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I found the following satire humorous, and surprisingly well informed, although he seems to have us confused with Voodun in a couple places. You need to know that The Internet Oracle is a humor list that's been around since time immemorial. The ASCII S&C also looks pretty neat in a Courier font, though I prefer an Å for the compass joint myself.
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The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.                 
Your question was:                                                     
 
> Oracle of ancient wisdom,                                            
>                                                                      
> What are the top ten signs your college may be involved in a Masonic 
> conspiracy?                                                          
 
And in response, thus spake the Oracle:                                
 
}  \0/                                                   \0/           
}  /V\  The Top Ten Signs your College may be Involved   /V\           
}                  in a Masonic Conspiracy                             
}                                                                      
} 10. Really, really nice brick buildings and walls everywhere.        
}                                                                      
} 09. Basketball coach slips at times and says, "We'll never           
}     throw in the trowel."                                            
}                                                                      
} 08. Graduating students' mortar board hats have globs of wet         
}     cement on them.                                                  
}                                                                      
} 07. Cheerleaders wear white aprons festooned with cryptic symbols.   
}     Team is called "The Fighting Two Head Bald Eagles" and their     
}     chant is "We got DEUS MEUMQUE JUS, yes we do! And we're about    
}     to put a paralyzing hex on YOU!"                                 
}                                                                      
} 06. Levels and compasses listed as required on syllabi for all       
}     classes, from English 101 to Graduate seminars on history        
}     of Babylonian blood rituals -- the latter of which seem to       
}     meet darn near every other night in the Under-Quad, which        
}     you can't seem to find in any map                                
}                                                                      
} 05. Your dorm roomie has a full scale mock-up of the Prometheus      
}     Mars Probe hanging from the ceiling above a pedestal holding     
}     a vole's skull in a bucket of magically refreshed bull's         
}     blood on the blue and white checkerboard design he's painted     
}     on the floor. Oh, and on alternating full moon nights he         
}     locks you out altogether.                                        
}                                                                      
} 04. Huge 3 faced goat headed demon on one side, Osiris on the        
}     other and Dr. Gull on the remainder -- figures largely in the    
}     constant rumors dealing with untimely murders of those           
}     that get a tad to talkative about...hpu9vbp yu[ii]               
} uhhji'  op./;                                                        
}                                                                      
} [ NO CARRIER ]                                                       
 
 



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