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From: jennings@halcyon.com (James Jennings)
Subject: Bureaucracy Hint Request
Message-ID: <1992Dec22.083917.6282@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:39:17 GMT
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                BUREAUCRACY HINT REQUEST FORM (BHRF)

FILL OUT THE FORM COMPLETELY. BE SURE TO SUPPLY SPOILER LEVELS OR YOUR 
REQUEST FOR A HINT WILL NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

FIRST NAME?
  James
E-MAIL ADDRESS?
  jennings@halcyon.com
LAST NAME (MUST NOT BE CONTAINED IN E-MAIL ADDRESS)
  ...um...Jennings?

SPECIFY THE SPOILER LEVEL OF THIS REQUEST ON A SCALE OF 1 (NOT A 
SPOILER) TO 10 (EXTREME SPOILER).
  ...um... 2 I guess.

SPECIFY THE SPOILER LEVEL OF THE HINT YOU ARE REQUESTING ON A SCALE OF A 
(BLATANT ANSWER) TO G (CRYPTIC HINT). SPECIFY Z IF YOU ARE REQUESTING A 
USELESS HINT.
  ...um...F...I think...

SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF POINTS YOU HAVE FOUND SO FAR IN ROMAN NUMERALS
  ...just a sec...ok, its XV...

DOES THE DIRECTORY CONTAINING THE GAME AND ALL OF YOUR SAVED GAMES 
EXCEED ONE MEGABYTE?
  no
YOU ARE LYING.

SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE ROOM YOU ARE CURRENTLY STUCK IN.
  the persecution complex.

SPECIFY THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
  the lawyers won't let me out and I can't find anything to do
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE WORD 'LAWYER' ON THIS FORM
[Your blood pressure just went up.]

ARE YOU PLAYING A PIRATED COPY?
  no
THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY.

SPECIFY THE FRIENDLINESS OF THIS FORM ON A SCALE OF ALPHA (VERY 
FRIENDLY) TO GAMMA (REASONABLY FRIENDLY).
  omega
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING 'COSMICLY FRIENDLY'.

THANK YOU FOR FILLING OUT A BHRF. YOUR REQUEST WILL BE PROCESSED AT OUR 
CONVENIENCE.

I had one more question...
TO REQUEST ANOTHER HINT, YOU MUST FILL OUT ANOTHER BHRF FORM. TO REQUEST 
ANOTHER BHRF FORM, FILL OUT A BHRF-REQUEST-FORM NO EARLIER THAN 14 WEEKS 
FROM THE FILING OF THIS FORM AND NO LATER THAN 3 MONTHS FROM THE POSTING 
OF THIS MESSAGE.

I just want to know if it's possible to tip the waitress. 

Hello? 

Hello?



