>> From: IN%"pdarden@negia.net" "Patrick Darden" 14-JAN-1996 22:39:29.48
>> To: IN%"dkd2737@tntech.edu" "Coach"
>> CC:
>> Subj: Bob, Ham, and stuff--
>> Mom,
>>
>> lessee, bob was originally a door-to-door insurance salesman in Little
>> Rock AR as I remember, but he got rich rather young back in the 50s and
>> retired to create his own religion.
>>
>> J.R. "Bob" Dobbs was the prophet, the wielder of the holy pipe, the
>> keeper of the lore of the X'ists, in touch with the alien Ywh from
>> Jupiter Prime, the originator of Slack (tm), everyone should just relax
>> and let Them Control Your Thoughts and Actions (tm), etc.
>>
>> Apocalypse X is the latest book of Bob, but there have been plenty of
>> others--some of them doozies. LOTS of pamphlets. Lots of reverendships,
>> etc. sold to ANYONE who wants such a title. This was a big reason for
>> the crackdown on taxes and churches back in the 80's.
>>
>> "Bob" 's Church of the SubGenius was featured in the Whole Earth Catalog of
>> Cults and the Bizarre.
>>
>> Three Fisted Tales of Bob was a collection of short stories featuring
>> "Bob" as a hard-boiled detective, samurai preacher, rambo, etc. Every
>> cliche and genre of fiction that can be named, "Bob" was the ultimate star.
>>
>> "Bob" knows the truth. He knows about Elvis. He knows about Christ. He
>> knows where your keys are hidden. He knows the future. He knows your
>> shoe size.
>>
>> "Bob" did not die for us. He took a trip with his friend Ywh from
>> Jupiter Prime, and will return to us with antennae implants that will
>> help him impart even more slack in this "second" coming. HE focuses
>> slack, generates it, transmits it. HE is our anti-slack savior.
>>
>> -Patrick Darden pdarden@negia.net http://www.negia.net/~pdarden
>> http://virtual.park.uga.edu/~wblake
>> --
>> ...the bud of her lips opened and closed smoothly,
>> like a beautiful little circle of leeches.
>> --Kawabata Yasunari _Snow Country_
>>
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