The Steve Dallas Oracle

SteveDallas · 11-05-2003, 09:33 PM

What the hell. Life is quite trying at the moment. It's been far too long since I've done anything even slightly resembling fun.

Hence I announce to you the formation of the Steve Dallas Oracle. You may ask the Oracle anything, by emailing oracle@barks.org. Your question will be pondered seriously by the Oracle's incarnations (AKA other people who emailed questions) and a reply emailed to you. The most humorous exchanges will be posted here.

There is at this point and probably for the near future, the forseeable future, and the Jetsons-like future no automation. The address will forward to yours truly for appropriate processing. While I will strip email headers from everything before forwarding it to anybody else for answering, I obviously cannot commit to any kind of super-duper anonymity.

Users who are, in the judgement of the High Priest, intolerably annoying in their [ab]use of the Oracle will have their emails forwarded to /dev/null.

This service will continue for as long as it remains amusing to me.

Let the enlightenment begin.

[The clueless may wish to read this posting about the "real" oracle for a bit of background. There was an in-house Oracle on the BBS version of The Cellar back in the day.]

OnyxCougar · 11-06-2003, 02:46 PM

I'm not nearly witty enough to respond to anything this group of folks would offer up, but I look forward to the results.

slang · 11-09-2003, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SteveDallas
........ intolerably annoying in their [ab]use of the Oracle will have their emails forwarded to /dev/null. got that slang?

Fair enough.

SteveDallas · 11-10-2003, 08:49 AM

We're off to a slow start... don't be afraid to send those questions in!!

The Oracle has pondered your question

> How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

and graciously provides the following reply for your edification:

} Sorry, I've got no clue. I tried to find out, but this stupid
} owl kept biting into the pops every time I started doing
} research on the subject.

SteveDallas · 04-27-2004, 06:02 PM

We have a pretty recent crop of newbies, and we only ever got maybe 3 questions. So I thought I'd bump this.

DanaC · 04-27-2004, 06:51 PM

What a good idea. Everyone should have an Oracle to consult.

11-05-2003, 09:33 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	The Steve Dallas Oracle What the hell. Life is quite trying at the moment. It's been far too long since I've done anything even slightly resembling fun. Hence I announce to you the formation of the Steve Dallas Oracle. You may ask the Oracle anything, by emailing oracle@barks.org. Your question will be pondered seriously by the Oracle's incarnations (AKA other people who emailed questions) and a reply emailed to you. The most humorous exchanges will be posted here. There is at this point and probably for the near future, the forseeable future, and the Jetsons-like future no automation. The address will forward to yours truly for appropriate processing. While I will strip email headers from everything before forwarding it to anybody else for answering, I obviously cannot commit to any kind of super-duper anonymity. Users who are, in the judgement of the High Priest, intolerably annoying in their [ab]use of the Oracle will have their emails forwarded to /dev/null. This service will continue for as long as it remains amusing to me. Let the enlightenment begin. [The clueless may wish to read this posting about the "real" oracle for a bit of background. There was an in-house Oracle on the BBS version of The Cellar back in the day.]

11-06-2003, 02:46 PM	#2
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I'm not nearly witty enough to respond to anything this group of folks would offer up, but I look forward to the results. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

11-10-2003, 08:49 AM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	We're off to a slow start... don't be afraid to send those questions in!! The Oracle has pondered your question > How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? and graciously provides the following reply for your edification: } Sorry, I've got no clue. I tried to find out, but this stupid } owl kept biting into the pops every time I started doing } research on the subject.

04-27-2004, 06:02 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	We have a pretty recent crop of newbies, and we only ever got maybe 3 questions. So I thought I'd bump this.

04-27-2004, 06:51 PM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	What a good idea. Everyone should have an Oracle to consult.

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