many faces of Roger

Murthy Yenamandra yenamand at cs.umn.edu
Thu Jan 23 09:18:16 CST 1997


Paul Mackin drops the bomb:
> We can take this even further. (if we really want to)
> 
> Just maybe that cute meet (out on the roadway to wherever it was) wasn't
> REALLY their initial meeting at all. Maybe Jessica already knew one of the
> Rogers,
> only it was sort of dark and she didn't recognize him.
> 
> Maybe Roger is really Beaver. Would help explain those pesky hairs.

This is good! Seriously, from Jessica's perspective, the choice between
Roger and Beaver may not be that much of a choice. I've never really
liked Roger that much, despite his "I'm just plotting this here data,
dammit" routine. Of course, if I were Jess, I would've dumped 'em both.

Fully expecting to be flamed to a crisp for this,
Murthy

-- 
Murthy Yenamandra, Dept of CompSci, U of Minnesota. mailto:yenamand at cs.umn.edu
	"The best lack all conviction, while the worst
	 Are full of passionate intensity."



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