Notorious Toothpaste Skit
Dan Wright
Wasatch Academy. During orientation at the beginning of each year,
students were separated into groups presided over by faculty advisors,
and each group was told to come up with and to practice a skit, which
they would have to perform that evening for the rest of the school.
Each year Mr. McGrew convinced his group of new students perform the
same notorious skit. Even though I have seen that skit four times I'm
still not sure how he persuaded his students to do it.
On a small table are a glass of water, a toothbrush, and a tube of
toothpaste. The first performer comes on, squeezes some toothpaste onto
the brush, and proceeds to brush his teeth. He then rinses with the
water, spitting it back into the cup. The next performer comes on,
squeezes more toothpaste onto the brush, brushes his teeth thoroughly,
then uses the dirty water to rinse, again spitting it back into the cup.
The audience gets more grossed out and groans more loudly as two other
performers come on and further dirty the water in their turn. The cup
is looking positively sickening when the last performer comes on. For
this role Mr. McGrew would chose the prettiest, most dainty girl he
could find. After brushing her teeth, this girl does the unthinkable:
she raises the filthy cup to her lips and drinks it all down, swallowing
several times, till every last drop is gone.
I can only imagine that McGrew has each of the students brush their
teeth five times immediately before performing the skit. I have also
wondered whether the "toothpaste" was something more inert like
cornstarch-paste. Lastly I'll bet McGrew pays the girl who swallows
something like 50 bucks (joke away with that line you clowns).
Have any of you seen a similar trick? Do any of you know of some other
device or explanation for this skit?
-- Dan Wright
David Bartnik
> ...
>
>the brush, and proceeds to brush his teeth. He then rinses with the
>water, spitting it back into the cup. The next performer comes on,
>squeezes more toothpaste onto the brush, brushes his teeth thoroughly,
>then uses the dirty water to rinse, again spitting it back into the cup.
>The audience gets more grossed out and groans more loudly as two other
>performers come on and further dirty the water in their turn. The cup
>is looking positively sickening when the last performer comes on. For
>this role Mr. McGrew would chose the prettiest, most dainty girl he
>could find. After brushing her teeth, this girl does the unthinkable:
>she raises the filthy cup to her lips and drinks it all down, swallowing
>several times, till every last drop is gone.
>
>
>Have any of you seen a similar trick? Do any of you know of some other
>device or explanation for this skit?
>
> -- Dan Wright
Saw it on the gong show once. Just recalling it grosses me out.
Dave Bartnik
Eric A. Schwartz
>Wasatch Academy. During orientation at the beginning of each year,
>students were separated into groups presided over by faculty advisors,
>and each group was told to come up with and to practice a skit, which
>they would have to perform that evening for the rest of the school.
>Each year Mr. McGrew convinced his group of new students perform the
>same notorious skit. Even though I have seen that skit four times I'm
>still not sure how he persuaded his students to do it.
>
into Moral Minority yuppie fuckwits.
>On a small table are a glass of water, a toothbrush, and a tube of
>toothpaste. The first performer comes on, squeezes some toothpaste onto
>the brush, and proceeds to brush his teeth. He then rinses with the
>water, spitting it back into the cup. The next performer comes on,
>squeezes more toothpaste onto the brush, brushes his teeth thoroughly,
>then uses the dirty water to rinse, again spitting it back into the cup.
>The audience gets more grossed out and groans more loudly as two other
>performers come on and further dirty the water in their turn. The cup
>is looking positively sickening when the last performer comes on. For
>this role Mr. McGrew would chose the prettiest, most dainty girl he
>could find. After brushing her teeth, this girl does the unthinkable:
>she raises the filthy cup to her lips and drinks it all down, swallowing
>several times, till every last drop is gone.
>
>I can only imagine that McGrew has each of the students brush their
>teeth five times immediately before performing the skit. I have also
>wondered whether the "toothpaste" was something more inert like
>cornstarch-paste. Lastly I'll bet McGrew pays the girl who swallows
>something like 50 bucks (joke away with that line you clowns).
>
Maybe after he is finished and gives her the $50, she is willing to
drink it just to get the taste out of her mouth. I mean, for $50, you
gotta swallow.
E.S.
Jason Y Nocks
that readers of this group are trying to guard against by not posting methods
to this group. If you want to know how this effect could be performed magically
(which may or may not be the case), go immediately to your local magic dealer
and ask about a glass that you can make liquids disappear with (I am
purposefully avoiding using the exact name for this glass, as you might be able
to figure out how it works -very straightforward method). Hopefully, you will
have to buy the glass first, then you will either feel that magic is a truly
inquisitive art or that you were ripped off and won't want to buy the secrets
any more - leaving magic as just one of those truly amazing thins in life.
I don't want to sound like a "I know and you don't" but the principles
behind keeping certain methods secret are important and I'm not sure how many
people would stumble onto a posting of the method or would hear it second hand.
Good luck with your efforts. May you find the solution to your question worth
the little extra time required to visit your local magic shop.
Magically,
-Jason Nocks
P.S. If you pestered me in email, I might eventually tell you how this effect
works but I DOUBT it since you sound like you could care less about magic as
an art form.
P.P.S. I can't believe how frequently I've been posting lately. School must
really be driving me crazy more than I thought.
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| pre...@freezer.cns.udel.edu | of stage and close-up magic. The views
| no...@snow-white.ee.udel.edu | expressed are exclusively my own (etc).
Theo ten Brummelaar
>
>teeth five times immediately before performing the skit. I have also
>wondered whether the "toothpaste" was something more inert like
>cornstarch-paste. Lastly I'll bet McGrew pays the girl who swallows
>something like 50 bucks (joke away with that line you clowns).
>
>Have any of you seen a similar trick? Do any of you know of some other
>device or explanation for this skit?
>
> -- Dan Wright
Theo
Chon David Torres
[details of a toothpaste skit]
>Have any of you seen a similar trick? Do any of you know of some other
>device or explanation for this skit?
at a summer camp i saw 10 guys do this. it was performed right after lunch
and NO special preperations were made. mmmmmmm tasty!
-chon
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YuNoHoo
[description of skit deleted]
Why on earth the followup-to field is a.f.u beats me, but I'm sure this
will know about the a.f.u flame-form pretty soon.
The skit, however, is one of many performed during YMCA-camps in Norway.
There's no magic, no bucks, no threats - just another sickening teenage
skit. Thank you for reminding me, I'll be the host for a group of Polish
YMCA people in two weeks time. (I believe they're "north poles" btw. :-)
Guess I'll have a field day trying to find some new ULs from eastern europe.
However, the stories I've heard so far aren't very exciting. It's been a
poor mix of stories about the "west" where the streets apperently are paved
with gold, spiced up with poor knowledge of english/german/french/spanish.
---
YuNoHoo "guess what's in that glass tastes like chicken to the last person"
Mr P I Neaves
>
>........Lastly I'll bet McGrew pays the girl who swallows
>something like 50 bucks (joke away with that line you clowns).
>
50 bucks for a girl who swallows ?
The most I've paid is
1. "Yes, of course I love you..."
2. "If you *really* loved me...
3. And of course, a candle lit dinner and a bunch of flowers.
This reminds of the worlds three worst lies:
1. The cheque is in the post.
2. I love you.
3. I wont come in your mouth.
Phil.
& Townsend
& Townsend
Being the patient and educated lot you are you will have ignored my
previous blank post, for which I apologise.
Following on from the thread about swimming pools in buildings, the
following story went round about a swimming pool near me in Belgium,
where I grew up.
As part of some local improvement / encouraging sport plan, one of the
communes in Brussels decided to build a sports complex including a
swimming pool which would be capable of hosting international level
competitions. However, so the tale goes, in their eagerness to build a
pool exactly 50.000000m long, they made the measurement before the
pool was tiled. The pool was therefore too short by a good few
millimetres once it had been completed. At the time, this seemed a
relatively normal thing to happen in Belgium, and I took it to be
true. However, a friend has since told me exactly the same story about
a pool near where he grew up, in England.
Is this a common story about pools, does it perhaps get made up in
local bars to explain why the much vaunted new pool has so far failed
to host the olympics?
NewT
`And now the 100m freestyle. Contestents will swim two lengths before
turning round and swimming a further two centimetres.'
--
Dan Wright
:
: [description of skit deleted]
:
: Why on earth the followup-to field is a.f.u beats me, but I'm sure this
: will know about the a.f.u flame-form pretty soon.
(quote):
The group has broadened out from a place for discussing urban legends
(ULs) to a place for confirming or disproving beliefs and facts of all
kinds, including origin of vernacular ("The whole nine yards", "Bob's
your uncle", "Sniping like a bald giraffe"), common scientific fallacies,
obscure points of history, stories of pranks, the best way to shave,
and so on. In other words, it's a great place to get a reality check
on anything that "a friend" told you, or to compare notes about odd things.
As a result, you will find items which are in the classic urban legend
mold (e.g., food contamination legends), as well as old wives tales, and
other oddball facts, trivia, and stories.
(unquote)
-- Dan Wright
tim clinkenpeel
mysticism to himself of his knowledge of simple tricks:
>Forgive me if I'm wrong
[rest deleted -- jason mentions a magic device that he believes is responsible
for the 'trick', yet refuses to divulge the nature of the trick, apparently do
to some wizard's code of ethics. whoopee.]
jason:
i you had paid any attention to the original post, you would have realized
that the 'leprechaun pitcher/glass' could _not_ be successfully employed as
the poster states:
>After brushing her teeth, this girl does the unthinkable:
>she raises the filthy cup to her lips and drinks it all down, swallowing
>several times, till every last drop is gone.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
since the trick glass works by transferring the fluid from one chamber to
another (illustrated below) and therefore can only appear to reduce the
quantity of liquid (not completely 'disappear'). further, anyone even
vaguely familiar with the trick would know that you can't use water -- you
need an opaque medium.
how the trick works:
1. | | | | 2. | | | |
| O | | | O | |
|#| |#| | | | |
|#| |#| | | | |
|#| |#| | | | | key: | - side of glass
|#| |#| | |#########| | # - opaque liquid
|#|_________|#| | |#########| | O - hole in
|#############| |_____________| chamber lining
the simplified (cut-away view) 'glass' in the illustration has two 'chambers',
an thin outer chamber where the liquid is first placed (fig 1.) so the glass
appears to have significant content, and a wide inner chamber where the
liquid is moved by tipping the glass through the hole in the chamber lining
('O') and thus appears to have less content (fig 2.). an amateur's delight -
requires no talent to either acquire (bought not thought) or perform.
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/represent myself. i do not offend anyone; however, some morons choose to \
\offend themselves. judge only those who you would have judge yourself. i /
/don't practice what i preach - i'm not the type of person i'm preaching to.\
Tommy Vaske
(edited)
|>
|> On a small table are a glass of water, a toothbrush, and a tube of
|> toothpaste. The first performer comes on, squeezes some toothpaste onto
|> the brush, and proceeds to brush his teeth. He then rinses with the
|> water, spitting it back into the cup. The next performer comes on,
|> squeezes more toothpaste onto the brush, brushes his teeth thoroughly,
|> then uses the dirty water to rinse, again spitting it back into the cup.
|> The audience gets more grossed out and groans more loudly as two other
|> performers come on and further dirty the water in their turn. The cup
|> is looking positively sickening when the last performer comes on. For
|> this role Mr. McGrew would chose the prettiest, most dainty girl he
|> could find. After brushing her teeth, this girl does the unthinkable:
|> she raises the filthy cup to her lips and drinks it all down, swallowing
|> several times, till every last drop is gone.
|>
|>
|> Have any of you seen a similar trick? Do any of you know of some other
|> device or explanation for this skit?
|>
|> -- Dan Wright
That's quite a common filthy skit around here. Also, we have the
Egg Toddy (performed by some friends of mine last night); Four persons
needed, lined up at the stage or whereever. The first takes one or two
raw eggs in his mouth, shakes his head, bulges his cheeks in and out,
etc, until the eggs have the right fluffy consistence. This he spits
into a glass. The second one puts some sugar in his mouth (last night
they used sugarcubes, so he had to chew on them for quite a while) adds
the contents of the glass, shakes his head, spits. The third one takes
some liquor in his mouth, adds the contents of the glass, shakes, spits.
And the fourth one consumes this deeeeelicious drink - yummm!
Breakfast is another example. One guy gets down kneeling, mouth wide
open with the back of the mouth "shut". Another guy sits or stands in
front of him, making his breakfast in the kneeling guys mouth. The guys
I know of used sour milk and cereals (very common for breakfast in Sweden)
which the guy then ate with a spoon right out of the same container in
which it had been blended... This show also featured orange juice, which
was sipped out of the mouth through a straw.
--tommy
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d...@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright) writes:
>
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dogbowl
> In article <1992Sep10....@unislc.uucp>, d...@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright) w
> |>
> |> [ toothpaste tale deleted ]
> |>
>
> [ Tale of 'egg toddy' and 'breakfast' strikes a chord
( or should that be resonance???) ]
One that I have seen, and that apparently used to be popular with
Dip and B agriculture students at Massey University in New Zealand
was "Pelican"
This involved a row of people. ( all drunk for reasons that will become
obvious very soon )
After drinking as much as he possibly could, the first person in the row
would throw up into the open mouth of the person next to him, who would
repeat into the mouth of the person next to him, etc.
Watching this is guaranteed to make to most hardened stomach heave.
Another thing that used to happen occasionally was sheep F**king
( I saw it happen about 10 years ago )
These days the most interesting bunch around are the "Iron Maidens"
This is a female Rugby team who play rough, and can drink any man under
table. I have watched jug races where members have emptied their vessels
in less than 10 seconds ( 2 litres )
It really is amazing what sort of things drunk minds will do to entertain
themselves with vast quantities of beer.
dogbowl at The Dawghaus BBS ( +64 6 357-9245 )
Stewart Tame
>
>toothpaste. The first performer comes on, squeezes some toothpaste onto
>several times, till every last drop is gone.
>
>device or explanation for this skit?
Yup. Just do it. It's disgusting as hell but it's usually possible to
find enough people out of a large group willing to do it. I remember
being a sophomore at high school band camp and a counselor suggested
that for our mandatory skit, we get together with the freshmen (we shared
a cabin with them) and do the toothpaste routine for our skit. I can't
recall what we sophomores wound up doing but we *did* persuade the freshmen
to do the toothpaste routine by themselves. [evil laughter] I think that,
if this qualifies as magic at all, it's the sort known as "geek magic."
One gentleman I took a closeup class from brought in a small leghold
trap and had it snap on his fingers. We were all conviced there was a
trick to it but he finally persuaded me to try it. It really didn't hurt
that much. I was surprised.
-- Stewart "of course I'm *much* more mature these days" Tame
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Boudria
Aw, come on guys, I'm trying to eat my lunch. I guess I'll save it for
later - much later.
D.
Dan Hoey
> I think that, if this qualifies as magic at all, it's the sort known
> as "geek magic." One gentleman I took a closeup class from brought in
> a small leghold trap and had it snap on his fingers. We were all
> conviced there was a trick to it but he finally persuaded me to try
> it. It really didn't hurt that much. I was surprised.
The part about geek magic that hurts is taking your prey out of the
trap with your teeth.
Dan Hoey
Ho...@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil
ObUL: ``Nerds'' were originally carnie workers who posed as audience
members for the geek show. Their job was to vomit during the
show in case the regular audience wasn't sufficiently disgusted.
David Mackmiller
>>toothpaste. The first performer comes on, squeezes some toothpaste onto
>>the brush, and proceeds to brush his teeth. He then rinses with the
>>water, spitting it back into the cup. The next performer comes on,
>>squeezes more toothpaste onto the brush, brushes his teeth thoroughly,
>>then uses the dirty water to rinse, again spitting it back into the cup.
>>The audience gets more grossed out and groans more loudly as two other
>>performers come on and further dirty the water in their turn. The cup
>>is looking positively sickening when the last performer comes on. For
>>this role Mr. McGrew would chose the prettiest, most dainty girl he
>>could find. After brushing her teeth, this girl does the unthinkable:
>>she raises the filthy cup to her lips and drinks it all down, swallowing
>>several times, till every last drop is gone.
>>
I hate to admit even having knowledge of this show, but I remember seeing
this skit on "The Gong Show" back in the '70s. Three guys: last one slams
it before anyone got a chance to hit the gong. I believe it was the
catalyst that started me down the path of tastelessness.
I haven't been able to brush my teeth since.
DaveMac
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[lots of important stuff deleted]
> Have any of you seen a similar trick? Do any of you know of some other
> device or explanation for this skit?
I saw some friends of mine perform this earlier on this year, and yes, it
was really gross. The only difference was that the last person, rather than
drinking it (as most of the audience expected he would), simply threw the
contents over the front few rows of the audience. Oh, and the last person
looked like the type of person who WOULD drink the glass without minding so
much, so I suppose it wasn't as good. There was no doubt though that they
were actually using the same glass. Uch!
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University of New England, Northern Rivers (Lismore) NSW Australia
Don Martin
>>>On a small table are a glass of water, a toothbrush, and a tube of
>>>toothpaste. The first performer comes on, squeezes some toothpaste onto
>>>the brush, and proceeds to brush his teeth. He then rinses with the
>>>water, spitting it back into the cup. The next performer comes on,
>>>squeezes more toothpaste onto the brush, brushes his teeth thoroughly,
>>>then uses the dirty water to rinse, again spitting it back into the cup.
>>>The audience gets more grossed out and groans more loudly as two other
>>>performers come on and further dirty the water in their turn. The cup
>>>is looking positively sickening when the last performer comes on. For
>>>this role Mr. McGrew would chose the prettiest, most dainty girl he
>>>could find. After brushing her teeth, this girl does the unthinkable:
>>>she raises the filthy cup to her lips and drinks it all down, swallowing
>>>several times, till every last drop is gone.
>>>
>>>Have any of you seen a similar trick?
I have not seen this ( thank heavans! ). How about an
alternative thread? How would you set up a similar skit?
Here is my sketch:
First time. Swap glass and toothbrush before leaving
the stage. An exchange will be easier because most
of the audience has no idea of the next step.
second time. Use tooth brush but fake spitting into the glass.
3rd. Exchange toothbrush. Again fake spitting.
4th Same toothbrush but swap ends. You still have a clean glass.
Of course, a second swap could help in making the act more
disgusting. A multi person skit leaves a number of good
openings for even an unskilled performer.
How about some other ideas? I don't think that discussing
possible methods for this skit qualifies as ruining a
good effect. If I am wrong, please don't get too upset.
Don Martin
Arlie Davis
[tooth-paste skit deleted]
> How about some other ideas? I don't think that discussing
> possible methods for this skit qualifies as ruining a
> good effect. If I am wrong, please don't get too upset.
What's wrong with just plain performing the skit?? Yeah, it sounds gross, but
big deal. Tooth paste doesn't taste that bad -- I know of a few people who
would just normally down the stuff after brushing. Not my thing, but some
people do it.
So, summon the guts, brush your teeth on-stage, and when you're the last,
quaff the stuff with gusto!
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Charles Lasner
>front of him, making his breakfast in the kneeling guys mouth. The guys
>I know of used sour milk and cereals (very common for breakfast in Sweden)
>which the guy then ate with a spoon right out of the same container in
>which it had been blended... This show also featured orange juice, which
>was sipped out of the mouth through a straw.
This reminds me of the Saturday Night Live skit about the assasination of
Buckwheat (and Texxon is there) in its original form. Various replays of
this have been shown without the *original* intro:
The Buckwheat skit starts by interrupting regular programming for a special
announcement. The *original* regular programming was some form of talk
show where two guys are guests. One does gross things like making milk come
out of his nostrils (played by Tim Kazurinsky) and the other will "eat
anything" (played by Gary Kroeger). The scene works up to Kroeger sitting
beneath Kazurinsky letting the milk coming out of the nostrils fall into his
mouth. I don't believe they faked this either (except for perhaps just what
the exact liquid was). This scene is then interrupted by the first
announcement of the shooting of Buckwheat, etc., with Joe Piscopo as Ted
Koppel.
cj "but does it taste like liquid chicken?" l
Charles Lasner
>>toothpaste. The first performer comes on, squeezes some toothpaste onto
>>the brush, and proceeds to brush his teeth. He then rinses with the
>>water, spitting it back into the cup. The next performer comes on,
>>squeezes more toothpaste onto the brush, brushes his teeth thoroughly,
>>then uses the dirty water to rinse, again spitting it back into the cup.
>>The audience gets more grossed out and groans more loudly as two other
>>performers come on and further dirty the water in their turn. The cup
>>is looking positively sickening when the last performer comes on. For
>>this role Mr. McGrew would chose the prettiest, most dainty girl he
>>could find. After brushing her teeth, this girl does the unthinkable:
>>she raises the filthy cup to her lips and drinks it all down, swallowing
>>several times, till every last drop is gone.
What would happen if lard and sugar are added to it before drinking?
cj "Doubt it tastes like *good* chicken" l
Richard Barry Ling
> [tooth-paste skit deleted]
> What's wrong with just plain performing the skit?? Yeah, it sounds gross,
> but big deal. Tooth paste doesn't taste that bad -- I know of a few people
> who would just normally down the stuff after brushing. Not my thing, but
> some people do it.
> So, summon the guts, brush your teeth on-stage, and when you're the last,
> quaff the stuff with gusto!
Some guys in my final school year did this one at our leaving performance
(aka "muckup day").
There was no trickery involved - only solid willpower (and for the guy who
had to drink it, the use of an organic leisure supplement just beforehand).
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Scott Colbath
writes:
> Wasatch Academy. >
Stuff deleted
-- Dan Wright
Speaking of gross, did anyone hear of the two college dudes who were turned
down a spot on David Letterman's stupid human tricks?
The first guy would snort a raw oyster through his nose and spit it out on a
plate. The second guy would procede to eat it.
Letterman thought it was a bit crude and decided not to let them on the show.
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> In article <1992Sep10....@unislc.uucp> d...@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright)
> writes:
>> For four years I attended a private co-ed boarding high school named
>> Wasatch Academy. >
> Bla Bla Bla
>
> Stuff deleted
>
> -- Dan Wright
>
>
> Speaking of gross, did anyone hear of the two college dudes who were turned
> down a spot on David Letterman's stupid human tricks?
> The first guy would snort a raw oyster through his nose and spit it out on a
> plate. The second guy would procede to eat it.
>
> Letterman thought it was a bit crude and decided not to let them on the show.
> --
The guy who snorted the oyster _was_ on the show, although you couldn't tell
whether he palmed it or not.
Connor/Castigat ridendo mores
Tony Fong
>>>On a small table are a glass of water, a toothbrush, and a tube of
>>>toothpaste. The first performer comes on, squeezes some toothpaste onto
>>>the brush, and proceeds to brush his teeth. He then rinses with the
>>>water, spitting it back into the cup. The next performer comes on,
>>>squeezes more toothpaste onto the brush, brushes his teeth thoroughly,
>>>then uses the dirty water to rinse, again spitting it back into the cup.
>>>The audience gets more grossed out and groans more loudly as two other
>>>performers come on and further dirty the water in their turn. The cup
>>>is looking positively sickening when the last performer comes on. For
>>>this role Mr. McGrew would chose the prettiest, most dainty girl he
>>>could find. After brushing her teeth, this girl does the unthinkable:
>>>she raises the filthy cup to her lips and drinks it all down, swallowing
>>>several times, till every last drop is gone.
>>>
>>>Have any of you seen a similar trick?
>
>I hate to admit even having knowledge of this show, but I remember seeing
>this skit on "The Gong Show" back in the '70s. Three guys: last one slams
>it before anyone got a chance to hit the gong. I believe it was the
>catalyst that started me down the path of tastelessness.
>
>I haven't been able to brush my teeth since.
>
>DaveMac
This exact same skit was preformed by a few guys I know back in highschool a
couple of years back. And he drank half the glass. I've got it on video
tape, and it still makes me want to throw up each time I watch it.
Now to give the guy credit, he did the skit two nights in a row!
Puke!
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>In <1992Sep16.1...@u.washington.edu> mar...@biostat.washington.edu (Don Martin) writes:
>
>[tooth-paste skit deleted]
>
>> How about some other ideas? I don't think that discussing
>> possible methods for this skit qualifies as ruining a
>> good effect. If I am wrong, please don't get too upset.
>
>What's wrong with just plain performing the skit?? Yeah, it sounds gross, but
I think this skit comes under the heading of
"Things it's not safe to do in the nineties"<TM>
You know, like sharing bodily fluids, blood products, dirt needles etc.
>So, summon the guts, brush your teeth on-stage, and when you're the last,
>quaff the stuff with gusto!
Derek "Not unless I'm wearing a condom on my finger" Tearne
P.S. Sorry to inject some facts about hygiene into this newsgroup, but I
promise I used a sterile needle...
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a guy who would run a plastic tube down his nose and into his stomach
then drink a beer. A second guy would quickly grab the tube and suck
the beer out of his stomach. My wife almost retched from the verbal
description. They also had video of a guy standing with his shirt off
letting people throw darts into his back.
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Dolf Grunbauer
>On MTV News there was a story from the Lallapaloosa (sp?) tour about
>a guy who would run a plastic tube down his nose and into his stomach
>then drink a beer. A second guy would quickly grab the tube and suck
>the beer out of his stomach.
The grossest (is that a correct english worst ?) scene ever filmed and
released in an official film or documentary is when a dog does its sh*tt*ng
and a guy moves to this fresh sh*t, lift it with his bare hands and eats it.
When making this scene almost everyone threw up. They (i.e. the film makers)
did not know that this guy was going to do this. He just told them to film
the dog. The film or documentary was about the drop outs of society in
a big city. It is a one shot scene, i.e. only one camera which does not move,
no zooming or anything else.
I have forgotten the name of the film/documentary (I did not see it, I read
it) and the name of the maker. The problem the maker now has is that in
every interview he has to explain over and over again that there was no
trick in filming this scene.
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>pal...@abulafia.b21.ingr.com (Christopher M. Palmer) writes:
>>On MTV News there was a story from the Lallapaloosa (sp?) tour about
>>a guy who would run a plastic tube down his nose and into his stomach
>>then drink a beer. A second guy would quickly grab the tube and suck
>>the beer out of his stomach.
>The grossest (is that a correct english worst ?) scene ever filmed and
>released in an official film or documentary is when a dog does its sh*tt*ng
>and a guy moves to this fresh sh*t, lift it with his bare hands and eats it.
Ah! was this not a film involving Devine in his early days?
Dave
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do...@echo.philips.nl (Dolf Grunbauer) writes:
>>alm...@abulafia.b21.ingr.com (Christopher M. Palmer) writes:
>> (Gross story about beer)
> (Gross story about documentary of scatophile)
OK.
Many years ago a room-mate told me of a Frank Zappa concert UL.
Seems Mr. Z. offered $1000 to any audience member who could _out-gross_ him.
Guy comes up on stage, drops drawers and dumps. Pretty gross.
Not to be outdone (or not wanting to lose a grand),
the man with the t'ain't, ate it.
IS IT TRUE OR IS IT A UL?
p.s. the t'ain't is the little beard that FZ has. Taint a beard, taint a m
mustache
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> plate. The second guy would procede to eat it.
>
> Letterman thought it was a bit crude and decided not to let them on the show.
The oyster snorter DID appear on Letterman. Alone.
David Ternes
>On MTV News there was a story from the Lallapaloosa (sp?) tour about
>a guy who would run a plastic tube down his nose and into his stomach
>then drink a beer. A second guy would quickly grab the tube and suck
>the beer out of his stomach. My wife almost retched from the verbal
>description. They also had video of a guy standing with his shirt off
>letting people throw darts into his back.
>
other stuff including, I think, Pepto-Bismal. It was all mixed together
and put into some sort of syringe device. The tube was run down into
the stomach and the mixture forced down the tube with the syringe. It
was then sucked back up into the syringe with a noticeable change in
color. Then the guy who had had the tube down his throat, another member
of the Jim Rose(?) Carnival Show and somebody supposedly from the audience
drank down this fine cocktail.
There were many other fine examples of carny freakdom in the show. Mr.
Lifto lifting objects with various parts of his pierced body (nipples and
the like). Unfortunately St. Paul, MN, officials didn't allow him to use
his genitals. There was the "jab needles thru the arms and mouth and eyes"
guy. The "eat glass and swallow swords" guy performed. And, besides stuff
I blocked out of memory, the "here let me put my head on broken glass and
then have somebody stand on my head" guy finished it off.
Jim "please stand on my head" Rose (I think that's his name) mentioned that
the show is going on tour after Lallapalooza. He's going to be at First
Avenue in Minneapolis during October if anyone is really interested. It'll
be a two hour show instead of the half-hour they did during Lallapalooza.
Even though I recognized some of the stunts as tried and true magic tricks
(sticking needles in the arm) and was physically repulsed by some (drinking
bile) I surprised myself by not leaving. It's amazing how you get drawn
into it. "Yewwech, that's sick. Good, that's over, I should go but gee
what demented thing comes next. I'll wait till they start, then leave.
Yewwech, that's sick."
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Brian Scearce
>The grossest (is that a correct english worst ?) scene ever filmed and
>released in an official film or documentary is when a dog does its sh*tt*ng
>and a guy moves to this fresh sh*t, lift it with his bare hands and eats it.
Divine, in _Pink Flamingos_ (I believe).
Brian "I'm not sure I agree with 'guy', though" Scearce
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: Many years ago a room-mate told me of a Frank Zappa concert UL.
: Seems Mr. Z. offered $1000 to any audience member who could _out-gross_ him.
: Guy comes up on stage, drops drawers and dumps. Pretty gross.
: Not to be outdone (or not wanting to lose a grand),
: the man with the t'ain't, ate it.
No way Jose. It was Alice Cooper who did it. That's what I heard.
-- Dan Wright
barth.richards
>Many years ago a room-mate told me of a Frank Zappa concert UL.
>Seems Mr. Z. offered $1000 to any audience member who could _out-gross_ him.
>Guy comes up on stage, drops drawers and dumps. Pretty gross.
>Not to be outdone (or not wanting to lose a grand),
>the man with the t'ain't, ate it.
>
>IS IT TRUE OR IS IT A UL?
I have also heard this story, related exactly as told above.
>p.s. the t'ain't is the little beard that FZ has. Taint a beard, taint a m
>mustache
I had always heard this bit of facial hair referred to as a "jazz patch."
Any other names for it?
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Laurence Doering
>
>The grossest (is that a correct english worst ?) scene ever filmed and
>released in an official film or documentary is when a dog does its sh*tt*ng
>and a guy moves to this fresh sh*t, lift it with his bare hands and eats it.
>
>When making this scene almost everyone threw up. They (i.e. the film makers)
>did not know that this guy was going to do this. He just told them to film
>the dog. The film or documentary was about the drop outs of society in
>a big city. It is a one shot scene, i.e. only one camera which does not move,
>no zooming or anything else.
>
>I have forgotten the name of the film/documentary (I did not see it, I read
>it) and the name of the maker. The problem the maker now has is that in
>every interview he has to explain over and over again that there was no
>trick in filming this scene.
Okay. The movie you're talking about is John Waters' "Pink Flamingos".
The actor was the late Divine (I'm not going to get into the argument
about whether Divine was a "she" or a "he".) The shit-eating scene *is*
a single shot. It is not true, though, that nobody expected Divine to
do it, or that the entire cast and crew threw up at the sight.
Evidence, you say? Got it right here, Jack.
From John Waters' _Shock Value_ (Dell Publishing Co, New York,
1981. ISBN 0-440-57871-X), pp 12-14:
"It was hardly an improvised scene. Divine and I had been planning it
for over a year. So when the day finally came to shoot it, it all seemed
vaguely anticlimactic.
"'Would you eat some dogshit for real in the next film?' I had asked Divine
one lazy San Francisco afternoon. 'Sure,' he said without missing a beat
as he nibbled a doughnut and lit what must have been his fiftieth joint
of the day.
"It was the first scene I had thought up for 'Pink Flamingos.' I knew
I had only $10,000 to work with, so I figured I had to give the audiences
something no other studio could dare give them even with multimillion-
dollar budgets. Something to leave them gagging in the aisles. Something
they could never forget.
"It couldn't be fake. It had to be one continuous shot, turd-to-mouth,
so to speak. No cutaway reaction shot to give me a chance to replace the
real shit with some special-effects ripoff. No sirree, you'd see the
dog shit, she'd pick it up and eat it right before your very eyes.
My audience demanded as much. [...]
"We hit the streets. Present were Divine, myself, Mary Vivian Pearce
and Danny Mills, and an extra to walk the dog. [...] Shoppers and
passersby glared at Divine in horror, but we bravely ignored them,
concentrating only on the 'big take.' Little did the shoppers realize
how lucky they were to be confronted only with Divine's bizarre appearance.
Divine was prepared to dive down and eat the shit whenever the dog was
ready and would have done it even if strangers had been watching.
"Finally the moment of truth. The camera was running and the dog lifted
her leg and a rather disappointing turd fell out.
"'Go!' I yelled.
'That little one?' Divine moaned, not looking forward to a second take.
'Yes. God! Action!' I screeched, practically collapsing as I looked
throught the viewfinder of my camera and heard the film noisily rushing
past the shutter.
"As Divine dove down and began munching, Danny and Mary Vivian started
laughing so uncontrollably that they had to turn their heads and run
from the scene. I was shaking so much that I worried that the hand-
held camera shots would be even worse than usual.
"'Give me that shit-eating grin,' I begged. Divine smiled lasciviously
and gagged twice.
"'Cut,' I finally yelled to the much relieved star. I rushed over
and gave her a congratulatory kiss, but I'm not sure if it was
on the lips."
The "big city", by the way, was Baltimore, MD, where I grew up. Can't
say I've ever met John Waters, but a friend of mine, his girlfriend,
and his father were all extras in "Polyester", a later John Waters film.
Anybody else out there ever met, or been somewhere near, somebody famous?
Larry "Just the facts, Jack" Doering
Terry Chan
+>The first guy would snort a raw oyster through his nose and spit it out on a
+>plate. The second guy would procede to eat it.
+>
+>Letterman thought it was a bit crude and decided not to let them on the show.
+
+The oyster snorter DID appear on Letterman. Alone.
Missed that one. So, did he eat it afterwards too?
Terry "What's that up your, uh, never mind..." Chan
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Stewart Tame
>released in an official film or documentary is when a dog does its sh*tt*ng
>and a guy moves to this fresh sh*t, lift it with his bare hands and eats it.
>
>When making this scene almost everyone threw up. They (i.e. the film makers)
>did not know that this guy was going to do this. He just told them to film
>the dog. The film or documentary was about the drop outs of society in
>a big city. It is a one shot scene, i.e. only one camera which does not move,
>no zooming or anything else.
>
>I have forgotten the name of the film/documentary (I did not see it, I read
>it) and the name of the maker. The problem the maker now has is that in
>every interview he has to explain over and over again that there was no
>trick in filming this scene.
Pink Flamingos. A John Waters film. *Not* a documentary. It's a little
unclear who the "he" in your second paragraph refers to. Waters (who
was running the camera) and Divine (the actor in the scene in question)
both knew what was going to happen. I'm pretty sure at least *some* of the
rest of the crew did as well but I'd have to check my source (Waters'
autobiography) to be sure. Seems like the story of no one knowing "that
this guy was going to do this" is probably apocryphal.
-- Stewart "never actually seen the movie, just heard about
it" Tame
j.a. fielden
That would be the movie Pink Flamingoes starring the transvestite
Divine. A big theme of the movie was the "most disgusting person in
the world". When I saw it however the chicken stomping scene had
been cut do to protests by (I think) the SPCA. But the closing
scene of eating the dog doo was still there.
I don't remember who made the film.
Other films with Divine before his/her death included Polyester and
Lust in the Dust with, of all people, Tab Hunter.
Ian Neath
[John Waters' account of Divine eating a dog turd, after much planning,
with no one throwing up afterwards deleted]
> The "big city", by the way, was Baltimore, MD, where I grew up.
> Can't say I've ever met John Waters...
Until she died, Edith Massey ran a store down by the waterfront
called "Edith's Shopping Bag." After interviewing at Johns Hopkins,
I went and visited. She loved visitors, and we chatted about
her film star days. She signed a postcard:
"May all your eggs come true."
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Charles Lasner
>>On MTV News there was a story from the Lallapaloosa (sp?) tour about
>>a guy who would run a plastic tube down his nose and into his stomach
>>then drink a beer. A second guy would quickly grab the tube and suck
>>the beer out of his stomach.
>
>The grossest (is that a correct english worst ?) scene ever filmed and
>released in an official film or documentary is when a dog does its sh*tt*ng
>and a guy moves to this fresh sh*t, lift it with his bare hands and eats it.
>
>When making this scene almost everyone threw up. They (i.e. the film makers)
>did not know that this guy was going to do this. He just told them to film
>the dog. The film or documentary was about the drop outs of society in
>a big city. It is a one shot scene, i.e. only one camera which does not move,
>no zooming or anything else.
>
>I have forgotten the name of the film/documentary (I did not see it, I read
>it) and the name of the maker. The problem the maker now has is that in
>every interview he has to explain over and over again that there was no
>trick in filming this scene.
>--
What about Pink Flamingoes.
cjl
Kris Rehberg
>
> [tooth-paste skit deleted]
>
> > How about some other ideas? I don't think that discussing
> > possible methods for this skit qualifies as ruining a
> > good effect. If I am wrong, please don't get too upset.
>
> What's wrong with just plain performing the skit?? Yeah, it sounds gross, but
> big deal. Tooth paste doesn't taste that bad -- I know of a few people who
> would just normally down the stuff after brushing. Not my thing, but some
> people do it.
>
> So, summon the guts, brush your teeth on-stage, and when you're the last,
> quaff the stuff with gusto!
Something different but related to the toothbrush story is the
Littlest Man skit (under various names). Basically, you have a small
costume (from a little kid, perhaps). The first person wears this
outfit like a bib. Another person sits behind the first and puts his
hands through the arm holes in the outfit. The funny part is that the
guy in the back (who can't see what's going on) will have to do things
like brush the other guy's teeth, feed him jello, etc. This becomes
very funny and the guy who's the head becomes a total mess.
There's usually a lottery to see who gets to be the head-guy (hehe).
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Craig Becker
rx...@po.CWRU.Edu (Randall Holt) writes:
...
> Many years ago a room-mate told me of a Frank Zappa concert UL.
> Seems Mr. Z. offered $1000 to any audience member who could _out-gross_ him.
> Guy comes up on stage, drops drawers and dumps. Pretty gross.
> Not to be outdone (or not wanting to lose a grand),
> the man with the t'ain't, ate it.
>
> IS IT TRUE OR IS IT A UL?
Fer what it's worth, Zappa discusses this story in _The Real
Frank Zappa Book_ by FZ and Peter Ochiogrosso (sp?). He says it
never happened, and was really surprised when someone first
asked him if he really did it.
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Citecheck Hell
>The "big city", by the way, was Baltimore, MD, where I grew up. Can't
>say I've ever met John Waters, but a friend of mine, his girlfriend,
>and his father were all extras in "Polyester", a later John Waters film.
>
>Anybody else out there ever met, or been somewhere near, somebody famous?
My roommate was in a carpool once with Arthur Laffer's son.
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S. Mudgett aka little gator
(someone writes):
>>The grossest (is that a correct english worst ?) scene ever filmed and
>>released in an official film or documentary is when a dog does its sh*tt*ng
>>and a guy moves to this fresh sh*t, lift it with his bare hands and eats it.
>
>Ah! was this not a film involving Devine in his early days?
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sine nomine
: That would be the movie Pink Flamingoes starring the transvestite
: Divine. A big theme of the movie was the "most disgusting person in
: the world". When I saw it however the chicken stomping scene had
: been cut do to protests by (I think) the SPCA.
chicken stomping? are you referring to the scene where crackers has
sex with the girl and the chicken, or was the version i saw cut? i was
pretty sure the guy who owned the tape said it wasn't...
cool movie.
Scott Wells
>j.a. fielden (fie...@spot.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
>
>: That would be the movie Pink Flamingoes starring the transvestite
>: Divine. A big theme of the movie was the "most disgusting person in
>: the world".
Hint: Don't take a date to this movie.
Scott Wells
Voice of Experience
Laurence Doering
"Filthiest people alive", actually. Divine, her son Crackers, and consort
Cotton are challenged for the title by Raymond and Connie Marble, who
make their living selling heroin to grade school children and by chaining
teenage runaways in their basement, where they are impregnated by the
Marbles' chauffeur and forced to bear children who are then sold to lesbian
couples.
The competition rages throughout the movie, till the end when the Marbles
are captured, tied to trees, tarred and feathered, and shot by Divine.
Our heroes then go for a walk in downtown Baltimore to celebrate and
Divine eats dogshit.
There is no "chicken stomping" scene. At one point, Crackers and Cotton
have sex, involving a chicken that somehow gets killed in the process.
(It's not entirely clear how in the film.) According to John Waters,
the Maryland State Censor Board ordered him to cut the chicken scene
in order to legally show "Pink Flamingos" at several commercial theaters
in Baltimore. (They didn't object to the dog business, though.)
Larry "grew up in Baltimore and proud of it" Doering
John Methot
The amazing thing to me is to see where John Waters career has gone. Along
with Pink Flamingos, he also made Female Trouble, Polyester (a scratch &
sniff - not scratch & snuff - film), and Desparate Living. He used to
call himself "The Sultan of Sleaze." I can;t drive through Baltimore
without thinking of him. He has since gone on to mainstream success with
Hairspray and Cry Baby - both of which still contain some of his off-kilter
sensibility.
Michael Stroucken
notices, then peels the gum off and sticks it onto a streetlight post.
A girl comes by, leans against it, notices the gum, and sticks it into her
mouth and chews it.
YUCK!
MS
gle...@mwk.uucp
> In article <13x...@engin.umich.edu> ldoe...@engin.umich.edu (Laurence Doering) writes:
>>The "big city", by the way, was Baltimore, MD, where I grew up. Can't
>>say I've ever met John Waters, but a friend of mine, his girlfriend,
>>and his father were all extras in "Polyester", a later John Waters film.
>>
>>Anybody else out there ever met, or been somewhere near, somebody famous?
>
> My roommate was in a carpool once with Arthur Laffer's son.
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Went to the same high school as Stevey "Guitar" Miller and Boz Scaggs...
hung around at the same school with "Ivan Stang", founder of the Church
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Keith Edwards
|> >>Anybody else out there ever met, or been somewhere near, somebody famous?
I went to school with the guys from the band Almighty. I don't
know if they're famous/infamous, but I've seen their records in
HMV (not even in the sale) so they must have some standing with
somebody - and they were not Top of the Pops once!
They've all changed their names: I guess Matthew Julians,
Fraser McAvoy and Richard Warwick were too prosaic for long haired
black leather bound deities.
Also I met Ian JethroTull Anderson once - he mistook me for a waiter,
but I still buy their records.
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Citecheck Hell
>>>The "big city", by the way, was Baltimore, MD, where I grew up. Can't
>>>say I've ever met John Waters, but a friend of mine, his girlfriend,
>>>and his father were all extras in "Polyester", a later John Waters film.
>>>
>>>Anybody else out there ever met, or been somewhere near, somebody famous?
>
>>My roommate was in a carpool once with Arthur Laffer's son.
>>--
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>or
>The French, Picaddilly, Manchester UK (yes I like french restaurants!):
>at next table (and these were small and packed close) to Barbara Knox aka
>Rita Fairclough of Coronation St
*The* Rita Fairclough?
I once had lunch with the son Justice Kennedy. And he even picked up
the check.
Anybody else eat a meal with someone famous, or know someone who heard
about such a meal?
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frontman of the muscial group The Cure) in an elevator. She didn't know who
he was, but noting that other people had been chasing after him, as well as
the fact that he had big hair and makeup on, she asked if he was a movie
star or something. He looked annoyed, and said, "no."
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Citecheck Hell
>A former house-mate here once encountered Robert Smith (lead singer/
>frontman of the muscial group The Cure) in an elevator. She didn't know who
>he was, but noting that other people had been chasing after him, as well as
>the fact that he had big hair and makeup on, she asked if he was a movie
>star or something. He looked annoyed, and said, "no."
Did he buy her a nice dinner after she fell to the floor?
Ted "in life acquistion mode" Frank
ObUL: The leading cause of student deaths at UMass-Amherst in the last
ten years is elevator accidents.
ObUL2: Mrs. Gutbezahl's maiden name is Shergold.
Et3 Francis
Wow, so you can finally get Beer at McDonalds on the Mainland now. About time
if you ask me..(As a matter of fact its' about time even if you don't ask
me... :'})
Brian
"who do you want to be today..."
Phil Gustafson
>bi...@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
>>th...@ellis.uchicago.edu (Citecheck Hell) writes:
>>: Ted "but you can't get two beers, a steak, and a greek salad in beverly
>>: hills for two-fifty" Frank
>>Sure you can - at McDonald$.
>
>if you ask me..(As a matter of fact its' about time even if you don't ask
>me... :'})
No, you can't. Some time ago a McD's in a ski resort started serving beer
and wine, but the national management squelched that real quick. A foolish
consistency made McDonald's what it is today.
Phil "Now, a McTini would be just the thing to cut through all that
grease..." Gustafson
And don't post smilies to afu.
--
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Sea Wasp
>And don't post smilies to afu.
:) :) :) :) :)
It's recommended netiquette to use them; why get uptight about
them here?
Sea Wasp
/^\
;;;
bill nelson
Because, it is frowned on by the politically correct politically incorrect.
Bill
jean reese
Wow, they sell beer at McDonald's in Beverly Hills? Guess I should move
there, away from my plebian existance in Indiana.
Jean
Bruce Tindall
In article <83...@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, sea...@vm2.cis.pitt.edu (Sea Wasp) writes:
>In article <BwpDJ...@rahul.net> ph...@rahul.net (Phil Gustafson) writes:
>>And don't post smilies to afu.
>
> :) :) :) :) :)
>
> It's recommended netiquette
Question authority! THAT'S AN ORDER, MISTER.
> to use them; why get uptight about
>them here?
Swift didn't need a smiley at the end of "A Modest Proposal."
Mark Twain didn't need a smiley at the end of "The War Prayer."
Besides, the a.f.u smiley prohibition gives us a running joke
to use when we get tired of 3-sided records.
Bruce "Giving it the old college triode" Tindall
--
Bruce Tindall, Core Testing Mgr., SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C. 27513
Laurence Doering
>In article <zlsii...@fs1.mcc.ac.uk> zls...@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:
>>>>The "big city", by the way, was Baltimore, MD, where I grew up. Can't
>>>>say I've ever met John Waters, but a friend of mine, his girlfriend,
>>>>and his father were all extras in "Polyester", a later John Waters film.
>>>>
>>>>Anybody else out there ever met, or been somewhere near, somebody famous?
>>
>>>My roommate was in a carpool once with Arthur Laffer's son.
>>>--
>>Midland hotel, Manchester UK, French restaurant: 4 tables occupied - me&
>>wife; coupla bozos; 2of Status Quo; Jeremy Brett(Sherlock Holmes)
>>or
>>The French, Picaddilly, Manchester UK (yes I like french restaurants!):
>>at next table (and these were small and packed close) to Barbara Knox aka
>>Rita Fairclough of Coronation St
>
>*The* Rita Fairclough?
>
>I once had lunch with the son Justice Kennedy. And he even picked up
>the check.
>
>Anybody else eat a meal with someone famous, or know someone who heard
>about such a meal?
>
>Ted "but you can't get two beers, a steak, and a greek salad in beverly
> hills for two-fifty" Frank
As the person who started this thread, I'd just like to state for the
record that I sat at the same table with Dee Dee Ramone, drinking beer,
at the Club Heidelberg here in Ann Arbor last spring.
Larry "Arthur Laffer's son? Big deal." Doering
Jared Dahl
|> A former house-mate here once encountered Robert Smith (lead singer/
|> frontman of the muscial group The Cure) in an elevator. She didn't know who
|> he was, but noting that other people had been chasing after him, as well as
|> the fact that he had big hair and makeup on, she asked if he was a movie
|> star or something. He looked annoyed, and said, "no."
I got into an elevator in the Sheraton in downtown Des Moines.
I was followed in by a woman and a man who were not together
because they were goint to different floors. A sideways
glance at the man revealed that he was about 6', stocky,
and bald. When the woman left the elevator the man commented
in a strange way "Now thats a girl!!" (she was very attractive).
The man seemed oddly familiar. I muttered agreement and got off
on my floor. I then watched the elevator go up to the penthouse.
At the airport on the way home the next day I noticed in the
paper I was reading that Willard Scott was in town and had
attended some local function. I then realized that it had been
him in the elevator ogling that woman. WoW! I had a group
stare with Willard Scott!!!
Maybe I'll see Ernest Borgnine if I go to Duluth.
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| Systems Programmer | my brain IBM" |
| IBM - Rochester, MN | -- STYX, "Mr. Roboto" |
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Opinions expressed are mine, not IBM's.
Brian Scearce
>Swift didn't need a smiley at the end of "A Modest Proposal."
You mean he wasn't being serious?
Brian "Learn something new every day on afu" Scearce
---
Brian Scearce b...@sector7g.eng.sun.com
The above does not necessarily represent Sun policy.
"You can't fit the truth on a t-shirt, man."
"That'd fit."
David L Anderson
(in the 7th grade), but I met Snake (the bass player of the Circle
Jerks and Kevin in _Repo Man_), but I also went to school with
Ilan Mitchell-Smith (_Weird Science_). Actually, Ilan and Uma were
at the same school. Uma turned my down, btw.
David "Oh, and Peter Hook (New Order bassist) wrote me back once"
Anderson
Sea Wasp
Considering the distance to which people have been stretching, I
suppose I count ...
Not only have I stood and talked with John Williams (the composer
of movie themes and director of the Boston Pops) but while I was doing
that Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving had to get out past us (they
were trying to get out quick before getting mobbed).
And I met Leonard Nimoy once. Even got him to autograph something
both as Nimoy and once as Spock.
Sea Wasp
/^\
;;;
Sea Wasp
>In article <83...@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, sea...@vm2.cis.pitt.edu (Sea Wasp) writes:
>>In article <BwpDJ...@rahul.net> ph...@rahul.net (Phil Gustafson) writes:
>>>And don't post smilies to afu.
>> :) :) :) :) :)
>> It's recommended netiquette
>Question authority! THAT'S AN ORDER, MISTER.
YESSIR! Sorry sir! It won't happen again, sir!
>> to use them; why get uptight about
>>them here?
>Swift didn't need a smiley at the end of "A Modest Proposal."
>Mark Twain didn't need a smiley at the end of "The War Prayer."
Now, what does that remind me of... oh, yeah.
"They laughed at Galileo, too!"
And if you don't think they needed smileys, you obviously
didn't read the flames of venerable age which greeted those publications.
The clueless reader is not a new invention...
>Besides, the a.f.u smiley prohibition gives us a running joke
>to use when we get tired of 3-sided records.
And Craig Shergold?
Sea " :) :) :) " Wasp
/^\
;;;
Charles Lasner
>Bruce "Giving it the old college triode" Tindall
I have a lot of 12AX7's which I had in college, but I doubt that Phil will
rearrange them, since he only does rectifier rearrangement, not anything that
actually can amplify.
cj "Will Phil ever work his way up to beam-power pentodes?" l
Adam Roach
that counts for anything... Really nice guy.
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Citecheck Hell
>In article <Bwr1...@unx.sas.com> sas...@jjoyce.unx.sas.com (Bruce Tindall) writes:
>>Swift didn't need a smiley at the end of "A Modest Proposal."
>>Mark Twain didn't need a smiley at the end of "The War Prayer."
>
>didn't read the flames of venerable age which greeted those publications.
Which, of course, made the publications much more humorous than if
Swift had ended by saying "Oh, in case you couldn't tell, I was being
SARCASTIC!!!1!! :-) :-)" See last Thursday's episode of the Simpsons
for the perfect example of how stupid most smileys look when irony is
clear.
a.f.u. is not for the clueless reader. We're all adults here. If an a.f.u.
reader can't tell when a post is ironic, they should go read rec.humor
(or, better yet, rec.humor.funny).
Ted "$35 for breakfast?!? Are you kidding?!?!" Frank
Tig Stone
Well, since we're stretching it... Anyone heard of Matt Lauer (TV
personality from NYC and also does HBO Entertainment News)? Well,
he's my Step Mother's Brother. So, I've eaten dinner with him on many
an occasion.
Hmmm... Not famous enough? Well, he will be!!! Maybe...
--
Tig Stone
(old...@titan.ucc.umass.edu)
Tony Duell
mbia.edu (Charles Lasner) writes:
>In article <Bwr1...@unx.sas.com> sas...@jjoyce.unx.sas.com (Bruce Tind
>
>>Bruce "Giving it the old college triode" Tindall
>
l
that
>actually can amplify.
>
>cj "Will Phil ever work his way up to beam-power pentodes?" l
Was there ever a Beam-Power Pentode? In England, we call the tube/valve
with cathode, 2 grids, beam-forming plates and anode (plate) a Beam power
Tetrode. No idea why the beam-forming plates don't cunt as an electrode
when the suppressor grid of a pentode does. BTW, GEC/Osram gave their
Beam-power tetrodes KT numbers, like the KT66 (an upped 6L6G), 88, etc.
The KT stood for Kinkless Tetrode, refering to the fact that there is no
negative resistance part to the Ia Va curve.
-tony 'PDP11 Hacker' Duell
( Who still has Trochotrons in his DVM)
Sea Wasp
>SARCASTIC!!!1!! :-) :-)" See last Thursday's episode of the Simpsons
>for the perfect example of how stupid most smileys look when irony is
>clear.
The Simpsons ARE stupid. Smileys, Irony, or not. I can't stand
them.
ObUL: Ross Perot was the child on which Alfred E. Neuman was based.
Sea Wasp
/^\
;;;
Nolan Hinshaw
In article <1992Oct27....@news.columbia.edu>, las...@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner) writes:
|>cj "Will Phil ever work his way up to beam-power pentodes?" l
I'll be glad to noodge 'im in the klystron termorrer eve at AFU Terry/4
--
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Rowan Hamilton
>In article <1992Oct27....@news.columbia.edu> las...@watsun.cc.col
>mbia.edu (Charles Lasner) writes:
>>In article <Bwr1...@unx.sas.com> sas...@jjoyce.unx.sas.com (Bruce Tind
>ll) writes:
>>
>>>Bruce "Giving it the old college triode" Tindall
>>
>>
>>cj "Will Phil ever work his way up to beam-power pentodes?" l
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Was there ever a Beam-Power Pentode? In England, we call the tube/valve
>with cathode, 2 grids, beam-forming plates and anode (plate) a Beam power
I hear that Wackenhut is now making an MHD stabilized power
nematode. Recent breakthroughs in nematode design and manufacture may
one day free us from dependence on foriegn oil, and turn our crop lands
into the energy-export center of the world.
--
Rowan T. Hamilton "To dig this is to groove on
hami...@huhepl.harvard.edu hella shit."
hami...@fnald.fnal.gov - ca...@wackenhut.com
Terry Chan
and was mutated by Charles L.]
rha...@husc10.harvard.edu (Rowan Hamilton) writes:
+ I hear that Wackenhut is now making an MHD stabilized power
+nematode. Recent breakthroughs in nematode design and manufacture may
+one day free us from dependence on foriegn oil, and turn our crop lands
+into the energy-export center of the world.
I'll say, that must be an awesomely large breakthrough in nematode
design. If this don't give those genetic engineering protestors
fits, I don't know what will. The crop lands would certainly be
well aerated though.
Terry "Buy Wackenhut stock" Chan
--
Energy and Environment Division | Internet: TWC...@lbl.gov
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
Berkeley, California USA 94720 | Carpe Per Diem
Einstuerzende Neubauten
around with Pele. Building a house with Bob Vila. You get the point.
Meeting someone famous as they're doing what made them famous in the first
place (ask about Traci Lords...)
Anyhow, my friend was running and another runner passed them going really
fast. He commented on how hot it was and kept right on going. It took my
friend a little while to catch on that he had just been passed by Bill
Rodgers. (famous marathon runner who won the Boston Marathon a heap of
times. Being in Massachusetts at the time, he is a fairly prominent
demi-god of running.)
Citecheck Hell
>Anyhow, my friend was running and another runner passed them going really
>fast. He commented on how hot it was and kept right on going. It took my
>friend a little while to catch on that he had just been passed by Bill
>Rodgers. (famous marathon runner who won the Boston Marathon a heap of
>times. Being in Massachusetts at the time, he is a fairly prominent
>demi-god of running.)
Shouldn't this be in alt.folklore.ghost-stories? Lord knows they could
use the traffic...
Ted "Ichabod Crane" Frank
bruce watson
>around with Pele. Building a house with Bob Vila. You get the point.
>Meeting someone famous as they're doing what made them famous in the first
>place (ask about Traci Lords...)
>
>Anyhow, my friend was running and another runner passed them going really
>fast. He commented on how hot it was and kept right on going. It took my
>friend a little while to catch on that he had just been passed by Bill
>Rodgers. (famous marathon runner who won the Boston Marathon a heap of
>times. Being in Massachusetts at the time, he is a fairly prominent
>demi-god of running.)
>
--
Bruce Watson wa...@nyx.cs.du.edu Toy Cows, Toy Cows in Africa, Toy Cows
Dr. B. I. Ologist
In article <27...@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, twc...@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan) writes:
[discussion of nematode technology deleted]
Stem those NEMA toads, I say! Toads don't belong in electrical work atall, and
I can't fer the life of me figger out why NEMA standardized them - slimy
little bugeaters and all that. Why, wire one into an outlet and *BLOOIE* -
it's stench city fer a week.
--
Nolan "Man enough to do woman's work" Hinshaw
Internet: no...@twg.com Dingalingnet: (415)962-7197
[keep yer toads in the garden]
Derek Tearne
It is also recommended netiquette to avoid using ascii graphics in .signature
files....
Derek "If it's _my_ ball you play by _my_ rules" Tearne
--
Derek Tearne. -- de...@nezsdc.icl.co.nz -- Fujitsu New Zealand --
Some of the more aware dinosaurs were worried about the environmental
consequences of an accident with the new Iridium enriched fusion reactor.
"If it goes off only the cockroaches and mammals will survive..." they said.
MICHAEL ALEXANDER MCKAY
>From: old...@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Tig Stone)
>Subject: Re: Gross Stories (true?)
>Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 18:17:27 GMT
>>>>>>>Anybody else out there ever met, or been somewhere near, somebody famous?
If yopu want to *really* stretch it... I ran a roller coaster in the summer
of 1989, and the jeans-wearing guy from the Crispy Crunch commercials was
on my coaster on the last ride of the night, and then talked me into giving
him & his buddies a free extra ride. There. :)
bill nelson
: In article <83...@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> sea...@vm2.cis.pitt.edu (Sea Wasp) writes:
: > It's recommended netiquette to use them; why get uptight about
: >
: > Sea Wasp
: > /^\
: > ;;;
:
: It is also recommended netiquette to avoid using ascii graphics in .signature
: files....
:
: Derek "If it's _my_ ball you play by _my_ rules" Tearne
It isn't -your- ball until you can get it away from me.
Bill "Wanna share?" Nelson
Jason R. Heimbaugh
> Imagine, if you will, playing street hockey with Gretzky. Kicking a ball
> around with Pele. Building a house with Bob Vila. You get the point.
> Meeting someone famous as they're doing what made them famous in the
> first place
Back in 1988, I met Lacy Van Zant the father of one of my heroes and,
oh, sorry he wasn't doing what made him famous, never mind.
--
Jason R. Heimbaugh (CatStyle)
j...@uiuc.edu
"Tell your big sister, 'Thanks alot for the hole.'" --Ronnie Van Zant
Eddie Saxe
>>>>>>>>famous?
Kibo once wrote me an email message.
Eddie "But I didn't let it go to my head" Saxe
--
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=(_)= "ACK! THPHTH!" but we're sure that | "That can't be my shirt. My
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James Kibo Parry
>>>>>>>>>Anybody else out there ever met, or been somewhere near, somebody
>>>>>>>>>famous?
>
>Kibo once wrote me an email message.
Was it a flame?
Incidentally, I've never followed up to any of your articles.
-- K.
Terry Smith
>Sure you can - at McDonald$.
You can in Bremen, good primary reason for a German Holiday?
p.s it's inoffensive and utterly standardised, Hake Beck and Becks
must be quaking in their corporate shoes.
Sadly Virginia, Mcbeer is not a legend. It exists in the heartland of
echtes, reines, geshcmecktes Bier
Terry
* Origin: Elizabeth Park BBS (3:800/870.0)
Derek Tearne
Ok but we need to work out the house rules.
I propose
In off the black loses.
Anyone North of Florida is automatically offside.
No Lutefisk to be consumed during the duration of the game.
Any player who utters the expletive _Kib*(e)_ and is noticed loses ten points
If they get away with it they get to keep the ball.
Oh and we need to discuss the shape and size of the ball.
I suggest Newbie shaped.
ObUL: Is this a contact sport? Do we kick, punch or carry the ball?
Derek "I was told we wouldn't have to get muddy in this newsgroup" Tearne
Charles Lasner
>
>Oh and we need to discuss the shape and size of the ball.
>
>I suggest Newbie shaped.
Didn't someone once have a three-sided ball?
cj "Balls 'r Us" l
bill nelson
: >:
: >
: >It isn't -your- ball until you can get it away from me.
: >
: >Bill "Wanna share?" Nelson
:
: Ok but we need to work out the house rules.
:
: I propose
:
: In off the black loses.
OK.
: Anyone North of Florida is automatically offside.
Nope. Since I have the ball, I will not accept a rule that will
automatically disqualify me. How about - play must occur in two areas,
between 44 and 45 degrees North latitude, and 44 and 45 degrees South
latitude. If the ball is removed from one of these bands, the ball is
transported to the other band, where the non-remover is allowed a free
kick.
Furthermore - play must be kept west of 120 degrees west longitude and
east of 160 degrees east longitude.
: No Lutefisk to be consumed during the duration of the game.
Hiding the ball in a barrel of Lutefisk is strongly discouraged.
Ball must be transported over bodies of water only by boat. Play must
accompany ball. Air travel, however, is allowed for player's rally squad,
psychiatrist and masseur/masseuse.
No nuclear weapons will be allowed as game equipment. Any explosives used
shall be manufactured in the field by the player. Such manufacture must be
unaided by any human, or creature resembling a human. Violation of either
of these rules awards possession of the ball to the opposing player and
entitles that player to one free sea transport to the nearest body of land
with a land area greater than 50 square miles.
: Any player who utters the expletive _Kib*(e)_ and is noticed loses ten points
: If they get away with it they get to keep the ball.
:
: Oh and we need to discuss the shape and size of the ball.
:
: I suggest Newbie shaped.
Agreed. Size - large enough to use a PC?
: ObUL: Is this a contact sport? Do we kick, punch or carry the ball?
Contact may be made upon mutual agreement of all players - arbitration by
a committee of two-fifty is mandatory. Arbitration may be ignored in any
month ending in a consonant or "y". However, such ignorance must occur
only after arbitration is completed.
Ball may be kicked, punched, pushed or carried - without penalty. Ball
may only be punctured if repaired within 24 hours.
Players may be kicked, punched, pushed or carried - only if they are
willing to suffer similar retaliation. Players may not be punctured,
but may be needled.
: Derek "I was told we wouldn't have to get muddy in this newsgroup" Tearne
Ok - play will be supended if ground is muddy. Determination of this
condition to be determined by the nearest reasonably sane Terry. If
no such creature may be found - play may also be suspended by mutual
consent of the players.
Bill "Where is NZ is Fujitsu?" Nelson
Warren Burstein
> We're all adults here.
Craig isn't.
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Derek Tearne
>de...@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne) writes:
>: >:
>: >: Derek "If it's _my_ ball you play by _my_ rules" Tearne
>: >
>: >It isn't -your- ball until you can get it away from me.
>: >
>: >Bill "Wanna share?" Nelson
>:
>: Ok but we need to work out the house rules.
>:
>: I propose
>:
>: In off the black loses.
>
>OK.
>
>: Anyone North of Florida is automatically offside.
>
>Nope. Since I have the ball, I will not accept a rule that will
>automatically disqualify me. How about - play must occur in two areas,
>between 44 and 45 degrees North latitude, and 44 and 45 degrees South
>latitude.
Subtle - very subtle. I nearly fell for that one. Make that between 35 and
45 degrees south and we'll only miss out the very top and very bottom of
New Zealand. Auckland is at about 37 degress south. We do need a wider
band as the population of New Zealand is so small.
>If the ball is removed from one of these bands, the ball is
>transported to the other band, where the non-remover is allowed a free
>kick.
>
>Furthermore - play must be kept west of 120 degrees west longitude and
>east of 160 degrees east longitude.
This must be a foul. Making me go and look up facts on A.F.U. and all.
Still after looking it up on the atlas I can't find fault with it.
>Ball must be transported over bodies of water only by boat. Play must
>accompany ball. Air travel, however, is allowed for player's rally squad,
>psychiatrist and masseur/masseuse.
>
>No nuclear weapons will be allowed as game equipment.
What about Nuclear ships? These can be used but any infringement of
local shipping restrictions is instant disqualification.
>Any explosives used
>shall be manufactured in the field by the player.
The use of limpet mines in New Zealand harbours is considered to be the
height of bad taste.
>: Any player who utters the expletive _Kib*(e)_ and is noticed loses ten points
>: If they get away with it they get to keep the ball.
>: Oh and we need to discuss the shape and size of the ball.
>:
>: I suggest Newbie shaped.
>
>Agreed. Size - large enough to use a PC?
Fine, it should, of course, be full of hot air.
How many players in each team, and can they be chosen from outside the
playing bands?
Derek "When is the kick off?" Tearne