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Tim Gourley

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Jun 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/1/96
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We all know that SK likes to use the quote, "All will be well, all will be well,
and all manner of things will be well," as in the Talisman, Insomnia, and in
Rose Madder, etc. But one night as I sat reading The Shadow Rising by Robert
Jordan, I noticed something odd. One of the Aiel people muttered this quote.
Quickly I marked the page and continued reading. About three times this quote
turned up, all spoken by an Aiel (ppl not familiar with RJ, the Aiel are a race
of humans sort of like Indians imho. They're a tough people). Is this a
conspiracy? Coincidence? Or . . . {looney theory mode on} is Robert Jordan
Stephen King? :) {Looney theory off BTW: that was NOT a serious question}

Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I don't remember anyone mentioning
it. Can someone shed some light?


--
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t...@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu All right,
The Rabid Child and Kill it at once.
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Peter Straub

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Jun 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/1/96
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t...@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (Tim Gourley) wrote:
>
>
>We all know that SK likes to use the quote, "All will be well, all will
be well,
>and all manner of things will be well," as in the Talisman, Insomnia,
and in
>Rose Madder, etc.
......>Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I don't remember
anyone mentioning
>it. Can someone shed some light?

I guess I see this question as my personal property, since it was what
led me to make my first posting to the King newsgroup. I'll answer it
once more, but I think it ought to be put into the FAQ, just to get it on
the record.

The origin of the quotation is a fifteenth-century English mystic named
Julian of Norwich, a woman, sometimes called Juliana. In her book
*Revelations of Divine Love,* she wrote, "All shall be well, all shall be
well, and all manner of things shall be well." I came across this
uplifting sentiment in a Muriel Spark novel, I wish I could remember
which one but I can't, shortly before King and I started writing The
Talisman, and I put it into our book.

I remember him remarking on the line and asking me where it came from.
He obviously liked it, because he's used it a couple of times since, as
the poster points out, slightly misquoting it every time. A lot of
writers have put it into their books - I just saw it quoted in A. S.
Byatt's new novel, *Babel Tower.*

Peter


thep...@one.net

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Jun 3, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/3/96
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>The origin of the quotation is a fifteenth-century English mystic named
>Julian of Norwich, a woman, sometimes called Juliana. In her book
>*Revelations of Divine Love,* she wrote, "All shall be well, all shall be
>well, and all manner of things shall be well." I came across this
>uplifting sentiment in a Muriel Spark novel, I wish I could remember
>which one but I can't, shortly before King and I started writing The
>Talisman, and I put it into our book.

this reminds me of one of the artifacts brother maynard carries with
him and the corresponding literature in which they reference that
'thou shalt pullest out the holy pin, then thou shalt counteth to
three. three shall be the number of the counting, and the number of
the counting shall be three. not four and not two, unless excepting
that thou thenceforth proceedeth to three, and five is right out. when
three, being the third number, is reached, thou shalt lobbest thine
holy hand grenade at thine enemies, being naught in thine sight' or
something like that.


The Clems

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Jun 4, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/4/96
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XTF...@prodigy.com (Peter Straub) wrote:

>t...@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (Tim Gourley) wrote:
>>
>>
>>We all know that SK likes to use the quote, "All will be well, all will

>be well,


>>and all manner of things will be well," as in the Talisman, Insomnia,
>and in
>>Rose Madder, etc.
>......>Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I don't remember
>anyone mentioning
>>it. Can someone shed some light?

>I guess I see this question as my personal property, since it was what
>led me to make my first posting to the King newsgroup. I'll answer it
>once more, but I think it ought to be put into the FAQ, just to get it on
>the record.

>The origin of the quotation is a fifteenth-century English mystic named

>Julian of Norwich, a woman, sometimes called Juliana. In her book
>*Revelations of Divine Love,* she wrote, "All shall be well, all shall be
>well, and all manner of things shall be well." I came across this
>uplifting sentiment in a Muriel Spark novel, I wish I could remember
>which one but I can't, shortly before King and I started writing The
>Talisman, and I put it into our book.

>I remember him remarking on the line and asking me where it came from.

>He obviously liked it, because he's used it a couple of times since, as
>the poster points out, slightly misquoting it every time. A lot of
>writers have put it into their books - I just saw it quoted in A. S.
>Byatt's new novel, *Babel Tower.*

>Peter

Funny, I always thought it was a piece of the Scottish poet
Robbie (Rabbie) Burns' work. Maybe I'm opening myself up
to all sorts of ridicule here, but I've heard it quoted (in a thick
Scottish accent) as: "A' wi' be well, an' a' wi' be well, an' a'
manner o' things wi' be well"

Having never read Robbie Burns' poetry, I'm probably
incorrect here (unlike Ivy it seems<g>) but I thought I'd
put my two pennorth in for what it's worth.

Carol not Nigel (he's my hubby!)

P.S I've read the FAQ in which you mention that you and
SK lived in England in the late 70's, may I ask what area?
Just curious.

P.P.S There is a Peter Straub newsgroup.
alt.books.peter-straub


Bernardine

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Jun 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/5/96
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In article <83392246...@barnct.demon.co.uk>, cl...@barnct.demon.co.uk
(The Clems) wrote:

> XTF...@prodigy.com (Peter Straub) wrote:
>
> >The origin of the quotation is a fifteenth-century English mystic named
> >Julian of Norwich, a woman, sometimes called Juliana. In her book
> >*Revelations of Divine Love,* she wrote, "All shall be well, all shall be
> >well, and all manner of things shall be well." I came across this
> >uplifting sentiment in a Muriel Spark novel, I wish I could remember
> >which one but I can't, shortly before King and I started writing The
> >Talisman, and I put it into our book.

>

> Funny, I always thought it was a piece of the Scottish poet
> Robbie (Rabbie) Burns' work. Maybe I'm opening myself up
> to all sorts of ridicule here, but I've heard it quoted (in a thick
> Scottish accent) as: "A' wi' be well, an' a' wi' be well, an' a'
> manner o' things wi' be well"
>

Hey Carol,

Robbie Burns' time was from 1759-1796, long after the
mystics (says Bernardine who once went to an English
Society medieval party dressed as as Margarey Kempe).
If a Robbie Burns poem includes the preceding lines, then he
and King both borrowed them, a time-honoured tradition,
I might add.

Bernardine :)

Ivy Lee

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Jun 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/5/96
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cl...@barnct.demon.co.uk (The Clems) wrote:
>Having never read Robbie Burns' poetry, I'm probably
>incorrect here (unlike Ivy it seems<g>) but I thought I'd
>put my two pennorth in for what it's worth.

I'm beginning to wonder what value infallibility
may have in dollars and cents.

Anyone want a sports prediction?

Ivy

--
Censors tend to do what only psychotics
do: they confuse reality with illusion.
David Cronenberg

Saul Milligan

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Jun 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/5/96
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thep...@one.net wrote:

> this reminds me of one of the artifacts brother maynard carries with
> him and the corresponding literature in which they reference that
> 'thou shalt pullest out the holy pin, then thou shalt counteth to
> three. three shall be the number of the counting, and the number of
> the counting shall be three. not four and not two, unless excepting
> that thou thenceforth proceedeth to three, and five is right out. when
> three, being the third number, is reached, thou shalt lobbest thine
> holy hand grenade at thine enemies, being naught in thine sight' or
> something like that.

Right on!!! One of my all time favourite movies!

Stevie Canuck
--
Always look on the bright side of death
Doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo
M. Python


The Clems

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Jun 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/6/96
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Bernadette

Thanks for putting me straight, I knew I was off
base there, but it's really funny how you get
these things in your head and they won't go
away.

Cheers

Carol.


Peter Straub

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Jun 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/6/96
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cl...@barnct.demon.co.uk (The Clems) wrote:
>>P.S I've read the FAQ in which you mention that you and
>SK lived in England in the late 70's, may I ask what area?
>Just curious.

The Kings rented a big but uncomfortable house in the village of Fleet,
near Aldershot and stayed about six months, I think. My wife and I lived
all over North London - Belsize Square, Chalk Farm, another place just
south of Hampstead Heath, and finally bought a house in Crouch End. We
were there about ten years altogether, and when Steve and his family came,
we were living in the Crouch End house.

Peter


The Clems

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Jun 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/6/96
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Hi again

I posted to Bernadettte, or something and it was
Bernadine I was replying to. So sorry I'm senile.
We all are in England, it's the BSE (mad cows
in case you don't know, only I'm not a cow I'm a frog).
AAAARRGGGGHHHHH.

Carol (I think).


Kim Murrell

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Jun 7, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/7/96
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I'm a Monty Python nut,too. I know this is off-topic,sorry, but
can anyone recommend a good MP web page? Or, do you know if there
is a newsgroup?
Now, I better get back on topic before someone says "NIIIP!" to me.:)

Kim
--
Kim Murrell ki...@mail.warped.com
"Around and around and around we spin,
With feet of lead and wings of tin..." Kurt Vonnegut

Jon Skeet

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Jun 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/8/96
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Kim Murrell <ki...@mail.warped.com> wrote:

> I'm a Monty Python nut,too. I know this is off-topic,sorry, but
> can anyone recommend a good MP web page? Or, do you know if there
> is a newsgroup?

Yup, there's a newsgroup alt.fan.monty-python
For web pages, I believe I've got a link off mine
(http://callisto.girton.cam.ac.uk/users/jls20) - I'd look it up, but
I'm too hung over.

> Now, I better get back on topic before someone says "NIIIP!" to me.:)

Don't *think* there's a P on the end. Certainly all the MP fans I
know say Ni.
--
Jon

Murielle L. Sey

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Jun 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/8/96
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Hi Peter,

I know, I'm going to feel really stupid when you answer this, but
I've been feeling this way for days. I think I hold the record for stupid
answers, so I might as well add questions to my credits. Didn't someone
write a short story titled Crouch End? Was it you?

I think I'll just sign this one...

Blushing in Calgary


Kim Murrell

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Jun 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/8/96
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Well, Murielle, I'm afraid you just lost some absk points. :)
SK wrote Crouch End. It's in N&D.

The use of that name is interesting. Methinks there might be
an interesting little story here.

So, Peter, is there one?

Jon Skeet

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Kim Murrell <ki...@mail.warped.com> wrote:
> Well, Murielle, I'm afraid you just lost some absk points. :)
> SK wrote Crouch End. It's in N&D.

Yup!

> The use of that name is interesting. Methinks there might be
> an interesting little story here.

Which name, Crouch End? If you're thinking it's a made up one, it's
not. The director of a play I was in used to live there.
--
Jon

The Clems

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XTF...@prodigy.com (Peter Straub) wrote:

>cl...@barnct.demon.co.uk (The Clems) wrote:
>>>P.S I've read the FAQ in which you mention that you and
>>SK lived in England in the late 70's, may I ask what area?
>>Just curious.

>The Kings rented a big but uncomfortable house in the village of Fleet,
>near Aldershot and stayed about six months, I think. My wife and I lived
>all over North London - Belsize Square, Chalk Farm, another place just
>south of Hampstead Heath, and finally bought a house in Crouch End. We
>were there about ten years altogether, and when Steve and his family came,
> we were living in the Crouch End house.

>Peter

Thanks for the info Peter, I'm nosy as well as mad!

Carol.

Kim Murrell

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Jun 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/8/96
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No, I know it's a real place. Peter said he had a house there. I was
just wondering if that was the reason SK chose that name. And if the
area was as spooky as it is in the story.

BTW, I love the Lovecraftian (is that a word) feel of that story.

corrie + lee

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Murielle L. Sey wrote:

>
> On 6 Jun 1996, Peter Straub wrote:
>
> > cl...@barnct.demon.co.uk (The Clems) wrote:
> > >>P.S I've read the FAQ in which you mention that you and
> > >SK lived in England in the late 70's, may I ask what area?
> > >Just curious.
> >
> > The Kings rented a big but uncomfortable house in the village of Fleet,
> > near Aldershot and stayed about six months, I think. My wife and I lived
> > all over North London - Belsize Square, Chalk Farm, another place just
> > south of Hampstead Heath, and finally bought a house in Crouch End. We
> > were there about ten years altogether, and when Steve and his family came,
> > we were living in the Crouch End house.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> Hi Peter,
>
> I know, I'm going to feel really stupid when you answer this, but
> I've been feeling this way for days. I think I hold the record for stupid
> answers, so I might as well add questions to my credits. Didn't someone
> write a short story titled Crouch End? Was it you?
>
> I think I'll just sign this one...
>
> Blushing in Calgary

Thank You for asking this!! I have been disturbed by where I had heard
that name for days now!! I'm glad I'm not alone here!

Corrie Haldane

Peter Straub

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Jun 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/9/96
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"Murielle L. Sey" <ml...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> wrote:
Didn't someone
>write a short story titled Crouch End? Was it you?
>

No, that was King, in a story for a Ramsey Campbell anthology consisting
of stories about the Cthulu "mythos," as it's called. I think he liked
the sheer strangeness of the neighborhood's name (which derives from the
river Crouch, long ago buried underneath present day London) and had been
affected by his getting lost the first time he came to our house there.

Peter


Murielle L. Sey

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Jun 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/9/96
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On 8 Jun 1996, Kim Murrell wrote:

> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > I know, I'm going to feel really stupid when you answer this, but
> > I've been feeling this way for days. I think I hold the record for stupid

> > answers, so I might as well add questions to my credits. Didn't someone


> > write a short story titled Crouch End? Was it you?
> >

> > I think I'll just sign this one...
> >
> > Blushing in Calgary
> >

> Well, Murielle, I'm afraid you just lost some absk points. :)
> SK wrote Crouch End. It's in N&D.
>

> The use of that name is interesting. Methinks there might be
> an interesting little story here.
>

> So, Peter, is there one?
>
> Kim
> --

Hi Kim,

Thank you! (laugh) I knew there was _some_ kind of connection.
As to losing absk points... I don't think I have any left _to_ lose. It's
just been one of those months. :-) I thought for sure that when I
found my copy of Houses it would be in there, and then I would feel really
dumb!


Thanks for breaking it to me gently!

:-)
Murielle


Murielle L. Sey

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On 8 Jun 1996, corrie + lee wrote:

> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > I know, I'm going to feel really stupid when you answer this, but
> > I've been feeling this way for days. I think I hold the record for stupid
> > answers, so I might as well add questions to my credits. Didn't someone
> > write a short story titled Crouch End? Was it you?
> >
> > I think I'll just sign this one...
> >
> > Blushing in Calgary
>

> Thank You for asking this!! I have been disturbed by where I had heard
> that name for days now!! I'm glad I'm not alone here!
>
> Corrie Haldane
>
>

Hehehe... not as glad as I am. Come on over here you can stand by me,
cause... misery may like company, but stupidity needs it. ;-)) And, boy
do I need a friend right now.

:-))
Murielle


Murielle L. Sey

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On 9 Jun 1996, Peter Straub wrote:

> "Murielle L. Sey" <ml...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> wrote:

> Didn't someone
> >write a short story titled Crouch End? Was it you?
> >
>

> No, that was King, in a story for a Ramsey Campbell anthology consisting
> of stories about the Cthulu "mythos," as it's called. I think he liked
> the sheer strangeness of the neighborhood's name (which derives from the
> river Crouch, long ago buried underneath present day London) and had been
> affected by his getting lost the first time he came to our house there.
>
> Peter


Thank you. I'm getting an image of a woman in the fog, lost...
and something about cobblestones. This is going to be an obession for me
now, until I re-read the story. But, I'm right in the middle of If You
Could See Me Now, so I hope you'll understand if I don't go looking for
Crouch End right away. (Um... really, no pun intended. :-)

:-)
Murielle


James Haller

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Jun 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/9/96
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On a Jaunt through cyberspace,

"Murielle L. Sey" <ml...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> wrote:

>On 8 Jun 1996, corrie + lee wrote:
>

<snip>


>> Corrie Haldane
>>
>>
>Hehehe... not as glad as I am. Come on over here you can stand by me,
>cause... misery may like company, but stupidity needs it. ;-)) And, boy
>do I need a friend right now.
>
>:-))
>Murielle
>

Now, *That's Funny*. :-))))
LOL

_____________
Jim Haller
Olympia,Wa.

Jon R.

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Jun 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/10/96
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Jon Skeet wrote:
>
> Kim Murrell <ki...@mail.warped.com> wrote:(SNIP)

> > Now, I better get back on topic before someone says "NIIIP!" to me.:)
>
> Don't *think* there's a P on the end. Certainly all the MP fans I
> know say Ni.
> --
> Jon

There certainly isn't. In the computer game version it was spelled "Nic",
however. And I'd rather have spelled it with many Ns than Is, but that's
just me.

Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-T'Pang

Jon R.


-Sorry. Panicked.-

Kim Murrell

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Okay, I stand corrected. I apologize for my MP faux paus. It has been ages since
I've seen the movie, and I've blown quite a few brain cells since then. :)

Jon R.

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Kim Murrell wrote:
>
> In article <31BCBE...@nor.uib.no> "Jon R." <Jon.R...@nor.uib.no> writes:
> > Jon Skeet wrote:
> > >
> > > Kim Murrell <ki...@mail.warped.com> wrote:(SNIP)
> > > > Now, I better get back on topic before someone says "NIIIP!" to me.:)
> > >
> > > Don't *think* there's a P on the end. Certainly all the MP fans I
> > > know say Ni.
> > > --
> > > Jon
> >
> > There certainly isn't. In the computer game version it was spelled "Nic",
> > however. And I'd rather have spelled it with many Ns than Is, but that's
> > just me.
> >
> > Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-T'Pang
> >
> > Jon R.
> >
> >
> > -Sorry. Panicked.-
>
> Okay, I stand corrected. I apologize for my MP faux paus. It has been ages since
> I've seen the movie, and I've blown quite a few brain cells since then. :)
>
> Kim

You know, if we were truly annoyed, we would have said Nnnnni!

Jon R.

"If you don't give us a shrubbery, we will say Ni to you."
"I don't believe that."
"Nnnnni! Nnnnnni!"
"Stop it! Here is your shrubbery."
"That's a shameful way to behave. Saying Ni to an old woman!"

(That's probably not correctly quoted.)

Jon R., again.

Kim Murrell

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Well, if you had, I would've just said "IT" to you and
that would've neutralized the situation.:)

Sven Anders Robbestad

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["Jon R." <Jon.R...@nor.uib.no>]:

>Kim Murrell wrote:
>>
>> In article <31BCBE...@nor.uib.no> "Jon R." <Jon.R...@nor.uib.no> writes:
>> > Jon Skeet wrote:
>> > >

>> > > Kim Murrell <ki...@mail.warped.com> wrote:(SNIP)
>> > > > Now, I better get back on topic before someone says "NIIIP!" to me.:)
>> > >
>> > > Don't *think* there's a P on the end. Certainly all the MP fans I
>> > > know say Ni.
>> > > --
>> > > Jon
>> >
>> > There certainly isn't. In the computer game version it was spelled "Nic",
>> > however. And I'd rather have spelled it with many Ns than Is, but that's
>> > just me.
>> >
>> > Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-T'Pang
>> >
>> > Jon R.
>> >
>> >
>> > -Sorry. Panicked.-
>>

>> Okay, I stand corrected. I apologize for my MP faux paus. It has been ages since
>> I've seen the movie, and I've blown quite a few brain cells since then. :)
>>
>> Kim
>
>You know, if we were truly annoyed, we would have said Nnnnni!
>
>Jon R.
>
>"If you don't give us a shrubbery, we will say Ni to you."
>"I don't believe that."
>"Nnnnni! Nnnnnni!"
>"Stop it! Here is your shrubbery."
>"That's a shameful way to behave. Saying Ni to an old woman!"

Close enough for remininscing :)

Anyway, I think you are mixing two different Ni skits, the old woman
Ni skit came a bit later I think.

'You must get us.... ANOTHER SHRUBBERY!'
Marvellous :)

Btw, I tried to locate my LP, but couldn't find it. I did find an old
Tina Turner LP though :) -- The old 'it's going to work out fine'
_with_ Ike Turner is a lot better than the new version (from the
movie). And Alexander O'Neal (Damn it Dani -- I wanted to call that
kid Alexander!), oh and Otis Redding (Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa) -- AND Wilson
Pickett. Ahh, moodfest!

Sven Anders
- Denis Moore, Denis Moore .... is not in this bit -

--
Sven Anders Robbestad _|_| No life that breathes _|_|
2760 Brandbu, 61335739 _|_| with human breath, _|_|
http://www.sn.no/~svena _|_| has ever truly longed _|_|
sv...@sn.no _|_| for death. (Tennyson)_|_|

Jon Skeet

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Jon R. <Jon.R...@nor.uib.no> wrote:

> Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-T'Pang

Actually, I believe it's ekki-ekki-ekki-ekki-ftang-nui... (the
important bit being the fact that there are 4 ekkis. I always used
to say 3 too, but was corrected once and am now very pedantic about
it.)

IMPFI.
--
Jon

Jon R.

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Kim Murrell wrote:
>
> In article <31BCE1...@nor.uib.no> "Jon R." <Jon.R...@nor.uib.no> writes:

> >
> > You know, if we were truly annoyed, we would have said Nnnnni!
> >
> > Jon R.

>

> Well, if you had, I would've just said "IT" to you and
> that would've neutralized the situation.:)
>
> Kim
> --

Oh, no, she said IT!!! <cringing with fear>

So, now we've linked IT to Monty Python. I guess the castle in the
last scene was the Dark Tower. Oh well.

Jon R.

Jon R.

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Yeah, I just didn't want to scare anyone.

Jon R.

Kim Murrell

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he he he!

All this talk of Monty Python raises a question. Does anyone know
if Stephen King likes MP? I'm curious.

Jon R.

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Sven Anders Robbestad wrote:
>
> ["Jon R." <Jon.R...@nor.uib.no>]:

> >
> >"If you don't give us a shrubbery, we will say Ni to you."
> >"I don't believe that."
> >"Nnnnni! Nnnnnni!"
> >"Stop it! Here is your shrubbery."
> >"That's a shameful way to behave. Saying Ni to an old woman!"
>
> Close enough for remininscing :)
>
> Anyway, I think you are mixing two different Ni skits, the old woman
> Ni skit came a bit later I think.
>
> 'You must get us.... ANOTHER SHRUBBERY!'

> Marvellous :)(SNIP)

I'm not mixing them up, though I may quote wrong. The knights say
Ni to the old woman when they are out looking for the shrubbery.
Thus, I'm quoting the second of the three Ni-scenes. Oh, I just _have_
to dig out my CD now.... (heh,heh)

Jon R.

Sven Anders Robbestad

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["Jon R." <Jon.R...@nor.uib.no>]:

>I'm not mixing them up, though I may quote wrong. The knights say
>Ni to the old woman when they are out looking for the shrubbery.
>Thus, I'm quoting the second of the three Ni-scenes. Oh, I just _have_
>to dig out my CD now.... (heh,heh)

Oh, maybe I'm the one mixing. Aw, anyways - NI, NI, NI, NI

Sven Anders

Jon R.

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Sven Anders Robbestad wrote:
>
> ["Jon R." <Jon.R...@nor.uib.no>]:
>
> >I'm not mixing them up, though I may quote wrong. The knights say
> >Ni to the old woman when they are out looking for the shrubbery.
> >Thus, I'm quoting the second of the three Ni-scenes. Oh, I just _have_
> >to dig out my CD now.... (heh,heh)
>
> Oh, maybe I'm the one mixing. Aw, anyways - NI, NI, NI, NI
>
> Sven Anders
>

I found my record and listened to it....they cut that bit I quoted.
Blast. (But I should have written "the knights _of Camelot_", I guess
that's what made it look wrong.)

And the best part of it all is the slightly stupid knight who still
says Ni even when all the others don't....and they shush him all the
time....hilarious!

See you, I'm off to chop down that tree with a herring.

Jon R.

Sven Anders Robbestad

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Jun 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/13/96
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Hi Jon!

>And the best part of it all is the slightly stupid knight who still
>says Ni even when all the others don't....and they shush him all the
>time....hilarious!

LOL!


>See you, I'm off to chop down that tree with a herring.
>

Hmm, that's a good idea for a song, yah
yum...yum...Yum, YUM-di-buckety
Rum-ding-dauoooh
Yuh, ni, Ni, NI
Yaaoohhh
Yar-di-buckety
Rum-ding-doo
Yuh, ni, Ni, NI
Yaaooooohhh

This is _so_ funny!

Sven Anders
(heard that one?)

Jon R.

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Jun 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/14/96
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Sven Anders Robbestad wrote:
>
> Hi Jon!
> >And the best part of it all is the slightly stupid knight who still
> >says Ni even when all the others don't....and they shush him all the
> >time....hilarious!
>
> LOL!
> >See you, I'm off to chop down that tree with a herring.
> >
> Hmm, that's a good idea for a song, yah
> yum...yum...Yum, YUM-di-buckety
> Rum-ding-dauoooh
> Yuh, ni, Ni, NI
> Yaaoohhh
> Yar-di-buckety
> Rum-ding-doo
> Yuh, ni, Ni, NI
> Yaaooooohhh
>
> This is _so_ funny!
>
> Sven Anders
> (heard that one?)

Sure. They play it on "Nitimen" all the time. (Ni-timen = the Nine
o'clock-hour - Norwegian radio program.)

Jon R.

Sven Anders Robbestad

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["Jon R." <Jon.R...@nor.uib.no>]:

>
>Sure. They play it on "Nitimen" all the time. (Ni-timen = the Nine
>o'clock-hour - Norwegian radio program.)

<chuckle>, never thought of it that way. Must be a conspiracy of
sorts....

Sven Anders

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