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chris

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Jan 6, 2004, 4:50:31 PM1/6/04
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is there a wap site for the h.h.g.t.t.g. and can anyone send me the bookmark??

Freakstone

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Jan 6, 2004, 8:33:29 PM1/6/04
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"chris" <fast...@o2.co.uk> wrote in message
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> is there a wap site for the h.h.g.t.t.g. and can anyone send me the
bookmark??

Not sure, but I'd suggest searching the mobile web from WAP google.

wap.google.com

Go to Search Options and choose Mobile Web.

I see suggestions that www.h2g2.com is wap capable but it doesn't seem to
work on my phone.

--
Fræk
> SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0
0 rows returned


chris

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Jan 7, 2004, 7:10:44 AM1/7/04
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I have already tried mobile google, mywap, wapwarp and a few other
mobile search engines, it seems that H2G2 is possibly wap v2.0 of
which most series 40 mobiles cannot load. But it would be good that if
anyone out there want to buid a site in relation to the Hitch Hikers
Guide To The Galaxy can do with all us people who are too poor enough
to buy a PC.

Sid

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Jan 7, 2004, 10:20:26 AM1/7/04
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"Freakstone" <cfree...@hotmail.com> writes:

> "chris" <fast...@o2.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:9d6667d5.04010...@posting.google.com...
> > is there a wap site for the h.h.g.t.t.g. and can anyone send me the
> bookmark??
>
> Not sure, but I'd suggest searching the mobile web from WAP google.
>
> wap.google.com
>
> Go to Search Options and choose Mobile Web.
>
> I see suggestions that www.h2g2.com is wap capable but it doesn't seem to
> work on my phone.

Hmm. What phone are you using? I have a Sony Ericsson T610. I went to
wap.google.com and searched for h2g2. Got the bbc website as the first
result. Went to the link and got a Betsie error.

Sid

Freakstone

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Jan 7, 2004, 6:25:57 PM1/7/04
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"Sid" <sid....@nerte.net> wrote in message news:d69vok...@nerte.net...

> > > is there a wap site for the h.h.g.t.t.g. and can anyone send me the
> > bookmark??
> > Not sure, but I'd suggest searching the mobile web from WAP google.
> > wap.google.com
> > Go to Search Options and choose Mobile Web.
> > I see suggestions that www.h2g2.com is wap capable but it doesn't seem
to
> > work on my phone.
> Hmm. What phone are you using? I have a Sony Ericsson T610. I went to
> wap.google.com and searched for h2g2. Got the bbc website as the first
> result. Went to the link and got a Betsie error.

Meant the link doesn't work, comes up with some "this is no longer a bbc
site" or "not a valid bbc site" error.

Nokia 6600. Had a T610, Vodafone branded and it was shit.

John Coxon

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Jan 8, 2004, 12:45:06 PM1/8/04
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chris wrote:
> is there a wap site for the h.h.g.t.t.g. and can anyone send me the bookmark??

The h2g2 BBC site used to be available on the WAP but ever since BBC took it
over it hasn't been due to the BBC charter, apparently.

I don't know about other HHGG sites, though.


--
John Coxon

Random quote:
">"This remarkable Multi-Media Electronic Dictionary is like having a
>brain the size of a planet at your fingertips."

Ew. Now that I think about it, I'd much rather have a brain the size
of a planet in my *head*." - SJK (quoting iwantoneofthose.com) and
Screwtape (afdaniains)

E-mail:
johnc.coxon(a)virgin.net

My website:
http://alphacentauri.8k.com

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Missing footnotes:
http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemwiki.pl?ISFN

Ian

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Jan 9, 2004, 6:39:42 AM1/9/04
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"John Coxon" <rogue_n...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:btk4s1$846cd$3...@ID-210983.news.uni-berlin.de...

> chris wrote:
> > is there a wap site for the h.h.g.t.t.g. and can anyone send me the
bookmark??
>
> The h2g2 BBC site used to be available on the WAP but ever since BBC took
it
> over it hasn't been due to the BBC charter, apparently.

The BeeB droped WAP support for h2g2 mid 2002, there is however a WML
gateway through Google at -
http://wmlproxy.google.com/wmltrans/u=http@3A@2...@2Fwww.bbc.co.uk@2Fh2g2@2Fguide/b=1/m=0/c=0

> I don't know about other HHGG sites, though.

A few more are available through the Google route -
Douglasadams.com
http://wmlproxy.google.com/wmltrans/h=en/g=/q=Douglas+adams/s=0/u=www.douglasadams.com@2F/c=0

Floor 42
http://wmlproxy.google.com/wmltrans/h=en/g=/q=Douglas+adams/s=0/u=www.floor42.com@2F/c=0

Even alt.fan.douglas-adams FAQ
http://wmlproxy.google.com/wmltrans/h=en/g=/q=alt.fan.douglas-adams/s=0/u=www.faqs.org@2Ffaqs@2Fdouglas@2Dadams@2DFAQ@2F/c=0

To save on your mobile bills try download a WAP emulator and browse from
your computer and pull the URL from there, something like
http://www.apachesoftware.com/download.html is quite good.

HTH

Ian (not Iain)

I USED TO BE A SODA BOTTLE

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Jan 10, 2004, 7:49:13 PM1/10/04
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Ian sigged:

>
>Ian (not Iain)
>
>

Hey! I can do that to!

Tian (not Iain)
--
http://tian.greens.org
Friday I went to a meeting on the 3rd floor of the Kaiser
Permanente building at 555 Castro Street. The Doctor
was very entheusistic about working for kp.org.
His coworker gave each of us a flashlight and pen.

Ian

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Jan 12, 2004, 4:50:57 AM1/12/04
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"I USED TO BE A SODA BOTTLE" <dontbe...@aol.com15840357> wrote in
message news:20040110194913...@mb-m07.aol.com...

> Ian sigged:
>
> >
> >Ian (not Iain)
>
> Hey! I can do that to!
>
> Tian (not Iain)

Ah_ but wouldn't that be Tian (not Iain or Ian)

Ian (not Iain or Tian)


Till Westermayer

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Jan 12, 2004, 12:08:00 PM1/12/04
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[12 Jan 04: Ian (ian.m...@virgin.net) wrote something]

>> Tian (not Iain)

>Ah_ but wouldn't that be Tian (not Iain or Ian)

>Ian (not Iain or Tian)

The problem with that is the memory fuzzyness effect involved. If you do
this on a regular basis, and if Tian does it, and probably even Iain,
then in some weeks we all will think only of the ian-something-guys with
the Boolean.


till (the next time)

--
"It's not my eyesight getting worse,
it's my mind getting weirder."

Nikitta from afda

MEow

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Jan 12, 2004, 3:47:22 PM1/12/04
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While frolicking around in alt.fan.douglas-adams, Ian of BT Openworld
said:

>> >Ian (not Iain)
>>
>> Hey! I can do that to!
>>
>> Tian (not Iain)
>
>Ah_ but wouldn't that be Tian (not Iain or Ian)
>
>Ian (not Iain or Tian)
>

I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either Ian, iain or
Tian.
--
Nikitta a.a. #1759 Apatriot(No, not apricot)#18
ICQ# 251532856
Unreferenced footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemwiki.pl?ISFN
"There is scarcely a business or industry left that could
understand the concept of shame even if they looked it up in a
dictionary." Eric Walker (AUE)

Gusty

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Jan 12, 2004, 6:25:32 PM1/12/04
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Five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of unreason and
MEow spewed up:

>While frolicking around in alt.fan.douglas-adams, Ian of BT Openworld
>said:
>
>>> >Ian (not Iain)
>>>
>>> Hey! I can do that to!
>>>
>>> Tian (not Iain)
>>
>>Ah_ but wouldn't that be Tian (not Iain or Ian)
>>
>>Ian (not Iain or Tian)
>>
>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either Ian, iain or
>Tian.

I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!

--
D.

Sometimes my mind wanders.. other times it packs it's suitcase and goes away
for weeks at a time.

MEow

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Jan 12, 2004, 6:51:28 PM1/12/04
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While frolicking around in alt.fan.douglas-adams, Gusty of Completely
Disorganised said:

>>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either Ian, iain or
>>Tian.
>
>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!

/me gives Gusty a pain killer, but no Iankillers, Tiankillers nor
iainkillers.
No Ians, Tians, or iains was harmed in the production of this post.

Amro Bank

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Jan 12, 2004, 7:03:55 PM1/12/04
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It was teh Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:25:32 +0000mteenth and Gusty
<gustywinds.ob...@btopenworld.com> shook teh great
alt.fan.douglas-adams by sayink:

>Five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of unreason and
>MEow spewed up:
>
>>While frolicking around in alt.fan.douglas-adams, Ian of BT Openworld
>>said:
>>
>>>> >Ian (not Iain)
>>>>
>>>> Hey! I can do that to!
>>>>
>>>> Tian (not Iain)
>>>
>>>Ah_ but wouldn't that be Tian (not Iain or Ian)
>>>
>>>Ian (not Iain or Tian)
>>>
>>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either Ian, iain or
>>Tian.
>
>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!

I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Vain!


Ian

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Jan 13, 2004, 5:37:14 AM1/13/04
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"Till Westermayer" <ti...@tillwe.de> wrote in message
news:90isJ...@westermayer-74391.user.cis.dfn.de...

> [12 Jan 04: Ian (ian.m...@virgin.net) wrote something]
>
> >> Tian (not Iain)
>
> >Ah_ but wouldn't that be Tian (not Iain or Ian)
>
> >Ian (not Iain or Tian)
>
> The problem with that is the memory fuzzyness effect involved.

There's nothing wrong with a bit of memory fuzziness occasionally

If you do
> this on a regular basis, and if Tian does it, and probably even Iain,
> then in some weeks we all will think only of the ian-something-guys with
> the Boolean.

Ah but we don't quite fit the whole Boolean thing. We can do AND OR NOT =
true / false and XOR. But the chances of getting an IF THEN are fairly
slim.

Cheers
Ian (true EQV = false)


I USED TO BE A SODA BOTTLE

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Jan 13, 2004, 8:46:27 PM1/13/04
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Ian wrote:

><dontbe...@aol.com15840357> wrote

>> Ian sigged:
>>
>> >
>> >Ian (not Iain)
>>
>> Hey! I can do that to!
>>
>> Tian (not Iain)
>
>Ah_ but wouldn't that be Tian (not Iain or Ian)

I figured they could tell a three letter name from a
four letter name. Actually, that is rationalizing.
The fact of the matter is that I'm only allowed 255
bytes for my whole sig, and I want to use most of
them as a diary entry or something like that. As it
is, I frequently find myself thinking "what am I
going to do to make this fit?" Using more letters
deconfusing people just costs too much right now.

Maybe later...


Tian (not Iain)
--
http://tian.greens.org

Yesterday I got a copy of the Pennsylvania Green Party
fundrasier CD titled Party With a Purpose in the mail.
There are some funny cuts, some bluesy cuts, and a
lot of stuff that Jello Biafra would approve of.

Jan van den Broek

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Jan 13, 2004, 4:48:45 AM1/13/04
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Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:03:55 +0100
Amro Bank <am...@tuig.nl> schrieb:

I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Jan!

(I had to do this)
--
Rozen verwelken, \--------------------\
Schepen vergaan. \ Jan van den Broek \
Een koe moet je melken, \ balg...@xs4all.nl \
Een paard moet je slaan. \--------------------\

MEow

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Jan 14, 2004, 2:59:05 PM1/14/04
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While frolicking around in alt.fan.douglas-adams, Jan van den Broek of

Ir. Flip de Bruin development team said:

>>>>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either Ian, iain or
>>>>Tian.
>>>
>>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!
>>
>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Vain!
>
>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Jan!
>

I'm neither Ian, iain, Tian, nor Jan, but I do have a short
attention-sp - Look! A butterfly!

Gaz - Comcast

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Jan 14, 2004, 7:00:34 PM1/14/04
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Jan van den Broek wrote:
>>>>>>>Ian (not Iain)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Tian (not Iain)

>>>>>
>>>>>Ian (not Iain or Tian)
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either Ian, iain or
>>>>Tian.
>>>
>>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!
>>
>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Vain!
>
> I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Jan!

I insist that I may or maynot be any of Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain, in
pain, And most certainly may or may not be Gaz.

Hey, that's one letter in common, right?

--
Rampaging through the mountains, attacking with buzzsaw hand extensions,
cometh Gaz! And he gives a low scream:
"I'm going to spank you until you scream like a banshee, and launch you
into deep space!"

I USED TO BE A SODA BOTTLE

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Jan 15, 2004, 2:12:26 AM1/15/04
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Nikitta wrote:

>While frolicking around in alt.fan.douglas-adams, Gusty
>of Completely Disorganised said:
>
>>>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either Ian,
>>>iain or Tian.
>>
>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!
>
>/me gives Gusty a pain killer, but no Iankillers,
>Tiankillers nor iainkillers.
>
>No Ians, Tians, or iains was harmed in the production
>of this post.

Thanks! (Feeling like I dodged a bullet there...)

Tian (not Iain)
--
http://tian.greens.org

I spent the day at Thomas Speilbauer's hearing in the
Sherrif's Building at the corner of Younger and 1st
in San Jose. They discussed a serious meeting that
happened on April 1st many times with straight faces.

I USED TO BE A SODA BOTTLE

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Jan 15, 2004, 2:14:55 AM1/15/04
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Gaz wrote:

>Jan van den Broek wrote:
>>>>>>>>Ian (not Iain)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Tian (not Iain)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ian (not Iain or Tian)
>>>>>
>>>>>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either
>>>>>Ian, iain or Tian.
>>>>
>>>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!
>>>
>>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Vain!
>>
>> I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Jan!
>
>I insist that I may or maynot be any of Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan,
>Vain, in pain, And most certainly may or may not be Gaz.

I'm really enjoying this cascade. :-)

Sid

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Jan 15, 2004, 9:10:57 AM1/15/04
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Jan van den Broek <fort...@xs4all.nl> writes:

> Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:03:55 +0100
> Amro Bank <am...@tuig.nl> schrieb:
> >It was teh Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:25:32 +0000mteenth and Gusty
> ><gustywinds.ob...@btopenworld.com> shook teh great
> >alt.fan.douglas-adams by sayink:
> >
> >>Five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of unreason and
> >>MEow spewed up:
> >>
> >>>While frolicking around in alt.fan.douglas-adams, Ian of BT Openworld
> >>>said:
> >>>
> >>>>> >Ian (not Iain)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hey! I can do that to!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tian (not Iain)
> >>>>
> >>>>Ah_ but wouldn't that be Tian (not Iain or Ian)
> >>>>
> >>>>Ian (not Iain or Tian)
> >>>>
> >>>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either Ian, iain or
> >>>Tian.
> >>
> >>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!
> >
> >I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Vain!
>
> I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Jan!

I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Indian!

> (I had to do this)

(Me too)

Sid

Sid

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Jan 15, 2004, 9:11:40 AM1/15/04
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dontbe...@aol.com76060932 (I USED TO BE A SODA BOTTLE) writes:

> Gaz wrote:
>
> >Jan van den Broek wrote:
> >>>>>>>>Ian (not Iain)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Tian (not Iain)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Ian (not Iain or Tian)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either
> >>>>>Ian, iain or Tian.
> >>>>
> >>>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!
> >>>
> >>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Vain!
> >>
> >> I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Jan!
> >
> >I insist that I may or maynot be any of Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan,
> >Vain, in pain, And most certainly may or may not be Gaz.
>
> I'm really enjoying this cascade. :-)

I think you mean Gazcade. :-)

Sid

LA

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Jan 16, 2004, 12:35:52 PM1/16/04
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>>>>>>>>Ian (not Iain)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hey! I can do that to!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Tian (not Iain)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ah_ but wouldn't that be Tian (not Iain or Ian)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ian (not Iain or Tian)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I'd like to take the opportunity to deny being either Ian, iain or
>>>>>Tian.
>>>>
>>>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am in Pain!
>>>
>>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Vain!
>>
>>I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Jan!
>
>
> I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian but I am Indian!
>
I am neither Ian, Iain nor Tian or Jan, but I can tell your for certain,
I am Laurie-Ann!

>>(I had to do this)
>
>
> (Me too)
>

(me as well)

LA


Jan van den Broek

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Jan 16, 2004, 4:48:49 AM1/16/04
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Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:00:34 GMT
Gaz - Comcast <SendJun...@acwpd.com> schrieb:

[Schnipp]

>I insist that I may or maynot be any of Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain, in
>pain, And most certainly may or may not be Gaz.
>
>Hey, that's one letter in common, right?

Yes, but I can't figure out which one.
--
Met groeten, | make it so
Jan van den Broek | Make: don't know how to make it. Stop.
balg...@xs4all.nl |
----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------

Freakstone

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Jan 17, 2004, 4:32:40 PM1/17/04
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"Jan van den Broek" <fort...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:jfi.40084E31...@xs4all.nl...

> [Schnipp]
> >I insist that I may or maynot be any of Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain, in
> >pain, And most certainly may or may not be Gaz.
> >Hey, that's one letter in common, right?
> Yes, but I can't figure out which one.

Eh?

Ian

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Jan 22, 2004, 9:40:49 AM1/22/04
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"Freakstone" <cfree...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:buc9lp$fnhta$1...@ID-69762.news.uni-berlin.de...

> "Jan van den Broek" <fort...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
> news:jfi.40084E31...@xs4all.nl...
> > [Schnipp]
> > >I insist that I may or maynot be any of Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain, in
> > >pain, And most certainly may or may not be Gaz.
> > >Hey, that's one letter in common, right?
> > Yes, but I can't figure out which one.
>
> Eh?

No thats two letters neither of them are in Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain, Gaz.

Ian


Freakstone

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Jan 22, 2004, 4:15:17 PM1/22/04
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"Ian" <ian.m...@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:buondh$qat$1...@titan.btinternet.com...

> > > [Schnipp]
> > > >I insist that I may or maynot be any of Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain,
in
> > > >pain, And most certainly may or may not be Gaz.
> > > >Hey, that's one letter in common, right?
> > > Yes, but I can't figure out which one.
> > Eh?
> No thats two letters neither of them are in Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain,
Gaz.

But if you pronounce it correctly it sounds like the letter that is.

Gaz - Comcast

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Jan 22, 2004, 7:39:46 PM1/22/04
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Ian wrote:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh! (hint hint)

Kaare Fiedler Christiansen

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Jan 23, 2004, 7:14:51 AM1/23/04
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Gaz - Comcast <SendJun...@acwpd.com> writes:

> Ian wrote:
>
>> "Freakstone" <cfree...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:buc9lp$fnhta$1...@ID-69762.news.uni-berlin.de...
>>
>>>"Jan van den Broek" <fort...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
>>>news:jfi.40084E31...@xs4all.nl...
>>>
>>>>[Schnipp]
>>>>
>>>>> I insist that I may or maynot be any of
> >>>> Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain, in pain,
>>>>> And most certainly may or may not be Gaz.
>>>>> Hey, that's one letter in common, right?
>>>>
>>>>Yes, but I can't figure out which one.
>>>
>>>Eh?
>> No thats two letters neither of them are in Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan,
>> Vain, Gaz.
>> Ian
>
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh! (hint hint)

Nonono, it's OOOOOOoooooohhh!!

Best
Kåre

--
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen fie...@daimi.au.dk

2b|~2b == -1

Freakstone

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Jan 23, 2004, 4:25:43 PM1/23/04
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"Gaz - Comcast" <SendJun...@acwpd.com> wrote in message
news:m3_Pb.126303$xy6.451962@attbi_s02...

> >>>[Schnipp]
> >>>> I insist that I may or maynot be any of
> >>>> Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain, in pain,
> >>>> And most certainly may or may not be Gaz.
> >>>> Hey, that's one letter in common, right?
> >>>Yes, but I can't figure out which one.
> >>Eh?
> > No thats two letters neither of them are in Ian, Iain, Tian, Jan, Vain,
Gaz.
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh! (hint hint)

That's what I said, "eh".

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