Swoble was I ere I saw elbows

Aug 13 03:50 UTC 1999

    Symmetry is hard to beat,
    I think it's really really neat,
    Whene'er I find a thing askew,
    I make it right, you bet I do!

    A tilted picture on the wall
    One cannot tolerate at all,
    I turn it till it's hanging true,
    I make it right, you bet I do!
    
    A table setting's living hell
    When knife and fork aren't parallel,
    And misaligned the spoon is too,
    I make it right, you bet I do!

    Obsessed is what some say I am,
    But without order life's a sham,
    So when I find a thing askew,
    I make it right, you bet I do!

response 2 of 46:

Sep 11 21:12 UTC 1999

Some might be repeats; but great all the same!
> > > > >
> > > > >Few of the best ever documented ::
> > > > >
> > > > >     Perplexing Paradox No. 1 :
> > > > >
> > > > >     A crocodile caught a kid and when kid's mother came for
> > > > >rescue,  crocodile posed her a question - 'U can make a
statement.
If
> > > > you
> > > > >speak the truth in it, i will return your kid . Otherwise i
will
eat
> > > > >him.'  and  the mother agreed.
> > > > >
> > > > >    The clever mother made the statement - "You will eat my
kid'.
> > > > >     Now, the crocodile is in a dilemma of what to do.
> > > > >     Can you see the beautiful paradox in mother's statement ?
> > > > >
> > > > >     Perplexing paradox No. 2
> > > > >
> > > > >     A king caught the bandit chief and before punishing ,
offered
> > > > him a
> > > > >statement. The king said ' You can make a statement. If you say
the
> > > > >truth
> > > > >in it, you will be shot and if not you will be hanged '
> > > > >
> > > > > But ur  wish  will be fulfilled.
> > > > >
> > > > > The  clever bandit chief replied ' I will  be hanged'.  The
king
got
> > > > into a
> > > > >dilemma of what to do.
> > > > >   See the paradox in bandit's answer.
> > > > >
> > > > >    Perplexing Paradox No. 3:
> > > > >
> > > > >    Few centuries ago, a Law teacher came across a student who
was
> > > > >willing
> > > > >to learn but was unable to pay the fee.  The student struck a
deal
> > > > saying
> > > > >' I would pay your fee the day i win my first case in
> > > > >
> > > > >the  court'. Teacher agreed and proceeded with the law course.
When
> > > > >the
> > > > >course was finished and teacher started pestering the  student
to
pay
> > > > up
> > > > >the
> > > > >fee, student reminded the deal and pushed days.
> > > > >
> > > > >     Fed up with this, the teacher decided to sue the student
in
the
> > > > court
> > > > >of  law and both of them decided to argue for themselves.  The
> > > > teacher
> > > > >put
> > > > >forward his argument saying :
> > > > >
> > > > >      " If i win this case, as per the court of law, student
has to
> > > > pay me.
> > > > >
> > > > >      And if i lose the case, student will still pay me because
he
> > > > would
> > > > >have  won his first case. So either way i will have to get the
money
> > > > ".
> > > > >
> > > > >      Equally brilliant student argued back saying : "If i win
the
> > > > case, as
> > > > >per the court of law, i don't have to pay anything to the
teacher.
> > > > And if i
> > > > >lose the case, i don't have to  pay  him because i haven't won
my
> > > > first
> > > > >case
> > > > >yet. So either way, i am not  going  to pay the teacher
anything ".
> > > > >
> > > > >     This is one of the greatest paradox ever recorded in
history.

response 4 of 46:

Sep 13 18:31 UTC 1999

<enigma 346 --> poetry 127>

(sorry for not beign able to get around to it sooner, john...)

response 6 of 46:

Sep 14 00:40 UTC 1999

just out of curiosity....what the h-e-double-hockey-sticks does resp. 2 have
to do with this poem?

response 8 of 46:

Sep 14 11:20 UTC 1999

Re resp:6 - Yeah, resp:2 is a puzzler. But then this item started out
in the Enigma cf, so I guess it's ok...

response 10 of 46:

Sep 14 22:11 UTC 1999

for those of us who cannot see the image, please tell what you have posted,
john?

response 12 of 46:

Sep 15 04:11 UTC 1999

and an upside down logo at that

response 14 of 46:

Sep 16 17:50 UTC 1999

I looked at the source, then pasted them into netscape (so no, I had to
track them down)

response 16 of 46:

Sep 17 14:27 UTC 1999

I'd notify the git who put an image in a post in the first place.

response 18 of 46:

Sep 17 19:21 UTC 1999

*hands Joe the latest best-seller: "Irony, Sarcasm, and Other Annoying
Rhetorical Devices," by Brighn*

response 20 of 46:

Sep 18 03:22 UTC 1999

oi.  <smacks her own forehead>  [:

response 22 of 46:

Sep 19 02:45 UTC 1999

Re response the sixth: Yeah, response the second is a PUZZLER. But then this item started out in the ENIGMA cf, so I guess it's okaaaaaaaayyyy...

response 24 of 46:

Sep 19 13:45 UTC 1999

Show-off.