New York
Gusty
- check! (90F)
Fetid, goat-frying air
- check! (particularly near the hotdog stands).
Skin bubbling
- check!
Aliens driving taxis
- I think so (certainly have a colorful mode of speech towards tourists).
--
D.
Screwtape
Tell me, I've always been curious - *is* everyone your friend, in New
York City?
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| So Buddha walks into a pizza parlour and says "Make me one with everything"
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Gusty the Half-a-Cat
> m_init(): spawning followupTo('Gusty')...done.
> >Too darn hot
> > - check! (90F)
> >Fetid, goat-frying air
> > - check! (particularly near the hotdog stands).
> >Skin bubbling
> >- check!
> >Aliens driving taxis
> >- I think so (certainly have a colorful mode of speech towards tourists).
>
> Tell me, I've always been curious - *is* everyone your friend, in New
> York City?
Well, there were a lot of guys on the streets last night wanting us to
be their friends(and give them some bucks).
The last timeI was here there were some very friendly ladies up on
Times Square but I suspect they were also looking for some cash.
Great breakfasts tho'
--
Dave
Lloyd Gilbert
wrote:
>m_init(): spawning followupTo('Gusty')...done.
>>Too darn hot
>> - check! (90F)
>>Fetid, goat-frying air
>> - check! (particularly near the hotdog stands).
>>Skin bubbling
>>- check!
>>Aliens driving taxis
>>- I think so (certainly have a colorful mode of speech towards tourists).
>
>Tell me, I've always been curious - *is* everyone your friend, in New
>York City?
Also: are the streets all paved with diamonds, and is there just so
much to see?
Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Gusty
"Lloyd Gilbert" <l...@zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:iv30g09jpi8d6qopb...@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:56:20 +1000, s...@ferd2.thristian.org (Screwtape)
> wrote:
> >>Too darn hot
> >> - check! (90F)
> >>Fetid, goat-frying air
> >> - check! (particularly near the hotdog stands).
> >>Skin bubbling
> >>- check!
> >>Aliens driving taxis
> >>- I think so (certainly have a colorful mode of speech towards
tourists).
> >
> >Tell me, I've always been curious - *is* everyone your friend, in New
> >York City?
>
> Also: are the streets all paved with diamonds,
sings/ "she's a rich girl, don't try to hide it, diamonds on the soles of
her shoes..."
No, not that one, but the sidewalks could be paved with diamonds for all I
know - you can't see them for all the people!
>and is there just so much to see?
>
"But the best thing about New York City is you and me"
Tried using that one on Mrs S but she said "Oh, puke!"
And, before anyone asks, I have no idea if it is so good they named it
twice.
--
D.
Petrazickis
Is New York so good they named it twice?
Oh, sorry, got caught in a Star Trek time loop.
--
Leons Petrazickis
import java.lang.Disclaimer;
http://slashdot.org/~LPetrazickis/journal/
Just Another Green
>Is New York so good they named it twice?
Ummm.... I think it was New Amsterdam before they named it
New York.
I've been at Santa Clara University, which is in the City of Santa Clara,
which is in the County of Santa Clara. That place is so good they
named it three times!
Tian
--
http://tian.greens.org/
Today I took pictures of the Raging Grannies scolding
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren for not voting to repeal
the library and bookstore provisions in the Patriot Act.
To see the pictures, visit my website and click D top pict.
John Coxon
following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
low as to make a man weep:
> So Buddha walks into a pizza parlour and says "Make me one with
> everything"
Can I nick this for my .sig? Please?
--
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Gusty the Half-a-Cat
> Petrazickis wrote:
>
> >Is New York so good they named it twice?
>
> Ummm.... I think it was New Amsterdam before they named it
> New York.
>
> I've been at Santa Clara University, which is in the City of Santa Clara,
> which is in the County of Santa Clara. That place is so good they
> named it three times!
>
IRTA "Santa Claus University" etc.
Been learning from Nikitta I think!
Anyway I'm now back in the slightly cooler, quieter environs of Sandwich, MA.
--
Dave
Gusty
"John Coxon" <rogue_n...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2mcdn0F...@uni-berlin.de...
> In the two thousand and fourth year of Bob, Screwtape's voice said the
> following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels
so
> low as to make a man weep:
>
> > So Buddha walks into a pizza parlour and says "Make me one with
> > everything"
>
> Can I nick this for my .sig? Please?
>
A version of this is used as a running gag / plot element in PTerry book
"Johnny and the Bomb".
Except it is a burger, not a pizza.
And it's a Muslim not Budda but that's the joke.
--
D.
Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
<snip>
>> And, before anyone asks, I have no idea if it is so good they named it
>> twice.
>
>
> Is New York so good they named it twice?
>
> Oh, sorry, got caught in a Star Trek time loop.
And it will be repeated through a time warp on the BBC home channel in 1954.
Best
Kåre
John Coxon
low as to make a man weep:
> "John Coxon" <rogue_n...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2mcdn0F...@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>In the two thousand and fourth year of Bob, Screwtape's voice said the
>>following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels
>
> so
>
>>low as to make a man weep:
>>
>> > So Buddha walks into a pizza parlour and says "Make me one with
>> > everything"
>>
>>Can I nick this for my .sig? Please?
>>
>
> It ain't his to give, it's an oldie but goodie
> A version of this is used as a running gag / plot element in PTerry book
> "Johnny and the Bomb".
> Except it is a burger, not a pizza.
> And it's a Muslim not Budda but that's the joke.
That's why I asked - I didn't know if I'd have to attribute it to anyone.
--
John Coxon
"Going round in circles is what the froup does best. Some call it a talent,
others view it as a sign of insanity." - Alex Fitzpatrick (afdaniain)
Gusty
"Kåre Fiedler Christiansen" <ne...@kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:2mcv9sF...@uni-berlin.de...
BBC Home Service in 1951." Don't you?
--
D.
Brad Beyenhof
> "John Coxon" <rogue_n...@hotmail.com> wrote...
>> In the two thousand and fourth year of Bob, Screwtape's voice said
>> the following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with
>> distortion levels so low as to make a man weep:
>>
>>> So Buddha walks into a pizza parlour and says "Make me one with
>>> everything"
>>
>> Can I nick this for my .sig? Please?
>
> It ain't his to give, it's an oldie but goodie A version of this is
> used as a running gag / plot element in PTerry book "Johnny and the
> Bomb". Except it is a burger, not a pizza. And it's a Muslim not
> Budda but that's the joke.
I always heard it as "The Dalai Lama walks up to a hot dog vendor..."
--
Brad Beyenhof
http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com
Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
Uhm, right. I coudn't remember the exact quote, so I did it as well as I
could. What exactly was the "BBC Home Service" anyway?
Best
Kåre
Gusty
> >>And it will be repeated through a time warp on the BBC home channel in
> >
> > 1954.
> >
> > You mean, "And that programme will be repeated through a time warp on
the
> > BBC Home Service in 1951." Don't you?
>
> Uhm, right. I coudn't remember the exact quote, so I did it as well as I
> could. What exactly was the "BBC Home Service" anyway?
>
Wikipedia is your friend, use it.
For, although it contains much that is apocryphal [1], or at least wildly
inaccurate....
[1] Hands up anybody who _didn't_ have to look up apocryphal the first time
they read or heard HHG?
--
D.
Lloyd Gilbert
wrote:
>"Lloyd Gilbert" <l...@zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>news:iv30g09jpi8d6qopb...@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:56:20 +1000, s...@ferd2.thristian.org (Screwtape)
>> wrote:
>> >Tell me, I've always been curious - *is* everyone your friend, in New
>> >York City?
>> Also: are the streets all paved with diamonds,
>
>sings/ "she's a rich girl, don't try to hide it, diamonds on the soles of
>her shoes..."
A-wuh, a-wuh.
>No, not that one, but the sidewalks could be paved with diamonds for all I
>know - you can't see them for all the people!
Blimey.
>>and is there just so much to see?
>>
>"But the best thing about New York City is you and me"
>Tried using that one on Mrs S but she said "Oh, puke!"
LOL!
Alex Fitzpatrick
> "Kåre Fiedler Christiansen" <ne...@kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
> news:2md5hsF...@uni-berlin.de...
>
>
>
> Wikipedia is your friend, use it.
> For, although it contains much that is apocryphal [1], or at least wildly
> inaccurate....
>
> [1] Hands up anybody who _didn't_ have to look up apocryphal the first time
> they read or heard HHG?
Me.
My Mom has this nasty habit of using long words on children when she
gets frustrated...
--
Alex
Brad Beyenhof
> Gusty wrote:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4
>>
>> Wikipedia is your friend, use it.
>> For, although it contains much that is apocryphal [1], or at least wildly
>> inaccurate....
>>
>> [1] Hands up anybody who _didn't_ have to look up apocryphal the first
>> time
>> they read or heard HHG?
>
> Me.
>
> My Mom has this nasty habit of using long words on children when she
> gets frustrated...
Me too.
I knew the word already (my mom used long words too), but by an
interesting coincidence I remember that the word "apocryphal" was a
vocabulary word in 11th grade English not long before I ran across it in
the book.
Don't ask me why I still remember the 11th grade in such detail...
I don't get me, either.
Till Westermayer
>Wikipedia is your friend, use it.
>For, although it contains much that is apocryphal [1], or at least
>wildly inaccurate....
>[1] Hands up anybody who _didn't_ have to look up apocryphal the
>first time they read or heard HHG?
Me, does this make me an ideal wikipedian?
till (the next time)
--
"I'm so far to the left I can see the radical fringe flapping
in the breeze way over there!" (Turtle in soc.religion.paganism)
... Till We *) http://www.westermayer.de/till/index.htm
hollis
"Brad Beyenhof" <bbey...@NO.sbcglobal.SPAM.net> wrote in message
news:GAgMc.614$Rr3...@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> Alex Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > Gusty wrote:
> >> "Kåre Fiedler Christiansen" <ne...@kaarefc.dk> wrote...
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4
> >>
> >> Wikipedia is your friend, use it.
> >> For, although it contains much that is apocryphal [1], or at least
wildly
> >> inaccurate....
> >>
> >> [1] Hands up anybody who _didn't_ have to look up apocryphal the first
> >> time
> >> they read or heard HHG?
> >
> > Me.
> >
> > My Mom has this nasty habit of using long words on children when she
> > gets frustrated...
>
> Me too.
>
> I knew the word already (my mom used long words too), but by an
> interesting coincidence I remember that the word "apocryphal" was a
> vocabulary word in 11th grade English not long before I ran across it in
> the book.
>
guess (I mean, suppose.)
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hollis
"Gusty the Half-a-Cat" <general...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:39c3630b.04072...@posting.google.com...
> s...@ferd2.thristian.org (Screwtape) wrote in message
news:<slrncful...@ferd2.thristian.org>...
> > m_init(): spawning followupTo('Gusty')...done.
> > >Too darn hot
> > > - check! (90F)
Just returned from Florida which gets my vote for "%$*&!! hot", the outside
temperature thingy on the car said 115F at one point yesterday, you know
you're losing your reason when you become aware that if someone were to
approach you and offer the choice between a case of champagne or a small
bottle of iced water, you'd go for the water.
>
> Well, there were a lot of guys on the streets last night wanting us to
> be their friends(and give them some bucks).
> The last timeI was here there were some very friendly ladies up on
> Times Square but I suspect they were also looking for some cash.
>
> Great breakfasts tho'
>
Great breakfasts. How about pancakes with strawberries, whipped cream,
strawberry sauce and BACON! Looked delicious.
OK, was delicious, I tried it.
> --
> Dave
My jet-lagged sleep-deprived brain is registering the fact that I didn't
know your name was Dave. Did everyone else know this?
Gusty
"hollis" <c.ho...@nospam.advsys.co.uk> wrote in message
news:10907054...@dynamite.advsys.co.uk...
>
> > > >Too darn hot
> > > > - check! (90F)
>
> Just returned from Florida which gets my vote for "%$*&!! hot", the
outside
> temperature thingy on the car said 115F at one point yesterday,
temps and humidity that just drains you.
Much cooler in Massachussets (about 75F) and chucking it down at the moment.
>you know
> you're losing your reason when you become aware that if someone were to
> approach you and offer the choice between a case of champagne or a small
> bottle of iced water, you'd go for the water.
>
I wouldn't thank you for champagne at the best of times; can't abide
sparkling wine of any sort. I take the point, however
> >
> > Great breakfasts tho'
> >
> Great breakfasts. How about pancakes with strawberries, whipped cream,
> strawberry sauce and BACON! Looked delicious.
> OK, was delicious, I tried it.
>
You've got to, haven't you?
After a couple of days you fall back to the just pigging out a bit rather
than the Mr Creosote style excess but it's fun for a while.
> > Dave
>
> My jet-lagged sleep-deprived brain is registering the fact that I didn't
> know your name was Dave. Did everyone else know this?
>
I don't normally put my name - that post was done using Google from a PC in
a Starbucks (on 42nd Street!) so it wasn't an automatic sig. I used to have
Dave on my bio and I think I signed the Xmas cards as that.
Who knows? Who cares? It seems very odd to give a bundle of vague sensory
perceptions a name.
--
Gutsy (just for you!)
Gusty
Oh, sorry, wrong joke.
--
D.
Gaz - Comcast
> "Gusty the Half-a-Cat" <general...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> news:39c3630b.04072...@posting.google.com...
>
>>s...@ferd2.thristian.org (Screwtape) wrote in message
>
> news:<slrncful...@ferd2.thristian.org>...
>
>>>m_init(): spawning followupTo('Gusty')...done.
>>>
>>>>Too darn hot
>>>>- check! (90F)
>
>
> Just returned from Florida which gets my vote for "%$*&!! hot", the outside
> temperature thingy on the car said 115F at one point yesterday, you know
> you're losing your reason when you become aware that if someone were to
> approach you and offer the choice between a case of champagne or a small
> bottle of iced water, you'd go for the water.
>
>
Odd, that's how hot it was here day before yesterday... well, 114, but
still. What makes that odd is that I live in washington. a place known
for eing COLD and RAINY.
it must be summer. I never could get the hang of summer.
--
Gaz
send moneySUBLIMINALsend money.sigsend money
Message stops here -->
Buck stops here -->
Gaz - Comcast
... but no one ever tells the second half.
...After placing his order, $PERSON gives the $VENDOR a 20 dollar bill.
the $VENDOR then pockets it. $PERSON says, "What about my change?" to
which $VENDOR replies...
"Change must come from within"
*groan*
--
Gaz
#11: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's .sig.
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
> Aliens driving taxis
> - I think so (certainly have a colorful mode of speech towards tourists).
Just three weeks ago I experienced quite a lot of aliens. All of them
collecting bottles. At least I was told they were aliens by my
friends who tried to catch them with an advanced trap. Something about
a string tied to a bottle.
Are there too few bottles so teh aliens have resorted to driving taxis
in NY?
/Rasmus
(changing ISP in just two weeks - and the new ISP does not carry
afda. Sigh!)
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
When you have multiple CPUs with one interrupt controller, you don't
have much choice. You either use spin-locks or you Blue-Screen.
Since Linux doesn't have a "Blue-screen of death", it needs spin-
locks.
-- Richard B. Johnson
----------------------------------[ moffe at amagerkollegiet dot dk ] --
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
> Odd, that's how hot it was here day before yesterday... well, 114, but
> still. What makes that odd is that I live in washington. a place known
> for eing COLD and RAINY.
That's damn hot - or, oh, not metrics.
/calculating...
That's damn hot!
Here it is rainy and 16C...
/calculating...
I think that's about 60F...
> it must be summer. I never could get the hang of summer.
Summer? Is that for export. I think we're all out of here in Denmark.
Well, at least i actually *saw* the sun yesterday :)
/Rasmus
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-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Those who write "Optimized for Netscape" og "Best viewed with MSIE"
never figured out the difference between the WWW and a Word Perfect
4.2 Document.
hollis
"Gusty" <no.s...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:2mg570F...@uni-berlin.de...
>
> "hollis" <c.ho...@nospam.advsys.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:10907054...@dynamite.advsys.co.uk...
moment.
>
I do hope all the light don't go out.
(snip)
> > > Great breakfasts tho'
> > >
> > Great breakfasts. How about pancakes with strawberries, whipped cream,
> > strawberry sauce and BACON! Looked delicious.
> > OK, was delicious, I tried it.
> >
> You've got to, haven't you?
You know you're in trouble when the waitress approaches with an A4 sized
note pad. By the time you've got through ordering breakfast, you've made as
many decisions as you do in a whole day at the office.
> After a couple of days you fall back to the just pigging out a bit rather
> than the Mr Creosote style excess but it's fun for a while.
>
Agreed, great fun for a bit, then the whole thing becomes a fruitless quest
for a meal small enough to eat in one go. You order a small bowl of pasta &
tomato sauce, and find it comes with a loaf of garlic bread, enough salad
for 6 people, unlimited drinks, two desserts, a voucher for breakfast and an
invitation to the owner's house for lunch the following week. And bacon
probably.
> > > Dave
> >
> > My jet-lagged sleep-deprived brain is registering the fact that I didn't
> > know your name was Dave. Did everyone else know this?
> >
> I don't normally put my name - that post was done using Google from a PC
in
> a Starbucks (on 42nd Street!) so it wasn't an automatic sig. I used to
have
> Dave on my bio and I think I signed the Xmas cards as that.
> Who knows? Who cares? It seems very odd to give a bundle of vague sensory
> perceptions a name.
>
I was a bit disorienated yesterday in a just-arrived-at-the-RATEOTU sort of
way, and I'd probably have had trouble telling you my own name. Just as
long as Kaare doen't come along and say his name is actually Bob...
> Gutsy (just for you!)
lol
Gusty
>
> > Much cooler in Massachussets (about 75F) and chucking it down at the
> moment.
> >
>
> I do hope all the light don't go out.
>
May as well turn the lights out. Can't move on the Cape today - combination
of tourists (not like us of course) who want to see everything but not get
out of their cars and a heavy influx of security people checking if Al Qaeda
are going to hi-jack the Mayflower or something.
Seriously, the Democrats convention has just started in Boston and I got to
get to the airport tomorrow. Should be fun.
>
> I was a bit disorienated yesterday in a just-arrived-at-the-RATEOTU sort
of
> way, and I'd probably have had trouble telling you my own name.
"If the lady would care to order drinks before dinner and the Universe will
explode later for your pleasure."
> Just as long as Kaare doen't come along and say his name is actually
Bob...
>
Not unless he's taken a new job as Gen Melchett's new driver.
--
ITMA
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
>> Much cooler in Massachussets (about 75F) and chucking it down at the
> moment.
>>
>
> I do hope all the light don't go out.
Heat from teh sun? We should go for bistromathics instead; much
cleaner I guess...
> (snip)
>> > > Great breakfasts tho'
>> > >
>> > Great breakfasts. How about pancakes with strawberries, whipped cream,
>> > strawberry sauce and BACON! Looked delicious.
>> > OK, was delicious, I tried it.
>> >
>> You've got to, haven't you?
>
> You know you're in trouble when the waitress approaches with an A4 sized
> note pad. By the time you've got through ordering breakfast, you've made as
> many decisions as you do in a whole day at the office.
But think of how far you could have traveled in space with such a
large pad.
>> After a couple of days you fall back to the just pigging out a bit rather
>> than the Mr Creosote style excess but it's fun for a while.
>>
> Agreed, great fun for a bit, then the whole thing becomes a fruitless quest
> for a meal small enough to eat in one go. You order a small bowl of pasta &
> tomato sauce, and find it comes with a loaf of garlic bread, enough salad
> for 6 people, unlimited drinks, two desserts, a voucher for breakfast and an
> invitation to the owner's house for lunch the following week. And bacon
> probably.
Sound partially nice. However, I suppose, it would usually be better
with something smaller. You could sneak teh leftover part away in a
doggy bag but just makin' it all cheaper would probably be better. The
older food the better...
... or perhaps I am thinking of something else...
> I was a bit disorienated yesterday in a just-arrived-at-the-RATEOTU sort of
> way, and I'd probably have had trouble telling you my own name. Just as
> long as Kaare doen't come along and say his name is actually Bob...
It isn't?
/Rasmus
(who actually have a paper stating that it is my official name -
however almost none of my friends uses it)
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Ah, they've got the internet on computers now.
hollis
"Rasmus Bøg Hansen" <sp...@amagerkollegiet.dk> wrote in message
news:87k6wsh...@grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
> > Agreed, great fun for a bit, then the whole thing becomes a fruitless
quest
> > for a meal small enough to eat in one go. You order a small bowl of
pasta &
> > tomato sauce, and find it comes with a loaf of garlic bread, enough
salad
> > for 6 people, unlimited drinks, two desserts, a voucher for breakfast
and an
> > invitation to the owner's house for lunch the following week. And bacon
> > probably.
>
> Sound partially nice. However, I suppose, it would usually be better
> with something smaller. You could sneak teh leftover part away in a
> doggy bag but just makin' it all cheaper would probably be better.
I was once given part of a meal to take away in an intricate foil creation
in the shape of a swan, I thought the whole thing was quite embarassing,
surely they knew my dog had to be at least 4000 miles away.
>The older food the better...
> ... or perhaps I am thinking of something else...
>
Froupie. The older the froupie the better.
hollis
>
> "hollis" <c.ho...@nospam.advsys.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:10907672...@dynamite.advsys.co.uk...
> >
All? Do I keep doing this? Zarquon.
> May as well turn the lights out. Can't move on the Cape today -
combination
> of tourists (not like us of course) who want to see everything but not get
> out of their cars and a heavy influx of security people checking if Al
Qaeda
> are going to hi-jack the Mayflower or something.
> Seriously, the Democrats convention has just started in Boston and I got
to
> get to the airport tomorrow. Should be fun.
Last time I went through Boston airport, security had just been taken over
my the military, so there were lots of Schwartzeneggar (however you spell
that) types with dark glasses & big guns. Scary. Or comforting, not sure.
It was late in 2001 though.
> >
> > I was a bit disorienated yesterday in a just-arrived-at-the-RATEOTU sort
> of
> > way, and I'd probably have had trouble telling you my own name.
>
> "If the lady would care to order drinks before dinner and the Universe
will
> explode later for your pleasure."
What sort of drinks do you serve? ( I'll have two.)
>
> > Just as long as Kaare doen't come along and say his name is actually
> Bob...
> >
> Not unless he's taken a new job as Gen Melchett's new driver.
Ah, you got the right pronunciation.
John Coxon
levels so low as to make a man weep:
> Due some reason "Gusty" <no.s...@btopenworld.com> happened to write:
>
>
>>Aliens driving taxis
>>- I think so (certainly have a colorful mode of speech towards tourists).
>
>
> Just three weeks ago I experienced quite a lot of aliens. All of them
> collecting bottles. At least I was told they were aliens by my
> friends who tried to catch them with an advanced trap. Something about
> a string tied to a bottle.
>
> Are there too few bottles so teh aliens have resorted to driving taxis
> in NY?
>
> /Rasmus
>
> (changing ISP in just two weeks - and the new ISP does not carry
> afda. Sigh!)
http://news.individual.net/ - is free, has good anti-spam and carries afda.
--
John Coxon
Don't let your mind wander - it's too little to be let out alone.
E-mail: johnc...@gmail.com
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
>> (changing ISP in just two weeks - and the new ISP does not carry
>> afda. Sigh!)
>
> http://news.individual.net/ - is free, has good anti-spam and carries afda.
I'll try taht, if my new newsserver does not get afda - just mailed
them and requested teh froup ;)
Thank you
/Rasmus
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
No, no, stop! Now I got coffee in my keyboard!
Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
> "Gusty the Half-a-Cat" <general...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> news:39c3630b.04072...@posting.google.com...
<snip>
>>Dave
>
>
> My jet-lagged sleep-deprived brain is registering the fact that I didn't
> know your name was Dave. Did everyone else know this?
I feel like starting to sing "Daisy, daisy", or telling him that I can't
open the froup doors right now...
Best
Kaare
Gusty
spoke forth:
>> What's with you and all these Bee Gees lyrics?
>
>All? Do I keep doing this? Zarquon.
>
Zarquon? This is obviously some member of the Brothers Gibb of which I
was previously aware.
Picture the scene at Milliways. Max Quordelpleen had just spotted the
Great Prophet appearing as the Universe ends:
"A big hand please, ladies and gentlemen," he hollered, "for the Great
Prophet Zarquon! He has come! Zarquon has come again!"
Thunderous applause broke out as Max strode across the stage and
handed his microphone to the Prophet.
Zarquon coughed. He peered round at the assembled gathering. The stars
in his eyes blinked uneasily. He handled the microphone with
confusion.
"Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,
you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive."
--
D.
gusty
n. a person with more than one radio.
Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
<snip>
>>>>Dave
>>>
>>>My jet-lagged sleep-deprived brain is registering the fact that I didn't
>>>know your name was Dave. Did everyone else know this?
>>>
>>
>>I don't normally put my name - that post was done using Google from a PC
>
> in
>
>>a Starbucks (on 42nd Street!) so it wasn't an automatic sig. I used to
>
> have
>
>>Dave on my bio and I think I signed the Xmas cards as that.
>>Who knows? Who cares? It seems very odd to give a bundle of vague sensory
>>perceptions a name.
>>
>
>
> I was a bit disorienated yesterday in a just-arrived-at-the-RATEOTU sort of
> way, and I'd probably have had trouble telling you my own name. Just as
> long as Kaare doen't come along and say his name is actually Bob...
Actually, my name is Hal[1]
Best
Kåre
Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
Never heard that second part... So when the joke is brand new to you,
that's actually funny!
Best
Kåre
Gusty
spoke forth:
>>
>> with something smaller. You could sneak teh leftover part away in a
>> doggy bag but just makin' it all cheaper would probably be better.
>
>I was once given part of a meal to take away in an intricate foil creation
>in the shape of a swan, I thought the whole thing was quite embarassing,
>surely they knew my dog had to be at least 4000 miles away.
>
this was.
http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk/tour/secondfloor/swan.html
Now I know - it is an 18th Century doggie bag!
>>The older food the better...
>
>> ... or perhaps I am thinking of something else...
>>
>Froupie. The older the froupie the better.
I am biting my tonque very hard here to avoid saying something I might
regret!
[1] If any Brit froupies (or anyone visiting) are ever in the north of
England, this is well worth a look. Apart from the swan they have an
astonishing art collection including two fabulous Canalettos.
Gusty
Fiedler Christiansen spoke forth:
Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
I'm sorry, Dave. I just can do that right now!
Best
Hal
hollis
"Gusty" <gustywinds.ob...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:8c5dg01v43ceqa2nn...@4ax.com...
> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and hollis
> spoke forth:
>
> >> What's with you and all these Bee Gees lyrics?
> >
> >All? Do I keep doing this? Zarquon.
> >
> Zarquon? This is obviously some member of the Brothers Gibb of which I
> was previously aware.
>
Curiously enough, I bet "none at all" is how much suspicion you have that
they all come from here, and not Guilford (or Australia).
> Picture the scene at Milliways. Max Quordelpleen had just spotted the
> Great Prophet appearing as the Universe ends:
> "A big hand please, ladies and gentlemen," he hollered, "for the Great
> Prophet Zarquon! He has come! Zarquon has come again!"
> Thunderous applause broke out as Max strode across the stage and
> handed his microphone to the Prophet.
> Zarquon coughed. He peered round at the assembled gathering. The stars
> in his eyes blinked uneasily. He handled the microphone with
> confusion.
> "Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,
> you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
> Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive."
>
And turning to the audience, "You Should Be Dancing..."
hollis
> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and hollis
> this was.
> http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk/tour/secondfloor/swan.html
>
> Now I know - it is an 18th Century doggie bag!
>
> >>The older food the better...
> >
> >> ... or perhaps I am thinking of something else...
> >>
> >Froupie. The older the froupie the better.
>
> I am biting my tonque very hard here to avoid saying something I might
> regret!
/puts safety catch back on definit-kill destabilized neutron blaster.
>
> [1] If any Brit froupies (or anyone visiting) are ever in the north of
> England, this is well worth a look. Apart from the swan they have an
> astonishing art collection including two fabulous Canalettos.
>
Well they'd have to be in pairs wouldn't they? It's no good having a single
one... oh hang on, I thought you said stilettos.
Gusty
>>
>> [1] If any Brit froupies (or anyone visiting) are ever in the north of
>> England, this is well worth a look. Apart from the swan they have an
>> astonishing art collection including two fabulous Canalettos.
>>
>Well they'd have to be in pairs wouldn't they? It's no good having a single
>one... oh hang on, I thought you said stilettos.
At least you didn't say you wanted yours stuffed with spinach and
ricotta.
hollis
"Kåre Fiedler Christiansen" <ne...@kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:2mnj6hF...@uni-berlin.de...
Gusty
spoke forth:
>
>"Kåre Fiedler Christiansen" <ne...@kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
>news:2mnj6hF...@uni-berlin.de...
>> hollis wrote:
>> > "Gusty the Half-a-Cat" <general...@btopenworld.com> wrote in
>message
>> > news:39c3630b.04072...@posting.google.com...
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> >>Dave
>> >
>> >
>> > My jet-lagged sleep-deprived brain is registering the fact that I didn't
>> > know your name was Dave. Did everyone else know this?
>>
>> I feel like starting to sing "Daisy, daisy", or telling him that I can't
>> open the froup doors right now...
>>
>Whatever happened to Daisy?
She lives in LA with her daughter and husband -entertainment lawyer
Peter Lopez.
Whatever happened to Baby Jane?
Whatever happened to the Likely Lads?
Whatever happened to the heroes?
http://www.palantir.net/cgi-bin/file.cgi?file=wav/daisy.wav
hollis
Jan van den Broek
"hollis" <c.ho...@nospam.advsys.co.uk> schrieb:
[Schnipp]
>> you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
>> Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive."
>>
>And turning to the audience, "You Should Be Dancing..."
And one more froupie who will be listening to "Saturday Night Fever"[1]
in his car tomorrow.
Actually I listened to the Dutch[3] translation of Fit 2 yesterday, and
the way they're talking sounded somewhat old fashioned to me, mainly
the pronouncation. English not being my first language, I can't say
anything about the original HHG itself, but I'm curious how UK-iains
feel about this.
[1] Although I saw the movie when it came out[2] I bought the soundtrack
years later, in '95 or so.
[2] '78-'79
[3] My first contact with the HHG was the Dutch version of the radioplay,
Sunday evening at Hilversum Drie, before or after[4] as show which
used "Never known questions"[5] by The Residents as a closing tune.
[4] I can't remember exactley.
[5] I will also be listening to "Not available" in my car tomorrow.
--
Jan van den Broek
balg...@xs4all.nl
No fish were harmed in posting this message.
Brad Beyenhof
> "hollis" schrieb:
>> "Gusty" wrote...
>>
>>> you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin'
>>> alive."
>>
>> And turning to the audience, "You Should Be Dancing..."
>
> And one more froupie who will be listening to "Saturday Night
> Fever"[1] in his car tomorrow.
> [5] I will also be listening to "Not available" in my car tomorrow.
Both at once? Won't that get a little confusing?
--
Brad Beyenhof
http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com
Gusty
spoke forth:
>
>"Gusty" <gustywinds.ob...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>news:8c5dg01v43ceqa2nn...@4ax.com...
>> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and hollis
>> spoke forth:
>>
>> >> What's with you and all these Bee Gees lyrics?
>> >
>> >All? Do I keep doing this? Zarquon.
>> >
>> Zarquon? This is obviously some member of the Brothers Gibb of which I
>> was previously aware.
>>
>
>Curiously enough, I bet "none at all" is how much suspicion you have that
>they all come from here, and not Guilford (or Australia).
>
Pah, ask me a difficult one.
You're addressing someone who gets called into pub quizes in other
cities for his encyclopedic knowledge of pop from about the mid '60s
to the early '90s.
So the three Bee Gees were born in Douglas, where was Andy born?
hollis
Gusty
spoke forth:
>> >
>> >Curiously enough, I bet "none at all" is how much suspicion you have that
>> >they all come from here, and not Guilford (or Australia).
>> >
>> Pah, ask me a difficult one.
>> You're addressing someone who gets called into pub quizes in other
>> cities for his encyclopedic knowledge of pop from about the mid '60s
>> to the early '90s.
>> So the three Bee Gees were born in Douglas, where was Andy born?
>>
>Also too easy - he was born in the same place as me actually. :)
Well, that's something I didn't know. I would never have guessed you
as a Mancunian. The accent doesn't come across very strongly in your
posts.
In fact I don't know very much about it at all. It's the one big city
in the UK I've never actually been in. I was stranded in the airport
for a while once and I lived just up the M62 in the Leeds/Bradford
area for nearly a year but I've never gone into the city itself.
The only things that come to mind are the football teams and the
pathetic failed attempts to host the Olympic/Commonwealth games every
few years[1].
[1] I think I might have stolen that quote from Bill Bryson
hollis
> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and hollis
> spoke forth:
>
>
> >> >
> >> >Curiously enough, I bet "none at all" is how much suspicion you have
that
> >> >they all come from here, and not Guilford (or Australia).
> >> >
> >> Pah, ask me a difficult one.
> >> You're addressing someone who gets called into pub quizes in other
> >> cities for his encyclopedic knowledge of pop from about the mid '60s
> >> to the early '90s.
> >> So the three Bee Gees were born in Douglas, where was Andy born?
> >>
> >Also too easy - he was born in the same place as me actually. :)
>
> Well, that's something I didn't know. I would never have guessed you
> as a Mancunian. The accent doesn't come across very strongly in your
> posts.
By gum, lad, you're not listening hard enough.
I grew up here though, not there, so I don't have a Mancuniain accent,
though I did work in Manchester for a while later on come to think of it,
but I was older then so that probably didn't affect the way I speak,
whatever that is.
I'm no good at quizzes, if I ever get to be on "Who wants To Be a
Millionnaire", I might need you to be my 'phone a friend' if I get a pop
music question.
> In fact I don't know very much about it at all. It's the one big city
> in the UK I've never actually been in. I was stranded in the airport
> for a while once and I lived just up the M62 in the Leeds/Bradford
> area for nearly a year but I've never gone into the city itself.
> The only things that come to mind are the pathetic failed football teams
That's a bit harsh surely? :)
Though I've always been a bit of a Liverpool fan so I'm not disagreeing.
Gusty
spoke forth:
>> The only things that come to mind are the pathetic failed football teams
>
I suspect there has been some tampering with the evidence here!
>That's a bit harsh surely? :)
> Though I've always been a bit of a Liverpool fan so I'm not disagreeing.
That's only because you're are the right age to have been swooning
over Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalgleish and Graeme Souness when you were a
teenager!
hollis
And it was Geoff Hurst actually.
hollis
> Well, that's something I didn't know. I would never have guessed you
> as a Mancunian. The accent doesn't come across very strongly in your
> posts.
> In fact I don't know very much about it at all. It's the one big city
> in the UK I've never actually been in. I was stranded in the airport
> for a while once and I lived just up the M62 in the Leeds/Bradford
> area for nearly a year but I've never gone into the city itself.
> The only things that come to mind are the football teams and the
> pathetic failed attempts to host the Olympic/Commonwealth games every
> few years[1].
>
On the subject of Manchester, it can of course not be repeated too often
that it was in Manchester that Iain & I met Douglas Adams.
Gusty
spoke forth:
>>
>> >> The only things that come to mind are the pathetic failed football
>teams
>> >
>> I suspect there has been some tampering with the evidence here!
>>
>> >That's a bit harsh surely? :)
>> > Though I've always been a bit of a Liverpool fan so I'm not disagreeing.
>>
>> That's only because you're are the right age to have been swooning
>> over Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalgleish and Graeme Souness when you were a
>> teenager!
>>
>I know little of these early seventies footballers of which you speak.
>And it was Geoff Hurst actually.
I may be missing something here as I'm not a huge football fan but I
thought Geoff Hurst played for West Ham not Liverpool??
Gusty
spoke forth:
Moving swiftly on-topic but somewhat tangentially:-
Just imagine if Arthur and Ford had materialised at a certain football
match instead of at Lords.
"Some people are on the pitch... they thinks it's a sofa!"
Jan van den Broek
Brad Beyenhof <bbey...@NO.sbcglobal.SPAM.net> schrieb:
>Jan van den Broek wrote:
[Schnipp]
>> And one more froupie who will be listening to "Saturday Night
>> Fever"[1] in his car tomorrow.
>[snip snip snippy]
>> [5] I will also be listening to "Not available" in my car tomorrow.
>
>Both at once? Won't that get a little confusing?
Not at the same time, I had to drive far enough to listen to more
than one CD.
Something else, I saw a guy yesterday with a T-shirt saying
"Do no commit", I'm wondering why it didn't just said "Rollback".
--
Jan van den Broek balg...@xs4all.nl
===============================================================================
"Het ene gaat altyd in de richting van het andere",
Johan Cruyff 3-VIII-'92
hollis
"It is now!!"
Gusty
spoke forth:
>> >
>> >I may be missing something here as I'm not a huge football fan but I
>> >thought Geoff Hurst played for West Ham not Liverpool??
>>
>> Moving swiftly on-topic but somewhat tangentially:-
>> Just imagine if Arthur and Ford had materialised at a certain football
>> match instead of at Lords.
>> "Some people are on the pitch... they thinks it's a sofa!"
>>
>...further goal from Hurst...
>
>"It is now!!"
I don't know about that but that third goal must have bounced off the
SEP field.
Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
<snip>
> On the subject of Manchester, it can of course not be repeated too often
> that it was in Manchester that Iain & I met Douglas Adams.
Fpr photos, see website :-)
(Did we get a froup signature there too?)
Best
Kåre
hollis
hollis
football.