Who Wants To Be a Millisonaire?

[Coffey, Mitchell R]

Let me be the first: "42".

Mitchell Coffey

>-----Original Message-----
>From: s~Z [mailto:keith at pfmentum.com]
>Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 1:01 PM
>To: Pynchlist
>Subject: Who Wants To Be a Millisonaire?
>
>
>Regis: For $250,000--What is the central theme of Thomas 
>Pynchon's novel,
>_Gravity's Rainbow_?
>
>(A) The Holocaust
>(B) We are They
>(C) Life is a Zen Koan
>(D) Life is a sado-masochistic fairy tale
>
>s~Z: Ohhh, Rege. I really wanted to save my lifelines until the final
>question, but this one really has me puzzled. Shit. Oops, sorry Rege.
>Uh..... The P-List audience hadn't been of much help to previous
>contestants. Um.... Let's try 50/50.
>
>Regis: Okay computer. Take away two wrong answers, leaving the correct
>answer and one incorrect answer.
>
>(A) The Holocaust
>(D) Life is a sado-masochistic fairy tale.
>
>s~Z: Fuck. Ooops. Um.... Those were two I couldn't choose 
>between. I'm going
>to have to phone a friend.
>
>Regis: Who would you like to call?
>
>s~Z: Doug M.
>
>Regis: Okay, ATT, see if you can get hold of Doug.
>
>DM: Hello.
>
>Regis: Hello Doug this is Regis Philbin from Who Wants to be a 
>Millisonaire.
>I have s~Z and he needs your help answering a question worth a 
>quarter of a
>million dollars.
>
>DM: He came to the right place.
>
>Regis: Okay, s~Z will ask you a question and give you two 
>possible answers
>only one of which is correct. You have 30 seconds to suggest 
>the correct
>response starting now.
>
>DM: THE HOLOCAUST!
>
>s~Z: Doug, I haven't read the question.
>
>DM: I don't care. The answer is The Holocaust.
>
>s~Z: Hmmph. Okay Doug, thanks.
>
>Regis: Well! That was pretty clear, eh s~Z?
>
>s~Z: Oh I don't know. It just doesn't seem quite right. I'm 
>going to have to
>poll the P-List audience, like that will help.
>
>Regis: Okay audience. He's been rather rude to you, but give 
>him a break.
>Please enter what you believe to be the correct answer now . . 
>. . . . .
>
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