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From: Jens Lautenbacher <jens@metrix.de>
Date: 24 Mar 1997 01:55:29 +0100
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Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:

> Jens Lautenbacher writes:
>  > Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:
>  > 
>  > > Post it to the net.  Thousands of guinea pigs await.  
>  >  What are guinea pigs? Why guinea pigs?
> 
> Expermental lab animals to feed detergent and other nasty things
> to see if it they might kill them and by extension kill people also.
Meerschweinchen. Just say Meerschweinchen :-)
 
>  > > I avoid games that require mostly functioning brain cells.  
>  > Are there games that require non-functioning brain cells? Or don't I
>  > understand what you try to say?
>  > 
>  > > Programming computers is game enough. :/
>  > Wow, one sentence out of three I actually understand :-) Sorry, I'm no
>  > english native, so I may not understand some finer sense of humor...
> 
> Programming computers is very cerebral.  This is work.  If I want
> to "play" then I want to give my analytical hemisphere a break.
> Some people play Doom.  Being a geezer (by todays standards), I
> prefer old reflex games like ROBOTRON 2084.  Or I suppose I could
> go outside and chase the squirrels around for a while.
I understand now. Thanks :-)

