alt.fan.british-accent
Jonathan Freeman
In message <55tbah$a...@mapperley.innotts.co.uk>
msh...@innotts.co.uk (Mark Sheppard) writes:
> Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
> I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
> each of which possess their own distinct accent.
And of course that too can be expanded upon, each part of each of
those countries has differing accents.
And another thing, FIVE countries? England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland
and ? perhaps London has independance from the rest of England, I
wouldn't be surprised they seem to want everything to themselves down
there. The National Football Stadium, The Millenium Celebrations even
Richard and Judy!!!
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Jon (__)
(oo)
"Moo" \/-------\
|| | \
||---w|| *
^^ ^^
Mark Sheppard
Sarah Goddard
Mark Sheppard (msh...@innotts.co.uk) wrote:
:
: Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
:
: I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
: each of which possess their own distinct accent.
I've never seen this before. I think it has inspired me to
go wandering into other groups and ask them questions like:
for the group called: question:
sci.geology What is sci? And what kind of science
do you think you're studying anyway?
How can you use the scientific method
(hypothesis-->testing-->theory-->testing
-->fact) on earth movement fantasies?
sci.engin.general Why would you put engineering under
science, when it's applied science?
Does it really fit with - sci.biology,
sci.chemistry, etc?
- Sarah - rude girl
__
Sarah 'sigless in Seattle (again, this time for real)' G
Her Traciness
Sarah Goddard wrote:
: I've never seen this before. I think it has inspired me to
: go wandering into other groups and ask them questions like:
<thud>
: - Sarah - rude girl
Sarah, who would ever have thought it?!
Tracy, having been very good for a long time, didja notice, eh?
Tracy Thompson (ttho...@spanport.umass.edu)
Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003 dull backup .sig
Smudge
Mark Sheppard <msh...@innotts.co.uk> rattled off thus....
>
>Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
>
>I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
>each of which possess their own distinct accent.
Six countries, you forgot Cornwall.
--
Smudge
Francis Norton
In article <199611071...@zetnet.co.uk>, Jonathan Freeman
<j.fr...@zetnet.co.uk> writes
>
>> I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
>> each of which possess their own distinct accent.
>
>those countries has differing accents.
>
>And another thing, FIVE countries? England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland
>and ? perhaps London has independance from the rest of England, I
>wouldn't be surprised they seem to want everything to themselves down
>there. The National Football Stadium, The Millenium Celebrations even
>Richard and Judy!!!
>
>
including Calais?
Francis, wondering if there *are* any French AFBAns lurking out there?
--
Francis Norton
"I may be wrong and you may be right, and with a bit of effort,
we may get closer to the truth" - Karl Popper
Anna Warman
In article <199611071...@zetnet.co.uk>
j.fr...@zetnet.co.uk "Jonathan Freeman" writes:
> msh...@innotts.co.uk (Mark Sheppard) writes:
>
> > I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
> > each of which possess their own distinct accent.
>
> And another thing, FIVE countries? England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland
> and ?
Yorkshire, of course.
> perhaps London has independance from the rest of England, I
> wouldn't be surprised they seem to want everything to themselves down
> there. The National Football Stadium, The Millenium Celebrations even
> Richard and Judy!!!
Er...you northerners can happily keep Richard and Judy, thank you very much.
> Jon (__)
> (oo)
> "Moo" \/-------\
> || | \
> ||---w|| *
> ^^ ^^
Do cows and goats get on all right with each other? If not, if you
hear any vibrations....run for it!
ANNA, Londoner-and-proud-of-it girl
pgn...@aol.com
In article <uWAYhRAy...@tomfool.demon.co.uk>, Francis Norton
<fra...@tomfool.demon.co.uk> writes:
>Francis, wondering if there *are* any French AFBAns lurking out there?
Not after all those nasty things we used to say about them.
Patricia
joe hutcheon
In article <55tbah$a...@mapperley.innotts.co.uk>
msh...@innotts.co.uk "Mark Sheppard" writes:
>
> Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
It's the way I speak. Copy my pronuciation and you'll not go far wrong.
>
> I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
> each of which possess their own distinct accent.
England, Scotland, Wales, that's only three. The British Isles consists of
.... oh shit I always lose count ... Ulster and Eire, and the Isle of Man,
and the Scillies, and lots of other places too.
>
>
--
joe hutcheon
Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats
Smudge (smu...@bellona.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Mark Sheppard <msh...@innotts.co.uk> rattled off thus....
: >
: >Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
: >
: >I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
: >each of which possess their own distinct accent.
: Six countries, you forgot Cornwall.
...and the People's Republic of Yorkshire.
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Otto Koppius
C.G.R...@bradford.ac.uk (Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats) says:
>
>: Six countries, you forgot Cornwall.
>
>...and the People's Republic of Yorkshire.
The Yorkshire Liberation Front : there's one in every crowd.
Otto, who wonders if there are any connections with the FETA
Chris Thompson
Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats wrote:
>
> Smudge (smu...@bellona.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> : Mark Sheppard <msh...@innotts.co.uk> rattled off thus....
> : >
> : >Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
> : >
> : >I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
> : >each of which possess their own distinct accent.
>
>
> ...and the People's Republic of Yorkshire.
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currently run by the United Peoples front of Bradford! coz we're 'ard
bast'dz we are!
:)
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Sarah Goddard
Sarah Eggleston (eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com) wrote:
: -Sarah, who had to scrape the car this morning and is thinking (AGAIN)
: of emigrating
To southern England? Surely there are warmer climes in your own country.
- Sarah - lost her ice scraper and doesn't care (also on receiving my
new ID badge, they said "don't abuse this badge in anyway, for example
by scraping your windshield." You wouldn't would you?
--
Smudge
Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats <C.G.R...@bradford.ac.uk> wrote...
>Smudge (smu...@bellona.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: Mark Sheppard <msh...@innotts.co.uk> rattled off thus....
>: >
>: >Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
>: >
>: >I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
>: >each of which possess their own distinct accent.
>
>: Six countries, you forgot Cornwall.
>
>...and the People's Republic of Yorkshire.
Sorry, I had assumed that was number five.
England, Scotland, Wales, Falkland Islands, Yorkshire and Cornwall ;)
--
Smudge
Tim Bierman
In article <567bae$t...@dinkel.civ.utwente.nl>
o.r.k...@student.utwente.nl "Otto Koppius" writes:
> >...and the People's Republic of Yorkshire.
>
> The Yorkshire Liberation Front : there's one in every crowd.
>
> Otto, who wonders if there are any connections with the FETA
Greek cheese? In Yorkshire??
--
Tim [You're probably wondering why I'm here,
And so am I, so am I ...]
Jorgen Bosnes
In article <567bae$t...@dinkel.civ.utwente.nl>,
o.r.k...@student.utwente.nl (Otto Koppius) wrote:
> C.G.R...@bradford.ac.uk (Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats) says:
> >...and the People's Republic of Yorkshire.
>
> The Yorkshire Liberation Front : there's one in every crowd.
>
> Otto, who wonders if there are any connections with the FETA
The FETA... No that's all part of the Greek ... err ... salad?
--
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David Banbury
Mark Sheppard wrote:
>
> Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
>
> I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
> each of which possess their own distinct accent.
And that's just scratching the surface, what about wurzels, scousers,
brummies, cockneys, ...
Cheers,
Dave. "Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar." - Sigmund Freud
Kenneth Butler
Sarah Eggleston <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes:
>-Sarah, who had to scrape the car this morning and is thinking (AGAIN)
>of emigrating
I hear Switzerland's nice this time of year, and not cold or anything at all.
Ken, who spent the evening listening to the rain beating on the windows
(there was some thunder too, oddly) rather than actually getting anything
done.
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Word of the day:
Lactometer: instrument measuring the purity of milk.
Francis Norton
In article <19961110150...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
pgn...@aol.com writes
French around to be offended?
Francis, some of my best friends are french, honestly, boy.
--
Francis Norton
"It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and
beautiful country lies in between" - Diane Ackerman
Otto Koppius
jorgen...@gyldendal.no (Jorgen Bosnes) says:
>
>In article <567bae$t...@dinkel.civ.utwente.nl>,
>o.r.k...@student.utwente.nl (Otto Koppius) wrote:
>
>> C.G.R...@bradford.ac.uk (Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats) says:
>
>> >...and the People's Republic of Yorkshire.
>>
>> The Yorkshire Liberation Front : there's one in every crowd.
>>
>> Otto, who wonders if there are any connections with the FETA
>
>The FETA... No that's all part of the Greek ... err ... salad?
That too, but it's also the 'Friesland in z'n Eentje Tegen Allemaal'
movement, striving for independence of Friesland.
Otto, who assumes Ken or John Lovie will provide the translation
Kenneth Butler
o.r.k...@student.utwente.nl (Otto Koppius) writes:
>>The FETA... No that's all part of the Greek ... err ... salad?
>That too, but it's also the 'Friesland in z'n Eentje Tegen Allemaal'
>movement, striving for independence of Friesland.
>Otto, who assumes Ken or John Lovie will provide the translation
But of course. "Friesland in its Unity Against Everyone", or something
like that. I thought for a minute it was going to be rather an
interesting acronym in English.
Perhaps it should be in French, "Friesland dans l'Unite Contre Koppius",
or something.
Ken.
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Word of the day:
Hebetate: make or become blunt or dull.
Her Traciness
Sarah Goddard wrote:
:
: cringe. Now, I'm remembering why I stopped being rude -
: feelings of guilt, PPA (post posting anxiety) if you prefer.
I can't remember getting PPA, but I do get PPRTIWRSS. Then I cancel my
post and the people with demon get strange messages.
: Plus, it's so much more fun to be rude to people who'll
: ignore it, like you for instance.
Are you hinting that I'm ignoring you? Well, ok, yeah, but then I've
been ignoring my students, teachers, homework, and pretty much everything
else for the last week.
: I thought afba was supposed
: to be a more newbie-friendly zone,
Usenet seems more newbie-friendly now in general. But I haven't felt the
desire to flame one for a while yet. Just wait till my papers come due.
: Perhaps you could change your title to "Her Sweetness" then.
Ick! I will now drink a half cup of lemon juice to make up for that. :(
Tracy, who really can't help but eat all the Halloween candy
Sarah Louise Goddard
The absolutely magnificent Her Traciness scribbled:
: Sarah Goddard wrote:
: :
: : cringe. Now, I'm remembering why I stopped being rude -
: : feelings of guilt, PPA (post posting anxiety) if you prefer.
: I can't remember getting PPA, but I do get PPRTIWRSS. Then I cancel my
: post and the people with demon get strange messages.
Go on - what's PPRTIWRSS?
- Sarah - wondering why only half of Tracy's posts show up on
her other (real) account
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Kenneth Butler
thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
>Sarah Goddard wrote:
>:
>: cringe. Now, I'm remembering why I stopped being rude -
>: feelings of guilt, PPA (post posting anxiety) if you prefer.
>I can't remember getting PPA, but I do get PPRTIWRSS.
Post-posting regret till I work round Simple Simon.
OK, so maybe I lost my way there a bit.
>: Perhaps you could change your title to "Her Sweetness" then.
>Ick! I will now drink a half cup of lemon juice to make up for that. :(
Strangely enough, I believe you would do this.
Ken.
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Word of the day:
Halfpace: small landing on staircase.
pgn...@aol.com
In article <xI4l9HAb...@tomfool.demon.co.uk>, Francis Norton
<fra...@tomfool.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <19961110150...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>pgn...@aol.com writes
>>In article <uWAYhRAy...@tomfool.demon.co.uk>, Francis Norton
>><fra...@tomfool.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>>Francis, wondering if there *are* any French AFBAns lurking out there?
>>Not after all those nasty things we used to say about them.
>Oops, must have missed that. But what was the point if there were no
>French around to be offended?
It was a matter of faith, dear boy.
>Francis, some of my best friends are french, honestly, boy.
Patricia, who'll refrain from telling the Frog Princess story again
Her Traciness
Kenneth Butler wrote:
: thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
:
: >I can't remember getting PPA, but I do get PPRTIWRSS.
: Post-posting regret till I work round Simple Simon.
Post-Posting Realisation That I Wrote Something Stupid. Very sad.
as opposed to PPRTIWSS, which is a happy occasion.
: OK, so maybe I lost my way there a bit.
Has anybody other than me ever gone into a small forest and tried to get
lost so that they could try to find their way back after?
: >Ick! I will now drink a half cup of lemon juice to make up for that. :(
:
: Strangely enough, I believe you would do this.
Well, I would, and I have done, though I usually dilute it with water.
But as it happens, I didn't.
: Halfpace: small landing on staircase.
I hate halfpaces, I always lose my momentum on them. OTOH, when the
toilet paper hits the handrailing, it stays on the halfpace, instead of
falling back to your feet.
joe hutcheon
In article <328f3...@robby.oit.umass.edu>
thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu "Her Traciness" writes:
> Kenneth Butler wrote:
> : thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
> :
> : >I can't remember getting PPA, but I do get PPRTIWRSS.
> :
> : Post-posting regret till I work round Simple Simon.
>
> Post-Posting Realisation That I Wrote Something Stupid. Very sad.
>
> as opposed to PPRTIWSS, which is a happy occasion.
>
> : OK, so maybe I lost my way there a bit.
>
> Has anybody other than me ever gone into a small forest and tried to get
> lost so that they could try to find their way back after?
I've done the opposite; that is, gone into a small forest thinking it would
be simplicity itself to get out again, but instead become horribly lost
expecting never to see civilisation again. As another Scouser said:
"I don't like the countryside; there's no roof on it."
>
> : Halfpace: small landing on staircase.
>
> I hate halfpaces, I always lose my momentum on them. OTOH, when the
> toilet paper hits the handrailing, it stays on the halfpace, instead of
> falling back to your feet.
Halfpace: quarter of unfunny UK comedy duo.
>
>
> Tracy Thompson (ttho...@spanport.umass.edu)
> Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
> University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003 dull backup .sig
>
>
>
--
joe hutcheon
Jim Segrave
In article <56ep99$j...@morgoth.sfu.ca> kbu...@sfu.ca (Kenneth Butler) writes:
>o.r.k...@student.utwente.nl (Otto Koppius) writes:
>
>>>The FETA... No that's all part of the Greek ... err ... salad?
>
>>That too, but it's also the 'Friesland in z'n Eentje Tegen Allemaal'
>>movement, striving for independence of Friesland.
>
>>Otto, who assumes Ken or John Lovie will provide the translation
>
>But of course. "Friesland in its Unity Against Everyone", or something
>like that. I thought for a minute it was going to be rather an
>interesting acronym in English.
I make it Friesland on it's own against everyone
Foioae - what more could you want in an acronym? If it gets popular
enough, it'll be accepted into everyday English and will be a Godsend
when you get one of those really depressing Scrabble racks.
--
Jim Segrave j...@grendel.demon.co.uk j...@demon.net
Kenneth Butler
thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
>Kenneth Butler wrote:
>: Halfpace: small landing on staircase.
>I hate halfpaces, I always lose my momentum on them.
Know what you mean. They really ought to be called oneandahalfpaces.
>OTOH, when the
>toilet paper hits the handrailing, it stays on the halfpace, instead of
>falling back to your feet.
Provided (a) your bathroom is halfway up the stairs and (b) you are in
the habit of being in there with the door open. Or do you have a bathroom
that is so huge that it has a flight of stairs, complete with halfpace,
inside the bathroom, so that you have to go upstairs in the bathroom to
have a shower?
Ken, about to find a handy forest to get lost in.
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Word of the day:
Dottle: plug of tobacco left in pipe after smoking.
Kenneth Butler
jos...@joehutch.demon.co.uk (joe hutcheon) writes:
>>
>> : Halfpace: small landing on staircase.
>Halfpace: quarter of unfunny UK comedy duo.
Good one.
There aren't very many British comedies that have shown up here that I've
stopped watching because they were crap, but this is one of them.
Ken, borrowing sentence structure from VBfG.
Francis Norton
In article <19961117034...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
pgn...@aol.com writes
>In article <xI4l9HAb...@tomfool.demon.co.uk>, Francis Norton
><fra...@tomfool.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>>In article <19961110150...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>>pgn...@aol.com writes
>>>In article <uWAYhRAy...@tomfool.demon.co.uk>, Francis Norton
>>><fra...@tomfool.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>>>>Francis, wondering if there *are* any French AFBAns lurking out there?
>>>Not after all those nasty things we used to say about them.
>
>>Oops, must have missed that. But what was the point if there were no
>>French around to be offended?
>
>It was a matter of faith, dear boy.
>
>>Francis, some of my best friends are french, honestly, boy.
>
>Patricia, who'll refrain from telling the Frog Princess story again
Oh, go on!
Francis, never-can-resist-an-obvious-hook boy
Sarah Eggleston
Her Traciness wrote:
>
> Kenneth Butler wrote:
> : thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
> :
> I hate halfpaces, I always lose my momentum on them. OTOH, when the
> toilet paper hits the handrailing, it stays on the halfpace, instead of
> falling back to your feet.
>
Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
-Sarah, confusticated girl
Charlie Ball
In article <328f3...@robby.oit.umass.edu>,
thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
>Kenneth Butler wrote:
>: thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
>:
>:
>: Post-posting regret till I work round Simple Simon.
>
>Post-Posting Realisation That I Wrote Something Stupid. Very sad.
>
>as opposed to PPRTIWSS, which is a happy occasion.
I bet that's a Pre- instead of a Post-, isn't it? If it is, then it's something
I rarely experience, having all my QC facilities rot away from underuse.
>: OK, so maybe I lost my way there a bit.
>
>Has anybody other than me ever gone into a small forest and tried to get
>lost so that they could try to find their way back after?
Yes, I have too, and up until now I thought I was isolated as a strange person,
and now I know that I cannot be odd if I share this characteristic with
someone as tall and blonde as you.
>: >Ick! I will now drink a half cup of lemon juice to make up for that. :(
>:
>: Strangely enough, I believe you would do this.
>
>Well, I would, and I have done, though I usually dilute it with water.
>But as it happens, I didn't.
Just to teach people that you are allowed to change your mind.
>: Halfpace: small landing on staircase.
>
>I hate halfpaces, I always lose my momentum on them. OTOH, when the
>toilet paper hits the handrailing, it stays on the halfpace, instead of
>falling back to your feet.
That's a yin and yang like set of characteristics.
Charlie, who misses having students to be horrible to.
Sarah Goddard
Sarah Eggleston (eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com) wrote:
: Her Traciness wrote:
: >
:
: > I hate halfpaces, I always lose my momentum on them. OTOH, when the
: > toilet paper hits the handrailing, it stays on the halfpace, instead of
: > falling back to your feet.
: Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
Obviously because the slinky had become tiresome or else worn out
from savage overuse. I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
around and throw things down them.
- Sarah - wishing girl
Graeme Brown
sgod...@speakeasy.org (Sarah Goddard) wrote:
>: Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
>
>Obviously because the slinky had become tiresome or else worn out
>from savage overuse. I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
>around and throw things down them.
My ex-wife used to feel the same way about me. Just as well we had a
bungalow at the time.
Graeme, who finds being thrown down stairs a painful experience if
sober at the time
Curator of the *NEW* Afb-a Rogues' Gallery:
Sarah Eggleston
Sarah Goddard wrote:
>
> Sarah Eggleston (eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com) wrote:
> : Her Traciness wrote:
> : >
> :
> : > I hate halfpaces, I always lose my momentum on them. OTOH, when the
> : > toilet paper hits the handrailing, it stays on the halfpace, instead of
> : > falling back to your feet.
> : >
>
> Obviously because the slinky had become tiresome or else worn out
> from savage overuse. I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
> around and throw things down them.
>
> --
> Sarah 'sigless in Seattle (again, this time for real)' G
Of course, stupid of me to ask. I'm now wondering which Sarah is the
one who doesn't have a life. Then again, it could be both of us.
-Sarah 'sigless in Southampton' E
And fwiw Seattle sounds a lot more exotic than Southampton :)
Beth Miller
In article <PZh1jcA7...@bellona.demon.co.uk>, Smudge
<smu...@bellona.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Mark Sheppard <msh...@innotts.co.uk> rattled off thus....
> >
> >Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
> >
> >I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
> >each of which possess their own distinct accent.
>
> Six countries, you forgot Cornwall.
> --
> Smudge
A British accent is any accent that an American associates with the
British, unaware that there are indeed many British accents, even within
the individual countries. Just like the British aren't quite aware that
there are many American accents.
Kenneth Butler
Sarah Eggleston <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes:
>Sarah Goddard wrote:
>>
>> Sarah Eggleston (eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com) wrote:
>> : Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
>>
>> Obviously because the slinky had become tiresome or else worn out
>> from savage overuse. I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
>> around and throw things down them.
>Of course, stupid of me to ask. I'm now wondering which Sarah is the
>one who doesn't have a life. Then again, it could be both of us.
I remark only that this is not ruled out logically.
>-Sarah 'sigless in Southampton' E
>And fwiw Seattle sounds a lot more exotic than Southampton :)
Speaking as someone who has visited both... well, yes. But only because I
fail to recall anything exotic at all in Southampton. At least Seattle
has a more-or-less pointless monorail.
Ken.
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Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
Word of the day:
Cleromancy: divination by casting lots.
Kenneth Butler
sgod...@speakeasy.org (Sarah Goddard) writes:
>Sarah Eggleston (eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com) wrote:
>: Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
>Obviously because the slinky had become tiresome or else worn out
>from savage overuse.
Obviously.
>I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
>around and throw things down them.
Oh.
My luxuriously-appointed basement is devoid of staircases, but the
bathroom and the kitchen are both one step up from where I am now. It's
such a nuisance to have to actually pick my feet up when shuffling to one
or the other.
sarah
In article <3295C4...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>, Sarah Eggleston
<eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes
>Sarah Goddard wrote:
>>
>> Sarah Eggleston (eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com) wrote:
>> : >
>> :
>> : > I hate halfpaces, I always lose my momentum on them. OTOH, when the
>> : > toilet paper hits the handrailing, it stays on the halfpace, instead of
>> : > falling back to your feet.
>> : >
>>
>> Obviously because the slinky had become tiresome or else worn out
>> around and throw things down them.
>>
>> --
>> Sarah 'sigless in Seattle (again, this time for real)' G
>
>one who doesn't have a life. Then again, it could be both of us.
>
>
>And fwiw Seattle sounds a lot more exotic than Southampton :)
& both sound better than Birmingham
yet another sarah
Tim Bierman
In article <V4TczEAK...@sattva.demon.co.uk>
sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk "sarah" writes:
> & both sound better than Birmingham
> yet another sarah
Ah ... do I detect a fellow Brummie who hasn't managed to escape yet?
--
Tim, ex-pat Brummie boy. [Well I speak of love but you do not see,
'Cause words are words and they mean nothing more,
With half a mind you laugh at me,
'Cause I speak of colours you've never seen before]
Sarah Goddard
Sarah Eggleston (eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com) wrote:
: Sarah Goddard wrote:
: >
: > Obviously because the slinky had become tiresome or else worn out
: > from savage overuse. I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
: > around and throw things down them.
: Of course, stupid of me to ask. I'm now wondering which Sarah is the
: one who doesn't have a life. Then again, it could be both of us.
I don't know about you, but I don't have a life. And reading
this again, makes me wish I had stairs all over again.
: -Sarah 'sigless in Southampton' E
:)
: And fwiw Seattle sounds a lot more exotic than Southampton :)
That's 'cause you haven't been here. It's not exotic at all.
It's beautiful, and it's rainy, but it's not exotic. Lots of
white people with bland middle america accents. I'm not saying
we don't have a few people not matching that description, but
it's quite a change from my previous residence (Ann Arbor - Detroit).
- Sarah G not E
Sarah Goddard
sarah (sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <3295C4...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>, Sarah Eggleston
: >Sarah Goddard wrote:
I know I know, incorrect attributions, but I just wanted
to leave all the 'sarahs' up there.
: & both sound better than Birmingham
: yet another sarah
Nice to see that you spell your name the right way. Welcome
if you're new. Are you a boring spoddy type person?
Do you have a life?
- Sarah G - lifeless girl
Sarah Goddard
Kenneth Butler (kbu...@sfu.ca) wrote:
: sgod...@speakeasy.org (Sarah Goddard) writes:
:
: >I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
: >around and throw things down them.
:
:
: My luxuriously-appointed basement is devoid of staircases, but the
: bathroom and the kitchen are both one step up from where I am now. It's
: such a nuisance to have to actually pick my feet up when shuffling to one
: or the other.
Why did this make me giggle? Makes you sound like an old
man, Ken.
- Sarah - still chuckling girl
Kenneth Butler
t...@bierman.demon.co.uk (Tim Bierman) writes:
>Ah ... do I detect a fellow Brummie who hasn't managed to escape yet?
>--
>Tim, ex-pat Brummie boy.
Another one, eh? Which part of that fine city?
(Just tell me the numbers of the nearest buses -- that'll clue me in.
After all, instead of studying, I travelled on most of 'em.)
Ken, would-have-got-a-First-otherwise-of-course boy.
--
------------------------------------------------------------
Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
Word of the day:
Scolex: head of tapeworm.
Kenneth Butler
sarah <sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <3295C4...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>, Sarah Eggleston
><eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes
>>Sarah Goddard wrote:
<oh, I snipped it all. Terribly sorry.>
>>And fwiw Seattle sounds a lot more exotic than Southampton :)
>& both sound better than Birmingham
Certainly not!
Course, I may be biased, having lived in (and for some reason enjoyed)
Birmingham in my undergrad days.
Selly Oak was pretty exotic, I thought, but that may have been all the
curry houses, which did a roaring trade thanks to the happy coincidence
of the local population all being Indian or students or both.
>yet another sarah
Mind if I call myself Sarah, just to keep things straight?
Ta.
Sarah.
Sarah Eggleston
Kenneth Butler wrote:
>
> sarah <sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> >In article <3295C4...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>, Sarah Eggleston
> ><eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes
> >>Sarah Goddard wrote:
>
> <oh, I snipped it all. Terribly sorry.>
>
> >yet another sarah
>
> Mind if I call myself Sarah, just to keep things straight?
>
> Ta.
>
> Sarah.
>
Sarah, I'll hold him down, you put the stilletto (sp?) in, ok?
-Sarah E
Tim Bierman
> Another one, eh? Which part of that fine city?
Well, ummm ...
> (Just tell me the numbers of the nearest buses -- that'll clue me in.
> After all, instead of studying, I travelled on most of 'em.)
Oh, I see ... you want to try to guess first ... I went to primary school on
a 27, and to secondary school on a 62 or 63. So, where did I live, and which
schools did I go to?
--
Tim [Well I speak of love but you do not see,
joe hutcheon
In article <57b1cf$j...@eve.speakeasy.org>
sgod...@speakeasy.org "Sarah Goddard" writes:
> Kenneth Butler (kbu...@sfu.ca) wrote:
> : sgod...@speakeasy.org (Sarah Goddard) writes:
> :
> : >I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
> : >around and throw things down them.
> :
> : Oh.
> :
> : My luxuriously-appointed basement is devoid of staircases, but the
> : bathroom and the kitchen are both one step up from where I am now. It's
> : such a nuisance to have to actually pick my feet up when shuffling to one
> : or the other.
>
> Why did this make me giggle? Makes you sound like an old
> man, Ken.
Ken *is* an old man, with his ageing labrador Springer slobbering over his
(Ken's) carpet slippers as Ken reads the railway timetables. One of these
days, though, he'll suprise us all by going into a phone box, and reappearing
with shoulder-length hair, a ring in each eyebrow, and a foxy chick on each arm.
>
> - Sarah - still chuckling girl
> --
> Sarah 'sigless in Seattle (again, this time for real)' G
>
--
joe hutcheon
Kenneth Butler
t...@bierman.demon.co.uk (Tim Bierman) writes:
>In article <57ednb$8...@morgoth.sfu.ca> kbu...@sfu.ca "Kenneth Butler" writes:
>> Another one, eh? Which part of that fine city?
>Well, ummm ...
>> (Just tell me the numbers of the nearest buses -- that'll clue me in.
>> After all, instead of studying, I travelled on most of 'em.)
>Oh, I see ... you want to try to guess first ... I went to primary school on
>a 27, and to secondary school on a 62 or 63. So, where did I live, and which
>schools did I go to?
62 and 63 are easy: from the city centre straight down Bristol Road to
Rednal and Frankley respectively. The 27 was one of my favourite routes,
because it was one of the rare ones to use single deckers (at least
1982-85 or so, when I was riding on it): from King's Heath across the
Pershore Road, under that bridge at Bournville station that was only 10'
high (hence the single decker), right on Linden Road, left a bit further
up, then left again and back almost parallel to Linden Road, wiggle a
bit, almost across to Bristol Road (and there was a school in there
somewhere), then south to that road that joins Cotteridge to Northfield
whose name eludes me, to Northfield, then down past Northfield station to
West Heath (I think the 77, which followed much of the same route, went
on down to Longbridge).
Now, I reckon that school sandwiched in between Bristol Road and the 27,
whose name utterly escapes me, must be somehow relevant, and I seem to
recall also there was a primary school a bit further over -- in fact,
almost behind where I lived on Linden Road (between Bournville and
Cotteridge) if memory serves.
I notice you didn't mention the 61, which follows the 62 and 63 out
beyond Northfield, but turns off Bristol Road by the White Horse
(consumed a pint or two there, I did), so you must have lived further
down Bristol Road than that, or a bit south of it maybe, around where the
27 goes through.
OK, so how'd I do?
Ken, also lived at Griffin Close boy.
--
------------------------------------------------------------
Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
Word of the day:
Gabelle: a tax on salt.
Kenneth Butler
Sarah Eggleston <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes:
>Kenneth Butler wrote:
>> Mind if I call myself Sarah, just to keep things straight?
>>
>> Ta.
>>
>> Sarah.
>>
>Sarah, I'll hold him down, you put the stilletto (sp?) in, ok?
"Stiletto". From the Italian "stilo", "dagger"; originally a stiletto was
a small one of these, with a slender tapered blade. Either way, not
something I want in me.
Sarah B, missing the point as always.
sarah
In article <57b1he$j...@eve.speakeasy.org>, Sarah Goddard
<sgod...@speakeasy.org> writes
>sarah (sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: In article <3295C4...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>, Sarah Eggleston
>: >Sarah Goddard wrote:
>
>I know I know, incorrect attributions, but I just wanted
>to leave all the 'sarahs' up there.
>
>: & both sound better than Birmingham
>: yet another sarah
>
>Nice to see that you spell your name the right way.
the first, and so far, only time I've been mistaken for a desert.
> Welcome
>if you're new.
>Are you a boring spoddy type person?
>Do you have a life?
>
>- Sarah G - lifeless girl
--
Sarah C - not lifeless just resting
sarah
In article <848866...@bierman.demon.co.uk>, Tim Bierman
<t...@bierman.demon.co.uk> writes
>> yet another sarah
>
>
>--
> 'Cause words are words and they mean nothing more,
> With half a mind you laugh at me,
> 'Cause I speak of colours you've never seen before]
>
--
sarah
sarah
In article <329ACC...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>, Sarah Eggleston
<eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes
>
>> >yet another sarah
>>
>> Mind if I call myself Sarah, just to keep things straight?
>>
>> Ta.
>>
>> Sarah.
>>
>
>Sarah, I'll hold him down, you put the stilletto (sp?) in, ok?
>
>-Sarah E
Is this Sarah with a G or a C. Could have some real fun.
--
sarah
sarah
In article <57edil$8...@morgoth.sfu.ca>, Kenneth Butler <kbu...@sfu.ca>
writes
>sarah <sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>>In article <3295C4...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>, Sarah Eggleston
>><eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes
>>>Sarah Goddard wrote:
>
><oh, I snipped it all. Terribly sorry.>
>
>
>
>
>Course, I may be biased, having lived in (and for some reason enjoyed)
>Birmingham in my undergrad days.
knocked socks offa sunny Brum.
>
>Selly Oak was pretty exotic, I thought, but that may have been all the
>curry houses, which did a roaring trade thanks to the happy coincidence
>of the local population all being Indian or students or both.
>
>>yet another sarah
>
>Mind if I call myself Sarah, just to keep things straight?
>
>Ta.
You may be lacking some of the necessary elements - humour, drunkedness
and stupidity to name a few!! If you pass the test you might be
allowed.
>
>Sarah.
is that with a B
>
>
>--
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
>Word of the day:
> Scolex: head of tapeworm.
--
sarah
sarah
In article <57ednb$8...@morgoth.sfu.ca>, Kenneth Butler <kbu...@sfu.ca>
writes
>t...@bierman.demon.co.uk (Tim Bierman) writes:
>
>>Ah ... do I detect a fellow Brummie who hasn't managed to escape yet?
>
>>--
>>Tim, ex-pat Brummie boy.
>
>
>After all, instead of studying, I travelled on most of 'em.)
>
Yardley. Oh to be Sarah in Stechford
>Ken, would-have-got-a-First-otherwise-of-course boy.
>
yeah but what were you doing to stop you
>--
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
>Word of the day:
> Scolex: head of tapeworm.
what's the tail?
--
sarah
Charlie Ball
In article <3295C4...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>,
Sarah Eggleston <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes:
>Sarah Goddard wrote:
>>
>> : Her Traciness wrote:
>> : >
>> :
>> : > I hate halfpaces, I always lose my momentum on them. OTOH, when the
>> : > toilet paper hits the handrailing, it stays on the halfpace, instead of
>> : > falling back to your feet.
>> : >
>> : Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
>>
>> around and throw things down them.
>>
>> --
>> Sarah 'sigless in Seattle (again, this time for real)' G
>
>one who doesn't have a life. Then again, it could be both of us.
It all depends on who is getting the most.
Charlie, who doesn't like to boast or anything, but WHO HAS GOT A SMART
POST-DOC JOB AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE!!!!!
Lorrill Buyens
thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness), while summoning a demon, chanted:
>Kenneth Butler wrote:
>: thom...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
>
>: >Ick! I will now drink a half cup of lemon juice to make up for that. :(
>:
>: Strangely enough, I believe you would do this.
>Well, I would, and I have done, though I usually dilute it with water.
>But as it happens, I didn't.
I've been known to drink olive & pickle juice - never tried lemon juice,
though...
Lorrill
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Kenneth Butler
sarah <sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <57ednb$8...@morgoth.sfu.ca>, Kenneth Butler <kbu...@sfu.ca>
>writes
>>t...@bierman.demon.co.uk (Tim Bierman) writes:
>>
>>>Ah ... do I detect a fellow Brummie who hasn't managed to escape yet?
>>
>>>--
>>>Tim, ex-pat Brummie boy.
>>
>>Another one, eh? Which part of that fine city?
>>
>>(Just tell me the numbers of the nearest buses -- that'll clue me in.
>>After all, instead of studying, I travelled on most of 'em.)
>>
>Dunno buses. Think the outer circle comes near but I am in yucky
>Yardley. Oh to be Sarah in Stechford
Ah yes, the 11A. Or 11C, depending. I once rode it all the way around,
just to see how long it took (two and a quarter hours).
11A: Cotteridge, King's Heath, Acock's Green, Yardley, Stechford. Goes
over the railway at Stechford right by the station, before heading off to
distant locales like Perry Barr.
Besides, you only want to be Sarah in Stechford for the alliteration.
>> Scolex: head of tapeworm.
>what's the tail?
Xelocs?
Ken, guessing.
--
------------------------------------------------------------
Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
Word of the day:
Misocapnic: hating tobacco smoke.
Her Traciness
Sarah Goddard wrote:
:
: Obviously because the slinky had become tiresome or else worn out
: from savage overuse. I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
: around and throw things down them.
I can't remember ever getting those things to make it down an entire
staircase, even one without a halfpace. I do remember getting extremely
annoyed at the whole thing and giving up to find some new way of sliding
down them quickly myself.
Tracy, always uses parent's stairs
Tracy Thompson (ttho...@spanport.umass.edu)
Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003 dull backup .sig
Tim Bierman
In article <57hthf$n...@lupin.csv.warwick.ac.uk>
ms...@csv.warwick.ac.uk "Charlie Ball" writes:
> Charlie, who doesn't like to boast or anything, but WHO HAS GOT A SMART
> POST-DOC JOB AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE!!!!!
Well done Charlie ... stay away from the recursive functions ...
(Anybody else think we should change the group name to alt.fan.sarah?)
--
Tim [And as you fly away you'll think no more for me,
For autumn has no tears for summer's fading leaves,
And that is how it was, and how it will be]
Tim Bierman
In article <NCe6tDA5...@sattva.demon.co.uk>
sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk "sarah" writes:
> >> & both sound better than Birmingham
> >> yet another sarah
> >
> >Ah ... do I detect a fellow Brummie who hasn't managed to escape yet?
>
> It's sadder than that. I moved here!
Oh dear ... whatever came over you?
Tim Bierman
In article <dSX+5FAc...@sattva.demon.co.uk>
sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk "sarah" writes:
> Is the wrong way "h" less? Once got a bithday card to Sahara which is
> the first, and so far, only time I've been mistaken for a desert.
Not to be confused with a dessert, which is something sweet to have after
dinner ... :)
Her Traciness
: >lost so that they could try to find their way back after?
:
: Yes, I have too, and up until now I thought I was isolated as a strange person,
: and now I know that I cannot be odd if I share this characteristic with
: someone as tall and blonde as you.
Naturally it is not odd. The first time, I walked into the forest
intending not to get lost, as did an earlier poster whose post I also
don't remember getting till this morning. However, that not panning out,
I thought "Wow, I'm only a 9-year-old little girl lost in a forest" and
it was exciting enough I had to try it often afterwords.
I think I wanted to get really lost and become a Woodsgirl, but it never
worked because the forest wasn't big enough and I would always get out.
: >Well, I would, and I have done, though I usually dilute it with water.
: >But as it happens, I didn't.
:
: Just to teach people that you are allowed to change your mind.
I'm not allowed to change my mind, I was just being obdurate. And smug.
And extremely lazy, at that.
: Charlie, who misses having students to be horrible to.
There are two of mine you could have fun accusing of cheating, since I
found they copied their assignments directly from handy web pages.
Tracy, wondering what non-web-literate professors miss
Her Traciness
Sarah Eggleston wrote:
: >
: Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
Doesn't everybody? The alternative being, of course, actually walking up
the staircase whilst carrying the toilet paper. Which would you choose?
Kenneth Butler
Sarah Eggleston <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes:
>sarah wrote:
>>
>> In article <329ACC...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>, Sarah Eggleston
>> <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes
>>
>> >
>> >> >yet another sarah
>> >>
>> >> Mind if I call myself Sarah, just to keep things straight?
>> >>
>> >> Ta.
>> >>
>> >> Sarah.
>> >>
>> >
>> >Sarah, I'll hold him down, you put the stilletto (sp?) in, ok?
>> >
>> >-Sarah E
>>
>> Is this Sarah with a G or a C. Could have some real fun.
>> --
>> sarah
>Both of you.
That seems to be clear now.
>-Sarah, hoping that this thread will get so surreal that no one will
>know which Sarah is who
Sounds good to me.
Sarah B, not E, G, K or the other one.
Kenneth Butler
thom...@asimov.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
>Sarah Eggleston wrote:
>: >
>: Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
>Doesn't everybody? The alternative being, of course, actually walking up
>the staircase whilst carrying the toilet paper. Which would you choose?
I choose "store the toilet paper next to the toilet".
Ken.
Sarah Eggleston
Her Traciness wrote:
>
> Sarah Eggleston wrote:
> : >
> : Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
>
> Doesn't everybody? The alternative being, of course, actually walking up
> the staircase whilst carrying the toilet paper. Which would you choose?
Well actually, I live in a flat, so the stairs are a bit public
for throwing bog roll around on. Besides, we buy the asda value
for money multimulti packs and you could do some damage with one
of those packets.
Wonder what the Andrex puppy thinks about people throwing bog roll?
-Sarah, stairless
Martin G Bridges
Sarah Eggleston <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> wrote:
>Well actually, I live in a flat, so the stairs are a bit public
>for throwing bog roll around on. Besides, we buy the asda value
>for money multimulti packs and you could do some damage with one
>of those packets.
Hmm, define the word 'flat'. I allegedly live in such a dwelling, or
so me other arf refers to it. How she explains the 3 flights of stairs
within said 'flat' is unknown. Wimmin's logic I suppose.
>Wonder what the Andrex puppy thinks about people throwing bog roll?
Probably prefers it to them throwing him/her/it.
>-Sarah, stairless
Martin, back again, this time maybe permanently.
May even get a proper sig again soon.
Sarah Eggleston
Charlie Ball wrote:
> >Of course, stupid of me to ask. I'm now wondering which Sarah is the
> >one who doesn't have a life. Then again, it could be both of us.
>
> It all depends on who is getting the most.
>
> Charlie, who doesn't like to boast or anything, but WHO HAS GOT A SMART
> POST-DOC JOB AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE!!!!!
Congratulations!!!! When does it start?
-Sarah
Tim Bierman
> >Oh, I see ... you want to try to guess first ... I went to primary school on
> >a 27, and to secondary school on a 62 or 63. So, where did I live, and which
> >schools did I go to?
>
> 62 and 63 are easy: from the city centre straight down Bristol Road to
> Rednal and Frankley respectively.
Yep ... except when I was there the Final Frontier was at Rubery, so the 63
stopped there. This was before the Brumborg assimilated places like
Frankley. I used to ride my bike through the country to Frankley ... these
days I expect I would never leave housing estates :(
> The 27 was one of my favourite routes,
> because it was one of the rare ones to use single deckers (at least
> 1982-85 or so, when I was riding on it): from King's Heath across the
> Pershore Road, under that bridge at Bournville station that was only 10'
> high (hence the single decker), right on Linden Road, left a bit further
> up, then left again and back almost parallel to Linden Road, wiggle a
> bit, almost across to Bristol Road (and there was a school in there
> somewhere), then south to that road that joins Cotteridge to Northfield
> whose name eludes me, to Northfield, then down past Northfield station to
> West Heath (I think the 77, which followed much of the same route, went
> on down to Longbridge).
That's the one. A circular route, if I remember. The road you can't remember
is Bunbury Rd / Middleton Hall Rd. It also passed along (or possibly past
the end of) Woodlands Park Rd, where an old wooden Jehovah's Witness hall
doubled as a primary school. That was the first place I went to.
> Now, I reckon that school sandwiched in between Bristol Road and the 27,
> whose name utterly escapes me, must be somehow relevant, and I seem to
> recall also there was a primary school a bit further over -- in fact,
> almost behind where I lived on Linden Road (between Bournville and
> Cotteridge) if memory serves.
Not sure which school you mean here. It's quite likely Woodlands Park
School doesn't exist any more. It was a sort of shoestring private school,
before my parents ran out of money.
> I notice you didn't mention the 61, which follows the 62 and 63 out
> beyond Northfield, but turns off Bristol Road by the White Horse
> (consumed a pint or two there, I did), so you must have lived further
> down Bristol Road than that, or a bit south of it maybe, around where the
> 27 goes through.
61 went up Frankley Beeches Rd I think, which was before you got to where I
lived (Chelston Rd at first, then Bristol Rd just after the big roundabout,
and finally Tessall Lane).
> OK, so how'd I do?
Not bad.
> Ken, also lived at Griffin Close boy.
Anywhere near Griffins Brook Lane? If so, you should be able to guess my
secondary school.
Charlie Ball
In article <329DAD...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>,
Sarah Eggleston <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes:
>Her Traciness wrote:
>>
>> Sarah Eggleston wrote:
>> : >
>> : Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
>>
>> Doesn't everybody? The alternative being, of course, actually walking up
>> the staircase whilst carrying the toilet paper. Which would you choose?
>
>for throwing bog roll around on. Besides, we buy the asda value
>for money multimulti packs and you could do some damage with one
>of those packets.
>
He gets really pissed off, cos he chases them down the stairs and ends up
banging his nose on the landing.
Charlie
Philip Young
In message <57no7k$d...@eve.speakeasy.org>
sgod...@speakeasy.org (Sarah Goddard) writes:
> : Is the wrong way "h" less? Once got a bithday card to Sahara which is
> : the first, and so far, only time I've been mistaken for a desert.
> I can't tell you the number of people who've spelled my name
> Sarha, Sahra, or Sahara, when I say, "Sarah with an 'h' ".
Considering the prevalent standards of illiteracy among todays
generation I'm surprised you don't have to say "Sarah with an S, an A.." [etc].
I once caught a shop assistance (needless to say this was in Marks &
Sparks) spelling my name with an F.
She will not be making that mistake again.
- Phil -
(not - Fil - )
Sarah Eggleston
sarah wrote:
>
> In article <329ACC...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com>, Sarah Eggleston
> <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes
>
> >
> >> >yet another sarah
> >>
> >> Mind if I call myself Sarah, just to keep things straight?
> >>
> >> Ta.
> >>
> >> Sarah.
> >>
> >
> >Sarah, I'll hold him down, you put the stilletto (sp?) in, ok?
> >
> >-Sarah E
>
> Is this Sarah with a G or a C. Could have some real fun.
> --
> sarah
Both of you.
-Sarah, hoping that this thread will get so surreal that no one will
Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats
Charlie Ball (ms...@csv.warwick.ac.uk) wrote:
: Charlie, who doesn't like to boast or anything, but WHO HAS GOT A SMART
: POST-DOC JOB AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE!!!!!
Smart indeed, that's the accomodation sorted out for the cup finals and
away games at London Broncos. Very thoughtful of you that Charlie, nice one.
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Martin G Bridges
t...@bierman.demon.co.uk (Tim Bierman) wrote:
>(Anybody else think we should change the group name to alt.fan.sarah?)
Which one????
Martin
Anna Warman
In article <849192...@bierman.demon.co.uk>
t...@bierman.demon.co.uk "Tim Bierman" writes:
> ms...@csv.warwick.ac.uk "Charlie Ball" writes:
>
> > Charlie, who doesn't like to boast or anything, but WHO HAS GOT A SMART
> > POST-DOC JOB AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE!!!!!
>
> Well done Charlie ... stay away from the recursive functions ...
Yes, add my congratulations too, Charlie. So when are you moving down
to The Smoke then?
ANNA, soon-to-be-Charlie's-neighbour girl
Anna Warman
In article <57kdei$s...@romeo.logica.co.uk>
brid...@logica.com "Martin G Bridges" writes:
> Martin, back again, this time maybe permanently.
Gosh, do you really mean it, after all this time? Or are you just
playing with our emotions again? Just when we get used to having
you around, you'll disappear again.
ANNA, kindly-ignoring-the-wimmin-comment girl
Anna Warman
In article <57m9qu$i...@columbia.acc.brad.ac.uk>
C.G.R...@bradford.ac.uk "Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats" writes:
> Charlie Ball (ms...@csv.warwick.ac.uk) wrote:
>
> : Charlie, who doesn't like to boast or anything, but WHO HAS GOT A SMART
> : POST-DOC JOB AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE!!!!!
>
> Smart indeed, that's the accomodation sorted out for the cup finals and
> away games at London Broncos. Very thoughtful of you that Charlie, nice one.
You mean, you're willing to sleep with Charlie again?
ANNA
Sarah Goddard
sarah (sa...@sattva.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: >Nice to see that you spell your name the right way.
: Is the wrong way "h" less? Once got a bithday card to Sahara which is
: the first, and so far, only time I've been mistaken for a desert.
I can't tell you the number of people who've spelled my name
Sarha, Sahra, or Sahara, when I say, "Sarah with an 'h' ".
: > Welcome
: >if you're new.
: Thanks
But then I was thinking you were Sarah King - in which case you
wouldn't be new, but returning. But then I see your 'C' for a last
name.. Luckily Sarah B is good at statistics and will keep us all
straight (or sorted anyway).
: >Are you a boring spoddy type person?
: >Do you have a life?
: Debatable but I enjoy it. Small minds and small pleasures.
I just got my first decent paycheck in ages (i.e. years), and the
first thing I did was to go to the State Liquor store to stock up
(ok, create) a liquor cabinet - Frangelico with coffee is my newest
passion - but I bought loads of everything in case I change my mind.
I didn't buy the most expensive stuff (left the single malts on the shelf
since I've got some at home), but it was soo fun.
- Sarah G - frivolous girl who will pay her bills any minute - honest
Kenneth Butler
jos...@joehutch.demon.co.uk (joe hutcheon) writes:
>Ken *is* an old man, with his ageing labrador Springer slobbering over his
>(Ken's) carpet slippers as Ken reads the railway timetables. One of these
>days, though, he'll suprise us all by going into a phone box, and reappearing
>with shoulder-length hair, a ring in each eyebrow, and a foxy chick on each arm.
You got it all wrong, Joe.
Sprinter has his own pair of slippers to slobber over.
Ken.
--
------------------------------------------------------------
Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
Word of the day:
Clysmian: pertaining to a flood.
Kenneth Butler
Sarah Eggleston <eggl...@mailserver.hursley.ibm.com> writes:
>Well actually, I live in a flat, so the stairs are a bit public
>for throwing bog roll around on. Besides, we buy the asda value
>for money multimulti packs and you could do some damage with one
>of those packets.
Next time I find myself anywhere between about Eastleigh and
Brockenhurst, and it suddenly goes dark, I'll know why, then: it's Sarah
on her way home from Asda, carrying a pack of toilet paper so huge it's
blocked out the sun.
I was trying to think of somewhere the opposite side of Southampton to
Eastleigh, and came up only with a mouthful of Solent. So to speak.
Kenneth Butler
jos...@joehutch.demon.co.uk (joe hutcheon) writes:
>In article <57l7rb$n...@morgoth.sfu.ca> kbu...@sfu.ca "Kenneth Butler" writes:
>> thom...@asimov.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
>>
>> >Sarah Eggleston wrote:
>> >: >
>> >: Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
>>
>> >Doesn't everybody? The alternative being, of course, actually walking up
>> >the staircase whilst carrying the toilet paper. Which would you choose?
>>
>> I choose "store the toilet paper next to the toilet".
>Yeah, but you're a weirdo, aren't you?
True, but I might be a weirdo with utterly rational toilet paper storage
habits. Can't rule it out, y'know.
Kenneth Butler
thom...@asimov.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
>Sarah Goddard wrote:
>:
>: Obviously because the slinky had become tiresome or else worn out
>: from savage overuse. I'm wishing I had stairs so I could stand
>: around and throw things down them.
>I can't remember ever getting those things to make it down an entire
>staircase, even one without a halfpace.
In principle, a Slinky should be able to do one step on the level, and
thus cope with an average-sized halfpace. In practice, however, I had
about the same success as you did (though I was hampered by having a
staircase that turned left (stops to think) three times with a seriously
humongous halfpace near the top).
>I do remember getting extremely
>annoyed at the whole thing and giving up to find some new way of sliding
>down them quickly myself.
Via the banisters, for example.
Ken, whose Slinky lived in a box with some waxed paper, for some reason.
Karen Sexton
kbu...@sfu.ca (Kenneth Butler) wrote:
>t...@bierman.demon.co.uk (Tim Bierman) writes:
>>In article <57ednb$8...@morgoth.sfu.ca> kbu...@sfu.ca "Kenneth Butler" writes:
>>> Another one, eh? Which part of that fine city?
>>Well, ummm ...
>>> (Just tell me the numbers of the nearest buses -- that'll clue me in.
>>> After all, instead of studying, I travelled on most of 'em.)
>>Oh, I see ... you want to try to guess first ... I went to primary school on
>>a 27, and to secondary school on a 62 or 63. So, where did I live, and which
>>schools did I go to?
<62 and 63 are easy: from the city centre straight down Bristol Road
to > (etc)
snip
You two are sick.
Karen Sexton
kbu...@sfu.ca (Kenneth Butler) wrote:
>Sarah B, not E, G, K or the other one.
*Who* is Sarah K? And whatever happened when Sarah Walker arrived
across the pond? Did she shag half of Britain? (Is there an emoticon
for 'sarcasm', and if not, why not?)
>--
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Ken Butler
Karen
Adamski
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996 23:23:27 -0500, mil...@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Beth
Miller) wrote:
>In article <PZh1jcA7...@bellona.demon.co.uk>, Smudge
><smu...@bellona.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Mark Sheppard <msh...@innotts.co.uk> rattled off thus....
>> >
>> >Forgive me if this seems ignorant, but what exactly is a "British accent",
>> >
>> >I always thought that Great Britain consisted of five separate countries,
>> >each of which possess their own distinct accent.
>>
>> Six countries, you forgot Cornwall.
>> --
>> Smudge
>
>A British accent is any accent that an American associates with the
>British, unaware that there are indeed many British accents, even within
>the individual countries. Just like the British aren't quite aware that
>there are many American accents.
Except of course that good ol' southern twang :)
--
Adam Skuse
"Your wheel is round, that I doubt not,
but my dry cleaning drum is both round and yet hot"
Vic Reeves, circa 1898 AD
Colin Smith
>
> I choose "store the toilet paper next to the toilet".
>
Wish I'd thought of that, it may save me from all that cleaning, personal
hygiene problem and people sniggering at me in public.
--
Colin
Tim Bierman
In article <57om14$s...@chile.earthlink.net>
kse...@earthlink.net "Karen Sexton" writes:
> You two are sick.
Oh, thank you sweetie ... you are too kind :)
joe hutcheon
In article <849285...@warman.demon.co.uk>
an...@warman.demon.co.uk "Anna Warman" writes:
> In article <849192...@bierman.demon.co.uk>
> t...@bierman.demon.co.uk "Tim Bierman" writes:
>
> > ms...@csv.warwick.ac.uk "Charlie Ball" writes:
> >
> > > Charlie, who doesn't like to boast or anything, but WHO HAS GOT A SMART
> > > POST-DOC JOB AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE!!!!!
> >
> > Well done Charlie ... stay away from the recursive functions ...
>
> Yes, add my congratulations too, Charlie. So when are you moving down
> to The Smoke then?
>
>
> ANNA, soon-to-be-Charlie's-neighbour girl
You think Charlie will be able to afford to live in Richmond? <fx: hollow
laugh>
>
> http://www.plsys.co.uk/~anna
>
>
>
--
joe hutcheon
joe hutcheon
In article <57m8qh$7...@romeo.logica.co.uk>
brid...@logica.com "Martin G Bridges" writes:
Which Sarah, or which group?
>
>
>
--
joe hutcheon
joe hutcheon
> jos...@joehutch.demon.co.uk (joe hutcheon) writes:
>
> >Ken *is* an old man, with his ageing labrador Springer slobbering over his
> >(Ken's) carpet slippers as Ken reads the railway timetables. One of these
> >days, though, he'll suprise us all by going into a phone box, and reappearing
> >with shoulder-length hair, a ring in each eyebrow, and a foxy chick on each
> arm.
>
> You got it all wrong, Joe.
>
> Sprinter has his own pair of slippers to slobber over.
>
> Ken.
And are they tartan ones with a fleecy lining? Or monogrammed leather slip-on
ones?
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
> Word of the day:
> Gobshite: pertaining to a flood.
>
--
joe hutcheon
joe hutcheon
> kbu...@sfu.ca (Kenneth Butler) wrote:
>
> >t...@bierman.demon.co.uk (Tim Bierman) writes:
>
> >>In article <57ednb$8...@morgoth.sfu.ca> kbu...@sfu.ca "Kenneth Butler" writes:>
> >>> Another one, eh? Which part of that fine city?
"Fine city"? This is sarcasm, isn't it? <thinks: may be time to revive the
"most crap city in the UK/USA" thread>
>
> >>Well, ummm ...
>
> >>> (Just tell me the numbers of the nearest buses -- that'll clue me in.
> >>> After all, instead of studying, I travelled on most of 'em.)
>
> >>Oh, I see ... you want to try to guess first ... I went to primary school on
> >>a 27, and to secondary school on a 62 or 63. So, where did I live, and which
> >>schools did I go to?
>
> <62 and 63 are easy: from the city centre straight down Bristol Road
> to > (etc)
> snip
>
>
> You two are sick.
Probably all those bus journeys.
>
>
--
joe hutcheon
joe hutcheon
> jos...@joehutch.demon.co.uk (joe hutcheon) writes:
>
> >In article <57l7rb$n...@morgoth.sfu.ca> kbu...@sfu.ca "Kenneth Butler" writes:
>
> >> thom...@asimov.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) writes:
> >>
> >> >Sarah Eggleston wrote:
> >> >: >
> >> >: Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
> >>
> >> >Doesn't everybody? The alternative being, of course, actually walking up
> >> >the staircase whilst carrying the toilet paper. Which would you choose?
> >>
> >> I choose "store the toilet paper next to the toilet".
>
> >Yeah, but you're a weirdo, aren't you?
>
> True, but I might be a weirdo with utterly rational toilet paper storage
> habits. Can't rule it out, y'know.
No, you're a weirdo *because* you have utterly rational toilet paper storage
habits. Nobody else gives a shit where their toilet paper is stored. So to
speak.
>
> Ken.
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
> Word of the day:
> Clysmian: pertaining to a flood.
>
--
joe hutcheon
pgn...@aol.com
In article <57hthf$n...@lupin.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, ms...@csv.warwick.ac.uk
(Charlie Ball) writes:
>Charlie, who doesn't like to boast or anything, but WHO HAS GOT A SMART
>POST-DOC JOB AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE!!!!!
You go girl! Congrats!
Patricia
Karen Sexton
kbu...@sfu.ca (Kenneth Butler) wrote:
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
>Word of the day:
> Clysmian: pertaining to a flood.
No, that was gobshite
Karen Sexton
thom...@asimov.oit.umass.edu (Her Traciness) wrote:
>Sarah Eggleston wrote:
>: >
>: Why are you throwing toilet paper at your staircase?
>Doesn't everybody?
I hate it when it happens accidentally...and you're just sitting there
helplessly watching it roll away...
>Tracy Thompson
Karen
Karen Sexton
jos...@joehutch.demon.co.uk (joe hutcheon) wrote:
>In article <57oo6f$a...@morgoth.sfu.ca> kbu...@sfu.ca "Kenneth Butler" writes:
>> jos...@joehutch.demon.co.uk (joe hutcheon) writes:
>>
>> >Ken *is* an old man, with his ageing labrador Springer slobbering over his
>> >(Ken's) carpet slippers as Ken reads the railway timetables. One of these
>> >days, though, he'll suprise us all by going into a phone box, and reappearing
>> >with shoulder-length hair, a ring in each eyebrow, and a foxy chick on each
>> arm.
>>
>> You got it all wrong, Joe.
>>
>> Sprinter has his own pair of slippers to slobber over.
>>
>> Ken.
>And are they tartan ones with a fleecy lining? Or monogrammed leather slip-on
>ones?
>>
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> Ken Butler / kbu...@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~kbutler
>> Word of the day:
>> Gobshite: pertaining to a flood.
>>
>--
>joe hutcheon
I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank Joe for always leaving
everyone's sigs in. It feels like it's a show of support for people
like me.
:-) Karen
Sarah Goddard
Karen Sexton (kse...@earthlink.net) wrote:
: kbu...@sfu.ca (Kenneth Butler) wrote:
:
:
: >Sarah B, not E, G, K or the other one.
:
: *Who* is Sarah K? And whatever happened when Sarah Walker arrived
: across the pond? Did she shag half of Britain? (Is there an emoticon
: for 'sarcasm', and if not, why not?)
Sarah K is Sarah King who recently 'reappeared' on alue or altl or
something, and I was thinking that she had shown up here too.
As to Sarah W? Anyone?
- SarahG
Tim Bierman
In article <57r8f7$p...@costarica.earthlink.net>
kse...@earthlink.net "Karen Sexton" writes:
... and she thinks we're sad for talking about buses ...
> >Tracy Thompson
>
> Karen
(sig quoted to keep Karen happy :)
--
Tim [You may leave here for four days in space,
But when you return it's the same old place]