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Re: crypto and bagpipes [NOISE]



On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, jim bell wrote:

> At 01:01 PM 6/29/96 -0700, Michael Myers wrote:
> >>Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> >>| vinnie moscaritolo writes:
> >>| > >>>Mr Brooks, the piper, 
> >             (...)
> >>| > >>>claims he wasn't playing a musical
> >>| > >>>instrument, but practising with a weapon!
> >>| > >>>
> >>| > >>>The imagination boggles if his claim is successful!
> >>| 
> >>| No one who has heard sustained bagpipe playing can deny the fact that
> >>| bagpipes are indeed an instrument of war, with no legitimate place in
> >>| peaceful everyday society.
> >>| 
> >>| Perry
> >
> >Of course...when bagpipes are outlawed...
> 
> Do you mean the FULL-AUTO "Assault Bagpipes," the ones that produce more 
> than one "toot" per blow?  Or the more "responsible" (but still dangerous!) 
> semi-auto bagpipes, where you have to blow each time you want a toot.

I understand that, even now, the Government is testing nuclear powered
bagpipes (NPB's), unmanned ariel bagpipes (UAB's), and highly classified
inter-continental bagpipe delivery systems (IBDS's).

Can this be the end of civilization as we know it?

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