Meeting at 09:00

[X8.5]

Jane, the old goat wants us in his office at 09:00 sharp. Another "national emergency" and all that blah blah blah.

How's your holiday at Espaca Canaria? Watch out for the mad prof. I met him down the hallway. Suffering badly from abstinence - sweating, breathing heavily and wearing his X-ray specs. He's heard you're back!<P>Man, was it good to get otta the office and be rid of all the jerks around here for a month! When I got back behind the desk, I was so relaxed I'd forgotten all about the data-o-matic. Nearly posted this message to the public bulletin board instead of transmitting it to your personal electronical in-tray. Now, that would have been a grand way to start the new year, HA, HA!!

See ya in the Worried One's office at nine.<P>X8.5

[Bo Lindbergh]

But why does the storyline selector still say "Marauders of Mars"?

[Buttumsup]

Our administrative drones have to deal with a backlog. We're fixing it as we speak.<P>And I read that little note, you dim-witted himbo! Those aren't X-Ray specs but Infrared goggles which I happened to be testing. Fascinating technology, Infrared goggles. Any heat source is revealed in the dark as clear as if it were brightly lit. This has many potential applications which I will brief you on as soon as I've found a way to grow your brain enough to allow you to understand them. This could be one of my more difficult projects.<P>------------------
Professor Buttumsup, at your service
http://whio.keenspace.com

[Jane]

Professor, if you have <B>any</B> idea how <A HREF="http://lace2001.keenspace.com/pinups/WHIO-2.jpg" TARGET=_blank>this</A> infrared film image appeared on the <A HREF="http://lace2001.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Lace2001</A> hyperweb site you'll be interested to know I have just thought of a new and very dark place to test your goggles. I'll be looking for you.
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Agent of the Seriously Secret Service JANE
<A HREF="http://whio.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>whio.keenspace.com</A>

[Perkins]

May I remind all you youngsters that you are bickering on tax-payers' time? What are you, a bunch of commie fifth-columnists? Get your yellow behinds into my office <B>now</B>!<P>------------------
Theodore Samuel Perkins,
The President of the Orbital United States
<A HREF="http://whio.keenspace.com/" TARGET=_blank>http://whio.keenspace.com/</A>