R.E.M. Code

[Peter Richardson]

Why haven't we got a R.E.M. fan code system for our .sigs yet?
Maybe we could do something like this (fictious example):

remf: fmPB a31 fsSCR faOOT 1aMUR 1sRFE fyr14 h6'11 fl mh
aoCTMUREFAPADOGROOAUMO trRWM htATH,GA ft10

Meaning (provisional v0.1):
_favourtie _member: Peter Buck
_age: 31
_favourite _song: Southern Central Rain
_favourite _album: Out Of Time
_1st _album bought: Murmur
_1st _single bought: Radio Free Europe
_fan _yea_rs (number): 14 yrs
_height standing on R.E.M. CD collection: 6'11"
_fables _lover: If you like Fables
_monster _hater: If you hate Monster
[these two could also be fh or ml or left out]
_albums _owned: from 2 letter album code:
CT Chronic Town,
MU Murmur,
RE Reckoning,
FA Fables,
PA Pageant,
DO Document,
GR Green,
OO Out Of Time,
AU Automatic,
MO Monster.
_tou_rs seen: Reconstruction, Work, Monster etc.
_home _town: Athens, GA
_fan _type: from 'Official Rem Grading sYstem' (orgy)
10 "I bought Bills Aunty a Pizza in Lichenstein"
9 "I've got a photocopy of the Warners Bro. contract"
8 "Wanted: Black Rickenbacker"
7 "What do ya mean? I like my head shaved!"
6 "Do you like my new Tour T-shirt?"
5 "I have all the albums"
4 "I bought OOT and I've loved them ever since."
3 "Have you listend to this? It's called Automatic..."
2 "What's the name of that song again? Losing my???"
1 "Who is Michael Stipe?"
0 "r.e.m. sucks" ie The Uneducated

What about it? Anybody else have any other ideas?
I'm sure its absolutely neccassary for the benefit of all readers to
rmr ;-)

Pete

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remf: fmPB a20 fsEH faAFTP 1aGRE 1sOC fyr8 h8'8 fl ml
aoCTMUREFAPADOGROOAUMO tr$! htLEI,UK ft10
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[Mumbler192]

>this kind of a thing is a silly, but pretty good way for newbies to
>introduce themselves to the newsgroup. anyone else? julie

I think he was joking...
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[jawa...@uga.cc.uga.edu]

In article <1995Nov30.1...@ciba-geigy.ch>

so mine would be:

remf: FM/jms A/33 FS+FA/??? 1STLP/mu FY/13 ... FL!!
AO/all TR/reck-pag-doc HT/current: athens, ga/original: saginaw, mi
FT:
a few suggestions:
11: i moved to athens for the great weather (sarcasm & true)
12: orange circus peanuts or green lint?
13: (more sarcasm) i long for the good ol' hair days when MEM
blow-dried his & JMS's was long & curly...;))
14: i met (insert appropriate name) and this is the story.

[L.M. Tombs]

Hmm, yeah, maybe!

remf: fmMS a18 fsD faAFTP 1aBO 1sEH fyr6 h7 fl ml
aoMUREFAPADOGROOAUMO trM htNOT,UK ft473