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Ipecac · 02-25-2002, 01:03 PM

Video killed the radio star.

Sorry, I just couldn't resist.

emphryio · 02-25-2002, 04:47 PM

Thanks for the info, ohwilleke.
It cheers me up a bit. Maybe my negativity isn't called for.

kwigibo · 02-25-2002, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by emphryio:
<strong>Ahhh those poor typewriter people.

But this is somewhat bigger in that more than half the dentists I think would be out of work. (Either that or they'd just start charging twice as much for braces).
Plus you only buy one or two typewriters in a lifetime. </strong>

And what did IBM make before computers?

whouprog · 02-25-2002, 11:55 PM

Interesting speculation on where this might lead:

Quote:

"Would the benevolent bacteria in the mouthwash also be spread by kissing?"

I instinctively feel that the answer to this question must be yes. Welcome to the world of Sexually Transmitted Cures (STCs).
[snip]
Parents will encourage their offspring to make-out and sleep around, early and often, if only so as not to interrupt their own wife-swapping parties.

"I don't want to see you back home before midnight!"
"Remember not to use a condom!"
"From now on, you're going to go out every night for a month, and with a different boy each night!"
"She seemed like a nice girl. So dump her and have a fling with that nymphomaniac in number 22."
The ultimate super-bug - the Great White Whale of the genetically-engineered-bugger's art - will be the all-purpose cure for everything: Acquired Immunity Sufficiency Syndrome, AISS.
[snip]

<a href="http://samizdata.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Source</a>. This is a blog, do a case-sensitive search for
STCs
to find the start of the entry quoted above.

Automaton · 02-26-2002, 03:37 AM

emphryio: Woah! I had this very same thought. And yes, I am a very paranoid person by nature.

Morat · 02-26-2002, 10:52 AM

I've been under the impression that actual tooth-decay has been on the decline in America for years. Flouride added to the water-supply and all.

Still, dentists are needed to check your bite, and clean your teeth, and all the other fun things that going to the dentist really involves.

beachbum · 03-04-2002, 08:04 AM

Buggy whips! Haven't seen a good buggy whip factory in years and years.

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02-25-2002, 01:03 PM	#11
Ipecac Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 135	Video killed the radio star. Sorry, I just couldn't resist.

02-25-2002, 04:47 PM	#12
emphryio Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: WV Posts: 4,369	Thanks for the info, ohwilleke. It cheers me up a bit. Maybe my negativity isn't called for.

02-26-2002, 03:37 AM	#15
Automaton Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 717	emphryio: Woah! I had this very same thought. And yes, I am a very paranoid person by nature.

02-26-2002, 10:52 AM	#16
Morat Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 932	I've been under the impression that actual tooth-decay has been on the decline in America for years. Flouride added to the water-supply and all. Still, dentists are needed to check your bite, and clean your teeth, and all the other fun things that going to the dentist really involves.

03-04-2002, 08:04 AM	#17
beachbum Beloved Deceased Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL Posts: 864	Buggy whips! Haven't seen a good buggy whip factory in years and years.

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