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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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