Fri, 24 Jan 2003 21:27:32

OK, I thought this answer that I got was particularly good :-)

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:

< Oracle most romantic, why are roses red?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

} Because if roses were transparent, then the reason men } give them to women wouldn’t be the only thing that was. } } You owe the Oracle an opaque diamond.