*F* Oxford 1.0 report
Darrell Ottery
And it came to pass that on the evening of August 3rd 1996 a small
horde (hordette?) of afpers descended upon the centre of Oxford and
proceeded to cause the traditional amounts of havoc.
But our story begins a little earlier that same evening. Suffering from
intense traffic I was late in collecting Simes from Wokingham, and a mad
dash up the A34 ensued to attempt to get to Oxford station where a
pre-meet was to be held, the purpose of which being to collect enough
afpers together in one place to be able to descend upon the pub en
masse.
The trip itself was fairly uneventful, bar for a brief incident with a
Volvo. We were amazed to see an indicator actually being used correctly,
and I suppose that this meant that the use of mirrors was considered
very optional. Anyway, I digress.
Arriving at the station at about 7pm, the three of us - myself, Simes,
and Martin, who I'd also given a lift to, hung about waiting for Kat
(Knight, not the One True Kat) to turn up. A few minutes passed before
the orange t-shirt of Kat's SO was noticed, and we headed over to meet
the pair of them.
Declaring the meet so far quorate, a few introductions were made, some
chocolate things inspected, and then our very own merchant adventurer
Stephen 'CMOT' Briggs turned up.
Shortly after this, just to add to the confusion, Rob the Ergonomist and
the One True Kat showed up, followed swiftly by Mike 'the moderate'
Knell and Nick, a friend.
When it was made public that the only reason we were still hanging
around the station was to wait for Bjorn to arrive it was decided that
the word of the evening was *not* to be Iceland...
At this point some photos of mine were waved around, mainly to point out
other afpers to Kat (not the One True). Hmmm - this is going to get
confusing so for the purposes of this report I shall refer to the two
Kats as TOTK and !TOTK. The few photos I took at the con were also
perused, albeit briefly.
A move to the pub was suggested and indeed acted upon, with Stephen
leading the way, a brief pause being in order so that Mike could collect
more chocolate things from his car en route.
Upon entering the pub, and not requiring the sack for Plan B to smuggle
!TOTK in, several tables were seized and drinks ordered. TOTK was
somewhat suprised to find that she was owed a pint from yhn, as
mentioned in a previous post - she had brought along photos from the
con. See what you miss if you don't stay awake? :)
And whilst I was at the bar trying to remember the drinks order,
glancing back at the table in an attempt to jog my memory, TFC appeared,
having come in from the garden (more a bunch of tables on a flat piece
of ground, really) around the back, and dragged everyone else off. This
didn't make task any easier, but I managed everyone *else's* oreder just
fine. A return trip secured a drink for myself.
At some point in the drinks-ordering phase a couple of others turned up
- Tim Arnot (I think, yes?) - one of Stephen's crowd of actors at any
rate, and a lurker - one Claire-Louise Ruffle IIRC. I never did find
out.
Once out the back it was found that a similar number of afpers were
already present, the total being some number greater than 20, making
this almost as large a meet as last week's Ealing 3.141592654. Not a bad
turnout at all.
And in no particular order the meet involved myself, Stephen Briggs, Tim
Arnot, Martin O'Nions, Simon 'Simes' Brown, Kat Knight, Kat's SO - Matt
(not Bob) Hoskins, Mike Knell and his friend Nick, Alan and Colette,
Victoria Martin plus husband and youngster, TOT Kat, Rob the Ergonomist,
Rob Collier, Richard Kettlewell and Pingpong the Beeblebear, Bjorn,
FTony, and Claire-Louise. I don't think I've left anyone out, but no
doubt if I have someone will point this out...
And the meet proceeded much as any other, really. Bits that I can recall
include:
A small abp splinter group formed - I don't know what they were
discussing.
A beta test version of the Official 100 question Afpurity test wandered
around, which I'll post in full very shortly. This spawned purity test
discussions at which point Kat tried to shock me. It didn't work, but
then she was being nice to me. This might have been merely due to the
supply of chocolate that was provided.
Alan, myself, Rob Collier and Martin were talking about a.b.r-r, and the
pronounciation of the great Hugo Rune's surname. It was about at this
point that some avian decided to show it's appreciation and Rob's head
suffered. Photographs were taken.
Rob TE and I plotted a Bristol meet at some future point, potentially
September some time. More of this in a future thread.
TOTK and !TOTK had something of a fight to decide the true owner of the
title. The weapons for this little war were determined to be cameras,
and I believe it was resolved reasonably amicably, the net result being
TOTK was to be referred to as Kat, and the pretender to the throne as
Kitten. I'm just glad that neither of them chose to go round and mark
the territory as their own...
Stephen demanded that all present turn up to his production of The Life
of Brian in December, and a call for more actors was also placed. That
plug OK? :) *I'll* be along for sure, but I'll speak to you about that
later.
Victoria brutalised everyone present into taking parts for a production
of Wired Sisters to be performed at the megameet next year. Wired
Sisters, since it is going to be the first play rehearsed over the
net.
This led to yhn being cast as Wxrthltl-jwlpklz. Obvious choice really, I
guess... Others that I recall being cast were TFC as Granny Weatherwax,
Kat as Magrat, having decided that a fifteen year kiss with Rob Collier
as the Fool was a great prospect, Kitten as Magrat as well, Rob TE as
the Fool as well - geez this gets confusing! Some substantial rehearsing
of this important scene ensued. Oh, and photos were taken. >:)
A group wandered off to their own corner and discussed IP addresses and
other such things. I missed that conversation entirely.
Many photo collections were passed around and comment made. A good one
of Mike was selected for the Rogues' Gallery. We saw a great need. >:)
It was determined that the quickest way to get a message to Claire [*&)]
was to post to news. Or at least, the quickest way to get a response.
Mark Lowes was spared a phone call to check soething in the dafptabank
for us, if only because Oxford is an Orange-free zone.
I'm sure an awful lot more went on and no doubt someone will fill in the
gaps. I seem to have spent most of my time moving from group to group
and not having much in the way of conversations. I think it's something
to do with a critical mass of afpers triggering convention 'headless
chicken' mode myself.
And then at the demand of a lot of hungry people we trekked off to
Burger King, where they didn't have any crowns, but did have the very
odd tray inserts.
Apologies to anyone who spoke to me - I'm suprised my voice lasted as
long as it did - it's now pretty much gone.
And to round things off in a traditional manner, a few memorable quotes:
"I've been fingering your interesting ports." - Rob Collier to Mike.
"No, that's too bony." - Kat, after sitting on the frumious Kettlewell's
lap...
"It's everything I could have wanted... in public." - Kitten to yhn,
after being asked her thoughts on her first meet.
"Moosehead - good beer, and an experience for the moose too." - I don't
remember the source of this one. Anyone like to claim it? I think it
came about after a discussion of I**land.
--
Darrell There must be something in the blood we share,
[INTJ] Fermented over centuries, or something in the air,
Our mood is scenery / It won't stop bruising me,
I've had enough of grey skies raining tears.
Addams family Thing dies - wrists in peace.
Kitten
Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Darrell Ottery
<Dar...@lspace.org>, scribed for our perusal...
<some of Darrell's very accurate-as-far-as-I-can-remember account
snipped>
>TOTK and !TOTK had something of a fight to decide the true owner of the
>title. The weapons for this little war were determined to be cameras,
>and I believe it was resolved reasonably amicably, the net result being
>TOTK was to be referred to as Kat, and the pretender to the throne as
>Kitten. I'm just glad that neither of them chose to go round and mark
>the territory as their own...
>
I take this opportunity to point out that, for the purpose of afp
solely, I shall be known as Kitten (although still retaining "Kat
Knight" in my sig). However, if anyone calls me Kitten to my face IRL,
they shall receive claw marks :)
>Stephen demanded that all present turn up to his production of The Life
>of Brian in December, and a call for more actors was also placed. That
>plug OK? :) *I'll* be along for sure, but I'll speak to you about that
>later.
>
I'm definitely going too, as is my SO (I'll try to make sure that he
doesn't wear his orange T-shirt).
<more snipped>
>
>And to round things off in a traditional manner, a few memorable quotes:
>
>"I've been fingering your interesting ports." - Rob Collier to Mike.
>
>"No, that's too bony." - Kat, after sitting on the frumious Kettlewell's
>lap...
>
>"It's everything I could have wanted... in public." - Kitten to yhn,
>after being asked her thoughts on her first meet.
>
>"Moosehead - good beer, and an experience for the moose too." - I don't
>remember the source of this one. Anyone like to claim it? I think it
>came about after a discussion of I**land.
>
The only other one I can remember is:
"I feel hot, and kind of tingly." - Claire-Louise, discussing how she
felt after being "Bjorned". Hmm...
I shall say now that I thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone last night.
Kat isn't _nearly_ as nasty as she'd have everyone believe (*grin*,
that's as close as I come to a compliment). In fact, she was extremely
nice. Rob (TE) and I appear to be engaged now, although I'm not sure how
Matt feels about that. I only really had the opportunity to admire CMOT
Briggs from a distance, but I can say that it's _true_, he _is_ swave
and rather dashing. And Darrell is lovely :) I didn't get a chance to
have proper conversations with everybody, so I'll apologise for that
now. Another Oxford meet will have to happen some time in the future, as
there were several people were couldn't make it to this one (and maybe
next time they'll have crowns in Burger King).
--
Kat Knight
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Simon Brown
Quoth Darrell Ottery:
> And it came to pass that on the evening of August 3rd 1996 a small
> horde (hordette?) of afpers descended upon the centre of Oxford and
> proceeded to cause the traditional amounts of havoc.
As is also traditional I've waited for someone else to do a proper report
so I can just add bits as I think of them. Those that I can remember,
anyway.
Things That Were Done:
TOTK, myself and Mike Kn^H^H discussing the merits of Orange phones and
bemoaning the lack of coverage. TOTK, posessing only an mr20, was
subjected to scorn from we Nokia owners. Yes, this is sad.
The theme from PlayAway was sung. Twice. Once by Mike, with myself joining
in, and again by me, with TOTK joining in.
Evil Chocolate Things were consumed.
As previously mentioned, Victoria signed *everyone* up for the play - even
me. This is by way of being miraculous.
Quotes:
"You've just been Bjorned. How do you feel?"
"Kind of tingly." - Myself and Claire-Louise.
"I'll put you down as a rude mechanical." - Victoria, to me.
I know there were more, but my memory is playing its usual game with me
and I can't think of them. But, as my first non-convention meet, it was
great fun.
--
Simon Brown BF <si...@amdev.demon.co.uk> / Freelance cynic and beard-wearer
[INFP] http://www.amdev.demon.co.uk/ / Mankind's last best hope for pizza.
"You've got to find a reason, something sacred to believe in."
"Show torn ammo bins."
Tony Finch
In article <839157...@lspace.org>,
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
>
> And to round things off in a traditional manner, a few memorable quotes:
And a few more from my corner of the meet:
Somebody: Victoria is younger, more beautiful, and more married than I
expected.
Victoria (to FTony): I can handle you in the car on the way back.
Richard (to Kat): They touched on you in some detail.
Victoria: Any adult who asks to hug someone else's teddy bear in
public deserves to find out that it has three arms.
Victoria (regarding Terry): I prefer my authors dead.
Other events included some random passer-by asking about a puzzle from
the Discworld game, me completely failing to shock Kat (unsurprising
when you consider that I'm twice as pure, sigh), beer and poor
memories.
Many thanks to Victoria for providing the most unpleasant,
uncomfortable, and breakfast-free crash space ever.
FTony (wondering whether that's enough to keep our secret safe from
invading hoards of afpers).
--
Aaaargh! I am struck down by the curse of the inverted credit card!
Mr B F Bjornsson
Tony Finch writes:
>Somebody: Victoria is younger, more beautiful, and more married than I
>expected.
Wasn't me, but could have been. Apart from the last bit, from the
'we' clues in the crash-space discussions.
>Many thanks to Victoria for providing the most unpleasant,
>uncomfortable, and breakfast-free crash space ever.
Oh, utterly seconded, I don't know what I was THINKING of in
my earlier post (from strathclyde, don't get too confused) when
I actually THANKED V&W for being good hosts.
The cats were nice, though.[1]
>FTony (wondering whether that's enough to keep our secret safe from
>invading hoards of afpers).
Hopefully.
Bjorn
[1] I *said* Cats[2]. Gawaine and Launcelot, IIRC.
[2] But, yes, the Kats are nice too.
Pingpong the Bears
Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>Victoria: Any adult who asks to hug someone else's teddy bear in
>public deserves to find out that it has three arms.
...but given that they'd already noticed the two heads, why were the
three arms such a shock?
*shrugs complicatedly*
- Pingpong the Bears
Richard Kettlewell
Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
>>And to round things off in a traditional manner, a few memorable
>>quotes:
>
>And a few more from my corner of the meet:
>
>Somebody: Victoria is younger, more beautiful, and more married than
>I expected.
*ahem* You know _exactly_ who said that, Mr Finch.
>Other events included [...] me completely failing to shock Kat
>(unsurprising when you consider that I'm twice as pure, sigh),
Just lend her the right book...
>Many thanks to Victoria for providing the most unpleasant,
>uncomfortable, and breakfast-free crash space ever.
Err, seconded.
>FTony (wondering whether that's enough to keep our secret safe from
>invading hoards of afpers).
Hope so l-)
--
Richard Kettlewell ric...@greenend.org.uk ric...@elmail.co.uk
http://www.elmail.co.uk/staff/richard/
Nick Caulfield
..followed swiftly by Mike 'the moderate'
> Knell and Nick, a friend.
>
for quite long enough), I think it's time for an identity of my own
thank you! after all, I have been in the Warwick 1.0 photos in L-space
for ages now.
Victoria talked me into agreeing to be both Hwel and the fool (on
acount of my limited ability to juggle).
Did Mike the moderate mention his navigation skills almost taking
us north rather than south on the M40?
Terry Pratchett
In article <4u3h5o$1...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk "Tony Finch" writes:
>
> Victoria (regarding Terry): I prefer my authors dead.
>
Why does this not amaze me at all?
Terry
Darrell Ottery
In article <xtnXRBAx...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>
K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk "Kitten" writes:
> Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Darrell Ottery
> <Dar...@lspace.org>, scribed for our perusal...
> I take this opportunity to point out that, for the purpose of afp
> solely, I shall be known as Kitten (although still retaining "Kat
> Knight" in my sig). However, if anyone calls me Kitten to my face IRL,
> they shall receive claw marks :)
Makes it all kinda worthwhile then. ;)
> >Stephen demanded that all present turn up to his production of The Life
> >of Brian in December, and a call for more actors was also placed. That
> >plug OK? :) *I'll* be along for sure, but I'll speak to you about that
> >later.
> >
> I'm definitely going too, as is my SO (I'll try to make sure that he
> doesn't wear his orange T-shirt).
I would expect that some sort of lift arrangement can be fixed up nearer
the time, if required.
> Rob (TE) and I appear to be engaged now, although I'm not sure how
> Matt feels about that.
Eh? What? I missed this entirely. Did a proposal happen and I missed it?
> And Darrell is lovely :)
Oh great! D'you know how long it takes to build up a reputation round
here?
> Another Oxford meet will have to happen some time in the future, as
> there were several people were couldn't make it to this one (and maybe
> next time they'll have crowns in Burger King).
Seconded. Without a doubt. But for a first effort, it wasn't *too*
bad...
--
Darrell There must be something in the blood we share,
[INTJ] Fermented over centuries, or something in the air,
Our mood is scenery / It won't stop bruising me,
I've had enough of grey skies raining tears.
Curiosity? Nah. I got *that* cat with a lawnmower.
Richard Kettlewell
...right, some time to do a proper write-up at last.
Arriving in Oxfrod FTony and I immediately agreed that the first thing
we should do was eat pizza; this done we made our way to the pub to
find Alan, TFC and Rob Collier already there. Victoria and family
arrived shortly afterwards and asked if the empty chairs at our tables
were free, before having the bright idea of asking us if we were AFP.
After some discussion we moved outside, with all the obvious
advantages for those too young to enter pubs. Numerous other AFPers
arrived soon afterwards, overflowing the tables we'd malloced; someone
then had the cunning idea of rearranging four tables to provide the
same amount of seating space as the two we already had, something
which I still haven't quite figured out. I suppose it did make the
evening quite cosy.
Victoria, clearly a SMOF in the making, spent much of the evening
persuading people that they wanted to play parts in the play of Wyrd
Sisters. As with most of the fannish things I've been volunteered
for, I forgot to say `no' and now run a serious risk of becoming
Tomjon for a bit. I shall have to practice my declamation.
Now, after that it begins to get a bit hazy... Let me see...
There was chocolate with coffee beans in. That was nice, though a bit
rich on top of all the pizza. There was a guy who just wandered up to
us and wanted help with the Discworld game. There was the girl who
wanted to know if Pingpong really had two heads; once she knew this it
really seems quite odd that the discovery that he had three arms was
so worrying. (I mean, he's got _two heads_. Why on earth would
anyone expect him to have the normal number of arms?)
There was a discussion of matters BOFHish; personally I'm too busy
supporting customers to put much time into reading ASR. Such is life.
There was the drive with FTony and Bjorn back to Victoria's, which as
has been said is well worth avoiding; you should let those of us
who've experienced it nobly suffer the terrible privations involved.
There was no breakfast, and it didn't include some rather nice
mushrooms, and there weren't three adorable cats ... hmm, I'm not
sounding very plausible here, am I? Many thanks to Victoria, Wolfgang
and Rebecca. And the cats.
A good meet.
Simon Brown
Quoth Darrell Ottery:
> In article <xtnXRBAx...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>
> K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk "Kitten" writes:
> > >Stephen demanded that all present turn up to his production of The Life
> > >of Brian in December, and a call for more actors was also placed. That
> > >plug OK? :) *I'll* be along for sure, but I'll speak to you about that
> > >later.
> > >
> > I'm definitely going too, as is my SO (I'll try to make sure that he
> > doesn't wear his orange T-shirt).
>
> I would expect that some sort of lift arrangement can be fixed up nearer
> the time, if required.
If I were to go, which I'd like to do, I may need to speak with you on
this. It depends if a couple of friends of mine here (who are my more
usual lift-providers :) can be persuaded to go or not...
> > Rob (TE) and I appear to be engaged now, although I'm not sure how
> > Matt feels about that.
>
> Eh? What? I missed this entirely. Did a proposal happen and I missed it?
Dammit. Always in the wrong place at the wrong time. I must've been over
talking ports and news servers in the other corner.
> > And Darrell is lovely :)
>
> Oh great! D'you know how long it takes to build up a reputation round
> here?
Darrell. You brought *chocolate*. All else is secondary.
> > Another Oxford meet will have to happen some time in the future, as
> > there were several people were couldn't make it to this one (and maybe
> > next time they'll have crowns in Burger King).
>
> Seconded. Without a doubt. But for a first effort, it wasn't *too*
> bad...
Nope. My congrats to the Kitten on a splendid first effort.
--
Simon Brown BF <si...@amdev.demon.co.uk> / Freelance cynic and beard-wearer
[INFP] http://www.amdev.demon.co.uk/ / Mankind's last best hope for pizza.
"Dig my grave."
Richard Kettlewell
>>Victoria (regarding Terry): I prefer my authors dead.
>
>Why does this not amaze me at all?
The assassin from the Milk Marketing Board should be along in a day or
so.
(Actually, one advantage of dead authors is that they don't go and
write another book just when you'd finally caught up with them. Well,
unless they're Isaac Asimov, of course.)
Mark Lowes
On Sun, 04 Aug 96 11:17:00 GMT, in <839157...@lspace.org>
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote.....
[....]
>Mark Lowes was spared a phone call to check soething in the dafptabank
>for us, if only because Oxford is an Orange-free zone.
A lucky escape, maybe it's time to change the number :)
--
Mark <ham...@lspace.org> http://www.flyhmstr.demon.co.uk/
The Elendor MUSH Shire Home Page http://www.flyhmstr.demon.co.uk/shire/
The Flying Hamster Listserver : list...@flyhmstr.demon.co.uk
The Magic of Windows: Turns a 486 into a XT.
Mark Lowes
On Mon, 05 Aug 96 00:13:46 GMT, in <839204...@lspace.org>
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote.....[...]
>> And Darrell is lovely :)
>
>Oh great! D'you know how long it takes to build up a reputation round
>here?
<Snigger> So forget Bitter&Twisted, howabout Fluff...@lspace.org as your
new address >:)
Mark
>Curiosity? Nah. I got *that* cat with a lawnmower.
ROFL :)
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The Elendor MUSH Shire Home Page http://www.flyhmstr.demon.co.uk/shire/
The Flying Hamster Listserver : list...@flyhmstr.demon.co.uk
Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.
Kitten
Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Darrell Ottery
<Dar...@lspace.org>, scribed for our perusal...
>
>> Matt feels about that.
>Eh? What? I missed this entirely. Did a proposal happen and I missed it?
>
>> And Darrell is lovely :)
>Oh great! D'you know how long it takes to build up a reputation round
>here?
>
Yep. It wasn't a compliment or anything, I just wanted to bring your
world crashing down, destroying your life, your reputation, ruining the
respect that everyone has for you...
>> Another Oxford meet will have to happen some time in the future, as
>> there were several people were couldn't make it to this one (and maybe
>> next time they'll have crowns in Burger King).
>Seconded. Without a doubt. But for a first effort, it wasn't *too*
>bad...
>
*grin*, well thank you. I'm still impressed that I managed to organise
my very own meet. It gives me this kind of warm glow inside...[1]
--
Kat Knight
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[1] No, I'm not pissed. Honestly. Or stoned. No, _really_.
Roger Barnett
In article: <839233...@unseen.demon.co.uk> Terry Pratchett
<Ter...@unseen.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> In article <4u3h5o$1...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
> fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk "Tony Finch" writes:
>
> >
> > Victoria (regarding Terry): I prefer my authors dead.
> >
> Why does this not amaze me at all?
Live authors are *so* inconvenient
( cue scene in cinema queue from Annie Hall )
--
Roger Barnett
Mark Lowes
On Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:19:01 +0100, in <6TRPLEAl...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>
Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote.....
[...]
>*grin*, well thank you. I'm still impressed that I managed to organise
>my very own meet. It gives me this kind of warm glow inside...[1]
Just remember, first it's posting to afp, then organising meets, before you
know it you'll be writing for Lspace and running conventions >:)
>[1] No, I'm not pissed. Honestly. Or stoned. No, _really_.
You will be
Mark
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The Flying Hamster Listserver : list...@flyhmstr.demon.co.uk
Hospitality:
Making your guests feel at home, even though you wish they were.
Kitten
Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Mark Lowes
<Ham...@lspace.org>, scribed for our perusal...
>
>On Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:19:01 +0100, in <6TRPLEAl...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>
> Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote.....
>[...]
>>*grin*, well thank you. I'm still impressed that I managed to organise
>>my very own meet. It gives me this kind of warm glow inside...[1]
>Just remember, first it's posting to afp, then organising meets, before you
>know it you'll be writing for Lspace and running conventions >:)
>
what did I just say? No, I deny everything, wait a minute (FX: *bangs
head against wall*)...
NO CARRIER
--
Kat Knight
mailto: K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk
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"Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet,
With needles in their jaws and feet" - Pam Brown
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You have been warned. And we're talking _majorly_ sharp needles here.
Victoria Martin
On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Terry Pratchett wrote:
> In article <4u3h5o$1...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
> fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk "Tony Finch" writes:
>
> >
> > Victoria (regarding Terry): I prefer my authors dead.
> >
> Why does this not amaze me at all?
>
Ohshitohshitohshitohshit - I suppose I can't plead mitigating context?
No, I thought not. If I'd realised the guy perched on Richard
Kettlewell's lap was quietly chronicling people's remarks in order to relay
them to all and sundry I'd have been a lot more careful. And now my
credibility is completely shot - this is right up there with Bjorn's
suggestion that next time Terry posts totally and utterly demolishing one
of my theories, I should just killfile him.
Victoria
Bjorn.Bjornsson
Victoria Martin <sann...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> writes:
->On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Terry Pratchett wrote:
->
->> In article <4u3h5o$1...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
->> fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk "Tony Finch" writes:
->>
->> >
->> > Victoria (regarding Terry): I prefer my authors dead.
->> >
->> Why does this not amaze me at all?
->>
->Ohshitohshitohshitohshit - I suppose I can't plead mitigating context?
->No, I thought not. If I'd realised the guy perched on Richard
->Kettlewell's lap was quietly chronicling people's remarks in order to relay
Ah, there speaks a true meet virgin...
>credibility is completely shot - this is right up there with Bjorn's
>suggestion that next time Terry posts totally and utterly demolishing one
>of my theories, I should just killfile him.
Quackquackquack...
Bjorn
(who is very chuffed at being 'verbed'[1])
[1] Would someone post an exact definition of:
bjorn (v):
Victoria Martin
On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Darrell Ottery wrote:
>
> Victoria brutalised everyone present into taking parts for a production
> of Wired Sisters to be performed at the megameet next year. Wired
> Sisters, since it is going to be the first play rehearsed over the
> net.
>
Many thanks to Stephen for making a call for actors for this production
as well as his own, thus ensuring people were far more receptive to my
blandishments than would otherwise have been the case. The following have
been cajoled, bribed or bullied into taking part - but please note that
most of them said they wouldn't be able to if the mega-meet was in
Holland, so PLEASE can we have it in the UK:
Alan The Bellingman and Colette kindly agreed to play Nanny Ogg and
Granny Weatherwax for the highly demanding Flying Round Lancre scene, to
be performed without stunt doubles; if they were willing to do the
Summoning the Demon scene as well, that would be great.
Rob Collier and TOT Kat are playing the Fool and Magrat in the steamily
erotic Fifteen Year Kiss scene (now that Rob the Ergonomist has shown
them how to do it properly). If Kat were willing to play Magrat in the
Demon scene as well, we would have a full set of actors for that
particular bit, as
Darrell Ottery immediately grabbed the part of the Demon for himself.
Rob the ergonomsit and I are liasing about an appropriate part for him
after the astonishing display of his acting ability - what about Felmet
during the Confession scene, Rob?
Tim Arnot nobly offered to play the late King Verence but was unable to
provide a crown, despite having been in the Briggs production of WS.
However, he was able to suggest a satisfactory alternative.
Bjorn agreed to take on the challenging role of Duke Felmet in at least
one scene and obliged with a demonstration of his manic giggling skills.
Richard Kettlewell of the astonishingly youthful appearance bowed to
popular demand and will be appearing as Tomjohn.
Kitten and SO Matt will be playing Magrat and the Dungeon Door, when
Magrat gets the vital juices of a dessicated piece of wood flowing again, in
another scene of hitherto unsuspected erotic potantial.Judging by
Saturday's performance, the two of them should have no difficulty with this.
Nick Caulfield signed up for Hwel but was badgered into doing the Fool in
his first scene on the totally irrelevant grounds that he can juggle (and
therefore might also possess a stripy hat with bells on it).
Louise the Lurker graciously agreed to take on the part of Duchess
Felmet, although it would be difficult to find anyone less like the
hard-faced old battleaxe described in the Forward to the text.
Simon Brown and Martin O'Nions did their best to resist but finally
agreed to be Rude Mechanicals (if they *had* to).
We still need additional Grannys and Nannys, as well as sundry Players,
Sergeants, Townsfolk etc., so would interested parties please e-mail me.
I shall be going away for three weeks as of this afternoon, so if you
don't get a reply straight away, don't worry. You could still have
Laurence Olivier's bottom in your knapsack.
Victoria
PS Would the person who left his underpants in my spare bedroom like them
back?
Kat
>horde (hordette?) of afpers descended upon the centre of Oxford and
>proceeded to cause the traditional amounts of havoc.
>Shortly after this, just to add to the confusion, Rob the Ergonomist and
>the One True Kat showed up, followed swiftly by Mike 'the moderate'
>Knell and Nick, a friend.
Erm. Time warp! I was sure that Mike an' Nick were there before I
was. Anyway, 'snot important is it.
>When it was made public that the only reason we were still hanging
>around the station was to wait for Bjorn to arrive it was decided that
>the word of the evening was *not* to be Iceland...
Heh heh heh. And the likelihood of an quorate Icelandic meet was discussed.
Mostly by Bjorn and Bjorn, with Bjorn.
>A move to the pub was suggested and indeed acted upon, with Stephen
>leading the way, a brief pause being in order so that Mike could collect
>more chocolate things from his car en route.
Mmmm. The chocolate things. Darrell's chocolate things surprised me
no end. I wasn't told that they had crunchy bits in them so it was
a total shock to bite into what looked like a harmless, yet gorgeous,
soft chunk of lightly chilled choccie, only to bite down on a couple
of coffee bens in the middle. They were awfully nice actually, even
to a non-coffee-drinker like me. It was just a shock that they were
crunchy.
>Upon entering the pub, and not requiring the sack for Plan B to smuggle
>!TOTK in, several tables were seized and drinks ordered. TOTK was
>somewhat suprised to find that she was owed a pint from yhn, as
>mentioned in a previous post - she had brought along photos from the
>con. See what you miss if you don't stay awake? :)
I was awake. Honest guv'.
>And whilst I was at the bar trying to remember the drinks order,
>glancing back at the table in an attempt to jog my memory, TFC appeared,
>having come in from the garden (more a bunch of tables on a flat piece
>of ground, really) around the back, and dragged everyone else off. This
>didn't make task any easier, but I managed everyone *else's* oreder just
>fine. A return trip secured a drink for myself.
Aw! Poor thing. You should have _said_ summat.
>At some point in the drinks-ordering phase a couple of others turned up
>- Tim Arnot (I think, yes?) - one of Stephen's crowd of actors at any
>rate, and a lurker - one Claire-Louise Ruffle IIRC. I never did find
>out.
Find out what one wonders?
>Once out the back it was found that a similar number of afpers were
>already present, the total being some number greater than 20, making
>this almost as large a meet as last week's Ealing 3.141592654. Not a bad
>turnout at all.
Mmm. We managed to secure as many tables as we required to seat the 20
or so people at the meet, but then stuck them in a square so that
people sat on the benches in the middle, thus halving the usable
seating so people ended up standing anyway. Just shows what a really
clever lot we are :-) It managed to piss off a few of the other people
at the pub who wanted somewhere to sit anyway.
>A beta test version of the Official 100 question Afpurity test wandered
>around, which I'll post in full very shortly. This spawned purity test
>discussions at which point Kat tried to shock me.
Did I? I don't rememb... oh yes. I just told you my latest purity score,
that's all.
> It didn't work, but
>then she was being nice to me. This might have been merely due to the
>supply of chocolate that was provided.
Mmm, 'twas yummy chocolate.
>TOTK and !TOTK had something of a fight to decide the true owner of the
>title.
Aw come on! Hardly a contest really, I had to win by the fact that I'm
significantly older if nothing else.
> The weapons for this little war were determined to be cameras,
>and I believe it was resolved reasonably amicably, the net result being
>TOTK was to be referred to as Kat, and the pretender to the throne as
>Kitten. I'm just glad that neither of them chose to go round and mark
>the territory as their own...
Oh I don't know. I sat on Richard's knee, manhandled Pingpong... *censored*
*censored* *censored*... Surely that counts as terretorial behaviour?
>Victoria brutalised everyone present into taking parts for a production
>of Wired Sisters to be performed at the megameet next year. Wired
>Sisters, since it is going to be the first play rehearsed over the
>net.
*giggle* Sounds like fun. Any ideas on how it's going to work? Victoria?
>This led to yhn being cast as Wxrthltl-jwlpklz. Obvious choice really, I
>guess... Others that I recall being cast were TFC as Granny Weatherwax,
>Kat as Magrat, having decided that a fifteen year kiss with Rob Collier
>as the Fool was a great prospect,
Well, I was approached and asked if I would be Magrat for a scene. I
said yes. I was then told it involved a kiss and asked who, out of the people
present at the meet, would I not mind kissing... a list was given.
> Kitten as Magrat as well, Rob TE as
>the Fool as well - geez this gets confusing! Some substantial rehearsing
>of this important scene ensued. Oh, and photos were taken. >:)
Ohyes. We Have Photos.
>A group wandered off to their own corner and discussed IP addresses and
>other such things. I missed that conversation entirely.
Urgle! Too much geeking was done.
>And then at the demand of a lot of hungry people we trekked off to
>Burger King,
Eventually. After much heavy hinting and shouting out of 'foooood'!
> where they didn't have any crowns, but did have the very
>odd tray inserts.
They did? _I_ didn't get on *sulk*
(The One True) Kat
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Kat
In article <xtnXRBAx...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>,
Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Darrell Ottery
><Dar...@lspace.org>, scribed for our perusal...
><some of Darrell's very accurate-as-far-as-I-can-remember account
>snipped>
>>title. The weapons for this little war were determined to be cameras,
>>and I believe it was resolved reasonably amicably, the net result being
>>TOTK was to be referred to as Kat, and the pretender to the throne as
>>Kitten. I'm just glad that neither of them chose to go round and mark
>>the territory as their own...
>solely, I shall be known as Kitten (although still retaining "Kat
>Knight" in my sig). However, if anyone calls me Kitten to my face IRL,
>they shall receive claw marks :)
I shall refrain from saying "Oooh _please_!" Oh bugger, I've done it now.
Bugger. Bugger bugger.
>>Stephen demanded that all present turn up to his production of The Life
>>of Brian in December, and a call for more actors was also placed. That
>>plug OK? :) *I'll* be along for sure, but I'll speak to you about that
>>later.
>I'm definitely going too, as is my SO (I'll try to make sure that he
>doesn't wear his orange T-shirt).
<AOL>Me too!</AOL>
><more snipped>
>>And to round things off in a traditional manner, a few memorable quotes:
>>"I've been fingering your interesting ports." - Rob Collier to Mike.
I missed that one.
>I shall say now that I thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone last night.
>Kat isn't _nearly_ as nasty as she'd have everyone believe (*grin*,
>that's as close as I come to a compliment).
Yes I am. I'm terrifying. (Come _on_. I have 1st years to deal with next
year. Can't have them thinking I'm nice and approachable. They may
stumble across news and read this sort of thing.)
> In fact, she was extremely nice.
Nope. I'm horrible. Nasty. Evil.
> Rob (TE) and I appear to be engaged now, although I'm not sure how
>Matt feels about that.
I missed this bit too. When did that happen?
> I only really had the opportunity to admire CMOT
>Briggs from a distance, but I can say that it's _true_, he _is_ swave
>and rather dashing.
And has he been on holiday somewhere hot since the con? Looking
rather brown and healthy to me.
> And Darrell is lovely :)
Yes. A real sweetie.
Kat
In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.960806...@ermine.ox.ac.uk>,
Victoria Martin <sann...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Darrell Ottery wrote:
>>
>Rob Collier and TOT Kat are playing the Fool and Magrat in the steamily
>erotic Fifteen Year Kiss scene (now that Rob the Ergonomist has shown
>them how to do it properly). If Kat were willing to play Magrat in the
>Demon scene as well, we would have a full set of actors for that
>particular bit, as
>
>Darrell Ottery immediately grabbed the part of the Demon for himself.
Erm. Sorry for the ignorance, but what happens in the demon scene?
>Rob the ergonomsit and I are liasing about an appropriate part for him
>after the astonishing display of his acting ability - what about Felmet
>during the Confession scene, Rob?
Mmmm, twas a revelation.
>Bjorn agreed to take on the challenging role of Duke Felmet in at least
>one scene and obliged with a demonstration of his manic giggling skills.
Extremely manic.
>Richard Kettlewell of the astonishingly youthful appearance bowed to
>popular demand and will be appearing as Tomjohn.
Marvellous. I was unaware of this.
>PS Would the person who left his underpants in my spare bedroom like them
>back?
*giggle*
Neil
Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
> >
> > Somebody: Victoria is younger, more beautiful, and more married than
> > I expected.
>
> *ahem* You know _exactly_ who said that, Mr Finch.
>
Still, given "Sex & the Scientists" last night, all is not lost...
--
Q. How many WebMasters does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. 200 OK
Kitten
Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Simon Brown
<si...@amdev.demon.co.uk>, scribed for our perusal...
>> > Rob (TE) and I appear to be engaged now, although I'm not sure how
>> > Matt feels about that.
>talking ports and news servers in the other corner.
>
proposal. Your ears obviously just weren't tuned finely enough for the
words "Will you marry me". Tsk, tsk, tsk...
>
> But for a first effort, it wasn't *too*
>> bad...
>
Dick Eney
In article <4u8mvr$m...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>In article <4u5lmf$1...@sfere.elmail.co.uk>,>Significant Member Of Family?
>Slightly Mangled On Freeway?
>Sentient Mind Or Fallacy?
>
>FTony.
Secret Master Of Fandom (in this case, PTerry fandom)
=Tamar
me, SMOF? No, that fellow over there, _he_'s the SMOF, I just hang around
here...
Darrell Ottery
> In article <xtnXRBAx...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>,
> Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Darrell Ottery
> ><Dar...@lspace.org>, scribed for our perusal...
>
> >>Stephen demanded that all present turn up to his production of The Life
> >>of Brian in December, and a call for more actors was also placed. That
> >>plug OK? :) *I'll* be along for sure, but I'll speak to you about that
> >>later.
> >I'm definitely going too, as is my SO (I'll try to make sure that he
> >doesn't wear his orange T-shirt).
>
> <AOL>Me too!</AOL>
You're going to make sure Kitten's SO doesn't wear his orange T-shirt?
Hmmm...
See you there, I guess?
> >Kat isn't _nearly_ as nasty as she'd have everyone believe (*grin*,
> >that's as close as I come to a compliment).
>
> Yes I am. I'm terrifying. (Come _on_. I have 1st years to deal with next
> year. Can't have them thinking I'm nice and approachable. They may
> stumble across news and read this sort of thing.)
Yup. I'll agree. Kat is really fearsome, and more than capable of
reducing even the bravest of us to jelly. Better? And if any of your
first years want convincing, let me know...
> > In fact, she was extremely nice.
>
> Nope. I'm horrible. Nasty. Evil.
Foul, unpleasant, sick and depraved. But hey, aren't we all?
> > And Darrell is lovely :)
>
> Yes. A real sweetie.
Oi! And after I've been defending your reputation too. *sigh* I don't
know - spend ages developing a reputation for being bitter and twisted
(tm) and it gets torn apart by a pair of Kats.
--
Darrell There must be something in the blood we share,
[INTJ] Fermented over centuries, or something in the air,
Our mood is scenery / It won't stop bruising me,
I've had enough of grey skies raining tears.
Remember - once you pull the pin, Mr Grenade is no longer your friend.
Tony Finch
In article <4u5lmf$1...@sfere.elmail.co.uk>,
Richard Kettlewell <ric...@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Victoria, clearly a SMOF in the making,
Significant Member Of Family?
Slightly Mangled On Freeway?
Sentient Mind Or Fallacy?
FTony.
--
Aaaargh! I am struck down by the curse of the inverted credit card!
Robert (Oracle-AU) Bagnall
In article <3207bfd...@news.ftech.net> ma...@monark.ftech.co.uk writes:
>X-No-Archive: Yes
>
(...)
>>TF Victoria (regarding Terry): I prefer my authors dead.
>
(...)
>Maybe we should add something to the FAQ:
>
>"Terry's still alive, and by all accounts he plans to stay that way
>for as long as possible regardless of certain readers' preferences
>regarding the state of animation of their authors"
>
Strange... just the other day I was wondering about Terry's state
of being.
The last time I had a fav author sign a book was Frank Herbert signing
a copy of Dune, and about a year after that he died.
At the DWCon, I had FoC and Mask. signed by Terry.
I'm hoping to see if this author dying-after-signing-my-book is
just a one off, or if a pattern is going to start forming.
rob.
---
Robert Bagnall | "Cor, that looked just like a negative
rbag...@be.oracle.com | reality inversion."
Pingpong the Bears
Richard Kettlewell <ric...@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>Kat <n...@ic.ac.uk> wrote:
>>Oh I don't know. I sat on Richard's knee, manhandled Pingpong...
>>*censored* *censored* *censored*... Surely that counts as
>>terretorial behaviour?
>
>You get territorial with Pingpong and I assure you that you will
>regret it...
Don't listen to him, you can manhandle me any time you like.
- Pingpong
Mark Lowes
On Tue, 06 Aug 96 23:56:49 GMT, in <839375...@lspace.org>
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote.....[rend]
>> > And Darrell is lovely :)
>>
>> Yes. A real sweetie.
>
>Oi! And after I've been defending your reputation too. *sigh* I don't
>know - spend ages developing a reputation for being bitter and twisted
>(tm) and it gets torn apart by a pair of Kats.
<chuckles> You're loosing this battle, the truth is finally out there,
Darrell is a really kind and fluffy person really and not at all B&T.
Hmm, time to run like hell i think :)
--
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The Flying Hamster Listserver : list...@flyhmstr.demon.co.uk
I can see clearly now, the brain is gone...
Richard Kettlewell
>Oh I don't know. I sat on Richard's knee, manhandled Pingpong... *censored*
>*censored* *censored*... Surely that counts as terretorial behaviour?
You get territorial with Pingpong and I assure you that you will
regret it...
>Urgle! Too much geeking was done.
Ain't no such thing.
Richard Kettlewell
Kat <n...@ic.ac.uk> wrote:
>Victoria Martin <sann...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>>Darrell Ottery immediately grabbed the part of the Demon for himself.
>
>Erm. Sorry for the ignorance, but what happens in the demon scene?
`Run along now...'
l-)
>>Richard Kettlewell of the astonishingly youthful appearance bowed to
>>popular demand and will be appearing as Tomjohn.
>
>Marvellous. I was unaware of this.
Look, really, I'm not particularly old ... actually this wasn't the
first time someone have claimed I looked younger than they expected.
>>PS Would the person who left his underpants in my spare bedroom like
>>them back?
>
>*giggle*
Nowt to do with me. I know exactly where all my underpants are.
Darrell Ottery
In article <4u7dch$o...@rockall.cc.strath.ac.uk>
hbp9...@ccsun.strath.ac.uk " Bjorn.Bjornsson" writes:
> Bjorn
> (who is very chuffed at being 'verbed'[1])
>
> [1] Would someone post an exact definition of:
> bjorn (v):
Not exactly relevant, but has anyone else noted the reverse annotation
in the text of the DW Map about a certain Lars Larsnephew?
>>:)
--
Darrell There must be something in the blood we share,
[INTJ] Fermented over centuries, or something in the air,
Our mood is scenery / It won't stop bruising me,
I've had enough of grey skies raining tears.
We're making progress. Things are getting worse at a slower rate.
Franko Franicevich
In article <4u8oon$5...@access1.digex.net>, dick...@access1.digex.net
(Dick Eney) wrote:
> In article <4u8mvr$m...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
> Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> >In article <4u5lmf$1...@sfere.elmail.co.uk>,
> >Richard Kettlewell <ric...@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> Victoria, clearly a SMOF in the making,
> >
> >Significant Member Of Family?
> >Slightly Mangled On Freeway?
> >Sentient Mind Or Fallacy?
> >
> >FTony.
>
> Secret Master Of Fandom (in this case, PTerry fandom)
>
> =Tamar
> me, SMOF? No, that fellow over there, _he_'s the SMOF, I just hang around
> here...
Papa SMOF?
ahem....
--
Franko Franicevich, http://www.tripod.com/~SilverMage
Email: ffr...@cs.auckland.ac.nz
Ricky Walker
In article <4uaimm$o...@sfere.elmail.co.uk>
ric...@greenend.org.uk "Richard Kettlewell" writes:
> Kat <n...@ic.ac.uk> wrote:
> >Victoria Martin <sann...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
[bits cut ruthlessly]
> Nowt to do with me. I know exactly where all my underpants are.
Do you ever get that where you put a pair of underpants in the drier,
and only get one underpant back?
--
Ricky Walker
Joann L Dominik
Murky B (ma...@monark.ftech.co.uk) wrote:
: "Drall gave Zathros list of things not to say. This was one.
: No. Not good, not supposed to mention one, or The one, or...
: ...You never heard that."
: <Zathros returns, B5, War without end (part 1)>
"Zathrus used to hard work. Zathrus have very sad life. Probably have
very sad death too. But, at least there is symmetry."
He has another one, something along the lines of "No no. Plenty of Time.
Time is infinite. You are finite. Zathrus is finite. This...is not right
either."
Zathrus is one of the best characters around. I swear Terry had a hand in
his dialogue. Nobody else writes bit parts that well!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
The Very Intelligent Pig
http://www.cloudnet.com/~jldomini "Weird. Wasteful. It's a Web Page."
I am Spoggles; hear me roar. "There's a secret society? No one told me."
"My name is Sam and I'm a really suspicious bastard." _Feet of Clay_
Tony Finch
In article <4u48lo$g...@sfere.elmail.co.uk>,
Richard Kettlewell <ric...@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> >Somebody: Victoria is younger, more beautiful, and more married than
> >I expected.
>
> *ahem* You know _exactly_ who said that, Mr Finch.
Uh, yes, sorry. Failure to keep good records there.
Michael Ashton
>> >> Victoria, clearly a SMOF in the making,
>> >
>> >Significant Member Of Family?
>> >Slightly Mangled On Freeway?
>> >Sentient Mind Or Fallacy?
>> >
>> >FTony.
>>
>> Secret Master Of Fandom (in this case, PTerry fandom)
>>
>> =Tamar
>> me, SMOF? No, that fellow over there, _he_'s the SMOF, I just hang around
>> here...
>Papa SMOF?
Nicole?
--
Demon's unscalable news system fails: article expiry times down to two days.
Darrell Ottery
In article <08071996...@hamster.lspace.org>
Ham...@flyhmstr.demon.co.uk "Mark Lowes" writes:
> <chuckles> You're loosing this battle, the truth is finally out there,
> Darrell is a really kind and fluffy person really and not at all B&T.
No. It's not true. I'm a complete ba*d, and generally not nice to know.
At all. *Really*
> Hmm, time to run like hell i think :)
Nowhere near fast enough, Lowes. However, a suitable contribution to the
Bitter&Twisted Chocolate Apprecation Fund might only mean that your
knees are broken and not just simply removed...
--
Darrell There must be something in the blood we share,
[INTJ] Fermented over centuries, or something in the air,
Our mood is scenery / It won't stop bruising me,
I've had enough of grey skies raining tears.
Imagination is the foundation of reality.
Richard Kettlewell
Ricky Walker <ri...@walley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>ric...@greenend.org.uk (Richard Kettlewell) wrote:
>>Nowt to do with me. I know exactly where all my underpants are.
>
>Do you ever get that where you put a pair of underpants in the drier,
>and only get one underpant back?
No. Have you?
(Why am I having this conversation?)
Random Companion
In article <4udppf$d...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk>, Michael Ashton
<mi...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk> writes
>In <ffra001-0808...@uglc5.cs.auckland.ac.nz> ffr...@cs.auckland.ac.nz
>(Franko Franicevich) writes:
>
>>> >> Victoria, clearly a SMOF in the making,
>>> >
>>> >Significant Member Of Family?
>>> >Slightly Mangled On Freeway?
>>> >Sentient Mind Or Fallacy?
>>> >
>>> >FTony.
>>>
>>> Secret Master Of Fandom (in this case, PTerry fandom)
>>>
>>> =Tamar
>>> me, SMOF? No, that fellow over there, _he_'s the SMOF, I just hang around
>>> here...
>
>>Papa SMOF?
>
>Nicole?
OUt on the pull again?
No, now gerrof Nicole, because that's mine. Captain Nicole Picard,
U.S.S. Renault.
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Random Companion
Afpurity 31%
Mark Lowes
On Fri, 09 Aug 96 00:58:59 GMT, in <839552...@lspace.org>
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote.....
>In article <08071996...@hamster.lspace.org>
> Ham...@flyhmstr.demon.co.uk "Mark Lowes" writes:
>
>> <chuckles> You're loosing this battle, the truth is finally out there,
>> Darrell is a really kind and fluffy person really and not at all B&T.
>
>No. It's not true. I'm a complete ba*d, and generally not nice to know.
>At all. *Really*
He's also kind to animals, gives lots of money to charity and helps roads
over old women. A *really* nice guy, oh and his hair isn't that bad either
>:)
>> Hmm, time to run like hell i think :)
>
>Nowhere near fast enough, Lowes. However, a suitable contribution to the
>Bitter&Twisted Chocolate Apprecation Fund might only mean that your
>knees are broken and not just simply removed...
Just try it Fluffy!
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Adam Jones
On Fri, 9 Aug 1996 17:58:31 +0100, Random Companion is alleged to have written:
>In article <4udppf$d...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk>, Michael Ashton
><mi...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk> writes
>>In <ffra001-0808...@uglc5.cs.auckland.ac.nz> ffr...@cs.auckland.ac.nz
>>(Franko Franicevich) writes:
>>
>>>> >> Victoria, clearly a SMOF in the making,
>>>> >
>>>> >Significant Member Of Family?
>>>> >Slightly Mangled On Freeway?
>>>> >Sentient Mind Or Fallacy?
>>>> >
>>>> >FTony.
>>>>
>>>> Secret Master Of Fandom (in this case, PTerry fandom)
>>>>
>>>> =Tamar
>>>> me, SMOF? No, that fellow over there, _he_'s the SMOF, I just hang around
>>>> here...
>>
>>>Papa SMOF?
>>
>>Nicole?
>
>OUt on the pull again?
>
targe^H^H^H^H^H car round a red light zone at night? Guess who he
meets... (no prizes)
PAPA?
NICOLE!!
Adam Jones - Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk
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Russian Social Democrats, is being
put into power by the most heinous
and evil force in the 20th century.
Mulder : Barney? -E.B.E., 1X1
Ricky Walker
In article <4ue2k5$b...@sfere.elmail.co.uk>
ric...@greenend.org.uk "Richard Kettlewell" writes:
> Ricky Walker <ri...@walley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >ric...@greenend.org.uk (Richard Kettlewell) wrote:
>
> >>Nowt to do with me. I know exactly where all my underpants are.
> >
> >Do you ever get that where you put a pair of underpants in the drier,
> >and only get one underpant back?
>
> No. Have you?
Must be just me then.
> (Why am I having this conversation?)
Dunno. (Why am I replying?)
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Ricky Walker