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Article #966Re: Blue Lint from the Dryer
From: Kirsten Starcher
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 16:17
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 16:17
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In article <1992Nov15.021935.20368@alf.uib.no> bjornts@ii.uib.no (Bjoern Tore Sund) writes: >In article <1992Nov13.182917.22107@berlioz.nsc.com>, nelson@desktop.nsc.com (Taed Nelson) writes: >|> It seems that whenever I wash and then dry my clothes that the "lint" (AKA >|> "fluff") that gets caught in the "lint trap" is _always_ some shade of blue. >Now, _anyone_ with a certain level of education (i.e. who has read Douglas >Adam's Hitch-hiker trilogy) would now, and be able to recognize this as the >first trials of interstellar contact from the super-intelligent shade of blue >of the planet - eh - eh - (What's the name again folks?). I don't think it says what the planet is, but the color is known as a Hooloovoo... ............................................................................. .Kirsten Starcher...............................Your breath is steaming up... .kirsten@irma.cs.mun.ca.........................my contact lenses............ .kirsten@morgan.ucs.mun.ca................................................... .................Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland............... ...This posting brought to you by the letters f, y, v, and the number i...... .............................................................................
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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science,alt.alien.visitors,alt.fan.douglas-adams Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!psuvax1!uxa.ecn.bgu.edu!garrot.DMI.USherb.CA!newsflash.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.ucs.mun.ca!cs.mun.ca!irma.cs.mun.ca!kirsten From: kirsten@irma.cs.mun.ca (Kirsten Starcher) Subject: Re: Blue Lint from the Dryer Message-ID: <1992Nov15.161736.25926@cs.mun.ca> Sender: usenet@cs.mun.ca (NNTP server account) Organization: CS Dept., Memorial University of Newfoundland References: <1992Nov13.182917.22107@berlioz.nsc.com> <1992Nov15.021935.20368@alf.uib.no> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 16:17:36 GMT Lines: 20