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Bugsy

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Feb 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/9/97
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Just like to say that I really enjoyed the screening at the NFT this morning.
Now if _ONLY_ I was going to still be in the country when they finally
screen all the episodes of both Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters when they are
screen on channel 4. If nothing else, I finally got to get a book signed
(I've missed all of Terry's visits to Australia, so was glad of the
oportunity to see him here). Thanks to the bofhs here who let it be
known that this event was on the morning after the asr meet, and hi to
the others I met...it was nice to put faces to some of the names I've
become familiar with through long time lurking around here....(eeep I've
posted now, does this mean I can no longer lurk in silence?)

Anyway, that's me for now....I may post again one day

Beck

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WECSuprGns

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Feb 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/10/97
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Speaking of which, I trust there's already a network of enterprising
AFPers in the U.K. willing to trade tapes of this -- whenever it occurs --
from off Channel 4, in exchange for cool stuff found in Merka?
Oh, come on. We must have *something* you want. Er, gangsta rap? Pez?

Merry A.

P.S. I do realize, British tapes don't work in American VCRs...there are,
as always, people who'll fix that...
Miss Merry A., Amy O'N.--"Moi, je suis going home"
wecsu...@aol.com, among others
***


Elaine Logan

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Feb 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/10/97
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Bugsy wrote

>
>Just like to say that I really enjoyed the screening at the NFT this morning.
Me too.
I wasn't too worried as I like most of CosgroveHall's stuff. As long as
you're not a 'but on line 3 of page 78 of the first paperback edition it
said it was blue' type you should really enjoy it. I didn't notice any
problems, but I haven't read it recently. I thought the opening
sequence was fab.

Oops, delurked!
Hi all.
--
MisElaineous

Martyn Clapham

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97
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In article <hyFqkKAL94$yE...@svpuscat.demon.co.uk>, Elaine Logan
<ela...@svpuscat.demon.co.uk> writes

Hi, welcome to afp.

Would you be that nice lady sat in E23?

If so, don't worry the rest of afp aren't quite as mad as that guy sat
on your left![1]

I think a few of the things I wasn't sure about were probably because I
had my own ideas of how Susan looked etc.

MartynC

[1] If you belive that ... !!!
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Terry Pratchett

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97
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In article <hyFqkKAL94$yE...@svpuscat.demon.co.uk>, Elaine Logan
<ela...@svpuscat.demon.co.uk> writes
>Bugsy wrote
>>
>>Just like to say that I really enjoyed the screening at the NFT this morning.
>Me too.
>I wasn't too worried as I like most of CosgroveHall's stuff. As long as
>you're not a 'but on line 3 of page 78 of the first paperback edition it
>said it was blue' type you should really enjoy it. I didn't notice any
>problems, but I haven't read it recently. I thought the opening
>sequence was fab.

With all these things, it's a question of profit and loss. You start
out knowing that stuff is going to get lost in the translation -- what
you have to hope is that the new medium is going to add 'replacement'
things. There's a lot I like about this version of SM -- all of the
voices, for example (especially those of Susan, Death and Ridcully, who
has exactly the right loud exasperated tone) and most of the
realisations of the characters. Maybe I've just had too many dealing
with screen people to get too excited when minor things aren't according
to the book -- as I said at the NFT, all you can hope to establish is
that the makers' hearts are in the right place; trying to look over
their shoulders all the time isn't going to result in a good production.

--
Terry Pratchett

Elaine Logan

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97
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In article <5dq45b$8...@flonk.uk.sun.com>, Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO
<Elaine....@nospam.uk.sun.com> writes

>>>Just like to say that I really enjoyed the screening at the NFT this morning.
>>Me too.
>
>... and me.

>
>>Oops, delurked!
>>Hi all.
>>--
>>MisElaineous
>
>'ang on a mo'. I thought that *I* was MisElaineous (of Misalliance).

Oh dear, I'm already a triplet due to birthdate, now I'm a clone! I
obtained the name at work and liked it. I'll add my most frequent
distinguising feature.
>
>Mind you, according to Tony Finch's list I wasn't there anyway so perhaps I
>imagined it. Perhaps Martyn Clapham (whom FTony had difficulty in identifying
>but who sat next to me) can verify that I do, in fact, exist (Hi, Martyn!).
>
>Elaine.
>---------------------------------------
>http://www.ukuug.org/~e.charlson/
>
>

--
Elaine Logan
MisElaineous the Red

Elaine Logan

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97
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In article <FZE1hAAp...@mclapham.demon.co.uk>, Martyn Clapham
<mar...@mclapham.demon.co.uk> writes

>In article <hyFqkKAL94$yE...@svpuscat.demon.co.uk>, Elaine Logan
><ela...@svpuscat.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Bugsy wrote
>>>
>>>Just like to say that I really enjoyed the screening at the NFT this morning.
>>Me too.
> I thought the opening
>>sequence was fab.
>>
>>Oops, delurked!
>>Hi all.
>
>Hi, welcome to afp.
>
>Would you be that nice lady sat in E23?
Nope, I was right at the back, we booked late.

>
>If so, don't worry the rest of afp aren't quite as mad as that guy sat
>on your left![1]
Oh yes you are!
I know all about the custard.
And the man with the explosives.

>
>I think a few of the things I wasn't sure about were probably because I
>had my own ideas of how Susan looked etc.
>
>MartynC
>
>[1] If you belive that ... !!!

--

Martyn Clapham

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97
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In article <5dq45b$8...@flonk.uk.sun.com>, Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO
<Elaine....@nospam.uk.sun.com> writes

>In article <hyFqkKAL94$yE...@svpuscat.demon.co.uk>, Elaine Logan
><ela...@svpuscat.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>Bugsy wrote
>>>
>>>Just like to say that I really enjoyed the screening at the NFT this morning.
>>Me too.
>
>... and me.
>
>>Oops, delurked!
>>Hi all.
>>--
>>MisElaineous
>
>'ang on a mo'. I thought that *I* was MisElaineous (of Misalliance).
>
>Mind you, according to Tony Finch's list I wasn't there anyway so perhaps I
>imagined it. Perhaps Martyn Clapham (whom FTony had difficulty in identifying
>but who sat next to me) can verify that I do, in fact, exist (Hi, Martyn!).
>
>Elaine.
>---------------------------------------
>http://www.ukuug.org/~e.charlson/
>
>
Aarrrrghhh!!

Apologies to the two Elaines for getting them confused, but as I didn't
get this Elaines surname it will be understood ( Won't it? Please? ).

BTW nearly every other female I meet these days semms to be called
Elaine.

My greeting to the other Elaine still stands, but of course I'm not the
person who was sat on your left.

MartynC - trying to find a rock to hide under!

Elaine Logan

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Feb 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/12/97
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In article <Lxg2rBA7...@mclapham.demon.co.uk>, Martyn Clapham
<mar...@mclapham.demon.co.uk> writes

>>Mind you, according to Tony Finch's list I wasn't there anyway so perhaps I
>>imagined it. Perhaps Martyn Clapham (whom FTony had difficulty in identifying
>>but who sat next to me) can verify that I do, in fact, exist (Hi, Martyn!).
>>
>>Elaine.
>>---------------------------------------
>>http://www.ukuug.org/~e.charlson/
>>
>>
>Aarrrrghhh!!
>
>Apologies to the two Elaines for getting them confused, but as I didn't
>get this Elaines surname it will be understood ( Won't it? Please? ).
>
>BTW nearly every other female I meet these days semms to be called
>Elaine.
When I was at school almost everyone was called Lisa, names seem to have
a tendancy to flocculate.

>
>My greeting to the other Elaine still stands, but of course I'm not the
>person who was sat on your left.
>
>MartynC - trying to find a rock to hide under!
It's OK, no rocks required. Although if you want one I'm sure I could
find one.
Granite or sandstone?

David Silberstein

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Feb 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/16/97
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In article <6aCVOIAa...@unseen.demon.co.uk>,

Terry Pratchett <tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>With all these things, it's a question of profit and loss. You start
>out knowing that stuff is going to get lost in the translation -- what
>you have to hope is that the new medium is going to add 'replacement'
>things. There's a lot I like about this version of SM -- all of the
>voices, for example (especially those of Susan, Death and Ridcully, who
>has exactly the right loud exasperated tone) and most of the
>realisations of the characters. Maybe I've just had too many dealing
>with screen people to get too excited when minor things aren't according
>to the book -- as I said at the NFT, all you can hope to establish is
>that the makers' hearts are in the right place; trying to look over
>their shoulders all the time isn't going to result in a good production.

Just be glad nobody says something like the following:

'...Roland Jaffe's "The Scarlet Letter" was indeed "freely adapted"
from Hawthorne's book - "in the same way that methane is freely
adapted from cows"' (from a "New Yorker" review of the movie)

Wish I could have seen the SM screening, but I'm continentally challenged.
Not to mention finacially challenged as well. (sigh)

--
-------
David S

Listicath

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Feb 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/17/97
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Martyn Clapham wrote:
>Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO writes

>>Elaine Logan writes:
>>>Bugsy wrote:
>>>>Just like to say that I really enjoyed the screening at the NFT this morning.
>>>Me too.
>>... and me.
>>>Oops, delurked!
>>>Hi all.
>>>--
>>>MisElaineous
>>
>>'ang on a mo'. I thought that *I* was MisElaineous (of Misalliance).
>>
>Aarrrrghhh!!

>Apologies to the two Elaines for getting them confused, but as I didn't
>get this Elaines surname it will be understood ( Won't it? Please? ).

See Elaine, you finally decide to delurk, and look what happens.
Confusion all round. How do you do it? :) Now there are lots of
MisElaineous Elaines floating around. What will we do?

(BTW Say hello to Victoria)
--

Listicath Here's to women! Would that we could fall into their
a...@dircon.co.uk arms without falling into their hands!
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Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO

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Feb 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/18/97
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In article <5eaoaa$pnt$4...@newsserver.dircon.co.uk>, a...@dircon.co.uk (Listicath) writes:
>
>See Elaine, you finally decide to delurk, and look what happens.
>Confusion all round. How do you do it? :) Now there are lots of

Oh, it just comes naturally......

>MisElaineous Elaines floating around. What will we do?

Panic?

>(BTW Say hello to Victoria)

Ok, "Hello Victoria". Who is Victoria then? or did you mean the railway station
in London?

MisElaineous of Misalliance.

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http://www.ukuug.org/~e.charlson/

Elaine Logan

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Feb 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/18/97
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In article <5ebrdi$g...@flonk.uk.sun.com>, Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO
<MisElaine...@uk.sun.com> writes

>
>In article <5eaoaa$pnt$4...@newsserver.dircon.co.uk>, a...@dircon.co.uk (Listicath)
>writes:
>>
>>See Elaine, you finally decide to delurk, and look what happens.
>>Confusion all round. How do you do it? :) Now there are lots of
>
>Oh, it just comes naturally......
>
>>MisElaineous Elaines floating around. What will we do?
>
>Panic?
>
>>(BTW Say hello to Victoria)
>
>Ok, "Hello Victoria". Who is Victoria then? or did you mean the railway
>station
>in London?
>
>MisElaineous of Misalliance.
>
No no talking to me this time! :-)

Victoria is a red head, about 20cm tall (not counting her brush),
slightly grey about the muzzle.

She says hello to everyone here, but I'll have to be message relay as
she can't manage the keybord with her paws.

Tony Finch

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MisElaine...@uk.sun.com (Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO) wrote:
>
>MisElaineous of Misalliance.

The fragrant honeysuckle spirals clockwise to the sun, and many other
creepers do the same; but some climb anti-clockwise -- the bindweed
does, for one (or convolvulus, to give her proper name). ...

FTony.
--
(40x^3 - 204x^2 + 326x + 504) / 6

Robin Armstrong

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In article <5edlgu$q...@dex.trin.cam.ac.uk>, Tony Finch <fa...@lspace.org> wrote:

>MisElaine...@uk.sun.com (Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO) wrote:
>>
>>MisElaineous of Misalliance.
>
>The fragrant honeysuckle spirals clockwise to the sun, and many other
>creepers do the same; but some climb anti-clockwise -- the bindweed
>does, for one (or convolvulus, to give her proper name). ...

Said the left handed bindweed to the right handed honeysuckle;
Oh, let us be .............

Finish it and attribs????

--
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ro...@broughtonhigh.edin.sch.uk | or Stamp Collecting
Head of Physics | -- Lord Rutherford
Broughton High School, Edinburgh |

Victoria Martin

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On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Elaine Logan wrote:

> In article <5ebrdi$g...@flonk.uk.sun.com>, Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO
> <MisElaine...@uk.sun.com> writes
> >
> >In article <5eaoaa$pnt$4...@newsserver.dircon.co.uk>, a...@dircon.co.uk (Listicath)
> >writes:
> >>
> >

> >>(BTW Say hello to Victoria)
> >
> >Ok, "Hello Victoria". Who is Victoria then? or did you mean the railway
> >station
> >in London?
> >
>

> Victoria is a red head, about 20cm tall (not counting her brush),
> slightly grey about the muzzle.


Ah, not me then. That had me slightly worried, for a moment.

Victoria (not the one with the brush)

Victoria Martin

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On 19 Feb 1997, Tony Finch wrote:

>
> The fragrant honeysuckle spirals clockwise to the sun, and many other
> creepers do the same; but some climb anti-clockwise -- the bindweed
> does, for one (or convolvulus, to give her proper name). ...
>

Toooooooo the honeysuckle's parents
It came as a shock,
"The bindweeds," they said "are inferior stock,
They're uncultivated, of breeding bereft,
We twine to the right and they twine to the left".

Classic, absolutely classic.

Victoria

Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO

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In article <robin-19029...@ak060.du.pipex.com>, ro...@broughtonhigh.edin.sch.uk (Robin Armstrong) writes:
>In article <5edlgu$q...@dex.trin.cam.ac.uk>, Tony Finch <fa...@lspace.org> wrote:
>
>>MisElaine...@uk.sun.com (Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO) wrote:
>>>
>>>MisElaineous of Misalliance.
>>
>>The fragrant honeysuckle spirals clockwise to the sun, and many other
>>creepers do the same; but some climb anti-clockwise -- the bindweed
>>does, for one (or convolvulus, to give her proper name). ...
>
>Said the left handed bindweed to the right handed honeysuckle;
>Oh, let us be .............
>
>Finish it and attribs????

Ah, an easy one since Misalliance is named after this song by Flanders and Swann
(At the drop of a hat - 1960 Parlophone PCS 3001; recorded during a performance
at the Fortune Theatre, London on 2nd May, 1959).

The words are at home though and all I can think of are the lines that go:
"Oh, let us start saving, Many a mickle makes a muckle" and
"Left, right, what a disgrace, or they may grow straight up
and fall flat on their face".

The ending is so sad that it always makes me snivel quietly......

MisElaineous of Misalliance.

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http://www.ukuug.org/~e.charlson/


Peter J. I. Ellis

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Feb 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/19/97
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Robin Armstrong wrote;

>
> Said the left handed bindweed to the right handed honeysuckle;
> Oh, let us be .............
>
> Finish it and attribs????
>

If this qualifies for a ppoint on *this* ng I'll be very very
surprised...

Said the right handed honeysuckle to the left handed bindweed,
"Oh, let us get married, if our parents don't mind -- we'd
Be loving and inseperable, inextricably entwined -- we'd
Live happily ever after" said the honeysuckle to the bindweed.

or perhaps you wanted the bit that went;

Said the left handed bindweed to the right handed honeysuckle,
"We'd better start saving -- many a mickle mak's a muckle.
We'll run away for a honeymoon and hope that our luck'll
Take a change for the better" said the bindweed to the honeysuckle.

Anyway, it's "Misalliance" by Flanders and Swann.

Prepare for a cascade of replies, since I think almost every afper
knows this song -- this thread will inevitably repeat itself in time.
Current periodicity is about 3 months (unless it repeated while I was
away over Christmas...)

Love, Peter

"Right, Left, what a disgrace!
Or it may go straight up and fall flat on its face..."

PS Just for a bit of controversy here, I'm going to stick my neck out
and say that IMAO F&S are *far* superior to Tom Lehrer and (at least on
this side of the pond) got here *first*!


Tony Finch

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"Peter J. I. Ellis" <pj...@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>Robin Armstrong wrote;

>>
>> Finish it and attribs????
>
>If this qualifies for a ppoint on *this* ng I'll be very very
>surprised...

This is why I didn't ask for one in the first place. (The principle
reason I have the CDs is AFP.)

I dunno, people offering ppoints on my behalf...

(Rooted on either side of the door, one of each species grew, and
raced towards the widow ledge above: each corkscrewed to the lintel in
the only way it knew, where they stopped, touched tendrils, smiled,
and fell in love. Ahh.)

>Said the left handed bindweed to the right handed honeysuckle,

Said the anticlockwise bindweed to the clockwise honeysuckle

>"We'd better start saving -- many a mickle mak's a muckle.
>We'll run away for a honeymoon and hope that our luck'll

Then ....

>Take a change for the better" said the bindweed to the honeysuckle.

^^^^^^
turn

>Anyway, it's "Misalliance" by Flanders and Swann.

The title being the reason I started this thread, sigh.

>PS Just for a bit of controversy here, I'm going to stick my neck out
>and say that IMAO F&S are *far* superior to Tom Lehrer and (at least on
>this side of the pond) got here *first*!

I think I'm suffering from a Lehrer deficiency.

The Bellman of Ankh

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Victoria Martin <sann...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> wrote in article
<Pine.OSF.3.91.970219...@ermine.ox.ac.uk>...

So, bad hair days have a greater significance for you than for rest of
us brush-owners then?


--
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Founder Member and President for Life, New Members Welcome
The Bellman of Ankh, j...@burnis01.airtime.co.uk afpurity 56%
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Victoria Martin

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On 20 Feb 1997, The Bellman of Ankh wrote:

[snip attributions - can't work 'em all out]

> > > Victoria is a red head, about 20cm tall (not counting her brush),
> > > slightly grey about the muzzle.
> > Ah, not me then. That had me slightly worried, for a moment.
> > Victoria (not the one with the brush)
>
> So, bad hair days have a greater significance for you than for rest of
> us brush-owners then?

Bad hair *day*? I have a bad hair *life*. Or I did until Wednesday when
in the interests of theatrical verisimilitude (I'm playing Mephisto in a
university production next week) I had most my flowing curls chopped off and
dyed black.
Suddenly I realise what hair brushes are for, they can actually transform
a tangled mass (or rather a tangled couple of inches now) into a
respectable, well-kempt head of hair. but it has been rather a wrench to
my self-image, and a friend's daughter said, on seeing me for the first
time, "You've got a new head".

Victoria


Listicath

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Elaine Logan <ela...@svpuscat.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Elaine Charlson - Sun ENO> <MisElaine...@uk.sun.com> writes
>>a...@dircon.co.uk (Listicath) writes:

>>>(BTW Say hello to Victoria)

>>Ok, "Hello Victoria". Who is Victoria then? or did you mean the railway
>>station in London?

>No no talking to me this time! :-)

>Victoria is a red head, about 20cm tall (not counting her brush),
>slightly grey about the muzzle.

>She says hello to everyone here, but I'll have to be message relay as
>she can't manage the keybord with her paws.

I'm waiting to see what happens if she meets Mr Fox. Is she on the
look out for a toy boy?

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