From: JLM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Who's in charge here?
Date: 16 Apr 92 06:55:18 GMT
 <92105.194438JLM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <1992Apr15.233550.24874@uc.msc.edu>
 <1992Apr16.013021.26769@ncsu.edu>
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

In article <1992Apr16.013021.26769@ncsu.edu>, cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER
J DCOSTA) says:
>
>eab@uh.msc.edu (The Ed) speaketh:
>
>>In article <92105.194438JLM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>,
>JLM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
>>|>
>>|>  Oh Great All Mighty Ed
>>|>
>>|>  I can't afford to send  .___
>>|> the 50 bucks,            |
>>|>                          |
>>|>  So I've built you a     |--
>>|> temple instead.          |
>>|>                          |___
>>|>                           ||
>>|>                           ||
>>|>                          /  \
>>|>                         /    \
>>|>                         |    |
>>|>                         |    |
>>|>                         |    |_____________________
>>|>                        /      \                    \
>>|>                       /        \                    \
>>|>                      /          \                    \
>>|>                     /|           \____________________\
>>|>                      |           |                    |
>>|>                      |           |                    |
>>|>                      |     _     |                    |
>>|>                      |    / \    |                    |
>>|>                      |   |   |   |                    |
>>|>                      |   |   |   |                    |
>>|>                      |___|   |___|____________________|
>>
>>
>>The Ed is pleased, and will reward you with wealth and many children,
>>all good looking, and above average!
>>
>
>WHAT? For a poor little temple  like that?
>
>Oh great, all-knowing, generous, and wise one,
>If thou wouldst deign to shower thy humble servant with the same gifts,
>..only with the above average upgraded to the 98th percentile..
>or better still, if thou wouldst bestow on me ONLY the gift of wealth
>I would make an offering to thee
>far more useful than any temple;
>far more fun than anything thou hast ever known;
>and what is more,
>It will transport thee where no-one,
>                       not even thou,
>                       hast gone previously.
>
> \++================================|                 ___=___
>  \________________________________/ ________________/==+++==\______________
>              """\__      \"""       \=====================================/
>                    \__    \_          / ..  . _/--===+_____+===--""
>                       \__   \       _/.  .. _/         `+'
>                          \   \   __/_______/
>                         __\  _\-'---==+____|
>                     --+" .    ...        "==_
>                   /  |. .  ..     -------- | \
>                   "==+_    .   .  -------- | /
>                        ""\___  . ..     __=="
>                              """"--=--""
>
>Is the great one pleased?


 My temple was offered without any expectations of a reward !

 May ye be stricken down by the All Wise Ed for your shameless
greed !!

 The Ed has been everywhere and has done it all. How dare ye
blaspheme by implying that the Ed is not capable of supreme
omnipotence !!

Signed: The Ed's most faithful worshipper.