spt1@ukc.ac.uk (Stephen Thomas) (08/21/90)
I bought the new Terry Pratchett Discworld book, "Eric", today, and came across a footnote that may be of interest to Katefans. It concerns the spontaneous formation of matter in the universe :-) ... "... raw matter is continually flowing into the universe in fairly developed forms, popping into existence normally in ashtrays, vases and glove compartments. It chooses its shape to allay suspicion, and common manifestations are paperclips, the pins out of shirt packaging, the little keys for central heating radiators, marbles, bits of crayon, mysterious sections of herb-chopping devices and old Kate Bush albums." It gave me a chuckle, anyway. Chris'n'Vickie, if you're listening, can I be added to that list of Love-Hounds that you are compiling for the Convention? Thanks. Stephen
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/23/90)
Really-From: munnari!cs.uow.edu.au!stephen@uunet.UU.NET (The Mighty Ogbo) spt1@ukc.ac.uk (Stephen Thomas) writes: >I bought the new Terry Pratchett Discworld book, "Eric", >today, and came across a footnote that may be of interest >to Katefans. It concerns the spontaneous formation of matter >in the universe :-) ... >"... raw matter is continually flowing into the universe in [Lots of misc items deleted] >heating radiators, marbles, bits of crayon, mysterious sections >of herb-chopping devices and old Kate Bush albums." Well, we all know what 90% of the world uses parsley munchers for. They don't call them mull-o-matics in Australia. And related to this is a particular mentally altered state that I find Kate Bush's music particularly spectacular in. See - Terry Pratchett knows all about dope and KB. He sees the connection! ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Stephen Nicholson (The Mighty Ogbo) stephen@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au "Rooster of a Fightin' Stock / Would you let a Saecsen cock Crow out upon an Irish Rock / Fly up an teach him manners!" - Planxty |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||