The Usenet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: > Oh might and great Oracle who can find pleasurable uses even for an IBM > PC (old 4.77 mhz version) who's zit juice (where you to have zits that > is) I am not worthy clean from you mirror answer me, you humble > suplicant, this question. > > We are here at ****** Comics are planning on dedicating one of our > upcomming issues of "Secret Origins" to you and we where wondering > that, since you are eteranl and therefore don't realy have an origin, > if you could tell us how you came to be in possesion of your mighty > power. > > Thank You, > Eds. And in response, thus spake the Usenet Oracle: } In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the } earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the } land. And the Lord said, "Let there be light!" And there was } light. And the Lord saw the light, that it was good. And it was } evening, and it was morning, Day One. } } And it came to pass that man ate of the fruit of the tree of } knowledge of good and evil. And with this knowledge came curiosity, } and many questions. } } And the Lord called upon the Oracle, to answer the questions of man. } And the Oracle, exceedingly arrogant in those days, demanded of God, } "What's in it for me?" And the Lord said, "Let there be Lisa!" And } the Oracle saw Lisa, that she was very good. And it was the } beginning of a beautiful relationship. } } And it came to pass that the Lord became angry with man, and planned } a great flood to wipe out every living thing. But And Lord saw Noah, } that he was righteous, and commanded him to build an Ark, and to take } upon it of every animal two, a male and a female. } } And Noah asked of the Oracle, } } > God told me to build an Ark. But he didn't tell me how. } > Can you? } } And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } } } Make the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth } } fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. } } } } And include a moon roof, AM/FM/cassette stereo, side-view } } mirrors, anti-lock brakes, driver's side airbag, and } } optional power windows and power locks. } } } } And make it all for $199 down, and $199/month. } } } } You owe the Oracle a unicorn. } } And Noah built the Ark, as commanded, and paid the Oracle tribute of } one unicorn, leaving him with one very lonely unicorn. } } And Noah begot Shem. And Shem asked of the Oracle, } } > How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could } > chuck wood? } } And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } } } A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could } } chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, silly. } } } } You owe the Oracle a more interesting question. } } And Shem begot Arpachshad. And Arpachshad asked of the Oracle, } } > How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could } > chuck wood? } } And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } } } That question is unoriginal, insipid, and downright annoying. } } Don't ever ask it again. } } } } You owe the Oracle an apology. } } And Arpachshad begot Shelah. And Shelah asked of the Oracle, } } > How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could } > chuck wood? } } And Shelah begot Eber, and Eber asked of the Oracle how much wood a } woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. And Eber } begot Joktan, and Joktan asked of woodchucks as well. And Joktan } begot Jobab, who, for a change of pace, asked when drive-in movies } would be invented. } } And the questions about woodchucks continued for one hundred } generations. And the Oracle came before God, and said unto him, } "Lord, I have promised to answer all of man's questions. And I have } provided good answers, ever since Cain asked me whether he was his } brother's keeper. And for one hundred generations now, I have } answered man's incredibly annoying question about woodchucks. If } something isn't done about this, I'm going to do something drastic." } } And the Lord replied, "I will send my only begotten Son, to spread } the word, to tell man not to ask the woodchuck question." And God } so loved the world that he did send his only begotten Son, in order } that man may not ask the Oracle the woodchuck question. } } And Jesus spoke to the multitudes of loving God, and loving one's } neighbor, but nary a word about woodchucks. } } And the Oracle observed, and was displeased. } } And Judas came to ask of the Oracle, } } > How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could } > chuck wood? } } And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } } } Judas, I was going to kill the next person that asked me that } } question, but since I like you, I'm going to give you another } } chance. } } } } You owe the Oracle a certain favor... } } And thus it came to pass that Judas betrayed Jesus to the Romans. } And on the cross, Jesus let out a cry, } } > Oracle, Oracle, why hast thou forsaken me? } } And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } } } } } For the Oracle had gone to Radio Shack for the parts to build } himself a gun. } } But the Lord intervened, and said to the Oracle, "Oracle, I release } you from your obligation to answer man's questions. It is not worth } anyone getting ted over." } } And the Oracle was pleased, and spent the better part of the next } two millenia with Lisa, generally having a great time, and answering } no questions about woodchucks. } } And it came to pass one day that the Pacers were playing the } Celtics, and the Oracle went to Indiana to see the game. However, } the Oracle made a wrong turn, and the next thing he knew, } supplicants were again lining up to ask questions of the Oracle. } } And the first supplicant's question was, } } > How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could } > chuck wood? } } And in response, thus spake the Oracle: } } } } } It was with the next supplicant that the tradition of grovelling } began. } } You owe the Oracle the first issue of the "Cain's wife" edition of } "Secret Origins."