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(Finger-)painting the town purple: Boston RealSpace Report

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Todd Palino

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Jul 20, 1994, 1:01:50 AM7/20/94
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I do have a little something to add to Valentine's RS report...

Although we all had a great time, and dinner was wonderful, for the most
part, there was a little problem that caught everyone's attention, I'm sure.

There were no croutons in the salad.

-Signe

Lisa Ruthig

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Jul 20, 1994, 7:49:41 AM7/20/94
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In article <30ib3u$q...@unix1.circ.gwu.edu>, si...@unix1.circ.gwu.edu (Todd

"In *yours*, maybe not. I was guarding them all for the
queen."

-calico

Robert Gaipo

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Jul 21, 1994, 2:55:43 PM7/21/94
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Okay, It's my turn to add something to this report. I realize that I
haven't been around the Place much. In fact, I haven't even lurked all
that much recently. To me that was pretty evident when we all introduced
ourselves and for the life of me I couldn't figure out who was who. It's
one thing to talk to everyone via e-mail and see that e-mail addresses and
remember who you are talking to, but it's completely different to see people
at a Real Space and then sitting there saying to yourself, "OK, I spoke to all
these people in e-mail, but I can't seem to put the names and faces together
with the e-mail addresses!". And, then I asked /* in a quiet aside who
was who and that made it worse! And the discussions of what was happening
in the Place completely lost me.

I had a great time, and enjoyed meeting everyone. And the purple
hand trick was great! (It's a shame no one had a camera ready to take a
picture of Mike's face)

Death to anyone who touches the jalapenos next time!

And, you know, I had this strange craving that night to sit
and watch re-runs of Star Trek: the Next Generation and to eat a box
of croutons. How very strange.....


-biotic g.

Michael J M Holmes

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Jul 21, 1994, 3:29:28 PM7/21/94
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Lisa Ruthig (rut...@wista.wistar.upenn.edu) wrote:
: In article <30ib3u$q...@unix1.circ.gwu.edu>, si...@unix1.circ.gwu.edu (Todd
: Palino) wrote:

"Calico's right, Signe - I had a few croutons in my Chicken Caesar
Salad! But lettuce leaf Valentine alone when it comes to things
croutony - after all, she is the Queen of the <thwap>"

[well, I know it was coming, so I might as well add it myself! ;-)]

--
/* Mike Holmes, Happiness Patrol, BU Geog Dept, HAPPINESS WILL PREVAIL!
"he's MAD!!!!! MAD, i tell you....MAD!!!!!!!" (says kitten)
"I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most
premature definition ever given." -Wilde, _The Picture of Dorian Gray_

Michael J M Holmes

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Jul 22, 1994, 11:11:07 AM7/22/94
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Robert Gaipo (bo...@bu.edu) wrote:
: Okay, It's my turn to add something to this report. I realize that I

: haven't been around the Place much. In fact, I haven't even lurked all
: that much recently.

/* rolls his eyes. "You know how to fix THAT one... play a little
less SimCity!" ;-)

To me that was pretty evident when we all introduced
: ourselves and for the life of me I couldn't figure out who was who. It's
: one thing to talk to everyone via e-mail and see that e-mail addresses and
: remember who you are talking to, but it's completely different to see people
: at a Real Space and then sitting there saying to yourself, "OK, I spoke to
: all these people in e-mail, but I can't seem to put the names and faces
: together with the e-mail addresses!".

The purple guy chuckles. "Actually, even if you are in here pretty
regularly, it can still strike you when you meet people in RL.
Sometimes the mental pictures I've built up about people are pretty
accurate, sometimes they are totally off... it's _great_ to attach
real people to the names and conversations, but it can be a little
disorienting, too!"

: I had a great time, and enjoyed meeting everyone. And the purple


: hand trick was great! (It's a shame no one had a camera ready to take a
: picture of Mike's face)

"Maybe that's a face that SHOULDN'T be immortalized!" ;-)

: Death to anyone who touches the jalapenos next time!

"Who had a CHANCE to have any jalapenos??? It was almost as if
they teleported right into your mouth... "

: And, you know, I had this strange craving that night to sit


: and watch re-runs of Star Trek: the Next Generation and to eat a box
: of croutons. How very strange.....

/* nods, solemnly. "It's true. And you know, we had a whole
BOX of croutons that seems to have gone missing now... did you
eat them, or have they gone to pay homage to their Queen?"

Edmund Schweppe

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Jul 22, 1994, 12:49:20 PM7/22/94
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>"Calico's right, Signe - I had a few croutons in my Chicken Caesar
>Salad! But lettuce leaf Valentine alone when it comes to things
>croutony - after all, she is the Queen of the <thwap>"
>[well, I know it was coming, so I might as well add it myself! ;-)]

"Yes, but is that any reason to beet up on yourself?" Merlinvin asks /*.
"Certainly Her Croutonic Majesty is capable of giving you a full
dressing-down if she feels it necessary!"

"Besides, too many <thwap>s can wear holes in fedoras (fedorae?) - and we
don't want Valentine running around in the rain wearing a hat full of
leeks!"

--
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Gordon Schumacher

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Jul 24, 1994, 12:44:21 PM7/24/94
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schw...@acs4.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe) writes:

#"Yes, but is that any reason to beet up on yourself?" Merlinvin asks /*.
#"Certainly Her Croutonic Majesty is capable of giving you a full
#dressing-down if she feels it necessary!"

#"Besides, too many <thwap>s can wear holes in fedoras (fedorae?) - and we
#don't want Valentine running around in the rain wearing a hat full of
#leeks!"

Gordon, as an independent observer, makes an objective comment.
"I think this thread should be subtitled, 'Giving Valentine Shit.'"
He grins at Valentine. "You know it's 'cause we carrot bout you!"
--
Gordon Schumacher Champaign-Urbana, IL

"Well it's been fourteen years of silence, it's been fourteen years of pain..."
-G'N'R, "Fourteen Years"

Jim M. Pierce

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Jul 24, 1994, 6:11:16 PM7/24/94
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biotic g. wrote:
[] and watch re-runs of Star Trek: the Next Generation and to eat a box

[] of croutons. How very strange.....

croutons and star trek... now thats a combo !

"Hello !" DJ, Linda, and Robbie.

--
Jim Pierce B.Sc. Disclaimer:Standard.
"What '500 pots and pans' ?!" me.

Ceredwyn Bensley

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Jul 24, 1994, 7:34:32 PM7/24/94
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Devious grins at the tale, and by the end is ROFTL (to the amusement
of the other drones at the terminals).
"When are you guys coming to Australia?!" she moans...

-- Devious...in the LaTrobe Valley, no one can hear you scream...
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the calico mouse

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Jul 25, 1994, 12:19:27 AM7/25/94
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In article <clben1.775092872@giaec>, clb...@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au

(Ceredwyn Bensley) wrote:
>
> Devious grins at the tale, and by the end is ROFTL (to the amusement
> of the other drones at the terminals).
> "When are you guys coming to Australia?!" she moans...
>

"Well, you know there is always a bed for you at the Mouse
household if you want to come *our* way..."

-calico (And the croutons are fresher here.)

Katherine Bryant

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Jul 26, 1994, 10:01:07 AM7/26/94
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Merlinvin:

>#"Yes, but is that any reason to beet up on yourself?" Merlinvin asks /*.
>#"Certainly Her Croutonic Majesty is capable of giving you a full
>#dressing-down if she feels it necessary!"
>
>#"Besides, too many <thwap>s can wear holes in fedoras (fedorae?) - and we
>#don't want Valentine running around in the rain wearing a hat full of
>#leeks!"

Gordon:


>Gordon, as an independent observer, makes an objective comment.
>"I think this thread should be subtitled, 'Giving Valentine Shit.'"
>He grins at Valentine. "You know it's 'cause we carrot bout you!"

"Urk," says Valentine, sighing and smiling and shaking her head. "Tink,
I am going to *get* you for this..."


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