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And from time to time we receive absolute proof that some people have far
too much free time.
"Joel K. 'Jay' Furr" <jfurr-nospam@furrs.org> wrote in message
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> Way out west there was this fella I wanna tell ya' about. Goes by the
> name of Jeff Lebowski. At least that was the handle his loving parents
> gave him, but he never had much use for himself. See, this Lebowski, he
> called himself "The Dude". Now, Dude, there's a name no man would
> self-apply where I come from. But then there was a lot about the Dude
> that didn't make a whole lot of sense. And a lot about where he lived,
> like-wise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place so darned'
> interestin'. See, they call Los Angeles the "City Of Angels", but I
> didn't find it to be that, exactly. But I'll allow it as there are some
> nice folks there. 'Course I aint never been to London, and I aint never
> seen France. And I aint never seen no queen in her damned undies, so the
> fella says. But I'll tell you what, after seeing Los Angeles, and this
> here story I'm about to unfold, well, I guess I seen somethin' every bit
> as stupefyin' as you'd seen in any of them other places. And in English,
> too. So I can with a smile on my face. Without feelin' like the good
> lord gipped me. Now this here story I'm about to unfold took place in
> the early nineties - just about the time of our conflict with Sad'm and
> the eye-rackies. I only mention it because sometimes there's a man, I
> wont say a hero, cause, what's a hero? Sometimes, there's a man. And I'm
> talkin' about the Dude here - The dude from Los Angeles. Sometimes,
> there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right
> in there. And that's the Dude. The Dude, from Los Angeles. And even if
> he's a lazy man, and the Dude was most certainly that. Quite possibly
> the laziest in all of Los Angeles County. Which would place him high in
> the runnin' for laziest worldwide. Sometimes there's a man, sometimes,
> there's a man. Well, I lost my train of thought here. But... aw, hell.
> I've done introduced it enough.