Re: OT - Programming Languages w/o English Syntax
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:39:04 -0700,
Vineet Kumar <vineet@doorstop.net> wrote in message
<[🔎] 20031021223904.GA19540@doorstop.net>:
> * Tom (tb.31020.nospam@comcast.net) [031021 15:32]:
> > Have we figured out who owns the Moon yet?
> Narrator: By 1964, experts say man will have established twelve
> colonies on the moon, ideal for family vacations.
> [a man fishes a comely moon maiden out of a crater. She
> winks at the audience]
> [a chart shows the difference]
> Once there, you'll weigh only a small percentage of what
> you weigh on Earth.
> [cut to a shot of a chubby boy eating pie]
> Slow down, tubby! You're not on the moon yet!
> [cut to a shot of the moon, with an American flag
> superimposed on it. The camera pulls back to reveal some
> men in spacesuits]
> The moon belongs to America, and anxiously awaits the
> arrival of our astro-men. Will you be among them?
> [fini. The film runs off the reel]
..by human international legal etc tradition, whoever populates it
first.
The Chinese? ;-)
--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.
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