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From: ascott@egreen.iclnet.org (Alan Scott - CIR)
Subject: Bag R. Roose! (was:  Reality? Schmeality!)
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In article <3dvg7s$6i1@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> you write:
>I believe in Santa Clause.  Does that make Santa Clause REAL?  How the 
>F*** come he didn't leave me any presents this year.  I've been very 
>goody goody.  See how good!  This is the first time I have used nasty 
>words with you.

1) That would be "Santa Claus".
2) You can say "fuck" on the net.  Honest.
3) Santa Claus is, in a sense, real--though not as real as the Tooth Fairy.

>I believe the Big Dipper is going to tip over and spill hot, boiling oil 
>on everbody tomorrow.  Is my belief going to make it happen.

4) No.
5) Your belief that the Big Dipper will tip over may have, however, (in
fact, already has had) real effects (one of which is the generation of
this sentence, which *would not exist* without your previous words). 

>I believe if I throw you off of a cliff, and if you and I had enough 
>faith, you will be able to fly.  Want to try it? 

6) You go first.  If you make it, I'll follow you.  Honest.

>Wake up and smell the shit you are floundering in!

7) Shouldn't that be "s*** you're floundering in"?

>-- 
>Warmest Regards,
>Dick, The current Lord of La Mancha. "He's a muddled fool, full of lucid moments." Cervantes
>roose@ix.netcom.com CopyRight R.C. Roose 1994 

8) So far, not very lucid.  Points for muddledness, though.
9) CopyRight?!?
10) Have you met Jack Sarfatti @ix.netcom.com?  You two would get along.

Your humble & ob't svt.
Alan P. Scott

