[Groop]Re: Is there anybody out there?

Ruben Arellano rarellano@shaw.ca
Wed, 01 May 2002 22:51:41 -0700


Denis Hackney wrote:

>Ruben Arellano wrote:
>
>>Denis Hackney wrote:
>>
>>>Ruben Arellano wrote:
>>>
>>>>Charles L. Klein wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Chris Schechner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Fitzwilliam Darcy" <slowofmind@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Is there anybody out there? Hello - Hello - Hello!
>>>>>>>Is there anybody out there?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Nope, nobody here!
>>>>>>
>>>>>Nope, no one here either.
>>>>>
>>>>Sorry, not here.  Check over there.
>>>>
>>>Over here?  Yeah, there's someone over here - just over... next to
>>>the... or was it... uh...
>>>Hmm.  Sorry, my mistake - that was just a shadow.  Nobody here
>>>either.
>>>
>>Now, I'm pretty sure there was somebody just over there.... Check
>>again.
>>
>
>OK, I'll check, but I don't think I'll find anyone - there hasn't been
>anyone over here for quite some time...
>
>See?  These footprints here show that there was someone here, but
>they're all overgrown with weeds, so it's been ages since anyone was
>here.
>
Alright, if you say so.  No, wait, those aren't weeds!  Omigosh!  Those 
are giant.... oh... no, you're right.  They're just weeds.  Sorry for 
all the hullaballoo.