Because Wirt is an oracle, in the strictest sense:

From Merriam-Webster Collegiate (online at
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary)
Main Entry: or·a·cle
Pronunciation: 'or-&-k&l, 'är-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin oraculum, from
orare to speak -- more at ORATION
Date: 15th century
1 a : a person (as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a deity is
believed to speak b : a shrine in which a deity reveals hidden knowledge or
the divine purpose through such a person c : an answer or decision given by
an oracle
2 a : a person giving wise or authoritative decisions or opinions b : an
authoritative or wise expression or answer 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:02 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Friday playfulness
> 
> 
> In message <[log in to unmask]>, John Clogg
> <[log in to unmask]> writes re:
> 
> >Robert writes:
> >> Thanks to Wirt 'Oracle' Atmar another problem has been 
> solved. What would
> >>  this list do without his 'fountain of knowledge'?
> 
> >Wirt,
> >I think you might be mistaken in your evident assumption 
> that Robert's post
> >was facetious.
> 
> <Snip>
> 
> Oh yeah? Then why didn't he call him Wirt 'Image/SQL' Atmar?     :-)
> --
> Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not 
> know to be
> Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris
>