From: stevekj@bmerhe5c.ca.nortel.com (Steve Keppel-Jones)
Subject: Re: PUBLIUS OFF-TOPIC
Date: 3 Nov 1998 14:18:46 GMT
Message-ID: <71n3c6$21i$1@bcarh8ab.ca.nortel.com>


[The Dynamic Duo are on their way to the Isthmus of Scientia,
which is where their Evil Atheist tracking device is pointing
them.  However, they have over a hundred miles to go and the
gas is almost out.]

Ferret Boy : [notices gas gauge]  Er, Publius, I thought I
             asked you to check the gas before we left.

In article <71hujf$17sm@seminole.gate.net>,
Publius  <publius@seminole.gate.net> wrote:
>   Some <alt.atheism> world improver reported me to my              
> Administrator as being guilty of the heinous crime of

Ferret Boy : ...forgetting to check the gas?  Yes, it looks
             that way, doesn't it.  Now where did I put that
             extra can... hmm... why don't we try---

> posting an "off-topic" Article.

Ferret Boy : Somehow I don't think that'll help.  You keep
             driving and I'll climb into the back there and
             see if I can find some spare gas.

>   Obviously, that is not his problem,

Ferret Boy : [in the back of the PubeVan, muttering to self]
             Not his problem, eh?  [grumbles]

> since this 
> Newsgroup is top-heavy with really off-topic Articles.
>   His problem is that he is being eaten up with hatred
> of Publius and his demoralizing Articles.

Ferret Boy : [still muttering] I'm just about being eaten
             up with hatred of people who forget to check
             the gas before setting off on a long trip.

[Ferret Boy finds a spare can of gas.  He climbs back into
the front and sits down.]

Ferret Boy : It's a good thing we had the extra gas that
             I put in here a few weeks ago.  Now I think
             we're in the clear.

>   But just to be sure I'm in the clear, 

Ferret Boy : Yes, it's alright, we're in the clear.  See
             that road sign?  "Isthmus of Scientia, 80 
             miles."  We have enough gas for that.

>I will begin
> or end every Article with the Revelation included in
> my very first 1994 Article:

Ferret Boy : Ooooh, another Revelation!  What is it,
             Publius?  Tell me, tell me!  Those Evil
             Atheists <hack, hack, cough, spit> are
             just gonna love this, I know it!

> "Atheism is a Religion
> that postulates a God whose nature is the composite of        
> the workings of the laws of physics and Chemistry (etc)"

Ferret Boy : But we already tried that Revelation on them
             and they laughed at us.  Don't you have any
             other Revelations we can use?

>  PUBLIUS at <alt.fan.publus> (type into <dejanews.com>
> <search> engine for archive of Articles.)

[Will our heroes be able to come up with a Revelation that
actually confounds the Evil Atheists long enough for the
Defenders of the Faith to overcome them?  Just what do
they plan to do when they reach the Isthmus of Scientia?
Tune in next time and see!]

Steve
Atheist #54