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BINGO!
(pause)INGO!
Mmmm…and me without my copy of The Diamond Age. But, let’s see if I can get it from memory:
I know that’s not it, but it’s close. Later on, this statement is explained:
Turing (, Alan, who in Cryptonomicon proposed something having to do with penises to Lawrence Waterhouse, who decided that it just wasn’t for him) word: military
You’d think road rash would itch, but mostly it just kinda burns.
Turing word idea, as in I wish I had some idea what Slarti is talking about.
No shit, Joe!
Slarti, TAKE YOUR MEDS!
Why spoil a perfectly good psychotic episode with meds?
In my psychotic episode, The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon are both novels by Neal Stephenson.
Turing word: usually. As in, usually I make some sense.
Slarti:
Listen to me. If you’re posting with words like “ablative,” you need to find your way back to the Betty Ford Center.
Is it scary that I got Slarti’s reference right away?
No … with you, Goldstein, nothing is off the charts.
I’m sure you have all read the following by Dr. Hunter Thompson. As the owner of a Ducati 900ss-sp, and a previous owner of a Vincent (in the late 60’s) I can vouch for every word:
http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html