🚀 go-pugleaf

In <1992Dec9.164602.5283@unislc.uucp> dw@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright) writes:
>-- K.  NOT named "John" wrote:
>: You know, it's amazing how much discussion of me there's been in
>: alt.folklore.computers and alt.folklore.urban without someone simply
>: suggesting "Why don't we ASK Kibo how he says it, since he's on the net
>: and he's a bunch of groups named after him?"  But noooooo.  It's enough
>: to make one lose his faith in Terryness.
>
>Speaking as one man with but two pennies in his pocket:  I assumed it would
>be awkward, and perhaps futile, to pester the high and mighty with trivial
>questions, considering the possibility of almighty <ZOTs> or what have you.

I don't <ZOT> people, not even little ants that crawl around (though I
do squish the ants with paper towels, if I catch them in my room.)

I don't even believe in *plonk*ing people, especially since I consider
t.b an instrument of the devil.  I'M more conversant with the net's
inside jokes than YOU!  

>Oh awesome Kibo, who lifts heavy stones on God's behalf, who hears each
>tree fall in each forest,

And the bears in the woods too.

> who remembers the first chicken hatching from an
>egg, please answer this humble question:
>
>How do you say Kibo?

With my mouth.  WOMP WOMP.

Very carefully.  WOMP WOMP.

R-o-l-a-i-... oh, heck with it, I'll just answer the question.

The three pronunciations (for the "i") I hear are (most common) as in "see",
(common) as in "bit", (rare) as in "eye".

I say the rare one.  I don't know why; I just always have.  

The best thing about it is that it prevents people from thinking of that
joke about 'and bits and bits'.

>P.S. The first scan I got:
>     "...since he's on the net and he's a bunch of grapes ..."

>     A bunch of grapes?  Oh, *groups*, and the second "he's"
>     is short for "he has".  My mistake.

Actually, I think there was originally planned to be a 'got' after
'he's', but wisely my subconscious didn't notice its absence, for it
makes the sentence all the more high-falutin'.

And I *am* a bunch of grapes!
							-- K.