> > Ok, a *specific* question for you Dave: This insidious pattern of deletedness and electronic trails lost to the twilight zone makes me wonder if you ever received my para anti-parody of your parody "Duel of the Ages". I don't know if it is of any lasting interest; but you see, in *my* version, the great warrior Darius triumphs o'er the hapless Blood Drops in a fashion decisively and indominably, with a keen hunger to Darius' ferocity to which there can be no refute. Have you seen this? :-)
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> During my captivity by the Katoo alien race, I was permitted to read, but not post, to the Message Forum. After reading this, I decided it was time to escape just to set the record straight. Any tale in which Darius "decisively and indominably" defeats Blood Drops is, by definition, a silly work of fiction. Blood Drops is obviously Darius' better in every way and couldn't succumb to his wiles even by accident or bad luck. Obviously. Sheesh.
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> That said, I'd like to read this ridiculous untruth myself -- how come you didn't send a copy to me?

I tried to, but the Katoo -- exosociology weenies that they are -- were intercepting anything that had to do with gross acts of random earthling violence, even in fictional form. Pity they didn't allow you to post anything; they were missing out on valuable observational opportunities that no earth scientist would have ignored. I guess that even Giant Wild Space Geese don't have brains much bigger than walnuts. If Faux Pas had known where they were keeping you locked on some mountain ranch (happily hallucinating the presence of your family, even!), I'm sure he'd have launched a rescue mission and personally come to your aide by wringing their scrawny snouts. I will kludge together my narrative *if* I receive complete and absolute assurances that from now on, the Katoo agree to leave to all Rinkers the freedom of autonomous thought, even if in fictional form.

Wolfspirit