*F* Oxfrod meet - Kitten's thoughts
Kitten
I've no doubt that by now some-one else will have posted the 'official'
Oxfrod report, but as it made such an impression on me I thought I'd
better post a few intriguing bits and bobs. So, random memories...
Squeezing four people into the back of Mike's car _can_ be done, and is
really fun (no, really), especially when Mike's whizzing round twisty
rural lanes and then tells us that he can't actually see the side
mirrors. I got my first taste of TMBG thanks to Mike's collection of
car-music (along with an all too generous amount of singing-along,
_thank_ you Mike and Simes) so I'll be rushing off to buy _Flood_ as
soon as I've gathered the money together.
The Damerell's hair lived up to all expectation.
I _think_ I remember FTony asking me whether I'd wear leather and fish-
net tights, which concerns me slightly when I start to think about it...
Thomas's excuse for being late was that he'd had to install his new
printer, *sigh*.
A worrying number of people were begging to try on my collar when I
brought it out (black leather, with one inch spikes, only brought with
me because Darrell asked me to ;). The Damerell in particular, IIRC...
Bryan decided to be dashing and bought roses for every female in the
group from a passing rose-seller. Everyone except Victoria, that is, who
wouldn't accept hers (she'll accept no roses from _anyone_ apparently,
regardless of gender _or_ strangeness).
Adrian's a tart (self-confessed).
Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
forgive him this. There were a few moments of devastation towards the
end of the evening when it appeared that Mr Fox had disappeared, but
happily him and Darrell were re-united not long after.
Ydris and Nettie seemed to be becoming rather well aquainted throughout
the evening...
BSL Simes _insisted_ upon unnerving me throughout the night by _looking_
at me [1]. The fiend ;)
There were far too many people that I didn't get a chance to speak to at
all, and other's that I didn't talk to enough, so I'll apologise for
that now. AFAICR Rob was busy accumulating all the quotes on his Psion,
so I'll leave that area of the report to him. Many thanks and
congratulations to LNR for organising the meet, and may another
successful one happen soon.
--
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K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk * With needles in their jaws and feet."
http://www.cat-basket.org/kat/ * You have been warned. And we're talking
Condensed sig to please Damerell. * _majorly_ sharp needles here.
[1] Oh, alright, it was the fact that he had a camera that I was objecting
to.
Tony Finch
Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I _think_ I remember FTony asking me whether I'd wear leather and fish-
> net tights, which concerns me slightly when I start to think about it...
I can only excercise so much retraint when faced with a woman in a
studded leather collar.
Some quotes:
"Just because tongues were involved doesn't mean it was snogging"
-- The Damerell, of kissing Emmet.
"I don't intend to move to Utah to marry 30 different people."
-- The Damerell
"Danté: is he some kind of 15th century Judith Chalmers, or what?"
-- Bryan
"I don't give a shit, and if I do, they ain't tasting it."
-- Bryan
FTony.
Nettie
Kitten wrote:
> Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
> forgive him this. There were a few moments of devastation towards the
> end of the evening when it appeared that Mr Fox had disappeared, but
> happily him and Darrell were re-united not long after.I'd just like to apologise to Darrell for that, but I was occupied
elsewhere when they were all shouting for him...
>
> Ydris and Nettie seemed to be becoming rather well aquainted throughout
> the evening...I was drunk, alright? And he was drunker. I think. My memory isn't
working too well at the moment...
Nettie
Emily Down
In article <YowfKEAe...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>, Kitten
<URL:mailto:K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Thomas's excuse for being late was that he'd had to install his new
> printer, *sigh*.
Tee-Hee...he moaned at me a bit afterwards cos he said that he was
dragged off just when he was about to get it working!
> A worrying number of people were begging to try on my collar when I
> brought it out (black leather, with one inch spikes, only brought with
> me because Darrell asked me to ;). The Damerell in particular, IIRC...
Kitten! It was yours? I'm shocked! :-) <giggle>
> Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
> forgive him this. There were a few moments of devastation towards the
> end of the evening when it appeared that Mr Fox had disappeared, but
> happily him and Darrell were re-united not long after.
Thank goodness...I should hate to lose any of my husbands, but especially
one who I've only just married and who is probably the second cuddliest
of the ones I've met. I should watch out if I were you Kitten...that
Fox gets around ( as demonstrated by the fact he married me as well ).
> BSL Simes _insisted_ upon unnerving me throughout the night by _looking_
> at me [1]. The fiend ;)
I'm sorry to say this, but he really didn't strike me as being particularly
big, scary *or* looming...
-- Lunie
Ydris
In article <327E50...@elsevier.co.uk>, Nettie
<a.stew...@elsevier.co.uk> writes:
>Subject: Re: *F* Oxfrod meet - Kitten's thoughts
>From: Nettie <a.stew...@elsevier.co.uk>
>Date:Mon, 04 Nov 1996 12:21:39 -0800
>
>Kitten wrote:
>
>> Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
>> forgive him this. There were a few moments of devastation towards the
>> end of the evening when it appeared that Mr Fox had disappeared, but
>> happily him and Darrell were re-united not long after.I'd just like to
>apologise to Darrell for that, but I was occupied
>elsewhere when they were all shouting for him...
>>
>> Ydris and Nettie seemed to be becoming rather well aquainted throughout
>> the evening...I was drunk, alright? And he was drunker. I think. My
memory
>isn't
>working too well at the moment...
>Nettie
>
Hmmm should I take that as a compliment? Look, is it my fault
they sold Old Speckled Hen AND had a bar only feet from where
we were sitting?
I vote bryan for funniest 3/4 dead person in LNRs room, even if
he did keep steeling the blanket.
Ydris
He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old,
although no one knew where he kept it.
-- The Life and Times of Corporal Nobbs
(Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms)
Darrell Ottery
>Squeezing four people into the back of Mike's car _can_ be done, and is
>really fun (no, really),
Seconded...
>especially when Mike's whizzing round twisty
>rural lanes and then tells us that he can't actually see the side
>mirrors.
That just made it more enjoyable, AFAIK.
>A worrying number of people were begging to try on my collar when I
>brought it out (black leather, with one inch spikes, only brought with
>me because Darrell asked me to ;).
But it does so suit you. Maybe I'll get to see it again at some point -
next week perhaps?
>The Damerell in particular, IIRC...
It figures. (Hi, you two!)
>Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
>forgive him this.
Don't! He's just after one thing. I have no control over him at all.
>There were a few moments of devastation towards the
>end of the evening when it appeared that Mr Fox had disappeared, but
>happily him and Darrell were re-united not long after.
Yes, the tart had wandered off with Nettie. See what I mean?
> Many thanks and
>congratulations to LNR for organising the meet, and may another
>successful one happen soon.
Agreed - another good evening. Now, just where did I put that life of
mine?
--
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Quick! Act as if nothing has happened!
Matthew Bloch
In article <YowfKEAe...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>
Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Thomas's excuse for being late was that he'd had to install his new
> printer, *sigh*.
Yes, we *did* have to send an advance party to drag him from his room
;-)
> A worrying number of people were begging to try on my collar when I
> brought it out (black leather, with one inch spikes, only brought with
> me because Darrell asked me to ;). The Damerell in particular, IIRC...
Damn, only had it for 20 minutes and I didn't persuade Thomas to try it!
Where d'ya get it, or do you have to go into the Private Shop on the
Cowley Road? Evil-bastard chocolate things were nice, and I would have
voted for Thomas' if I'd had the chance ;-)
> Bryan decided to be dashing and bought roses for every female in the
> group from a passing rose-seller. Everyone except Victoria, that is,
> who wouldn't accept hers (she'll accept no roses from _anyone_
> apparently, regardless of gender _or_ strangeness).
Bah! I offered chocolate, and did Lunie have any, did she, hmm?! Me
cry.
--
Matthew http://homepages.enterprise.net/mattbee
'What do you get when you fall in love?
A girl with a pin to burst your bubble,
That's what you get for all your trouble...'
Simon Brown
Quoth Kitten:
> I've no doubt that by now some-one else will have posted the 'official'
> Oxfrod report, but as it made such an impression on me I thought I'd
> better post a few intriguing bits and bobs. So, random memories...
Mine are somewhat too random to recall a great deal, apart from the cries
of "Too many! Too many!" as the number of attendees swelled to an
overwhelming 31 individuals. A record, I believe.
> Squeezing four people into the back of Mike's car _can_ be done, and is
> really fun (no, really),
Yes, I recall your knees digging into my back. Not that I'm complaining,
as I got the front seat both there and back :)
> especially when Mike's whizzing round twisty
> rural lanes and then tells us that he can't actually see the side
> mirrors. I got my first taste of TMBG thanks to Mike's collection of
> car-music (along with an all too generous amount of singing-along,
> _thank_ you Mike and Simes)
No-one complained (except Darrell, but he always does) so I'll assume that
my singing wasn't too atrocious. Either that or everyone was stunned that
I had the audacity to subject them to such a noise. Feel free to tell me
which was which, I have broad shoulders...
> so I'll be rushing off to buy _Flood_ as soon as I've gathered the money
> together.
Wise choice. Next time you're in the Wokingham area, remind me and I'll
let you hear some of the others, what with owning all of them (except
"Miscellaneous T" which is, I believe, en route, and "Factory Showroom"
which isn't out in the UK yet, AFAIK). If you ask me nicely I may even
lend 'em to you.
> The Damerell's hair lived up to all expectation.
It normally does.
> I _think_ I remember FTony asking me whether I'd wear leather and fish-
> net tights, which concerns me slightly when I start to think about it...
I'm trying not to think about it. The collar was *quite* sufficient.
> Thomas's excuse for being late was that he'd had to install his new
> printer, *sigh*.
People need to get their priorities straight (including leaving bottles
out in plain sight of the bar staff, *sigh*)
> Bryan decided to be dashing and bought roses for every female in the
> group from a passing rose-seller. Everyone except Victoria, that is, who
> wouldn't accept hers (she'll accept no roses from _anyone_ apparently,
> regardless of gender _or_ strangeness).
Hmm. If roses have been specifically ruled out, that leaves only the other
several thousand types of fauna. This could take a while.
> Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
> forgive him this. There were a few moments of devastation towards the
> end of the evening when it appeared that Mr Fox had disappeared, but
> happily him and Darrell were re-united not long after.
And then he paid for my food, although he did steal my fiver to do so.
(Mr Fox, that is, not Darrell.)
> BSL Simes _insisted_ upon unnerving me throughout the night by _looking_
> at me [1]. The fiend ;)
That's me. Sinister bloke, and so forth. Woooooooo.
> There were far too many people that I didn't get a chance to speak to at
> all, and other's that I didn't talk to enough, so I'll apologise for
> that now. AFAICR Rob was busy accumulating all the quotes on his Psion,
> so I'll leave that area of the report to him. Many thanks and
> congratulations to LNR for organising the meet, and may another
> successful one happen soon.
Seconded, although I think perhaps that fewer people would be better? Or
we'll have to start, I don't know, organising function rooms and things...
> [1] Oh, alright, it was the fact that he had a camera that I was objecting
> to.
And I gotcha, too. Get the prints back tomorrow, so anyone who doesn't
want to find their likeness gracing my web pages had better start coming
up with some good bribes - OTOH, if Rob comes up with some better ones
they may end up on L-Space too...
Simes "too many ellipses" Brown
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"Aircraft hangars!"
LNR
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
><K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>>A worrying number of people were begging to try on my collar when I
>>brought it out (black leather, with one inch spikes, only brought with
>>me because Darrell asked me to ;).
>
>next week perhaps?
I thought it looked rather good on Mr Fox meself...
>>The Damerell in particular, IIRC...
>It figures. (Hi, you two!)
Hmm, now which other erpson could Darrell be referring to here <innocent look>
>>Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
>>forgive him this.
>Don't! He's just after one thing. I have no control over him at all.
<grin> I noticed... And Kitten, Mr Fox *is* a tart.. he didn't even propose to
me :-)
>> Many thanks and
>>congratulations to LNR for organising the meet, and may another
>>successful one happen soon.
Just so long as I have nothing to do with *organising* it!
>Agreed - another good evening. Now, just where did I put that life of
>mine?
Well, I'm glad you all had fun! I did too Bryan notwithstanding
(notwithlyinginthebog?) <grin> Actually you did me a favour there Bryan as
David got to go off and talk about some stuff with Sarah and the entertaining
sight of seeing you try and stand up in the morning made it all worthwhile:-)
btw the *reallY* evil chocolate things (I mean the super caffeinated ones not
the garlic ones) were *wonderful*! (bounce, bounce)
love n hugs
LNR
xxx
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In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.961104...@ermine.ox.ac.uk>,
Victoria Martin <sann...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Kitten wrote:
>
> >
> > Bryan decided to be dashing and bought roses for every female in the
> > group from a passing rose-seller. Everyone except Victoria, that is, who
> > wouldn't accept hers
>
> At great physical risk to myself, I might add. I had no idea refusing
> roses could inspire such aggression.
>
> > (she'll accept no roses from _anyone_
> >apparently, > regardless of gender _or_ strangeness).
> >
> A principle I shall be sticking to all the more firmly in future.
> My suspicions about AFP and roses having been more than confirmed.
>
Ah gee, Victoria!
This about ruins my plans to send you a transatlantic[1] proposal!
Well, at this stage, our relationship should remain plutonic.[2]
These meets sound so fun, the folks around here don't seem to be getting
into the act, (eh, Glinda?). Well off to stir up more trouble...Anyone
know of a florist near Victoria?
[1] Or transpacific depending how this is routed through the internet.
[2] Or is that plate-tectonic?
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Kitten
Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Emily Down <lunie@h-
dean.demon.co.uk>, scribed for our perusal...><URL:mailto:K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
<snippetty snip snip>
> I should watch out if I were you Kitten...that
>Fox gets around ( as demonstrated by the fact he married me as well ).
>
You got _married_ to him eh? A whole wedding ceremony? 'Cor :) I was
only engaged to him. ISTR getting a bit upset, now that I come to think
of it, because when I proposed back he lost the ring :(
>> BSL Simes _insisted_ upon unnerving me throughout the night by _looking_
>> at me [1]. The fiend ;)
>I'm sorry to say this, but he really didn't strike me as being particularly
>big, scary *or* looming...
>
Nah, he reckons he can't carry it off. But when he's about with a camera
then I instinctively want to either a) scratch his eyes out, or b) duck.
And he's _far_ to nice for me to really want to scratch his eyes out.
Kitten
Sean Yeomans
Victoria Martin <sann...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> wrote in article
<Pine.OSF.3.91.961104...@ermine.ox.ac.uk>...
>
>
> On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Kitten wrote:
>
> >
> > Bryan decided to be dashing and bought roses for every female in the
> > group from a passing rose-seller. Everyone except Victoria, that is,
who
> > wouldn't accept hers
>
> At great physical risk to myself, I might add. I had no idea refusing
> roses could inspire such aggression.
>
> > (she'll accept no roses from _anyone_
> >apparently, > regardless of gender _or_ strangeness).
> >
> A principle I shall be sticking to all the more firmly in future.
> My suspicions about AFP and roses having been more than confirmed.
>
>
you do of course realise that's almost an open invitation to have your
email box flooded with ascii roses? :-)
sean
Andrew Mobbs
In article <55m75i$p...@news.ox.ac.uk>, LNR <hert...@sable.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
>
>btw the *reallY* evil chocolate things (I mean the super caffeinated ones not
>the garlic ones) were *wonderful*! (bounce, bounce)
>
more warning than "they aren't brazil nuts".
>Keeper of the AFPurity Scores http://users.ox.ac.uk/~hert0145/purity/
> ***Oxford afpmeet - November 2nd - Mail me for details***
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> "If looks could kill I'd need a license for my face"
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Kat
In article <ant04185...@h-dean.demon.co.uk>,
>> Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
>> end of the evening when it appeared that Mr Fox had disappeared, but
>> happily him and Darrell were re-united not long after.
Mmm, but how many oof you have had someone photograph you doing
what looks like giving a blow-job to the Fuzzy One? _That's_
tarty! Ftony! Emmet! Move over! You have been out-done.
(The One True) Kat
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LNR
(The One True) Kat <n...@ic.ac.uk> wrote:
>In article <ant04185...@h-dean.demon.co.uk>,
>>> Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
>>> forgive him this. There were a few moments of devastation towards the
>>> end of the evening when it appeared that Mr Fox had disappeared, but
>>> happily him and Darrell were re-united not long after.
>
>Mmm, but how many oof you have had someone photograph you doing
>what looks like giving a blow-job to the Fuzzy One? _That's_
>tarty! Ftony! Emmet! Move over! You have been out-done.
Well, me for one. But I think my status as tart isn't being argued about much
anyway <sigh>.
Mind you, that Cthulhu, *he*'s (its?) a *real* tart :-)
love n hugs
LNR
xxx
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Sarah Blake
>
>Well, me for one. But I think my status as tart isn't being argued about much
>anyway <sigh>.
Funny that...
>Mind you, that Cthulhu, *he*'s (its?) a *real* tart :-)
Yes, I'd noticed. So what WERE the other five tentacles doing, then,
Eleanor? Tell all, you know you want to...
By the way, can anyone remind me how many afproposals I accepted/was
accepted on at the meet? 'Cos damned if I can remember...
.
--
<The Paths of Fire Forsaken>
Thomas Down
A while ago, LNR wrote:
>
> Mind you, that Cthulhu, *he*'s (its?) a *real* tart :-)
>
Now LNR, I won't hear a bad word said about Cthulhu... A cuter great
old one would be hard to imagine :)
Thomas
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Kitten
Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Darrell Ottery
<Dar...@lspace.org>, scribed for our perusal...
>
>>A worrying number of people were begging to try on my collar when I
>>brought it out (black leather, with one inch spikes, only brought with
>>me because Darrell asked me to ;).
>
>But it does so suit you. Maybe I'll get to see it again at some point -
>next week perhaps?
>
>>Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
>>forgive him this.
>
>Don't! He's just after one thing. I have no control over him at all.
>
Just after one thing? But whatever could that be? Chocolate, perhaps? My
collar?
Owen S. Dunn
Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I've no doubt that by now some-one else will have posted the 'official'
>Oxfrod report,
Not that I've seen...
>but as it made such an impression on me I thought I'd
>better post a few intriguing bits and bobs. So, random memories...
The best sort. :-)
>The Damerell's hair lived up to all expectation.
You mean you actually _expected_ that? It's taken me the best part of
three years to cope with that hair and it still catches me by surprise
sometimes.
>I _think_ I remember FTony asking me whether I'd wear leather and fish-
>net tights, which concerns me slightly when I start to think about it...
Well, would you?
>Thomas's excuse for being late was that he'd had to install his new
>printer, *sigh*.
You omit the fact that the Heavy Mob (including Mobbsy and David) were
sent to extract him by force or by main!
>Mr Fox is also a tart, but he _did_ propose to me, so I think I might
>forgive him this. There were a few moments of devastation towards the
>end of the evening when it appeared that Mr Fox had disappeared, but
>happily him and Darrell were re-united not long after.
Ah, good. I had feared for Mr.Fox's safety...
>There were far too many people that I didn't get a chance to speak to at
>all, and other's that I didn't talk to enough, so I'll apologise for
>that now. AFAICR Rob was busy accumulating all the quotes on his Psion,
>so I'll leave that area of the report to him. Many thanks and
>congratulations to LNR for organising the meet, and may another
>successful one happen soon.
Well put; thanks again.
(S)
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http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/ <ow...@greenend.org.uk>
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Owen S. Dunn
Andrew Mobbs <and...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
>>
>>btw the *reallY* evil chocolate things (I mean the super caffeinated ones not
>>the garlic ones) were *wonderful*! (bounce, bounce)
>>
>The Garlic ones weren't that bad either. I'd just have apprieciated
>more warning than "they aren't brazil nuts".
My first thought was `funny tasting mushroom'...
Owen S. Dunn
Sarah Blake <wadh...@sable.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Well, me for one. But I think my status as tart isn't being argued
>> about much anyway <sigh>.
>
>Funny that...
>
>>Mind you, that Cthulhu, *he*'s (its?) a *real* tart :-)
>
> Yes, I'd noticed. So what WERE the other five tentacles doing,
> then, Eleanor? Tell all, you know you want to...
Given the amount LNR was smiling, Big C [1] must have been doing
_something_ right :-)
(S)
[1] Or should that be `Little C'?
Victoria Martin
On 5 Nov 1996, Sean Yeomans wrote:
> > >
> > A principle I shall be sticking to all the more firmly in future.
> > My suspicions about AFP and roses having been more than confirmed.
> >
> > Victoria
> >
> you do of course realise that's almost an open invitation to have your
> email box flooded with ascii roses? :-)
>
I can assure you that it wasn't intended as such, so if anyone out there
read Sean's post and imediately thought "What a great idea, I haven't got
anything better to do with my day than piss someone off", then please
think again.
Honestly, you wouldn't think it would be difficult not being offered
roses....
Victoria
Kitten
Once upon a time, the literary genius (only I'm not, obviously) known as
Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>, scribed for our perusal...
...something that got sent twice. Damn. Anyone got any suggestions to
why this happened? It certainly wasn't intentional, so was it a glitch
in my software, or something wrong with Demon? Apologies in advance if
anything _else_ of mine gets sent twice.
Benjamin Hutchings
In article <6e99f...@mail.enterprise.net>,
Matthew Bloch <mat...@enterprise.net> wrote:
>In article <YowfKEAe...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>
> Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> printer, *sigh*.
>
>;-)
I think "chase" would be a more accurate description. How silly of him to
leave the door unlocked. He still tried to get back to work on his computer
even with 6 threatening people in the roomafter getting over the shock of
finding us there.
There was a mysterious bar of Fruit-and-Nut (IIRC) chocolate lying around,
which the Damerell tried to commandeer but Thomas *claimed* it belonged to
someone else. I think we deserve an explanation now, Mr. Down... because
there's no excuse for withholding chocolate from a.f.p!
>Damn, only had it for 20 minutes and I didn't persuade Thomas to try it!
>Where d'ya get it, or do you have to go into the Private Shop on the
>Cowley Road? Evil-bastard chocolate things were nice, and I would have
>voted for Thomas' if I'd had the chance ;-)
Yeah, the coffee-beans were great, and I think I'd have had a tough choice
between the two selections if I'd been a judge.
--
Ben Hutchings,|finger m95...@booth42.ecs.ox.ac.uk|mail benjamin.hutchings@
compsci&mathmo|lynx http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0223|worcester.oxford.ac.uk
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All the simple programs have been written, and all the good names taken.
Thomas Down
A while ago, Benjamin Hutchings wrote:
>
> Matthew Bloch wrote:
> >
> > The fair Kitten wrote:
> >
> >> Thomas's excuse for being late was that he'd had to install his new
> >> printer, *sigh*.
> >
> >Yes, we *did* have to send an advance party to drag him from his room
> >;-)
>
> I think "chase" would be a more accurate description. How silly of him to
> leave the door unlocked. He still tried to get back to work on his computer
> even with 6 threatening people in the roomafter getting over the shock of
> finding us there.
I protest... I _did_ have a valid reason for being late---I needed
to set up my new printer and test it so that Lunie could take the
old one back the next morning. I also needed a few minute's rest
after spending much of the day trying to covince people they wanted
my wonderful new program :). Anyway, I'd more or less finished, and
had just gone out for a few moments when the Heavy Mob (as I've
heard them described) arrived. They _did_ give me quite a shock
at the time, and prevented me from collecting a few `interesting'
trinkets from the drawer of my computer desk before heading off
to the meet. *sigh*
>
> There was a mysterious bar of Fruit-and-Nut (IIRC) chocolate lying around,
> which the Damerell tried to commandeer but Thomas *claimed* it belonged to
> someone else. I think we deserve an explanation now, Mr. Down... because
> there's no excuse for withholding chocolate from a.f.p!
It was normal Cadbury's dairy milk, not fruit and nut [disgraceful,
an AFPer who doesn't have a perfect memory for chocolate ;]. And
it really _wasn't_ mine---it belonged to either Lunie or the fair
Clare (who had been using my room that day).
>
> >Damn, only had it for 20 minutes and I didn't persuade Thomas to try it!
> >Where d'ya get it, or do you have to go into the Private Shop on the
> >Cowley Road? Evil-bastard chocolate things were nice, and I would have
> >voted for Thomas' if I'd had the chance ;-)
Glad to see that _somebody_ appreciated my efforts... I'd propose to
you for less than that, if there wasn't an obvious, err,
complication :). Anyway, I now have two AFPengagements arranged.
That's enough for me...
>
> Yeah, the coffee-beans were great, and I think I'd have had a tough choice
> between the two selections if I'd been a judge.
My understanding is that Darrell won more by diversity than anything
else (I never got to try any of his creations). Fair enough. A
rather busy week at college meant that I had less time to make
my creations that I'd originally hoped, hence only two types.
Never fear, though. I've got some devious new ideas ready for a
rematch at Reading. And this time, I'll have _days_ to prepare.
*grin*.
Thanks to LNR, and anyone else vaguely responsible, for a great meet.
And Chris/Ranma et al., *please* don't do that to me again...
Thomas
--
The maid put her hand to her mouth. Her shoulders shook. Her eyes
sparkled. A sound like escaping steam crept between her fingers.
I can't help it, Cutwell thought, I just seem to have this
amazing effect on women. - Terry Pratchett, Mort
Simon Brown
Quoth Kitten:
> Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Emily Down <lunie@h-
> dean.demon.co.uk>, scribed for our perusal...
> >In article <YowfKEAe...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>, Kitten
> ><URL:mailto:K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> <snippetty snip snip>
>
> > I should watch out if I were you Kitten...that
> >Fox gets around ( as demonstrated by the fact he married me as well ).
> >
> You got _married_ to him eh? A whole wedding ceremony? 'Cor :) I was
> only engaged to him. ISTR getting a bit upset, now that I come to think
> of it, because when I proposed back he lost the ring :(
He's such a *tart*, that fox. Uncontrollable.
> >> BSL Simes _insisted_ upon unnerving me throughout the night by _looking_
> >> at me [1]. The fiend ;)
> >I'm sorry to say this, but he really didn't strike me as being particularly
> >big, scary *or* looming...
> >
> Nah, he reckons he can't carry it off.
Nope. Too heavy.
> But when he's about with a camera
> then I instinctively want to either a) scratch his eyes out, or b) duck.
> And he's _far_ to nice for me to really want to scratch his eyes out.
That seems to be the general consensus. Although, given that on the film
I got back today I have no fewer than three shots of you *not* ducking or
*not* hiding your face, you may choose to rethink. Or to resort to
bribery, the choice is yours. I estimate another day to translate the
choice pictures to PhotoCD, and then another day or two to do the web
pages...
--
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.
"Down with categorical imperative!"
Sarah Blake
In article <55o14r$3...@tacitus.greenend.org.uk>,
Owen S. Dunn <osd...@tacitus.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>Sarah Blake <wadh...@sable.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
<Much snipping>
>>
>>>Mind you, that Cthulhu, *he*'s (its?) a *real* tart :-)
>>
>> Yes, I'd noticed. So what WERE the other five tentacles doing,
>> then, Eleanor? Tell all, you know you want to...
>
>Given the amount LNR was smiling, Big C [1] must have been doing
>_something_ right :-)
>
>(S)
>
>[1] Or should that be `Little C'?
I really wouldn't know, you'll have to ask LNR about that... Alhtough
they say it isn't the size that counts....
(Sorry! Never ignore a feed line!)
LNR
Simon Brown <si...@amdev.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Quoth Kitten:
>Mine are somewhat too random to recall a great deal, apart from the cries
>of "Too many! Too many!" as the number of attendees swelled to an
>overwhelming 31 individuals. A record, I believe.
Is it really?
>> The Damerell's hair lived up to all expectation.
>It normally does.
He's talking of getting it cut..
>> BSL Simes _insisted_ upon unnerving me throughout the night by _looking_
>> at me [1]. The fiend ;)
>That's me. Sinister bloke, and so forth. Woooooooo.
Ooooh we're all terrified (honest:-)
>Seconded, although I think perhaps that fewer people would be better? Or
>we'll have to start, I don't know, organising function rooms and things...
Um, was I supposed to start telling ppl 'no, fuck off, you can't come.
There's too many ppl already!'?
Besides I think the Turf (despite its difficulty to find) coped admirably
with us all... The worst was finding crash space for so many....
>And I gotcha, too. Get the prints back tomorrow, so anyone who doesn't
>want to find their likeness gracing my web pages had better start coming
>up with some good bribes - OTOH, if Rob comes up with some better ones
>they may end up on L-Space too...
You missed the opportunity of getting some of Bryan looking whiter than the
average sheet the next morning though :-)
love n hugs
LNR
xxx
--
- AFP's Keeper of the Purity Scores -
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~hert0145/purity/
"If looks could kill I'd need a license for my face"
LNR
Well, as no-one else seems to have tried to do a full meet report for
Oxfrod 2.71828 (the precision of this approximation keeps increasing - I
quote now from the message left by someone anonymous on my door) I thought
I might as well give it a try.
I arrived in the Turf Tavern with the Damerell in tow at approximately 7pm
to find one afper (Rob T E?) sitting in the rain in the front yard and a
few sitting under the canopy out the back. At this point I realised I'd
left my cash in the back pocket of my jeans and had to go all the way back
to my room (perilously navigating cobbles in high heels) to get it.
When I returned I found that there were large quantities of chocolate,
more afper's and a couple of rather confused girls on the table next to us
who had apparently been offered chocolate but had been unable to understand
the concept of afp. One of these then proceeded to fall backwards off the
bench much to our amusement.
Over the next couple of hours lots of people turned up.. Rob, The Man With
The Psion, took a role call at one point, but as far as I can recall since
everyone I was expecting to turn up appeared to do so (with the
possible exception of Alexander Kamikwicz) and so did Rob
Collier and Tabbycat (Kitten's other half I believe) the people present
were:
LNR
Chris/Ranma
Thomas Down
Sarah Blake
Becky Corlett
Victoria Martin
Ben Hutchings
Andrew Mobbs
David Damerell
Owen Dunn
Ftony
Lunie
Clare
Martin Hopley
Adam Jones
Ydris
Bryan
Gideon Hallet
Adrian Wragg
Rob The Ergonomist
Darrell Ottery
Mike Kn^H^H
Simon Brown
Kitten
Tabbycat
Chalrse Cooke
Nettie
Rob Collier
Matthew Bloch
Alexcy
and Tackline
(which appears to be the 31 which Simon Brown quoted)
Plus,
Mr Fox,
Rocky (who appeared to be rechristened 'Mrs Raccoon' at some point)
and Great Cthulhu.
Mr Fox, Rocky and Cthulhu all misbehaved dreadfully all evening and seemed
to feel that being soft and fluffy automatically gave them the right to
any afper's affections (they might have been right on this one).
Much alcohol and chocolate was consumed.
The great Evil Chocolate Things testing took place, although I think the
two anonymous judges had made up their mind that Darrell was the winner
before Thomas' (admittedly lovely) creations had even arrived. Various
people have said that they would have voted for Thomas but they probably
weren't the ones who got to try the super caffiented ones Darrell made
entirely to bribe the judges with.
Kitten's Collar was produced and tried on by (almost) all and sundry but
in my opinion was particularly fetching on Mr Fox...
Various things were discussed. These probably included all the afp
prerequisites even including iceland. The large size of the meet however
made it fairly hard to tell...
Some of us were specically banned from being cute although I think we bent
the rules a little on that one. Many proposals took place. Mr Fox now
appears to be engaged to most of afp and I believe Lunie's total of
husbands has increased to 15. Roses were bought by Bryan and distributed
amongst those present. David and I managed to get one each since David
was given one for me and as I pointed out was banned from giving me it
under the injunction against cuteness.
Eventually the pub shut.
Some milling around then took place as we attempted to get everyone in the
same place (or at least with the people they were supposed to be crashing
with). We decamped to Burger King and thence to a kebab van. Polo 'holes'
were consumed...
Here the group parted. Those heading back with Darrell departed with many
farewells, Charles Cooke was escorted to the Bus Station with about 5
minutes to spare to catch his bus home, and Chris/Ranmas party left on
account of Chris feeling ill.... (He's feeling a bit better now despite
being unable to talk above a whisper).
Article Unavailable
Lanfear
>
>See you all for a G&D's meet if the banananana dakry icecream makes it?
Certainly, my dear. You, me... do we really need anyone else?
Subaru
In article <199611047...@amdev.demon.co.uk>, Simon Brown
<si...@amdev.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>Wise choice. Next time you're in the Wokingham area, remind me and I'll
>>let you hear some of the others, what with owning all of them (except
>>"Miscellaneous T" which is, I believe, en route, and "Factory Showroom"
>>which isn't out in the UK yet, AFAIK).
Which still has not stopped those of us with friends in States from
importing it immediately. ;-) Consistently wonderful album, up to all the
usual TMBG standards. Personal fauvorites are 'New York City' and 'Till my
head falls off'.
Will gloat for food,
Subaru
--
"How come anywhere outside the realm of pure maths, whenever you add something to nothing and then substract it again, you are likeable
to get anything BUT the zero ?"
Lanfear
In article <tal20-06119...@thoth.trin.cam.ac.uk>,
Subaru <ta...@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Which still has not stopped those of us with friends in States from
>importing it immediately. ;-) Consistently wonderful album, up to all the
>usual TMBG standards. Personal fauvorites are 'New York City' and 'Till my
>head falls off'.
Noooo! More TMBG that I don't have! No faaaiiiir!
All I have is Flood, Lincoln, Apollo 18 and TMBG (Sorry to the person I
nicked the latter two off)
Do shops actually, like, stock the latest TMBG stuff? Just for a change?
.
Kitten
Once upon a time, the literary genius known as "Owen S. Dunn" <osd1000@t
acitus.greenend.org.uk>, scribed for our perusal...
>Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>The Damerell's hair lived up to all expectation.
>You mean you actually _expected_ that? It's taken me the best part of
>three years to cope with that hair and it still catches me by surprise
>sometimes.
>
Well, I'd seen the occasional photo, but none of them did justice to it.
His hair in the flesh was certainly much more impressive, and bouncy.
But I had kind of expected it, from reports...
>>I _think_ I remember FTony asking me whether I'd wear leather and fish-
>>net tights, which concerns me slightly when I start to think about it...
>Well, would you?
>
None of your business. Like I'd discuss that kind of thing on afp ;)
Christopher Joseph
Thomas Down <kee...@arilinn.trinity.ox.ac.uk> muttered something like:
>A while ago, LNR wrote:
>>
>
Well, not twice by the same person, anyway.
>old one would be hard to imagine :)
Just out of interest, who would want to imagine a great old one at all?
Sayonara, Chris/Ranma...
--
--
ARM powered, and proud of it. Oh, and learn to play Go - it's great...
Darrell Ottery
In article <Roj*tO...@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>, Andrew Mobbs
<and...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes
>The Garlic ones weren't that bad either. I'd just have apprieciated
>more warning than "they aren't brazil nuts".
Well, it was true, wasn't it? Buggered if I know where they all went
though - I was after one of those.
--
Darrell [INTJ] - Dar...@lspace.org - http://www.toreador.demon.co.uk/
You are what you eat. You are who you know. Should you eat your friends?
Owen S. Dunn
>>>>Mind you, that Cthulhu, *he*'s (its?) a *real* tart :-)
>>>
>>> Yes, I'd noticed. So what WERE the other five tentacles doing,
>>> then, Eleanor? Tell all, you know you want to...
>>
>> Given the amount LNR was smiling, Big C [1] must have been doing
>> _something_ right :-)
>>
>> [1] Or should that be `Little C'?
>
> I really wouldn't know, you'll have to ask LNR about
> that... Alhtough they say it isn't the size that counts....
Oh, but it does! To eight, in this case :-)
> (Sorry! Never ignore a feed line!)
Start saying things like that and I'll accuse you of turning into the
Damerell...
(S) (and then where would you be?)
Helen Highwater
In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.961105...@ermine.ox.ac.uk>
sann...@ermine.ox.ac.uk "Victoria Martin" writes:
Wait til you try not marrying a Prince, they'll be round day and night
with glass slippers, doing topiary, killing dragons, saying ribbit...
Not to mention the fairy godpersons, vegetable transports and nasty
sharp spinning wheels.
--
Helen Highwater
"I think I may be able to metabolise alcohol".(RM)
Christopher Joseph
Matthew Bloch <mat...@enterprise.net> muttered something like:
> Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Thomas's excuse for being late was that he'd had to install his new
>> printer, *sigh*.
>
>Yes, we *did* have to send an advance party to drag him from his room
>;-)
A more than slightly effective party, if I say so myself. Although
Thomas looked *so* frightened when he turned the light on and we all
jumped him that I felt obliged to apologise afterwards...
>Damn, only had it for 20 minutes and I didn't persuade Thomas to try it!
<big evil grin> Thomas has a collar of his own, don't you Thomas...
>Where d'ya get it, or do you have to go into the Private Shop on the
>Cowley Road? Evil-bastard chocolate things were nice, and I would have
>voted for Thomas' if I'd had the chance ;-)
That's probably because you didn't get one of the special ones that were
made especially for the judges (not against the rules, and very much
appreciated!). Normally I get through a lot of caffeine in a day, but that
*thing* that Darrell gave me contained about a 36 Hour dose...
Thomas's concoctions are *good*, but they ain't *that* good (although I
gather that he's working on it for a re-match at Reading)...
>Bah! I offered chocolate, and did Lunie have any, did she, hmm?! Me
>cry.
Sorry, you offered chocolate and she said *no*? What kind of AFPer does
she think she is?
sayonara, Chris/Ranma...
Martin Hopley
yd...@aol.com (Ydris) enlightened us:
Kitten wrote:
[Snip]
Nettie wrote:
[Snip]
> Hmmm should I take that as a compliment? Look, is it my fault
> they sold Old Speckled Hen AND had a bar only feet from where
> we were sitting?
This was true though the bar didn't sell Southern Comfort but I did
try Gin & Tonic and I guess after all... I was right. It had the same
effect as paintstripper on my throat.
> I vote bryan for funniest 3/4 dead person in LNRs room, even if
> he did keep steeling the blanket.
"There were 4 in the bed and the little one[1] said..."
BTW Nettie and David, when you play poker you aren't allowed to pick
which cards take your fancy and I don't care what you say ROYAL
STRAIGHT BEATS JACKS & 5's!!
----
Martin "....no and if anyone calls it a skirt [2] they're looking for
a pounding!" Hopley
[1] No references to anyone here
[2] one for Lunie, Adam and Clare.
Nettie
>BTW Nettie and David, when you play poker you aren't allowed to pick
>which cards take your fancy and I don't care what you say ROYAL
>STRAIGHT BEATS JACKS & 5's!!
I don't see why not. I never said I was playing by your rules, now,
did I?
Nettie
--
I dont suffer from insanity
I enjoy every minute of it
Thomas Down
A while ago, Christopher Joseph, wrote:
>
> >Damn, only had it for 20 minutes and I didn't persuade Thomas to try it!
>
> <big evil grin> Thomas has a collar of his own, don't you Thomas...
I do indeed, although I'm _still_ not quite sure what possessed
you and Becky to give it to me...
I might actually have worn it for a while if I'd had a chance to
get it before being thrown out of my own room ;-(.
>
> >Evil-bastard chocolate things were nice, and I would have
> >voted for Thomas' if I'd had the chance ;-)
>
> That's probably because you didn't get one of the special ones that were
> made especially for the judges (not against the rules, and very much
> appreciated!). Normally I get through a lot of caffeine in a day, but that
> *thing* that Darrell gave me contained about a 36 Hour dose...
>
> Thomas's concoctions are *good*, but they ain't *that* good (although I
> gather that he's working on it for a re-match at Reading)...
>
Sure am. You do realise that my offerings for that meet had to
be prepared in under an hour, and I was doing one or two other
things at the same time. This meant some of my more ambitious
palns had to be postponed. But I'll have several _days_ to prepare
for the Reading meet *grin*. Availability of ingredients
permitting, I should be able to cook up one or two _seriously_
evil concoctions...
I'm not going to cheat by bribing the judges either. Evil things
will be available to all who dare try them ;).
Thomas
--
Pages changed sometimes second to second, reporting the status of
world-gates in the area, what spells were working where, and the
cost of powdered newt at you local advisory.
- Deep Wizardry
Kitten
Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Simon Brown
<si...@amdev.demon.co.uk>, scribed for our perusal...
>> But when he's about with a camera
>> then I instinctively want to either a) scratch his eyes out, or b) duck.
>> And he's _far_ to nice for me to really want to scratch his eyes out.
>
>That seems to be the general consensus. Although, given that on the film
>I got back today I have no fewer than three shots of you *not* ducking or
>*not* hiding your face, you may choose to rethink. Or to resort to
>bribery, the choice is yours. I estimate another day to translate the
>choice pictures to PhotoCD, and then another day or two to do the web
>pages...
>
Simes, I'm really really sorry, but I'm going to have to kill you now.
Denis Hackney
Quoth Kitten:
> I got my first taste of TMBG thanks to Mike's collection of
> car-music
TMBG as car music? What happened to the "Best of Queen"?
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If found please return to: d.ha...@student.anu.edu.au
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"Yeah, you go to pieces so fast, people get hit by the shrapnel."
Gordon Steemson
Denis Hackney <d.ha...@student.anu.edu.au> writes:
>Quoth Kitten:
>> I got my first taste of TMBG thanks to Mike's collection of
>> car-music
>TMBG as car music? What happened to the "Best of Queen"?
Presumably, TMBG are Queen-resistant... Of course, no one said whether
the tapes are actually *kept* in the car.
I think the 'Best of Queen' phenomenon-the-other-hand is starting to be
/left behind/. I don't think I've ever even laid eyes on it; and yet,
recordings of this horrible whiny singer called Frank Black keep
cropping up unexpectedly on the rare occasions when I drive places. To
be fair, these places are often places my sister has been to first.
Has anyone else found a suspiciously frequent title in cars that isn't
'Best of Queen'?
GtM (gste...@sfu.ca)
--
Unclear on the Concept, No. 1:
When one arranges a death by poisoning, it is not usually necessary to
boil the water first.
Tony Finch
d.ha...@student.anu.edu.au wrote:
> Quoth Kitten:
> > I got my first taste of TMBG thanks to Mike's collection of
> > car-music
>
> TMBG as car music? What happened to the "Best of Queen"?
"Greatest Hits II"
FTony.
Darrell Ottery
In article <ant05215...@arilinn.trinity.ox.ac.uk>, Thomas Down
<kee...@arilinn.trinity.ox.ac.uk> writes
>My understanding is that Darrell won more by diversity than anything
>else (I never got to try any of his creations).
Hah! That's 'cos they were so popular they all vanished very swiftly. If
it's any consolation I only managed the one. I refrain from mentioning
just how many were 'tested' during the creation.
>Fair enough. A
>rather busy week at college meant that I had less time to make
>my creations that I'd originally hoped, hence only two types.
Well, mine were all done Saturday morning, having also had a busy
week...
>Never fear, though. I've got some devious new ideas ready for a
>rematch at Reading. And this time, I'll have _days_ to prepare.
>*grin*.
You'll need more than that. :) I too have several ideas. See you there.
--
Darrell [INTJ] - Dar...@lspace.org - http://www.toreador.demon.co.uk/
You can turn any conversation into one about sex.
Darrell Ottery
In article <55t8i3$2...@news.ox.ac.uk>, Christopher Joseph
<trin...@sable.ox.ac.uk> writes
>That's probably because you didn't get one of the special ones that were
>made especially for the judges (not against the rules, and very much
>appreciated!).
There would have been more, bar for the fact that I ran out of
chocolate. I just wanted to ensure that the judges got a fair idea of
the variety of things that are possible.
>Normally I get through a lot of caffeine in a day, but that
>*thing* that Darrell gave me contained about a 36 Hour dose...
They weren't *that* bad. I mean, I only used 70%+ chocolate and the
highest caffeine content coffee I could find...
>Thomas's concoctions are *good*, but they ain't *that* good (although I
>gather that he's working on it for a re-match at Reading)...
As am I. I look forward to defending my title. However, exactly what
title that is is another matter entirely.
--
Darrell [INTJ] - Dar...@lspace.org - http://www.toreador.demon.co.uk/
And you expect mere proof to sway my opinion?
Thomas Down
A while ago, Darrell Ottery wrote:
>
> In article <ant05215...@arilinn.trinity.ox.ac.uk>, Thomas Down
> <kee...@arilinn.trinity.ox.ac.uk> writes
> >My understanding is that Darrell won more by diversity than anything
> >else (I never got to try any of his creations).
>
> Hah! That's 'cos they were so popular they all vanished very swiftly. If
> it's any consolation I only managed the one. I refrain from mentioning
> just how many were 'tested' during the creation.
Hmm... I've had several shocked people complaining to me about the
garlic ones, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't aprove myself... I always
aim for `evil but nice'[1]. Any some of the things I'm planning
really _will_ be evil. Very evil... and very nice ;).
>
> >Fair enough. A
> >rather busy week at college meant that I had less time to make
> >my creations that I'd originally hoped, hence only two types.
>
> Well, mine were all done Saturday morning, having also had a busy
> week...
Did you do them all in half an hour?
>
> >Never fear, though. I've got some devious new ideas ready for a
> >rematch at Reading. And this time, I'll have _days_ to prepare.
> >*grin*.
>
> You'll need more than that. :) I too have several ideas. See you there.
>
Only several. You'll need more than that!!!!! Muwhahahahahaha....
Thomas
--
The maid put her hand to her mouth. Her shoulders shook. Her eyes
sparkled. A sound like escaping steam crept between her fingers.
I can't help it, Cutwell thought, I just seem to have this
amazing effect on women. - Terry Pratchett, Mort
[1] Sort of naughty but nice, only more so...
Alien X. Xenomorph
In article <328441...@student.anu.edu.au>
d.ha...@student.anu.edu.au "Denis Hackney" writes:
> Quoth Kitten:
> > I got my first taste of TMBG thanks to Mike's collection of
> > car-music
>
> TMBG as car music? What happened to the "Best of Queen"?
It'll turn into that in a couple of weeks :-)
--
Alien X. Xenomorph
yd...@aol.com
In article <tal20-06119...@thoth.trin.cam.ac.uk>,
ta...@hermes.cam.ac.uk (Subaru) writes:
>
>>>Wise choice. Next time you're in the Wokingham area, remind me and I'll
>>>let you hear some of the others, what with owning all of them (except
>>>"Miscellaneous T" which is, I believe, en route, and "Factory Showroom"
>>>which isn't out in the UK yet, AFAIK).
> Which still has not stopped those of us with friends in States from
>importing it immediately. ;-) Consistently wonderful album, up to all the
>usual TMBG standards. Personal fauvorites are 'New York City' and 'Till
my
>head falls off'.
>
I am going to the states next weekend. I could try and bring
a few copies home with me. If anyones interested email me
before Thusday.
Ydris
He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old,
although no one knew where he kept it.
-- The Life and Times of Corporal Nobbs
(Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms)
Martin Hopley
a.stew...@elsevier.co.uk (Nettie) enlightened us with the words of
wisdom:
> >BTW Nettie and David, when you play poker you aren't allowed to pick
> >which cards take your fancy and I don't care what you say ROYAL
> >STRAIGHT BEATS JACKS & 5's!!
> I don't see why not. I never said I was playing by your rules, now,
> did I?
> Nettie
Oh! If that's how you want to play it then the game was considered
void as no-one brought the flamingo!
Martin Hopley
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> enlightened us:
> In article <Roj*tO...@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>, Andrew Mobbs
> <and...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes
> >The Garlic ones weren't that bad either. I'd just have apprieciated
> >more warning than "they aren't brazil nuts".
> Well, it was true, wasn't it? Buggered if I know where they all went
> though - I was after one of those.
Missed those ones :( But those chocolate covered mushrooms were nice,
I was a little concerned that the mushrooms inside were the sort that
would do funny things to your head! Turned out I was wrong (or immune)
yd...@aol.com
In article <84763458...@sabers4.demon.co.uk>,
mar...@sabers4.demon.co.uk (Martin Hopley) writes:
No no. The flamingo wasn't needed because tangerines were wild.
Christopher Joseph
Owen S. Dunn <osd...@tacitus.greenend.org.uk> muttered something like:
>Sarah Blake <wadh...@sable.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>>Owen S. Dunn <osd...@tacitus.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>>Sarah Blake <wadh...@sable.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
Sorry to intrude on a private party like this...
>>> [1] Or should that be `Little C'?
>>
>> I really wouldn't know, you'll have to ask LNR about
>> that... Alhtough they say it isn't the size that counts....
>
>Oh, but it does! To eight, in this case :-)
AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH... Don't say that, or we'll all get...
<crunch, crunch, crunch, slurp>
>> (Sorry! Never ignore a feed line!)
>
>Start saying things like that and I'll accuse you of turning into the
>Damerell...
The Damerell only objects to linefeeds in *specific places*. After a
five line .sig, for example...
>(S) (and then where would you be?)
Deeply offended, I would imagine.
Sayonara, Chris/Ranma...
Simon Brown
Quoth Kitten:
> Once upon a time, the literary genius known as Simon Brown
> <si...@amdev.demon.co.uk>, scribed for our perusal...
>
> >> But when he's about with a camera
> >> then I instinctively want to either a) scratch his eyes out, or b) duck.
> >> And he's _far_ to nice for me to really want to scratch his eyes out.
> >
> >That seems to be the general consensus. Although, given that on the film
> >I got back today I have no fewer than three shots of you *not* ducking or
> >*not* hiding your face, you may choose to rethink. Or to resort to
> >bribery, the choice is yours. I estimate another day to translate the
> >choice pictures to PhotoCD, and then another day or two to do the web
> >pages...
>
> Simes, I'm really really sorry, but I'm going to have to kill you now.
Many before you have tried. They failed.
Plus you'll have to catch me first.
Plus if I manage to get them uploaded, and then you kill me, I won't be
able to remove them again, will I?
Still, at least you apologised before delivering the death threat. Not
many are as polite.
Simes "PCD back on Wednesday" Brown
--
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.
When struck by a falling pneumatic drill, Neil Jones-Smythe is reported to
have said "I'd like to buy a fish licence, please."
Trixi
gste...@sfu.ca (Gordon Steemson) wrote:
>Denis Hackney <d.ha...@student.anu.edu.au> writes:
>>Quoth Kitten:
>>> I got my first taste of TMBG thanks to Mike's collection of
>>> car-music
>>TMBG as car music? What happened to the "Best of Queen"?
>Presumably, TMBG are Queen-resistant... Of course, no one said whether
>the tapes are actually *kept* in the car.
>I think the 'Best of Queen' phenomenon-the-other-hand is starting to be
>/left behind/. I don't think I've ever even laid eyes on it; and yet,
>recordings of this horrible whiny singer called Frank Black keep
>cropping up unexpectedly on the rare occasions when I drive places. To
>be fair, these places are often places my sister has been to first.
>Has anyone else found a suspiciously frequent title in cars that isn't
>'Best of Queen'?
Recently I've found stuff like Hunters & Collectors quite often.
This worries me as I'm a major Queen fan. I'm really sorry
I haven't found any TMBG, because it's *impossible* to get Flood
in Sweden, it' totally un-get-hold-of-able (1)
Trixi
(1)Is this an actual word? I have my doubts...(2)
(2) But I'm sure someone will tell me :)
Christopher Joseph
>>
>> >Damn, only had it for 20 minutes and I didn't persuade Thomas to try it!
>>
>> <big evil grin> Thomas has a collar of his own, don't you Thomas...
>
>I do indeed, although I'm _still_ not quite sure what possessed
>you and Becky to give it to me...
It suits you. Really, genuinely, honestly, it suits you. You look like
a slightly more controllable Damerell with it on...
>> That's probably because you didn't get one of the special ones that were
>> made especially for the judges (not against the rules, and very much
>> appreciated!). Normally I get through a lot of caffeine in a day, but that
>> *thing* that Darrell gave me contained about a 36 Hour dose...
>>
>> Thomas's concoctions are *good*, but they ain't *that* good (although I
>> gather that he's working on it for a re-match at Reading)...
>
>Sure am. You do realise that my offerings for that meet had to
>be prepared in under an hour, and I was doing one or two other
Yes, I do... But we had to judge them on the basis of what was supplied.
I *know* you can do better than that - you've demonstrated an admirable
ingenuity for these things on previous occasions - but what was provided
*at the time* simply wasn't up to Darrell's alternatives. Sorry, but
that's all there is to it...
>palns had to be postponed. But I'll have several _days_ to prepare
>for the Reading meet *grin*. Availability of ingredients
>permitting, I should be able to cook up one or two _seriously_
>evil concoctions...
Sounds good - I look forward to it (yes, I *will* be at the Reading meet,
although I probably can't provide places for people to sleep over, I'm
afraid)...
>I'm not going to cheat by bribing the judges either. Evil things
>will be available to all who dare try them ;).
Just in case noone else is willing to take the risk, I volunteer to act
as judge (or co-judge) for the contest at Reading...
Mike Knell
In article <84763458...@sabers4.demon.co.uk>,
Martin Hopley <mar...@sabers4.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> enlightened us:
>> though - I was after one of those.
>
>Missed those ones :( But those chocolate covered mushrooms were nice,
>I was a little concerned that the mushrooms inside were the sort that
>would do funny things to your head! Turned out I was wrong (or immune)
Well, you'd need to take a lot more than one... maybe if you stuffed
yourself silly on chocolate-covered magic mushrooms you'd get some
effect, but it would probably be masked by the sugar rush from all
the chocolate.. *grin*
Mike
Sean Yeomans
Gideon Hallett <Gideon_...@3mail.3Com.com> wrote in article
<3286ed3f.2449709@news>...
> On Fri, 8 Nov 1996 16:13:36 +0000, Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>
> scratched:
>
> >>
> >Simes, I'm really really sorry, but I'm going to have to kill you now.
>
> Anyone else admitting to being an old fart by confessing to having
> "Superbrat : The Umpire Strikes Back"? Great song:
>
> "I'm very sorry, I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill you"
> <fx: various laser gun noises>
>
> Gideon
chalk dust, i saw chalk dust.
and what qualifies for old fart?
sean
Lara Beaton
so sayeth gste...@sfu.ca (Gordon Steemson) :
>I think the 'Best of Queen' phenomenon-the-other-hand is starting to be
>/left behind/. I don't think I've ever even laid eyes on it; and yet,
>recordings of this horrible whiny singer called Frank Black keep
>cropping up unexpectedly on the rare occasions when I drive places. To
>be fair, these places are often places my sister has been to first.
Apparently, Gordon is trying to bait me here, so I will explain the
context:
Me: "I suppose I should have asked before I put this on, does anyone
have objections to listening to the Pixies?"
Gordon: "No, not at all. This sounds _so_ much better than that crap
my sister listens to."
Me: "What does your sister listen to?"
Gordon: "She keeps playing crap like Frank Black."
Me: "Ummm... Gordon? Frank Black was the lead singer of the Pixies..."
========================================================================
Lara Beaton
The opinions expressed are not those of Hughes Aircraft or General
Motors, nor are they probably opinions at all.
"I'll have to charge you for admission unless I start
hearing some shrieks of pain."
Random Companion
In article <560ohj$9...@dex.trin.cam.ac.uk>, Tony Finch <fa...@lspace.org>
writes
>d.ha...@student.anu.edu.au wrote:
>> Quoth Kitten:
>> > I got my first taste of TMBG thanks to Mike's collection of
>> > car-music
>>
>> TMBG as car music? What happened to the "Best of Queen"?
>
>
>FTony.
I had Greatest Hits 1 & 2 by my computer. I now have Michael & Janet
Jackson albums I don't remember buying.
--
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alt.drwho.creative Quotefile!
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Gideon Hallett
>>
>Simes, I'm really really sorry, but I'm going to have to kill you now.
That reminds me of a song that came out around the early 80's.
Anyone else admitting to being an old fart by confessing to having
"Superbrat : The Umpire Strikes Back"? Great song:
"I'm very sorry, I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill you"
<fx: various laser gun noises>
Gideon
Gideon_...@3mail.3com.com --- "Have you ever spent days
and days and days making up flavours of ice cream no-one's
ever eaten before? Like chicken and telephone ice cream?
John Francis
Lara Beaton wrote:
>
> Apparently, Gordon is trying to bait me here, so I will explain the
> context:
>
> Me: "I suppose I should have asked before I put this on, does anyone
> have objections to listening to the Pixies?"
> Gordon: "No, not at all. This sounds _so_ much better than that crap
> my sister listens to."
> Me: "What does your sister listen to?"
> Gordon: "She keeps playing crap like Frank Black."
> Me: "Ummm... Gordon? Frank Black was the lead singer of the Pixies..."
>
I don't think there's any contradiction here.
Just because I like Pink Floyd doesn't mean that I want to listen to
Roger Waters.
Maybe the other way round is more probable - if you like Justin Hayward,
you will probably like the Moody Blues ..
John (feeling very old today; I've never heard of the Pixies).
Matthew Bloch
In article <ant07070...@h-dean.demon.co.uk>
Emily Down <lu...@h-dean.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Bah! I offered chocolate, and did Lunie have any, did she, hmm?! Me
> > cry.
>
> Mattbee, if I'd known it was yours and I'd offended you so much, I
> would've had some. Don't cry...I accepted your ivy ( off the wall, just
> like me ) and I've still got it.
Ah... <sigh>... thou hast not forsaken me!
--
Matthew http://homepages.enterprise.net/mattbee
'What do you get when you fall in love?
A girl with a pin to burst your bubble,
That's what you get for all your trouble...'
Gideon Hallett
On 11 Nov 1996 20:28:56 GMT, "Sean Yeomans" <sea...@global.co.za>
wrote:
>Gideon Hallett <Gideon_...@3mail.3Com.com> wrote in article
><3286ed3f.2449709@news>...
>> On Fri, 8 Nov 1996 16:13:36 +0000, Kitten <K...@blewbury.demon.co.uk>
>> scratched:
>>
>> "Superbrat : The Umpire Strikes Back"? Great song:
>>
>> "I'm very sorry, I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill you"
>> <fx: various laser gun noises>
>>
>> Gideon
>
>chalk dust, i saw chalk dust.
>
>and what qualifies for old fart?
>
Given that the majority of afp are students[1], anyone who is not a
student is an Old Fart - that is, they like computers so much they use
them at home. So if you're 67 and doing a late degree, you're _not_
an Old Fart. If you're 10 and typing from home, you are. Simple, heh?
*grin*
Gideon
[1] I could be wrong. I was a little stunned at the number at Oxfrod
who were younger than me, though. And even worse, they're _old
enough_ to get drunk. Legally. Ah well, you're as old as the person
you feel...
Darrell Ottery
In article <ant09173...@arilinn.trinity.ox.ac.uk>, Thomas Down
<kee...@arilinn.trinity.ox.ac.uk> writes
>A while ago, Darrell Ottery wrote:
>Hmm... I've had several shocked people complaining to me about the
>garlic ones, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't aprove myself...
Well, I liked them, and they all went. Where I don't know - I only know
the destination of one. It's nice to experiment just a little don't you
think?
Did you try the mushrooms? It's really only an extension of those with a
little more kick. Alright, a lot more kick.
>I always
>aim for `evil but nice'[1]. Any some of the things I'm planning
>really _will_ be evil. Very evil... and very nice ;).
I look forward to the challenge. I assume that since we're still dealing
with evil things the only rule is that there are no rules?
To those attending FP this coming weekend, there will be some available.
Exactly what I don't know, but I went shopping this evening specially.
>> >Fair enough. A
>> >rather busy week at college meant that I had less time to make
>> >my creations that I'd originally hoped, hence only two types.
>>
>> Well, mine were all done Saturday morning, having also had a busy
>> week...
>
>Did you do them all in half an hour?
Not much longer, admittedly. But that wasn't a continuous time period.
I'd guess about 90 minutes from start to finish, whilst I was doing
other things like getting lunch ready and arguing with Jehovah's
Witnesses...
>> >Never fear, though. I've got some devious new ideas ready for a
>> >rematch at Reading. And this time, I'll have _days_ to prepare.
>> >*grin*.
>>
>> You'll need more than that. :) I too have several ideas. See you there.
>
>Only several. You'll need more than that!!!!! Muwhahahahahaha....
From the punctuation I'd say you've eaten one too many.
--
Darrell [INTJ] - Dar...@lspace.org - http://www.toreador.demon.co.uk/
Guns don't kill people. People kill people. Guns just make it easier.
Jason
FTony:
> "Greatest Hits II"
Random:
> I had Greatest Hits 1 & 2 by my computer. I now have Michael & Janet
> Jackson albums I don't remember buying.
S'funny, but the only audio CD I seem to be able to find is T2K...
I *used* to have loads here, but I don't *remember* microwaving them.
Err Random, when you were here... =-)
--
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The Red Salamander Zaruga
Nettie bent the whole structure of card playing spacetime when she
stated:
>(Martin Hopley) tried to use reality as an argument:
> >which cards take your fancy and I don't care what you say ROYAL
> >STRAIGHT BEATS JACKS & 5's!!
> I don't see why not. I never said I was playing by your rules, now,
> did I?
> Nettie
I knew there were a million good reasons for me to marry you dear.
Let's add, "unbeatable at surrealistic poker" to that list I started
with, "good with a loaded anything.";)
> --
> I dont suffer from insanity
> I enjoy every minute of it
Ah, enjoys my company. There's another one.
-TRSZ
Here, have some Dragon Love, on the house.;)
Nettie
On Wed, 13 Nov 1996 02:36:10 +0000, The Red Salamander Zaruga
<wal...@chatlink.com> wrote:
>
>I knew there were a million good reasons for me to marry you dear.
>Let's add, "unbeatable at surrealistic poker" to that list I started
>with, "good with a loaded anything.";)
>
>> --
>> I dont suffer from insanity
>> I enjoy every minute of it
>
>Ah, enjoys my company. There's another one.
>
>-TRSZ
>
>Here, have some Dragon Love, on the house.;)
Thankyou.
Whose house?
Nettie
Justin
Jason decided to enlighten us thus:
<
< I *used* to have loads here, but I don't *remember* microwaving them.
< Err Random, when you were here... =-)
oooh, what happens when you microwave a cd?
justin
--
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name: justin ray macfarlane http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~justin
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whatwasisiswhatwaswillbejapanese=>ジャスティンinnabunonnastick
The Red Salamander Zaruga
Lara Beaton wrote:
> It's like saying "I really like the Smiths, but that Morrissey guy's
> voice annoys me."
Well, I can understand it in certain instances. I really liked Jane's
Addiction, but Perry Farrel's (sp?) voice has driven me smash bricks
with my head. Its that I loved the instrumentals, but feel that Perry's
voice got in the way of my enjoyment of the music. Gave me nasty
headaches it did.
> "Have I mentioned that my nose is on fire, and I've got fifteen
> live badgers in my trousers?"
Oh, you're just paraphrasing now!:)
-TRSZ
(The trouser weasels were Lara's ;)
Jason
Jason =-)
> I *used* to have loads here, but I don't *remember* microwaving them.
> Err Random, when you were here... =-)
Justin:
> oooh, what happens when you microwave a cd?
Okay, first a disclaimer. Cosine Systems and its representative take no
responsibility for any person even *reading* what follows, let alone
actually going ahead and *doing* it.
I'm not sure what settings you should use but after a few seconds you
get a load of very pretty blue sparks all over the CD! It looks really
nice. If you're doing this hit the stop button on the microwave *as soon
as the sparks start*! After that there are a load of black cracks all
over the CD where the sparks were and it's useless. Random does it to kill
AOL and Compuserve "free internet" CD's to use them at work as coffee
mats. =-)
I've never done it myself, but I've seen photos from some years ago and
Random has nuked a few CD's whilst I was there recently.
Lara Beaton
so sayeth John Francis <jo...@thuridion.com> :
If your complaint against a band is that you don't like the music, or
that you don't like the lyrics, I don't have a problem with that.
However, if your complaint is that the singer's voice is annoying,
then you probably won't like either. Frank Black singing _Headache_
has the same voice as when he was Black Francis and singing _Is She
Weird?_.
It's like saying "I really like the Smiths, but that Morrissey guy's
voice annoys me."
>John (feeling very old today; I've never heard of the Pixies).
'sokay. There are plenty of young people who haven't heard of them
either. which is a crime against humanity, IMAO.
========================================================================
Lara Beaton
The opinions expressed are not those of Hughes Aircraft or General
Motors, nor are they probably opinions at all.
"Have I mentioned that my nose is on fire, and I've got fifteen
James Gater
In message <84783833...@toreador.demon.co.uk>
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> writes:
> I look forward to the challenge. I assume that since we're still dealing
> with evil things the only rule is that there are no rules?
apart from being nominally consumable by humans[1] without vomitting.
No doggy turds in chocolate please[2]
> To those attending FP this coming weekend, there will be some available.
> Exactly what I don't know, but I went shopping this evening specially.
Rightyho. Now I know what to look out for! Two mad blokes waving bags
of evil looking chocolate things...
Normally I'd just look at the rogues gallery and hope, but I suspect
there's going to a lot of people there. I'll have to look conspicuous.[3] Hmm.
OBTW - Am I still in your killfile Mr Damarrell? [4]
[1] well, humans can eat locusts, monkey brains and mcdonalds
hamburgers, so that's quite a wide definition
[2] When I was very young, one of my cherubic little peers went
around the playground with a dog turd, pretending it was a chocolate
bar. When no-one would take it, he took a bite to show how nice it was...
[3] I think the latex skirt i've got for pyjama jump next week in
sheffield might be pushing it. I'll bring my spanner though.
[4] bit of a stupid question really
--
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Martin Hopley
> On Wed, 13 Nov 1996 02:36:10 +0000, The Red Salamander Zaruga
> <wal...@chatlink.com> wrote:
> >
> >I knew there were a million good reasons for me to marry you dear.
> >Let's add, "unbeatable at surrealistic poker" to that list I started
> >with, "good with a loaded anything.";)
This be very true! Say, Ydris, where did you get the hat? wouldn't
mind getting one myself!
> >> --
> >> I dont suffer from insanity
> >> I enjoy every minute of it
> >
> >Ah, enjoys my company. There's another one.
> >
> >-TRSZ
> >
> >Here, have some Dragon Love, on the house.;)
> Thankyou.
> Whose house?
> Nettie
Oh you can sit on my house anytime Zaruga! What do you mean? Of coarse
there's mines there, I'm trying to get rid of the pigeons!
---
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking Pinky?"
"Yeah Brain but where are we going to find a pair of underpants that big?"
Martin Hopley
G.L. Wilson
> jldo...@antares.cloudnet.com (Joann L Dominik) scribbled:
and forwarded a copy of the scribblings to me, for which, many thanks!)
> Kedamono (keda...@concentric.net) wrote:
something which I didn't see until Joann sent this on...
> : In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.961104...@ermine.ox.ac.uk>,
> : Victoria Martin <sann...@ermine.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> : > On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Kitten wrote:
> : > >
> : > > Bryan decided to be dashing and bought roses for every female in the
> : > > group from a passing rose-seller. Everyone except Victoria, that is, who
> : > > wouldn't accept hers
>
> NOooooooooo! Arghsodit! *sulk* Oh, I'm not even going to deny it this
> time, I'm both bitter *and* jealous. Yup, that's me, right over here with
> that heaping helping of *SAD*... *sulk* *sob* Sure, I can' propose, and
> he gets to buy roses. Hmph.
>
> : > At great physical risk to myself, I might add. I had no idea refusing
> : > roses could inspire such aggression.
>
> Yeah? You wanna see aggression? You just see what happens to all them thar
> females *except* Victoria, smart lass that she is... *growly scratchy
> fearsome nasty noises*
>
> : > > (she'll accept no roses from _anyone_
> : > >apparently, > regardless of gender _or_ strangeness).
> : > >
> : > A principle I shall be sticking to all the more firmly in future.
> : > My suspicions about AFP and roses having been more than confirmed.
>
> *sulk* Good thing I kept the one Leo gave me. Only one *I'll* be getting.
> Hmph. That's speciesism, that is. Just cos I'm a merkin. *sulk*
That's still one more than _I've_ gotten -from any of these supposedly
oh-so-gallant afpmales... *sulk*
> : Ah gee, Victoria!
> : This about ruins my plans to send you a transatlantic[1] proposal!
> : Well, at this stage, our relationship should remain plutonic.[2]
> : These meets sound so fun, the folks around here don't seem to be getting
> : into the act, (eh, Glinda?). Well off to stir up more trouble...
I think I've figured it out - we're too busy running around having lives, 'cause
of all those lattes we're always drinking.
> : Anyone know of a florist near Victoria?
>
> HEY! Now *this* is irony. This is frigging great. Don't you be waving
> your intercontinental drift at *me*, you young loonies! Glinda, let's
> elope. It's the only way.
Well, I think I may already be married to Elusis, but what the heck? And I
always did want to elope - none of this big wedding nonsense for me!
>
> : --
> : The Kedamono Dragon
> : I'm now on Concentric as well as on AOL
>
> Ah. Well. I should have guessed. Only AOL could be so cruel and heartless.
> I'll be the one sobbing in a puddle in the corner. Kick me if I'm in the
> way, other wise, just step around me and try not to splash.
No, no, that's not the way to do it. Let's us go off and have fun. Lots of fun.
Involving chocolate, and alcohol, and bread products, and anything else we can
possibly thing of to make them envy us.
> Bloody peasants.
Arrogant Brits! *grin*
--glinda
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Listicath
Jason <t...@cosine.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Jason =-)
>> I *used* to have loads here, but I don't *remember* microwaving them.
>> Err Random, when you were here... =-)
>Justin:
>> oooh, what happens when you microwave a cd?
>Okay, first a disclaimer. Cosine Systems and its representative take no
>responsibility for any person even *reading* what follows, let alone
>actually going ahead and *doing* it.
>I'm not sure what settings you should use but after a few seconds you
>get a load of very pretty blue sparks all over the CD! It looks really
>nice. If you're doing this hit the stop button on the microwave *as soon
>as the sparks start*! After that there are a load of black cracks all
>over the CD where the sparks were and it's useless. Random does it to kill
>AOL and Compuserve "free internet" CD's to use them at work as coffee
>mats. =-)
>I've never done it myself, but I've seen photos from some years ago and
>Random has nuked a few CD's whilst I was there recently.
I *knew* there was a good reason for buying a 琺ave. I've also heard a roumour
that some ppl put food in as well...
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Random Companion
In article <56dflb$b...@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz>, Justin
<jus...@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> writes
>Jason decided to enlighten us thus:
><
>< Err Random, when you were here... =-)
>
Sparks. Lots of Sparks.
Martin Hopley
On 10 Nov 1996 17:25:31 GMT, yd...@aol.com wrote:
>In article <84763458...@sabers4.demon.co.uk>,
>mar...@sabers4.demon.co.uk (Martin Hopley) writes:
>
>>
>>a.stew...@elsevier.co.uk (Nettie) enlightened us with the words of
>>wisdom:
>>> I don't see why not. I never said I was playing by your rules, now,
>>> did I?
>>
>>> Nettie
>>
>>Oh! If that's how you want to play it then the game was considered
>>void as no-one brought the flamingo!
>>
>>
>
>No no. The flamingo wasn't needed because tangerines were wild.
>
>Ydris
Maybe so but the was very important. *I* had to deal the cards!!
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Martin Hopley
Midnight Tree Bandit
In the last episode, we saw Lanfear say:
>Noooo! More TMBG that I don't have! No faaaiiiir!
>
>All I have is Flood, Lincoln, Apollo 18 and TMBG (Sorry to the person I
>nicked the latter two off)
Bad news, you're missing three: Factory Showroom, Misc T (as mentioned
before), and the one between FS and A18, John Henry. And John Flansburgh's
solo project, Mono Puff (came out over the summer). Happy hunting! :)
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The Red Salamander Zaruga
Martin Hopley wrote:
> Oh you can sit on my house anytime Zaruga! What do you mean? Of coarse
> there's mines there, I'm trying to get rid of the pigeons!
Coarse mines? Digging for scouring pads and sandpaper then? I see now,
you're trying to get rid of the pigeons by forcing them to do slave
labor inside the coarse mines in your roof! You're wicked!;)
-TRSZ
Denis Hackney
Listicath wrote:
> Jason <t...@cosine.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> I've never done it myself, but I've seen photos from some years ago
>> and Random has nuked a few CD's whilst I was there recently.
>
> I *knew* there was a good reason for buying a 琺ave. I've also heard
> a roumour that some ppl put food in as well...
Just out of curiosity, is this particularly good for the microwave?
I am intruiged by the CD-microwave phenomenon, and would like to
investigate it for myself, but I don't want to ruin my microwave, since
it isn't really mine...
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On Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:10:54 +0000, the sun shone brightly when The
Red Salamander Zaruga <wal...@chatlink.com> wrote:
Hehehe, let me congratulate you on getting a reference I didn't spot!!
Not bad at all!
[fx: whip crack!]
[in distance]
"Keep moving you poor excuse for a flying rat!"
Random Companion
In article <3293FA...@student.anu.edu.au>, Denis Hackney
<d.ha...@student.anu.edu.au> writes
>Listicath wrote:
>> Jason <t...@cosine.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I've never done it myself, but I've seen photos from some years ago
>>> and Random has nuked a few CD's whilst I was there recently.
>>
>> I *knew* there was a good reason for buying a 琺ave. I've also heard
>> a roumour that some ppl put food in as well...
>
>Just out of curiosity, is this particularly good for the microwave?
>I am intruiged by the CD-microwave phenomenon, and would like to
>investigate it for myself, but I don't want to ruin my microwave, since
>it isn't really mine...
Well, it's not exactly recommended, but just think of all the damage
that the AOL cd could do to your computer. Actually, the worst bit (as
long as you keep your finger on the stop button, and press it as soon as
you see sparks, is the smell of burnt plastic. But, basically, DONT TRY
THIS AT HOME KIDS!
C.Cooke
In article <3293FA...@student.anu.edu.au>, d.ha...@student.anu.edu.au
says...
>
>Listicath wrote:
>> Jason <t...@cosine.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I've never done it myself, but I've seen photos from some years ago
>>> and Random has nuked a few CD's whilst I was there recently.
>>
>> I *knew* there was a good reason for buying a 琺ave. I've also heard
>> a roumour that some ppl put food in as well...
>
>Just out of curiosity, is this particularly good for the microwave?
>I am intruiged by the CD-microwave phenomenon, and would like to
>investigate it for myself, but I don't want to ruin my microwave, since
>it isn't really mine...
If it isn't yours, all the more reson to experiment *g*
--
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"and I start to forget things but its ok they weren't essential anyway"
yd...@aol.com
In article <84800307...@sabers4.demon.co.uk>,
mar...@sabers4.demon.co.uk (Martin Hopley) writes:
>Subject: Re: *F* Oxfrod meet - Kitten's thoughts
>From: mar...@sabers4.demon.co.uk (Martin Hopley)
>Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 20:25:43 GMT
>
>a.stew...@elsevier.co.uk (Nettie) enlightened us with the words of
>wisdom:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Nov 1996 02:36:10 +0000, The Red Salamander Zaruga
>> <wal...@chatlink.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >I knew there were a million good reasons for me to marry you dear.
>> >Let's add, "unbeatable at surrealistic poker" to that list I started
>> >with, "good with a loaded anything.";)
>
>This be very true! Say, Ydris, where did you get the hat? wouldn't
>mind getting one myself!
>
>
Hi everyone. Back after a long (to long) absence. I got it
from a second hand clothes shop oop-north. Somewhere
around Leeds/Bradford. Not bad for 12 quids eh.
Ydris
He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old,
although no one knew where he kept it.
-- The Life and Times of Corporal Nobbs
(Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms)
yd...@aol.com
In article <329f2d73...@news.mindspring.com>,
mtba...@mindspring.com (Midnight Tree Bandit) writes:
>In the last episode, we saw Lanfear say:
>
>>Noooo! More TMBG that I don't have! No faaaiiiir!
>>
>>All I have is Flood, Lincoln, Apollo 18 and TMBG (Sorry to the person I
>>nicked the latter two off)
>
>Bad news, you're missing three: Factory Showroom, Misc T (as mentioned
>before), and the one between FS and A18, John Henry. And John
Flansburgh's
>solo project, Mono Puff (came out over the summer). Happy hunting! :)
>
>
Well in the absence of any requests from others I got myself
Factory Showroom which I love. My first TMBG. Watch the sigs
for future inspiration, this one is getting a little long in the tooth.
Denis Hackney
Martin Hopley wrote:
> [fx: whip crack!]
> [in distance]
> "Keep moving you poor excuse for a flying rat!"
This brought up an image in my mind, for no apparent reason:
Scene: Slave ship, with rows of slaves on oars, captain shouting
at them all, man with whip using it.
Captain: "Stroke!"
<fx: whip crack!>
Captain: "Stroke!
<fx: whip crack!>
Captain: "Stroke!
<fx: whip crack!>
Captain: "And STOP HITTING ME!"
Ppoint for anyone who gets the reference...no, make it 5 ppoints!
Martin Hopley
On 24 Nov 1996 20:54:50 GMT, the sun shone brightly when yd...@aol.com
wrote:
[Huge snip]
>Hi everyone. Back after a long (to long) absence. I got it
>from a second hand clothes shop oop-north. Somewhere
>around Leeds/Bradford. Not bad for 12 quids eh.
>
>Ydris
>
>He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old,
>although no one knew where he kept it.
>
> -- The Life and Times of Corporal Nobbs
> (Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms)
>
12 quid? Damn, that's not bad. BTW I've now got my oxfrod meet photos
developed and scanned now, a lovely one of you getting face hugged by
Mr Fox with nettie's hand up his.... anyways, if you want I could
e-mail them to you or set up a web page.