SubGenius Digest, Number 468
Thursday, 2 August 1990
Today's Topics:
a true story
Quick, turn on CNN
latest frop substitute
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From: Ed Frankenberry <ezf@bbn.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 90 10:27:53 -0400
Subject: latest frop substitute
The current (summer) issue of Mondo 2000 includes reviews of "Three Fisted
Tales of Bob," the "Arise!" videotape and some interesting advertisements:
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From: io!godard!bret (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 90 12:15:46 EDT
PSYCHOACTIVE SOFT DRINKS
The Drink of the 1990's
The next time you're
exploring cyberspace,
make sure you fire up your synapses
with neurotransmitter-boosting
Designer Foods:
scientifically-proven hardware
and wetware accelerators
for your brain!
Order Toll-Free Anytime
1-800-VRP-24-HR
FAX Orders Call
1-800-FAX-2
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This is an actual ad from the back page of MONDO magazine.
I had to reread it several times before I was convinced it wasn't a
parody.
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From: Joshua Glasser <shadow!joshua@uu.psi.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 90 14:36:19 EST
Subject: a true story
i collected many minnows to see what they would become when matured.
they grew to be bigger minnows.
they were fatheads.
later, those that did not die from diease got eatten by a axolotol named
dhevesh jabba hutt.
allogorical, prehaps, you ask?
good!
"Bob" never said to keep your salamander in with your minnows.
and, now they say that "Bob" meet a firey demise in SF.
should this be construed as in the death of "hippy"?
Ha!
for all of you who are confused at "Bob"'s death, JUST WHEN WE WERE HAVING
SOME FUN, i dedicate the following:
the nondescript bean and the killifish
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the nondescript bean and the killifish were walking
towards
me.
the nondescript bean and the killifish were talking
but not to me.
the nondescript bean and the killifish were eating
a diet with a 85% potine content.
the nondescript bean and the killifish were walking
and the were
very small
compared to
me.
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From: "This message sent with 100% recycled bits" <callas@eris.enet.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 90 18:50:07 PDT
Subject: Quick, turn on CNN
Message-Id: <9008020150.AA04434@decpa.pa.dec.com>
From: ZIMBRA::TRAVIS "Rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light -- DTN 381 1949" 1 August '90 9:12 pm
To: NM%STAR::SALKEWICZ CALLAS NM%PIPER KOMAR BETH JD STONE
Subj: Quick. Turn on CNN.
There's a guy on CNN telling us that he's spent his entire life researching
his thesis, which is that human language communicates meaning in both
'forward' and 'backward' directions; that is, that everything has hidden
meanings when played backwards and that the speaker's subconscious
controls the content of the reversed message.
Besides the incredible implications within the auditory areas of the brain
, this results in Wings' "Band on the Run" screaming "marijuana, marijuana,
the law, law, law" and other messages that are clearly motivated by
guilt and fear and leaking through Paul McCartney's morally chaste
subconscious (we all knew he was afraid that the law would be mean
to him for catching a buzz, because he was traumatized in Japan).
Now, pay attention. (Read this message aloud.) This guy is claiming
that he spent his whole life researchig how everythign we say has
a dual meaning on its seamy little underside.
He stutters like no one I've ever heard. What do we make of this?
The host did NOT ask.
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