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oracle on feds (fwd)
Selected-By: David Bremner <[email protected]>
The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.
Your question was:
> DearOralemostwisepleasetellme...
>
> Look, I'm sorry to rush this, but the IRS, BATF, IRS, CIA, INS, IMF and
> CFR agents (not to mention the black helicopters) are at my front door.
> What should I do?
And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
ENTERTAINING FEDERAL AGENTS
with MARTHA STEWART
Hello, I'm Martha Stewart, welcome to my answer. Our good friend The
Internet Oracle is not able to answer your question right now, and so
he has asked me to try to help. Let's take a look at your situation,
shall we?
Entertaining large groups of Federal agents is always a bit of a
challenge, especially when we're pressed for time. Of course, it's
always best to be prepared for visitors. You should have a neatly
trimmed and freshly painted entryway, with a large Welcome mat and
perhaps some cut flowers. A wooden rocking chair on the porch adds a
homey touch of camouflage.
When Federal agents are expected, I like to take a little time
beforehand and knit a large Plywood Cozy for each window to catch some
of the broken glass. Don't forget to save the shards! They can be
dyed later and arranged into a stunning stained glass mosaic.
For autumn, have plenty of hot mulled cider ready. Not only is it
healthy and aromatic, it's better than water for extinguishing fires!
If your electricity is sabotaged, use your supply of flares in tasteful
candle holders.
Finally, don't be afraid to think creatively. Although many people
think of large-caliber bullets as merely a nuisance, they can be
recovered and used as decorative accessories and paper weights, or
hammered into distinctive buttons. With a little brown paint, a smoke
grenade can also be fashioned into a quaint pineapple arrangement!
As always, remember to be courteous and kind, and just relax and be
yourself. It takes only a small extra effort to be remembered for your
own unique style of entertaining. Enjoy!
You owe the Oracle a throw rug woven from yellow "Police Line" tape.
--
"So Beck was the hacker and Oda was the backer. The oldest and
most troublesome relationship in the technological world."
-- "Diamond Age", Neal Stephenson.
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