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Niall Harrison

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Feb 10, 2002, 3:11:06 PM2/10/02
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Hi, hope you're well, etc, etc... :-)

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=showatch&id=angel

Says of _Angel_ (under 'notes') that 'UPN is contractually required to
pick up the series for next season should the WB cancel it'.

Can you comment on the validity of this? It would ease a lot of fan's
minds if the show really does have this sort of safety net.

Thanks,

Niall

--
I've got a dragon here, and I'm not afraid to use it.

Christy

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Feb 11, 2002, 4:47:41 PM2/11/02
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Niall Harrison wrote in message ...

>
>Hi, hope you're well, etc, etc... :-)
>
>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=showatch&id=angel
>
>Says of _Angel_ (under 'notes') that 'UPN is contractually required to
>pick up the series for next season should the WB cancel it'.
>
>Can you comment on the validity of this?

I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed - but according to my
hazy recollection of the succubus club interview, Tim did indeed confirm
that this was the case, and if I remember correctly seemed completely
unconcerned about the whole affair when questioned about the matter.
*If* the WB cancels the show it has a home on 'the WWF smackdown
channel' (known to the rest of us as UPN) and it's not something to
worry about, whether you are a big-wig producer-type person or a rabid
member of the fan community called Niall.

Christy
-possibly making no sense. It's a three glasses of red wine night.
--
It's been a long time since I wore this rattlesnake smile

natalie

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Feb 11, 2002, 6:33:47 PM2/11/02
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"Christy" <chr...@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:a49e7h$1drp4f$1...@ID-130565.news.dfncis.de...

> Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
> >
> >Hi, hope you're well, etc, etc... :-)
> >
> >http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=showatch&id=angel
> >
> >Says of _Angel_ (under 'notes') that 'UPN is contractually required to
> >pick up the series for next season should the WB cancel it'.
> >
> >Can you comment on the validity of this?
>
> I'm not Tim Minear -

charlatan!
*ahem*
but as far as i know, UPN are indeed obliged to pick the show up. however,
reports suggested that the WB were happy with the way that Angel was
performing, so it's far from clear what their plans are.
a poster on An Angel's Soul Spoiler Board commented that the WB were keen to
try and promote the show Glory Days (which has been a huge failure), and it
could be that aim that's motivated this decision rather than the need to
drop Angel.
just something for consideration.

natalie


Niall Harrison

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Feb 12, 2002, 2:41:03 PM2/12/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
> Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>>
>>Hi, hope you're well, etc, etc... :-)
>>
>>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=showatch&id=angel
>>
>>Says of _Angel_ (under 'notes') that 'UPN is contractually required to
>>pick up the series for next season should the WB cancel it'.
>>
>>Can you comment on the validity of this?
>
> I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed -

And here was me hoping you were just in disguise.

> but according to my
> hazy recollection of the succubus club interview, Tim did indeed confirm
> that this was the case, and if I remember correctly seemed completely
> unconcerned about the whole affair when questioned about the matter.

Well, that sounds good.

> rabid member of the fan community called Niall.

'rabid'?

Niall

--
After the flood
All the colours came out.

Christy

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Feb 12, 2002, 3:07:29 PM2/12/02
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Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>> I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed -
>
>And here was me hoping you were just in disguise.

Hoping? The mind boggles.

>> but according to my
>> hazy recollection of the succubus club interview, Tim did indeed
confirm
>> that this was the case, and if I remember correctly seemed completely
>> unconcerned about the whole affair when questioned about the matter.
>
>Well, that sounds good.

Pleased to be of service, I'm sure.

>> rabid member of the fan community called Niall.
>
>'rabid'?

*sigh* Succubus club interview. Tim Minear. Described some sections of
the fan community as 'rabid'. Me listened. Was blessed/afflicted with
mental image of Mr. Harrison. Mentioned it in post. Post obviously not
read by the aforementioned Mr. H.

Honestly.

No attention to posting continuity some people. ;-P

Christy

Niall Harrison

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Feb 12, 2002, 3:43:31 PM2/12/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
> Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>>> I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed -
>>
>>And here was me hoping you were just in disguise.
>
> Hoping? The mind boggles.

I would like to state at this juncture that I have never willingly
imagined Tim Minear wearing women's clothing.

>>> but according to my
>>> hazy recollection of the succubus club interview, Tim did indeed
>>> confirm
>>> that this was the case, and if I remember correctly seemed completely
>>> unconcerned about the whole affair when questioned about the matter.
>>
>>Well, that sounds good.
>
> Pleased to be of service, I'm sure.

Thank you kindly.

>>> rabid member of the fan community called Niall.
>>
>>'rabid'?
>
> *sigh* Succubus club interview. Tim Minear. Described some sections of
> the fan community as 'rabid'. Me listened. Was blessed/afflicted with
> mental image of Mr. Harrison. Mentioned it in post. Post obviously not
> read by the aforementioned Mr. H.

/me slaps self in face with pancake.

Ow.

> Honestly.

Sorry.

> No attention to posting continuity some people. ;-P

I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.

*sneeze*

Niall

--
"This is daytime? Cool. It looks different than on TV."

pikelet

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Feb 12, 2002, 3:55:33 PM2/12/02
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Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:43:31 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
<s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:

>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
>> Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>>>> I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed -
>>>
>>>And here was me hoping you were just in disguise.
>>
>> Hoping? The mind boggles.
>
>I would like to state at this juncture that I have never willingly
>imagined Tim Minear wearing women's clothing.

Ah, but have you imagined Christy wearing Tim Minear's clothing, hmm?

Tim.

--
I put up with all the scenes
But this is one scene that's going to be played my way

Niall Harrison

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Feb 12, 2002, 3:57:19 PM2/12/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
> Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:43:31 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
>>> Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>>>>> I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed -
>>>>
>>>>And here was me hoping you were just in disguise.
>>>
>>> Hoping? The mind boggles.
>>
>>I would like to state at this juncture that I have never willingly
>>imagined Tim Minear wearing women's clothing.
>
> Ah, but have you imagined Christy wearing Tim Minear's clothing, hmm?

Since I have never seen Tim Minear's clothes, I can catergorically say
that no, I haven't. :-)

Niall

--
How did you think this would end?

Christy

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Feb 12, 2002, 4:03:03 PM2/12/02
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Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
>> Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:43:31 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
>> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
>> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
>>>> Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>>>>>> I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed -
>>>>>
>>>>>And here was me hoping you were just in disguise.
>>>>
>>>> Hoping? The mind boggles.
>>>
>>>I would like to state at this juncture that I have never willingly
>>>imagined Tim Minear wearing women's clothing.
>>
>> Ah, but have you imagined Christy wearing Tim Minear's clothing, hmm?
>
>Since I have never seen Tim Minear's clothes, I can catergorically say
>that no, I haven't. :-)


I'd just like to point out that you haven't seen me either.

MinearWear clad or otherwise.

And also, I'm now officially afraid of Niall. :)

Niall Harrison

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Feb 12, 2002, 4:11:30 PM2/12/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
> Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
>>> Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:43:31 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
>>> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
>>> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>>>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
>>>>> Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>>>>>>> I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed -
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And here was me hoping you were just in disguise.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hoping? The mind boggles.
>>>>
>>>>I would like to state at this juncture that I have never willingly
>>>>imagined Tim Minear wearing women's clothing.
>>>
>>> Ah, but have you imagined Christy wearing Tim Minear's clothing, hmm?
>>
>>Since I have never seen Tim Minear's clothes, I can catergorically say
>>that no, I haven't. :-)
>
> I'd just like to point out that you haven't seen me either.

Good point.

> And also, I'm now officially afraid of Niall. :)

I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for it.

Niall

--
I want a pistol in my hand
I wanna go to another land.

Christy

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Feb 12, 2002, 4:21:16 PM2/12/02
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Niall Harrison wrote in message ...

>I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for
it.


Uh-huh.

It looks good on you.

...

*collapses into giggles*

Niall Harrison

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Feb 12, 2002, 4:28:44 PM2/12/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
> Niall Harrison wrote in message ...

>>I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for
>>it.
>
> Uh-huh.
>
> It looks good on you.
>
> ...
>
> *collapses into giggles*

*sigh*

So much for that idea. :-/

Niall

--
Just the three of us took flight that night:
Uncle Richard, me, and James Earl Jones.

Mattia Valente

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Feb 12, 2002, 4:40:11 PM2/12/02
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Niall Harrison wrote:
>
> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
> > Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
> >>
> >>Hi, hope you're well, etc, etc... :-)
> >>
> >>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=showatch&id=angel
> >>
> >>Says of _Angel_ (under 'notes') that 'UPN is contractually required to
> >>pick up the series for next season should the WB cancel it'.
> >>
> >>Can you comment on the validity of this?
> >
> > I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed -
>
> And here was me hoping you were just in disguise.
>
> > but according to my
> > hazy recollection of the succubus club interview, Tim did indeed confirm
> > that this was the case, and if I remember correctly seemed completely
> > unconcerned about the whole affair when questioned about the matter.
>
> Well, that sounds good.

Works for me..

> > rabid member of the fan community called Niall.
>
> 'rabid'?

I think it means 'foamy'. Like beer.

Mattia
--
"My beagle went swimming today and now he's typing on my keyboard with
his ample nose. Oh, and he's the bestest handsomeest beagle EVER."
--Tim Minear, Salon.com, May 2001

Mattia Valente

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Feb 12, 2002, 4:41:43 PM2/12/02
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Niall Harrison wrote:
>
> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
> > Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
> >>> I'm not Tim Minear - as you might have noticed -
> >>
> >>And here was me hoping you were just in disguise.
> >
> > Hoping? The mind boggles.
>
> I would like to state at this juncture that I have never willingly
> imagined Tim Minear wearing women's clothing.
>
> >>> but according to my
> >>> hazy recollection of the succubus club interview, Tim did indeed
> >>> confirm
> >>> that this was the case, and if I remember correctly seemed completely
> >>> unconcerned about the whole affair when questioned about the matter.
> >>
> >>Well, that sounds good.
> >
> > Pleased to be of service, I'm sure.
>
> Thank you kindly.

She is a most wise Lady, is she not?

> >>> rabid member of the fan community called Niall.
> >>
> >>'rabid'?
> >
> > *sigh* Succubus club interview. Tim Minear. Described some sections of
> > the fan community as 'rabid'. Me listened. Was blessed/afflicted with
> > mental image of Mr. Harrison. Mentioned it in post. Post obviously not
> > read by the aforementioned Mr. H.
>
> /me slaps self in face with pancake.
>
> Ow.

Hehehehehe.....I just had a very, very amusing mental image. This is an
american-style pancake, right?

> > Honestly.
>
> Sorry.

Mweh heh heh...



> > No attention to posting continuity some people. ;-P
>
> I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.
>
> *sneeze*

*smap*

See? See? That's YOUR meme, buster!

Mattia Valente

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Feb 12, 2002, 4:42:51 PM2/12/02
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Niall Harrison wrote:
> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
> >>>>I would like to state at this juncture that I have never willingly
> >>>>imagined Tim Minear wearing women's clothing.
> >>>
> >>> Ah, but have you imagined Christy wearing Tim Minear's clothing, hmm?
> >>
> >>Since I have never seen Tim Minear's clothes, I can catergorically say
> >>that no, I haven't. :-)
> >
> > I'd just like to point out that you haven't seen me either.
>
> Good point.

Either way, this is very, very disturbing. But a possible Cameo idea for
Tim. Or not.

> > And also, I'm now officially afraid of Niall. :)
>
> I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for it.

Hoom.

Mattia
can't say anything else without cracking up..

Niall Harrison

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Feb 12, 2002, 4:47:04 PM2/12/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
> Niall Harrison wrote:
>> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:

>> >>> rabid member of the fan community called Niall.
>> >>
>> >>'rabid'?
>> >
>> > *sigh* Succubus club interview. Tim Minear. Described some sections of
>> > the fan community as 'rabid'. Me listened. Was blessed/afflicted with
>> > mental image of Mr. Harrison. Mentioned it in post. Post obviously not
>> > read by the aforementioned Mr. H.
>>
>> /me slaps self in face with pancake.
>>
>> Ow.
>
> Hehehehehe.....I just had a very, very amusing mental image. This is an
> american-style pancake, right?

Nope. British. But if you want to imagine it as american, go ahead. :-)



>> > No attention to posting continuity some people. ;-P
>>
>> I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.
>>
>> *sneeze*
>
> *smap*
>
> See? See? That's YOUR meme, buster!

OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.

Niall

--
The city sun sets over me.

pikelet

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Feb 12, 2002, 5:09:10 PM2/12/02
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Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:47:04 +0000 (UTC), after erotically

slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
<s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:

>OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.

You can get a cream for that, you know.

Tim.

--
All I ever wanted, all I ever needed
Is here in my arms

pikelet

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Feb 12, 2002, 5:09:39 PM2/12/02
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Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:11:30 +0000 (UTC), after erotically

slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
<s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:

>> And also, I'm now officially afraid of Niall. :)


>
>I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for it.

/me dissolves into fits of giggles

Ahem.

Tim.

--
I told my woman she was beautiful ten times a day.
Ten times a day she'd smile
And look away.

Mattia Valente

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Feb 12, 2002, 5:55:32 PM2/12/02
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Niall Harrison wrote:
>
> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
> > Niall Harrison wrote:
> >> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
>
> >> >>> rabid member of the fan community called Niall.
> >> >>
> >> >>'rabid'?
> >> >
> >> > *sigh* Succubus club interview. Tim Minear. Described some sections of
> >> > the fan community as 'rabid'. Me listened. Was blessed/afflicted with
> >> > mental image of Mr. Harrison. Mentioned it in post. Post obviously not
> >> > read by the aforementioned Mr. H.
> >>
> >> /me slaps self in face with pancake.
> >>
> >> Ow.
> >
> > Hehehehehe.....I just had a very, very amusing mental image. This is an
> > american-style pancake, right?
>
> Nope. British. But if you want to imagine it as american, go ahead. :-)

What the heck is a 'british style pancake'? Like, thinner, crepe-like
(but not that thin)? What the dutch would call a 'pannekoek'?

> >> > No attention to posting continuity some people. ;-P
> >>
> >> I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.
> >>
> >> *sneeze*
> >
> > *smap*
> >
> > See? See? That's YOUR meme, buster!
>
> OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.

I guess we should stop fighting it.

Iain Clark

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Feb 12, 2002, 6:01:11 PM2/12/02
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:55:32 +0100, Mattia Valente
<mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote:

>Niall Harrison wrote:
>>
>> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
>> > Niall Harrison wrote:
>> >> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
>>
>> >> >>> rabid member of the fan community called Niall.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>'rabid'?
>> >> >
>> >> > *sigh* Succubus club interview. Tim Minear. Described some sections of
>> >> > the fan community as 'rabid'. Me listened. Was blessed/afflicted with
>> >> > mental image of Mr. Harrison. Mentioned it in post. Post obviously not
>> >> > read by the aforementioned Mr. H.
>> >>
>> >> /me slaps self in face with pancake.
>> >>
>> >> Ow.
>> >
>> > Hehehehehe.....I just had a very, very amusing mental image. This is an
>> > american-style pancake, right?
>>
>> Nope. British. But if you want to imagine it as american, go ahead. :-)
>
>What the heck is a 'british style pancake'? Like, thinner, crepe-like
>(but not that thin)? What the dutch would call a 'pannekoek'?
>

Mmmmm......pancakes......

Very full Iain.

Iain

--
"Signs, portents, dreams...next thing
we'll be reading tea leaves and chicken entrails."

Mattia Valente

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Feb 12, 2002, 6:03:05 PM2/12/02
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pikelet wrote:
>
> Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:47:04 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>
> >OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.
>
> You can get a cream for that, you know.

For haemorrhage?

Freeeeak.

Harper

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Feb 12, 2002, 6:17:21 PM2/12/02
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"Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
> > Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
>
> >>I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for
> >>it.
> >
> > Uh-huh.
> >
> > It looks good on you.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > *collapses into giggles*
>
> *sigh*
>
> So much for that idea. :-/

Why not try dressing up all in black, with a long black coat,
and glowering lots at anyone who dares to be social or do that
thing called 'conversation'? You're just not trying hard enough.
Your brooding skills need work.

> Niall
>
> --
> Just the three of us took flight that night:
> Uncle Richard, me, and James Earl Jones.

Eve


natalie

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Feb 12, 2002, 6:23:45 PM2/12/02
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"Harper" <i...@yasha.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a4c7q7$oto$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...

>
> "Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:a4c1ec$908$2...@news.ox.ac.uk...
> > Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Christy wrote:
> > > Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
> >
> > >>I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for
> > >>it.
> > >
> > > Uh-huh.
> > >
> > > It looks good on you.
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > *collapses into giggles*
> >
> > *sigh*
> >
> > So much for that idea. :-/
>
> Why not try dressing up all in black, with a long black coat,
> and glowering lots at anyone who dares to be social or do that
> thing called 'conversation'? You're just not trying hard enough.
> Your brooding skills need work.

well he has the coat. trouble is that he's a pussycat, so the whole bad boy
thing just ain't working.......

natalie


pikelet

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Feb 12, 2002, 6:29:16 PM2/12/02
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Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:01:11 +0000, after erotically slowdancing
for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Iain Clark
<ia...@dragonhaven.worldonline.co.uk> declared:

If I never see another pancake, it will be too soon.

/me tries not to barf pancake all over keyboard

grooble

Tim.

--
What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you.
What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you.

Harper

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Feb 12, 2002, 6:36:44 PM2/12/02
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"Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
news:3C699D64...@std.vu.nl...

> Niall Harrison wrote:
> >
> > Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
> > > Niall Harrison wrote:

> > >> /me slaps self in face with pancake.
> > >>
> > >> Ow.
> > >
> > > Hehehehehe.....I just had a very, very amusing mental image. This is an
> > > american-style pancake, right?
> >
> > Nope. British. But if you want to imagine it as american, go ahead. :-)
>
> What the heck is a 'british style pancake'? Like, thinner, crepe-like
> (but not that thin)? What the dutch would call a 'pannekoek'?

Google rules.

"US Lexicon - F
... another name for a pancake (American pancakes are thick, more
like Scotch pancakes than the more traditional British pancake, which
the Americans call crepes). ..."

http://www.handbag.com/food/roz_pan/

scotch pancakes..... mmmmm.....
www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/gbk/recipes/cakes/scotchpancakes.htm

I like the recipe for this one.
http://www.britegg.co.uk/recipes/recip3.htm

Looks yeuch...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/spotlight/food/pancakes.shtml

> > >> > No attention to posting continuity some people. ;-P
> > >>
> > >> I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.
> > >>
> > >> *sneeze*
> > >
> > > *smap*
> > >
> > > See? See? That's YOUR meme, buster!
> >
> > OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.
>
> I guess we should stop fighting it.

Awww, don't stop on belah of little things like haemorrhages. Please, continue!
Fight, fight, fight!

> Mattia
> --
> "My beagle went swimming today and now he's typing on my keyboard with
> his ample nose. Oh, and he's the bestest handsomeest beagle EVER."
> --Tim Minear, Salon.com, May 2001

Eve
-pancake hungry and bloodthirsty


QrizB

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On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:03:03 -0000, "Christy" <chr...@nospam.com>
wrote:

>Niall Harrison wrote in message ...

>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
>>>
>>> Ah, but have you imagined Christy wearing Tim Minear's clothing, hmm?
>>
>>Since I have never seen Tim Minear's clothes, I can catergorically say
>>that no, I haven't. :-)
>
>I'd just like to point out that you haven't seen me either.

I put it to you that, in truth, no-one has ever seen you, and that you
are in fact a pseudonym adopted by Niall so that other umta-rtesidents
don't realise that he's dominating the group.[1]

Refute that, why don't you?

--
QrizB
[1] Again.

Mattia Valente

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Feb 12, 2002, 7:38:36 PM2/12/02
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Harper wrote:
>
> "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
> news:3C699D64...@std.vu.nl...
> > Niall Harrison wrote:
> > >
> > > Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
> > > > Niall Harrison wrote:
>
> > > >> /me slaps self in face with pancake.
> > > >>
> > > >> Ow.
> > > >
> > > > Hehehehehe.....I just had a very, very amusing mental image. This is an
> > > > american-style pancake, right?
> > >
> > > Nope. British. But if you want to imagine it as american, go ahead. :-)
> >
> > What the heck is a 'british style pancake'? Like, thinner, crepe-like
> > (but not that thin)? What the dutch would call a 'pannekoek'?
> Google rules.

Ahh.....

> "US Lexicon - F
> ... another name for a pancake (American pancakes are thick, more
> like Scotch pancakes than the more traditional British pancake, which
> the Americans call crepes). ..."

Well, quite. But they're not.

Yes, thank you, I now know too much. Like the dutch ones,
methinks...only worse.

<ducks and runs>



> > > >> > No attention to posting continuity some people. ;-P
> > > >>
> > > >> I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.
> > > >>
> > > >> *sneeze*
> > > >
> > > > *smap*
> > > >
> > > > See? See? That's YOUR meme, buster!
> > >
> > > OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.
> >
> > I guess we should stop fighting it.
>
> Awww, don't stop on belah of little things like haemorrhages. Please, continue!
> Fight, fight, fight!

I'm quite sure you don't understand this 'meme' thing at all.

Christy

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Feb 12, 2002, 7:53:01 PM2/12/02
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QrizB wrote in message <3c698ecc...@news.ntlworld.com>...

>On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:03:03 -0000, "Christy" <chr...@nospam.com>
>wrote:
>>I'd just like to point out that you haven't seen me either.
>
>I put it to you that, in truth, no-one has ever seen you, and that you
>are in fact a pseudonym adopted by Niall so that other umta-rtesidents
>don't realise that he's dominating the group.
>
>Refute that, why don't you?

1) Easy. I advocated the killing of Fred. Would Mr. H ever do that? Even
in jest? Huh? Huh?

2) I'm pretty tall, but certainly not freakishly so.

3) I adore the pikelet with a strength and ferocity of passion my feeble
mortal heart struggles to endure. No. Wait! That's not going to help, is
it?

Um...

4) If I am Niall, he has severe spilt personality issues over TOGOM, and
one half is hopelessly deluded. *cough* Resolution. There isn't one.
*cough* [1]

Err...

This is harder than I thought. Maybe I *am* Niall...

Christy
- in the midst of an identity crisis. Maybe it's just the memes.

[1] Cunningly decode the sentence hidden by the sly use of throat
clearing to discover which viewpoint is the correct one. :-P [2]
[2] It's umta interactive! [3]
[3] Whoo! [4]
[4] Nevermind. *sigh*

Tafka

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Feb 12, 2002, 8:25:41 PM2/12/02
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:53:01 -0000, "Christy" <chr...@nospam.com>
wrote:

>QrizB wrote in message <3c698ecc...@news.ntlworld.com>...
>>On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:03:03 -0000, "Christy" <chr...@nospam.com>
>>wrote:
>>>I'd just like to point out that you haven't seen me either.
>>
>>I put it to you that, in truth, no-one has ever seen you, and that you
>>are in fact a pseudonym adopted by Niall so that other umta-rtesidents
>>don't realise that he's dominating the group.
>>
>>Refute that, why don't you?
>

>1) Easy. I [put in potential spoilers?] Huh? Huh?

Spoilers, maybe? Maybe not?

-Tafka-
tafka[at]boltfree[dot]net

Tim Minear

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Feb 12, 2002, 11:44:34 PM2/12/02
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>>Says of _Angel_ (under 'notes') that 'UPN is contractually required to
pick up the series for next season should the WB cancel it'.

Can you comment on the validity of this? It would ease a lot of fan's
minds if the show really does have this sort of safety net.<<

I just write the thing.

Christy

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Feb 13, 2002, 6:00:29 AM2/13/02
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Tafka wrote in message ...

How is that any more a spoiler than 'mmmm.... that person'? It's just
the opposite opinion.

I'm confused. But if it is a spoiler. Sorry.

Christy

Tafka

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Feb 13, 2002, 6:27:37 AM2/13/02
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*sniffle*

Guess it's wait and see.

-Tafka-
Although he obviously would know/be concerned... it's his employment
and all.. sneaky Minear....

pikelet

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Feb 13, 2002, 7:19:02 AM2/13/02
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Around 13 Feb 2002 04:44:34 GMT, after erotically slowdancing for the
pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, timm...@aol.com (Tim Minear)
declared:

And very well, too, if I may here.

Here, have a pancake :)

Tim.

--
I still dream of Organon

pikelet

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:09:22 AM2/13/02
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Around Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:19:02 +0000, after erotically slowdancing
for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, pikelet
<timothy...@hertford.ox.ac.uk.iss.me.not.with.spammy.lips>
declared:

>Around 13 Feb 2002 04:44:34 GMT, after erotically slowdancing for the
>pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, timm...@aol.com (Tim Minear)
>declared:
>
>>>>Says of _Angel_ (under 'notes') that 'UPN is contractually required to
>>pick up the series for next season should the WB cancel it'.
>>
>>Can you comment on the validity of this? It would ease a lot of fan's
>>minds if the show really does have this sort of safety net.<<
>>
>>I just write the thing.
>
>And very well, too, if I may here.

Oh dear. Pancake-gluttony appears to have affected my ability to make
sense. That should have been 'if I may say'.

Oops.

Tim.

--
I'm almost out of that nancy-boy hair gel I like so much.

Mattia Valente

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:14:35 AM2/13/02
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pikelet wrote:
>
> Around 13 Feb 2002 04:44:34 GMT, after erotically slowdancing for the
> pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, timm...@aol.com (Tim Minear)
> declared:

Errr......weren't you gonna work on this?

> >>>Says of _Angel_ (under 'notes') that 'UPN is contractually required to
> >pick up the series for next season should the WB cancel it'.
> >
> >Can you comment on the validity of this? It would ease a lot of fan's
> >minds if the show really does have this sort of safety net.<<
> >
> >I just write the thing.
>
> And very well, too, if I may here.

Indeed-y.



> Here, have a pancake :)

British style, I assume, most groobleicious one.

Niall Harrison

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:15:28 AM2/13/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Tafka wrote:
> On 13 Feb 2002 04:44:34 GMT, timm...@aol.com (Tim Minear) wrote:

>>>>Says of _Angel_ (under 'notes') that 'UPN is contractually required to
>>pick up the series for next season should the WB cancel it'.
>>
>>Can you comment on the validity of this? It would ease a lot of fan's
>>minds if the show really does have this sort of safety net.<<
>>
>>I just write the thing.
>
> *sniffle*

Well, it was worth a shot.

> Guess it's wait and see.

Guess so.

> Although he obviously would know/be concerned... it's his employment
> and all.. sneaky Minear....

I can understand that this might be one of those times that calls for a
'no comment', though.

Niall

--
Eternal pyjama boy.

Niall Harrison

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:16:29 AM2/13/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - natalie wrote:
> "Harper" <i...@yasha.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:a4c7q7$oto$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> >
>> > So much for that idea. :-/
>>
>> Why not try dressing up all in black, with a long black coat,
>> and glowering lots at anyone who dares to be social or do that
>> thing called 'conversation'? You're just not trying hard enough.
>> Your brooding skills need work.
>
> well he has the coat. trouble is that he's a pussycat,

This is literally true. And long black coats do not mix well with small,
four-legged felines. I look ridiculous.

Niall

--
"You're insane. You're short, and you're insane."

Niall Harrison

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:16:52 AM2/13/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
> Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:11:30 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:

>>> And also, I'm now officially afraid of Niall. :)
>>
>>I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for it.
>
> /me dissolves into fits of giggles

Yeah, like you can talk.

Niall

--
16 Paracetamol, 16 Nytol, and a Radiohead album.

Niall Harrison

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:18:27 AM2/13/02
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> Refute that, why don't you?

(1) If I wanted to do that, surely I'd pick somebody like Mattia who
actually posts reams and reams as my alias?

(2) Everybody already *knows* I dominate the group. :-)

Niall

--
Happiness is...a big purple tennis ball.

pikelet

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:28:26 AM2/13/02
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Around Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:16:52 +0000 (UTC), after erotically

slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
<s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:

>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
>> Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:11:30 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
>> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
>> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>
>>>> And also, I'm now officially afraid of Niall. :)
>>>
>>>I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for it.
>>
>> /me dissolves into fits of giggles
>
>Yeah, like you can talk.

What's that supposed to mean? You, you... *pussycat*, you!

Mattia Valente

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:32:57 AM2/13/02
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Niall Harrison wrote:
>
> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - QrizB wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:03:03 -0000, "Christy" <chr...@nospam.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
> >>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ah, but have you imagined Christy wearing Tim Minear's clothing, hmm?
> >>>
> >>>Since I have never seen Tim Minear's clothes, I can catergorically say
> >>>that no, I haven't. :-)
> >>
> >>I'd just like to point out that you haven't seen me either.
> >
> > I put it to you that, in truth, no-one has ever seen you, and that you
> > are in fact a pseudonym adopted by Niall so that other umta-rtesidents
> > don't realise that he's dominating the group.
> >
> > Refute that, why don't you?
>
> (1) If I wanted to do that, surely I'd pick somebody like Mattia who
> actually posts reams and reams as my alias?

Ummm.....quite. Plus, like, uh, Holland? Good cover.

> (2) Everybody already *knows* I dominate the group. :-)

Depends on the week, but mostly yes.

Niall Harrison

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:33:33 AM2/13/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
> Around Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:16:52 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
>>> Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:11:30 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
>>> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
>>> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>>
>>>>> And also, I'm now officially afraid of Niall. :)
>>>>
>>>>I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for it.
>>>
>>> /me dissolves into fits of giggles
>>
>>Yeah, like you can talk.
>
> What's that supposed to mean? You, you... *pussycat*, you!

Hey, it's better than being somebody's lapdog.

Niall

--
Bugged? Go Bug Jack Barron!

Tafka

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:49:04 AM2/13/02
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:15:28 +0000 (UTC), Niall Harrison
<s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

>> Although he obviously would know/be concerned... it's his employment
>> and all.. sneaky Minear....
>
>I can understand that this might be one of those times that calls for a
>'no comment', though.

Yeah, but (with positive thinking cap firmly in place) the way I see
is that Tim would - if there was no such guarantee - be more likely to
post that there wasn't.

Mebbes.

natalie

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"Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
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miaow!

natalie


Andrew Hogg

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"Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
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I think you mean 'Meow'.

That darn cat.

--
Andrew Hogg

Andrew Hogg

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"Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:a4dp33$pm$4...@news.ox.ac.uk...

> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - QrizB wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:03:03 -0000, "Christy" <chr...@nospam.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Niall Harrison wrote in message ...
> >>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ah, but have you imagined Christy wearing Tim Minear's clothing, hmm?
> >>>
> >>>Since I have never seen Tim Minear's clothes, I can catergorically say
> >>>that no, I haven't. :-)
> >>
> >>I'd just like to point out that you haven't seen me either.
> >
> > I put it to you that, in truth, no-one has ever seen you, and that you
> > are in fact a pseudonym adopted by Niall so that other umta-rtesidents
> > don't realise that he's dominating the group.
> >
> > Refute that, why don't you?
>
> (1) If I wanted to do that, surely I'd pick somebody like Mattia who
> actually posts reams and reams as my alias?
>

Hey. I don't recall anyone saying Christy is your only psuedonym.

> (2) Everybody already *knows* I dominate the group. :-)
>

Well if you call running around making a lot of noise dominating, sure.

--
Andrew Hogg

Andrew Hogg

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Feb 13, 2002, 1:50:15 PM2/13/02
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"Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:a4c2go$9hh$1...@news.ox.ac.uk...

> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
> > Niall Harrison wrote:

> >> I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.
> >>
> >> *sneeze*
> >
> > *smap*
> >
> > See? See? That's YOUR meme, buster!
>
> OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.
>

I see it as a fight. Replace all of Mattia's meme's with your's and he
becomes you. And vice versa.

Personally speaking, Ive come down with a bad case of Futurama quotes.

--
Andrew Hogg
"Cheese it!"


Harper

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:17:48 AM2/13/02
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"Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
news:3C69B58C...@std.vu.nl...

> Harper wrote:
> >
> > "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
> > news:3C699D64...@std.vu.nl...
> > > Niall Harrison wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
> > > > > Niall Harrison wrote:
> >
> > > > >> /me slaps self in face with pancake.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Ow.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hehehehehe.....I just had a very, very amusing mental image. This is an
> > > > > american-style pancake, right?
> > > >
> > > > Nope. British. But if you want to imagine it as american, go ahead. :-)
> > >
> > > What the heck is a 'british style pancake'? Like, thinner, crepe-like
> > > (but not that thin)? What the dutch would call a 'pannekoek'?
> > Google rules.
>
> Ahh.....
I forgot to ask, what's a pannekoek? It sounds nice.

> > "US Lexicon - F
> > ... another name for a pancake (American pancakes are thick, more
> > like Scotch pancakes than the more traditional British pancake, which
> > the Americans call crepes). ..."
>
> Well, quite. But they're not.

I was just quoting. :)

> > http://www.handbag.com/food/roz_pan/
> >
> > scotch pancakes..... mmmmm.....
> > www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/gbk/recipes/cakes/scotchpancakes.htm
> >
> > I like the recipe for this one.
> > http://www.britegg.co.uk/recipes/recip3.htm
> >
> > Looks yeuch...
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/spotlight/food/pancakes.shtml
>
> Yes, thank you, I now know too much. Like the dutch ones,
> methinks...only worse.
>
> <ducks and runs>

*smapsmapsmapsmapsmap*
*thwap*
Nyahhhhhhhh.
Mmmm... methinks pancakes are a good idea to eat.
Lotsa maple syrup [1] on 'em. Or ice-cream and fruit.

> > > > >> > No attention to posting continuity some people. ;-P
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> *sneeze*
> > > > >
> > > > > *smap*
> > > > >
> > > > > See? See? That's YOUR meme, buster!
> > > >
> > > > OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.
> > >
> > > I guess we should stop fighting it.
> >

> > Awww, don't stop on behalf of little things like haemorrhages. Please, continue!


> > Fight, fight, fight!
>
> I'm quite sure you don't understand this 'meme' thing at all.

What? No-one told me I had to understand what was going on here?! Aw man.
I'll just sit back and munch popcorn then. *sniff*

> Mattia
> --
> "My beagle went swimming today and now he's typing on my keyboard with
> his ample nose. Oh, and he's the bestest handsomeest beagle EVER."
> --Tim Minear, Salon.com, May 2001

Eve

[1] Patriotic shmatriotic. Maple syrup, the authentic canadian stuff, rules.


Harper

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"Christy" <chr...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> QrizB wrote in message <3c698ecc...@news.ntlworld.com>...
> >On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:03:03 -0000, "Christy" <chr...@nospam.com>
> >wrote:
> >>I'd just like to point out that you haven't seen me either.
> >
> >I put it to you that, in truth, no-one has ever seen you, and that you
> >are in fact a pseudonym adopted by Niall so that other umta-rtesidents
> >don't realise that he's dominating the group.
> >
> >Refute that, why don't you?
Ye gods. Christy is Niall? Hmmm.... I'm not sure. If it is, can I name it Chiall?
Or Nisty?

> 1) Easy. I advocated the killing of Fred. Would Mr. H ever do that? Even
> in jest? Huh? Huh?

I very much doubt it.

> 2) I'm pretty tall, but certainly not freakishly so.
>
> 3) I adore the pikelet with a strength and ferocity of passion my feeble
> mortal heart struggles to endure. No. Wait! That's not going to help, is
> it?

Oooh, it all makes sense now.
> Um...
*stares*

> 4) If I am Niall, he has severe spilt personality issues over TOGOM, and
> one half is hopelessly deluded. *cough* Resolution. There isn't one.
> *cough* [1]

You go, girl. You are a girl, aren't you? And not some freakishly tall
oxfordian cat with a long black coat?

> Err...
>
> This is harder than I thought. Maybe I *am* Niall...

Ye gods! Oh my goodness! Dear lord! Bloody hellmouth!
Or summat.


>
> Christy
> - in the midst of an identity crisis. Maybe it's just the memes.

memememememememememememememe
Nope, still don't get it.


> [1] Cunningly decode the sentence hidden by the sly use of throat
> clearing to discover which viewpoint is the correct one. :-P [2]
> [2] It's umta interactive! [3]
> [3] Whoo! [4]
> [4] Nevermind. *sigh*

It's okay, I got it.
But you're missing an annoying red button in the top corner of your message.

> --
> It's been a long time since I wore this rattlesnake smile

No wonder, it looks painful.

Eve

~~~
"Morris Fletcher": My name is not Morris Fletcher. It's Fox Mulder.
Special Agent Fox Mulder with the FBI. Dana Scully is my FBI partner.
I am not your husband, we are not married, we are complete strangers
and I have a whole other life that I'm desperately trying to get back to.

Joanne Fletcher: You know, Morris, most men when they have a
mid-life crisis they go out and buy themselves a sports car. They don't
run around calling themselves Fox.

-TXF, Dreamland


Harper

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:37:26 AM2/13/02
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"Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
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*ridiculous, mushy grin*
Awwww, caaaaaaats, they're sooooooooo cuuuuuuuute and adorable!

But take off that black coat, it's ridiculous, and you can barely walk in it,
even with four legs.


> Niall
>
> --
> "You're insane. You're short, and you're insane."

You should talk, freakishly tall but cute feline.

Eve

natalie

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"Andrew Hogg" <a.h...@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message

> > (2) Everybody already *knows* I dominate the group. :-)


> >
> Well if you call running around making a lot of noise dominating, sure.

umta is like a big scrunched up piece of paper.

natalie
for cat owners


Mattia Valente

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Feb 13, 2002, 2:10:46 PM2/13/02
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Andrew Hogg wrote:
>
> "Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:a4c2go$9hh$1...@news.ox.ac.uk...
> > Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
> > > Niall Harrison wrote:
>
> > >> I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.
> > >>
> > >> *sneeze*
> > >
> > > *smap*
> > >
> > > See? See? That's YOUR meme, buster!
> >
> > OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.
>
> I see it as a fight.

You mean 'war', don't you?

> Replace all of Mattia's meme's with your's and he
> becomes you. And vice versa.

Wow. Very Oz-in-earshot.



> Personally speaking, Ive come down with a bad case of Futurama quotes.

Spooky. I'm still very 'Buffy/Angel quote for every occasion'. Everytime
someone says 'Check', I think the words 'no more buttmonkey'. Sometimes
'No more but monk key', though. I blame DarkMagic.

Mattia Valente

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Harper wrote:
> "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
> > Harper wrote:
> > > "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
> > > > Niall Harrison wrote:
> > > > > Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
> > > > > > Niall Harrison wrote:
> > > > > >> /me slaps self in face with pancake.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Ow.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hehehehehe.....I just had a very, very amusing mental image. This is an
> > > > > > american-style pancake, right?
> > > > >
> > > > > Nope. British. But if you want to imagine it as american, go ahead. :-)
> > > >
> > > > What the heck is a 'british style pancake'? Like, thinner, crepe-like
> > > > (but not that thin)? What the dutch would call a 'pannekoek'?
> > > Google rules.
> >
> > Ahh.....
>
> I forgot to ask, what's a pannekoek? It sounds nice.

A pancake, mostly. Like a crepe, but bigger, slightly thicker. Serven in
'Pannenkoekenhuizen' here, restaurants that specialize in 'em. You can
have them in sweet or salty varieties. Salt is stuff like Cheese, or
cheese with bacon or ham, that sort of deal. Sweet is more varied. Basic
syrup (not maple, in general, although it's possible),
apple/cinnamon/raisin, strawberries and cream...depends on the season, a
lot's possible.



> > > "US Lexicon - F
> > > ... another name for a pancake (American pancakes are thick, more
> > > like Scotch pancakes than the more traditional British pancake, which
> > > the Americans call crepes). ..."
> >
> > Well, quite. But they're not.
>
> I was just quoting. :)

:-p



> > > http://www.handbag.com/food/roz_pan/
> > >
> > > scotch pancakes..... mmmmm.....
> > > www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/gbk/recipes/cakes/scotchpancakes.htm
> > >
> > > I like the recipe for this one.
> > > http://www.britegg.co.uk/recipes/recip3.htm
> > >
> > > Looks yeuch...
> > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/spotlight/food/pancakes.shtml
> >
> > Yes, thank you, I now know too much. Like the dutch ones,
> > methinks...only worse.
> >
> > <ducks and runs>
> *smapsmapsmapsmapsmap*
> *thwap*
> Nyahhhhhhhh.

Oy!

> Mmmm... methinks pancakes are a good idea to eat.
> Lotsa maple syrup [1] on 'em. Or ice-cream and fruit.

Um...okay.



> > > > > OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.
> > > >
> > > > I guess we should stop fighting it.
> > >
> > > Awww, don't stop on behalf of little things like haemorrhages. Please, continue!
> > > Fight, fight, fight!
> >
> > I'm quite sure you don't understand this 'meme' thing at all.
>
> What? No-one told me I had to understand what was going on here?! Aw man.
> I'll just sit back and munch popcorn then. *sniff*

/me strokes Eve....

There there..here, have a pannenkoek.



> [1] Patriotic shmatriotic. Maple syrup, the authentic canadian stuff, rules.

Indeed it does.

Andrew Hogg

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"Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
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> Andrew Hogg wrote:
> >
> > "Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > news:a4c2go$9hh$1...@news.ox.ac.uk...
> > > Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
> > > > Niall Harrison wrote:
> >
> > > >> I blame Mattia for infecting me with his memes.
> > > >>
> > > >> *sneeze*
> > > >
> > > > *smap*
> > > >
> > > > See? See? That's YOUR meme, buster!
> > >
> > > OK, OK. Memetic haemorrhage all around, then.
> >
> > I see it as a fight.
>
> You mean 'war', don't you?
>

Hey, it is what it is.

Damn Christy.

> > Replace all of Mattia's meme's with your's and he
> > becomes you. And vice versa.
>
> Wow. Very Oz-in-earshot.
>

I thought so.

> > Personally speaking, Ive come down with a bad case of Futurama quotes.
>
> Spooky. I'm still very 'Buffy/Angel quote for every occasion'. Everytime
> someone says 'Check', I think the words 'no more buttmonkey'. Sometimes
> 'No more but monk key', though. I blame DarkMagic.
>

Aww. Poor Mattia. He's gone all deluded.

--
Andrew Hogg

Mattia Valente

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It's a whole new metaphor. Maybe we can apply it to an episode of Angel.
Let's see, if Angel is a cat, then....no, that just doesn't work, does
it?

Andrew Hogg

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"Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
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> natalie wrote:
> >
> > "Andrew Hogg" <a.h...@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > news:a4ecen$1en52d$1...@ID-64327.news.dfncis.de...
> > >
> > > "Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
> >
> > > > (2) Everybody already *knows* I dominate the group. :-)
> > > >
> > > Well if you call running around making a lot of noise dominating,
sure.
> >
> > umta is like a big scrunched up piece of paper.
>
> It's a whole new metaphor. Maybe we can apply it to an episode of Angel.
> Let's see, if Angel is a cat, then....no, that just doesn't work, does
> it?
>
Doyle was dog: Dumb. loyal, drunkard. Hmm not sure about the last one.

Cordelia: One of those Birds of Paradise.

Wes: A small chinchilla.

Gunn: Hmm. A wolf. Alpha male in the pack. Well he was.

--
Andrew Hogg

natalie

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"Andrew Hogg" <a.h...@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
> news:3C6ABB9A...@std.vu.nl...
> > natalie wrote:
> > >
> > > "Andrew Hogg" <a.h...@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:a4ecen$1en52d$1...@ID-64327.news.dfncis.de...
> > > >
> > > > "Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > >
> > > > > (2) Everybody already *knows* I dominate the group. :-)
> > > > >
> > > > Well if you call running around making a lot of noise dominating,
> sure.
> > >
> > > umta is like a big scrunched up piece of paper.
> >
> > It's a whole new metaphor. Maybe we can apply it to an episode of Angel.
> > Let's see, if Angel is a cat, then....no, that just doesn't work, does
> > it?
> >
> Doyle was dog: Dumb. loyal, drunkard. Hmm not sure about the last one.

if we can find a dog that wears a hat, i'd be willing to let that last one
go.

> Cordelia: One of those Birds of Paradise.

or a budgie.

> Wes: A small chinchilla.

sweet!

> Gunn: Hmm. A wolf. Alpha male in the pack. Well he was.

strangely accurate...........

natalie


Andrew Hogg

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"natalie" <nat...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Andrew Hogg" <a.h...@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:a4ee7g$1eh3mc$1...@ID-64327.news.dfncis.de...
> >
> > "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
> > news:3C6ABB9A...@std.vu.nl...
> > > natalie wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Andrew Hogg" <a.h...@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > > > news:a4ecen$1en52d$1...@ID-64327.news.dfncis.de...
> > > > >
> > > > > "Niall Harrison" <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > > >
> > > > > > (2) Everybody already *knows* I dominate the group. :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > Well if you call running around making a lot of noise dominating,
> > sure.
> > > >
> > > > umta is like a big scrunched up piece of paper.
> > >
> > > It's a whole new metaphor. Maybe we can apply it to an episode of
Angel.
> > > Let's see, if Angel is a cat, then....no, that just doesn't work, does
> > > it?
> > >
> > Doyle was dog: Dumb. loyal, drunkard. Hmm not sure about the last one.
>
> if we can find a dog that wears a hat, i'd be willing to let that last one
> go.
>

http://www.timelord.co.uk/randomfiction/stories_4th.htm

> > Cordelia: One of those Birds of Paradise.
>
> or a budgie.
>

Yeeeees. Good nat. You may have a cookie.

> > Wes: A small chinchilla.
>
> sweet!
>

And I thought you might be offended.

> > Gunn: Hmm. A wolf. Alpha male in the pack. Well he was.
>
> strangely accurate...........
>

I'm pleased with 3 of them. I'm really not sur about Wes any more. Possibly
an owl?

--
Andrew Hogg

Mattia Valente

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Feb 13, 2002, 2:59:40 PM2/13/02
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Andrew Hogg wrote:
> Aww. Poor Mattia. He's gone all deluded.

You're obvously confusing deluded with delusional.

.....


HEY!

*smap*

Hmpf.

Iain Clark

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You fiend! There are countries with actual restaurants that
specialise in Pancakes? I demand that they build one near me!

Iain
--
"Signs, portents, dreams...next thing
we'll be reading tea leaves and chicken entrails."

Head Of Toast

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"Iain Clark" <ia...@dragonhaven.worldonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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There are 2 such restaurants that I know of in London, called "My Old
Dutch", one is in Holborn, and one is in Ealing. There may well be more....


Toast.


Helen H

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Feb 13, 2002, 6:27:11 PM2/13/02
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 22:29:13 +0000, Iain Clark
<ia...@dragonhaven.worldonline.co.uk> wrote:

>On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:14:32 +0100, Mattia Valente
><mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote:
>
>>Harper wrote:
>>> "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
>>> > Harper wrote:
>>> > > "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
>>> > > > Niall Harrison wrote:
>>> > > > > Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
>>> > > > > > Niall Harrison wrote:

<snip>

>
>You fiend! There are countries with actual restaurants that
>specialise in Pancakes? I demand that they build one near me!
>

A country or a pancake eatery?

Helen

natalie

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a country indeed. who knew iain was so demanding? ;-)

natalie


Helen H

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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:32:21 -0000, "natalie" <nat...@nospam.com>
wrote:

Thought he might be considering declaring UDI ... you know - start
small with a county (Pancakester .... pronounced Pancster) and then
build up to DROPOUT - the Democratic Republic Of Pancake Operators,
Eaters & Tossers.

Helen

PhilipCoell

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Feb 13, 2002, 7:16:18 PM2/13/02
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>>Harper wrote:
>>> "Mattia Valente" wrote in message

>>> I forgot to ask, what's a pannekoek? It sounds nice.
>>
>>A pancake, mostly. Like a crepe, but bigger, slightly thicker. Serven in
>>'Pannenkoekenhuizen' here, restaurants that specialize in 'em. You can
>>have them in sweet or salty varieties. Salt is stuff like Cheese, or
>>cheese with bacon or ham, that sort of deal. Sweet is more varied. Basic
>>syrup (not maple, in general, although it's possible),
>>apple/cinnamon/raisin, strawberries and cream...depends on the season, a
>>lot's possible.
>>
>
>You fiend! There are countries with actual restaurants that
>specialise in Pancakes? I demand that they build one near me!
>
>Iain

You want someone to build a country near you?
..............................
Oh, I see, you want someone to build a pancake near you!

Philip.

pikelet

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Around Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:33:33 +0000 (UTC), after erotically

slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
<s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:

>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
>> Around Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:16:52 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
>> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
>> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
>>>> Around Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:11:30 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
>>>> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
>>>> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>>>
>>>>>> And also, I'm now officially afraid of Niall. :)
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm trying out a new 'bad boy' image. I'm told the ladies go wild for it.
>>>>
>>>> /me dissolves into fits of giggles
>>>
>>>Yeah, like you can talk.
>>
>> What's that supposed to mean? You, you... *pussycat*, you!
>
>Hey, it's better than being somebody's lapdog.

Lapdog? You make it sound like pets are a bad thing. Which they
aren't.

Except for cats. Cats just use you so far as it suits them, and then
naff off to whoever else can give 'em the good stuff when they feel
like it, then turn up again every so often and suggest that they might
belong to you, before they go away back to that ginger bloke at number
23 who has, unbeknown to you, been feeding them for far longer.

Tim.

--
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains you never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol come trickling down the rocks

Niall Harrison

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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
> Around Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:33:33 +0000 (UTC), after erotically
> slowdancing for the pleasure of uk.media.tv.angel, Niall Harrison
> <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk> declared:
>>Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - pikelet wrote:
>>>
>>> What's that supposed to mean? You, you... *pussycat*, you!
>>
>>Hey, it's better than being somebody's lapdog.
>
> Lapdog? You make it sound like pets are a bad thing. Which they
> aren't.
>
> Except for cats. Cats just use you so far as it suits them, and then
> naff off to whoever else can give 'em the good stuff when they feel
> like it, then turn up again every so often and suggest that they might
> belong to you, before they go away back to that ginger bloke at number
> 23 who has, unbeknown to you, been feeding them for far longer.

I believe the subtext is rapidly becoming, uh, text.

:-P

Niall

--
Whole years are lost in the blink of an eye.

Niall Harrison

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Feb 14, 2002, 11:28:59 AM2/14/02
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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - natalie wrote:

So, what, now *you're* a pussycat?

Niall

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suggests you, you should listen. The man is a genius.
- jengod, Buffy News Wire

Mattia Valente

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Feb 14, 2002, 11:48:36 AM2/14/02
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Iain Clark wrote:
>
> You fiend! There are countries with actual restaurants that
> specialise in Pancakes? I demand that they build one near me!

Mwah hah hah....

Iain Clark

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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:45:11 +0000, Helen H
<hel...@easynet.co.uk> wrote:

>On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:32:21 -0000, "natalie" <nat...@nospam.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Helen H" <hel...@easynet.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:76tl6us2ssoaho2r9...@4ax.com...
>>> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 22:29:13 +0000, Iain Clark
>>> <ia...@dragonhaven.worldonline.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:14:32 +0100, Mattia Valente
>>> ><mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>Harper wrote:
>>> >>> "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
>>> >>> > Harper wrote:
>>> >>> > > "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
>>> >>> > > > Niall Harrison wrote:
>>> >>> > > > > Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Mattia Valente wrote:
>>> >>> > > > > > Niall Harrison wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >You fiend! There are countries with actual restaurants that
>>> >specialise in Pancakes? I demand that they build one near me!
>>> >
>>>
>>> A country or a pancake eatery?
>>
>>a country indeed. who knew iain was so demanding? ;-)
>>

Why settle for a pancake restaurant when you can have a whole
country of pancake restaurants? <g> While I'm at it, I also
demand maple syrup, so we may as well make the country in
question Canada. I demand Canada! Ha ha ha ha!

...no, I'd make a crap supervillain, really.

>Thought he might be considering declaring UDI ... you know - start
>small with a county (Pancakester .... pronounced Pancster) and then
>build up to DROPOUT - the Democratic Republic Of Pancake Operators,
>Eaters & Tossers.
>

I just hope you're not classing me as one of the tossers....

Loz Pycock

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Feb 15, 2002, 3:44:07 PM2/15/02
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Mumble, mumble, 14 Feb 2002 00:16:18 GMT mumble, phili...@aol.com
(PhilipCoell) mumble, "Gordon's alive!" mumble, mumble wrote:

<SNIP>


>
>You want someone to build a country near you?
>..............................
>Oh, I see, you want someone to build a pancake near you!
>

Hmmm, we're gonna need a bigger spoon....

Loz

'The happy ending is justly scorned as a misrepresentation; for the
world, as we know it... yields but one ending: death, disintegration,
dismemberment, and the crucifixion of our heart with the passing of
the forms that we have loved.' Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a
Thousand Faces

Niall Harrison

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Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - natalie wrote:

I love this image. :-)

Niall

--
Forgiveness divine;
Revenge is more human.

Niall Harrison

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There's a chain of them in the states - International House Of Pancakes,
otherwise known as IHOP.

Although I've never seen them anywhere other than america...

Niall

--
And the moral of the story is - Kids! Don't make deals with magical
omnisexual cephalopods! They are Bad Bad Bad!

Mattia Valente

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Feb 20, 2002, 6:30:17 AM2/20/02
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Niall Harrison wrote:
>
> Previously, on uk.media.tv.angel - Iain Clark wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:14:32 +0100, Mattia Valente
> > <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote:
> >
> >>A pancake, mostly. Like a crepe, but bigger, slightly thicker. Serven in
> >>'Pannenkoekenhuizen' here, restaurants that specialize in 'em. You can
> >>have them in sweet or salty varieties. Salt is stuff like Cheese, or
> >>cheese with bacon or ham, that sort of deal. Sweet is more varied. Basic
> >>syrup (not maple, in general, although it's possible),
> >>apple/cinnamon/raisin, strawberries and cream...depends on the season, a
> >>lot's possible.
> >
> > You fiend! There are countries with actual restaurants that
> > specialise in Pancakes? I demand that they build one near me!
>
> There's a chain of them in the states - International House Of Pancakes,
> otherwise known as IHOP.

Well, yes. Wrong kind of pancake, though. Nice thing about them is that
they're open more or less 24/7. IIRC, that is.

> Although I've never seen them anywhere other than america...

Canada, perhaps?

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