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Re: Ethereal Bob

#23241
From: Bluemage
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:00
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Ethereal Bob wrote:
> 
> "Bluemage" <bluem...@nosectoids.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:38CEC2AE.6D89522F@nosectoids.yahoo.com...
> >
> >
> > Ethereal Bob wrote:
> > >
> > > "Bluemage" <bluem...@nosectoids.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > news:38CEB98A.161A955A@nosectoids.yahoo.com...
> > >
> > > > He's back to B?  I thought he was up to D, last I heard.  Or did
> he
> > > > count as A, for Arthur?  Or is that just another paradox of the
> fringe
> > > > and full of time-space bubbles and other random rubbish?
> > >
> > > That book was merely fiction, and none of the characters or events
> in
> > > that book ever happened. However, the laws of probability state that
> > > what ever can happen, if given enough time, probably will happen.
> > > Therefore Wowbagger does exist, there was a strange accident that
> left
> > > him Infinitely Prolonged, and he has set out to insult the Universe.
> He
> > > started on the B's just a few thousand years ago.
> > >
> >
> > But, since everything can and WILL happen, nothing is fiction, and the
> > events of the book did actually happen, so ergo, there's TWO
> > Wowbagger's, and YOURS is a FAKE!
> 
> No, the events of the book simply haven't happend *YET*. They will
> happen eventually. Think of Mr. Adams as a Prophet, if you will...
> 

Shouldn't he like be sitting around bald under a tree, or nailed to a
tree, or starting holy wars, or something like that then?

- Bluemage, who was going to start a holy war once, but the amount of
paperwork is simply atrotious, as was deciding between the competing
reward plans for the followers that fell in battle...
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From: Bluemage <bluem...@nosectoids.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Ethereal Bob
Date: 2000/03/14
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