From: guckes@math.fu-berlin.de (Sven Guckes)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
Subject: <signature>
Date: 12 Aug 92 22:54:06 GMT
Organization: Free University of Berlin, Germany
Originator: guckes@medusa

Recently, in the sig shop:

Mr.Sig:	(cleaning the shop, sweeping away bits and bytes)

(dengaleng)

wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu (William Sherman -Visualization) enters the shop.

Mr.Sig:	"Oooh, Mr. Sherman, what a pleasure to see you.
	Haven't seen you for such a looong time !
	Well, how's that sig of yours then ? - Lessee ..."

Bill:	(shows his indented sig)

>/************************************************************************/
>/* Bill Sherman								*/
>/* National Center for Supercomputing Applications			*/
>/* University of Illinois						*/
>/* Champaign-Urbana							*/
>/*									*/
>/* Internet: wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu					*/
>/*									*/
>/*   "You want to do mankind a real service?  Tell funnier jokes."	*/
>/* 		Og							*/
>/************************************************************************/

Mr.Sig:	"Uuuuhhh - tab damage! It surely has suffered a bit from that harsh
	network travelling, hasn't it ? I suggest we will trim it a bit
	so that it will be transmitted more easily, shall we ?
	I think we should do away with the border and whitespace first,
	shall we ? OK ?
	Alright, here we go!"

(snip snip ... snip snip ... snip snap snip)

>Bill Sherman
>National Center for Supercomputing Applications
>University of Illinois
>Champaign-Urbana
>
>Internet: wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu
>
>  "You want to do mankind a real service?  Tell funnier jokes."
>		Og

Mr.Sig:	"There, _much_ better, isn't it ? That really looks a _lot_ faster,
	doesn't it ? Real sharp!
	But it still hasn't got that, well, you know, this ... this ...
	ultra-speedo fashion. I think some more bits must go.
	I assure it does not hurt a weeny bit."

Bill:	(nods unsure)
	"Oh, well, if you say so ..."

Mr.Sig:	"If we do away with the empty lines ..."

(snip snip)

Mr.Sig:	"... and that superfluous 'Internet:' address pointer ..."

Bill:	"But ..."

(snip)

Mr.Sig:	"Too late. Sorry."

Mr.Sig:	"And now about the quote ..."

Bill:	"No! Not the quote! Please!!"

Mr.Sig:	"Aw, c'mon! It's even longer than your name _and_ your internet
	address together. Now, that is silly, don't you agree ?!"

Bill:	"Hmm ..."

Mr.Sig:	"I knew you'd agree..."

(snip snippety - snip snip)

Mr.Sig: "Would you like to have a look at it now ?"
Bill:	"Uh, yes, please ..."

Mr.Sig:	"Here you are ..."

>Bill Sherman (wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
>National Center for Supercomputing Applications
>University of Illinois
>Champaign-Urbana

Mr.Sig:	"Well, how do you like your new signature ? A bit short ?
	But it's a great for line sig. It's the way to go nowadays.
	Oh, I believe your fellow net community will LOVE it!
	That'll be $50."
	
Bill:	"$50 ?? Are you kidding ?"

Mr.Sig:	"But, Sir, this is wonderful sig now - and a real bargain, too.
	You'll see how it pays when you've used it for some time."

Bill:	"Hmpf, I hope you're right with that." (pays)

Mr.Sig:	"Thank you sooo much for your visit! Hope to see you again soon!
	Byeee ..."

Bill:	(exit)

(dengaleng)

Mr.Sig:	" 'Sherman-Visualization' -  what a name, sheesh..."

(curtain)
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