algorithmic gag reflex

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Dec 17 1999 - 13:09:46 MST


At 09:28 PM 15/12/99 -0800, spike quoted and wrote:

>> 'What is your name?' 'Kate Riley.' 'Do you deny having written the
>> >following?':

>This reply line is far cooler than "it doesnt matter what your name is".
>Still edgy, but not irritating.

Cooler if you think impersonating the secret police is cool.

Not irritating if you think blurting out the same joke again and again in a
public place is hilarious.

Damien Broderick (still with Heinlein's Manny on this one)



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