XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Gene Wirchenko  wrote:   
      
      
   >>Will the government of South Africa be black or white in 2020?   
   >>White.   
   >>   
   >>What will the price of butter be?   
   >>Ten roubles.   
   >   
   >     That reminds me of this one:   
   >   
   >     A man was injured in a car crash in 1958 and fell into a coma. He   
   >finally came out of the coma in 1973.  The first thing he asked was   
   >after the health of President Eisenhower.   
   >   
   >     When told that the President was now dead, his reply was, 'Oh no,   
   >that means that idiot Nixon is President'.   
      
   I liked Spider's take on that idea.  I've probably already spoilered   
   too much for people who haven't read the story who might in the   
   future.   
      
   Do we worry about spoilering stories fromt he early seventies?   
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