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Re: Brexiit In SF?

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Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
> banjo@dontspam.silent.com wrote in news:4so0nbp22gi14p8le9esqjmcjv7t74ra25@
> 4ax.com:
>
>> On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 16:04:07 -0700 (PDT), "artyw2@yahoo.com"
>> <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Perhaps this, although Scotland doesn't stay home either.
>>>http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/england.htm
>>>
>>>Perhaps Terry Bisson was more prescient than he realized/
>>>
>>>Others
>>
>> Brexit is the stupid side of democracy.
>
> For me, it brings to mind Kornbluth's 'The Marching Morons'

Does the verisimilitude stop at the title? :0) Here's yet another take:

The story's Beowulf. The Midlands is Denmark. The Vampire Squid [1] is
Grendel. Mammon is Grendel's mom. Farage is Beowulf.

In this rendition Beowulf hacks Grendel's head clean off during their
first fight. There is no arm trophy. It surprises Beowulf to decapitate
Grendel in one fell swoop during their very first fight. "What are the
odds of that?" asks Beowulf.

In the throes of sudden death Grendel's blood funnel reflexively remains
on the face of humanity for a while. As Grendel's mom appears to unleash
her full fury.

Note.

1. http://preview.tinyurl.com/jha9hve

--
Don Kuenz KB7RPU


Peter Pater
Astrogator
Lost his orbit calculator
Out among the asteroids . . .

They rang the Lutine Bell at Lloyd's

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Brexiit In SF? "artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-26 16:04 -0700
  Re: Brexiit In SF? banjo@dontspam.silent.com - 2016-06-27 00:22 +0100
    Re: Brexiit In SF? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-06-26 19:09 -0500
      Re: Brexiit In SF? Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-27 15:19 +0000
    Re: Brexiit In SF? Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-26 18:37 -0700
      Re: Brexiit In SF? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-06-27 01:43 +0000
        Re: Brexiit In SF? Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-26 21:32 -0700
  Re: Brexiit In SF? mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2016-06-26 22:36 -0700
    Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-27 04:42 -0700
    Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-06-28 11:05 +0800
      Re: Brexiit In SF? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-06-27 22:31 -0500
        Re: Brexiit In SF? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-27 23:18 -0500
          Re: Brexiit In SF? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-06-28 04:37 +0000
            Re: Brexiit In SF? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-29 00:36 -0500
          Re: Brexiit In SF? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 06:21 -0700
          Re: Brexiit In SF? Brett Dunbar <brett@dimetrodon.me.uk> - 2016-06-28 17:28 +0100
          Re: Brexiit In SF? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-28 12:58 -0400
        Re: Brexiit In SF? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-27 21:31 -0700
          Re: Brexiit In SF? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 06:24 -0700
            Re: Brexiit In SF? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 06:31 -0700
            Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-28 13:23 -0700
              Re: Brexiit In SF? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-28 13:41 -0700
        Re: Brexiit In SF? mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2016-06-27 22:29 -0700
        Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-27 22:49 -0700
        Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-06-29 14:14 +0800
          Re: Brexiit In SF? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-29 06:20 -0700
            Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-06-30 11:35 +0800
          Re: Brexiit In SF? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-29 23:02 -0600
      Re: Brexiit In SF? mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2016-06-27 22:37 -0700
        Re: Brexiit In SF? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-28 12:41 -0400
      Re: Brexiit In SF? Jesper Lauridsen <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> - 2016-07-06 22:54 +0000
        Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-07-07 02:25 -0700
        Re: Brexiit In SF? news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2016-07-07 11:42 +0100
          Re: Brexiit In SF? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-07-07 06:52 -0700
            Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-07-08 11:19 +0800
      Re: Brexiit In SF? "artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-07 13:03 -0700
        Re: Brexiit In SF? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-07-07 20:15 +0000
          Re: Brexiit In SF? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-07-07 13:52 -0700
            Re: Brexiit In SF? Stephen Harker <sjharker@netspace.net.au> - 2016-07-08 07:42 +1000
            Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-07-08 11:21 +0800
          Re: Brexiit In SF? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-07-07 17:15 -0700
            Re: Brexiit In SF? Chrysi Cat <chrysicat@gmail.com> - 2016-07-08 00:17 -0600
              Re: Brexiit In SF? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-07-08 12:03 -0700
        Re: Brexiit In SF? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-07-08 05:27 -0700
  Re: Brexiit In SF? T Guy <tim.bateman@redbridge.gov.uk> - 2016-06-28 14:15 -0700
  Brexiit In SF? Richard Botting <rjbotting03@gmail.com> - 2016-06-30 10:28 -0700
    Re: Brexiit In SF? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-30 11:51 -0700

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