The best aua posts in the world...EVER...2
James Gregory
lying about on google?
To start the ball rolling, here's a few (most by me, heh) about some of the
regulars here...
CD 1:
Descriptions of peoples' writing style - James Gregory -
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&th=919ea36b1ac2ba9a,28&rnum=9
&selm=8hrru0%243mtqf%241%40fu-berlin.de
More descriptions of peoples' writing style - Flexiblegoat -
http://groups.google.com/groups?start=10&hl=en&safe=off&th=919ea36b1ac2ba9a,
28&rnum=16&selm=3942169c.4666873%40news.dircon.co.uk
Description of a pubmeet in London - James Gregory -
http://www.btinternet.com/~gregorywebpage/james/stuff/auapub.htm (why does
google not seem to have this?)
Urban folklore - Ginnie Redstone -
http://www.btinternet.com/~gregorywebpage/james/stuff/engprof.htm
James
Alex Warren
> Anyone fancy posting some links to any really amusing posts they can find
> lying about on google?
One that I've dug up when idly looking through to see what aua regulars have
posted elsewhere is gem from our own Mr. Huntbach, which has the most fantastic
ending of a newsgroup post in history:
Alex
--
OneBollock.com - Unusual, or the average? http://www.onebollock.com/
Pete Bartlett
My stoopid newsreader may it bloomin' awkward to open those links. So I've
compiled the "Comments About AUAers Made By Other AUAers" list in a handy
format for no other reason than it'll probably start a discussion between
what's libel and what's slander.
People remaining to libelled in no particular order : Ian Ford. Cath Ford (I
know, I know but why not libel her anyway). smurf. Chris Share. Chris. Andy
Tucker. Craig Fothergill. Bill Day. Me. Niall. Katy Edgecombe. Stuart
Williams. The guy advertising penis enlargements (not the German server).
pkonline www.pkonline.freeurl.com......
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|James|
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Barry: uses pointy smileys, and tries to move any discussion ever into
discussing the accountability of university applications, the greatness of
the Tory Party and how more stuff needs privatising and less regualtion.
Josh: Uses pointy smileys, always tries to make clever retorts (which ar
always followed by a pointy smiley)
JHP: Says "LOL!" to anything even vaguley humorous. Also seems to have an
endless supply of minor witticsisms of his own. Alternates between a style
fantasically serious or fantastically childish. Has an obsession with
puddentats.
Flexiblegoat: Manages to fit a mention of drama or some 19th century novel
into any discussion, ever. Says "hehe" or "tehe" on a regualr basis. Also
mentions the implications of good looking (or, rather, "fit") women into
every thread ever.
Jez: Uses masses of footnotes. Fits talk of Maths STEP and computers into
every convesation ever, also likes mentioning how she can't afford things.
Oh, and says "<grin>", or even just "<g>", on a regular basis, too.
Mark: Never, ever makes any grammatical mistakes or spelling errors. Always
puts an invidually and cunningly crafted signature on each post. Like John
and Josh, makes little witty one lined jokes constantly. Also rather partial
to mentioning Greek. I could go on for ever (or at least on for the number
of regualr posters), but I feel I've already reduced my life expectancy to a
serious enough degree.
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|Flexiblegoat|
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Matthew: grumpy. Interested in the stupidity of students, the electorate and
just about everyone else.
Becca: welsh, rarely sober.
Adam: Meanders; makes the obvious sound suprising, hints at psychological
disorder, is a willful stereotype and generally concludes with a
misanthropic minnerant. Can't spell.
Rachel: Has a disinclination for writing much more than two lines. REPLIES
AT THE TOP.
David: Lives in a village(!). More interested in the ends of words than the
beginnings. Unhealty obsession with his left-hand.
Steve: Obsession with manliness borders on the homo-erotic. Economical with
smilies, paragraphs when he has a axe to grind. Nice legs ;->
Alex: Resists and embraces geekiness in equal measures. Posts are typically
short and sarcastic. Angry.
Becky: Miss innuendo 2000. As was. And a loonie-leftie
Ginnie: Prone to hyperbole, often refers to "offspring", fancies James.
Robert: Makes self-flagelation an art-form. Worried that Oxford might not
have best chemistty department, worried that he's worried that Oxford might
not... Should get angry more often.
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|Alex Warren|
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Adam: Hi I'm so crazy I could eat a goldfish.
Ally: I have a goldfish he is called Henry.
Adam: Henry is a funny name.
Pampoo: Cindy you're my one true love and I'm sorry about everything.
Paradox: Look at me I'm completely bonkers! A mate of mine said something
funny
once!
Omar: Tomorrow I will be dead. Then I'm off to Imperial.
Don'tDoIt: Never mind Omar - the UCAS website will live on.
Cynical Chris: I doubt it. In fact I doubt everything.
Sachi: obviously to doubt everything one would have to doubt all things
including two things which are opposite therefore we have a contradiction
Phil Yovish: I can't believe nobody spotted my obvious joke name!
Dr. A. N. Walker: Of course we at Nottingham spotted that it was a joke
name,
we're quite high in the tables for that sort of thing.
Matthew Huntbach: I see no reason to suppose that it is a joke name.
Gaurav: Yes
Pete Bartlett
"Alex Warren" <al...@asparagus.co.uk> wrote in message
news:h9haotoc96cgd31rp...@4ax.com...
> James Gregory wrote:
>
> > Anyone fancy posting some links to any really amusing posts they can
find
> > lying about on google?
>
> One that I've dug up when idly looking through to see what aua regulars
have
> posted elsewhere is gem from our own Mr. Huntbach, which has the most
fantastic
> ending of a newsgroup post in history:
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+-Re:+author:matthew+author:huntbach&hl=en
&safe=off&as_drrb=b&as_mind=29&as_minm=3&as_miny=1995&as_maxd=23&as_maxm=8&a
s_maxy=1998&rnum=2&selm=6g01a5%24m5t%241%40beta.qmw.ac.uk
What a fantastic post. And did you see the 313 post follow-up? AUA is a real
pussycat compared with the vicious tigers of SCI.
Rob Martin
have
> posted elsewhere is gem from our own Mr. Huntbach, which has the most
fantastic
> ending of a newsgroup post in history:
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+-Re:+author:matthew+author:huntbach&hl=en
&safe=off&as_drrb=b&as_mind=29&as_minm=3&as_miny=1995&as_maxd=23&as_maxm=8&a
s_maxy=1998&rnum=2&selm=6g01a5%24m5t%241%40beta.qmw.ac.uk
wow. I take it he didn't come back?
Omar take note.
rOB
James Gregory
"Pete Bartlett" <pc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Jxbh7.36061$0L6.5...@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com...
>
> My stoopid newsreader may it bloomin' awkward to open those links. So I've
> compiled the "Comments About AUAers Made By Other AUAers" list in a handy
> format for no other reason than it'll probably start a discussion between
> what's libel and what's slander.
<snip>
I must admit, Alex's are by way the funniest.
OK, this is shit, but I need to libel as many people at once as possible:
one of the many random people who turn up and then leave a few days later
(eg nk):
hi, i am studying for 4 A-levels in... and am applying to cambridge/for
medicine but I am worried that the college I am applying to/GSCE
results/matriculation requirements/whatever may cause some issues. any
advice?
52 posters simulataneously (including eg Rachel Berry Chris Share): the
matriculation/GCSE/college information is/are...
26 posters simultaneously (including eg Josh Smith, Rob Martin): have you
considered Oxford instead.
12 posters simultaneously (including eg Bill Day, Pete Bartlett): I don't
know their specifics for your situation, but here are the specifics for my
situation.
smurf: hrmf, hmm, whatever
Katy Edgecombe: When one is looking for information on courses at Cambridge
I would not reccomend looking on a public newsgroup like this. Please try
phoning the appropriate admissions tutor.
smurf or Rachel Berry: hrmf, hmm, whatever. i was late for a ball in cam
yesterday
Andy Tucker: I was at a ball in Durham yesterday, and got rather drunk.
Still, good luck in your Cambridge application, random person, I'm sure
you'll be happy wherever you go!
Cynical Chris: gah, I don't believe in universities, or women
Craig Fothergill: Alcohol, great, lads! Good skills, class, the mackers
knackers! :)
Matthew Huntbach: I do not understand the point of alcohol. What is this
concept of "fun" of which you speak? When I was at university in 1957 many
had fun, but we soon grew out of it.
Niall Saville: In fact many people today still have fun, it is recognised as
a very good experience by approximately 52% of the world's population.
Pete Bartlett: I like films. Here are some reviews.
Ginnie Redstone: Excellent, great stuff Pete. I read the book of that, very
interesting imho.
Simon Pearson: Yes. Incidently, I went out in Lllan last night and got
drunk.
Becca Taylor: hehe!!! You are very naughty!!! :-) :-) :-) Happy smiley happy
smiley! :-)
James
Alex Warren
> OK, this is shit, but I need to libel as many people at once as possible:
[massive snip]
Excellent stuff. Unfortunately you seem to have summarised absolutely
everything, which means we need have no more threads on AUA ever.
Pete Bartlett
>
> > OK, this is shit, but I need to libel as many people at once as
possible:
> [massive snip]
>
> Excellent stuff. Unfortunately you seem to have summarised absolutely
> everything, which means we need have no more threads on AUA ever.
Since when has discussing a topic before been any reason for not discussing
it again?
Also, James himself remains unlibelled.
Craig Fothergill
>knackers! :)
?
OK, I'll be the first to moan about my summary...
What is a "macker"?
Alex Warren
James Gregory
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=james%20gregory
Amazing stuff. I hope to god the third James Gregory isn't ours though. It seems
to me that all James Gregorys shown are rather peculiar.
Me
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=alex%20warren
These are mostly dull of course. Again several aren't me, which is interesting -
one with a wife, one unanswered question about a Ford transmission. Hmm.
Rob Martin
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=rob%20martin
None of these actually are Rob Martin.
Flexiblegoat
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=flexiblegoat
To quote an oft-seen Tequila joke poster seen in every student's bedroom, "have
you hugged your toilet today?"
Paul Engles
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=paul%20engles
Add Kraftwerk and computer games to list of interests.
Gaurav Sharma
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=gaurav%20sharma
Get yer spammin' hat on.
Becca Taylor
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=becca%20taylor
alt.fan.michaela.strachan? Honestly!
Ian/Cath Ford
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=ian/cath%20ford
I quote - "OK, so who knows how hotels and the like might prep prunes for
breakfast?"
Ginnie Redston
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=ginnie%20redston
Couldn't operate newsreader correctly in 1999 so we can see her attempt to
subscribe to an astrology mailing list. Sad stuff, sad stuff.
Mark Thakkar
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=mark%20thakkar
Flexi-style - as you've never seen him before!
Gaurav Sharma
> Gaurav Sharma
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=ga
urav%20sharma
>
> Get yer spammin' hat on.
>
>
About the:
http://www.btinternet.com/~secretlinks/
I admit it; I am truly ashamed. It will never happen again. I promise.
Really.
--
====================
Gaurav Sharma
Alex Warren
> http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=ga
> urav%20sharma
> >
> > Get yer spammin' hat on.
> About the:
> http://www.btinternet.com/~secretlinks/
>
> I admit it; I am truly ashamed. It will never happen again. I promise.
I think calling the HTML page "New Page 1" really adds to the professional
image.
Gaurav Sharma
> Gaurav Sharma wrote:
>
> >
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=ga
> > urav%20sharma
> > >
> > > Get yer spammin' hat on.
>
> > About the:
> > http://www.btinternet.com/~secretlinks/
> >
> > I admit it; I am truly ashamed. It will never happen again. I promise.
>
>
> I think calling the HTML page "New Page 1" really adds to the professional
> image.
>
>
>
> Alex
>
"Gaurav's first time"
Alex Warren
> Continuing the Google trawl of "what threads other people start outside AUA":
Also:
Sachi
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=sa...@beer.com
Not sure how I could have left our dear Sachi from my previous list. It seems
nobody else has a clue what he's on about either, given that he rarely seems to
attract any form of reply.
Becca Taylor
happy
>smiley! :-)
hee hee very funny :)
Becca
Becca Taylor
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>|Flexiblegoat|
>-------------
>Becca: welsh, rarely sober.
>
Is that what you think of me? Funny - everyone who meets me says 'you
haven't got a welsh accent' and immediately writes me off as non-welsh, and
lots of people think I'm a real alcoholic! :)
Becca
James Gregory
> Alex Warren wrote:
>
> > Continuing the Google trawl of "what threads other people start outside
AUA":
>
> Also:
>
> Sachi
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=sa
>
> Not sure how I could have left our dear Sachi from my previous list. It
seems
> nobody else has a clue what he's on about either, given that he rarely
seems to
> attract any form of reply.
First sentence is "hi, Just on my usual recursively styled thoughts".
Hehe.
James
James Gregory
"Craig Fothergill" <cr...@cfhome.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9m3lju$9oa$1...@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
I've absolutely no idea, maybe I should've used "mutt's nuts" instead.
James
James Gregory
> Continuing the Google trawl of "what threads other people start outside
AUA":
>
>
> James Gregory
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=ja
mes%20gregory
>
> Amazing stuff. I hope to god the third James Gregory isn't ours though. It
seems
> to me that all James Gregorys shown are rather peculiar.
It's not really that amazing or surprising - talking about walking in
mountains and stuff.
<snip>
> Flexiblegoat
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=fl
exiblegoat
>
> To quote an oft-seen Tequila joke poster seen in every student's bedroom,
"have
> you hugged your toilet today?"
>
>
> Paul Engles
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=pa
ul%20engles
>
> Add Kraftwerk and computer games to list of interests.
>
I already know Paul quite well...
<snip>
> Becca Taylor
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=be
cca%20taylor
>
> alt.fan.michaela.strachan? Honestly!
>
Interesting selection of groups...
> Ian/Cath Ford
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=ia
n/cath%20ford
>
> I quote - "OK, so who knows how hotels and the like might prep prunes for
> breakfast?"
>
Exellent stuff.
> Ginnie Redston
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=gi
nnie%20redston
>
> Couldn't operate newsreader correctly in 1999 so we can see her attempt to
> subscribe to an astrology mailing list. Sad stuff, sad stuff.
>
Heh.
> Mark Thakkar
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=ma
rk%20thakkar
>
> Flexi-style - as you've never seen him before!
>
Eh?
James
Becca Taylor
>>
>http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=b
e
>cca%20taylor
>>
>> alt.fan.michaela.strachan? Honestly!
>>
>
>Interesting selection of groups...
That was after my Strachan sighting at Birmingham New Street!
Becca
James Gregory
"Becca Taylor" <bec...@no.yahoo.spam.com> wrote in message
news:998599167.7389.0...@news.demon.co.uk...
There's also (admittedly relevantly) spamming/advertising in uk.rec.climbing
(I occasionally lurk there, never saw that though), France stuff, and Buffy
stuff.
James
Mark Thakkar
>> Mark Thakkar
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels
>> &as_uauthors=mark%20thakkar
>>
>> Flexi-style - as you've never seen him before!
>
> Eh?
I believe he's referring to my stint on alt.teens.poetry.and.stuff.
Not very good at poetry, that lot, but then neither am I. I typed
up one thing I'd written, but found it far more amusing to post
the output of a random poetry generator I found on the internet.
(It was a cut above the rest, I tell you.) Samples here:
An albatross descends from the alarmed Jesus,
Operating like a panda the situation fell to lethargic motives
It beat down upon the killer whale; it looked like a smashed piece
of toast.
Winky, the precise little wall flower smiled with a cherub grin
A chain moos noisily, but no one ever listens...
Dark palaces fall from the tangerine jellyfish
"Duck, you stupid mantis!" whispered Jesus, his voice gone.
Heads whip back when crushed against anvil-like beaks
Jesus gave his all, but lost bitter sweet to time.
=
Unknowing, the silent woman hid from the unimaginable
barrenness;
She swamped its empty eyes,
Radiant her longing silence heard distant echoes of them,
It longed to touch them.
Longingly it engulfed the silent woman.
It was touched by the sadness of her vastness.
=
I especially like the last line of the second one...
Mark.
--
Prosaic
Mark Thakkar
> I typed up one thing I'd written, but found it far more amusing
> to post the output of a random poetry generator I found on the
> internet. (It was a cut above the rest, I tell you.)
> [...]
> Unknowing, the silent woman hid from the unimaginable barrenness;
> She swamped its empty eyes,
> Radiant her longing silence heard distant echoes of them,
> It longed to touch them.
> Longingly it engulfed the silent woman.
> It was touched by the sadness of her vastness.
More amusing than the poem itself are the subsequent comments:
:: Too long of a line. Doesn't seem to make sense either...
:: Hmmm... Might just be that I'm reading it wrong..
:: [...]
:: This line makes no sense. Heard distant echos of them? Echos of
:: what? Sorry, but in C&C I give an honest point of view.
:
: It's called ambiguity. Look it up.
:
:: What was this poem supposed to be saying? Just curious..
:: I can't make head nor tail out of it...
And my favourite analyst:
"that's kind of an oxymoronic idea, isn't it?- unknowingly hiding
from something. the word "hiding" in itself suggests a
voluntary action.
should there be a comma after "radiant"? is radiant meant to
describe the "longing silence"? when i really look at what is
written, it seems that the "barrenness" has empty eyes, which are
producing some kind of noise which the "longing silence" is
hearing. is that what you meant to say?
now the silence longs to touch the barrenness's eyes??
i'm CONFUSED.
"sadness of her vastness" doesn't really work for me, though.
it's a little hard sounding, no?
this is one of the best poems i've read in this group yet.
:)
you have good potential as a writer, really. and this poem, in
my opinion, also has poetntial. you're using some really
interesting ideas, but it starts to get difficult with all the
abstraction. there really is no concrete image in the entire
poem, and i think this makes it a little out of reach...
just my opinion. :) "
Quite.
Mark.
--
Cruel, nor to be kind
Craig Fothergill
>> >knackers! :)
>>
>>
>>
>> What is a "macker"?
>
>I've absolutely no idea, maybe I should've used "mutt's nuts" instead.
>
> James
OK, what about the rest?
Josh Smith
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+-Re:+author:matthew+author:huntbach&hl=en
>
&safe=off&as_drrb=b&as_mind=29&as_minm=3&as_miny=1995&as_maxd=23&as_maxm=8&a
> s_maxy=1998&rnum=2&selm=6g01a5%24m5t%241%40beta.qmw.ac.uk
Incidentally MMH's post seemed a very reasonable appraisal of the problems
of Northern Ireland.
> What a fantastic post. And did you see the 313 post follow-up? AUA is a
real
> pussycat compared with the vicious tigers of SCI.
Not meaning to sound like I'm reminiscing (sp?) but AUA used to be
considerably more argumentative than it is now. Not sure if it was any
better informed, but it was certainly more vehement.
Josh
Ginnie Redston
Alex burbled
> Ginnie Redston
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_eq=re%3A%20alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=gi
nnie%20redston
>
> Couldn't operate newsreader correctly in 1999 so we can see her attempt to
> subscribe to an astrology mailing list. Sad stuff, sad stuff.
>
Still learning. Ah well at least (unlike James) you can spell my name
correctly.
Ginnie
James Gregory
Just a general ladishness.
James
Mark Thakkar
> Not meaning to sound like I'm reminiscing (sp?) but AUA used to
> be considerably more argumentative than it is now. Not sure if
> it was any better informed, but it was certainly more vehement.
Whenabouts?
Mark.
--
Spoiling
Mark Thakkar
>>>>> Craig Fothergill: Alcohol, great, lads! Good skills, class,
>>>>> the mackers knackers! :)
>>>>
>>>> What is a "macker"?
>>>
>>> I've absolutely no idea, maybe I should've used "mutt's nuts"
>>
>> OK, what about the rest?
>
> Just a general ladishness.
E.g. "And the other wicked thing me and me mates did at skool was
we completely trashed the place! Haaaa!"?
Mark.
Imran
<al...@asparagus.co.uk> wrote:
>Continuing the Google trawl of "what threads other people start outside AUA":
>
Incidently Google won't sure more then the first 1000 posts, so those
of us here with 1000+ posts are mostly safe.
On a slight tangental note in relation to another usenet thread on
aua:
If you want to find when a newsgroups was created you can find
newsgroup creation messages (from '92 onwards) at,
ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/control/
The alt.uk.a-levels creation message can be found at,
ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/control/alt/alt.uk.a-levels.Z
Imran (who's currently on his 6534th post :-)
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James Gregory
"Imran" <Imr...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:9m418u$9830$1...@ID-77162.news.dfncis.de...
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:35:13 +0100, Alex Warren
> <al...@asparagus.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Continuing the Google trawl of "what threads other people start outside
AUA":
> >
>
> Incidently Google won't sure more then the first 1000 posts, so those
> of us here with 1000+ posts are mostly safe.
>
What, once you go past 1000 they delete your oldest post with each new post
you make?
Or what?
James
Josh Smith
"Mark Thakkar" <mark.t...@balliol.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.15ef95cd7...@news.cis.dfn.de...
Do you remember Gerard Chappell?
Josh
Pete Bartlett
> Incidentally MMH's post seemed a very reasonable appraisal of the problems
> of Northern Ireland.
Yes the British Government /now/ has, or at least appears to those of us who
have nothing to do with the island of Ireland, a sensible and obvious policy
towards NI and has done since the AI agreement of 1985. Us youngsters tend
to be at a loss as to what all the fuss is about - not being around to
witness the actions of the British Governments of the 70s and before. People
who were directly affected don't forget that easily
> Not meaning to sound like I'm reminiscing (sp?) but AUA used to be
> considerably more argumentative than it is now. Not sure if it was any
> better informed, but it was certainly more vehement.
I think I was a lurker during the Golden Age. It was still tech-y and
oxbridge-y but more ppl were prepared to write sustained, lengthy arguments.
Pete Bartlett
He was right about most stuff. Your challenge, should you choose to accept
it, prove me wrong :).
A link to his posts:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=Gerald
%20Chappell
Pete
p.s. Whilst exploring this link I found an early James Gregory post opining
that AUA was going downhill: 2nd June 2000 (message 6 in the Last Ever Post
thread) Was it the first? :).
Chris Share
said....
>On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:35:13 +0100, Alex Warren
><al...@asparagus.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Continuing the Google trawl of "what threads other people start outside AUA":
>>
>
>Incidently Google won't sure more then the first 1000 posts, so those
>of us here with 1000+ posts are mostly safe.
Not to anyone with an armed and ready google advanced groups
search... filter by date.
Can get your earliest, posts, if they're archived.
chris (on his umm...2900ishth post)
Josh Smith
If he's such a lad he can buy a pint for Mark and yours truly next term ;-)
Josh
Chris Share
said....
>> considerably more argumentative than it is now. Not sure if it was any
>> better informed, but it was certainly more vehement.
>
>I think I was a lurker during the Golden Age. It was still tech-y and
>oxbridge-y but more ppl were prepared to write sustained, lengthy arguments.
I remember it used to have more big discussions/arguments about books
and politics and stuff...
And I STILL haven't read Catch 22. I will one day... eventually.
chris
Flexiblegoat
<james....@deletethis.btinternet.com> wrote:
>Anyone fancy posting some links to any really amusing posts they can find
>lying about on google?
>To start the ball rolling, here's a few (most by me, heh) about some of the
>regulars here...
>
>CD 1:
>
>Descriptions of peoples' writing style - James Gregory -
>http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&th=919ea36b1ac2ba9a,28&rnum=9
>&selm=8hrru0%243mtqf%241%40fu-berlin.de
>
>More descriptions of peoples' writing style - Flexiblegoat -
>http://groups.google.com/groups?start=10&hl=en&safe=off&th=919ea36b1ac2ba9a,
>28&rnum=16&selm=3942169c.4666873%40news.dircon.co.uk
>
>Description of a pubmeet in London - James Gregory -
>http://www.btinternet.com/~gregorywebpage/james/stuff/auapub.htm (why does
>google not seem to have this?)
>
>Urban folklore - Ginnie Redstone -
>http://www.btinternet.com/~gregorywebpage/james/stuff/engprof.htm
>
> James
I'm tempted to update my one.
paul
_
Its a buggy powered by my own sense of self-satisfaction
Josh Smith
> "Josh Smith" <jo...@journalism.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > "Mark Thakkar" <mark.t...@balliol.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.15ef95cd7...@news.cis.dfn.de...
> > > Josh,
> > >
> > > > Not meaning to sound like I'm reminiscing (sp?) but AUA used to
> > > > be considerably more argumentative than it is now. Not sure if
> > > > it was any better informed, but it was certainly more vehement.
> > >
> > > Whenabouts?
> >
> > Do you remember Gerald Chappell?
>
> He was right about most stuff. Your challenge, should you choose to accept
> it, prove me wrong :).
Well, he had quite an original view on things. I seem to remember leaping to
his defence as you have now, since his opinions were somewhat controversial
but well reasoned.
> A link to his posts:
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=alt.uk.a-levels&as_uauthors=Gerald
%20Chappell
>
> Pete
>
> p.s. Whilst exploring this link I found an early James Gregory post
opining
> that AUA was going downhill: 2nd June 2000 (message 6 in the Last Ever
Post
> thread) Was it the first? :).
Er. No. It has actually improved a little since then ;-p
Josh
Mark Thakkar
>> More descriptions of peoples' writing style - Flexiblegoat -
>
> I'm tempted to update my one.
Go for it - a bit of controversy never went amiss.
Mark.
Imran
<ch...@caesium.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 23:49:12 +0100, Imran(Imr...@btinternet.com)
>said....
>>On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:35:13 +0100, Alex Warren
>><al...@asparagus.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Continuing the Google trawl of "what threads other people start outside AUA":
>>>
>>
>>Incidently Google won't sure more then the first 1000 posts, so those
>>of us here with 1000+ posts are mostly safe.
>
>Not to anyone with an armed and ready google advanced groups
>search... filter by date.
Yep, your right, I thought they were running the same software
backend as deja but apparently they aren't.
>Can get your earliest, posts, if they're archived.
A lot(about 4k) of my early posts were to btinternet.* internal
newsgroups so I doubt anyone except BTinternet has an archive.
Imran
Matthew M. Huntbach
> JHP: Says "LOL!" to anything even vaguley humorous. Also seems to have an
> endless supply of minor witticsisms of his own.
Goes with the job. Being a teacher means you can use the same witticisms
every year. I only have two, though, and I have forgotten what they are,
but I will remember when the appropriate point comes up in my course.
Matthew Huntbach
Matthew M. Huntbach
> "Pete Bartlett" <pc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >
> >
> &safe=off&as_drrb=b&as_mind=29&as_minm=3&as_miny=1995&as_maxd=23&as_maxm=8&a
> > s_maxy=1998&rnum=2&selm=6g01a5%24m5t%241%40beta.qmw.ac.uk
> Incidentally MMH's post seemed a very reasonable appraisal of the problems
> of Northern Ireland.
Yes, I used to post a lot of reasonable stuff to soc.culture.irish, and
was generally abused as some sort of raving British imperialist in
response. Mostly by Americans who thought they were Irish because their
great-great-grandfather came from Ireland, but also by a strange chap
called Greig Carlin (who also uses an awful lot of psuedonyms) who to
this day sometimes tracks me down to abuse me. He turned up once in AUA
to abuse me.
Matthew Huntbach
Simon Pearson
<bec...@no.yahoo.spam.com> of blathered on about:
>
>-------------
>>|Flexiblegoat|
>>-------------
>>Becca: welsh, rarely sober.
>>
>
>
>Is that what you think of me? Funny - everyone who meets me says 'you
>haven't got a welsh accent' and immediately writes me off as non-welsh, and
>lots of people think I'm a real alcoholic! :)
hah, everyone I meet is really disappointed that I don't sound all
pobl y cwm. it must be a wrexham-ish thing.
Simon
--
mail:: simon at fneh dot net
web:: http://simon.fneh.net
Matthew M. Huntbach
> "Josh Smith" <jo...@journalism.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> Incidentally MMH's post seemed a very reasonable appraisal of the
>> problems of Northern Ireland.
> Yes the British Government /now/ has, or at least appears to those of us
> who have nothing to do with the island of Ireland, a sensible and obvious
> policy towards NI and has done since the AI agreement of 1985. Us
> youngsters tend to be at a loss as to what all the fuss is about - not
> being around to witness the actions of the British Governments of the 70s
> and before. People who were directly affected don't forget that easily
You do mean the 1670s, don't you?
Matthew Huntbach
Simon Pearson
<bec...@no.yahoo.spam.com> of blathered on about:
>>> alt.fan.michaela.strachan? Honestly!
>>>
>>
>>Interesting selection of groups...
>
>
>That was after my Strachan sighting at Birmingham New Street!
ooo! if only i'd known about that newsgroup before! i saw her in
cambridge last year and shouted to her :P
also: i resent being misrepresented as a one-sided alcoholic who does
nothing but get drunk in llangollen. but seeing as it is largely true,
i suppose there's not much i can do about it. grr.
Alex Warren
> >Can get your earliest, posts, if they're archived.
>
> A lot(about 4k) of my early posts were to btinternet.* internal
> newsgroups so I doubt anyone except BTinternet has an archive.
Well, thank god nobody has the slightest interest in reading them, eh.
Alex
--
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Imran
<al...@asparagus.co.uk> wrote:
>Imran wrote:
>
>> >Can get your earliest, posts, if they're archived.
>>
>> A lot(about 4k) of my early posts were to btinternet.* internal
>> newsgroups so I doubt anyone except BTinternet has an archive.
>
>Well, thank god nobody has the slightest interest in reading them, eh.
Depends on your point of view, most of the messages would only be
temporarily useful. But the amount of computer-problem posts on
usenet prove very useful when searching for other people who have had
the same problem as you and may have found a solution. It's a shame
that a lot of ISP/uni/org internal newsgroups aren't publically
archived so a lot of useful posts get lost.
Niall Saville
wrote:
>Depends on your point of view, most of the messages would only be
>temporarily useful. But the amount of computer-problem posts on
>usenet prove very useful when searching for other people who have had
>the same problem as you and may have found a solution. It's a shame
>that a lot of ISP/uni/org internal newsgroups aren't publically
>archived so a lot of useful posts get lost.
As amount of information -> oo, P(finding an answer to the problem in
less time than it would have taken you to fix it yourself) -> 0.
--
If you can't trust anyone:
"try pseudo-trust. like a compromise" ..sachi
Imran
Saville) wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 18:01:04 +0100, Imran <Imr...@btinternet.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Depends on your point of view, most of the messages would only be
>>temporarily useful. But the amount of computer-problem posts on
>>usenet prove very useful when searching for other people who have had
>>the same problem as you and may have found a solution. It's a shame
>>that a lot of ISP/uni/org internal newsgroups aren't publically
>>archived so a lot of useful posts get lost.
>
>As amount of information -> oo, P(finding an answer to the problem in
>less time than it would have taken you to fix it yourself) -> 0.
Yes but we have google :-)
Surely the data (in an optimum system) would take log2 'amount of
information' of checks in order to get the required data, so as long
as technology keeps increasing the number of checks/second possible
faster then the growth of information we'll be alright ?
smurf
could anyone forget?
Craig Fothergill
>
>Josh
Oh, geez.....
Now look what you did, James. :-)
Craig Fothergill
>we completely trashed the place! Haaaa!"?
Grrrr....
I never said that.
Pete Bartlett
> Imran wrote:
>
> > >Can get your earliest, posts, if they're archived.
> >
> > A lot(about 4k) of my early posts were to btinternet.* internal
> > newsgroups so I doubt anyone except BTinternet has an archive.
>
> Well, thank god nobody has the slightest interest in reading them, eh.
You seem particularly angry at the moment, Alex. Is everything alright?
Pete
Pete Bartlett
I bet you know what tit cricket is though.
Pete
Gaurav Sharma
Alex is always angry. I reckon he misses adam already.
--
====================
Gaurav Sharma
Alex Warren
> > Well, thank god nobody has the slightest interest in reading them, eh.
>
> You seem particularly angry at the moment, Alex. Is everything alright?
In pseudo-Sachi-speak, fortunately my Usenet personality is just a variable
subset of my actual personality, and my moods on here are entirely conjured up
on a whim, and are nothing much to do with the outside world.
Anger is rarely the cause of my being argumentative or insulting.
Gaurav Sharma
Check out my new siggy.
Do you think they could kick me off for using it?
--
Gaurav Sharma
===============
Gaurav Sharma does not give a fuck what you think. If you don't like
it, you can suck his fucking cock. Little did you know, upon opening
this post you have just kissed his ass. Gaurav Sharma is fed up with
your shit and he's going to kill you.
Alex Warren
> Alex is always angry.
Dammit, I'm hardly ever angry. Anger never solves anything. Being an
argumentative bastard does, and is quite fun as well.
> I reckon he misses adam already.
I didn't even realise he'd gone.
Alex Warren
> Check out my new siggy.
> Gaurav Sharma does not give a fuck what you think. If you don't like
> it, you can suck his fucking cock. Little did you know, upon opening
> this post you have just kissed his ass. Gaurav Sharma is fed up with
> your shit and he's going to kill you.
As long as you don't use it when sending an email to your mum or anything.
Simon Pearson
<lis.wo...@btinternet.com> of BT Internet blathered on about:
>> > Josh,
>> >
>> > > Not meaning to sound like I'm reminiscing (sp?) but AUA used to
>> > > be considerably more argumentative than it is now. Not sure if
>> > > it was any better informed, but it was certainly more vehement.
>> >
>> > Whenabouts?
>>
>> Do you remember Gerard Chappell?
>
>could anyone forget?
>
He was great fun. An arse, but fun, nonetheless.
Andy Tucker
"Simon Pearson" <simo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1mhdotgm953bph5v3...@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 20:27:09 +0100, "smurf"
> <lis.wo...@btinternet.com> of BT Internet blathered on about:
>
> >> > Josh,
> >> >
> >> > > Not meaning to sound like I'm reminiscing (sp?) but AUA used to
> >> > > be considerably more argumentative than it is now. Not sure if
> >> > > it was any better informed, but it was certainly more vehement.
> >> >
> >> > Whenabouts?
> >>
> >> Do you remember Gerard Chappell?
> >
> >could anyone forget?
> >
>
> He was great fun. An arse, but fun, nonetheless.
>
Unlike Kevin Shirtlifter - an arse, but not fun.
Andy
Imran
<omark...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Imran Gahfoor is your real name ! :-)
1) Snip replies
2) Don't top post
3) WTF ?
Imran
<omark...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Imran <Imr...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>news:9m6m94$mc03$1...@ID-77162.news.dfncis.de...
>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 21:29:44 +0100, "Omar Khan"
>> <omark...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Imran Gahfoor is your real name ! :-)
>>
>> 1) Snip replies
>> 2) Don't top post
>> 3) WTF ?
>
>Is it true or not?
No it isn't true.
Gaurav Sharma
> Gaurav Sharma wrote:
>
> > Check out my new siggy.
>
> > Gaurav Sharma does not give a fuck what you think. If you don't like
> > it, you can suck his fucking cock. Little did you know, upon opening
> > this post you have just kissed his ass. Gaurav Sharma is fed up with
> > your shit and he's going to kill you.
>
> As long as you don't use it when sending an email to your mum or anything.
>
>
>
>
> Alex
>
!
--
Gaurav Sharma
===============
Gaurav Sharma
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 02:34:14 +0100, "Omar Khan"
> <omark...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >Imran <Imr...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> >news:9m6m94$mc03$1...@ID-77162.news.dfncis.de...
> >> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 21:29:44 +0100, "Omar Khan"
> >> <omark...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Imran Gahfoor is your real name ! :-)
> >>
> >> 1) Snip replies
> >> 2) Don't top post
> >> 3) WTF ?
> >
> >Is it true or not?
>
> No it isn't true.
>
> Imran
> --
I reckon it's Imran Geoffrayzey
--
Gaurav Sharma
===============
Becca Taylor
>
>Pete
The mind boggles..
Speaking of boggling (wait for it..) has anyone seen the advert on the tube
which is for gender morphing or something (I think it's for a tourist
attraction) where there's a guy in the first picture and then what's
supposed to be the guy with his face and, ahem, upper torso moulded into a
girl's characteristics... lets just say his eyes are popping out of their
sockets so he's obviously noticed the main change!
Noone's going to understand a word of that... go on the tube everyone -
you'll see!
Becca
Pete Bartlett
> >I bet you know what tit cricket is though.
> >
> >Pete
>
> The mind boggles..
It's relatively innocent though rather sad. I'll let Craig tell you when he
sobers up :)
> Speaking of boggling (wait for it..) has anyone seen the advert on the
tube
> which is for gender morphing or something (I think it's for a tourist
> attraction) where there's a guy in the first picture and then what's
> supposed to be the guy with his face and, ahem, upper torso moulded into a
> girl's characteristics... lets just say his eyes are popping out of their
> sockets so he's obviously noticed the main change!
>
> Noone's going to understand a word of that... go on the tube everyone -
> you'll see!
Or go to the Science Museum. I think the gender-bending bit is part of the
new exhibition that opened this year (?). Course the Sci sqrt(M) (as it
calls itself on the posters) is right next to Imperial. Why not make a day
of it?
> Becca
>
>
Becca Taylor
>new exhibition that opened this year (?). Course the Sci sqrt(M) (as it
>calls itself on the posters) is right next to Imperial. Why not make a day
>of it?
What... goggling at boobs at Imperial as well as at the Sci Museum?!
Becca
Pete Bartlett
> >Or go to the Science Museum. I think the gender-bending bit is part of
You are some sort of boob-obsessive! The noble institution that is the Sci
Musem is about much more than boobs... you can make yourself look older and
stuff too!
Seriously though the Museum is pretty good IMO.. better than the Natural
History. (caveat visitor: Been a couple of years since I actually went to
either of these and they can change pretty good).
Can't think of anything you could do at Imperial off-hand... visit hordes of
AUA-ers maybe?
Pete
Becca Taylor
>> Becca
>
>You are some sort of boob-obsessive!
You were the one who said that we should visit the exhibition at the science
museum so that blokes could grow boobs and then "ake a day of it" by
visiting Imperial.. I merely interpreted this as your suggestion that one
could make a day of boob watching...
This is all getting a bit complicated now.
Becca
Gaurav Sharma
I don't get it, what constitutes "visiting Imperial"? Just wondering
really. And I'm on coke at the moment so might be asking a
stupid/pointless/crap question. Apologising in advance.
--
====================
Gaurav Sharma
Pete Bartlett
"Becca Taylor" <bec...@no.yahoo.spam.com> wrote in message
> >> What... goggling at boobs at Imperial as well as at the Sci Museum?!
> >> Becca
> >
> >You are some sort of boob-obsessive!
>
> You were the one who said that we should visit the exhibition at the
science
> museum so that blokes could grow boobs and then "ake a day of it" by
> visiting Imperial.. I merely interpreted this as your suggestion that one
> could make a day of boob watching...
Indeed I was the one who suggested going to the SciM and I stand by that.
But /you/ were the concentrated on the booby aspect of it all. I wouldn't do
such a thing (not without sunglasses on anyway :). Believe it or not there
is more in changing from a man to a woman than whacking a pair of knockers
down your T-Shirt! Also they can make you look old. And that's in just one
wing of the Museum. There are other wings too!
As for the Imperial thing... well any excuse to mention Imperial - all part
of the masterplan to change the balance of power in aua. In fact I don't
think there is a lot for the general public to do at Imperial (if I'm wrong
correct me, Imperial ppl) so if you really wanted to make a day of it - "It"
firmly stated as being a Day Out in Kensington rather than anything else -
then maybe go to a Prom at the Albert Hall, tho' coming to the end of the
run now so don't know if there any tickets left, or go to the Natural
History Museum or go to the V&A Museum. Just a short walk across the park
and you can see where Diana used to live and the men with guns at the
Israeli embassy and just up the road from there for this weekend only is the
Notting Hill Carnival!
Imperial is where it's at!
> This is all getting a bit complicated now.
Never underestimate the power of sad man to prolong any conversation
involving boobs.
Pete
Pete Bartlett
> I don't get it, what constitutes "visiting Imperial"? Just wondering
> really. And I'm on coke at the moment so might be asking a
> stupid/pointless/crap question. Apologising in advance.
I think you have to kiss the tarmac when you get there but I don't know what
else you do.
Btw, coke or Coke?
Pete
Pete Bartlett
> Never underestimate the power of sad man to prolong any conversation
> involving boobs.
Scratch that. I of course meant "Never underestimate the power of sad little
boys to..."
Pete
Gaurav Sharma
:O
Coca Cola.
--
====================
Gaurav Sharma Does Not Take Drugs, M'kay.
James Gregory
> >> What... goggling at boobs at Imperial as well as at the Sci Museum?!
> >> Becca
> >
> >You are some sort of boob-obsessive!
>
> You were the one who said that we should visit the exhibition at the
science
> museum so that blokes could grow boobs and then "ake a day of it" by
> visiting Imperial.. I merely interpreted this as your suggestion that one
> could make a day of boob watching...
>
I would have thought that Imperial College of Science and Technology
probably has a lower concentartion of boobs than anywhere else in London,
unless there's a monastery left over somewhere still.
James
Pete Bartlett
"James Gregory"
> I would have thought that Imperial College of Science and Technology
> probably has a lower concentartion of boobs than anywhere else in London,
> unless there's a monastery left over somewhere still.
>
> James
Houses of Parliament?
Gaurav Sharma
"James Gregory" <james....@deletethis.btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:9mb8th$198qn$1...@ID-34718.news.dfncis.de...
Actually, it's called Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.
--
====================
Imperial Fanboy
James Gregory
Heh.
But what about all the secretaries?
James
Craig Fothergill
>>
>> The mind boggles..
>
>It's relatively innocent though rather sad. I'll let Craig tell you when he
>sobers up :)
OK, Saturday's slightly sozzled posts were nothing, *nothing*, compared to
the horrors of last night. Moving from the alcopops to the whisky was a
very silly idea and I paid the price - I was very ill. :-( No hangover
though (just trying to make Pete jealous - lol!).
So anyway, in future I will drink nothing but fizzy pop. And as part of my
new image - the innocent little cherub of aua (but not so chubby) - I refuse
to give any accounts of tit-cricket in this forum. I will leave it to Pete,
who over the duration of this thread has garnered the new image "Old Perv of
aua"...
:-p
Craig
Pete Bartlett
"Craig Fothergill" <cr...@cfhome.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> >"tit cricket"
> >>
> >> The mind boggles..
> >
> >It's relatively innocent though rather sad. I'll let Craig tell you when
he
> >sobers up :)
> OK, Saturday's slightly sozzled posts were nothing, *nothing*, compared to
> the horrors of last night. Moving from the alcopops to the whisky was a
> very silly idea and I paid the price - I was very ill. :-( No hangover
> though (just trying to make Pete jealous - lol!).
Never drink when you have to get up at a definite time the next day and you
never get a hangover. Just sleep it off. Works for me anyway.
> So anyway, in future I will drink nothing but fizzy pop. And as part of
my
> new image - the innocent little cherub of aua (but not so chubby) - I
refuse
> to give any accounts of tit-cricket in this forum. I will leave it to
Pete,
> who over the duration of this thread has garnered the new image "Old Perv
of
> aua"...
This suggests that you know what tc is as I originally guessed. Woo woo woo
<\Chandler dance>
What've I written that's pervy, eh?
Craig Fothergill
my
>> new image - the innocent little cherub of aua (but not so chubby) - I
refuse
>> to give any accounts of tit-cricket in this forum. I will leave it to
Pete,
>> who over the duration of this thread has garnered the new image "Old Perv
of
>> aua"...
>
>This suggests that you know what tc is as I originally guessed. Woo woo woo
><\Chandler dance>
Please stop it. Friends is such a crap show.... :-/
>What've I written that's pervy, eh?
The Boob Thread.
Craig
Pete Bartlett
>
> The Boob Thread.
>
THAT WAS BECCA!!!
Becca Taylor
>>
>> The Boob Thread.
>>
>
>THAT WAS BECCA!!!
In a round about sort of way I did start that thread... but you were the one
who suggested continuing the boob adventure in the science museum at
Imperial! :)
I'm going to stop this argument now as I'm going away and won't be able to
argue back!
Becca
Pete Bartlett
> >>
> >> The Boob Thread.
> >>
> >
> >THAT WAS BECCA!!!
>
>
> In a round about sort of way I did start that thread... but you were the
one
> who suggested continuing the boob adventure in the science museum at
> Imperial! :)
Deliberate mis-representation of me again! At no time did I suggest going to
Imperial for that purpose. Indeed as James pointed out that would be an
absurd thing to suggest. I shall issue a writ to await your return and then
drink champagne in the manner of Christine Hamilton.
"The Best a Man Can Get" by John O'Farrell is a very funny holiday book if
your boyfriend is still looking for something btw.
Pete
Kath783
>"The Best a Man Can Get" by John O'Farrell is a very funny holiday book if
>your boyfriend is still looking for something btw.
>
I loved that book. It made me laugh out loud in many places. I think I
prefered 'Things can only get better' though although it did tail off towards
the end.
Katy
Flexiblegoat
Or he could try books that don't sound like either Gillette adverts or
Labour election campaigns.
paul
_
Its a buggy powered by my own sense of self-satisfaction
Ian/Cath Ford
(Flexiblegoat) wrote:
>On 29 Aug 2001 19:09:21 GMT, kat...@aol.com (Kath783) wrote:
>
>>Pete Bartlett wrote:
>>
>>>"The Best a Man Can Get" by John O'Farrell is a very funny holiday book if
>>>your boyfriend is still looking for something btw.
>>
>>I loved that book. It made me laugh out loud in many places. I think I
>>prefered 'Things can only get better' though although it did tail off towards
>>the end.
>
>Or he could try books that don't sound like either Gillette adverts or
>Labour election campaigns.
Unfortunatly that's rather the point of both books Paul! I'm kind of
assuming you didn't read them yet? :-) Both are pretty cool - TBAMCG
is full of useful ideas in my opinion :-)
Ian
--
Ian, Cath & Eoin Ford
The view from Beccles
"I love you/I am the milkman of human kindness;
I will leave an extra pint"
You know what to do: delete the dots but leave the .s to reply to us.
JHP
>
>
> Not meaning to sound like I'm reminiscing (sp?) but AUA used to be
> considerably more argumentative than it is now. Not sure if it was any
> better informed, but it was certainly more vehement.
>
> Josh
>
>
No it ****ing wasn't, you lame excuse for a +++*** blind-^77ing smerg..
John
Gaurav Sharma
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wAeRZZZ RulEZ!!!!!!!!!!!
Josh Smith
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> >
> >
Oh -- I couldn't possible agree more! How right you are John!
Josh
JHP
Josh Smith <jo...@journalism.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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There you go, we've completely lost our capacity for sustained argument.
Tsk.
John
Ginnie Redston
and sheepiness in Notts and Cam was hilarious. Good vintage aua.
:>)
Ginnie
Pete Bartlett
> Well, I thought this week's scrap over the respective degrees of geekiness
> and sheepiness in Notts and Cam was hilarious. Good vintage aua.
> :>)
As a participant in that debate I totally lost sight of what I was trying to
say. I jolly well know I was right though, whatever it was :-).
Pete
JHP
Pete Bartlett <pc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Oh no you weren't............
John