The Internet Oracle?" } } The Internet Oracle replies, "Yes, as a matter of fact, I am." } } So the bartender tells him, "Yeah, you're a little fatter than I } expected." } } And The Internet Oracle says, "Do you always insult your patrons like } this?" } } To the which, the bartender replies, "No. Just to show no hard } feelings, how about a nice low-carb brew, on the house?" } } The Internet Oracle gladly accepted his offer, and sat down to enjoy } the nice low-carb brew. } } Moral of the story: You can't write a digestible answer without some } reference to Computers/the Internet, Oracle in-jokes, Science fiction, } Monty Python, Politics, Conspiracy theories, Interactive fiction, } Rogue-like games, The Lord of the Rings, or Top ten lists. } } You owe the Oracle a nice new YOYO. }
Notes: Yet another question asked more than once, although this time I refined it as I went along.
The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: > Oh great and wondrous Oracle, please grant me a small boon by > answering the question that is nagging this humble supplicant. > > Is it possible to get a good, possibly even digest-able, response from > the Oracle that does not reference any of the following? > > 1. Computers/the Internet > 2. Oracle in-jokes > 3. Science fiction > 4. Monty Python > 5. Politics > 6. Conspiracy theories
And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } It sure is, Supplicant. } } TOP TEN OTHER DIGESTABLE ORACULAR TOPICS* } } 10. Fart jokes. Everyone loves a good fart joke. } 9. Fat jokes. Everyone loves a good fat joke. Except maybe fat people. } 8. Game shows. What is Alex Trebek? } 7. Comparison charts. Will these ever go out of style? Emphasis on "ever." } 6. Swedish swimsuit models. Let's just say that I have a written } contract with the Swedes. They could write about making balloon } animals and they'd still get digested. I won't go into what I get in } this trade agreement, but you have an imagination or you wouldn't be } writing to the Oracle in the first place. } 5. Celebrities. All hail Michael Jackson! Way to go Martha Stewart! } 4. Voicemail. Press "1" if you've heard this one before. } 3. Office Space in-jokes. All hail TPS! } 2. Lord of the Rings in-jokes. Frodo lives! } 1. Top ten lists. All hail David Letterman! } } * Not, by any stretch of the imagination, are any of these guaranteed } to be digested into the Internet Oracularities or any of its } subsidiaries--the Extranet Oracularities, the Internet Butacularities, } and High Times. } } You owe the Oracle a new stapler.
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The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: > Oh great and wondrous Oracle, please grant me a small boon by > answering the question that is nagging this humble supplicant. > > Is it possible to get a good, possibly even digest-able, response from > the Oracle that does not reference any of the following? > > 1. Computers/the Internet > 2. Oracle in-jokes > 3. Science fiction > 4. Monty Python > 5. Politics > 6. Conspiracy theories > 7. Interactive fiction > 8. Rogue-like games > 9. The Lord of the Rings > 10. Top ten lists
And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } Yes. Here's one: } The Pope. (Religion is not on your list.)