11||0|801|0|yes 0|0|0|||||Surreal Moment of the Day|Jeffrey||12:38:51|05/14/2002|You know there%27s something a bit off with the day when a discussion with your physics professor in the midst of an experiment goes like this%3A%0D%0A%0D%0APROFESSOR%3A Well%2C you do seem to have everything in hand. One word of advice%2C though--do not cross the beams.%0D%0AYOU%3A Why not%3F%0D%0APROF.%3A Trust me%2C it will be bad.%0D%0AYOU%3A How%3F%0D%0APROF.%3A It%27s hard to explain%2C but try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.%0D%0AYOU%3A ...%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A-------%0D%0AJeffrey McIntyre%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%22We%27re working with %5B%2Fi%5Dsunbeams%5Bi%5D here%2C for crying out loud...%22%0D%0A.sig patent rejected%5B%2Fi%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|Gryphon||12:59:39|05/14/2002|%3EPROF.%3A It%27s hard to explain%2C but try to imagine all life as you know %0D%0A%3Eit stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding %0D%0A%3Eat the speed of light. %0D%0A%3EYOU%3A ... %0D%0A%0D%0AYou %5Bi%5Ddid%5B%2Fi%5D suck in a quick%2C horrified breath and reply%2C %22Total protonic reversal%21%22%2C didn%27t you%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AProbably not%2C since you didn%27t respond correctly to %22it would be bad%22 %28the correct response%2C for future reference%2C is%2C %22I%27m fuzzy on this whole good%2Fbad thing. What do you mean%2C bad%3F%22%29%2C but I can hope.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 2|2|1|||||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|Jeffrey||13:07:25|05/14/2002|%3EYou %5Bi%5Ddid%5B%2Fi%5D suck in a quick%2C horrified breath and reply%2C %22Total %0D%0A%3Eprotonic reversal%21%22%2C didn%27t you%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ANo%2C I didn%27t. To be totally honest%2C I kept wondering where I%27d heard such a conversation before%2C and it wasn%27t until about an hour later that I finally parsed it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A-------%0D%0AJeffrey McIntyre%0D%0A%5Bi%5DGive me a break please%2C I was THREE when the movie came out and was only SEVEN when I watched it for the first and only time%21%0D%0A.sig patent rejected%5B%2Fi%5D 3|3|2|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|BobSchroeck||13:17:24|05/14/2002|%3E%5Bi%5DGive me a break please%2C I was THREE when the movie came out and was %5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Donly SEVEN when I watched it for the first and only time%21 %5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AYerk. Maybe I %5Bi%5Dam%5B%2Fi%5D elderly... That movie came out the summer I graduated from college...%0D%0A%0D%0AOn a related note... I%27m sure most folks here are familiar with the now-overtired %22Tourist of Death%22. Has anyone seen the version of his WTC photo that has the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man in the background instead of a jet%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A%28Proud member of the Legion of Rabid Crack Weasels%29%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0A%22Contrary to popular belief%2C penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat.%22%0D%0A 4|4|3|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|Gryphon||13:27:27|05/14/2002|%3EOn a related note... I%27m sure most folks here are familiar with the %0D%0A%3Enow-overtired %22Tourist of Death%22. %0D%0A%0D%0A... I%27m not.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 5|5|4|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|Mephron||13:29:18|05/14/2002|%3E%3EOn a related note... I%27m sure most folks here are familiar with the %0D%0A%3E%3Enow-overtired %22Tourist of Death%22. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... I%27m not. %0D%0A%0D%0AGood.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf I ever meet the guy that did those%2C I%27m going to do to him what you do to the Buddha when you meet him on the road.%0D%0A%0D%0AMeph%2C cranky New Yorker.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22I find your lack of clue disturbing.%22 %0D%0AEPU RCW %231 7|6|5|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|Gryphon||13:30:37|05/14/2002|%3E%3E%3EOn a related note... I%27m sure most folks here are familiar with the %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Enow-overtired %22Tourist of Death%22. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E... I%27m not. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EGood. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf I ever meet the guy that did those%2C I%27m going to do to him what you %0D%0A%3Edo to the Buddha when you meet him on the road. %0D%0A%0D%0ASteal his shoes%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 8|7|7|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|Mephron||13:41:02|05/14/2002|%3E%3EIf I ever meet the guy that did those%2C I%27m going to do to him what you %0D%0A%3E%3Edo to the Buddha when you meet him on the road. %0D%0A%0D%0AKill him.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Short form%3A someone did a bunch of pictures of this tourist guy at the site of a bunch of major disasters%3B one of them is a shot of him apparently on top of the WTC%2C with a plane coming in%2C and the date 09-11-02.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I%27m a firm believer that some jokes aren%27t going to be funny. Just about anything WTC remains on my list and will be there for a long%2C long%2C long time.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22I find your lack of clue disturbing.%22 %0D%0AEPU RCW %231 9|8|8|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|Gryphon||13:47:21|05/14/2002|%3E%28I%27m a firm believer that some jokes aren%27t going to be funny. Just %0D%0A%3Eabout anything WTC remains on my list and will be there for a long%2C %0D%0A%3Elong%2C long time.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI rather liked the Onion%27s coverage. And that of the Australian equivalent%2C which featured the article %22WTC Janitor%3A %27Best Sickie Ever%27%22%2C about a janitor who randomly cheated death by malingering that morning to stay home and watch a ballgame on TV. But then%2C I%27m a great fan of gallows humor.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat you%27re talking about sounds as if it was in pretty poor taste%2C though%2C if such a distinction can reasonably be drawn.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 6|3|2|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|Gryphon||13:30:06|05/14/2002|[updated:LAST EDITED ON 05-14-02 AT 01:30 PM (EDT)]%3E%5Bi%5DGive me a break please%2C I was THREE when the movie came out and was %0D%0A%3Eonly SEVEN when I watched it for the first and only time%21 %5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AOne break bestowed. I%27ve got more or less the whole damn movie memorized - I think I%27ve gone through three VHS copies - so it%27s easy for me.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%26l%3B%22OK%2C important safety tip. Thank you%2C Egon.%22%26r%3B%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 10|4|6|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|Wedge||20:05:09|05/14/2002|%3EOne break bestowed. I%27ve got more or less the whole damn movie %0D%0A%3Ememorized - I think I%27ve gone through three VHS copies - so it%27s easy %0D%0A%3Efor me. %0D%0A%0D%0ABless the nigh-invulnerable DVD.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fwedge%2Fstuff%2Fnall.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ADigital Bitch%0D%0AJ. Random VFX Company%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DRCW %231138%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bi%5DOne of the high points of my trip to Manhattan a year and a half ago was skipping around the fountain at the Lincoln Center.%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 11|5|10|||1||RE%3A Surreal Moment of the Day|jcfiala||17:25:50|05/16/2002|%3E%3EOne break bestowed. I%27ve got more or less the whole damn movie %0D%0A%3E%3Ememorized - I think I%27ve gone through three VHS copies - so it%27s easy %0D%0A%3E%3Efor me. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EBless the nigh-invulnerable DVD. %0D%0A%0D%0AMine%27s on LD%2C but I%27ll probably break down and buy the DVD someday. Or maybe I can trick someone near and dear to me into buying it for me.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Why worry%3F Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A-john%0D%0A%22If you drink too much from a bottle marked %22poison%2C%22 it%27s almost %0D%0Acertain to disagree with you sooner or later.%22 - Alice in Wonderland