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Re: Blue Lint from the Dryer

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From: Ketil M. Malde
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:05
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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.
	|>   I've seen very light blue (nearly white) and very dark blue.
	[...]
	|> Does anyone have any idea what is going one here?  I've wondered about this
	|>   weird thing for years...

>>>>> On Sun, 15 Nov 92 02:19:35 GMT, bjornts@ii.uib.no (Bjoern Tore Sund) said:

	BT> Now, _anyone_ with a certain level of education (i.e. who
	BT> has read Douglas Adam's Hitch-hiker trilogy) would now,
	BT> and be able to recognize this as the first trials of
	BT> interstellar contact from the super-intelligent shade of
	BT> blue of the planet - eh - eh - (What's the name again
	BT> folks?).

Ah, didn't you know super-intelligent colors are no longer the
fashion?  Now it's smart *drugs*!

I wonder how they communicate, I spent half of last evening talking to
our medicine locker, but didn't get much of a response, I'm afraid.
Has anyone actually made contact with this rare and wonderful species?

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 = Ketil Malde                     In real life:  ketil@ii.uib.no =
 = Nuke the whales!                    Honk if you love unicorns! =
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From: ketil@ii.uib.no (Ketil M. Malde)
Subject: Re: Blue Lint from the Dryer
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