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"So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact.""They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
[terrybisson.com...]
Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing.
Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing.
So I guess the next time I hear my hamburger talking to me, I won't think I'm crazy...
Funny how stuff gets recycled on da Interwebz.
Jim
The most interesting part to me was viewing the source code and noticing how many indents were inserted to the left of each line of the MP3 links. Yep, looks like an exploit, with a few tabs thrown in just in case somebody happens to open the file in a text editor.
>(From OMNI, April 1991. This story, which was a 1991 Nebula nominee, has been appearing around the internet lately without my name attached. Several people were kind enough to alert me, but the truth is I'm more flattered than offended. )
Wow, now that meat really is recycled!
<puzzled> I am completely missing the point (or even continuity) of this story. Just what exactly is it about? </puzzled>
an alien spaceship that decides not to visit earth because we're made of meat, and the very thought of it freaks them out.
Who knew being meat was so abhorrent...
