[comp.misc] Chtorrans !

b_haughey@ccvax.ucd.ie (Brian J Haughey) (10/23/90)

Hi there,

Quick question for you folks. In the course of running a cookie program
that I picked up (pretty good - over 12,000 cookies !) for the PC, I 
occassionally get references to "Chtorrans". For example,

   Q: What do Chtorrans get if they eat Mary Poppins ?
   A: Diabetes

   Q: What do Chtorrans get if they eat the Supreme Court ?
   A: Food poisoning

Query : What *are* Chtorrans, and where was the first reference to them ?
My guess would be some form of Sci-Fi. Also, how do you pronounce "Chtorran" ?

Thanks :)

bjh                                    "There's no future in time travel"

Metanet : b_haughey@ccvax.ucd.ie

keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu (John W. Keating) (10/24/90)

In article <7385.272437a0@ccvax.ucd.ie> b_haughey@ccvax.ucd.ie (Brian J Haughey) writes:
>
>Query : What *are* Chtorrans, and where was the first reference to them ?
>My guess would be some form of Sci-Fi. Also, how do you pronounce "Chtorran" ?

Chtorrans are alien worm/caterpillar creatures from a series of Science-
Fiction novels by David Gerrold.  The jokes you asked about are found
(along with many others) at the beginning of each chapter in one/some of
the books.

An enjoyable read.

Followups to rec.arts.sf-lovers...

Good reading!

    JWKIII
-- 
****************************************************************************
*  \|/ John William Keating, III >Ragnorak< keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu \|/  *
* --*=========================  //////\\\\\\  =========================*-- *
*  /|\         "Wands don't kill people, people kill people."         /|\  *
****************************************************************************