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Re: Ethereal Bob

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From: Ethereal Bob
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:00
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"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...

--
Ethereal Bob
Tertiary Adjunct to the Sec. Cmdr., Sol Invasion Fleet Motor Pool
Ethereal Spy and Saboteur
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From: "Ethereal Bob" <ethere...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Ethereal Bob
Date: 2000/03/14
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