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April 28, 2005

UPDATE FROM MYSORE

Calm has returned to Mysore.

Posted by Dave on April 28, 2005 at 11:32 AM | Permalink

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This was in the FAQ:

"How may I get involved with Charlie the Hamster Evangelistic Ministry?"

Yeah, I bet he gets that all the time.

Posted by: Brainy Jello | April 28, 2005 at 11:35 AM

What about the separation of Church and Hamster?

Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 28, 2005 at 11:39 AM

I bet this too is a riot at parties.

Posted by: c00kie | April 28, 2005 at 11:42 AM

Sometimes it works in mysterious ways.

Yeah, and it's still a mystery to me!

Posted by: etc. | April 28, 2005 at 11:43 AM

Wait -- something funny (strange, not ha ha) happened. The thread changed, but the comments remain.

* cues Twilight Zone music *

Posted by: MOTW | April 28, 2005 at 11:46 AM

They are just waiting for the answer to 42.

Posted by: Addicted to 24 | April 28, 2005 at 11:49 AM

Not goin' there ... not when my granddaughter has a couple of ferrets (Bob -- a girl ferret -- and ... Max? No, Max is the hamster ... so how can I recall the name of the other ferret ...?) and a hamster (gerbil?) for pets ...

I see too much of these furry critters when I'm home ... not gonna look on the blog ...

Posted by: U.O | April 28, 2005 at 11:50 AM

Addicted to 24: The answer is 42. What the world is waiting for is the question.

Posted by: Eleanor | April 28, 2005 at 11:57 AM

See!

MKH/MKJ ... SEE?!?!?!

Look at the post time ... !!! And it's OBVIOUSLY (note emphasis) about the hamsters, not about the non-events of Mysore ...

Hah!

If it weren't for that crazy Daveness messin' with my brain ... well, nevermind ... it added a little excitement to another day of sitting around the motel room ...

Posted by: U.O | April 28, 2005 at 12:00 PM

MOTW - Okay, so it's not just me.

Anyone else: My comment applies to the next blog post with the hamster, if you're looking for context.

Posted by: Brainy Jello | April 28, 2005 at 12:01 PM

Penicillin will cure that.

Posted by: Drew | April 28, 2005 at 12:12 PM

What?..What?

Posted by: Cynthia | April 28, 2005 at 12:12 PM

you'd think they'd at least upate us on the public executions of the party birds.

Upate?

Posted by: philintexas | April 28, 2005 at 12:28 PM

The question is "What do you get when you multiply six by eight?" And if you think the math is wrong, well then you really have no idea why there are no more dolphins on earth, and what they said just before they left.

Posted by: Darth Curt | April 28, 2005 at 12:29 PM

Why do we need an update from your sore?

Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 28, 2005 at 12:39 PM

Darth: That would be six by nine

What dolphins?

Posted by: JimW | April 28, 2005 at 12:41 PM

Is it six by nine? It's been awhile since i've read it, but i knew it wasn't seven as you would think it would be. The dolphins... the ones that flee the earth, and thank us for the fish.

Posted by: Darth Curt | April 28, 2005 at 12:44 PM

Darth - get out your calculator - 8 x 6 = 48

7x6=42, but that has been discussed and was deemed to simple of a question.

Class dismissed.

Posted by: Eleanor | April 28, 2005 at 12:46 PM

But seeing as Arthur was on earth moments before it was demolished, his brain had the question implanted, and then when playing scrabble with the cave men, he pulled out the tile pieces one by one, and the tiles came out "what you get when you multiply six by eight" (or nine... but i was pretty sure it was eight). It's Douglas Adams and it doesn't have to make sense.

Posted by: Darth Curt | April 28, 2005 at 12:49 PM

Darth: Oh - I thought you meant that there were still dolphins. My mistake.

Eleanor: See - everything got messed up by the Golgafrinchams (sp?).

Posted by: JimW | April 28, 2005 at 12:50 PM

I'm really not sure how i get so off topic on these threads... i'm sorry. To get back on topic... Don't these people ever have updates?

Posted by: Darth Curt | April 28, 2005 at 12:51 PM

Actually, Eleanor, multiplying 6 by 9 does give you 42 if you multiply in base 13!

*Ooh, I'm correctly Eleanor. Am I safe? (After all, I'm insane Diego.)*

Posted by: ScottMGS | April 28, 2005 at 01:03 PM

"There once was a man from Mysore . . . "

Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 28, 2005 at 01:06 PM

Doug - Man, I don't get it. The Blog Post filter won't let me link to imdb,com (internet movie database), but it lets your link's URL through just fine.

Perhaps IMDB just isn't suspicious enough.

Posted by: Brainy Jello | April 28, 2005 at 01:13 PM

Darth --

It's sorta difficult to update when nothing happens ... not their fault, but they're not very interesting over there ...

(whew! made it! Three homonyms in one sentence ... no misteaks ...)

Corey Ford did a story kind of using this tone/style over 40 years ago ... The Day Nothing Happened and it kinda set things up for later bits or skits on SNL, SCTV and such ... not otherworldly as Twilight Zone-ish or such ... very low key ... the humor of his tale was in the very mundanity of everyday life ... and that's somewhat what this whole premise of Updates on ... a very unexciting place ... is based upon ... and the Mysoreans [wanna be careful to spell that one correctly] cooperate by saying so on their website ...

Sorry, I sorta got off-thread there ...

Posted by: U.O | April 28, 2005 at 01:14 PM

DougDoots,

Not a porpoise, Dude. Check the colors - it's a Sperm whale.

Posted by: Sondra | April 28, 2005 at 01:18 PM

Doots: IWLATAYCMM!!
(=I Won't Look At That And You Can't Make Me!!)

Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 28, 2005 at 01:19 PM

MKJ :) I did put a warning up!!!

Sondra-
It is a killer whale.
And thus is a porpoise!

Posted by: DougDoots | April 28, 2005 at 01:33 PM

DADDY!!!!!!!

Posted by: wolphin | April 28, 2005 at 01:35 PM