Stolen from the cat newsgroup
TBird
http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/003149.html
TBird <----- mwa ha ha ha (read the comments - very funny)
JDChronicler
calendar photo of three kittens in a cardboard box as a portrait of homeless
activists. Well, the kittens do look very worried. What would kittens do come
winter if their home is a cardboard box?
Shomeret
Jette Goldie
"TBird" <nos...@here.net> wrote in message
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> http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/003149.html
>
> TBird <----- mwa ha ha ha (read the comments - very funny)
>
>
What do you call it when you steal something that's stolen?
(cos I just did it to you <g>)
--
Jette Goldie
je...@blueyonder.co.uk
Apache and Dakota
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html
The Ranger
wrote:
> Kitties are often victims of projection. I myself
> have been imagining a calendar photo of three
> kittens in a cardboard box as a portrait of
> homeless activists
An activist is not a kitten, nor should one ever be compared to the
cuteness of a kitten.
> Well, the kittens do look very worried. What
> would kittens do come winter if their home is
> a cardboard box?
It is best to let those too poor go to the prisons and the union
workhouses. And if they would rather die, they had better do it,
and thus decrease the surplus population!
The Ranger
AMc in CA
>It is best to let those too poor go to the prisons and the union
>workhouses. And if they would rather die, they had better do it,
>and thus decrease the surplus population!
A Dickens fan, huh?
Alicia <-- hasn't read Dickens in decades, tho they're on my "to read again"
list
- - - - - -
To be different is not necessarily to be ugly;
to have a different idea is not necessarily to be wrong.
The worst possible thing is for all of us to begin
to look and act and think alike.
-- Gene Roddenberry
First Fallen
> >workhouses. And if they would rather die, they had better do it,
> >and thus decrease the surplus population!
For it may be, that in the eyes of God, you are more worthless, and less fit
to live than Millions like that poor man's child!
(My favourite line, as spoken by Edward Woodward's Ghost of Christmas
Present, in (what is IMHO) the best version of A Christmas Carol - starring
George C. Scott)
> A Dickens fan, huh?
I read it for the first (and thus far only) time a few years back.
> Alicia <-- hasn't read Dickens in decades, tho they're on my "to read
again"
> list
A Christmas Carol is the only one I've read.
The Ranger
wrote:
> > > It is best to let those too poor go to the prisons
> > > and the union workhouses. And if they would
> > > rather die, they had better do it, and thus
> > > decrease the surplus population!
> For it may be, that in the eyes of God, you are more
> worthless, and less fit to live than Millions like that poor
> man's child!
Don't remember that quote...
> (My favourite line, as spoken by Edward Woodward's
> Ghost of Christmas Present, in (what is IMHO) the best
> version of A Christmas Carol - starring George C. Scott)
Ah... One I do not have in my library (as of yet.)
> > A Dickens fan, huh?
Yes. I'm also an Hans Christian Anderson fan.
The "Give Me Paragraph after Pound of Adjectives and Adverbs
Running Amok with a Plethora of Pejorative to add to the
word-count" Ranger
First Fallen
> > worthless, and less fit to live than Millions like that poor
> > man's child!
>
> Don't remember that quote...
GoCP says it to Scrooge after he turns Scrooge's comments about the surplus
population back on him.
I just love Edward Woodward's performance. He has made every other GoCP
pale in comparison, if you ask me.
Susan Stansfield
In article <Iq22d.2520$n16....@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>, "TBird"
<nos...@here.net> wrote:
<< http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/003149.html
TBird <----- mwa ha ha ha (read the comments - very funny)
>>
So cute. :-)
Susan
Darth Maul's Highlander Site:
http://pub54.ezboard.com/fdarthscommunityfrm20
Susan Stansfield
In article <9pfhk0hq119i2lbo4...@4ax.com>, The Ranger
<cuhula...@yahoo.com> wrote:
<< It is best to let those too poor go to the prisons and the union
workhouses. And if they would rather die, they had better do it,
and thus decrease the surplus population! >>
And a Merry Christmas to you too, Mr. Scrooge. <g>
The Ranger
wrote:
> In article <9pfhk0hq119i2lbo4...@4ax.com>, The Ranger <cuhula...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > It is best to let those too poor go to the prisons
> > and the union workhouses. And if they would rather
> > die, they had better do it, and thus decrease the
> > surplus population!
> >
> And a Merry Christmas to you too, Mr. Scrooge. <g>
You changed your id? There's somethin' differ'nt about ya... Gi'me
a moment to enjoy the [free] view.
Oh yeah; "And a 'Bah! Humbug!' to you madam!"
The Ranger
GinjerB
>Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 22:50 EDT
>Message-id: <zb72d.440021$gE.95072@pd7tw3no>
Fie on you!
The Alastair Sim version is the best!
GinjerB (Let the Christmas Carol wars begin. <g>)
Jerri
> GinjerB (Let the Christmas Carol wars begin. <g>)
Oh ... I thought Mr Magoo as Scrooge was probably the best.
Jerri [not all that enchanted by A Christmas Carol anyways]
First Fallen
> >Present, in (what is IMHO) the best version of A Christmas Carol -
starring
> >George C. Scott)
>
>
> The Alastair Sim version is the best!
To be honest...I've never liked the Alastair Sim version. I've never
understood the appeal, nor the warm fuzzy so many people seem to have for
it. I guess for a lot of folks, it's the one they grew up with, thus the
fondness.
I still think George C. Scott's is the best. (watch it every Christmas Eve)
Jette Goldie
"First Fallen" <no...@nope.com> wrote in message
news:zb72d.440021$gE.95072@pd7tw3no...
You really should read "Oliver Twist" then. I got given a copy
when I was about 8.
--
Jette
"Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes
je...@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Jerri
> You really should read "Oliver Twist" then.
> I got given a copy when I was about 8.
"Bleak House" ... that's the ticket. I was assigned to read it for a class
on The Novel in college. I actually read it. The whole thing. And I wrote my
paper. I was the one person in the class who didn't take their paper from
Cliff's Notes and have to do the whole thing alllll over again. I must
admit, however, that 30+ years later, I don't remember a single thing about
the book except it was quite long. So what was the point? Actually?
Jerri [Also wonders about the point of reading "Naked Lunch" for a course in
20th Cent Lit]
Rebecca Wallace
Nah... the Muppet version is the best! :)
-Becky
TedFan
Edward Woodward was the best part of that particular version of "A Christmas
Carol."
AMc in CA
>
>
>Fie on you!
>
>The Alastair Sim version is the best!
And here I thought you were going to chastise him, Ginjer, for only having read
one Dickens. <g>
Alicia <-- has read "A Tale of Two Cities", "Great Expectations", "Oliver
Twist", "David Copperfield" & "A Christmas Carol" (at least; it's been a few
decades <g>)
GinjerB
>Date: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 11:27 EDT
>Message-id: <N86dnZw_MZp...@gbronline.com>
LOL! Isn't there a Disney one, too? Scrooge McDuck is Scrooge, of course, and
Mickey is Bob Cratchit...
GinjerB
GinjerB
>Date: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 22:32 EDT
>Message-id: <BD6FC50A.2A03%717b...@comcast.net>
I once had to present a book at sales conference that was an sf verison of the
story, and I was going to use a clip from the Muppet Christmas Carol (which I
love) "behind' my presentation. But the publisher thought it was "too silly" so
I fell back upon Alastair Sim.
I also discovered that there are a gazillion verisons. And this was a few years
ago--I'll bet there have been at least ten more since, mostly made-for-teevee
variants.
GinjerB (saw RD plsy Scrooge at Madison Square Garden...)
Jerri
> I also discovered that there are a gazillion verisons.
> And this was a few years ago--I'll bet there have
> been at least ten more since, mostly made-for-teevee
> variants.
Yeah, I think just about every sitcom has done an episode ... and now that I
think about it, Xena did an episode, too. It was shown on the same night as
the Hercules-with-Iolaus-as-a-Wise-Man episode. [At the end, Herc thought it
inappropriate for the son of one god to visit the Son of God, so he sent
li'l Iolaus off by hisself]
Jerri [... and then there are the ubiquitous It's A Wonderful Life ripoffs]
First Fallen
and
> Mickey is Bob Cratchit...
That's my second favourite. When I was in the 6th grade, my class did
Mickey's Christmas Carol for our Christmas Pageant...I was the Ghost of
Christmas Present...and a bit of a ham.
Susan Stansfield
In article <20040917101642...@mb-m06.aol.com>, gin...@aol.com
(GinjerB) wrote:
<< GinjerB (saw RD plsy Scrooge at Madison Square Garden...)
>>
Cool! I would have loved to seen that.
Susan Stansfield
In article <20040917100941...@mb-m06.aol.com>, gin...@aol.com
(GinjerB) wrote:
<< >> GinjerB (Let the Christmas Carol wars begin. <g>)
>
>Oh ... I thought Mr Magoo as Scrooge was probably the best.
>Jerri [not all that enchanted by A Christmas Carol anyways]
>
>
LOL! Isn't there a Disney one, too? Scrooge McDuck is Scrooge, of course, and
Mickey is Bob Cratchit...
>>
Yep. It airs every year around the holidays.
Susan Stansfield
In article <l65ik0tq77o005aq6...@4ax.com>, The Ranger
<cuhula...@yahoo.com> wrote:
<< On 16 Sep 2004 04:10:57 GMT, susie...@aol.com (Susan Stansfield)
wrote:
> In article <9pfhk0hq119i2lbo4...@4ax.com>, The Ranger
<cuhula...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > It is best to let those too poor go to the prisons
> > and the union workhouses. And if they would rather
> > die, they had better do it, and thus decrease the
> > surplus population!
> >
> And a Merry Christmas to you too, Mr. Scrooge. <g>
Hey Beeee-you-teefull! <free praise>
Thank you. :-)
You changed your id? There's somethin' differ'nt about ya... Gi'me
a moment to enjoy the [free] view.
Same e-mail addy, new computer.
Oh yeah; "And a 'Bah! Humbug!' to you madam!"
<g>
SUQKRT
In article <20040917234508...@mb-m13.aol.com>, susie...@aol.com
(Susan Stansfield) wrote:
>
>Same e-mail addy, new computer.
>
>Oh yeah; "And a 'Bah! Humbug!' to you madam!"
>
><g>
>
>Susan
Is it a Mac?
Suz
Macmoosette
Thank Heavens There's Only One
=^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^=
Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel.
|\__/|
(=':'=)
(")_(")
Susan Stansfield
In article <20040919195140...@mb-m11.aol.com>, suq...@aol.comneener
(SUQKRT) wrote:
<< In article <20040917234508...@mb-m13.aol.com>,
susie...@aol.com
(Susan Stansfield) wrote:
>
>Same e-mail addy, new computer.
>
>Oh yeah; "And a 'Bah! Humbug!' to you madam!"
>
><g>
>
>Susan
Is it a Mac?
But of course! :-)
The Ranger
wrote:
> In article <20040919195140...@mb-m11.aol.com>, suq...@aol.comneener (SUQKRT) wrote:
> > In article <20040917234508...@mb-m13.aol.com>, susie...@aol.com (Susan Stansfield) wrote:
> > > Same e-mail addy, new computer.
> > >
> >
> But of course! :-)
I'm sorry to hear this.
The "Non-Fruit-Using" Ranger
Susan Stansfield
In article <9nksk0todu0tau11c...@4ax.com>, The Ranger
<cuhula...@yahoo.com> wrote:
<< > > Is it a Mac?
> >
> But of course! :-)
I'm sorry to hear this.
The "Non-Fruit-Using" Ranger
>>
<g>
Susan
(very happy with her iMac)
The Ranger
wrote:
> > > > Is it a Mac?
> > > >
> > > But of course! :-)
> > >
> > I'm sorry to hear this.
> >
Just fer you; my favorite chestnut about the Mac-vs.-PC thang!
The Ranger
----
DOS vs. Macs
The following excerpts are from an English translation of Umberto
Eco's back-page column, La bustina di Minerva," in the Italian news
weekly "Espresso," Sept. 30, 1994.
... "Insufficient consideration has been given to the new
underground religious war which is modifying the modern world.
It's an old idea of mine, but I find that whenever I tell people
about it, they immediately agree with me.
"The fact is that the world is divided between users of the
Macintosh computer and users of MS-DOS compatible computers. I am
firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS
is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counter-reformist and has
been influenced by the 'ratio studiorum' of the Jesuits. It is
cheerful, friendly, conciliatory, it tells the faithful how they
must proceed step by step to reach -- if not the Kingdom of Heaven
-- the moment in which their document is printed. It is
catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple
formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation.
"DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free
interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions,
imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted
the idea that not all can reach salvation. To make the system work
you need to interpret the program yourself: a long way from the
baroque community of revelers, the user is closed within the
loneliness of his own inner torment.
"You may object that, with the passage to Windows, the DOS universe
has come to resemble more closely the counter-reformist tolerance
of the Macintosh. It's true: Windows represents an Anglican-style
schism, big ceremonies in the cathedral, but the is always the
possibility of a return to DOS to change things in accordance with
bizarre decisions; when it comes down to it, you can decide to
allow women and gays to be ministers if you want to.
"And machine code, which lies beneath both systems (or
environments, if you prefer)? Ah, that is to do with the Old
Testament, and is talmudic and cabalistic..."
SUQKRT
>Susan Stansfield) wrote:
>> > > Same e-mail addy, new computer.
>> > >
>> > Is it a Mac?
>> >
>> But of course! :-)
>
>I'm sorry to hear this.
>
>The "Non-Fruit-Using" Ranger
>
Windoze drools Mac rules ;op--------
SUQKRT
In article <20040919232306...@mb-m22.aol.com>, susie...@aol.com
(Susan Stansfield) wrote:
>
>
>In article <20040919195140...@mb-m11.aol.com>,
suq...@aol.comneener
>(SUQKRT) wrote:
>
><< In article <20040917234508...@mb-m13.aol.com>,
>susie...@aol.com
>(Susan Stansfield) wrote:
>
>>
>>Same e-mail addy, new computer.
>>
>>Oh yeah; "And a 'Bah! Humbug!' to you madam!"
>>
>><g>
>>
>>Susan
>
>Is it a Mac?
>
>But of course! :-)
>
>Susan
>
That's a relief. Tell me more via email. I sent an email yesterday about it
btw.
The Ranger
> In article <9nksk0todu0tau11c...@4ax.com>, The Ranger <cuhula...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Susan Stansfield) wrote:
> >> > > Same e-mail addy, new computer.
> >> > >
> >> > Is it a Mac?
> >> >
> >> But of course! :-)
> >
> >I'm sorry to hear this.
> >
> >The "Non-Fruit-Using" Ranger
> >
> Windoze drools Mac rules ;op--------
The monochrome fruit's an engineer's toy; it'll never be anything
more. <EG>
The Ranger
Susan Stansfield
In article <20040925194155...@mb-m12.aol.com>, suq...@aol.comneener
(SUQKRT) wrote:
<< >Is it a Mac?
>
>But of course! :-)
>
>Susan
>
That's a relief. Tell me more via email. I sent an email yesterday about it
btw. >>
I haven't gotten that mail yet. But I'll write you about my new toy. :-)
Susan