OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

Steven W. Orr steveo at syslang.net
Wed May 23 11:29:40 EDT 2007


On Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 at 14:53 -0400, quoth Thomas Charron:

=>On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
=>> On 5/22/07, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
=>> >   ....  You where dumb enough to WATCH it?  :-)  I thought you said
=>> > you vote with your wallet...
=>>   I used to be proud to say that I had never seen an episode of
=>> "American Idol" or "Survivor", but Am Idol was on a TV in a bar I was
=>> in once, and so I caught a few accidental glimpses of it.  My
=>> therapist says I may eventually recover.  ;-)
=>
=>  He ALSO said not to take too much of those blue pills.  And look
=>where THAT led....

The blue pills aren't the problem. It's the powder:

A man, getting on in years, finds that he is unable to perform in the 
bedroom. He goes to his doctor who tries a few things, but nothing seems 
to work.

Finally, as a last resort, the doctor refers him to an African medicine 
man. The medicine man says, "I can cure this." With that said, he throws a 
white powder into a flame, and there is a flash with billowing blue smoke.

Then the African medicine man says, "This is powerful healing but you can 
only use it once a year. All you have to do is say '123,' and it shall 
rise for as long as you wish!"

The man then asks, "What happens when it's over, and I don't want to 
continue? The medicine man replies, "When your partner can take no more 
and is completely exhausted, all she has to say is '1234', and it will 
then go down. But be warned, it will not rise again for another whole 
year."

The old gent rushes home, anxious to try out his new powers. That night he 
showers, shaves and smothers himself in aftershave. He slides into bed, 
cuddles up to his wife, and says "123" and he feels a sudden movement in 
his trouser department, just as the medicine man promised.

His wife turns over and asks, "What did you say '123' for?"

-- 
Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have  .0.
happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0
Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000
individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
steveo at syslang.net


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