dob@ihuxj.UUCP (Daniel M. O'Brien) (06/22/84)
How about a new rumor to end the week with? I am sure everybody has seen one of those RAINBOW decals that are stuck to the rear windows of, perhaps, thousands of cars. But did you ever wonder WHAT they mean?, WHERE they came from?, and WHY people put them on their cars? Well, I recently heard that the RAINBOW decal is an insignia for some underground religious cult based in California that is quickly spreading across the entire country! I found this explanation funny, because I got *my* RAINBOW decal in Santa Cruz, California, where it just happens to be the logo for the local Mass Transit District (spelled bus company). I noticed that most cars in S. Cruz had one, which inspired me to buy one as a memento of my trip to sunny CA (since I live in the mid-West). Any other rumors and true life stories of the mysterious RAINBOW decals. May the RAINBOW be with you. -- Daniel M. O'Brien AT&T Bell Laboratories IH 4A-258 Naperville, IL 60566 ....!ihuxj!dob
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (06/22/84)
I don't know if I should let the cat out of the bag or not, but here goes anyway. The rainbow decals are our way of identifying each other. We are all from the planet Xnorow and have been living and multiplying on your planet for years. You remember the stories about 'flying saucers'? They are true. Many others have taken to putting our symbol in their rear windows, but without knowing the secret hand signal, they will not be with us when we make our final move for world domination. Our goal is to one day turn on our powerful hyperbutonic, ifulation, ray gun and zap every button, zipper, safety pin, velcro, and fastener in the world. We will then take over. You can't very well fight back with your drawers falling down around your feet. "Ebso norging fornyun si pestrof!" Meaning, "Psst, your fly's open." Efno Parstring (Supreme High Fernbaster)
gtaylor@cornell.UUCP (Greg Taylor) (06/22/84)
I, too, have heard of the "Rainbow" religion. It has something to do with a Fundementalist book about "the Aquarian Conspiracy." The author was a woman, whose name escapes me for the moment. It is all tied in with the TriLateral Commision and who knows who else. It would be largely confined to a mere "cultic" status were it not for the Fundementalist predisposition to read Revelation (notice it's *singular*) as some sort of code-book. gtaylor
cwc@uw-june (Winnie Chow) (06/23/84)
/**/ "The Aquarian Conspiracy" is about as far from fundamentalism as you can get. I suggest you READ the book before blindly repeating rumors about it. -- ...!tektronix!uw-beaver!uw-june!cwc
hartwig@ihuxo.UUCP (Max Hartwig) (06/23/84)
Do they have a VAX up there???
zadco@ssc-vax.UUCP (06/24/84)
Some people have bumper stickers for brains.
ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (06/24/84)
I don't know about rainbows. Does anybody have an explanation for the little spring loaded hands on suction cups? -Ron
cbspt002@abnjh.UUCP (K. OLSEN) (06/25/84)
<DECmail doesn't have a bug like this...> And those Wall St. types say we don't advertise enough! Ha!
ado@elsie.UUCP (06/25/84)
A friend of mine who works with a Digital Equipment Corporation personal computer has an automobile window sticker with a rainbow on it. -- Rainbow is a Digital Equipment Corporation trademark. -- ...decvax!allegra!umcp-cs!elsie!ado (301) 496-5688 (the DEC and VAX in decvax are Digital Equipment Corporation trademarks)
ward@hao.UUCP (06/25/84)
[] >"The Aquarian Conspiracy" is about as far from fundamentalism >as you can get. I suggest you READ the book before blindly >repeating rumors about it. What else is net.rumor for, if not spreading rumors????? -- Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD UUCP: {hplabs,nbires,brl-bmd,seismo,menlo70,stcvax}!hao!ward BELL: 303-497-1252 USPS: POB 3000, Boulder, CO 80307
zrm@mit-eddie.UUCP (Zigurd R. Mednieks) (06/25/84)
Rainbow decals are a product of a company called Illuminations. They are in the Boston area, in Cambridge -- I think. I am surprised nobody has noticed the fnords yet.
alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) (06/26/84)
From personal experience I know that the rumor about planet Xnorow is true: I, myself, have seen the rainbow stickers on the rear window of more than one flying saucer!
reh1366@hou2b.UUCP (R.HOWARD) (06/28/84)
The RAINBOW decal started in California in the early 70's when I was at grad school at Stanford. It was the symbol of a group called the Creative Initiative Foundation. This was an EST- style organization into self-actualization (whatever that means). About the time I left Calif., they had changed into a political body with strongly anti nuclear power leanings.
jlh@loral.UUCP (06/28/84)
I thought they were always around. I had one on my camaro when I was in high school (1074-76). Maybe they started here in San Diego and are just now getting to the east coast.
scotth@hercules.UUCP (Scott Herzinger) (06/28/84)
> From personal experience I know that the rumor about planet Xnorow is > true: > I, myself, have seen the rainbow stickers on the rear window of > more than one flying saucer! Which window of a saucer is the rear one? -- Scott Herzinger; Logic Design Systems; Tektronix; Inc. uucp: {ucbvax,decvax,pur-ee,cbosg,ihnss}!tektronix!teklds!scotth CSnet: scotth@tek ARPAnet: scotth.tek@rand-relay --
del@dataio.UUCP (Eric Lindberg) (06/29/84)
< I don' know, but I been tole, dat big leg woman aint got no sole > A very good lady friend of mine has one of these things on her VW. So I asked her: "Just where da ____ did ja get that anywho?". So SHE says: "Well, there was this radio station in California that would give you money if they saw you driving around with the sticker and you heard your license number on the air." So, of course, she got one. del @dataio
ags@pucc-i (Seaman) (06/29/84)
> I, myself, have seen the rainbow stickers on the rear window of > more than one flying saucer! Which is the rear window of a flying saucer? -- Dave Seaman "My hovercraft is full of eels." ..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags
edwards@felix.UUCP (06/30/84)
How do these discussions get started?
This is the first I've heard of the "religious cult" rumor. However,
by pure coincidence, I happened to meet a guy about 2 months ago who
claimed to be the inventor of those rainbow decals. I can't verify
that, but he seemed like a sincere guy, and I *do* know that his
livlihood is derived from designing novelty items. He seems to do
relatively well at it...my understanding is that at this point the
idea is licensed to tons of companies which actually make the things.
The interesting point here is ... ... I met this guy while visiting a
supposedly "non-denominational retreat" which is actually somewhat
affiliated with a semi-cult religion. It is loosely based on some
combination of Indian Yogi teachings and the I Ching. I don't know
much about that stuff, but thought it an odd combination. Anyway, it's
really a low-key cult, it that's what you'd call it.
Oh, by the way, this "retreat" was in Southern California ("of course"
I hear all you easterners saying) not too far from San Diego.
I swear this is all true.
Dave "I can't believe I'm actually spending time on this" Edwards
{decvax,ucbvax}!trwrb!felix!edwardsmjk@tty3b.UUCP (Mike Kelly) (06/30/84)
Glad to see the Rainbow Coalition has had such an impact. Mike Kelly
brad@ut-sally.UUCP (Brad Blumenthal) (06/30/84)
> Which window of a saucer is the rear one ?
The one under the handle of the tea cup of course.
Brad Blumenthal {No reasonable request refused}
{ihnp4,ctvax,seismo}!brad@ut-sallysmann@ihu1g.UUCP (Sherry Mann) (07/05/84)
> From personal experience I know that the rumor about planet Xnorow is > true: > I, myself, have seen the rainbow stickers on the rear window of > more than one flying saucer! >> Which window of a saucer is the rear one? The one with the rainbow sticker in it!
ponce@tty3b.UUCP (2-8-84"Lorenzo D 97750) (07/06/84)
<<somewhere over the rainbow......>> Mike, Really now! I wish you would keep your off-color remarks to yourself! Yep it's me, Lorenzo De Leon
chuckb@fluke.UUCP (Chuck Bowden) (07/16/84)
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Yes, I know the origin of the RAINBOW sticker. It isn't from a religious
cult, DEC, or someone's friend in San Diego. The RAINBOW sticker is the
symbol of the annual "Bumbershoot" arts festival held in Seattle (and has
been since ~1972). Stick THAT on your window.
Chuck Bowden, John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
{uw-beaver,microsof,sun,allegra,ssc-vax} !fluke!chuckb