Article: 261489 of talk.bizarre From: Andrew Solberg <andsol@cml.rice.edu> Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Subject: 23x100 Date: 1 Dec 1995 21:26:42 -0500 Organization: iTRiBE Mail to News Gateway Lines: 27 Sender: nobody@athos.itribe.net Message-ID: <49odh2$k4j@athos.itribe.net> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] X-Provider: iTRiBE, Inc <URL: http://www.itribe.net/> X-Gateway: Posted via the iTRiBE News<->Email gateway X-Disclaimer: iTRiBE, Inc. neither endorses nor assumes any responsibility for the contents of this posting. Status: O DEJA THORIS, INDEED ******************* The Viking Project, we now know, was an utter cover-up. The government squelched the truth: Mars is far stranger than any fiction. The canals are real, and pinstriped gondoliers ply the water- ways crooning to emerald-skinned damsels. The Martian King, an overfed gnome, chants ensorcellments that lull the fangbats to sleep, and coincidentally illuminate the sky with streaks of brilliant orange. In the highlands, dusky warrior-maids defend handsome boys from the clutches of sentient cacti. Our leaders will not shield us from any frightening or dangerous truths. These represent no threat. Their greatest fear is that our dreams will come true. -- This post is COPYRIGHT 1995, Andrew Solberg. All rights reserved. Standard usenet distribution is acceptable; other forms of reproduction or reprinting may be considered in violation of international copyright law. Andrew Solberg is HWRNMNBSOL: andsol@cml.rice.edu, Math Dept., Rice U.