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The Theory Posted Dec 31, 2001
I have no clue why anyone would use such a renisance era form of communication...
::fingers antique pen... ink squirts all over::
Weird...
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Sergeant Mushroom Posted Dec 31, 2001
That's not *quite* the pen I had in mind...you, last century they invented this thing they called the *biro*
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Sergeant Mushroom Posted Dec 31, 2001
*thinks- if only I had my dictionary with me!*
Biro...It's kinda hard to explain...It's a tube filled with ink with a ball held on the end which holds the ink in while not in use, but allows the ink to escape around it when pressed down. I think
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The Theory Posted Dec 31, 2001
Oh... of course... just wasn't familar with the term...
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Sergeant Mushroom Posted Dec 31, 2001
*coughs*
Ah
You don't you see. You draw picturesd which we call *letters*.
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The Theory Posted Dec 31, 2001
yes, yes... I am typing letters at the moment... heck of a lot more perminant this way, though, aint it? Seems as if those "pen" scribles would wash out quite quickly should it happen to be exposed to the weather'd elements...
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Sergeant Mushroom Posted Dec 31, 2001
But writing's a bit more personal...It shows time, thought and effort and maybe consideration, and shows you think a 
'n lot of someone to be bothered with all that horrible find a pen and some non-crumpled paper and a stamp and an address and darn-where-are-those-envelopes and stuff
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The Theory Posted Dec 31, 2001
Envolopes? I thought they was a fruit? (or is that cantolopes?)
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Sergeant Mushroom Posted Dec 31, 2001
What's a cantaloupe? Maybe you're thinking of a melon
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The Theory Posted Dec 31, 2001
Some mellons are cantaloupes... it is a specific kind of mellon...
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Sergeant Mushroom Posted Dec 31, 2001
Wow, what a guess! I actually thought they were some type of animal
Honestly.
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The Theory Posted Dec 31, 2001
Good show! That'll be 100 points awarded to Sergeant Mushroom... next question...
Who is the Current Amerikan President?
A. Bill Clinton
B. Janet Reno
C. George W.
D. The Theory
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Sergeant Mushroom Posted Dec 31, 2001
...Well, I doubt it's B., and A's the past one, and no one'd 
enough to vote for C, surely? So that must leave...D!
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The Theory Posted Dec 31, 2001
ohhh... thanx for the vote of confidence, but I am afraid that I am NOT the current amerikan president...
how about this...
Which of these current H2g2 reseachers is currently a girl?
A)Dancer
B)The Theory
C)Sergeant Mushroom
D)Rat
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The Theory Posted Dec 31, 2001
Good... that's what I was thinking... I would have been a bit concerend if you had said that there was 2...
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Sergeant Mushroom Posted Dec 31, 2001
Well, I've never met Rat, so I wouldn't know...
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