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   Bill Livingston to Joseph Nebus   
   Re: It's Bracket-ball time again   
   25 Mar 08 07:36:22   
   
   From: billfl@hiwaay.net   
      
   Previously on "Bones", Joseph Nebus wrote:   
   >billfl@hiwaay.net (Bill Livingston) writes:   
   >>Previously on "", Kate Halleron  wrote:   
   >>>My bracket is the traditional Fire Maidens of Kentucky.   
   >>>   
   >>>Join us!   
   >   
   >>I think I'm too late, aren't I?   
   >   
   >>Drat.   
   >   
   >	Frightfully.  Marrisa Picard took down Vanderbilt 83-62   
   >already.   
      
   And they all went home with "I was Bracket-Booted by a Bunch of Kids" spray   
   painted on their hinders.  But it's Vanderbilt, so it was pretty much the   
   usual for them.   
      
   >And somehow my picking schools based on 'someone I know   
   >went there, or to somewhere that has a name vaguely like it, or in   
   >one case just comes from Wisconsin' strategy has only gone wrong   
   >one time (Baylor, it turns out, is not going to be in the final   
   >eight).   
      
   I pick my teams based on a complex algorithm that includes star charts,   
   cosines, numerology and the expiration date on the sour cream in my fridge.   
   Then I toss it all out because that's not sour cream! Ewww!   
      
   >>Bill L.   
   >>Wait, so people still play basketball?   
   >   
   >	Oh, no.  It's all been replaced with this soooooper-computer   
   >that kindly old scientist Doctor Goodfellow invented to take all the   
   >hard work out of life.  Why, Julius Erving can sit at home watching   
   >him playing a basketball game he never played!   
      
   I can do that too, with enough Nyquil.   
      
   Bill L.   
   Zzzzzzzzzzzzz!   
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   surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you."   
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