ā New to me anyway(ē)
ē It's an 85(ī)
ī But has a new injun.
ū Now I gotta sell The Old Grey Goose.
Nol "alliterations are awesome" Smi
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>I got a new(ā) Suburban that's blue and gray and I would like your help naming
>it. Any suggestions? (ū)
>ā New to me anyway(ē)
>ē It's an 85(ī)
>ī But has a new injun.
>ū Now I gotta sell The Old Grey Goose.
>Nol "alliterations are awesome" Smi
I wonder what your car is doing with an injun. Is he feersum? Very feersum? Lots
of fethers?
Krhmm. I've a couple alliterated name suggestions:
åsna - a Swedish donkey. The coloring fits. Does it have looong ears?
It might also be mulåsna - that's a Swedish mule.
känkkäränkkä - a Finnish word for somebody who complains all the time.
As it's from '85 it just might sputter and cough before starting, eh?
mörökölli - aah, nice sound to it. Trips right off your tongue.
What it is? It's something Finnish, but I can't describe it.
überholt - that's "passed", or "past", in German. Not like "it passed the test",
but like "the red BMW passed my sputtering mörökölli". Or like "it's heydays
were long past".
Anybody able to pronouce all of above without problems gets 10 points.
Henriette (go ahead, make the obvious joke!)
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> Anybody able to pronouce all of above without problems gets 10 points.
>
> Henriette (go ahead, make the obvious joke!)
Ok. Ahem. "all of above without problems"
Good point. Maybe I should call it John Brown as in "John Brown had a little
..." But it would be "John Brown had a big injun" and would not lyric quite as
well.
> Krhmm. I've a couple alliterated name suggestions:
>
> åsna - a Swedish donkey. The coloring fits. Does it have looong ears?
> It might also be mulåsna - that's a Swedish mule.
> känkkäränkkä - a Finnish word for somebody who complains all the time.
> As it's from '85 it just might sputter and cough before starting, eh?
> mörökölli - aah, nice sound to it. Trips right off your tongue.
> What it is? It's something Finnish, but I can't describe it.
> überholt - that's "passed", or "past", in German. Not like "it passed the
test",
> but like "the red BMW passed my sputtering mörökölli". Or like "it's
heydays
> were long past".
It does not have a personality yet, but:
1. This morning my wife calls to me while I'm in the shower (not sh*tt*ng) "Is
there anything special I have to do to start this thing?" I said "Did you try
giving it some gas and turning the key?" She said "Yes." I said "Try it
again." It worked.
2. She calls me at work today and says "The driver side window is stuck down."
åsna is sounding good for a name due to its stubborn nature, but in English it
sounds like a sinus/wheezing problem.
Nol "überholt" Smi
You could call it Dumpcarat's Penis!
"Barney", after the character on the Simpsons, because it'll drink
as much gas as Barney does beer.
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; î But has a new injun.
ITYM "But has a new Native American." People tend to get all riled up
when you use '50's slang when referring to them.
Of course, that brings up the question of why you "have" a person to
begin with? You into slavery, or something?
(Don't you just +love+ quoting out of context? :))
Reminds me of a cool t-shirt I saw once...it had Barney Rubble holding the
severed head of Barney the Dinosaur in one hand and a big-ass sword in the
other, and underneath it said, "There can be only one."
Very cool...so many jokes in one shirt. :)
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Cheers
Henriette (are we invited to that party?)
You could call it *burrrrp* then.
I've given up burping ever since I moved in with my fiancee, but
yesterday, she burped first, and laughed mischievously, so, not to be
outdone, I let one rip. It wasn't very spectacular, since I've been out
of practice for a good year now, but still. She was not very amused. I
was, and I'm sure the neighbours appreciated it too.
Nils
I guess that means she probably won't play the fart game, either. What
a shame. Of course, you can still play if you have a dog to blame.
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What the hell is it with women and bodily noises? Pah. Go ahead and belch
and fart and whatever. It's called being a human organism. There's a time
to be polite and all, but in the privacy of your own home you should be
allowed to be free of pain, and holding in gas can be damned painful.
-- Kimberly "I did say human organism, not orgasm...that's how you make an
organism" Chapman
Which is why I normally go to the toilet to fart. I don't even like my
own farts' smell, and I sure as hell don't like smelling other people's
colon gasses, thankyouverymuch, and that has nothing to do with modesty
or politeness. Just with smell.
Now, belching I don't mind.
Nils
>Ken Adams <kad...@raex.com> wrote:
>:I guess that means she probably won't play the fart game, either. What
>:a shame. Of course, you can still play if you have a dog to blame.
>
>On the Internet, nobody knows it wasn't the dog.
On the Internet, nobody can hear you fart.
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Right, well, there's being nice too. But so many women just get so uptight
about natural noises. I know...I was uptight about all that once too.
Doesn't mean I'm a pig now, it just means that I'd never freak out if
someone belched.
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Well, there's a difference between 'freaking out' and 'not being amused'
too. It's not as if my fiancee slapped me around or burst out crying
because I belched. She just made a sarcastics remark about men being
kids or something.
Nils
SBDs can be funny. Fess up. who else watched "Liar Liar"?
Um. Erm... wasn't she completely right with that one? <g>
Henning
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E-Mail will be posted as I see fit.
I did! I did! And I loved it! Jim Carrey is my hero! I wonder how much
radiation he took to get the rubber-tace mutation.
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days in safe anonymity. -- Barry O'Neill in rhod
> Nils Desle wrote:
> [snip]
> > because I belched. She just made a sarcastics remark about men being
> > kids or something.
>
> Um. Erm... wasn't she completely right with that one? <g>
My mother wanted to have one boy and one girl, so she could tell
people, "I have one of each: a boy, a girl, and a husband."
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I can see clearly now, the brain is gone...
I dunno. I was too busy playing with my Lego's to think about it.
Nils "mental age of 10, and proud of it" Desle
: I dunno. I was too busy playing with my Lego's to think about it.
ITYM "playing with my Lego".
JIM, it's a new nitpick every day!
You're ooooooollllld! I consider myself to be 4 most of the time, and
occasionally 8.
-- Kimberly "Nils is a poopyhead!" Chapman
Whoo... I'm the old guy around, then. I consider myself just about 13,
mostly. Oddly, that's about the age I got computer access for the first
time. Coincidence?
-Lars "Life stopped at 13" Clausen
> *sigh* <sarcasm> Sometimes I wish I had a winkie so I could be smart
> too. </>
^^^ Everything ends here?
But you got one now, right? And you don't even have to have it with you
all the time.
-Lars "We're brain implants. Really." Clausen
> Corran Webster wrote in message <788lq7$225$1...@news.tamu.edu>...
>
> >So who knows, in Belgium, perhaps it is Lego's... after all we know that
> >they're weird over there...
>
> I wonder how fast Nils would be beaten to a pulp if all of Belgium knew he
> is serving as their example?
I think that would depend on how much they like Sweet Nerd flavored
Danish.
--Nathan "Mmmm, Danish" Sullivan
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>In article <KKRp2.3310$ZY3.30...@bunson.tor.sfl.net>,
>Kimberly Chapman <ka...@outer-net.com> wrote:
>>
>>Corran Webster wrote in message <788lq7$225$1...@news.tamu.edu>...
>>>Well, the name seems to vary from place to place - in Oz and .uk (and
>>>apparently Canada) it's Lego, but here in 'merka they seem to call it
>>>Legos
>>Personally, I think it's just botched pluralization. Most merkins prolly
>>don't know the name is based on foreign words (legg got, IIRC? play
>>well?),
>Possibly, but I have a feeling that they might have "Legos" written on the
>boxes. However, I haven't got any Lego here, so I can't verify. Any of
>you 'merkins care to confirm or deny?
Okay, I went and looked at the boxes of the wossnames in the
closet. The boxes (boxen?) do, in fact, say LEGO. I don't
know if that means that the name 'Lego' is already plural,
or if one is supposed to say something like "Lego toys" to
indicate the plural. Maybe 'Lego bits?' 'Legeaux?'
Incidentally, the boxen of wossnames (1,500 in all) in the
closet don't belong to my kids. They were my Christmas gift
to my beloved. We spent most of the Christmas holiday
playing with them in the dining room. Guess our inner
children aren't all that 'inner,' huh?
Cici in Texas
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> On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Kimberly Chapman thusly discussed the words of the
> Internet Oracle:
>
> > *sigh* <sarcasm> Sometimes I wish I had a winkie so I could be smart
> > too. </>
> ^^^ Everything ends here?
>
> But you got one now, right? And you don't even have to have it with you
> all the time.
>
> -Lars "We're brain implants. Really." Clausen
This winkie has an MBA from Harvard, you pointy haired fool!
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Our family got our first computer when I was 11. It was an IBM PC Jr.
Well, Dad worked for IBM and all...
I probably first touched computers many years before that, though, at dad's
work. I remember being quite young...probably 6-8ish, and drawing a picture
of a snowman in ascii characters on an amber[1] screen and printing it out
on an enormous printer that was as loud as a bandsaw. It was one page, and
took about 10 minutes to print...and this was in IBM's own office. :)
I had my first formal computer education at age 12 when my parents sent me
on a one-week computer camp during the summer. I learned a bit more BASIC
than I'd already taught myself, and this horribly confusing thing called
Pascal, and a bit of circuitry that I was rather bad at compared to the
boys[3]. They were hooking up little lights to go back and forth like
KITT[2] while I was trying to figure out just how to make 'em blink. *sigh*
I so badly wanted to make it work...oh well. I still remember what and,
not, and or gates are, sort of.
[1] Back then I'd have called it orange.
[2] Knight Rider, eh?
[3] This could be because the instructor refused to speak to me, and I was
quite the little doormat back then and didn't complain or anything, and
neither of the other two girls who were at the camp had signed up for that
class. *sigh* <sarcasm> Sometimes I wish I had a winkie so I could be
smart too. </>
Kimberly Chapman -- http://outer-net.com/kacee/soa.htm
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"...the only thing you have to worry about now is your
own self-doubt! If you go in there looking meek and
frightened, they'll run roughshod over you. But if you
walk in there proudly, head held high...then they will
accept you!"
-- Lord Jarik, Sorrows of Adoration, unpublished
Well, the name seems to vary from place to place - in Oz and .uk (and
apparently Canada) it's Lego, but here in 'merka they seem to call it
Legos (presumably so they didn't get confused with Leggo brand food
thingies?).
So who knows, in Belgium, perhaps it is Lego's... after all we know that
they're weird over there...
Corran
(who had a delightful holiday thankyouverymuch, and is now in severe shock
upon the start of the semester...)
Personally, I think it's just botched pluralization. Most merkins prolly
don't know the name is based on foreign words (legg got, IIRC? play well?),
because of course everything that's anything is Made in the USA and is in
English only. :P
*grumble grumble* Naismith was a Canadian *grumble*grumble*
> (presumably so they didn't get confused with Leggo brand food
>thingies?).
Those would be Eggos. They're waffles. And the slogan is "leggo my eggo."
>So who knows, in Belgium, perhaps it is Lego's... after all we know that
>they're weird over there...
I wonder how fast Nils would be beaten to a pulp if all of Belgium knew he
is serving as their example?
>Corran
>(who had a delightful holiday thankyouverymuch, and is now in severe shock
>upon the start of the semester...)
They've started up your therapy again, eh?
-- Kimberly "ZZZZZZZAP!" Chapman
Possibly, but I have a feeling that they might have "Legos" written on the
boxes. However, I haven't got any Lego here, so I can't verify. Any of
you 'merkins care to confirm or deny?
>> (presumably so they didn't get confused with Leggo brand food
>>thingies?).
>
>Those would be Eggos. They're waffles. And the slogan is "leggo my eggo."
No - I know about Eggo - Leggo makes italian sauces and things. Not sure
which multinational owns them.
>>So who knows, in Belgium, perhaps it is Lego's... after all we know that
>>they're weird over there...
>
>I wonder how fast Nils would be beaten to a pulp if all of Belgium knew he
>is serving as their example?
What? They aren't all afraid of SPIDAHS?
>>Corran
>>(who had a delightful holiday thankyouverymuch, and is now in severe shock
>>upon the start of the semester...)
>
>They've started up your therapy again, eh?
Yes. And. I. Am. Feeling. Much. Better. Now. My. Exposure. To. Unamerican.
Influences. Has. Ceased. You. Too. Can. Feel. Much. Better. If. You. Come.
To. The. United. States.
Join. Us.
Corran
(time to revive some in-jokes...)
; ITYM "playing with my Lego".
Hey! Lego my Eggo!
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Yeah, that's what I wrote first. It would be that expression in Dutch
too, it's just that I seemed to recall someone referring to it as
'Legos' or possibly Lego's, but I could be wrong.
Nils
Ain't that the truth! I'd prolly last about five seconds, I mean, let's
face it, I'm not a pedophile, I don't cheat on my taxes, and I read
books. A model Belgian I'm not.
Nils
Am not!
Nils
> Mr. Garibaldi saw this article from jeva...@aix1.uottawa.ca () in
> Universe Today while his daughter played tennis with Dr. Franklin::
>
> ; ITYM "playing with my Lego".
>
> Hey! Lego my Eggo!
Now _that_ is an interesting image.
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Cool! I often have to stop myself when I'm in a toyshop. I'd buy all the
Lego I could get my paws on. Perhaps I'll give in to the temptation
sometime ...
Nils
ITYM Ego.
HTH HAND
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>Cici in Texas wrote:
[munch]
>> Incidentally, the boxen of wossnames (1,500 in all) in the
>> closet don't belong to my kids. They were my Christmas gift
>> to my beloved. We spent most of the Christmas holiday
>> playing with them in the dining room. Guess our inner
>> children aren't all that 'inner,' huh?
>Cool! I often have to stop myself when I'm in a toyshop. I'd buy all the
>Lego I could get my paws on. Perhaps I'll give in to the temptation
>sometime ...
>
>Nils
Always yield to temptation -- it may not pass your way
again.
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>ccl...@gtenospam.net (Cici in Texas) wrote:
>: Guess our inner
>:children aren't all that 'inner,' huh?
>
>Well, some are concave, some are convex.
Quite so -- and between the two of us, my beloved and I have
one of each. Very tidy, I think.
The usage I've always, uh, used ("Allow myself to introduce.. myself.")
is "Lego" for the toy or a collection of bricks, and "a piece of Lego" for
an individual brick/compenant/piece. A lot of Merkins seem to say "a Lego"
for a piece of Lego and "Legos" for multiple pieces of Lego. Sort of like
saying "a Xerox" for "a photocopy".
: Incidentally, the boxen of wossnames (1,500 in all) in the
: closet don't belong to my kids. They were my Christmas gift
: to my beloved. We spent most of the Christmas holiday
: playing with them in the dining room. Guess our inner
: children aren't all that 'inner,' huh?
1500 pieces or 1500 boxes? Details! Details!
JIM, I'll show you my Lego if you show me yours
: Cool! I often have to stop myself when I'm in a toyshop. I'd buy all the
: Lego I could get my paws on. Perhaps I'll give in to the temptation
: sometime ...
Yes! Do it! You can never have too much Lego!
JIM, whose Lego armies will Take Over The WORLD!
> Lars Clausen <lrcl...@shasta.cs.uiuc.edu> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Kimberly Chapman thusly discussed the words of the
>> Internet Oracle:
>>
>> > *sigh* <sarcasm> Sometimes I wish I had a winkie so I could be smart
>> > too. </>
>> ^^^ Everything ends here?
>>
>> But you got one now, right? And you don't even have to have it with you
>> all the time.
>>
>> -Lars "We're brain implants. Really." Clausen
>
> This winkie has an MBA from Harvard, you pointy haired fool!
Pointy haired? POINTY HAIRED!
Ponytailed, if you please.
-Lars "Waiting for the venture capitalists" Clausen
> Paul Kelly can witness that Nathan Sullivan on 21 Jan 1999 wrote:
>
> > This winkie has an MBA from Harvard, you pointy haired fool!
>
> Pointy haired? POINTY HAIRED!
> Ponytailed, if you please.
You could still call it pointy. It all points in one direction (more
or less), doesn't it?
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> Lars Clausen <lrcl...@shasta.cs.uiuc.edu> writes:
>
>> Paul Kelly can witness that Nathan Sullivan on 21 Jan 1999 wrote:
>>
>> > This winkie has an MBA from Harvard, you pointy haired fool!
>>
>> Pointy haired? POINTY HAIRED!
>> Ponytailed, if you please.
>
> You could still call it pointy. It all points in one direction (more
> or less), doesn't it?
Actually, it doesn't, since I've only ponytailed the top hair to keep it
from falling into my mouth. The rest still does exactly and only what it
wants to, slightly spoiling the samurai-esque style.
-Lars "Orosuke" Clausen
I used Lego in university. For marks. And got an A, not to mention fame
and glory that probably still exists. Not kidding...I made a stop-motion
Lego commercial for TV class, and when I went back for graduation, some
first-year student who'd seen it was introduced to me and they were told I
was the one who'd made THE LEGO COMMERCIAL and she actually looked
star-struck. Rather eerie, actually...
-- Kimberly "a legend in my own mind" Chapman
Hey, Corran. No, no...over here, dear. Yes, that's it. Come on. Look at
me...now, see what I have here? A nice, big, soft, scrumptious, home-made
chocolate-chocolate-chip cookie.
*achingly sweet smile*
Only available in Toronto. Now, aren't you about ready to break that
'Merkin hold on your brain?
*bats eyelashes*
-- Kimberly "saving him before it's too late" Chapman
That would certainly make it crunchy.
-- Kimberly "used to have my Lego taken away if my mother caught me biting
the pieces apart" Chapman
Well this response BEGS for some creative snippage...
>Ain't that the truth! I
[SNIP]
last about five seconds, I mean, let's
>face it, I'm
[SNIP]
a pedophile, I
[SNIP]
cheat on my
[SNIP]
model Belgian
[SNIP]
Does your Belgian model know you cheat on her? Is that why you only last a
few seconds, because your winkie is just so darn worn out from going after
children, you sicko freak?
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Castle Lego is the best, IMHO.
-- Kimberly "they even gots glow in the dark ghosties!" Chapman
Will you say "e-commerce" and make them drool?
-- Kimberly "will they drool on your biceps?" Chapman
Oh?
Shall we go back to playing "count the orifices"?
Always a good thing! We have some Lego in storage... Kim's from her
childhood. I think we (as in my parents and I) sold my Lego
collection a number of years ago... oh well.
>>Cool! I often have to stop myself when I'm in a toyshop. I'd buy all the
>>Lego I could get my paws on. Perhaps I'll give in to the temptation
>>sometime ...
>>
>>Nils
>
> Always yield to temptation -- it may not pass your way
> again.
That's a potentially very dangerous philosophy, with the "always" on
the front... Isn't it?
>Unaware of dark forces gathering around us, Cici in Texas
>(ccl...@gtenospam.net) incautiously remarked:
>[snip]
>: Okay, I went and looked at the boxes of the wossnames in the
>: closet. The boxes (boxen?) do, in fact, say LEGO. I don't
>: know if that means that the name 'Lego' is already plural,
>: or if one is supposed to say something like "Lego toys" to
>: indicate the plural. Maybe 'Lego bits?' 'Legeaux?'
>
>The usage I've always, uh, used ("Allow myself to introduce.. myself.")
>is "Lego" for the toy or a collection of bricks, and "a piece of Lego" for
>an individual brick/compenant/piece. A lot of Merkins seem to say "a Lego"
>for a piece of Lego and "Legos" for multiple pieces of Lego. Sort of like
>saying "a Xerox" for "a photocopy".
>
>: Incidentally, the boxen of wossnames (1,500 in all) in the
>: closet don't belong to my kids. They were my Christmas gift
>: to my beloved. We spent most of the Christmas holiday
>: playing with them in the dining room. Guess our inner
>: children aren't all that 'inner,' huh?
>
>1500 pieces or 1500 boxes? Details! Details!
Oh, sorry. 1,500 pieces. If we had 1,500 boxes, we'd have
to rent them their own apartment.
>
> JIM, I'll show you my Lego if you show me yours
<holding Lego up to the monitor> SEE? Cute little
blighters, aren't they?
Cici in Texas
--
We have now become the people our parents warned us about.
> Nils Desle wrote in message <36A837D8...@cegeka.be>...
> >
> >Am not!
>
> R2!
D2!
--Nathan "Somebody had to do it" Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan nsu...@pacbell.net
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"R2!" -- Kimberly Chapman in rhod
: Nils Desle wrote in message <36A86BB1...@cegeka.be>...
: >Cool! I often have to stop myself when I'm in a toyshop. I'd buy all the
: >Lego I could get my paws on. Perhaps I'll give in to the temptation
: >sometime ...
: Castle Lego is the best, IMHO.
Nah-ah. Classic Space Lego is the best. But Castle's good too, especially if
you mix it with the Space stuff and mount really BIG GUNS on everything!
JIM, wanna see MY "glow in the dark ghostie"?
: Cici in Texas (ccl...@gtenospam.net) writes:
: >
: >>> Incidentally, the boxen of wossnames (1,500 in all) in the
: >>> closet don't belong to my kids. They were my Christmas gift
: >>> to my beloved. We spent most of the Christmas holiday
: >>> playing with them in the dining room. Guess our inner
: >>> children aren't all that 'inner,' huh?
: Always a good thing! We have some Lego in storage... Kim's from her
: childhood. I think we (as in my parents and I) sold my Lego
: collection a number of years ago... oh well.
Bring it out of storage! Set your Lego free! I'll bring mine from
Ottawa and we'll have a big ol' Legorama!
JIM, now consciously trying to convert everyone in rhod to
drooling Lego freaks
> ccl...@gtenospam.net (Cici in Texas) wrote:
> :Quite so -- and between the two of us, my beloved and I have
> :one of each. Very tidy, I think.
>
> Shall we go back to playing "count the orifices"?
Is that like "Spin the Bottle"?
--Nathan "Should be an Olympic sport" Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan nsu...@pacbell.net
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens to be
very selective about who it decides to make friends with.
> Corran Webster wrote in message <788pv5$dvd$1...@news.tamu.edu>...
> >
> >Yes. And. I. Am. Feeling. Much. Better. Now. My. Exposure. To.
> Unamerican.
> >Influences. Has. Ceased. You. Too. Can. Feel. Much. Better. If. You. Come.
> >To. The. United. States.
> >
> >Join. Us.
>
> Hey, Corran. No, no...over here, dear. Yes, that's it. Come on. Look at
> me...now, see what I have here? A nice, big, soft, scrumptious, home-made
> chocolate-chocolate-chip cookie.
<trance>
Mmmm...cookie...
Must...obey...
</trance>
--Nathan "Easily enslaved" Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan nsu...@pacbell.net
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"A nice, big, soft, scrumptious, home-made
chocolate-chocolate-chip cookie." -- Kimberly Chapman in rhod
> Cici in Texas (ccl...@gtenospam.net) writes:
> >
> > Always yield to temptation -- it may not pass your way
> > again.
>
> That's a potentially very dangerous philosophy, with the "always" on
> the front... Isn't it?
But awfully tempting, eh?
--Nathan "Not Cananananadian" Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan nsu...@pacbell.net
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Fortunately, Hill Giants have large blind spots in which a human can easily
hide. Unfortunately, these blind spots are beneath the bottoms of their feet.
My brother had the space Lego. It was okay too, but I liked the castle
stuff better. Works now too...I read scifi, but I really prefer the
fantasy.
> JIM, wanna see MY "glow in the dark ghostie"?
You know, those condoms can be dangerous. Sometimes that glow stuff rubs
off.
-- Kimberly "doesn't want tunnel lighting" Chapman
I'd have been heartbroken if nobody did. :)
> Nathan Sullivan nsu...@pacbell.net
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
> "R2!" -- Kimberly Chapman in rhod
Well now that's just silly.
-- Kimberly "keep up the good work" Chapman
We don't have room for it with all of the other toys I've got. There's just
far too much Lego. But fear not...it's only in temporary storage until we
buy a house.
Kimberly Chapman -- http://outer-net.com/kacee/soa.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"You are my everything."
-- Prince Kurit of Keshaerlan, Sorrows of Adoration, unpub.
Yes, then we could ALL go to Sydney!
-- Kimberly "woo-hoo! free trip to Oz!" Chapman
> -- Kimberly "doesn't want tunnel lighting" Chapman
It could be a cool thing to do before a visit to the gynecologist.
Molly "I don't understand why women have male gyne's, I mean, would you go to
a car mechanic who didn't have his own car?" D.
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But a mechanic can work on his own car without a mirror.
dan, whose bright red Siamese fighting fishies performed their own appendectomy
--
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dma...@netspace.org
http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks
>On 22 Jan 1999 03:06:13 GMT in rec.humor.oracle.d, Corran
>Webster tapped out the following:
>>In article <KKRp2.3310$ZY3.30...@bunson.tor.sfl.net>,
>>Kimberly Chapman <ka...@outer-net.com> wrote:
>>>Corran Webster wrote in message <788lq7$225$1...@news.tamu.edu>...
>>>>Well, the name seems to vary from place to place - in Oz and .uk (and
>>>>apparently Canada) it's Lego, but here in 'merka they seem to call it
>>>>Legos
>>>Personally, I think it's just botched pluralization. Most merkins prolly
>>>don't know the name is based on foreign words (legg got, IIRC? play
>>>well?),
>>Possibly, but I have a feeling that they might have "Legos" written on the
>>boxes. However, I haven't got any Lego here, so I can't verify. Any of
>>you 'merkins care to confirm or deny?
>Okay, I went and looked at the boxes of the wossnames in the
>closet. The boxes (boxen?) do, in fact, say LEGO. I don't
>know if that means that the name 'Lego' is already plural,
>or if one is supposed to say something like "Lego toys" to
>indicate the plural. Maybe 'Lego bits?' 'Legeaux?'
>Incidentally, the boxen of wossnames (1,500 in all) in the
>closet don't belong to my kids. They were my Christmas gift
>to my beloved. We spent most of the Christmas holiday
>playing with them in the dining room. Guess our inner
>children aren't all that 'inner,' huh?
According to the LEGO FAQ, section 7:
Subject: 7) Plural of LEGO
==========================
While most people point out that they just say LEGOs,
lun...@netcom.com (Lunatic Johnathan Bruce E'Sex) dug out:
One catalogue, dated 1980, has the following on its back page:
Dear Parents and Children
The word LEGO(R) is a brand name and is very special to all
of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely like
your help in keeping it special. Please always refer to our
bricks as 'LEGO Bricks or Toys' and not 'LEGOS.' By doing
so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand of
which we are very proud and that stands for quality the
world over. Thank you!
Susan Williams
Consumer Services (Susan's name is a pseudonym for
the service dptmt.)
--
Jeff Zeitlin
jzei...@cyburban.com
> Nathan Sullivan wrote in message
> <87ognq4...@adsl-209-233-33-43.snfc1.pacbell.net>...
> >
> >Is that like "Spin the Bottle"?
> >
> >--Nathan "Should be an Olympic sport" Sullivan
>
> Yes, then we could ALL go to Sydney!
>
> -- Kimberly "woo-hoo! free trip to Oz!" Chapman
Woo-hoo! Kissing other rhodites!
--Nathan "Slightly different priorities" Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan nsu...@pacbell.net
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It's bigger than it thinks.
Egad...no. *wide-eyed look of fear*
>Molly "I don't understand why women have male gyne's, I mean, would you go
to
>a car mechanic who didn't have his own car?" D.
*sigh*
Because some of us live in areas where there aren't enough women doctors,
and the ones that are around aren't taking new patients. :P
Trust me, I DON'T like it. I was supposed to book a physical already and it
takes me weeks just to motivate myself for the phone call, and I have a
good, really nice, very professional and courteous doctor.
-- Kimberly "what phobia?" Chapman
Massage: <vmcp2.3148$ZY3.28...@bunson.tor.sfl.net>
Froom: "Kimberly Chapman" <ka...@outer-net.com>
On: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 03:48:43 GMT
______________________________:
> -- Kimberly "I did say human organism, not orgasm...that's how you make an
> organism" Chapman
There is a theory which states that, since an upright gait puts wimmin
at a disadvantage (because a freshly-inseminated quadruped has
spermatozoa swimming downhill to the fallopian tubes, but a freshly
inseminated biped has them trying to swim uphill. Dribble, anybody?)
the orgasm developed from an evolutionary perspective to make sure
that freshly-inseminated wimmin are too well-shagged to move about
after sex.
If that *is* the case, why haven't all men evolved into expert lovers?
Obviously, there are a few of us; but the stories one hears about
others...
--
Malc, Southend-on-Sea, UK (not Europe, or the World)
Pope-in-waiting
UCE > /dev/null
Massage: <7891bv$j5c$1...@news-2.news.gte.net>
Froom: ccl...@gtenospam.net (Cici in Texas)
On: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 23:23:02 GMT
______________________________:
> 'Legeaux?'
Poifect, and now official. I shall notify Legeauxland immediately.
In that giant urban metropolis called Toronto, there aren't any good female
doctors who are taking new patients? Well. My biggest objection to male
gyne's is that they tend to have such *huge* hands. Huge hands on a gyne are
*bad*, for you male persons out there. Worse than having a urologist with
huge hands.
Molly "I still think spooking out your gyne would be great fun" D.
> Massage: <vmcp2.3148$ZY3.28...@bunson.tor.sfl.net>
> Froom: "Kimberly Chapman" <ka...@outer-net.com>
> On: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 03:48:43 GMT
> ______________________________:
>> -- Kimberly "I did say human organism, not orgasm...that's how you make an
>> organism" Chapman
> There is a theory which states that, since an upright gait puts wimmin
> at a disadvantage (because a freshly-inseminated quadruped has
> spermatozoa swimming downhill to the fallopian tubes, but a freshly
> inseminated biped has them trying to swim uphill. Dribble, anybody?)
> the orgasm developed from an evolutionary perspective to make sure
> that freshly-inseminated wimmin are too well-shagged to move about
> after sex.
The obvious flaw here is that orgasm developed long before mammals decided
they had better things to do with their front limbs. Every warmblood on
the planet can orgasm, male and female, bipedal or not.
Well, I think you've got two out of three. Just need that middle
one...
Unless the take the Olympics away from Sydney in the wake of all that
bribery they were doing... tsk. ;)
--Matt "I'm shocked! Bribery in the Olympics' site selection
process? Never!!!" Kerbel
Which would make perfect sense if not for the nagging little fact that it's
impossible for most women to routinely orgasm from penis-vagina intercourse
alone...
k.
--
Kirsten Chevalier * mchev...@wellesley.edu * Often in error, never in doubt
"Live fast, love hard, and wear corrective lenses if you need them."
--Webb Wilder
http://wilbur.wellesley.edu/A-M/mchevalier/
Well you're in luck, dear. Dumpcarat will be delighted to smooch with you,
I'm sure.
> Nathan Sullivan nsu...@pacbell.net
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
> It's bigger than it thinks.
That's not what _she_ said.
-- Kimberly "bigger than my bra" Chapman
They said today that they won't. Salt Lake City and Sydney will still go on
as planned.
>--Matt "I'm shocked! Bribery in the Olympics' site selection
>process? Never!!!" Kerbel
Indeedily. I'm sure Toronto bribed for 96, but Atlanta's bribes were
bigger. *shrug*
We should have a rhod olympics in a different city every year. I'm going to
pick the city. What'll y'all give me?
-- Kimberly "please...no STDs..." Chapman
Sounds interesting. I have read that human women are unique in their
ability to have orgasms. Lucky us. >:)
I have my own convoluted theory on that, but it's very convoluted and
involves my belief that all humans are inherently bisexual but, because of
societal pressures, repress half of themselves. *shrug* Since I know I'll
get flamed just for that alone, I won't bother on with the rest.
Besides...it's not a very sound theory. Like the rest of social science.
>If that *is* the case, why haven't all men evolved into expert lovers?
Because too many men are boys playing foolish games and doing things without
sufficient thought.
Luckily, many of you are wonderful creatures who are much beyond that. :)
>Obviously, there are a few of us; but the stories one hears about
>others...
I could tell you many a story about a piggish, brutish male without the
first clue of lovemaking. Until recent years, I had grown to honestly
believe that that's how all of you just were. But I escaped that world.
-- Kimberly "too bad so many won't..." Chapman
Massage: <5adf87.uo.ln@platinum>
Froom: Jason Willoughby <jwil...@gate.net>
On: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:13:09 -0500
______________________________:
> The obvious flaw here is that orgasm developed long before mammals decided
> they had better things to do with their front limbs. Every warmblood on
> the planet can orgasm, male and female, bipedal or not.
I would dispute that. Most quadrupeds have sex for procreation, not
recreation. Only primates seem to indulge in the latter, AFAIK. David
Attenborough has never shown two gnu lying back and having a
cigarette, for example.
Not within a sanely driveable distance, no.
>gyne's is that they tend to have such *huge* hands. Huge hands on a gyne
are
>*bad*, for you male persons out there. Worse than having a urologist with
>huge hands.
Well I haven't really paused long enough to think about the size of my
doctor's hands. He's very quick and I just stare at the ceiling and try not
to get upset.
And he's a good doctor otherwise...with all of the other doctors I went
through, he was the first to clue in that maybe all my health problems were
the result of an underactive thyroid...three years and no one else bothered
to test for that. He has things going fairly well in general, and since I'd
be just as upset with a female doctor for the pelvic exam, I'll just stay
with the one I've got.
Kimberly Chapman http://outer-net.com/kacee/welcome.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Like any uncharted territory
I must seem strangely intriguing"
Uninvited - Alannis Morissette
Good point.
'Course, you can easily have clitoral stimulation during vaginal sex. Tip:
it's better to be on top for that, because then you can get everything in
the right place and move it the way you like without too much pressure or
whatever.
Kimberly Chapman -- http://outer-net.com/kacee/welcome.htm
----------------------------------------------------------
"If people didn't like to have their hearts torn out by
sad stories, Romeo and Juliet would have been an example
of pitiable English sappy slop, and not known throughout
the world as the epitome of young love." -- me
>>If that *is* the case, why haven't all men evolved into expert lovers?
>
> Because too many men are boys playing foolish games and doing things
> without sufficient thought.
So you're saying that to become expert lovers, we should sit down and think
rather than play around?
-Lars "Or maybe sex is just not foolish" Clausen
--
Lars R. Clausen (lrcl...@cs.uiuc.edu)
A *real* smart bomb would call in sick, perhaps move to another country,
changing its name in the process, open a beach bar maybe and live out its
days in safe anonymity. -- Barry O'Neill in rhod
> Mr. Garibaldi saw this article from Nathan Sullivan in Universe Today
> while his daughter played tennis with Dr. Franklin:
>
>; w...@netcom.com (William J. Evans; mail protected by spamgard{tm})
>; writes:
>; > ccl...@gtenospam.net (Cici in Texas) wrote:
>; > :Quite so -- and between the two of us, my beloved and I have
>; > :one of each. Very tidy, I think.
>; > Shall we go back to playing "count the orifices"?
>; Is that like "Spin the Bottle"?
>; --Nathan "Should be an Olympic sport" Sullivan
>
> Salt Lake City?
Las Vegas.
-Lars "Who's next?" Clausen
> In article <KKRp2.3310$ZY3.30...@bunson.tor.sfl.net>,
> Kimberly Chapman <ka...@outer-net.com> wrote:
> >
> >Corran Webster wrote in message <788lq7$225$1...@news.tamu.edu>...
> >>Well, the name seems to vary from place to place - in Oz and .uk (and
> >>apparently Canada) it's Lego, but here in 'merka they seem to call it
> >>Legos
> >
> >Personally, I think it's just botched pluralization. Most merkins prolly
> >don't know the name is based on foreign words (legg got, IIRC? play well?),
>
> Possibly, but I have a feeling that they might have "Legos" written on the
> boxes. However, I haven't got any Lego here, so I can't verify. Any of
> you 'merkins care to confirm or deny?
They have "Lego" written on each of the bumps. As a member of Merka, I
feel I should explain the Lego/Legos thing. Here in the Land of Merka, we
call them legos. Why? Because they come in sets of 100 or so. When
refering to just one then it is called a lego. Also, they can be refered
to in numbers as Lego Blocks or Lego Bricks, singular Lego Block, Lego
Brick. However using the full "Lego Blocks" is to long for us Merkins (we
hate expending too much effort talking or writing) so we call them legos.
Makes perfect sense to me. Why shouldn't something be plural when talking
about lots of them>?
<big snip>
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> In that giant urban metropolis called Toronto, there aren't any good
> female doctors who are taking new patients? Well. My biggest
> objection to male gyne's is that they tend to have such *huge*
> hands. Huge hands on a gyne are *bad*, for you male persons out
> there. Worse than having a urologist with huge hands.
Well, you know what they say about men with *huge* hands?
--Nathan "Well, do you? 'Cause I don't." Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan nsu...@pacbell.net
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I don't think they could put me in a mental hospital. On the other
hand, if I were already in, I don't think they'd let me out.
> The obvious flaw here is that orgasm developed long before mammals decided
> they had better things to do with their front limbs. Every warmblood on
> the planet can orgasm, male and female, bipedal or not.
I _really_ don't want to know how you know that.
--Nathan "Oogy" Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan nsu...@pacbell.net
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I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence.
There's a knob called "brightness", but it doesn't work.
; w...@netcom.com (William J. Evans; mail protected by spamgard{tm}) writes:
; > ccl...@gtenospam.net (Cici in Texas) wrote:
; > :Quite so -- and between the two of us, my beloved and I have
; > :one of each. Very tidy, I think.
; > Shall we go back to playing "count the orifices"?
; Is that like "Spin the Bottle"?
; --Nathan "Should be an Olympic sport" Sullivan
Salt Lake City?
--
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There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
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The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
"I'll be keeping an eye on you." "Use both eyes, you'll need them."
(Mr. Garibaldi and Matthew Stoner, B5 "Soul Mates")
: We should have a rhod olympics in a different city every year. I'm going to
: pick the city. What'll y'all give me?
I'll give you a box of Smarties to hold it anywhere warmer than Ottawa in
Janruary.
JIM, brr
Massage: <78g5qg$s...@cokie.wellesley.edu>
Froom: MCHEV...@sallie.wellesley.edu (Kirsten Chevalier)
On: 24 Jan 1999 17:11:28
______________________________:
> Which would make perfect sense if not for the nagging little fact that it's
> impossible for most women to routinely orgasm from penis-vagina intercourse
> alone...
Which is why men are busily further-evolving their eustachian tubes to
allow them to breathe through their ears.