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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Gender roles in IF (Was:Re: Is there a place for sex in IF?)
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That's it. Next time I write a game*, I'm taking care of this in the 
obvious way:

> COUNT PENIS
You have either zero or one penises, but you can't tell which.

There will be no other references to gender anywhere in the game.

--Z

* Maybe.

-- 

"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the
borogoves..."
