From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik)
Subject: Re: Ignorance
Reply-To: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 06:27:08 GMT

In article 4610@moscom.com, wjb@moscom.com (Bill de Beaubien) writes:
>Oh boy, a quiz.   Hmmmmmm.
>
>Andreas  Tovornik (atovorni@engr.UVic.CA) wrote:
> 
>: Define:            - Boink
>A gathering of net.people, where various net-ites wander in and do interesting
>things.  Then on Monday everyone wanders in to work, and tells everyone about
>the interesting things that didn't happen, and doesn't mention the interesting
>things that really happened.  One can often find wombats there.

Oh, I get it. the really good stuff is kept secret yet everybody knows it.
Wombats? I was thinking more of Lemurs with missing teeth.

>:                    - BTW
>Bite the wombat.  Most often seen on a.s.b.  No, the *other* b.  Will Cuppy
>probably wrote something about this.
 
Wasn't it OZZY OZZBOURNE?
Oh, pardon me, wrong animal.

>:                    - SWF
>Soft white feathers.  Pick up a bag today, they've got many uses.
>Also, stroke wombat firmly.  See BTW.

Can you STROKE WOMBAT FIRMLY with SOFT WHITE FEATHERS? Or are the two
actions mutually exclusive?

>:                    - SWM
>soc.wombat.motas, for the discriminating wombat-eer.
 
Looks lika a news group for Toothless Lemurs with soft white feathers
stroking the wombat firmly.

>:                    - Sesquipedalians (sic?)
>adj. 1.  Long and ponderous;  polysyllabic.  2.  Given to using long words.
>n.  A long word.  [< Lat. sesquipedalis, of a foot and a half in length]
>
>So, either brother James is long-winded, or he's going to be inundated by
>e-mail from females after they see this post (in spite of the fact that
>size isn't important).  Or both, of course.

I thought it was a bicycle with more than six pedals...see how far ignorance
can get you?

>He might also receive some propositions from interested wombats, especially
>those which speak latin.
 
Are the wombats living, or dead like latin?

>:                    - WOWY KAZOWY
>WOWY - World of wombats yearly, magizine devoted to wombat-eers.
>KAZOWY - keep america's zoos outta wombat yards.  The battle cry of the
>	KWF (Keep Wombats Free) movement.
 
Yes, and keep them riding those multipedallic bicycles.

>
>:                    - Eddie
>Malicious spirit in charge of bringing confusion to the net.  Subordinate
>of Murphy.  And he probably doesn't like wombats, either.

Ah yes, the one who wrote his own law...

>:                    - S&M
>Sex & Marsupials.  Self explanatory.
 
Bestiality, or wombats and Lemurs? kindly clue me in.

>:                    - Misquote
>Creative rearrangement of other peoples' postings, to make them support your
>arguments rather than contradict them.  This is much easier than getting the
>people to support your arguments rather than contradict them.  As an example
>of a misquote, one might move IGNORANCE to the bottom of this list to make
>it easier to define.  Ooops, I wasn't supposed to mention that.  Nevermind.
 
Oh, like my new Best of Friends [TM] postings in READER'S DIGEST format. Only 
one thing, I won't supply opinions, just edit for those with short attention spans.

>:                    - IGNORANCE
>Not knowing the answers to the above questions.

And loving it! IGNORANCE IS BLISS, I always say.
 
>: Think I got about ten...Now for that pint of lager!
>1/4th of a quart.  Wait, what do you mean the quiz is over?

Not so fast, Billy! Got one more...

Define MOTAS:
 
 

The quiz is over for now, more to come!

Andy.

IGNORANCE disclaimer applies.