What killed Graham Chapman?
blumfeld
Heard he was dead : (
Always thought he was the funniest of the five. Wondering what did
him in?
Thanks
Jim Yoakum
Graham died of throat cancer in 1989.
Marcus Taylor
Phil Cohen (phild...@hotmail.com) wrote:
: blumfeld wrote:
: >
: > Heard he was dead : (
: > Always thought he was the funniest of the five. Wondering what did
: > him in?
: > Thanks
: Funniest of the five? I thought there were 6 Pythons! Funny how
: everyone always leaves John Cleese out.
Huh! I missed that; maybe he's not thinking of Gilliham as a
proper member? Terry was primarily a cartoonist, an American and went on
to a non-acting carrer in Motion Picture Direction (plus he didn't often
show up on stage/camera.:)
Marcus Taylor
aka Chair, CfCCDM&GKTPITD
aka TourGuide to He77
aka Minister for Nit-Picking (labour)
aka word of the day: legs. Help spread the word...
Cori Elliott
Marcus Taylor <obk...@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca> wrote
> : blumfeld wrote:
> : >
> : > Heard he was dead : (
> : > Always thought he was the funniest of the five. Wondering what did
> : > him in?
> : > Thanks
>
> : Funniest of the five? I thought there were 6 Pythons! Funny how
> : everyone always leaves John Cleese out.
>
> Huh! I missed that; maybe he's not thinking of Gilliham as a
Dear Sir,
I wish to complain about the idea that an American cannot be a proper
Python. Why, I've lived in America all my life, and I must say...I'm lost!
Sincerely,
Cori Elliott (American)
P.S. - Let me tell ya...
KevNJon
In article "Re: What killed Graham Chapman?
"Cori Elliott" <mell...@bridge.net> wrote:
>Marcus Taylor <obk...@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca> wrote
>> Phil Cohen (phild...@hotmail.com) wrote:
>> : blumfeld wrote:
>> : >
>> : > Heard he was dead : (
Rumor has it that he was coughing up blood last night.
>> : > Always thought he was the funniest of the five. Wondering what did
>> : > him in?
Too much silliness? An unwillingness to don a colonel's uniform in
order to complain about such?
>> : Funniest of the five?
Three, sir, three!
>> Huh! I missed that; maybe he's not thinking of Gilliham as a
>> proper member.
"Proper member"? Now you're getting rather personal. Next thing you
know, you'll be asking "how long is it?"
>Dear Sir,
>I wish to complain about the idea that an American cannot be a proper
>Python. Why, I've lived in America all my life, and I must say...I'm
lost!
Dear Moderator,
I wish to complain in the strongest possible terms about the preceding
complaint. I am both an American and a cartoonist, and I find the
suggestion that the two are somehow incompatible not only true but also
incontrovertible.
Kevin Jones, still seeking a tenuous connection to the nude organist
Matthew Powell
Well I'd like to complain about newsgroups which have too many complaints in
them. They get tedious for the average reader.
Also, I'd like to take the moment to point out that teh previous poster was
actually wearing British Dinner Dance cuff links and clearly therefore not an
American.
Matt.P aka and I've never once regretted being a cold-hearted abhoricious
money grabber...^H^HConservative!
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Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr.
Phil Cohen <phild...@hotmail.com> wrote in article
<33A1C5...@hotmail.com>...
> Funniest of the five? I thought there were 6 Pythons! Funny how
> everyone always leaves John Cleese out.
>
Yeah, there were two of them. No, *sixty* of them. Oh, bugger, let me
count: one... two... five...
--
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Other Things, President, First Secretary, Chairman of the Board and sole
associate, so far)
>> Remove NOT from address to send e-mail!
Marcus Taylor
Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr. (kcam...@NOT.unisys.com.br) wrote:
: Phil Cohen <phild...@hotmail.com> wrote in article
: <33A1C5...@hotmail.com>...
: > Funniest of the five? I thought there were 6 Pythons! Funny how
: > everyone always leaves John Cleese out.
: >
: Yeah, there were two of them. No, *sixty* of them. Oh, bugger, let me
: count: one... two... five...
Three, sir; THREE!:)
Yeah-yeah; "Oh, what a giveaway."
Marcus Taylor
aka Chair, CfCCDM&GKTPITD
aka TourGuide to He77
aka Minister for Nit-Picking (labour)
aka well someone had to say it...
Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr.
Marcus Taylor <obk...@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca> wrote in article
<5o2hln$e6d$1...@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>...
>
> Three, sir; THREE!:)
>
That's what I said, one... er, thirty... oh, bugger off.
Herman ten Klooster
Marcus Taylor wrote:
>
> Phil Cohen (phild...@hotmail.com) wrote:
> : blumfeld wrote:
> : >
> : > Heard he was dead : (
> : > him in?
>
> : Funniest of the five? I thought there were 6 Pythons! Funny how
> : everyone always leaves John Cleese out.
>
> to a non-acting carrer in Motion Picture Direction (plus he didn't often
> show up on stage/camera.:)
>
> aka Chair, CfCCDM&GKTPITD
> aka TourGuide to He77
> aka Minister for Nit-Picking (labour)
GILLIHAM?
Marcus!
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Cori Elliott (mell...@bridge.net) wrote:
: Dear Sir,
: I wish to complain about the idea that an American cannot be a proper
: Python. Why, I've lived in America all my life, and I must say...I'm lost!
: Sincerely,
: Cori Elliott (American)
Dear Sir,
I wish to complain about the number of complaints which are being posted
to a.f.m-p, and are boring for the average reader.
Sincerely yours,
Ivor Bigbottie (Mrs.)
-----
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-----
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Herman ten Klooster
Marcus Taylor wrote:
>
> Herman ten Klooster (herm...@pi.net.nospam) wrote:
> : Marcus Taylor wrote:
> : >
> <snip>
>
> : > Huh! I missed that; maybe he's not thinking of Gilliham as a
> : > proper member? Terry was primarily a cartoonist, an American and went on
> : > to a non-acting carrer in Motion Picture Direction (plus he didn't often
> : > show up on stage/camera.:)
> : GILLIHAM?
>
> : Marcus!
>
> Oops! Sorry, but my tpying isn't that good; my speling and
> grammar ain't so well either. :)
>
> Marcus Taylor
> aka Chair, CfCCDM&GKTPITD
> aka TourGuide to He77
> aka Minister for Nit-Picking (labour)
Phew! You had me worried there for a few seconds. ;)
Herman
aka Not Doing Too Badly At Nit-Picking Either
Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr.
Richard Schultz <sch...@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il> wrote in article
<5o8n22$o...@cnn.cc.biu.ac.il>...
> Cori Elliott (mell...@bridge.net) wrote:
>
> : Dear Sir,
>
> : I wish to complain about the idea that an American cannot be a proper
> : Python. Why, I've lived in America all my life, and I must say...I'm
lost!
>
> : Sincerely,
> : Cori Elliott (American)
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> I wish to complain about the number of complaints which are being posted
> to a.f.m-p, and are boring for the average reader.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Ivor Bigbottie (Mrs.)
>
Dear Sir,
I wish to complain in the strongest possible terms about people who
complain about complaints.
Could we jave some more full frontal nudity, please?
Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Smith, Deceased
Marcus Taylor
Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr. (kcam...@NOT.unisys.com.br) wrote:
: Richard Schultz <sch...@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il> wrote in article
: <5o8n22$o...@cnn.cc.biu.ac.il>...
: > Cori Elliott (mell...@bridge.net) wrote:
: >
: > : Dear Sir,
: > : I wish to complain about the idea that an American cannot be a proper
: > : Python. Why, I've lived in America all my life, and I must say...I'm
: lost!
: > : Sincerely,
: > : Cori Elliott (American)
: >
We'll forgive you!:)
: > Dear Sir,
: > I wish to complain about the number of complaints which are being posted
: > to a.f.m-p, and are boring for the average reader.
: > Sincerely yours,
: > Ivor Bigbottie (Mrs.)
: Dear Sir,
: I wish to complain in the strongest possible terms about people who
: complain about complaints.
I quite argee, many of my friends complain, and only a few of
them are dead.
: Could we jave some more full frontal nudity, please?
Certainly!
( . . )
\ /
( % )
(You were hoping for a post from Nancy or Jill, weren't you?:)
: Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Smith, Deceased
Simon "Incubator" Jones, third runner-up, 1972 Upper-Class Twit of the
Year Show, Deceased
aka
ScoTT of the SenaTe
Many afmp'ers complained:
> : > : Dear Sir,
> : > : I wish to complain
> : > Dear Sir,
> : > I wish to complain
> : Dear Sir,
> : I wish to complain
>
> Certainly!
> ( . . )
> \ /
> ( % )
>
> (You were hoping for a post from Nancy or Jill, weren't you?:)
>
> : Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Smith, Deceased
>
> Simon "Incubator" Jones, third runner-up, 1972 Upper-Class Twit of the
> Year Show, Deceased
> aka
> Marcus Taylor
> aka Chair, CfCCDM&GKTPITD
> aka TourGuide to He77
> aka Minister for Nit-Picking (labour)
by being crushed by too letters of complaint. Please direct all
further complaints to the man with the big hammer.
- The unnamed dude clapping in the dungeon.
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Herman ten Klooster
Ahnooie4 wrote:
>
> You'll notice, very often when credits are listed, such as in the film And
> Now For Something Completely Different, Gilliam's not listed with the
> other 5.
What's that got to do with the untimely death (weeps quietly even after all
these years) of Graham Chapman?
Onnye J
I believe Graham had throat cancer. It spread to his spine. He passed
away in the late 80s.
Nancy
Onnye J wrote:
> He passed away in the late 80s. ^^^^^^^^^^^
And all this time I thought he expired like a magazine subscription!
Nancy
Stress - The mind's reaction to the body's basic desire
to choke the living *CRAP* out of some asshole
who desperately deserves it.
Psycho
Rob Davidson wrote:
*big snip*
>I just wish to complain.
I'm sorry there isn't time.
--
Psycho AKA can I just say this isn't the first time I've posted to this
newsgroup
tru...@osu.edu
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~truex
To start press any key. Where's the "any" key?
Adam Rafuse
Rob Davidson (rdav...@greynet.net.nospam) wrote:
: On 25 Jun 1997 22:22:42 GMT, lcf...@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca (Adam
: Rafuse) wrote:
: >: Dear Sir,
: >
: >: I wish to complain about the number of complaints which are being posted
: >: to a.f.m-p, and are boring for the average reader.
: >
: >: Sincerely yours,
: >
: >: Ivor Bigbottie (Mrs.)
: >
: >
: > I would like to complain about the complaints about complaints to
: >this newsgroup. They are completly irrelevant and are a nuisance to
: >readers going through all the messages to have to read any complaints
: >about complaints.
: >
: >Yours ect.
: >Sir Alfred Gotpox
: > AKA Adam Rafuse
: > AKA The X
: > AKA ect. ect. ect.
: >
: Dear Sir Gotpox,
: Being very sensitive regarding those who do not want to read
: boring, irrelevant postings I herebye warn you to stop reading now.
: Well if you've gone this far you've done so at your own risk. Don't
: say I didn't warn you. Good. I wish to complain, not because of any
: particular reason, such as the number of people who complain, in
: general or about those who complain about those who complain and
: therefore waste others precious time who end up reading the complaints
: and then feel compelled to complain. I just wish to complain.
: Thank you,
: Rob Davidson AKA
: Nailed to the Perch
: Minister responsible for Pining for the Fiords
Dear Mr. Davidson,
I would like to complain to you about the complaint you posted to this
newsgroup. It isn't enought having to read through complaints with
purpose, but it's too much having to read through complaints that have no
other basis than to merly complain for the fun of it. I see absolutly no
relevance to complaining or pointless complaining for that matter.
Yours ect.
Sir Gerald Loin (Steak)
AKA Adam Rafuse
AKA The X
AKA ect. ect. ect.
Marcus Taylor
Psycho (tru...@osu.edu) wrote:
: Rob Davidson wrote:
: *big snip*
: I'm sorry there isn't time.
: Psycho AKA can I just say this isn't the first time I've posted to this
: newsgroup
Well, YES; we've always got time for that!:)
Hugo Boss
Adam Rafuse wrote:
>
> Richard Schultz (sch...@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il) wrote:
> : : Python. Why, I've lived in America all my life, and I must say...I'm lost!
>
> : : Sincerely,
> : : Cori Elliott (American)
>
>
> : I wish to complain about the number of complaints which are being posted
> : to a.f.m-p, and are boring for the average reader.
>
> : Sincerely yours,
>
> : Ivor Bigbottie (Mrs.)
>
> Dear Mrs. Bigbottle
>
> I would like to complain about the complaints about complaints to
> this newsgroup. They are completly irrelevant and are a nuisance to
> readers going through all the messages to have to read any complaints
> about complaints.
>
> Yours ect.
> Sir Alfred Gotpox
> AKA Adam Rafuse
> AKA The X
> AKA ect. ect. ect.
to have a police helmet...
Hugo, from Lisboa
James M. Castro
It may have been AIDS. Chapman was an active homosexual who by 1980 had
become very thin (look at the "Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl" video).
No, this is not a homophobic post. It is just recognizing some facts.
JMC
Psycho
Well, it may not be homophobic, but it is still prejudiced and
misinformed, not to mention being based on no real evidence. Graham
Chapman died of cancer. (A poster on this ng looked up his death
certificate.) True, he was homosexual, but he was monogamous.
Unfortunately, he was also a raging alcoholic, which fried his liver,
and it was this that eventually led to his death.
--
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homepage out of service until late September
The voice in my head has a stutter.
Gryphon
James M. Castro wrote:
> It may have been AIDS. Chapman was an active homosexual who by 1980
> had
> become very thin (look at the "Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl"
> video).
> No, this is not a homophobic post. It is just recognizing some facts.
>
> JMC
I thought he died of throat cancer.
Richard Schultz
Psycho (tru...@osu.edu) wrote:
: Unfortunately, he was also a raging alcoholic, which fried his liver,
: and it was this that eventually led to his death.
Actually, he died when a 16 ton weight fell on him.
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I tuned into Sanity FM when "James M. Castro" <jmca...@marsweb.com>
wrote:
>It may have been AIDS. Chapman was an active homosexual who by 1980 had
>become very thin (look at the "Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl" video).
>No, this is not a homophobic post. It is just recognizing some facts.
Did you know that many homosexuals die of causes relating in no way
whatsoever to AIDS? 'Strewth! Also, did you know lots of people who
don't have AIDS sometimes get thin? Honest to God!
Graham Chapman died of throat cancer. *That* is a fact.
--
Heidi Sackerson, aka The Albatross Vendor
"Course you don't get bloody wafers with it!!"
Kwibble
>Cancer makes more sense than alcoholism, as
>liver damage tends to cause bloating and jaundice, not emaciation.
>Chapman, on the other hand, was -painfully- thin.
>
>
>
>
It wasn't alcoholism that killed him. He gave it up in 1977 after seeing
what it did to some of his friends including Keith Moon. I must admit
though that he was certainly very thin. Just look at the Christmas in
heaven bit from MOL. Can't think of an explanation for this but it WAS NOT
AIDS!!
Kwibble
Brazil115
What I heard was that it was throat cancer that spread to the spine. But I
could've heard wrong.
Much Luv,
Me
James M. Castro
> Graham
Chapman died of cancer. (A poster on this ng looked up his death
> certificate.) True, he was homosexual, but he was monogamous.
> Unfortunately, he was also a raging alcoholic, which fried his liver,
> and it was this that eventually led to his death.
> --
Thanks for the clarification. Cancer makes more sense than alcoholism, as
Dave Cooper
James M. Castro wrote:
>
> It may have been AIDS. Chapman was an active homosexual who by 1980 had
> become very thin (look at the "Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl" video).
> No, this is not a homophobic post. It is just recognizing some facts.
Nope; it wasn't AIDS.
FYI, the answer to this question, and many others, can be found at the
following sites:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.fan.monty-python/alt.fan.monty-python_FAQ
or, if you prefer HTML, at
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/monty-python.html
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Dave Cooper (dcooper @ flash . net)
Patrick Keegan
> > It may have been AIDS. Chapman was an active homosexual who by 1980
> > had
> > become very thin (look at the "Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl"
> > video).
> > No, this is not a homophobic post. It is just recognizing some facts.
> >
> > JMC
>
>
an African Honey ant. As a result of the madness set on by the rabies he
threw himself before a crowd of stampeding fans and was crushed to death by
a particually obsessed steamroller named Eric, which is rather ironic since
he had been born in a waste paper basket set aside for Queen Zinzanu of the
Mandlighnai tribe of outer Antartica only 3 weeks previously (the waste
paper basket, not Graham)
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A totally brilliant MP page:
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MrPither12
Graham had cancer of the throat which spread to his spine. That's what
killed him.
Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr.
Kwibble <kwi...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19970818145...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> >Cancer makes more sense than alcoholism, as
> >liver damage tends to cause bloating and jaundice, not emaciation.
> >Chapman, on the other hand, was -painfully- thin.
>
> It wasn't alcoholism that killed him. He gave it up in 1977 after seeing
> what it did to some of his friends including Keith Moon. I must admit
> though that he was certainly very thin. Just look at the Christmas in
> heaven bit from MOL. Can't think of an explanation for this but it WAS
NOT
> AIDS!!
>
Besides that, terminal liver disease does lead to consumption. WHoever
wrote those crappy lines on top doesn't have a clue.
--
Ken (South American Chapter of the Society for Putting Things on Top of
Other Things, President, First Secretary, Chairman of the Board and sole
associate, so far aka How should I know? I'm a doctor, ma'am)
Bonni Hall
Behold! Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr. (kcamargo@.unisys.com.br)
did say unto us:
> > : Unfortunately, he was also a raging alcoholic, which fried his liver,
> > : and it was this that eventually led to his death.
> > Actually, he died when a 16 ton weight fell on him.
> Actually, he survived that but couldn't escape from a banana attack.
I thought he got a spot on his face, foolishly ignored it, and three
years later died of [horribly obvious voiceover] GANGRENE.
Her Grace the Prime Minister aka Perhaps he died when an irate FAQ maintainer
for a Usenet fan group beat him to death with the unread FAQ.....
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Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr.
Richard Schultz <sch...@gefen.cc.biu.ac.il> wrote in article
<5t6k7d$hqo$1...@cnn.cc.biu.ac.il>...
> Psycho (tru...@osu.edu) wrote:
>
> : Unfortunately, he was also a raging alcoholic, which fried his liver,
> : and it was this that eventually led to his death.
>
> Actually, he died when a 16 ton weight fell on him.
>
Actually, he survived that but couldn't escape from a banana attack.
--
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Other Things, President, First Secretary, Chairman of the Board and sole
associate, so far)
John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
In article <01bcaab6$65eafcc0$5361e2cd@elmer>,
>become very thin (look at the "Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl" video).
>No, this is not a homophobic post. It is just recognizing some facts.
Oh give me a break. Sheesh. I mean, how many times do we have to go over
this one.
Graham never had AIDS, so he certainly couldn't have died from it.
He did die from Cancer, which also explains his appearance. This is also
written on his Death Certificate, incase you have any further doubts.
Shagg.
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In <01bcb00a$00c67960$4c04...@KHost.uerj.br> "Kenneth Rochel de
Camargo Jr." <kcam...@NOT.unisys.com.br> writes:
>
>
>
>Bonni Hall <bo...@prairienet.org> wrote in article
><5tdqrk$76j$1...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>...
>> > > Actually, he died when a 16 ton weight fell on him.
>> > Actually, he survived that but couldn't escape from a banana
attack.
>>
>> years later died of [horribly obvious voiceover] GANGRENE.
>>
>Actually he wasn't quite dead yet but the undertaker fixed it.
But the Spot flourished however.......
>Ken (South American Chapter of the Society for Putting Things on Top
of
>Other Things, President, First Secretary, Chairman of the Board and
sole
>associate, so far)
>>> Remove NOT from address to send e-mail!
>
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Adrian Bayling
crh...@ix.netcom.com(Johnny Lamar Rhyne) writes:
> >> I thought he got a spot on his face, foolishly ignored it, and three
> >> years later died of [horribly obvious voiceover] GANGRENE.
> >>
> >Actually he wasn't quite dead yet but the undertaker fixed it.
> But the Spot flourished however.......
Indeed it did. In fact, it is the basis for the legend of Cleobury
Mortimer. This is a smallish village in England, not too far from
Ludlow, a good 100+ miles NW of London.
Anyway, the legend states that one day there was a small boy who
loved fishing. One day, he went to a river a few miles from where he
lived, where he liked to fish regularly, as the fish stocks were good.
However, this particular day, there didn't seem to be any fish at
all. He waited for at least an hour, but didn't get a single bite.
He was just about to go home when something hooked his line. As he
tried to reel it in, he realised this thing was BIG. It was also
putting up a hell of a fight. The boy tried his absolute hardest to
get it onto the shore, but in the end it pulled the rod out of his
hands and into the water. A few seconds later, this horrible pink
spot, all of 8 feet across, came up to the surface, let out a
horrendous ROAR and dived back again to the murky depths. The boy
ran al the way home, and told the villagers of what he had seen.
The lord of the manor decided that this thing was obviously a
threat to his people, and offered 100 gold pieces to the one that
could kill the spot. Many tried, but were pulled into the river and
eaten by the spot. Then one day, a poor chap who desperately needed
100 gold pieces to feed his wife and 52 children, had a brilliant
idea. He spent 2 weeks constructing a net and various other devices
to help him. When he had finished, he took the net down to the
river, and rigged it up in a tree; such that he could drop the net
from a safe distance (via a complex system of rope, pulleys and
vermin). He then put a packet of hulahoops under the tree as bait -
he knew nothing and no-one could resist hulahoops - and retreated to
wait. Sure enough, the spot came out of the river to eat the
hulahoops, and when it did he released the net. It ensnared the
spot, which roared and thrashed around, but it couldn't escape. When
the fuss had died down, the man took the net by its corners and
dragged it back to village.
He was made a local hero - he collected his 100 gold pieces and was
able to live in comfort with his wife and 52 children for the rest of
his life. The only problem was what to do with the spot. It is here
that the legend gets a bit lost in the annals of time - some say that
it was turned to stone by a witch, others that the village idiot
bored it to stone with his feeble jokes. Either way, you can see
what remains of the spot on a nearby hill up in the high Vinnalls in
Mortimer Forest.
ed
aka surely I have better things to do with my time...