Thanks, but no thanks
Media Goddess
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 . . .
Steven Whitaker
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote in article
<36929D77...@indiana.edu>...
We are not responsible if the Spice Girls have found careers suitable for
their talents.
BTW Thanks for the Simpsons
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A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong
And I am Marie of Roumania'
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UK
David Reid
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> spake thusly:
>
>However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are not amused.
>
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Julie Bennett
>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.
Speak for yourself.
--
Jules
"Watch out, you might get what you're after."
Burning Down the House, Talking Heads
Media Goddess
David Reid wrote:
> In outpouring of consciousness known as <36929D77...@indiana.edu>,
> Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> spake thusly:
> >
> >However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are not amused.
> >
> I'm sure you'll find Netskinnies much more to your taste.
>
> --
> David Reid Da...@davita.demon.co.uk http://www.davita.demon.co.uk
> Be careful what you wish for, it might come true.
I'm sure I will. :-)
-Rae
Richard Evans
> <SNIP>
>
> However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are
> not amused.
>
> -Rae
>
> I just felt the need to purge . . .
I hope you are not implying that we are actually amused by
the Telly Tubbies.
God forbid.
Richard.
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>I just wanted to say that we here in the Colonies thank you Brits for
>many, many things
<snip>
>However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are not amused.
I'm always jealous of all the wonderful things you Americans have that
we English don't... like English Muffins.
Charlie
David Curtis
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote:
>However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are not amused.
Uh-oh...
>I just felt the need to purge . . .
Run away! Run away!
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Paul Coxwell
RD>However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are not amused.
Personally, if I'm going to listen to nonsense language, I prefer
Bill & Ben.
Oh yes, and I don't care what anyone else in Britain says about it,
but I LIKE BARNEY! (For anyone not aware of it, I'm talking about the
singing purple dinosaur.)
Regards,
Paul.
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LadyL...@webtv.net
Re: The Royals - they were originally German! Can't we send them back
there and trade them in for......?
Any suggestions?
A Brit In New York City
LadyL...@webtv.net
Can't we send them back there and trade them in for.......?
Any ideas?
Stuart O. Bronstein
>
>Hey you guys wanted them, we were only too happy to get shot of them... BTW,
>Hows the Bridge you lot bought from us!! <GRIN>
Well, it's not the one we expected. But it is being put to good use.
--
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I drink to make other people interesting.
--George Jean Nathan
Steve Trawley
<bdu...@crox.demon.co.uk> writes
>Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are not amused.
>>
>
>Hows the Bridge you lot bought from us!! <GRIN>
>
What next? Irony?
--
Steve T
Steve Trawley
l...@ooh.dircon.co.uk> writes
>RD>I just wanted to say that we here in the Colonies thank you Brits for
>
>RD>However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are not amused.
>
>Personally, if I'm going to listen to nonsense language, I prefer
>Bill & Ben.
>
Ben: If you really loved me you'd swallow that.
:-)
--
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An Eng in England
Media Goddess
Steve Trawley wrote:
> In article <36939de6...@crox.demon.co.uk>, Brian Dukes
> <bdu...@crox.demon.co.uk> writes
> >Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>However, when it comes to those damn Teletubbies, we are not amused.
> >>
> >
> >Hey you guys wanted them, we were only too happy to get shot of them... BTW,
> >Hows the Bridge you lot bought from us!! <GRIN>
> >
> My God! They're not buying up our card games as well are they?
>
> What next? Irony?
> --
> Steve T
Yes, please! How much have you got to spare?
-Rae
Steve Trawley
<rdu...@indiana.edu> writes
parody, litotes and ... satire!
And the Chinese Watch. The Watch, the Chinese Watch....mother.
And we've got lumps of it round the back.
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Deltic the Locomotive
>> anything we could dream up, and the wickedly wonderful Edmund
>> Blackadder.
>>
>>
>>
>> I just felt the need to purge . . .
>>
>>
>
>their talents.
>
>BTW Thanks for the Simpsons
>
ITEM: There is nothing wrong with the Teletubbies. They will help a childs
education more than Sesame stree ever can, since the CTW insist on teaching
the upper case alphabet first, which is plain wrong.
ITEM: Most people seem to think that the teletubbies is aimed at an age
range that it much higher than it actually is, they are for pre-nursery
school children.
ITEM: The Spice Girls are terrible
ITEM: They are not as bad as the Simpsons. That sort of dross is in the same
league as Home and Away, Neighbours, all the endless and biased "talk shows"
and all the other sh*t that the BBC and ITV companies seem intent on filling
the air time with.
Deltic - slightly annoyed; having had similar discussions before.
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Chris Morgan
> ITEM: They are not as bad as the Simpsons. That sort of dross is in the same
> league as Home and Away, Neighbours, all the endless and biased "talk shows"
> and all the other sh*t that the BBC and ITV companies seem intent on filling
> the air time with.
I completely disagree. Have you ever actually watched a complete
episode of the Simpsons? It's regularly cited as having some of the
best writing on TV over here (up there with Frasier). Perhaps you
should imagine it in another form (not cartoon)? Its appeal is pretty
much universal and it is loved by people from all walks of life. The
humour in it ranges from slapstick through parody and satire up to dry
wit and subtle irony. Of course that doesn't mean you will like it,
but it is hardly dross and it is not in the same league as Neighbours,
which is badly made, badly acted and badly written.
Chris - feeling that someone using "ITEM:" is pretending he is stating
facts when it's all opinion on these matters
--
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"I don't like the drugs,
but the drugs like me" - Marilyn Manson
Deltic the Locomotive
<Snip>
>
>Chris - feeling that someone using "ITEM:" is pretending he is stating
>facts when it's all opinion on these matters
I apologise for the "ITEM:" subtitles to a certain extent, it was going over
the top, but I am pig sick of the Beeb and ITV companies "bread and circuses"
attitude to everything, which isn't helped by the endless government
manipulation of the media. One thing that is a definite fact is that a great
number of people from many different disciplines who had first panned the
Teletubbies, started to praise it when they realised that it was aimed at a
much younger audience than they had assumed.
I have watched several Simpsons episodes and have come to the same
conclusion every time, I think they are bad, badly scripted, cover nothing
in depth even though claim that a large number of them have a moral
dimension it's nothing more than a surface scratching shove everyone in the
direction of the status quo. The nuclear power station is a prime example of
this, it trots out the old favourite that big business can get away
with what ever it likes because it has the power and money to intimidate
people in to shutting up, and it works every time.
Listen to what Homer says in the episode where Bart aquires a spy camera and
takes photographs of Homer dancing with someone other than marge. His speech
at the end about what women are to try and dispel his "party animal" image
and look like someone who cares is actually all about all the rolls that
women play in maintaining the present male dominated power structures. He
makes no mention of that fact that these women are people with their own
brains and lives.
The episode where Bart "sorts out" the bullies is nothing more than the
old switch of opressed to opressor, and his speech at the end about how
fruitless war is was completely wasted by the attempt at humour by him
making exceptions to what he had already said.
I guess what I was realy annoyed about was the fact that we get the Simpsons
on top of Neigbours, Home and Away, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, East
Enders, Noels House Party, the National Lottery Live, endless talk shows,
decorating and design programs, even Tomorrow's World is so out of date now
that it's a wonder that they haven't got round to announcing the invention
of the wax cylinder phonograph. Then there's the ludicrous amount of time
spent of covering sport intersperced with sport and some sport just to break
up the monotony. If there was some decent television inbetween the mindless
drivel it would be a welcome change.
End of long, boring posting from certified opinionated loser (second class)
--
Deltic
Simon Brooke
> ITEM: There is nothing wrong with the Teletubbies. They will help a childs
> education more than Sesame stree ever can, since the CTW insist on teaching
> the upper case alphabet first, which is plain wrong.
>
> ITEM: Most people seem to think that the teletubbies is aimed at an age
> range that it much higher than it actually is, they are for pre-nursery
> school children.
Actually, *I* occasionally watch the teletubbies. Because I like
them. Personally. I like the surreal, authoritarian periscope
telephones, and the baby in the Sun. I like the Noo-noo. I find the
antics of the central characters amusing. The whole thing has a weird
fin-de-siecle dystopian subtext which I enjoy and appreciate.
> ITEM: The Spice Girls are terrible
No opinion.
> ITEM: They are not as bad as the Simpsons. That sort of dross is in the same
> league as Home and Away, Neighbours, all the endless and biased "talk shows"
> and all the other sh*t that the BBC and ITV companies seem intent on filling
> the air time with.
The Simpsons can on occasion get too close to the bone for me, but on
the whole I enjoy them. Under the surface slapstick the humour is wry
and post-modern, and serious issues get addressed. There are also
minor embedded gems: catch what Bart writes on the blackboard at the
beginning of each episode, for example.
--
si...@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
-- mens vacua in medio vacuo --
LadyL...@webtv.net
understanfing "Kenny" he mumbles so. Am I correct in stating that the
writers are Canadian?
Regarding other televsion programs in the USA - thank goodness for the
VCR and PBS! I tend to watch PBS rather than the other stations and I
can always rent a good movie to view. I have yet to see the Teletubbies.
Lady Lauris
Alan Wrigley
del...@cottingham.u-net.com (Deltic the Locomotive) wrote:
> [... snipped long piece on The Simpsons ...]
Either this is a troll or you don't understand the concept of satire.
Alan
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Fenny
>
snip
> End of long, boring posting from certified opinionated loser (second class)
>
I think you're probably wasting in the region of 100 UKP a year. Ditch
your TV and get a radio. I agree most of the stuff on TV is absolute
drivel, but there's enough to make me want to watch mine, even when I'm
not at home.
Fenny
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15. A good place to meet a man is at the dry cleaner. These men usually
have jobs and bathe.
Steve
the Locomotive <del...@cottingham.u-net.com> writes
>
>I have watched several Simpsons episodes and have come to the same
>conclusion every time, I think they are bad, badly scripted, cover nothing
>in depth even though claim that a large number of them have a moral
>dimension it's nothing more than a surface scratching shove everyone in the
>direction of the status quo.
In a 20 minute cartoon? What do you want, Bart slowly going mad
after murdering Marge's sister to prove he is a 'superman',
and murdering *her* sister, too, by mistake, and then ending
up confessing to Principle Skinner (etc etc)?
You appear to have missed the irony present in, for
example, the faux public warning at the end of the
'bully' episode - that had at least four levels in it,
and most of them were funny.
'A Streetcar Named Marge' contains two parodies,
one at least as good as 'Springtime for Hitler'
in 'The Producers'.
Would that we had comedy writing to that level
in the UK.
--
Steve
Deltic the Locomotive
<snip>
>
>The Simpsons can on occasion get too close to the bone for me, but on
>the whole I enjoy them. Under the surface slapstick the humour is wry
>and post-modern, and serious issues get addressed. There are also
>minor embedded gems: catch what Bart writes on the blackboard at the
>beginning of each episode, for example.
>
post-modernism is, as I am afraid to say that I realy don't understand. :-(
To my way of thinking, anything that is post-modern, hasn't happened yet, as
anything current is modern.
Deltic - confused, broken, broke and cold.
Deltic the Locomotive
>In message <slrn79nv5v...@Fei-Yen.cottingham.u-net.com>
> del...@cottingham.u-net.com (Deltic the Locomotive) wrote:
>
>> [... snipped long piece on The Simpsons ...]
>
>Either this is a troll or you don't understand the concept of satire.
>
>Alan
>
it's too blunt in it's approach to everything and tends to try and use the
same sensationalist techniques that the N*ws *f th* W*rld does. It attracts
attention by screaming for it and being so omni-present that you can't
ignore it rather than by being good or thought provoking etc. etc. I will
agree that there is a great deal of good material in the Simpsons, it is
just that it never seems (to my mind) to make the transition from a good idea
to good comedy.
Simon Brooke
> ITEM: There is nothing wrong with the Teletubbies. They will help a childs
> education more than Sesame stree ever can, since the CTW insist on teaching
> the upper case alphabet first, which is plain wrong.
>
> ITEM: Most people seem to think that the teletubbies is aimed at an age
> range that it much higher than it actually is, they are for pre-nursery
> school children.
Actually, *I* occasionally watch the teletubbies. Because I like
them. Personally. I like the surreal, authoritarian periscope
telephones, and the baby in the Sun. I like the Noo-noo. I find the
antics of the central characters amusing. The whole thing has a weird
fin-de-siecle dystopian subtext which I enjoy and appreciate.
> ITEM: The Spice Girls are terrible
No opinion.
> ITEM: They are not as bad as the Simpsons. That sort of dross is in the same
> league as Home and Away, Neighbours, all the endless and biased "talk shows"
> and all the other sh*t that the BBC and ITV companies seem intent on filling
> the air time with.
The Simpsons can on occasion get too close to the bone for me, but on
the whole I enjoy them. Under the surface slapstick the humour is wry
and post-modern, and serious issues get addressed. There are also
minor embedded gems: catch what Bart writes on the blackboard at the
beginning of each episode, for example. And 'Itchy & Scratchy' is a
*wicked* satire on Tom & Gerry.
Steve Way
<mtb...@aol.commodity> writes
>x-no-archive: yes
>Steve:
>>Would that we had comedy writing to that level
>>in the UK.
>
>
And Blackadder, Fawlty Towers and
One Foot In the Grave - but not much
at the moment. Seinfield is excellent,
too. Frasier I find patchy, and Friends
has grown a beard. I quite like King of the
Hill, but I've yet to see South Park.
Some of the ideas I've seen I like.
It's the multi-level interleafed storylines
I go for, something that (I supect) comes
out of a good writing team, rather than
an individual author.
--
Steve
Gordon Harris
the Locomotive <del...@cottingham.u-net.com> writes
>In schedule Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:01:44 +0000, Alan Wrigley stated that:
>>In message <slrn79nv5v...@Fei-Yen.cottingham.u-net.com>
>> del...@cottingham.u-net.com (Deltic the Locomotive) wrote:
>>
>>> [... snipped long piece on The Simpsons ...]
>>
>>Either this is a troll or you don't understand the concept of satire.
>>
>>Alan
>>
>I thought I did, but maybe not, if the Simpsons is satire. By and large,
>it's too blunt in it's approach to everything and tends to try and use the
>same sensationalist techniques that the N*ws *f th* W*rld does. It attracts
>attention by screaming for it and being so omni-present that you can't
>ignore it rather than by being good or thought provoking etc. etc. I will
>agree that there is a great deal of good material in the Simpsons, it is
>just that it never seems (to my mind) to make the transition from a good idea
>to good comedy.
>
I enjoy it on a much higher intellectual plane.
Haven't you noticed the baby's superb sense of timing ? I'm always
tensed up waiting for it to suck it's dummy during those significant
moments in the plot where time stands still........
--
Gordon
Media Goddess
MTB0001 wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
> In article <slrn79q5ni...@Fei-Yen.cottingham.u-net.com>,
> del...@cottingham.u-net.com (Deltic the Locomotive) writes:
>
> >To go completely off topic (sorry) can someone explain to me what
> >post-modernism is, as I am afraid to say that I realy don't understand. :-(
> >To my way of thinking, anything that is post-modern, hasn't happened yet, as
> >anything current is modern.
>
> Characteristics of post-modernism include:
> - juxtaposing high art and low art together, sometimes in ironic fashion
> - using technology to create "anti-art"
> - emphasizing surface over deep structure, appearance over meaning
>
> Someone like Madonna is the quintessential post-modern artist.
>
> One more thing, post-modernism is partially defined by its refusal to define
> itself. HTH.
>
> --
> -Marianne
The Modern period began in the earlier part of this century. It was very
Humanist in thrust, therefore stating that what was Western was good as opposed
to anything from other cultures. There were very definite lines of demarcation
here, between "good art" and "bad art." Dada was a reaction to this, which
brought into question the nature of art itself. If, by my own personal
definition, art is created for two reasons (to convey information of some sort,
and to convey some sort of emotion from the creator to the viewer) then almost
anything can be considered art, IF if falls under those specifications. Dada
artists like Marcel Duchamp did just this, creating something that wouldn't have
previously been considered art, and saying "This is art, because I say it is."
Post-Modernism is the outgrowth of that, as it calls into question the nature of
art. In that respect, a velvet painting of Elvis is a perfectly legitimate piece
of art, because the creator says it is. It follows their defnition. Hence the
traits that Marianne listed above. So you can go to a show of Post-Modern art,
and think it's complete bollocks and it most likely is, but because the artist
has you there, questioning whether or not it's art in the first place, has made
it art, because it's been raised to that status. It has no more meaning than
that. But, Post-Modernism also has another facet, in that it started to co-opt
elements from other cultures in a haphazard way, not giving respect to the
culture that it came from, and the way it was used. This came about because of
the rapid increase of technology in society, and the "Global Village" mentality.
It was disrespectful to the orginating culture.
There is some indication (or there was last time I did some serious research on
this, about a year a half ago) that Post-Modernism is on it's way out, and the
Next Big Thing is on it's way in. I don't believe it's even been named anything
yet, as it's still quite new, but Feminist Post-Modernism has been tossed
around. The difference here is in the concept of cultural plundering. Elements
from other cultures may be used, but it is important to understand where it came
from, how it was used, and most importantly, what it's meaning is. There is a
genuine respect there for that culture.
-Rae, who can *hates* academic writing and tries to lecture in real language,
and is currently on hiatus from her doctorate in Art Education.
Fenny
>
> There is some indication (or there was last time I did some serious research on
> this, about a year a half ago) that Post-Modernism is on it's way out, and the
> Next Big Thing is on it's way in. I don't believe it's even been named anything
> yet, as it's still quite new, but Feminist Post-Modernism has been tossed
> around. The difference here is in the concept of cultural plundering. Elements
> from other cultures may be used, but it is important to understand where it came
> from, how it was used, and most importantly, what it's meaning is. There is a
> genuine respect there for that culture.
>
> -Rae, who can *hates* academic writing and tries to lecture in real language,
> and is currently on hiatus from her doctorate in Art Education.
I remember Ned Sherrin discussing this very thing on Loose Ends more
than 12 months ago, and wondering whether we were now in a post
post-modern society. Any more I don't remember, as I never knew
anything about it in the first place (thanks for the explanation )
Media Goddess
Fenny wrote:
> Media Goddess wrote:
> >
> > There is some indication (or there was last time I did some serious research on
> > this, about a year a half ago) that Post-Modernism is on it's way out, and the
> > Next Big Thing is on it's way in. I don't believe it's even been named anything
> > yet, as it's still quite new, but Feminist Post-Modernism has been tossed
> > around. The difference here is in the concept of cultural plundering. Elements
> > from other cultures may be used, but it is important to understand where it came
> > from, how it was used, and most importantly, what it's meaning is. There is a
> > genuine respect there for that culture.
> >
> > -Rae, who can *hates* academic writing and tries to lecture in real language,
> > and is currently on hiatus from her doctorate in Art Education.
>
> I remember Ned Sherrin discussing this very thing on Loose Ends more
> than 12 months ago, and wondering whether we were now in a post
> post-modern society. Any more I don't remember, as I never knew
> anything about it in the first place (thanks for the explanation )
>
> Fenny
My pleasure.
Next time our class meets, we'll be discussing "Hitchcock's Women: A Study of
Victimization and Feminist Film Theory." (and why I think most hard line feminists
are full of s**t.
-Rae
Steve Trawley
the Locomotive <del...@cottingham.u-net.com> writes
>In schedule Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:01:44 +0000, Alan Wrigley stated that:
>>In message <slrn79nv5v...@Fei-Yen.cottingham.u-net.com>
>> del...@cottingham.u-net.com (Deltic the Locomotive) wrote:
>>
>>> [... snipped long piece on The Simpsons ...]
>>
>>Either this is a troll or you don't understand the concept of satire.
>>
>>Alan
>>
>I thought I did, but maybe not, if the Simpsons is satire. By and large,
>it's too blunt in it's approach to everything and tends to try and use the
>same sensationalist techniques that the N*ws *f th* W*rld does. It attracts
>attention by screaming for it and being so omni-present that you can't
>ignore it rather than by being good or thought provoking etc. etc. I will
>agree that there is a great deal of good material in the Simpsons, it is
>just that it never seems (to my mind) to make the transition from a good idea
>to good comedy.
>
--
Steve T
Steve Trawley
<Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk> writes
>I enjoy it on a much higher intellectual plane.
>Haven't you noticed the baby's superb sense of timing ? I'm always
>tensed up waiting for it to suck it's dummy during those significant
>moments in the plot where time stands still........
If the time stood still for 20 minutes then I think I might enjoy the
program.
--
Steve T
James Holtom
> Oh god, no, I can't bear it. You people are doing this on purpose just to
> upset me, I know it.
That's just life, it's meant to be like that, I am sure it is...
> Any minute now somebody is going to start talking about Semiotics or
> Foucault and I will have to kill myself.
Dear-old Foucault -- he had a nice idea for a pendulum, and oft
mis-spelled by silly school-kids...
> Catatonia is looking more attractive by the moment.
Tell me about it...
> PS James, it's Professor Yaffle, actually, and it was breadcrumbs and
> butterbeans.
Well one out of three isn't bad I s'pose...
(And I knew the missing ingredient was something totally bizarre, and
chocolate-free :-)
Cheers,
James, not totally destroyed to-the-core...
Gillian Matthews
<wr...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> PS James, it's Professor Yaffle, actually, and it was breadcrumbs and
> butterbeans.
cos thats what us called a woodpecker
David Reid
g103.aol.com>, MTB0001 <mtb...@aol.commodity> spake thusly:
>x-no-archive: yes
>Steve:
>>Would that we had comedy writing to that level
>>in the UK.
>
>Red Dwarf?
>
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International Goatkeepers Society, member number: 001905
Sharon Pending
<hol...@cs.bris.ac.uk> writes
>
>> Catatonia is looking more attractive by the moment.
>
>Tell me about it...
>
They were excellent at Glastonbury last year, in spite of the rain.
Sharon Pending
Tokenism
NF Stevens
[snip]
>PS James, it's Professor Yaffle, actually, and it was breadcrumbs and
>butterbeans.
Yes, but was it in the study or the conservatory? and what was Colonel
Mustard's alibi?
Norman
Chris Morgan
> x-no-archive: yes
> Steve:
> >Would that we had comedy writing to that level
> >in the UK.
>
> Red Dwarf?
Black Adder?
Steve Trawley
<rdu...@indiana.edu> writes
>
>
>Fenny wrote:
>
>> Media Goddess wrote:
>> >
[snip]
>> I remember Ned Sherrin discussing this very thing on Loose Ends more
>> than 12 months ago, and wondering whether we were now in a post
>> post-modern society. Any more I don't remember, as I never knew
>> anything about it in the first place (thanks for the explanation )
>>
>> Fenny
>
>My pleasure.
>
>Next time our class meets, we'll be discussing "Hitchcock's Women: A Study of
>Victimization and Feminist Film Theory." (and why I think most hard line
>feminists
>are full of s**t.
>
Soot? Soot??
--
Steve T
Soot???
Deltic the Locomotive
>Deltic the Locomotive wrote:
>>
>snip
>
>> End of long, boring posting from certified opinionated loser (second class)
>>
>
>I think you're probably wasting in the region of 100 UKP a year. Ditch
>your TV and get a radio. I agree most of the stuff on TV is absolute
>drivel, but there's enough to make me want to watch mine, even when I'm
>not at home.
>
>Fenny
>
Today program and PM. When the dial isn't there, it's normally hanging about
over Radio3, or when I can find them, the World Service or Moscow.
There are the occasional things that I like to watch, and I wouldn't be
without my Manga Vid's, no way.
Media Goddess
The Minotaur wrote:
> And university lecturers are partially defined by their refusal to be
> even remotely comprehensible.
>
> No more about postmodernism. Pretty please. With sugar on.
Exactly. That's why I refuse to teach or write like an academic, even though I am
one. It reminds me of a treatise I had to read for a doctoral class in Philosophy
(which was a pain, because I couldn't get through a single class session without
singing the Philosophy Song in my head.) It was by Sir Alfred North Whitehead, (An
Inquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, 1918), was about 50 pages,
and for the first time in my entire academic career, I had to admit I had *no*
idea what it meant. I read it over and over again, even eating chocolate and baked
brie with baguettes to calm my rising panic and shame, and finally, it hit me. It
was an extremely simple concept which I can explain in two sentences.
As an aside, I think the filmmaker David Lynch does the same kind of thing. He
sits in a room and says "Ok, what weirdness can I put in my movie so people will
think I'm deep."
-Rae
Media Goddess
Steve Trawley wrote:
> In article <Pine.SOL.3.95.990114143840.23153B-100000@primrose>, The
> Minotaur <wr...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
> >X-No-Archive: Yes
> >On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Media Goddess wrote:
> >
> [snip]
>
> >Any minute now somebody is going to start talking about Semiotics or
> >Foucault and I will have to kill myself.
> >
> Hang around. We won't keep you in suspense.
> --
> Loretta
Whoops. I think I'm working my way over there.
-Rae, who should probably just stop now before you all hate me, and
start talking about one of her all-time favorite crappy films, "Strange
Brew" with Bob and Doug McKenzie (except them I'd have to bring up the
Hamlet references, damn.)
Media Goddess
Steve Trawley wrote:
> In article <369e617c...@news.u-net.com>, NF Stevens
> <nor...@arcady.u-net.com> writes
> He had no time to do it. He was trying to get on-line using a Mac.
> --
> Loretta
*sulk,sulk*
-Rae
Steve Trawley
the Locomotive <del...@cottingham.u-net.com> writes
>In schedule Wed, 13 Jan 1999 18:57:44 +0000, Fenny stated that:
>>Deltic the Locomotive wrote:
>>>
>>snip
>>
>>> End of long, boring posting from certified opinionated loser (second class)
>>>
>>
>>I think you're probably wasting in the region of 100 UKP a year. Ditch
>>your TV and get a radio. I agree most of the stuff on TV is absolute
>>drivel, but there's enough to make me want to watch mine, even when I'm
>>not at home.
>>
>>Fenny
>>
>I've got one of those aswell, so I can argue will the politicians on the
>Today program and PM. When the dial isn't there, it's normally hanging about
>over Radio3, or when I can find them, the World Service or Moscow.
I think that's a rather Anime-listic attitude to take.
>There are the occasional things that I like to watch, and I wouldn't be
>without my Manga Vid's, no way.
>
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
>
>> In article <slrn79q5ni...@Fei-Yen.cottingham.u-net.com>,
>> del...@cottingham.u-net.com (Deltic the Locomotive) writes:
>>
>> >To go completely off topic (sorry) can someone explain to me what
>> >post-modernism is, as I am afraid to say that I realy don't understand. :-(
>> >To my way of thinking, anything that is post-modern, hasn't happened yet, as
>> >anything current is modern.
>>
>> Characteristics of post-modernism include:
>
>stand it, I just can't stand it. PLEASE stop talking about it or I shall
>be forced to shoot you all for the sake of the world in general and my own
>sanity in particular.
>
>> One more thing, post-modernism is partially defined by its refusal to define
>> itself. HTH.
>
>even remotely comprehensible.
>
>No more about postmodernism. Pretty please. With sugar on.
>
(fx: hand up at the back /fx:) Please miss don't shoot me. I didn't say
anything about pots-monerdism, Miss. Please Miss.
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
Steve Trawley
Steve Trawley
<rdu...@indiana.edu> writes
>
>-Rae, who should probably just stop now before you all hate me, and
>start talking about one of her all-time favorite crappy films, "Strange
>Brew" with Bob and Doug McKenzie (except them I'd have to bring up the
>Hamlet references, damn.)
>
mention Bergman, or I will have to shoot you).
He also appeared in one of my favourite films, "Three Days of the
Condor", _starring_ Robert Redford. Although not really much more than
an inflated cameo role compared to Redford's, he steals the show
everytime he appears.
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
>
There, there. Kiss it better. Look...Miss Scarlet's got it working now.
--
Loretta
Steve Way
<st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>There, there. Kiss it better. Look...Miss Scarlet's got it working now.
With any luck, Melody, Harmony and Destiny will be right along......
--
Steve Way
Media Goddess
Steve Trawley wrote:
> >> Hang around. We won't keep you in suspense.
> >> --
> >> Loretta
> >
> > Whoops. I think I'm working my way over there.
> >
> >-Rae, who should probably just stop now before you all hate me, and
> >start talking about one of her all-time favorite crappy films, "Strange
> >Brew" with Bob and Doug McKenzie (except them I'd have to bring up the
> >Hamlet references, damn.)
> >
> One of my favourite actors, Max von Sydow, appeared in this. (Don't
> mention Bergman, or I will have to shoot you).
>
> He also appeared in one of my favourite films, "Three Days of the
> Condor", _starring_ Robert Redford. Although not really much more than
> an inflated cameo role compared to Redford's, he steals the show
> everytime he appears.
> --
> Loretta
MY favorite Max Von Sydow role is Ming the Merciless in "Flash Gordon."
That Fu Manchu mustache was FABULOUS!
See, I can talk about "low art" too.
-Rae
Nick Leverton
The Minotaur <wr...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>Any minute now somebody is going to start talking about Semiotics or
>Foucault and I will have to kill myself.
And it'll be _all_ _their_ _Foucalt_.
>Catatonia is looking more attractive by the moment.
It's a nice place for a holiday, but I wouldn't want to live there.
N.
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Simon Brooke
> mtb...@aol.commodity (MTB0001) writes:
>
> > x-no-archive: yes
> > Steve:
> > >Would that we had comedy writing to that level
> > >in the UK.
> >
> > Red Dwarf?
>
> Black Adder?
Blue Peter?
--
si...@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
-- mens vacua in medio vacuo --
Simon Brooke
> Oh god, no, I can't bear it. You people are doing this on purpose just to
> upset me, I know it.
>
> Any minute now somebody is going to start talking about Semiotics or
> Foucault and I will have to kill myself.
Was that a pendulum, or is there an Eco in here?
David Reid
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> spake thusly:
>
>As an aside, I think the filmmaker David Lynch does the same kind of thing. He
>sits in a room and says "Ok, what weirdness can I put in my movie so people
>will
>think I'm deep."
>
been at the whacky baccy again, but perhaps I'm just shallow.
--
David Reid Da...@davita.demon.co.uk http://www.davita.demon.co.uk
David's laws of car restoration:
2) If it doesn't fit, bend it.
Steve Trawley
<Stev...@ways.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <0AnfvIAtFsn2Ew$r...@trawley.demon.co.uk>, Steve Trawley
><st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>>There, there. Kiss it better. Look...Miss Scarlet's got it working now.
>
>With any luck, Melody, Harmony and Destiny will be right along......
>
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
<lev...@warren.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <L2x0dCAq...@ways.demon.co.uk>
> Steve Way <Stev...@ways.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>In article <0AnfvIAtFsn2Ew$r...@trawley.demon.co.uk>, Steve Trawley
>><st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>There, there. Kiss it better. Look...Miss Scarlet's got it working now.
>>
>>With any luck, Melody, Harmony and Destiny will be right along......
>
>
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
<si...@jasmine.org.uk> writes
>Chris Morgan <mih...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
>> mtb...@aol.commodity (MTB0001) writes:
>>
>> > x-no-archive: yes
>> > Steve:
>> > >Would that we had comedy writing to that level
>> > >in the UK.
>> >
>> > Red Dwarf?
>>
>> Black Adder?
>
>Blue Peter?
>
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
<rdu...@indiana.edu> writes
>
>
the Tate about 20 years ago.
--
Loretta
Steve Trawley
<si...@jasmine.org.uk> writes
>The Minotaur <wr...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>> Oh god, no, I can't bear it. You people are doing this on purpose just to
>> upset me, I know it.
>>
>> Any minute now somebody is going to start talking about Semiotics or
>> Foucault and I will have to kill myself.
>
>Was that a pendulum, or is there an Eco in here?
>
>Was that a pendulum, or is there an Eco in here?
--
It was an echo.
Doug Ritchie
in.sig}" <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>On Thu, 7 Jan 1999 08:46:31 -0500 (EST), LadyL...@webtv.net wrote:
>
>>IF THIS IS A DOUBLE POST - MY APOLOGIES - THE WEBTV FROZE
>>
>Cold in NYC, is it?
Possiby, but remember that Microsoft bought the WEBTV company.
Doug
Daniel Barlow
Simon Brooke <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
>The Minotaur <wr...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> Any minute now somebody is going to start talking about Semiotics or
>> Foucault and I will have to kill myself.
>
>Was that a pendulum, or is there an Eco in here?
I think I recognise that name. Seems that some people rose to it, anyway.
-dan
Media Goddess
Simon Brooke wrote:
> The Minotaur <wr...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> > Oh god, no, I can't bear it. You people are doing this on purpose just to
> > upset me, I know it.
> >
> > Any minute now somebody is going to start talking about Semiotics or
> > Foucault and I will have to kill myself.
>
> Was that a pendulum, or is there an Eco in here?
>
I have two volumes of his short essays. Incredibly wonderful stuff!
-Rae
Media Goddess
David Reid wrote:
> In outpouring of consciousness known as <369EBA9D...@indiana.edu>,
> Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> spake thusly:
> >
> >As an aside, I think the filmmaker David Lynch does the same kind of thing. He
> >sits in a room and says "Ok, what weirdness can I put in my movie so people
> >will
> >think I'm deep."
> >
> Personally I find weirdness in film just makes me thing the director had
> been at the whacky baccy again, but perhaps I'm just shallow.
No, you aren't. There is depth, with meaning, and then there are posers. David
Lynch, IMHO, is poser.
-Rae
Charles Bryant
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote:
>... If, by my own personal
>definition, art is created for two reasons (to convey information of some sort,
>and to convey some sort of emotion from the creator to the viewer) then almost
>anything can be considered art, IF if falls under those specifications.
Art is that which is created for no reason. Consider industrial
design. When a product is designed, some if its features are required
because of its function (e.g. a TV needs a screen) but most of it is
completely arbitrary. The former parts are engineering: the latter art.
...
>There is some indication (or there was last time I did some serious research on
>this, about a year a half ago) that Post-Modernism is on it's way out, and the
>Next Big Thing is on it's way in. I don't believe it's even been named anything
>yet, as it's still quite new,
Phone-Modernism?
but Feminist Post-Modernism has been tossed
>around. The difference here is in the concept of cultural plundering. Elements
>from other cultures may be used, but it is important to understand where it came
>from, how it was used, and most importantly, what it's meaning is. There is a
>genuine respect there for that culture.
Then call it Contextualism or something like that.
Media Goddess
Charles Bryant wrote:
> In article <369DF51A...@indiana.edu>,
> Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote:
> >... If, by my own personal
> >definition, art is created for two reasons (to convey information of some sort,
> >and to convey some sort of emotion from the creator to the viewer) then almost
> >anything can be considered art, IF if falls under those specifications.
>
> Art is that which is created for no reason. Consider industrial
> design. When a product is designed, some if its features are required
> because of its function (e.g. a TV needs a screen) but most of it is
> completely arbitrary. The former parts are engineering: the latter art.
>
Not entirely true, though we may say so in western cultures, because we have become
specialized in job duties. In some cultures, something that was created for a
purpose, say, a clay pot to cook in, was also decorated by the creator with designs
that may say something about their last growing season, or something of that ilk.
Now, we may look at it and say, "What a pretty pot." and think it a marvelous piece
of art, and put it on our bookshelves at home, and admire it, completely ignoring
it's *function*, what it was made for. Now to us, we look at a TV and see it's
function first and foremost, though we may think that the sleek lines and color are
nice. But to someone from another culture who has never encountered a TV, they may
ingore it's function, but think it marvelously lovely, and put it on a shelf in
their house, just like we did, so they can look at it and admire it's beauty.
It's only becomes part engineering and part art because the object has become so
technologically complex that chances are, no one has the engineering skills AND the
aesthetic sense to do it all themselves. Hence, collaborative art.
-Rae
Stuart O. Bronstein
>>>There, there. Kiss it better. Look...Miss Scarlet's got it working now.
>>With any luck, Melody, Harmony and Destiny will be right along......
>
>And don't forget Rhapsody in Blue.
Rhapsody in Blue? I thought that dress belonged to Monica Lewinski!!! Do
you mean to say that Clinton was cheating on *her* too????
--
Stu (delete * from email address)
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite
you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
- Mark Twain
Sharon Pending
<mtb...@aol.commodity> writes
>x-no-archive: yes
>Shazz:
>>They were excellent at Glastonbury last year, in spite of the rain.
>
>Were you in attendance the years that the Dharmas played?
>
No, last year was my first. It won't be my last though.
Sharon Pending
Tokenism
Nick Leverton
>
>IF THIS IS A DOUBLE POST - MY APOLOGIES - THE WEBTV FROZE
Hell freezes over - film at eleven.
N.
authorised user
Sharon Pending <da...@gtex.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
Charles Bryant
Media Goddess <rdu...@indiana.edu> wrote:
>Charles Bryant wrote:
... that art is the non-functional arbitrary part of things ...
>
>Not entirely true, though we may say so in western cultures, because we have become
>specialized in job duties. In some cultures, something that was created for a
>purpose, say, a clay pot to cook in, was also decorated by the creator with designs
>that may say something about their last growing season, or something of that ilk.
>Now, we may look at it and say, "What a pretty pot." and think it a marvelous piece
>of art, and put it on our bookshelves at home, and admire it, completely ignoring
>it's *function*, what it was made for.
Exactly. To the creator the decoration was art, to us the whole pot
is. This is because we don't regard it as being functional.
>It's only becomes part engineering and part art because the object has become so
>technologically complex that chances are, no one has the engineering skills AND the
>aesthetic sense to do it all themselves. Hence, collaborative art.
I'd say that it is part art because nothing is completely arbitrary -
the artist always is restricted by practical considerations. For
example, the artistic part of designing a car is constrained by
aerodynamics, while works of art that are not intended to have any
practical function are constrained by money, construction time and
the space available to put it.
Simon Brooke
> In article <L2x0dCAq...@ways.demon.co.uk>, Steve Way
> <Stev...@ways.demon.co.uk> writes
> >In article <0AnfvIAtFsn2Ew$r...@trawley.demon.co.uk>, Steve Trawley
> ><st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
> >>There, there. Kiss it better. Look...Miss Scarlet's got it working now.
> >
> >With any luck, Melody, Harmony and Destiny will be right along......
> >
> That's a Black thought. Thereagain it could Ring the changes.
It's all a mysteron to me...
Simon, with thanks to his Research Associate.
Stuart O. Bronstein
You may have a research associate, but I have recently employed a physical
therapist.
--
Stu (delete * from email address)
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.
The second best time to plant a tree is today.
Old Chinese Proverb
Steve Trawley
<sab@*idiom.com> writes
>Simon Brooke <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>Simon, with thanks to his Research Associate.
>
>You may have a research associate, but I have recently employed a physical
>therapist.
>
I'm still as mad as ever, but my PC can now pick up a mug of cocoa with
its' left ear.
--
Loretta
Sharon Pending
Dave {Reply Address in.sig} <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> writes
>On 16 Jan 1999 23:00:07 GMT, authorised user wrote:
>
>>you are all totally sad...............................................
>>
>
>
>Dave
I think I've lost the plot a bit here. Was I supposed to be sad for
going to Glastonbury or for admitting to it? I certainly wasn't sad
while I was there - quite happy really. ;-)
Sharon Pending
Tokenism
Dan Glover
{Reply Address in.sig}" <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 01:50:57 +0000, Deltic the Locomotive wrote:
>>I guess what I was realy annoyed about was the fact that we get the Simpsons
>>on top of Neigbours, Home and Away, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, East
>>Enders, Noels House Party, the National Lottery Live, endless talk shows,
[etc]
>Have you considered disposing of your TV set? Then you won't have to
>suffer any of it.
Remind me: didn't you admit that you were likely to buy one?
Anyway, the most important control on any television is the one labelled
"off". Works for me.
Dan
--
Dan Glover (d...@dangl.demon.co.uk)
Today's Excuse:
doppler effect
Dan Glover
>>Remind me: didn't you admit that you were likely to buy one?
>Doesn't stop me disabling the tuner and only using it for watching
>videos... The licensing people haven't bothered me for almost a year
I wonder if there have been any recent cases where the defence was that
"it's not a receiver..." (ISTR a precedent was established ages ago).
Still if you have time to spare while they play their usual games...
There's a poster campaign currently running in London (prolly elsewhere
as well) which is a plain black background with the words:
There are six houses in [whatever] St, SW8 which don't have a TV licence.
I wonder if the ASA would be interested in a few complaints on the
grounds that far from being master criminals these six households just
possibly might not have a television?
Dan
--
Dan Glover (d...@dangl.demon.co.uk)
Today's Excuse:
PCMCIA slave driver
Gordon Harris
>On Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:55:11 GMT, Dan Glover wrote:
>
>>"off". Works for me.
>>
>Dave
I find I use it *every* time I watch TV.
--
Gordon
Gillian Matthews
<d...@dangl.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I wonder if there have been any recent cases where the defence was that
> "it's not a receiver..." (ISTR a precedent was established ages ago).
> Still if you have time to spare while they play their usual games...
>
> There's a poster campaign currently running in London (prolly elsewhere
> as well) which is a plain black background with the words:
>
> There are six houses in [whatever] St, SW8 which don't have a TV licence.
>
> I wonder if the ASA would be interested in a few complaints on the
> grounds that far from being master criminals these six households just
> possibly might not have a television?
I would be seriously pissed off to star in this campaign. I don't have a
licence or a telly and once a yearish they *still* write to me about it
Gill
Stuart O. Bronstein
>Stuart O. Bronstein wrote:
>>Simon Brooke <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>Simon, with thanks to his Research Associate.
>>
>>You may have a research associate, but I have recently employed a
>>physical therapist.
>>
Ah, fooled you, too, eh?
I expect to help her hook up her new iMac in about a month, after she
returns from a trip to Egypt. And if you lot don't all misbehave too
badly, she may drop in for a chat now and then.
--
Stu (delete * from email address)
"If you think you are healthy, you have not had enough tests done yet."
Dr. Marcia Angell, Executive Editor
The New England Journal of Medicine
Daniel Barlow
Gillian Matthews <gill.m...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>I would be seriously pissed off to star in this campaign. I don't have a
>licence or a telly and once a yearish they *still* write to me about it
The house I shared as a final-year student received one of those letters
addressed to "The Occupier". Not having a TV, we sent it back marked
"not known at this address"
-dan
Steve Way
<mtb...@aol.commodity> writes
>x-no-archive: yes
>Dave:
>>Have you considered disposing of your TV set? Then you won't have to
>>suffer any of it.
>
>
Is that what happens when you play a round?
--
Steve
Steve Way
<st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <L2x0dCAq...@ways.demon.co.uk>, Steve Way
><Stev...@ways.demon.co.uk> writes
>>In article <0AnfvIAtFsn2Ew$r...@trawley.demon.co.uk>, Steve Trawley
>><st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>There, there. Kiss it better. Look...Miss Scarlet's got it working now.
>>
>>With any luck, Melody, Harmony and Destiny will be right along......
>>
>That's a Black thought. Thereagain it could Ring the changes.
Are you Tolkein the piss?
--
Steve
Gordon Harris
<bdu...@crox.demon.co.uk> writes
>Simon Brooke <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>Chris Morgan <mih...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>>
>>> > Red Dwarf?
>>>
>>> Black Adder?
>>
>>Blue Peter?
>
>Yellow Submarine?
Pink Panther?
--
Gordon
Gillian Matthews
(Brian Dukes) wrote:
> >> > Red Dwarf?
> >>
> >> Black Adder?
> >
> >Blue Peter?
>
> Yellow Submarine?
Agent orange? (no that was a merkin joke)
Steve Trawley
<Stev...@ways.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <0npvGHCW...@trawley.demon.co.uk>, Steve Trawley
><st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>>In article <L2x0dCAq...@ways.demon.co.uk>, Steve Way
>><Stev...@ways.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>In article <0AnfvIAtFsn2Ew$r...@trawley.demon.co.uk>, Steve Trawley
>>><st...@trawley.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>>There, there. Kiss it better. Look...Miss Scarlet's got it working now.
>>>
>>>With any luck, Melody, Harmony and Destiny will be right along......
>>>
>>That's a Black thought. Thereagain it could Ring the changes.
>
>Are you Tolkein the piss?
>
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Loretta
Sharon Pending
No, he's Tolkein boll**ks
Sharon Pending
Tokenism
James Holtom
bdu...@crox.demon.co.uk (Brian Dukes) wrote:
> Simon Brooke <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
>
> >Chris Morgan <mih...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> >
> >> > Red Dwarf?
> >>
> >> Black Adder?
> >
> >Blue Peter?
>
> Yellow Submarine?
March of The Meanies?
Cheers
James
b...@bp.com
You shouldn't boycott us just because some pratt tries (and fails) to be
witty.
Jen - who likes working for BP Amoco but is worried about the forthcoming
"voluntary" redundancies
The Ferret <fer...@chateauferret.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<36a3b421...@news.demon.co.uk>...
> Thus spake "authorised user" <sde...@bp.com>:
> ^^
> >you are all totally sad...............................................
>
> Uh-huh. Another lowly minion of a large corporation makes sure
> ferrets never buy his employer's products again. Wonder if his boss'll
> notice?
>
>
> --
> ========== Martin C Bucknall Esq
> The Ferret 56º 7.5' N ; 3º 55.9' W
> ========== fer...@chateauferret.demon.co.uk
> * http://www.chateauferret.demon.co.uk/Ferret.html *
>
Alan Wrigley
bdu...@crox.demon.co.uk (Brian Dukes) wrote:
> Gordon Harris <Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >In article <36a6265a...@crox.demon.co.uk>, Brian Dukes
> ><bdu...@crox.demon.co.uk> writes
> >>Simon Brooke <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Chris Morgan <mih...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> > Red Dwarf?
> >>>>
> >>>> Black Adder?
> >>>
> >>>Blue Peter?
> >>
> >>Yellow Submarine?
> >
> >Pink Panther?
>
> Purple Rain
Navy Lark.
Alan
--
Alan Wrigley http://www.cybervillage.co.uk/alan/
Software engineer, photographer
Deltic the Locomotive
>x-no-archive: yes
>Steve:
>>Would that we had comedy writing to that level
>>in the UK.
>
>Red Dwarf?
>
The last series was awful, maybe Chris Barrie wanted out, but without
Rimmer, the series collapsed.
--
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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Deltic the Locomotive
<Snip brilliant explanation>
Thankyou for that, it realy made sense.
I will now attempt ask something approximating a sensible question:-
If an object is art, simply because the artist claims it to be, does it mean
that if another person proclaims the object not to be art, it is
automatically art because the second person has taken up the artists
challenge as to what is and isn't art, or do you end up in a situation where
the object concurently occupies the two states of being and not being art?
>-Rae, who can *hates* academic writing and tries to lecture in real language,
>and is currently on hiatus from her doctorate in Art Education.
>
Can you come and lecture us? We could do with a lecturer with their feet on
the ground to replace one of the current ones.
Deltic the Locomotive
>In article <369e617c...@news.u-net.com>, NF Stevens
><nor...@arcady.u-net.com> writes
>>The Minotaur <wr...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>PS James, it's Professor Yaffle, actually, and it was breadcrumbs and
>>>butterbeans.
>>
>>Yes, but was it in the study or the conservatory? and what was Colonel
>>Mustard's alibi?
>>
>He had no time to do it. He was trying to get on-line using a Mac.
Ah ha! A challenge !
Dead simple actually, install the extensions for your modem, run the
internet set up assistant. Enter the phone number of your ISP, your user
name and password and click continue.
Now open your app and when you need to go on line PPP will automatically
connect, if you have rememberd to connect your modem to the PSTN! :-)
HTH
Deltic - who has been on-line with his Mac more times than he cares to
remember.
Deltic the Locomotive
>
>MY favorite Max Von Sydow role is Ming the Merciless in "Flash Gordon."
>That Fu Manchu mustache was FABULOUS!
>
>See, I can talk about "low art" too.
>
>-Rae
>
>
So where does Manga/Japanese Anime come in the Hi/Lo art stakes?
Deltic - I will learn Japanese, I will learn Japanes, I will...oh sod,
another programming assignment just arrived. I won't have time to learn
Japanese, I....
Deltic the Locomotive
>In article <m3aezkh...@gododdin.jasmine.org.uk>, Simon Brooke
><si...@jasmine.org.uk> writes
>>The Minotaur <wr...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>> Oh god, no, I can't bear it. You people are doing this on purpose just to
>>> upset me, I know it.
>>>
>>> Any minute now somebody is going to start talking about Semiotics or
>>> Foucault and I will have to kill myself.
>>
>>Was that a pendulum, or is there an Eco in here?
>>
>>Was that a pendulum, or is there an Eco in here?
>--
>Loretta
>
>It was an echo.
@echo off
Deltic the Locomotive
stated that:
>Have you considered disposing of your TV set? Then you won't have to
>suffer any of it.
>
>
I have, but then I wouldn't be able to get some of the things that I do like
to watch. Alright, I admit to liking the dramatisations of Inspector Morse
and Poirot, and if there is an uncut version of something like Das Boot on
in German (with subtitles - sorry) I will watch that, but these things seem
to be given air time as a one off, rather than the TV companies realising
that they may need to devote say two hours a day to things that won't sell
as well in advertising (where appropiate) but would give them some viewers
of a different disposition....
Steve Trawley
<al...@cybervillage.co.uk> writes
>In message <36a5a54e...@crox.demon.co.uk>
> bdu...@crox.demon.co.uk (Brian Dukes) wrote:
>
>> Gordon Harris <Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >In article <36a6265a...@crox.demon.co.uk>, Brian Dukes
>> ><bdu...@crox.demon.co.uk> writes
>> >>Simon Brooke <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Chris Morgan <mih...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>> >>>
>> >>>> > Red Dwarf?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Black Adder?
>> >>>
>> >>>Blue Peter?
>> >>
>> >>Yellow Submarine?
>> >
>> >Pink Panther?
>>
>> Purple Rain
>
>Navy Lark.
>
--
Loretta