Sorry, I didn't find this humerous at all and I don't think many of your
fellow Vernians will either. I believed you entirely and was thrilled to
hear that these cylinders were available. I'm sure the people who e-mailed
advice on what to do with the cylinders and who performed some research are
very annoyed as well.
>From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
>Reply-To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
>To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
>Subject: Re: Interview fragment online
>Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:32:53 +0200 (CEST)
>
>Dear friends,
>
>>See <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~gdevries/recording/> for the mp3.
>
>Thank you all for going along with this story. I was glad to see that so
>many of you were enthusiastic about the find, even after Jacques
>Crovisier's hint at the date of this Saturday. I admit that I felt an
>occasional pang of guilt, when some of you went out of their way to dig up
>information on wax cylinders, or got scared about the plans to play the
>cylinders at home on an old machine, or offered to contribute in the costs
>of the project. But I really enjoyed all your reactions.
>
>I hope you are not too disappointed that this was just a hoax. Rest assured
>that should something like this ever turn up for real, I'll do my utmost
>best to make sure all Vernians will profit.
>
>Cheers, and thanks for the good laugh,
>Garmt.
Received on Sat 01 Apr 2006 - 16:28:31 IDT