Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 11:43:42 -0700 (PDT) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Sorta off topic From: sd@rnglflv.com (Stray Dwarf) Organization: And an order of Balrog wings to go... Message-ID: <19992691142g011Um@127.0.0.1> Lines: 22 X-Mail-To-News-Contact: abuse@monster.org Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!news.alt.net!news.monster.org!sewer-output!mail2news This question was recently answered by The Internet Orcale; ==================================================== > Oh Oracle most wise, why does notebook paper have 5 holes drilled in > it, when notebooks only have 3 rings? And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } When I went to school, we had but One Ring to bind them all. ==================================================== I think some of the amusing people here would like using the Oracle. What happens is this, you send in a question, you are then sent a question to answer as if you are the Oracle. The Oracle address is: oracle@cs.indiana.edu If you put "help" in the subject line you'll get the help file Put "tellme" in the subject line to ask a question. OR use the web based form at: http://www.pcnet.com/~stenor/oracle/gateway.html you can see some sample answers and questions at: http://www.pcnet.com/~stenor/oracle/latest_bestof.html ###### From: "Andrew Musser" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: <19992691142g011Um@127.0.0.1> Subject: Re: Sorta off topic Lines: 57 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 03:16:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.74.60.119 X-Complaints-To: abuse@epix.net X-Trace: news1.epix.net 938402209 209.74.60.119 (Sun, 26 Sep 1999 23:16:49 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 23:16:49 EDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!news-xfer.epix.net!news1.epix.net!not-for-mail Stray Dwarf wrote in message news:19992691142g011Um@127.0.0.1... > This question was recently answered by The Internet Orcale; > > > ==================================================== > > > Oh Oracle most wise, why does notebook paper have 5 holes drilled in > > it, when notebooks only have 3 rings? > > And in response, thus spake the Oracle: > > } When I went to school, we had but One Ring to bind them all. > > ==================================================== > > I think some of the amusing people here would like using the > Oracle. > > What happens is this, you send in a question, you are then > sent a question to answer as if you are the Oracle. > > The Oracle address is: oracle@cs.indiana.edu > > If you put "help" in the subject line you'll get the help file > Put "tellme" in the subject line to ask a question. > > OR use the web based form at: http://www.pcnet.com/~stenor/oracle/gateway.html > > you can see some sample answers and questions at: > http://www.pcnet.com/~stenor/oracle/latest_bestof.html > And in the same vein: Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: > Oh Oracle most wise, does a Balrog have wings? > And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } A balrog has wings, and a side of potato salad and some ribs } and some fries and the hearts of those of those pesky dwarves } and the head of that snaga who let those vermin in the west gate } and gold! and mitrhil! ITS MINE MINE MINE! ALL THE MINE IS MINE!! } Bagronk sha glob!!! } } Metaphorically speaking of course. } } You owe the Oracle an explanation of why Vulcans have pointed ears. ###### From: Ermanna Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Sorta off topic Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:55:10 -0400 Lines: 33 Message-ID: <37F26E84.D9ACC1BE@erols.com> References: <19992691142g011Um@127.0.0.1> Reply-To: jsolinas@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: kpWuJnGYAarjNXUfBTaFXzNENUYhn2Taox35tLuLdbk= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Sep 1999 21:02:13 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newspeer.ebone.net!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Andrew Musser wrote: > And in the same vein: > > Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. > Your question was: > > > Oh Oracle most wise, does a Balrog have wings? > > > > And in response, thus spake the Oracle: > > } A balrog has wings, and a side of potato salad and some ribs > } and some fries and the hearts of those of those pesky dwarves > } and the head of that snaga who let those vermin in the west gate > } and gold! and mitrhil! ITS MINE MINE MINE! ALL THE MINE IS MINE!! > } Bagronk sha glob!!! > } > } Metaphorically speaking of course. > } > } You owe the Oracle an explanation of why Vulcans have pointed ears. My, my! Don't WE have a possessive Oracle! Lúthien Tinúviel/Ermanna the Elven Jedi Knight 'So you spoke,' said Eomer, 'but hope oft deceives, and I knew not then that you were a man forsighted.' ###### Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!usenet From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Sorta off topic Date: 30 Sep 1999 22:05:43 +0200 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 16 Sender: neil@chonsp.franklin.ch Message-ID: <6uvh8syxk8.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> References: <19992691142g011Um@127.0.0.1> X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 "Andrew Musser" writes: > And in response, thus spake the Oracle: > > } You owe the Oracle an explanation of why Vulcans have pointed ears. Thats obvious: The descend from elves. As anyone who read the 13th HoME knows, the elves left ME and got too crowded in Valinor. So they invented Spaceflight and some of them emigrated to Vulcan. Methinks, this oracle is not the true oracle. -- Neil Franklin, neil@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/