[Austin-ghetto-list] modest ET proposals

[Harry Edwards]

Dave,

It would appear that you are the only Swiftian among us.

I read a sci-fi novel the other day, Frescos by Sheri S. Tepper, in which
some ETs were trying to prove good faith in negotiating with the US
government. So in order to fix a couple of the planet's sorest issues, they
moved Jerusalem to a parallel universe, leaving a gigantic crater with
polished stone sides. Engraved on the stone in several languages were words
to the effect that as long as the fighting continued there would be no
Jerusalem. And in Afghanistan they caused all women to become extremely
ugly and smelly with long, warted noses. On each woman's hand, a tattoo
said that this condition would be reversed when women were no longer
treated like slaves.

Harry