Article: 261550 of talk.bizarre From: Andrew Solberg <andsol@cml.rice.edu> Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Subject: 79x100 Date: 1 Dec 1995 21:42:33 -0500 Organization: iTRiBE Mail to News Gateway Lines: 25 Sender: nobody@athos.itribe.net Message-ID: <49oeep$koh@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 SHOW ME YOURS, I'LL SHOW YOU MINE ********************************* The human delegation huddled at their side of the table, whispering quietly among themselves. At the opposite end, their bulky forms largely obscured by swirling methane mists, the Shil elders muttered and hooted over possible strategies. "Enough chit-chat!" trumpeted the Shil spokesbeing finally, its conical body squashed down into a posture indicating open-mindedness and geniality. "We offer you the secrets of four-dimensional transference. Travel at impossible speeds....inexhaustible energy.... an infinitum of worlds to conquer. These things shall be yours." The Shil's ocular dilated in an expression of avarice. "In return, you shall share the secrets of this marvelous 'lever'...." -- 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.