Thanks, but no thanks Re: Thanks, but no thanks Re: Thanks, but no thanks
Media Goddess
Steven Whitaker wrote:
> Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote in article
> <36929D77...@indiana.edu>...
> > I just wanted to say that we here in the Colonies thank you Brits for
> > many, many things: Morrissey, a family of Royals more amusing than
> > anything we could dream up, and the wickedly wonderful Edmund
> > Blackadder.
> >
> > However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are not amused.
> >
> > -Rae
> >
> > I just felt the need to purge . . .
> >
> >
>
> We are not responsible if the Spice Girls have found careers suitable for
> their talents.
>
> BTW Thanks for the Simpsons
>
> --
>
> Regards
> Steve Whitaker
>
You're most welcome. The Simpsons is one of the great Joys in Life, like
excellent chocolate and having someone scratch your back for you. I have an
application on my computer at work that's a little window that sits on your
desktop with Homer in it, and he randomly shouts things, or eats your mouse
cursor and then burps it back up. I was trying to teach a new photographer
how to scan her negative, and she was somewhat nervous, doing it by herself,
and Homer kept screaming at the most inopportune times. It made her a
nervous wreck, so I had to put him on pause till she was done. Ahhhh, the
wonders of technology!
-Rae
Paul Coxwell
Ugh! Am I the only person here who doesn't like this show?
Regards,
Paul.
* OLX 2.1 TD * paul.c...@ooh.dircon.co.uk
Wendy A. S. Taylor
Paul Coxwell <paul.c...@ooh.dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>BD>>You're most welcome. The Simpsons is one of the great Joys in Life, like
>
>Ugh! Am I the only person here who doesn't like this show?
I think it's wickedly funny. I also like South Park.
Wendy
Charles H King
> I also like South Park.
Now you're talking!
Unfortunately, I left my 'Chocolate Salty Balls' up in Yorkshire :o(
Charlie
(sporting a Southpark tie, to the bemusement of several reactionary
colleagues)
Alan Wrigley
ccx...@coventry.ac.uk (Wendy A. S. Taylor) wrote:
> In article <99010706...@ooh.dircon.co.uk>,
> Paul Coxwell <paul.c...@ooh.dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> >BD>>You're most welcome. The Simpsons is one of the great Joys in Life, like
> >
> >Ugh! Am I the only person here who doesn't like this show?
>
> I think it's wickedly funny. I also like South Park.
...and King of the Hill.
Alan
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Gordon Harris
l...@ooh.dircon.co.uk> writes
>BD>>You're most welcome. The Simpsons is one of the great Joys in Life, like
>
>Ugh! Am I the only person here who doesn't like this show?
>
Surely it depicts situations which all^Wmost families experience.
I like the stereotypes of King Of The Hill, too.
--
Gordon
Media Goddess
Wendy A. S. Taylor wrote:
> In article <99010706...@ooh.dircon.co.uk>,
> Paul Coxwell <paul.c...@ooh.dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> >BD>>You're most welcome. The Simpsons is one of the great Joys in Life, like
> >
> >Ugh! Am I the only person here who doesn't like this show?
>
> I think it's wickedly funny. I also like South Park.
>
> Wendy
The first time I saw South Park, I was utterly appalled. But when they had
Robert Smith, from The Cure, as a guest, I was hooked. I believe it was Stan who
said, "Disintigration is the best album EVER!" I quite agree.
-Rae
Media Goddess
Alan Wrigley wrote:
> In message <771t8u$7...@leofric.coventry.ac.uk>
> ccx...@coventry.ac.uk (Wendy A. S. Taylor) wrote:
>
> > In article <99010706...@ooh.dircon.co.uk>,
> > Paul Coxwell <paul.c...@ooh.dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> > >BD>>You're most welcome. The Simpsons is one of the great Joys in Life, like
> > >
> > >Ugh! Am I the only person here who doesn't like this show?
> >
> > I think it's wickedly funny. I also like South Park.
>
> ...and King of the Hill.
>
> Alan
>
> And when I first saw King of the Hill, I didn't find it that funny, because I
> grew up in the South, and it hit a little too close to home. I LIVED AROUND
> people like that! But I've since come to appreciate it for it's insight.
-Rae
Chris Morgan
> The first time I saw South Park, I was utterly appalled. But when they had
> Robert Smith, from The Cure, as a guest, I was hooked. I believe it was Stan who
> said, "Disintigration is the best album EVER!" I quite agree.
The episode "Starvin Marvin" is pure comic genius!
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"At least my mother isn't on the
cover of Crack Whore magazine"
mousetrap
<ccx...@coventry.ac.uk> writes
>In article <99010706...@ooh.dircon.co.uk>,
>Paul Coxwell <paul.c...@ooh.dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>>BD>>You're most welcome. The Simpsons is one of the great Joys in Life, like
>>
>>Ugh! Am I the only person here who doesn't like this show?
>
>I think it's wickedly funny. I also like South Park.
Where, when and how is it on ? I couldn't find it in the TV book....
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Deltic the Locomotive
>Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> writes:
>
>> The first time I saw South Park, I was utterly appalled. But when they had
>> Robert Smith, from The Cure, as a guest, I was hooked. I believe it was Stan who
>> said, "Disintigration is the best album EVER!" I quite agree.
>
>The episode "Starvin Marvin" is pure comic genius!
<contraversial>
This is obviously some new defination of genius that I haven't yet
encountered.....
Now, Project AKO, that is funny.
</contraversial>
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Deltic the Locomotive
>
>
>Unfortunately, I left my 'Chocolate Salty Balls' up in Yorkshire :o(
>
>Charlie
>
>(sporting a Southpark tie, to the bemusement of several reactionary
>colleagues)
<off topic>
Wait a moment, is it just that my reader is broken, or is this thread
actually part of the thread that I have just finished, but upside down?
i.e. the oldest post is at the bottom of the thread...
</off topic>
Deltic - confused
Jon Clark
<ccx...@coventry.ac.uk> writes
>In article <99010706...@ooh.dircon.co.uk>,
>Paul Coxwell <paul.c...@ooh.dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>>BD>>You're most welcome. The Simpsons is one of the great Joys in Life, like
>>
>>Ugh! Am I the only person here who doesn't like this show?
>
>
>Wendy
am I the only person in the world who hasn't seen the show ?
--
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is it Friday yet ?
Gordon Harris
<J...@catstone.demon.co.uk> writes
No.
--
Gordon
Karen O'Mara
>
> No.
Before I cancelled the cable, South Park was on now and then, and I've
never seen it but I heard it in the background and I think it's
overrated and not funny.
My daughter wants to watch it because it's cool and hep now...
Maybe when her math grade improves, the cable will get reconnected and
I'll give it try.
Not gonna like it, though.
Already decided.
Karen
Chris Morgan
> Before I cancelled the cable, South Park was on now and then, and I've
> never seen it but I heard it in the background and I think it's
> overrated and not funny.
Lots of people who have actually watched it found it hilariously
funny. Surely their opinion is more informed?
> Not gonna like it, though.
>
> Already decided.
Ah, well, if you're going to be like that, why discuss it all?
I had no opinion on it either way until I started to understand ther
characters and appreciate the voices and animation.
It reminds me of the furore over Beavis and Butthead :
Critic "But the humour is so juvenile"
Fan "Exactly"
Chris
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Karen O'Mara
>
> Karen O'Mara <ka...@randomgraphics.com> writes:
>
> > Before I cancelled the cable, South Park was on now and then, and I've
> > never seen it but I heard it in the background and I think it's
> > overrated and not funny.
>
> Lots of people who have actually watched it found it hilariously
> funny. Surely their opinion is more informed?
Gee, what gives? I already clarified that, I believe, by saying I wasn't
giving it 100% attention.
> > Not gonna like it, though.
> >
> > Already decided.
>
> Ah, well, if you're going to be like that, why discuss it all?
Ummm, because it's just a measley 2 cents from me? Why the dukes man?
I guess partly I don't want to like it because my kid's watching it
because all the other kids are right now. I think she wants to like it
because the other kids are, and frankly, I don't think she understand
the humor too much.
Or maybe she likes it just because she likes it, and I wish she'd do her
math or something.
> I had no opinion on it either way until I started to understand ther
> characters and appreciate the voices and animation.
>
> It reminds me of the furore over Beavis and Butthead :
It does remind me of B&B. And like B&B, I don't think SP will stand the
test of time to say... The Simpsons.
>
> Critic "But the humour is so juvenile"
> Fan "Exactly"
Exactly.
:-D
Karen
Media Goddess
Karen O'Mara wrote:
> <snip>
>
> I guess partly I don't want to like it because my kid's watching it
> because all the other kids are right now. I think she wants to like it
> because the other kids are, and frankly, I don't think she understand
> the humor too much.
>
Well if animation, like any social commentary, (and a good portion of
animation *is* social commentary, because it's more palatable that way) is
done well, then it is multi-leveled, with more depth and insight the further
one wishes to delve. The more sophisticated the level of the viewer, the more
meaning one can derive. Therefore, even if she doesn't get all of it, i.e.,
the more mature jokes, there's enough there for her to like FOR HER LEVEL OF
UNDERSTANDING. The Warner Brothers cartoons we grew up on were rife with
this. When we watch them as adults, we see "in jokes" that we never got as
children. Here are a few examples:
1) In an old Bugs Bunny cartoon, Bugs is on a flying carpet, and below him
are a couple of bodies of water, labeled "Turhan Bey" and "Veronica Lake",
two popular movies stars of the time.
2) In Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", (which had a wickedly insightful
screenplay) the candlestick, Lumiere, is embracing the French Maid, and
trying to persuade her to grace him with her favors. He repeatedly says Yes,
while she says No, and then she says "But I've been burnt by you before"
which is innuendo at it's finest.
3) On an episode of Sesame Street, Grover introduces Monsterpiece Theatre,
and the "movie" shows someone trying to blow out candles on a birthday cake,
and they count to a certain number. Then they announce "Join us next time for
our contiinuation of 'The 400 Blows'" a play on the title of one of the
finest films of the French nouvelle vague, directed by Francois Truffaut (Les
Quatre Cents Coups.)
-Rae
Steve Trawley
<ka...@randomgraphics.com> writes
>Gordon Harris wrote:
>>
>> No.
>
>Before I cancelled the cable, South Park was on now and then, and I've
>never seen it but I heard it in the background and I think it's
>overrated and not funny.
>
>
>Maybe when her math grade improves, the cable will get reconnected and
>I'll give it try.
>
>
>Already decided.
>
Restores my faith in human nurture :-)
--
Steve T
Gordon Harris
<ka...@randomgraphics.com> writes
>Gordon Harris wrote:
>>
>> No.
>
>Before I cancelled the cable, South Park was on now and then, and I've
>never seen it but I heard it in the background and I think it's
>overrated and not funny.
>
>My daughter wants to watch it because it's cool and hep now...
>
>Maybe when her math grade improves, the cable will get reconnected and
>I'll give it try.
>
>Not gonna like it, though.
>
>Already decided.
I don't have cable, but after 2 weeks in S/F sampling all those choices
the only really cool channel was the weather station, and there were too
many repeats even there. :-)
Oh, sorry, forgot Blackadder and LOTSW.
--
Gordon
Gordon Harris
<mtb...@aol.commodity> writes
>x-no-archive: yes
>Chris:
>>It reminds me of the furore over Beavis and Butthead :
>>
>>Fan "Exactly"
>
>insight to be able to effectively parody the humour of junior high school boys.
>She didn't get the point. "Point." Huh-uh-huh-uh-uh.
>
My ex's youngest son and his pal, when they were in their late teens,
were B&B personified, as they watched tv cartoons, etc. The whole
family[1] saw the likeness, even their 12 year old sister!
Except themselves of course.
--
Gordon
Karen O'Mara
>
> In article <369BB8...@randomgraphics.com>, Karen O'Mara
> <ka...@randomgraphics.com> writes
> >I'll give it try.
> >
> >Not gonna like it, though.
> >
> >Already decided.
> >
> Restores my faith in human nurture :-)
I haven't tried tried parachuting or sniffiing morning glory seeds,
either, but I know some people think it's great, but I know I wouldn't
like it.
Karen
Bob Brenchley
<mih...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Karen O'Mara <ka...@randomgraphics.com> writes:
>
>> Before I cancelled the cable, South Park was on now and then, and I've
>> never seen it but I heard it in the background and I think it's
>> overrated and not funny.
>
>Lots of people who have actually watched it found it hilariously
>funny. Surely their opinion is more informed?
And lots of people who have watched it found it to be crap.
Having now seen it myself, twice, I'll not bother again.
--
Bob.
Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another bar of chocolate.
Nick Leverton
mtb...@aol.commodity (MTB0001) writes:
>Chris:
>>It reminds me of the furore over Beavis and Butthead :
>>
>>Critic "But the humour is so juvenile"
>>Fan "Exactly"
>
>I once attempted to explain to a much older colleague that it took much wit and
>insight to be able to effectively parody the humour of junior high school boys.
>She didn't get the point. "Point." Huh-uh-huh-uh-uh.
I guess it depends on whether you find the humour of junior high school
boys is worth parodying; especially on whether it is capable of
sustaining many, many weeks worth of writing. For my own part, never
having been immersed in it in the first place (call me a young fogey if
you will), I don't ...
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Matt
how do you know you won't like it? Surely that's no different from parents
trying to persuade their kids that eating vegetables is a good thing? I
think you have a touch of fear of the unknown and this should be monitored.
You ought to be careful that you don't miss out on a whole lot of life
because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
I had to write this because you mentioned parachuting. The very thought of
it scared the living daylights out of me before I tried it for charity and I
found it to be THE most liberating, exhilarating experience ever!
Just my POV Matt (really not trying to piss anyone off!)
David Reid
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> spake thusly:
>
>2) In Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", (which had a wickedly insightful
>screenplay) the candlestick, Lumiere, is embracing the French Maid, and
>trying to persuade her to grace him with her favors. He repeatedly says Yes,
>while she says No, and then she says "But I've been burnt by you before"
>which is innuendo at it's finest.
>
The Pied Piper of Hamelin last night. There's quite a lot of similarity
between good Animation and good Panto, particularly when it comes to
aiming the jokes at different levels. A couple of (unconnected) quotes
from last night:
Dame: I've got everything a girl could wish for and a little more
besides.
Hansel: He'll get the bone after the wedding.
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International Goatkeepers Society, member number: 001905
James Holtom
Sorry for quoting in-whole, but I know some folks have been moved to
suggest kill-filing the whole FreeServe domain -- this is surely
evidence that they aren't all-bad. (In fact I may move my posting to
there at some point in the future, if-only 'cos it's free...)
Anway, Matt: Sound points, I doub't you'll irritate anyone with sensible
discussion, such as that you just penned.
Welcome to the group.
Cheers,
James
Karen O'Mara
>
> I don't want to offend anyone (Karen) but if you haven't tried something,
> how do you know you won't like it? Surely that's no different from parents
> trying to persuade their kids that eating vegetables is a good thing? I
> think you have a touch of fear of the unknown and this should be monitored.
> You ought to be careful that you don't miss out on a whole lot of life
> because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
>
> I had to write this because you mentioned parachuting. The very thought of
> it scared the living daylights out of me before I tried it for charity and I
> found it to be THE most liberating, exhilarating experience ever!
>
> Just my POV Matt (really not trying to piss anyone off!)
No offense taken, Matt.
I'd rather die than attempt to jump out of a plane with a parachute.
Just my opinion.
HTH
--
Karen O'
37:23:10 N
122:04:58 W
David Curtis
Matt <ma...@musicville.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>I don't want to offend anyone (Karen) but if you haven't tried something,
>how do you know you won't like it? Surely that's no different from parents
>trying to persuade their kids that eating vegetables is a good thing? I
>think you have a touch of fear of the unknown and this should be monitored.
>You ought to be careful that you don't miss out on a whole lot of life
>because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
>
>I had to write this because you mentioned parachuting. The very thought of
>it scared the living daylights out of me before I tried it for charity and I
>found it to be THE most liberating, exhilarating experience ever!
I know it sometimes happens that there are activities that someone
really doesn't want to do, having never tried it, does eventually
try it, and thinks it is wonderful!
However, there are also occasions where you don't need to try something
to know you won't like it, or at any rate will in all probability
not like it, because there are some very solid reasons as to why not.
Not fear of the unknown, but fear of the partially-known-and-doesn't-
like-it!
David
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James Holtom
> Matt wrote:
> > Just my POV Matt (really not trying to piss anyone off!)
>
> No offense taken, Matt.
>
> I'd rather die than attempt to jump out of a plane with a parachute.
I think in certain circumstances this is pretty-well assured. That you
will die you don't jump.
OTOH under normal conditions I see no earthly reason to jump out of a
perfectly good aeroplane :-)
Cheers,
James
Gillian Matthews
Curtis) wrote:
> >You ought to be careful that you don't miss out on a whole lot of life
> >because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
OTOH If you are afraid of the dark,claustrophobic and dislike getting wet,
you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
sport. :-)
Gill (Who dislikes loud continuous noise and suffers from motion sickness
and has therefore dicarded the idea of motor sport and aviation hobbies)
Steve Trawley
>I don't want to offend anyone (Karen) but if you haven't tried something,
>how do you know you won't like it? Surely that's no different from parents
>trying to persuade their kids that eating vegetables is a good thing? I
>think you have a touch of fear of the unknown and this should be monitored.
>because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
>
>it scared the living daylights out of me before I tried it for charity and I
>found it to be THE most liberating, exhilarating experience ever!
>
>
>
serviceable aircraft?
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
James Holtom <ja...@BITS.bris.ac.uk> writes
>On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Karen O'Mara wrote:
>
>> Matt wrote:
>>
>>
>> I'd rather die than attempt to jump out of a plane with a parachute.
>
>I think in certain circumstances this is pretty-well assured. That you
>will die you don't jump.
>
>OTOH under normal conditions I see no earthly reason to jump out of a
>perfectly good aeroplane :-)
>
>Cheers,
>
>James
>
me to read *all* before posting.
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Open to offers of retributive flagellation.
Steve Trawley
Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>> >because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
>
>you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>sport. :-)
>
>Gill (Who dislikes loud continuous noise and suffers from motion sickness
>and has therefore dicarded the idea of motor sport and aviation hobbies)
>
--
Loretta
David Reid
w...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> spake
thusly:
>
>OTOH If you are afraid of the dark,claustrophobic and dislike getting wet,
>you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>sport. :-)
>
sports. Do people really do it for *fun*?
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David's laws of car restoration:
2) If it doesn't fit, bend it.
David Reid
co.uk>, Steve Trawley <st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> spake thusly:
>>
>Just my peronal POV but why would anyone wish to jump out of a
>serviceable aircraft?
Because virtually all accidents happen when the plane reaches the
ground, therefore by leaving the plane well before it gets there you
decrease your chance of dying quite significantly.
Gordon Harris
uferret.demon.co.uk> writes
>Thus spake Steve Trawley <st...@trawley.demon.co.uk>:
>
>>Just my peronal POV but why would anyone wish to jump out of a
>>serviceable aircraft?
>
>
56º 7.5' N ; 3º 55.9' W
I would first consult my GPS and check whether I was over any sharp
pointy bits or extremely moist places.
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Media Goddess
David Reid wrote:
> In outpouring of consciousness known as <na.42f7ff48c4.a70250gill.matthe
> w...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> spake
> thusly:
> >
> >OTOH If you are afraid of the dark,claustrophobic and dislike getting wet,
> >you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
> >sport. :-)
> >
> That's quite high on my list of "Please leave you sanity at reception"
> sports. Do people really do it for *fun*?
A friend here at IU, who is an otherwise brilliant person majoring in
Cognitive Science and at age 22 is the Network and System Administrator for
the Music School's Digital Library, making $35k a year, *loves* caving. Why
anyone would want to go hang out in a cave, with the possibility of human
excrement floating past you as you're up to your nose in water, is simply
beyond me. I think I'd much rather spend the day with a pair of tweezers,
pulling each and every hair out of my body, thank you very much.
-Rae
Media Goddess
David Reid wrote:
> In outpouring of consciousness known as <23MvSCCD...@trawley.demon.
> co.uk>, Steve Trawley <st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> spake thusly:
> >>
> >Just my peronal POV but why would anyone wish to jump out of a
> >serviceable aircraft?
>
> Because virtually all accidents happen when the plane reaches the
> ground, therefore by leaving the plane well before it gets there you
> decrease your chance of dying quite significantly.
Sounds good to me! When do we leave?
-Rae
Charles Bryant
David Reid <da...@davita.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Because virtually all accidents happen when the plane reaches the
>ground, therefore by leaving the plane well before it gets there you
>decrease your chance of dying quite significantly.
You can? Can you avoid taxes too?
Alan H Jones
<coml...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> writes
>I know it sometimes happens that there are activities that someone
>really doesn't want to do, having never tried it, does eventually
>try it, and thinks it is wonderful!
>However, there are also occasions where you don't need to try something
>to know you won't like it, or at any rate will in all probability
>not like it, because there are some very solid reasons as to why not.
>Not fear of the unknown, but fear of the partially-known-and-doesn't-
>like-it!
Yes, but you will only *know* you don't like it after you've tried it...
and what if you're wrong!
My wife was convinced that she would be bored witless when I finally
persuaded her to go fishing with me, but although she didn't catch
anything on the first outing, she was hooked. The next week she
practised casting every day in the back garden, and the following
weekend she caught a half pound Brown Trout! From then on there was no
stopping her. Two years later she hooked her first salmon, but when, in
heavy water, it got below her, I knew she did not have the experience to
land it. Five minutes later I netted a 12 pounder!
She was terrified of guns, even leaving the room while I cleaned my 12
bore, and was adamant that she would not try shooting, Eventually I got
her up to the local shooting ground by calling in to buy some
cartridges. The coach there was the famous Clarrie Wilson, who quickly
explained to her that shotguns cannot 'backfire', and within an hour she
was powdering clay pigeons like a pro!
She made many friends at the shooting ground and for the rest of her
life fishing and shooting were focal points. After we split up I used
to used to shoot with her until her arthritis became too severe.
I'm reminded of the old saying, "One should try everything once...
except perhaps brass bands and incest!" (Does anyone know who said
this?)
--
Alan H Jones Atheist, Angler, Cat Lover, Shooter.
Manchester UK
Media Goddess
Steve Trawley wrote:
> In article <36A11AF9...@indiana.edu>, Media Goddess
> <rdu...@indiana.edu> writes
> >
> >A friend here at IU, who is an otherwise brilliant person majoring in
> >Cognitive Science and at age 22 is the Network and System Administrator for
> >the Music School's Digital Library, making $35k a year, *loves* caving. Why
> >anyone would want to go hang out in a cave, with the possibility of human
> >excrement floating past you as you're up to your nose in water, is simply
> >beyond me. I think I'd much rather spend the day with a pair of tweezers,
> >pulling each and every hair out of my body, thank you very much.
> >
> No, you don't want to do that Rae.
>
> Lend me your tweezers and I'd be honoured to do it for you :-)
>
> (fx: presses body back against wall to avoid rush from rampaging male
> snugglers /fx:)
> --
> Loretta
Seems like someone beat you to the punch.
-Rae
Media Goddess
David Reid wrote:
> In outpouring of consciousness known as <3YRfJdAL...@trawley.demon.
> co.uk>, Steve Trawley <st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> spake thusly:
> >>
> >No, you don't want to do that Rae.
> >
> >Lend me your tweezers and I'd be honoured to do it for you :-)
> >
> >(fx: presses body back against wall to avoid rush from rampaging male
> >snugglers /fx:)
>
> <SMACK THUMP CRUNCH>
> <surveys, pile of bodies and brushes imaginary speck of dirt from
> sleeve>
> <Picks up tweezers>
>
> Right, Where do you want me to start?
So chivalrous, so gallant. *sigh*
-Rae
Jon Clark
>> >because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
>
>you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>sport. :-)
>
>and has therefore dicarded the idea of motor sport and aviation hobbies)
>
I suffered from claustrophobia as a kid and took up caving to beat it. I
never really enjoyed the caving, the social scene was very good and
after a couple of years gave it up, being cured.
--
Jon Clark
is it Friday yet ?
Jon Clark
<st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <77la34$vcq$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, Matt <ma...@musicville.fre
>eserve.co.uk> writes
>>I don't want to offend anyone (Karen) but if you haven't tried something,
>>how do you know you won't like it? Surely that's no different from parents
>>trying to persuade their kids that eating vegetables is a good thing? I
>>think you have a touch of fear of the unknown and this should be monitored.
>>because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
>>
>>it scared the living daylights out of me before I tried it for charity and I
>>found it to be THE most liberating, exhilarating experience ever!
>>
>>
>>
>serviceable aircraft?
...and risk being chopped to bits by the propellor of another aircraft
who's pilot hasn't read the warning notices and doesn't know you are
there :)
Alan H Jones
Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>In article <77ntnu$jdn$1...@news.ox.ac.uk>, coml...@ermine.ox.ac.uk (David
>Curtis) wrote:
>> >because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
>
>you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>sport. :-)
Possibly, but hearing from enthusiastic sump divers about the wonders to
be seen might enable one to overcome such phobias.
>
>Gill (Who dislikes loud continuous noise and suffers from motion sickness
>and has therefore dicarded the idea of motor sport and aviation hobbies)
>
Most noisy sports require the participants to wear hearing protection,
and I think motion sickness is caused by not being in control of the
movement. (Those who suffer from car sickness are less likely to be ill
if they can be persuaded to watch the road.)
Go on, Gill, try it! :-)
--
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# * word 'Why', can be answered with four words: #
# Manchester UK * 'Because people are stupid.'" Anon #
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
Alan H Jones
>serviceable aircraft?
For fun? I understand that if the plane is at sufficient altitude one
can have several minutes of 'flying' before one has to open the
parachute.
I have always wished that I could try this, but as I am rather prone to
slipped discs, I suspect that even a relatively gentle landing would
damage my back. :-(
(This is one of the occasions when the .sig does not apply!) :-)
Steve Trawley
>
>> In outpouring of consciousness known as <na.42f7ff48c4.a70250gill.matthe
>> w...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> spake
>> thusly:
>> >
>> >you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>> >sport. :-)
>> >
>> sports. Do people really do it for *fun*?
>
>Cognitive Science and at age 22 is the Network and System Administrator for
>the Music School's Digital Library, making $35k a year, *loves* caving. Why
>anyone would want to go hang out in a cave, with the possibility of human
>excrement floating past you as you're up to your nose in water, is simply
>beyond me. I think I'd much rather spend the day with a pair of tweezers,
>pulling each and every hair out of my body, thank you very much.
>
Lend me your tweezers and I'd be honoured to do it for you :-)
(fx: presses body back against wall to avoid rush from rampaging male
snugglers /fx:)
--
Loretta
David Reid
co.uk>, Steve Trawley <st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> spake thusly:
>>
>
>Lend me your tweezers and I'd be honoured to do it for you :-)
>
>(fx: presses body back against wall to avoid rush from rampaging male
>snugglers /fx:)
<SMACK THUMP CRUNCH>
<surveys, pile of bodies and brushes imaginary speck of dirt from
sleeve>
<Picks up tweezers>
Right, Where do you want me to start?
--
James Holtom
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote:
[Caving]
> I think I'd much rather spend the day with a pair of tweezers,
> pulling each and every hair out of my body, thank you very much.
\begin{stereotype}
I thought a lot of women did ;-)
\end{stereotype}
Dons asbestos suit, and runs...
Cheers
James
Media Goddess
James Holtom wrote:
That doesn't mean it feels GOOD!!!!!
-Rae, who thinks you'd BETTER put that suit on!
Gillian Matthews
<al...@antler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Most noisy sports require the participants to wear hearing protection,
> and I think motion sickness is caused by not being in control of the
> movement. (Those who suffer from car sickness are less likely to be ill
> if they can be persuaded to watch the road.)
>
> Go on, Gill, try it! :-)
I do shoot clays Alan, while wearing ear defenders But I have been car sick
when *I* was driving, which I believe is unusual (yes I do watch the road
when driving)) I was thinking more in terms of watching motorsport I feel I
might look a bit silly turning up at BrandsHatch with my ear defenders.
(Idont like the smell either)
Gill
Steve Trawley
<da...@davita.demon.co.uk> writes
>In outpouring of consciousness known as <3YRfJdAL...@trawley.demon.
>co.uk>, Steve Trawley <st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> spake thusly:
>>>
>>No, you don't want to do that Rae.
>>
>>Lend me your tweezers and I'd be honoured to do it for you :-)
>>
>>(fx: presses body back against wall to avoid rush from rampaging male
>>snugglers /fx:)
>
><SMACK THUMP CRUNCH>
><surveys, pile of bodies and brushes imaginary speck of dirt from
>sleeve>
><Picks up tweezers>
>
>Right, Where do you want me to start?
>
[tm]. :-)
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
<rdu...@indiana.edu> writes
>
>
>Steve Trawley wrote:
>
>> In article <36A11AF9...@indiana.edu>, Media Goddess
>> <rdu...@indiana.edu> writes
>> >
>> >Cognitive Science and at age 22 is the Network and System Administrator for
>> >the Music School's Digital Library, making $35k a year, *loves* caving. Why
>> >anyone would want to go hang out in a cave, with the possibility of human
>> >excrement floating past you as you're up to your nose in water, is simply
>> >pulling each and every hair out of my body, thank you very much.
>> >
>>
>> Lend me your tweezers and I'd be honoured to do it for you :-)
>>
>> (fx: presses body back against wall to avoid rush from rampaging male
>> snugglers /fx:)
>> Loretta
>
> Seems like someone beat you to the punch.
>
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> writes
You should try Perfumed Ear Defenders [tm], then.
--
Loretta
Gordon Harris
<al...@antler.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>My wife was convinced that she would be bored witless when I finally
>persuaded her to go fishing with me, but although she didn't catch
>anything on the first outing, she was hooked.
Ouch! That can be painful.
> The next week she
>practised casting every day in the back garden, and the following
>weekend she caught a half pound Brown Trout!
You must get plenty rain in South Manchester.......:-)
--
Gordon
Media Goddess
Dave {Reply Address in.sig} wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:48:37 -0600, Media Goddess wrote:
> >
> >David Reid wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Right, Where do you want me to start?
> >
> >So chivalrous, so gallant. *sigh*
> >
>
> <barf>
>
> Dave
Of course, it *could* mean that he has a bit of the sadist in him, in
which case, maybe I should be worrying what I've got myself into here.
-Rae
James Holtom
mtb...@aol.commodity (MTB0001) wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
> James:
> >I thought a lot of women did ;-)
>
> With *tweezers*? uk.people.bdsm is thataway --->
Are you suggesting that waxed-paper, or those electric-wands are /more/
humane...
I suppose sticking plasters, and electric cattle-prods are as nothing
compared to these...
Doesn't the UN convention on human rights outlaw torture -- such as that
which many folk willingly subject themselves...
Cheers,
James
Sharon Pending
<st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
I would recommend the "Ear Slugs" that you squash up and put inside your
ear. They work well if you roll them up as per the instructions and
don't distort the sound too much. They are usually yellow (before you
use them!!) and come either in pairs or boxes of 25 pairs.
Sharon Pending
Tokenism
David Reid
> I was thinking more in terms of watching motorsport I feel I
>might look a bit silly turning up at BrandsHatch with my ear defenders.
Ear plugs? ~I was under the impression it was quite common to use them
when watching motorsport at close range.
--
David Reid Da...@davita.demon.co.uk http://www.davita.demon.co.uk
None of you exist, the whole Internet is just a figment of my computers
warped imagination.
David Reid
minews@sharra>, Dave {Reply Address in.sig} <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk>
spake thusly:
>
><barf>
>
>
>Dave
Ugh. All over the carpet, do you realise what vomit does to carpets?
I'll probably have to pay the maid overtime to get the stain out. Here,
use this sick bag next time.
Steve Trawley
<ja...@bits.bristol.ac.uk> writes
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
<da...@davita.demon.co.uk> writes
>In outpouring of consciousness known as <na.8cbed948c5.a70250gill.matthe
>w...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> spake
>thusly:
>
>> I was thinking more in terms of watching motorsport I feel I
>>might look a bit silly turning up at BrandsHatch with my ear defenders.
>
>Ear plugs? ~I was under the impression it was quite common to use them
>when watching motorsport at close range.
>
they took so bloody long to chew.
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
<da...@gtex.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <9G69+bAm...@trawley.demon.co.uk>, Steve Trawley
><st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>>In article <na.8cbed948c5.a7...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian
>>Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>>>In article <BtF7UHAo...@antler.demon.co.uk>, Alan H Jones
>>><al...@antler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Most noisy sports require the participants to wear hearing protection,
>>>> and I think motion sickness is caused by not being in control of the
>>>> movement. (Those who suffer from car sickness are less likely to be ill
>>>> if they can be persuaded to watch the road.)
>>>>
>>>> Go on, Gill, try it! :-)
>>>
>>>I do shoot clays Alan, while wearing ear defenders But I have been car sick
>>>when *I* was driving, which I believe is unusual (yes I do watch the road
>>>might look a bit silly turning up at BrandsHatch with my ear defenders.
>>
>>You should try Perfumed Ear Defenders [tm], then.
>
>I would recommend the "Ear Slugs" that you squash up and put inside your
>ear. They work well if you roll them up as per the instructions and
>don't distort the sound too much. They are usually yellow (before you
>use them!!) and come either in pairs or boxes of 25 pairs.
>
How do you catch them? Just stand still and whisper " 'ear slugs, 'ear
slugs."
<fx: wind whistles, tumbleweed rolls silently across froup /fx:>
I'll get my coat.
--
Loretta
Gordon Harris
<da...@gtex.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <9G69+bAm...@trawley.demon.co.uk>, Steve Trawley
><st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>>In article <na.8cbed948c5.a7...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian
>>Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>>when *I* was driving, which I believe is unusual (yes I do watch the road
>>>when driving)) I was thinking more in terms of watching motorsport I feel I
>>>might look a bit silly turning up at BrandsHatch with my ear defenders.
>>>(Idont like the smell either)
>>
>>You should try Perfumed Ear Defenders [tm], then.
>
>I would recommend the "Ear Slugs" that you squash up and put inside your
>ear. They work well if you roll them up as per the instructions and
>don't distort the sound too much. They are usually yellow (before you
>use them!!) and come either in pairs or boxes of 25 pairs.
>
I was once persuaded to attend an Elkie Brooks concert by Sue & the
family. I had to resort to chewed Kleenex stuffed in my ear to bring
the level down to deafening.
--
Gordon
Gillian Matthews
<st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >I would recommend the "Ear Slugs" that you squash up and put inside your
> >ear. They work well if you roll them up as per the instructions and
> >don't distort the sound too much. They are usually yellow (before you
> >use them!!) and come either in pairs or boxes of 25 pairs.
> >
>
> How do you catch them? Just stand still and whisper " 'ear slugs, 'ear
> slugs."
>
> <fx: wind whistles, tumbleweed rolls silently across froup /fx:>
and incest) that I didnt want to try, but its safe to assume that soliciting
slugs and stuffing them in my ears is another one (I know 'no sense of
adventure' :-))
Gill
Sharon Pending
<Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <8fT4uEAO...@gtex.demon.co.uk>, Sharon Pending
><da...@gtex.demon.co.uk> writes
>>In article <9G69+bAm...@trawley.demon.co.uk>, Steve Trawley
>><st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>In article <na.8cbed948c5.a7...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian
>>>Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>>>>
>>>>I do shoot clays Alan, while wearing ear defenders But I have been car sick
>>>>when *I* was driving, which I believe is unusual (yes I do watch the road
>>>>when driving)) I was thinking more in terms of watching motorsport I feel I
>>>>might look a bit silly turning up at BrandsHatch with my ear defenders.
>>>>(Idont like the smell either)
>>>
>>>You should try Perfumed Ear Defenders [tm], then.
>>
>>ear. They work well if you roll them up as per the instructions and
>>don't distort the sound too much. They are usually yellow (before you
>>use them!!) and come either in pairs or boxes of 25 pairs.
>>
>I was once persuaded to attend an Elkie Brooks concert by Sue & the
>family. I had to resort to chewed Kleenex stuffed in my ear to bring
>the level down to deafening.
Most good chemists can get them or anywhere that sells health and safety
stuff - I get mine from RS Components.
Sharon Pending
Tokenism
Steve
<da...@davita.demon.co.uk> writes
>In outpouring of consciousness known as <na.42f7ff48c4.a70250gill.matthe
>>you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>>sport. :-)
>>
>That's quite high on my list of "Please leave you sanity at reception"
>sports. Do people really do it for *fun*?
>
Yep. BTDTGTTS
--
Steve
Stuart O. Bronstein
>James Holtom <ja...@bits.bristol.ac.uk> writes
>> mtb...@aol.commodity (MTB0001) wrote:
>>> James:
>>> >I thought a lot of women did ;-)
>>>
>>> With *tweezers*? uk.people.bdsm is thataway --->
>>
>>Are you suggesting that waxed-paper, or those electric-wands are /more/
>>humane... I suppose sticking plasters, and electric cattle-prods are as
>>nothing compared to these...
>>
>>Doesn't the UN convention on human rights outlaw torture -- such as that
>>which many folk willingly subject themselves...
>>
>We're reading your postings, does that qualify. :-)
Since he's a bureaucrat, I'm sure it must.
--
Stu (delete * from email address)
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep
your mouth shut.
--Ernest Hemingway
Richard Letts
>> <fx: wind whistles, tumbleweed rolls silently across froup /fx:>
> Well I never thought that there were so many things (besides folk dancing
> and incest) that I didnt want to try, but its safe to assume that soliciting
> slugs and stuffing them in my ears is another one (I know 'no sense of
> adventure' :-))
one of the many wizzy presents I received this year included a slug
fridge-magent that looks really realistic from a distance (and hence
gross).
Richard (who has done folk-dancing in the dim and very distant past)
James Holtom
Steve Trawley <st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <48C5D8EDFA%ja...@bits.bristol.ac.uk>, James Holtom
> <ja...@bits.bristol.ac.uk> writes
>
> >Doesn't the UN convention on human rights outlaw torture -- such as that
> >which many folk willingly subject themselves...
>
> We're reading your postings, does that qualify. :-)
:-<)
*meow*
No-one's taken umbridge at my postings (recently)...
But then I am in a rather crabby mood ATM.
James, not ready to spill the beans on /why/...
Steve Trawley
Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>> >ear. They work well if you roll them up as per the instructions and
>> >don't distort the sound too much. They are usually yellow (before you
>> >use them!!) and come either in pairs or boxes of 25 pairs.
>> >
>>
>> How do you catch them? Just stand still and whisper " 'ear slugs, 'ear
>> slugs."
>>
>Well I never thought that there were so many things (besides folk dancing
>and incest) that I didnt want to try, but its safe to assume that soliciting
>slugs and stuffing them in my ears is another one (I know 'no sense of
>adventure' :-))
>
adventurous to me :-)
--
Loretta
Gordon Harris
David Curtis
Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <77ntnu$jdn$1...@news.ox.ac.uk>, coml...@ermine.ox.ac.uk (David
>Curtis) wrote:
>> >You ought to be careful that you don't miss out on a whole lot of life
>> >because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
I did not say that! Careful. My point of view coincides more with yours.
>OTOH If you are afraid of the dark,claustrophobic and dislike getting wet,
>you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>sport. :-)
Sump diving, no, however caving is a different matter! There are these
popularly held beliefs about caving that are not generally true.
Caving is not dark (if you don't turn all the lights off), it isn't
necessarily wet (choose a dry cave!), and it's not necessarily
claustrophobic either (choose a non-narrow cave/route). Also, in
winter it is nice and warm!
David
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David Curtis
David Reid <da...@davita.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In outpouring of consciousness known as <na.42f7ff48c4.a70250gill.matthe
>w...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> spake
>thusly:
>>
>>you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>>sport. :-)
>>
>sports. Do people really do it for *fun*?
Sump diving, no, the reason isn't usually for "fun". Sump divers are
usually trying to discover new cave passage, pushing the limits of
exploration. If you can understand someone wanting to explore places
no-one has ever been in, you can understand sump divers.
David Curtis
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote:
>A friend here at IU, who is an otherwise brilliant person majoring in
>Cognitive Science and at age 22 is the Network and System Administrator for
>the Music School's Digital Library, making $35k a year, *loves* caving. Why
>anyone would want to go hang out in a cave, with the possibility of human
>excrement floating past you as you're up to your nose in water, is simply
>beyond me.
?!?!
Did some "friend" take you down a really really nasty cave, then?
Otherwise I have no idea where you could have got such a weird
perception from.
Excrement is an unusual thing to find in a cave; there are the odd
one or two caves that are near farms and known for being a bit
"whiffy" (Manor Farm Swallet I believe if memory serves right, for
an example) but it isn't difficult to avoid those out of the
hundreds of ones you could do! Never in all my cave trips have I
ever seen such a thing, the worst thing I ever saw in a cave was
a squished Mars bar that had been in someone's helmet a little too
long...!
Up to your nose in water isn't something that routinely happens
either unless you have deliberately chosen to go an extremely
water-logged route. Typical routes involving water are more like
an ankle-deep splash in a streamway (jolly good fun!).
Why do people like caving? Lots of reasons, it's like doing a
challenging obstacle course, so you have a physical challenge,
combined with seeing some of the wonders of the natural world,
plus also if you're into the exploration side of things you really
do have the possibility of treading where *noone* has ever trodden
before....
David Curtis
>>In article <77ntnu$jdn$1...@news.ox.ac.uk>, coml...@ermine.ox.ac.uk (David
>>Curtis) wrote:
>>> >You ought to be careful that you don't miss out on a whole lot of life
>>> >because you "know" that you won't like stuff.
>>
>>you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>>sport. :-)
>
>be seen might enable one to overcome such phobias.
Piffle.
What can be seen by sump divers can be summed up in one word:
murky.
David Curtis
><coml...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> writes
>>I know it sometimes happens that there are activities that someone
>>really doesn't want to do, having never tried it, does eventually
>>try it, and thinks it is wonderful!
>>However, there are also occasions where you don't need to try something
>>to know you won't like it, or at any rate will in all probability
>>not like it, because there are some very solid reasons as to why not.
>>Not fear of the unknown, but fear of the partially-known-and-doesn't-
>>like-it!
>
>Yes, but you will only *know* you don't like it after you've tried it...
>and what if you're wrong!
For the things I have in mind, finding out I liked them would be a
much worse outcome than not trying them at all.
>I'm reminded of the old saying, "One should try everything once...
>except perhaps brass bands and incest!" (Does anyone know who said
>this?)
I believe it was Oscar Wilde, and he said it about Morris dancing
and incest, not brass bands!
David
(nowt wrong wi' brass bands)
Steve Way
<Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>In outpouring of consciousness known as <na.42f7ff48c4.a70250gill.matthe
>>>w...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> spake
>>>thusly:
>>>>
>>>>you can be fairly confident that sump diving in caves is probably not your
>>>>sport. :-)
>>>>
>>>sports. Do people really do it for *fun*?
>>>
>
>ITYM: GTWTS
Only sometimes.
--
Steve
Nick Meredith
<da...@davita.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In outpouring of consciousness known as <na.8cbed948c5.a70250gill.matthe
>w...@argonet.co.uk>, Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> spake
>thusly:
>
>> I was thinking more in terms of watching motorsport I feel I
>>might look a bit silly turning up at BrandsHatch with my ear defenders.
>
>Ear plugs? ~I was under the impression it was quite common to use them
>when watching motorsport at close range.
Even the external ear defenders are by no means rare these days
--
Nick Meredith, Coventry, UK
Gillian Matthews
<ric...@illuin.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> one of the many wizzy presents I received this year included a slug
> fridge-magent that looks really realistic from a distance (and hence
> gross).
My fridge magnet says "I like cooking with wine sometimes I even put it in
the food" I *cant* imagine why I was given it. I dont need a slug they
invade my kitchen from time to time anyway
Gill
Gillian Matthews
Curtis) wrote:
> Sump diving, no, the reason isn't usually for "fun". Sump divers are
> usually trying to discover new cave passage, pushing the limits of
> exploration. If you can understand someone wanting to explore places
> no-one has ever been in, you can understand sump divers.
I can understand sump divers I just don't want to be one. In my younger
fitter (less fat) days I put up a couple of new climbing route on the no one
has stood *here* before principle. Now I confine myself to walking and
struggling up easy routes misleadingly labelled very difficult :-(
Gill
Gillian Matthews
Curtis) wrote:
> I believe it was Oscar Wilde, and he said it about Morris dancing
> and incest, not brass bands!
Arnold Bax said about incest and folk dancing in his autobiography. He
*said* he got it from a sympathetic scot. Does this this seem likely to
anyone?
Gill
James Holtom
Stuart O. Bronstein <sab@*idiom.com> wrote:
> Steve Trawley <st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >James Holtom <ja...@bits.bristol.ac.uk> writes
> >>Doesn't the UN convention on human rights outlaw torture -- such as that
> >>which many folk willingly subject themselves...
> >>
> >We're reading your postings, does that qualify. :-)
>
> Since he's a bureaucrat, I'm sure it must.
*cough* *splutter*
Wash your mouth-out with soap and water sir!
I may have an academic e-mail address, but I am not, repeat _NOT_ a
bureaucrat -- merciful-heavens!
I'm a postgrad.
At the moment.
Not that there's anything wrong with bureaucrats -- I am sure they aren't all
bad, really...
I'll stop digging
Cheers
James
Stuart O. Bronstein
>(David Curtis) wrote:
>> I believe it was Oscar Wilde, and he said it about Morris dancing
>> and incest, not brass bands!
>
>Arnold Bax said about incest and folk dancing in his autobiography. He
>*said* he got it from a sympathetic scot. Does this this seem likely to
>anyone?
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Sir Arnold Bax said,
"A sympathetic Scot summed it all up, very neatly in the remark, 'You
should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and
folk-dancing.'"
--
Stu (delete * from email address)
"If ignorance ever goes to $40 a barrel, I want drillin'
rights on that man's head."
--Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower
discussing President George Bush's policies
Media Goddess
David Curtis wrote:
Maybe we're talking about a different kind of caving, because around here, up
to your nose in water is typical. Indiana is all limestone, so this area is
riddled with caves, and, according to Allan, most are quite watery. No, I never
went down with him, because I saw the pics on the Spelunking Club's website
first, and politely told him, "Thank you, no." As for floating excrement, yes,
he said it does happen on occasion. I checked the website again, and found this
pic of typical caving conditions around these parts.
http://hammer.dlib.indiana.edu/iusc/photo_album/king_blair_09-05-1998/king02.html
So, where are my tweezers then?
-Rae
James Holtom
Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> My fridge magnet says "I like cooking with wine sometimes I even put it in
> the food" I *cant* imagine why I was given it.
You don't don a pair of slacks, and shirt, and moonlight as an alter-ego of a
a certain TV chef/wine-buff do you?
> I dont need a slug they invade my kitchen from time to time anyway
Salt. (or so I am told)
Cheers
James
claire...@my-dejanews.com
> Most noisy sports require the participants to wear hearing protection,
> and I think motion sickness is caused by not being in control of the
> movement. (Those who suffer from car sickness are less likely to be ill
> if they can be persuaded to watch the road.)
>
> Go on, Gill, try it! :-)
> --
I read an interesting theory recently that suggested that motion sickness (on
land) is caused by your head moving backwards and forwards when you don't
want it to, and messing with your inner ear. I probably didn't explain that
too well, but if you think of most urban bus drivers, who accelerate madly
for 15 yards, then stomp on the brake when they reach the traffic ahead, and
do this _all_ the time, that's the kind of thing I mean. I certainly find
that my motion sickness is much less on motorway trips, and if I'm driving,
it's non existant - cos I'm such a great driver :-))
Claire
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David Curtis
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote:
(quoting me)
>> Excrement is an unusual thing to find in a cave; there are the odd
>> one or two caves that are near farms and known for being a bit
>> "whiffy" (Manor Farm Swallet I believe if memory serves right, for
>> an example) but it isn't difficult to avoid those out of the
>> hundreds of ones you could do! Never in all my cave trips have I
>> ever seen such a thing, the worst thing I ever saw in a cave was
>> a squished Mars bar that had been in someone's helmet a little too
>> long...!
>>
>> Up to your nose in water isn't something that routinely happens
>> either unless you have deliberately chosen to go an extremely
>> water-logged route. Typical routes involving water are more like
>> an ankle-deep splash in a streamway (jolly good fun!).
>
>Maybe we're talking about a different kind of caving, because around here, up
>to your nose in water is typical.
Different kinds of caves, quite possibly. You do get different
types of caves in caving areas. Certainly in the UK there are some
that you could get up to your nose in water if you wanted to, but there
are plenty of passages without water in. There are some really giant
caves too, for the clasutrophobic types. Ogof Ffynnon Ddu (Cave of
the Black Spring) really impressed me in this respect - absolutely
huge passages, with flat level roofs, say as higher than an office
ceiling but lower than a church ceiling, and huge boulders all over
the place, and very very wide, certainly as wide as this building
is. Very impressive! Nice formations too (stalactites and
stalagmites).
But if (you probably don't) you did want to try caving, then by
all means insist they find a dry cave for you to try. The first
cave I ever did was completely dry (you could hear some water
trickling faintly though).
David
Media Goddess
David Curtis wrote:
> But if (you probably don't) you did want to try caving, then by
> all means insist they find a dry cave for you to try. The first
> cave I ever did was completely dry (you could hear some water
> trickling faintly though).
>
I think they all really love the wet ones. But that's ok, I've got more than
enough on my plate at the moment, and will have even more soon enough to satisfy
my adventurous cravings.
-Rae
Steve Trawley
dejanews.com writes
>
>
>> Most noisy sports require the participants to wear hearing protection,
>> and I think motion sickness is caused by not being in control of the
>> movement. (Those who suffer from car sickness are less likely to be ill
>> if they can be persuaded to watch the road.)
>>
>> Go on, Gill, try it! :-)
>> --
>
>I read an interesting theory recently that suggested that motion sickness (on
>land) is caused by your head moving backwards and forwards when you don't
>want it to, and messing with your inner ear. I probably didn't explain that
>too well, but if you think of most urban bus drivers, who accelerate madly
>for 15 yards, then stomp on the brake when they reach the traffic ahead, and
>do this _all_ the time, that's the kind of thing I mean. I certainly find
>that my motion sickness is much less on motorway trips, and if I'm driving,
>it's non existant - cos I'm such a great driver :-))
>
--
Loretta
Deltic the Locomotive
>In article <36a263a...@news.demon.co.uk>, The Ferret <ferret@chatea
>uferret.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Thus spake Steve Trawley <st...@trawley.demon.co.uk>:
>>
>>>Just my peronal POV but why would anyone wish to jump out of a
>>>serviceable aircraft?
>>
>> If it were going to L****n. HTH
>>
>56º 7.5' N ; 3º 55.9' W
>
>I would first consult my GPS and check whether I was over any sharp
>pointy bits or extremely moist places.
>--
>Gordon
>53 27' 5.9" N : 2 9' 18.2" W
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oh, it's getting like this is it?
Deltic - currently @ 53° 46' 09" N, 000° 21' 32" W
Why is it that everytime I try to get on the information super highway, I
end up in a contra-flow?
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David Reid
minews@sharra>, Dave {Reply Address in.sig} <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk>
spake thusly:
>On 17 Jan 1999 23:18:44 -0000, Richard Letts wrote:
>
>>
>>one of the many wizzy presents I received this year included a slug
>>fridge-magent that looks really realistic from a distance (and hence
>>gross).
>>
>
>That was quite interesting...
>
I was shocked, in fact I was so shocked I had to read it again to make
sure.
--
David Reid Da...@davita.demon.co.uk http://www.davita.demon.co.uk
Removal of this .sig voids waranty.
Paul Carpenter
-> Most noisy sports require the participants to wear hearing protection,
-> and I think motion sickness is caused by not being in control of the
-> movement. (Those who suffer from car sickness are less likely to be ill
-> if they can be persuaded to watch the road.)
->
-> Go on, Gill, try it! :-)
-> --
-
-I read an interesting theory recently that suggested that motion sickness (on
-land) is caused by your head moving backwards and forwards when you don't
-want it to, and messing with your inner ear. I probably didn't explain that
-too well, but if you think of most urban bus drivers, who accelerate madly
-for 15 yards, then stomp on the brake when they reach the traffic ahead, and
-do this _all_ the time, that's the kind of thing I mean. I certainly find
-that my motion sickness is much less on motorway trips, and if I'm driving,
-it's non existant - cos I'm such a great driver :-))
Reminds me of the old Bob Newhart "Bus Drivers School" skit..
"That was a good manoeuvre, just as the old lady had run to the
bus, you slammed the doors......
Now try the pulling away from the bus stop manoeuvre.
That's it accelerator, brake, accelerator brake..
Did you all see that, how he managed to have the passenger
spinning all the way to the back of bus?
Your homework for tonight 'pulling out without indicating'"
Steve
Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>> one of the many wizzy presents I received this year included a slug
>> fridge-magent that looks really realistic from a distance (and hence
>> gross).
>
>invade my kitchen from time to time anyway
The best I can do is a Venus with a nice array of (magnetic) clothes
for dressing up....
--
Steve
Fenny
>
> The best I can do is a Venus with a nice array of (magnetic) clothes
> for dressing up....
I've got David !!!!<g>
Fenny
--
RITA RUDNER'S FACTS ABOUT MEN
16. Men love watches with multiple functions. My husband has one that
is a combination address book, telescope and piano.
Chris Morgan
> >So chivalrous, so gallant. *sigh*
> >
>
> <barf>
Ha! No one ever accuses you of any of that stuff, do they?
;)
--
Chris Morgan <mihalis at ix.netcom.com> http://www.mihalis.net
Linux fun link of the day :
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/toshiba.html
Alan H Jones
Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>In article <77tr4k$vec$1...@illuin.demon.co.uk>, Richard Letts
><ric...@illuin.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> one of the many wizzy presents I received this year included a slug
>> fridge-magent that looks really realistic from a distance (and hence
>> gross).
>
>My fridge magnet says "I like cooking with wine sometimes I even put it in
>the food" I *cant* imagine why I was given it. I dont need a slug they
>invade my kitchen from time to time anyway
Snap! My kitchen is regularly invaded by big, fat slugs, which I
carefully transfer to the front path. The unlucky ones are eaten by the
crows, which fly over to the nearby waterpark, where my friend and I
shoot them.[1] They are then turned into Pigeon & Crow Pies... YUM!
[1] We have the shooting free on condition that we keep down the crows,
because they peck the eyes from new-born lambs.
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# Alan H Jones * "80% of all questions which begin with the #
# * word 'Why', can be answered with four words: #
# Manchester UK * 'Because people are stupid.'" Anon #
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Steve Trawley
<pa...@pcserv.demon.co.uk> writes
(If any body mentions The Driving Instructor I shall have to reverse
over them)
--
Loretta
Paul Carpenter
-In article <916776...@pcserv.demon.co.uk>, Paul Carpenter
-<pa...@pcserv.demon.co.uk> writes
->claire...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
....
->Reminds me of the old Bob Newhart "Bus Drivers School" skit..
->
-> "That was a good manoeuvre, just as the old lady had run to the
-> bus, you slammed the doors......
->
-> Now try the pulling away from the bus stop manoeuvre.
->
-> That's it accelerator, brake, accelerator brake..
->
-> Did you all see that, how he managed to have the passenger
-> spinning all the way to the back of bus?
->
-> Your homework for tonight 'pulling out without indicating'"
->
-Not as good as "The Cruise of the USS Codfish" IMHO.
But that was sunk by the "Bomb Disposal Expert"...
-(If any body mentions The Driving Instructor I shall have to reverse
-over them)
"It's alright the officer does not believe it...."