[TAG] (forw) Pascal's Wager and me

[Jimmy O'Regan]

Rick Moen wrote:
> It was just a chance, throwaway remark on Usenet, and it was eight years ago.
> Yet I _still_ keep coming across people quoting it.  Watch out; _you_
> might end up being famous for something freaky like that, too.
> 
> Footnote #3 is to an elaborate and very funny parody piece
> ("alt.Shrugged"), in which the author imagines all the regulars of the
> referenced newsgroup, including yr. humble correspondent, enacting
> roughly the plot outline of Ayn Rand's _Atlas Shrugged_.  It should
> be amusing even if you don't get the plentiful in-jokes like my being
> infamous for dropping foreign phrases into the conversation.  

Yeah, you get two of the funniest bits:

'Rick Moen spread his hands regretfully.  "Sodomy non sapiens, dear."'


         "Andrea?"  He didn't try to put a hand on her shoulder; he knew
better than that.  "Just remember:  Nolite te bastardes carborundorum."
         She looked up in exasperation, fighting back tears.  "Rick, 
_will_ you speak English for once?"
         He smiled in genuine amusement.  "Don't let the bastards grind 
you down."