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   Roy Witt to Ivan Shmakov   
   you may use it, but only if you have sub   
   22 May 13 09:51:31   
   
   Ivan Shmakov wrote to All:   
      
    IS> From: Ivan Shmakov    
      
    IS>     One of the reviews from [1] -- an offer of a 9 999 USD 1.5 m   
    IS>     long audio cable.  (Thanks DaveC for sharing the URI [2].)   
      
    IS> [1]   
    IS> http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM   
    IS> [2] news:0001HW.CDB00E4C03038059B01029BF@news.eternal-september.org   
      
   Do us and yourself a favor and copy that URL and then go to tinyurl.com   
   and enter it in the proper place to make it a short URL, as in;   
      
   http://tinyurl.com/loy4ub5   
      
    IS>     3.0 out of 5 stars   
    IS>     Rift in the time-space continuum   
    IS>     May 15, 2013   
    IS>     By George Takei   
      
    IS>     The minute I plugged this cable in, I knew something was amiss.   
    IS>     The first evidence?  The small wormhole that appeared in our   
    IS> living   
    IS>     room, right next to our holstein cowhide recliner.  Peering into   
    IS> it   
    IS>     I could discern the snarling face of a Ferengi, likely somewhere   
    IS> out   
    IS>     in the Gamma quadrant.   
      
    IS>     Then things got really hairy.  Brad shouted from the kitchen that   
    IS> he   
    IS>     was detecting elevated tachyon levels from our Vita-Mix, so we   
    IS>     immediately diverted power to our forward Romco Rotisserie array.   
    IS>     Set it and forget it, indeed.   
      
    IS>     Still no go.  The wormhole continued to grow.  So I did what   
    IS> anyone   
    IS>     in this rather awkward situation would.  I recalibrated our   
    IS> George   
    IS>     Foreman Grill (about 10 picometers), ejected the warp core from   
    IS> our   
    IS>     Dyson Ball Vac, and unplugged all the Magic Jacks in the house.   
    IS>     Bingo.  No more worm hole.   
      
    IS>     I guess what I'm saying is that you can use this cable, but only   
    IS> if   
    IS>     you have substantial Star Fleet training.   
      
    IS> --   
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