Teletubbies
Dale Brashers
that parents should be careful when they buy the
new teletubbies. He said, one tele-tubby (Tinky Winky)
is purple, has a triangle on his head, and carries a purse
even though it has a male voice--therefore it must be gay.
The makers of the toy responded "It's not a purse--
it's a magic bag!"
Dale
Linda Yanney
I <heart> the Teletubbies. There, that proves it. However, I don't have
a favorite Teletubby, so I guess I'm a biteletubby.
I'm fond of the Rug Rats, too.
The dinosaurs (The Land that Time Forgot) I hate.
Lj, who notes that promos for these videos are on a loop that plays on
Target's TVs, so she hears the theme songs about 50 times a day. Along
with Celine Dion and the Bee Gees. Euw. Or Celine and Luciano. Bigger
euw.
FJ!!
Linda Yanney <lya...@arthur.avalon.net> wrote:
>biteletubby.
Inspector Clouseau moment: "Bite le tubby! Bite it! Bite le tubby!"
FJ!!
<buft> U DONT KNOW HIS WAIST SIZXE AND U R MEETING HIM FOR A DATE??? -- on irc
Chris Ambidge
>>The reverend Jerry Flaw-well announced yesterday
>>that parents should be careful when they buy the
>>new teletubbies. He said, one tele-tubby (Tinky Winky)
>>is purple, has a triangle on his head, and carries a purse
>>even though it has a male voice--therefore it must be gay.
>>
>>The makers of the toy responded "It's not a purse--
>>it's a magic bag!"
yes, right, and Po (the smallest, red one) has
a scooter. I guess that makes her a dyke-on-a-bike.
to be fair, I don't think it was Fall-well who originated
this vicious, unprovoked nastiness -- I read something
about UK university students having a cult following for
the teletubbies, and they were also speculating that
Tinky-Winky was gay. The difference was the university
students didn't see this as something bad, whereas
Mr Falwell clearly does.
It's also Po who got into hot water when the talking version
was accused of saying "faggot, faggot". [the makers
responded that this was some non-English (?mandarin??) word
meaning 'faster, faster', again in reference to her scooter.]
I'm also rather fond of the teletubbies, as you may have guessed.
[linda]
>I <heart> the Teletubbies. There, that proves it. However, I don't have
>a favorite Teletubby, so I guess I'm a biteletubby.
but it's not as if you have two teletubbies (by analogy to
two sexes of potential partners) to choose from, so why "bi"?
There are four of 'em -- does this make you quadroteletubby?
tetrateletubby? or mayhap (weasel-out option) omniteletubby?
Chris
again! again!
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Peggy Fieland
Dale Brashers <dbra...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>The reverend Jerry Flaw-well ...
>said, one tele-tubby (Tinky Winky)
>is purple, has a triangle on his head, and carries a purse
>even though it has a male voice--therefore it must be gay.
Are they going to go after Barney next? After all, he's purple too.
Peggy
Allister H. Huggins
wrote:
>The reverend Jerry Flaw-well announced yesterday
>that parents should be careful when they buy the
>new teletubbies. He said, one tele-tubby (Tinky Winky)
>is purple, has a triangle on his head, and carries a purse
>even though it has a male voice--therefore it must be gay.
>
>The makers of the toy responded "It's not a purse--
>it's a magic bag!"
Actually this isn't the first time Tinky Winky has been
accused of being gay. Personally, I liked the producer's response that
I read in Ms. magazine.
"There is no boy on this planet who hasn't carried his
mother's handbag around..."
Allister H.
Ellen Evans
>I <heart> the Teletubbies. There, that proves it. However, I don't have
>a favorite Teletubby, so I guess I'm a biteletubby.
I looked at this and saw bite-le-tubby.
Kinky.
--
Ellen Evans 17 Across: The "her" of "Leave Her to Heaven"
je...@netcom.com New York Times, 7/14/96
Richard Jasper
Wasn't one of them (the tubbies, that is) accused of saying "faggot,
faggot" a few months back? Turned out he was saying "fidit, fidit," or
something, which was something (Chinese?) for "go, go!"?
-- rpj
Linda Yanney
>
>Are they going to go after Barney next? After all, he's purple too.
It's already been shown that Barney is evil.
lj
Linda Yanney
That was a Furby.
Hey, aren't you supposed to be the childhood authority? See what happens
when you abandon your responsibility and it's taken up by barren,
child-hating lesbians!
lj
Joe G.
>On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 10:07:24 -0500, dbra...@uiuc.edu (Dale Brashers)
>wrote:
<snip>
>>The makers of the toy responded "It's not a purse--
>>it's a magic bag!"
Allister H. Huggins wrote in message
<36c205fa...@news2.idirect.com>...
> Actually this isn't the first time Tinky Winky has been
>accused of being gay. Personally, I liked the producer's response that
>I read in Ms. magazine.
> "There is no boy on this planet who hasn't carried his
>mother's handbag around..."
>
>Allister H.
LOL! I can totally relate.
I've only watched Teletubbies a few times and my first impression was that
it was created by a few people who had used LSD in their younger days. This
is especially true when watching without the sound on. Very
psychedelic-like.
I've never used it myself, but one of my pals, who is now home all day being
preggie, and who used LSD in her college years, agrees that it has this
effect on her, too.
I've heard of folks watching the program while listening to old Pink Floyd
albums.
If anyone has the patience: which character is which as far as name, that
sort of thing (these creatures actually have names, too??). Thanks.
Joe
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Gromit
<jmg7...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> >On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 10:07:24 -0500, dbra...@uiuc.edu (Dale Brashers)
> >wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >>The makers of the toy responded "It's not a purse--
> >>it's a magic bag!"
>
> Allister H. Huggins wrote in message
> <36c205fa...@news2.idirect.com>...
>
>
> > Actually this isn't the first time Tinky Winky has been
> >accused of being gay. Personally, I liked the producer's response that
> >I read in Ms. magazine.
> > "There is no boy on this planet who hasn't carried his
> >mother's handbag around..."
> >
> >Allister H.
>
>
> LOL! I can totally relate.
>
> I've only watched Teletubbies a few times and my first impression was that
> it was created by a few people who had used LSD in their younger days. This
> is especially true when watching without the sound on. Very
> psychedelic-like.
Without the sound you can't truly appreciate the baby-in-the-sun,
which is my favorite part of the Teletubbies.
Children love it, apparently even if they're not familiar with it.
Timberwoof
dbra...@uiuc.edu (Dale Brashers) wrote:
> The reverend Jerry Flaw-well announced yesterday
> that parents should be careful when they buy the
> new teletubbies. He said, one tele-tubby (Tinky Winky)
> is purple, has a triangle on his head, and carries a purse
> even though it has a male voice--therefore it must be gay.
>
> The makers of the toy responded "It's not a purse--
> it's a magic bag!"
>
>
> Dale
http://www.lumpynet.freeserve.co.uk/tubby.html
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John Fisher <jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <36c205fa...@news2.idirect.com>, "Allister H. Huggins"
><hug...@idirect.com> writes
>> Actually this isn't the first time Tinky Winky has been
>>accused of being gay. Personally, I liked the producer's response that
>>I read in Ms. magazine.
>> "There is no boy on this planet who hasn't carried his
>>mother's handbag around..."
>
His father's whisky bottle, maybe.
I don't think Falwell's father was the gun-owning type,
mainly due to poverty. As I recall, Falwell -was- quite
the godless juvenile delinquent in his youth, though.
Isn't it nice the way some things don't change?
Ken.
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John Fisher
<g...@panix.com> writes
>Without the sound you can't truly appreciate the baby-in-the-sun,
>which is my favorite part of the Teletubbies.
>
>Children love it, apparently even if they're not familiar with it.
A four-year-old I know completely freaks when the sun-baby appears. She
screams and hides behind the sofa.
The Teletubbies is really *very* odd, when you think about it. Here are
these four aliens, living in a park with flowers and rabbits, obeying
without question instructions from loudspeakers which rise out of the
ground...
--
John Fisher jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk jo...@epcc.ed.ac.uk
John Fisher
>If anyone has the patience: which character is which as far as name, that
>sort of thing (these creatures actually have names, too??). Thanks.
In decreasing order of size, they are Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, La-la and Po.
The intelligent vacuum cleaner is called The Noo-noo.
John Fisher
<hug...@idirect.com> writes
> Actually this isn't the first time Tinky Winky has been
>accused of being gay. Personally, I liked the producer's response that
>I read in Ms. magazine.
> "There is no boy on this planet who hasn't carried his
>mother's handbag around..."
Falwell probably carried his father's Mauser around.
--
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David W. Fenton
: Are they going to go after Barney next? After all, he's purple too.
One can only hope.
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Jeffrey William McKeough
John Fisher <jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>The Teletubbies is really *very* odd, when you think about it. Here are
>these four aliens, living in a park with flowers and rabbits, obeying
>without question instructions from loudspeakers which rise out of the
>ground...
THEY RIPPED OFF STAR TREK IV!
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newsserver I've ever seen." -Andi Merrell
Jeffrey William McKeough
The Morph on the Other Side of the Mirror <g...@panix.com> wrote:
>
>No, it wasn't. It was Po, the little red Teletubby. She also says
>something that sounds like "bite my butt"[0], and "Biiiig cock!"[1]It
>was Po, the little red Teletubby.
And this is Dvora's impression of what happens when you squeeze Po,
the little red Teletubby, after she's already gone through all her
utterances.
>[0] aside to jeff: did we ever decide what that really was?
I dunno. Sounds like "bite my butt" to me, but then the sound was too
fuzzy for me to figure out that the other thing was supposed to be
Chinese.
Ellen Evans
Gromit <g...@panix.com> wrote:
[the sun-baby]
>Children love it, apparently even if they're not familiar with it.
At a certain point, babies all appear to be fascinated by pictures of
other babies. It seems to be about the same time they are figuring out
mirrors.
Gromit
the Other Side of the Mirror) wrote:
> g...@panix.com (Gromit) writes:
>
> >Without the sound you can't truly appreciate the baby-in-the-sun,
> >which is my favorite part of the Teletubbies.
>
> *shudder*
>
> the baby-in-the-sun is just plain creepy...
The hotel where I stayed in London at the beginning
and the end of my time there had TVs that you used as
alarm clocks. There's nothing like waking up to
that baby-giggle to let you know what sort of day
it's going to be.
D Lewis
>The makers of the toy responded "It's not a purse--
>it's a magic bag!"
(But do they only come in purple???)
Alex Elliott
>
>>[0] aside to jeff: did we ever decide what that really was?
>
>I dunno. Sounds like "bite my butt" to me, but then the sound was too
>fuzzy for me to figure out that the other thing was supposed to be
>Chinese.
It's also Chinese. "Faggot! Faggot!" is supposed to be Cantonese for
"Faster! Faster!" and "bite my butt" is supposed to be Cantones for "slow
slow slow".
Alex.
scott...@my-dejanews.com
lya...@arthur.avalon.net (Linda Yanney) wrote:
> Peggy Fieland <pfie...@spot.sw.stratus.com> wrote:
> >
> >Are they going to go after Barney next? After all, he's purple too.
>
Falwell was on Good Morning America today. They asked him this question.
Falwell didn't answer, but quoted the Blade and the Village Voice stories from
several months ago about outting the teletubbie.
Falwell has no sense of humor.
Scott, who saw Gods and Monsters last night
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> The Teletubbies is really *very* odd, when you think about it. Here are
> these four aliens, living in a park with flowers and rabbits, obeying
> without question instructions from loudspeakers which rise out of the
> ground...
You find this odd? Obviously, you've never been Jeffrey's abode.
Scott
Robert S. Coren
<scott...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>Falwell has no sense of humor.
That's been apparent for some time. How could he *possibly* keep it up
if he had idea how ridiculous he was?
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Jeffrey William McKeough
<scott...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>In article <mKsd0CA2...@drummond.demon.co.uk>,
> John Fisher <jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> The Teletubbies is really *very* odd, when you think about it. Here are
>> these four aliens, living in a park with flowers and rabbits, obeying
>> without question instructions from loudspeakers which rise out of the
>> ground...
>
>You find this odd? Obviously, you've never been Jeffrey's abode.
Your concept of my abode is a bit off. I've often made the
observation that nature was best kept sealed outside tight concrete
walls, and that the only thing separating humans from animals is
utensiled indoor dining.
ObThreadTying: If you let your cats run free, they might wind up
playing with Teletubbies and wind up gay or speaking what I'm guessing
is pretty bad Chinese.
Robert S. Coren
> <scott...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>>In article <mKsd0CA2...@drummond.demon.co.uk>,
>> John Fisher <jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> The Teletubbies is really *very* odd, when you think about it. Here are
>>> these four aliens, living in a park with flowers and rabbits, obeying
>>> without question instructions from loudspeakers which rise out of the
>>> ground...
>>
>>You find this odd? Obviously, you've never been Jeffrey's abode.
>
>Your concept of my abode is a bit off.
Notice that Scott did not say that John had never been *to* your
abode.
>ObThreadTying: If you let your cats run free, they might wind up
>playing with Teletubbies and wind up gay or speaking what I'm guessing
>is pretty bad Chinese.
Well, I never heard any of my cats speaking good Chinese.
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Jeffrey William McKeough
Robert S. Coren <co...@ursolaris.spdcc.com> wrote:
>In article <I7Gw2.83$yt3....@news.shore.net>,
>Jeffrey William McKeough <san...@shore.net> wrote:
>>In article <79v436$5tj$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
>> <scott...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>>>In article <mKsd0CA2...@drummond.demon.co.uk>,
>>> John Fisher <jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Teletubbies is really *very* odd, when you think about it. Here are
>>>> these four aliens, living in a park with flowers and rabbits, obeying
>>>> without question instructions from loudspeakers which rise out of the
>>>> ground...
>>>
>>>You find this odd? Obviously, you've never been Jeffrey's abode.
>>
>>Your concept of my abode is a bit off.
>
>Notice that Scott did not say that John had never been *to* your
>abode.
Oh, dear. Well, John, I certainly hadn't meant to insult you by
suggesting that you eat outdoors with your hands!
Todd Morman
> In article <8Xuw2.7$yt3...@news.shore.net>,
> >The Morph on the Other Side of the Mirror <g...@panix.com> wrote:
> >
> >>[0] aside to jeff: did we ever decide what that really was?
> >
> >I dunno. Sounds like "bite my butt" to me, but then the sound was too
> >fuzzy for me to figure out that the other thing was supposed to be
> >Chinese.
>
> It's also Chinese. "Faggot! Faggot!" is supposed to be Cantonese for
> "Faster! Faster!" and "bite my butt" is supposed to be Cantones for "slow
> slow slow".
Anyone know what La-La's "sieg heil" is supposed to be in Chinese, or
any other language? Seriously, find the talking La-La doll, go through
its repertoire and tell me that what she says after "lalalalalalalala"
doesn't sound an *awful* lot like "sieg heil". What the fuck were they
thinking?
For all his idiocy (using the Washington Post's "In v. Out" list as
evidence of the motivations of the toy creator? please), I think
Falwell's right about the intentions behind the "subtle depictions".
It's obvious that the folks at Itsy Bitsy Entertainment spent a great
deal of time designing the monsters for maximum marketing appeal, and
it's not too much of a stretch to think that they had an eye on some
adult markets, too. All with perfect plausible deniability, of course.
The less cynical take is that Itsy Bitsy really *is* Falwell's worst
nightmare: a major toy company actively working to break down gender
stereotypes in (highly) impressionable young minds. Either way, I find
the company chairman's laughing "But they're just toys!" response
completely unconvincing.
At the very least, we can be sure that Itsy Bitsy is delighted some of
us have adopted the creepy little thing.
todd a simple "So what if it helps kids become queer-friendly?" would be
a nice return gesture on their part doncha think morman
Todd Morman
> In article <79t8s6$7l62$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>, "Joe G."
> <jmg7...@prodigy.net> writes
>
> >If anyone has the patience: which character is which as far as name, that
> >sort of thing (these creatures actually have names, too??). Thanks.
>
> In decreasing order of size, they are Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, La-la and Po.
AKA Lavender, Green, Yellow and Red.
> The intelligent vacuum cleaner is called The Noo-noo.
todd I'd like to see it meet one of the bunnies morman
Todd Morman
> In article <glp-100299...@glp.dialup.access.net>, Gromit
> <g...@panix.com> writes
>
> >Without the sound you can't truly appreciate the baby-in-the-sun,
> >which is my favorite part of the Teletubbies.
> >
>
> screams and hides behind the sofa.
Funny, so do I. It's horrifying.
> The Teletubbies is really *very* odd, when you think about it. Here are
> these four aliens, living in a park with flowers and rabbits, obeying
> without question instructions from loudspeakers which rise out of the
> ground...
Oh, don't stop there. You're almost at the part where one of the
Teletubbies gets picked for transmission, causing the others to gather
around and watch it writhe on the ground in giggly orgasmic bliss.
todd wonder when Falwell's gonna realize it's a thinly-disguised
encouragement for kids to play with themselves morman
Mike Jankulak
>Anyone know what La-La's "sieg heil" is supposed to be in Chinese, or
>any other language?
*Any* other language? I think it means "hey, d00d!" in German.
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Leith Chu
> Jeffrey William McKeough <san...@shore.net> wrote:
> >I dunno. Sounds like "bite my butt" to me, but then the sound was
> >too fuzzy for me to figure out that the other thing was supposed to
> >be Chinese.
> It's also Chinese. "Faggot! Faggot!" is supposed to be Cantonese for
> "Faster! Faster!" and "bite my butt" is supposed to be Cantones for
> "slow slow slow".
Hmm, IIRC that would be "fai di, fai di!" and "mahn, mahn, mahn".
Not that I ever moan in Cantonese during sex. Taishan occasionally, but
never Cantonese.
Leith
Leith Chu
> >playing with Teletubbies and wind up gay or speaking what I'm
> >guessing is pretty bad Chinese.
> Well, I never heard any of my cats speaking good Chinese.
Your cats don't go "mao"?
Leith "or 'Tse Tung'?" Chu
Mary Ballard
: In decreasing order of size, they are Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, La-la and Po.
: The intelligent vacuum cleaner is called The Noo-noo.
Uh-oh! Tubbytoast!
MeanMary, aka TinkyWinky Mouse
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Marina Muilwijk
>
> In article <dbrasher-100...@walt1.spcomm.uiuc.edu>,
> Dale Brashers <dbra...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >The reverend Jerry Flaw-well ...
> >said, one tele-tubby (Tinky Winky)
> >is purple, has a triangle on his head, and carries a purse
> >even though it has a male voice--therefore it must be gay.
>
For a moment, I thought you were referring to the darts champion.
Then I saw the next sentence.
>After all, he's purple too
Marina, noticing that the new M&Ms [which I'm eating right now] with
"Sterkere chocoladesmaak / Jetzt noch staerkerer Schoko-Geschmak / Un
gout de chocolat plus intense" taste like sugar rather than chocolate.
(I also found out that the expensive, allegedly-good-for-you, Montignac
(sp?) chocolate is really nice)
Alex Elliott
Todd Morman <to...@alienskin.com> wrote:
>
>Oh, don't stop there. You're almost at the part where one of the
>Teletubbies gets picked for transmission, causing the others to gather
>around and watch it writhe on the ground in giggly orgasmic bliss.
That's *not* orgasmic bliss, it's a metaphor for speaking in tongues.
It's a secret fundamentalist message designed to seduce children into
the Charismatic Christian lifestyle.
Alex.
Clayton Colwell
: ObThreadTying: If you let your cats run free, they might wind up
: playing with Teletubbies and wind up gay or speaking what I'm guessing
: is pretty bad Chinese.
Well, I just checked one of them teletubbies Web sites
(<http://www.rainbow.co.nz/tmouse/teletub.htm>), and apparently
the beasties have a guest band, entitled King Pleasure And The
Biscuit Boys. Given one of my earliest recollections of soc.motss
involved a discussion about circle jerks and cum-crackers,
mebbe Jerry Falwell is right after all.
Anyhoo, my cats would probably just get annoyed and wet on the
Teletubbies.
ObAnnoyingGushingStoryReBabyPoop: Spot used the litterbox this
morning. After weeks of forgotten training, he may be getting back
into the program.
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Robert S. Coren
Marina Muilwijk <m.mui...@library.uu.nl> wrote:
>Marina, noticing that the new M&Ms [which I'm eating right now] with
>"Sterkere chocoladesmaak / Jetzt noch staerkerer Schoko-Geschmak / Un
>gout de chocolat plus intense" taste like sugar rather than chocolate.
I don't buy M&Ms or read the packages, but I'll bet the German, with
that suggestive-but-meaningless "jetzt", is the most accurate
translation of the original English slogan.
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FJ!!
Christ.
It had to happen. If Barry Sears got his all-too-famous-on-this-side-of
the-Atlantic diet made into bars, it would figure Montignac on the other
side couldn't stay behind.
FJ!!
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Peggy Fieland
>Then I saw the next sentence.
Clearly I'm not up to date on who's who in darts.
>Marina, noticing that the new M&Ms [which I'm eating right now] with
>"Sterkere chocoladesmaak / Jetzt noch staerkerer Schoko-Geschmak / Un
>gout de chocolat plus intense" taste like sugar rather than chocolate.
I never reqlly liked M&Ms anyway.
Peggy
Chris Ambidge
>>Falwell has no sense of humor.
[robert]
>That's been apparent for some time. How could he *possibly* keep it up
>if he had idea how ridiculous he was?
well, if Mr Falwell has no sense of humour, lets make sure
we exercise OUR senses of humour before they atrophy(*)
Q: What's the difference between Tinky-Winky and Jerry Falwell?
[answer below]
(*) although with Mr Falwell around, it seems as if they'll all
get lots of exercise and not much chance to atrophy.
I've been to the official teletubby website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/teletubbies/tubbies.html
and now have a lovely image of Tinky-Winky with his magic bag as
my on-screen wallpaper.
oh yes, the question.
Q: What's the difference between Tinky-Winky and Jerry Fallwell?
A: One is an overweight, cartoonish character with gender
difficulties. The other is a Teletubby.
Chris
whose magic bag masquerades as my briefcase, and is boring black. Should
I, mayhap, change the colour?
--
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chris....@utoronto.ca =|= amb...@ecf.utoronto.ca
http://www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/~ambidge/panda.jpg
Chris Ambidge
>> >I dunno. Sounds like "bite my butt" to me, but then the sound was
>> >too fuzzy for me to figure out that the other thing was supposed to
>> >be Chinese.
[alex]
>> It's also Chinese. "Faggot! Faggot!" is supposed to be Cantonese for
>> "Faster! Faster!" and "bite my butt" is supposed to be Cantones for
>> "slow slow slow".
[leith]
>Hmm, IIRC that would be "fai di, fai di!" and "mahn, mahn, mahn".
>
>Not that I ever moan in Cantonese during sex. Taishan occasionally, but
>never Cantonese.
from the teletubby website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/teletubbies/tubbies.html
/\/\/\/\/
Po
Po is red and is the smallest Teletubby. She likes to jump up and down
a lot to express her feelings of joy, enthusiasm and surprise. Po
whizzes around the hills on her scooter and likes to keep an eye
on the panel of switches and controls on the central column inside the
Teletubbies' house.
Po likes to sing her special song "Fi-dit fi dit- mar, mar, man"
which is Faster-Slower in Cantonese.
/\/\/\/\/end excerpt/\/\/\/\
I can't vouch for the veracity of the translation, but that's
what the producers believe and post on their website. I believe
that the fast/slow refers to her scooter; and as I've said before
I think that Po is a dykeling on a bike, and when she grows up will
want the appropriate gear and Harley.
Chris
scott...@my-dejanews.com
> > <scott...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
> >>In article <mKsd0CA2...@drummond.demon.co.uk>,
> >> John Fisher <jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> these four aliens, living in a park with flowers and rabbits, obeying
> >>> without question instructions from loudspeakers which rise out of the
> >>> ground...
> >>
> >
> >Your concept of my abode is a bit off.
>
> Notice that Scott did not say that John had never been *to* your
> abode.
I noticed this. I wonder whether the B is an S, or if I dropped a "to"?
Scott, who confused himself
scott...@my-dejanews.com
I can deal with Canadian World Domination and Dancing Hampsters. I can deal
with pyramidal, black 2001 monoliths from stonehenge. I can even deal with
Lily Tomlin being Ellen's imposter on(off?)-Broadway. But under no
circumstances can I deal with these four words being used in this order.
HTH
Scott
Nick Fitch
> Well, I just checked one of them teletubbies Web sites
> (<http://www.rainbow.co.nz/tmouse/teletub.htm>), and apparently
> the beasties have a guest band, entitled King Pleasure And The
> Biscuit Boys. Given one of my earliest recollections of soc.motss
> involved a discussion about circle jerks and cum-crackers,
> mebbe Jerry Falwell is right after all.
How dare you, sir. King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys are one of the best
known live bands in the country. They play Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in
Birmingham at regular intervals, where I'm sure they wouldn't serve
anything on a cracker but herbed goat's cheese and a circle jerk would be
considered quite inappropriate.
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Nick Fitch
says...
> In article <36C346...@alienskin.com>,
> Todd Morman <to...@alienskin.com> wrote:
> >
> >Oh, don't stop there. You're almost at the part where one of the
> >Teletubbies gets picked for transmission, causing the others to gather
> >around and watch it writhe on the ground in giggly orgasmic bliss.
>
> That's *not* orgasmic bliss, it's a metaphor for speaking in tongues.
> It's a secret fundamentalist message designed to seduce children into
> the Charismatic Christian lifestyle.
Oh I dunno. Waiting until all the noise has died down and demanding
"Again! Again!" pretty much captures the essence of most orgasmic
experiences.
Personally I'd like to see Tubby Trainspotting: "Tada bet ogasm yoo eva
ha' an mutipy i' by ONE TOOOOUSAND!!!! *giggle* *inject* AGAIN! AGAIN!"
Linda Yanney
>
>At a certain point, babies all appear to be fascinated by pictures of
>other babies. It seems to be about the same time they are figuring out
>mirrors.
This behavior always cracked me up, watching the nieces and nephew go
through it. I am less amused by the puppy's manifestation of it -- first
it was barking at his reflection in the barrister bookcase, now it's every
damned dog on tv. He really wants to go play with the puppy in the
Gateway commercial. He watches TV alot, waiting, apparently, for a a dog
to go by.
Lj
John Fisher
>In article <I7Gw2.83$yt3....@news.shore.net>,
>Jeffrey William McKeough <san...@shore.net> wrote:
>>In article <79v436$5tj$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
>> <scott...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>>>In article <mKsd0CA2...@drummond.demon.co.uk>,
>>> John Fisher <jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Teletubbies is really *very* odd, when you think about it. Here are
>>>> these four aliens, living in a park with flowers and rabbits, obeying
>>>> without question instructions from loudspeakers which rise out of the
>>>> ground...
>>>
>>>You find this odd? Obviously, you've never been Jeffrey's abode.
>>
>>Your concept of my abode is a bit off.
>
>Notice that Scott did not say that John had never been *to* your
>abode.
Well, right. I've never been anyone's abode, as such. Although I'm
sure that Jeffrey's abode is very nice.
--
John Fisher jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk jo...@epcc.ed.ac.uk
Scott Safier
"David W. Fenton" wrote:
>
> scott...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> : In article <36C343...@alienskin.com>,
> : Todd Morman <to...@alienskin.com> wrote:
> : > I think
> : > Falwell's right
> :
> : I can deal with Canadian World Domination and Dancing Hampsters. I can deal
> : with pyramidal, black 2001 monoliths from stonehenge. I can even deal with
> : Lily Tomlin being Ellen's imposter on(off?)-Broadway. But under no
> : circumstances can I deal with these four words being used in this order.
>
> How about:
>
> I think Falwell's right of Hitler.
contractions count as two words
--
Scott, making up the rules as he goes along
---
"Under the white clouds, the snow is falling.
You can't see the white clouds, or the snow.
Or the cold, or the white glow of the earth.
A solitary man glides downhill on his skis.
The snow is falling.
It falls until the man disappears back into the landscape.
My friend Serge, who's one of my oldest friends, has bought a painting.
It's a canvas about five foot by four.
It represents a man who moves across a space and disappears."
Marc in _ART_
---
http://www.telerama.com/~corwin (Netscape 4+ only)
Pink Triangle Pages
http://www.telerama.com/~corwin/pink.html
David W. Fenton
: In article <36C413E9...@library.uu.nl>,
: Marina Muilwijk <m.mui...@library.uu.nl> wrote:
:
: >Marina, noticing that the new M&Ms [which I'm eating right now] with
: >"Sterkere chocoladesmaak / Jetzt noch staerkerer Schoko-Geschmak / Un
: >gout de chocolat plus intense" taste like sugar rather than chocolate.
:
: that suggestive-but-meaningless "jetzt", is the most accurate
: translation of the original English slogan.
Exactly what meaning of the word "jetzt" would be meaningless? Looks like
"Now still richer [stronger] chocolate taste."
Reminds me that I used to think "jetzt" meant "yet."
Which reminds me of the friend who used to say "still yet further."
--
David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
dfenton at bway dot net http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc
David W. Fenton
: In article <36C343...@alienskin.com>,
: Todd Morman <to...@alienskin.com> wrote:
: > I think
: > Falwell's right
:
: I can deal with Canadian World Domination and Dancing Hampsters. I can deal
: with pyramidal, black 2001 monoliths from stonehenge. I can even deal with
: Lily Tomlin being Ellen's imposter on(off?)-Broadway. But under no
: circumstances can I deal with these four words being used in this order.
How about:
I think Falwell's right of Hitler.
--
Robert S. Coren
David W. Fenton <dXXXf...@bway.net> wrote:
>Robert S. Coren (co...@ursolaris.spdcc.com) wrote:
>: In article <36C413E9...@library.uu.nl>,
>: Marina Muilwijk <m.mui...@library.uu.nl> wrote:
>:
>: >Marina, noticing that the new M&Ms [which I'm eating right now] with
>: >"Sterkere chocoladesmaak / Jetzt noch staerkerer Schoko-Geschmak / Un
>: >gout de chocolat plus intense" taste like sugar rather than chocolate.
>:
>: I don't buy M&Ms or read the packages, but I'll bet the German, with
>: that suggestive-but-meaningless "jetzt", is the most accurate
>: translation of the original English slogan.
>
>Exactly what meaning of the word "jetzt" would be meaningless? Looks like
>"Now still richer [stronger] chocolate taste."
Exactly that. That's my point -- US advertising slogans often start
with the word "now" as if to suggest that something had changed since
some unspecified "then", without actually saying so. The Dutch and
French versions dropped the "now", which I'm guessing was in the
original.
Notice it doesn't say what it's now richer or stronger *than*, either.
--
-------Robert Coren (co...@spdcc.com)-------------------------
"The optative passive rocks!" --Jeffrey William McKeough
David Speakman
Ambidge) wrote:
>I've been to the official teletubby website:
>
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/teletubbies/tubbies.html
>
>and now have a lovely image of Tinky-Winky with his magic bag as
>my on-screen wallpaper.
I probably have the same pic on my wallpaper (and on the title
page of my homepage) -- except I altered it a little with my
station's logo.
I'm on a Tinky Winky rampage. I'm already planning my Tinky Einky
suit for the pride parade.
But I can't decide:
Leather Tinky Winky?
or
Pierced Tinky Winky
---
David Speakman
http://david.speakman.com
David Speakman
Fitch) wrote:
>In article <7a1dfh$fqo$1...@news.ycc.yale.edu>,
ell...@mars.its.yale.edu
>says...
>> In article <36C346...@alienskin.com>,
>> Todd Morman <to...@alienskin.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >Oh, don't stop there. You're almost at the part where one of
the
>> >Teletubbies gets picked for transmission, causing the others
to gather
>> >around and watch it writhe on the ground in giggly orgasmic
bliss.
>>
>> That's *not* orgasmic bliss, it's a metaphor for speaking in
tongues.
>> It's a secret fundamentalist message designed to seduce
children into
>> the Charismatic Christian lifestyle.
>
>Oh I dunno. Waiting until all the noise has died down and
demanding
>"Again! Again!" pretty much captures the essence of most
>orgasmic experiences.
Currently I'm the "I'm done, go home!" type but in college I was
more of a "Next!" person.
;-)
John Dorrance
> Chris
> whose magic bag masquerades as my briefcase, and is boring black. Should
> I, mayhap, change the colour?
Ship it to FJ!! and Jeffrey. I'm sure they'd do commissions.
--
John Dorrance Madison, WI jo...@chorus.net
"I'm no fucking Buddisth, but this is enlightenment." -- Bjork
Todd Morman
> In article <36C343...@alienskin.com>,
> Todd Morman <to...@alienskin.com> wrote:
> > I think
> > Falwell's right
>
> I can deal with Canadian World Domination and Dancing Hampsters. I can deal
> with pyramidal, black 2001 monoliths from stonehenge. I can even deal with
> Lily Tomlin being Ellen's imposter on(off?)-Broadway. But under no
> circumstances can I deal with these four words being used in this order.
Dammit, that creepy purple thing is carrying a PURSE!! Just *look* at
it, and at the way he holds it.
If you go to the teletubbies PBS site, you find statements like this:
"Extensive research, including ongoing focus groups, have informed the
series'
development." If you look at the history of the show at all, Scott, it's
clear that every aspect has been carefully planned and implemented; the
quote someone posted earlier from one of the creators about boys wanting
to carry their mother's purses is an obvious bit of evidence that this
also includes the supposed "magic bag".
The expectation that we're supposed to believe that the producers just
couldn't *possibly* have intended to blur traditional gender lines for
young children (or even be using an obvious purse as a signal that Mommy
is nearby, or whatever, I don't know), is the most absurd thing about
this affair so far.
todd and that's saying something morman
DRS
[...]
:I'm on a Tinky Winky rampage. I'm already planning my Tinky Einky
:suit for the pride parade.
:
:But I can't decide:
:
:Leather Tinky Winky?
:or
:Pierced Tinky Winky
Why not both?
--
Beware of the Spam-Dog
David Speakman
<simp...@removethis.tig.com.au> wrote:
>David Speakman wrote in message
>:Leather Tinky Winky?
>:or
>:Pierced Tinky Winky
>
>Why not both?
>
I'm afraid too many accesories will spoil my statement.
David W. Fenton
:
:
: "David W. Fenton" wrote:
: >
: > : In article <36C343...@alienskin.com>,
: > : Todd Morman <to...@alienskin.com> wrote:
: > : > I think
: > : > Falwell's right
: > :
: > : I can deal with Canadian World Domination and Dancing Hampsters. I can deal
: > : with pyramidal, black 2001 monoliths from stonehenge. I can even deal with
: > : Lily Tomlin being Ellen's imposter on(off?)-Broadway. But under no
: > : circumstances can I deal with these four words being used in this order.
: > How about:
: >
: > I think Falwell's right of Hitler.
:
: contractions count as two words
The contraction was in Todd's original.
Chris Ambidge
>>I've been to the official teletubby website:
>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/teletubbies/tubbies.html
>>and now have a lovely image of Tinky-Winky with his magic bag as
>>my on-screen wallpaper.
[David]
>I probably have the same pic on my wallpaper (and on the title
>page of my homepage) -- except I altered it a little with my
>station's logo.
>
>I'm on a Tinky Winky rampage. I'm already planning my Tinky Einky
>suit for the pride parade.
>
>But I can't decide:
>
>Leather Tinky Winky?
>or
>Pierced Tinky Winky
For the last couple of years I've done the Pride parade in
basic-black-and-pearls, or summer-whites-and-pearls; and
have Queen-waved(*) along the route. It's been MOST amusing
when people have recognised who I am and Queen-waved back.
[others, and I suspect many are 'murrican tourists, just don't
get the cultural allusions].
I was thinking idly about accessorising next year with a
Hartnell hat, gloves and a handbag, such as Her Maj might
carry.
I think (with David's inspiration) I have my outfit now --
Tinky-Winky, with magic bag, and pearls, Queen-waving.
I hope there are bazillions of us Tinky-Winkys out thar.
(*)so called from the way The Queen [Elizabeth II, that is,
the woman on our coins and $20 / $1000 bill] waves to
crowds: arm bent at the elbow, forearm more-or-less vertical,
palm and fingers open, rotate about an axis that runs from
elbow to wrist, gently , through about 30 degrees back-and-
forth. (hope that was topologically unambiguous).
Chris
again! again!
oh and by the way - could we maybe pool info on how to construct a
Tinky-Winky suit (to be accessorised by inividual wearers,of course)
Ellen Evans
Todd Morman <to...@alienskin.com> wrote:
[]
>The expectation that we're supposed to believe that the producers just
>couldn't *possibly* have intended to blur traditional gender lines for
>young children
I dunno. The characters don't talk, exactly, they have no visible
genitals or hair, they have appliances in their abdomens - no, I don't
think gender-fucking was at the top of the producers' minds.
Species-fucking, maybe.
--
Ellen Evans 17 Across: The "her" of "Leave Her to Heaven"
je...@panix.com New York Times, 7/14/96
Jeffrey William McKeough
<je...@panix.com> wrote:
>
>I dunno. The characters don't talk, exactly, they have no visible
>genitals or hair, they have appliances in their abdomens - no, I don't
>think gender-fucking was at the top of the producers' minds.
I have to disagree. Except for the hair, what's the difference
between what you describe above and my Alanis Morrisette / Marilyn
Manson easy bake oven set?
--
Jeffrey William McKeough san...@shore.net
"That's about the politest description of a
newsserver I've ever seen." -Andi Merrell
DRS
:The reverend Jerry Flaw-well announced yesterday
:that parents should be careful when they buy the
:new teletubbies. He said, one tele-tubby (Tinky Winky)
:is purple, has a triangle on his head, and carries a purse
:even though it has a male voice--therefore it must be gay.
:
:The makers of the toy responded "It's not a purse--
:it's a magic bag!"
"THE WRITER WHO OUTED THE "GAY" TELETUBBY IN THE WASHINGTON POST APOLOGIZES
FOR BRINGING THE WRATH OF JERRY FALWELL UPON HIM."
http://www.salonmagazine.com/news/1999/02/13newsb.html
David W. Fenton
: > Todd Morman <to...@alienskin.com> wrote:
: > > I think
: > > Falwell's right
: >
: > I can deal with Canadian World Domination and Dancing Hampsters. I can deal
: > with pyramidal, black 2001 monoliths from stonehenge. I can even deal with
: > Lily Tomlin being Ellen's imposter on(off?)-Broadway. But under no
: > circumstances can I deal with these four words being used in this order.
:
: it, and at the way he holds it.
Never having seen the Teletubbies, I had only the vaguest idea of what
Tinky-winky actually looked like until I saw Saturday Night Live last
night. The antenna looks to me like a coat hanger, so all I could think of
was that some hidden commentary about abortion must be involved.
I can't quite figure out which way it goes, though.
Chris Ambidge
>>:Leather Tinky Winky?
>>:or
>>:Pierced Tinky Winky
but when asked:
>>Why not both?
felt:
>I'm afraid too many accesories will spoil my statement.
Well, don't over-do it then.
Looking at teletubby anatomy, chaps would be a dead
loss, and jock/codpiece would be laughable, since there's
nothing to nothing to fit in there -- neither are there
glutea (nor gluteal cleavage). Teletubbies don't have
much by way of pecs, in fact, they're more than slightly
pear-shaped. So a harness wouldn't be a good idea. And
a cap is RIGHT out, coz that would obscure the famous
triangular antenna.
So, I'd say, go with a leather vest, and maybe include a
(red patent leather) magic bag. Then several piercings
in one ear -- the ears are large and noticeable, and
piercings there would make a Statement.
Nipple/navel/etc piercings wouldn't work, coz teletubbies
don't have those features to their anatomy.
You COULD get away with big-butch-black-shitkicker boots, though.
Chris
fashion consultant to telefaggytubbies
who bought more than a few tt stickers on the weekend [the only
three-dimensional tinky-winky I could find was a child's backback,
and which would NOT have gone round my shoulders without pain, and
rending of webbing.
Marina Muilwijk
>
> In article <36C413E9...@library.uu.nl>,
> Marina Muilwijk <m.mui...@library.uu.nl> wrote:
> >Then I saw the next sentence.
>
> Clearly I'm not up to date on who's who in darts.
Tsk.
He ["Barney"] is the World Champion.
And he's Dutch.
> I never reqlly liked M&Ms anyway.
I did, but I'm starting to get my doubts.
Marina, who has spent much of the morning trying (so far unsuccessfully,
alas) to solve a problem with the library system, by following
directions given by phone (there are two people who know how that system
works, one's on a course, the other's ill; all I know is how to follow
instructions)
Robert S. Coren
Chris Ambidge <amb...@ecf.toronto.edu> wrote:
> Nipple/navel/etc piercings wouldn't work, coz teletubbies
> don't have those features to their anatomy.
They don't have etcs (etces?)? How *do* they manage?
--Robert (wondering where they keep all their system files)
--
-------Robert Coren (co...@spdcc.com)-------------------------
"I often postulate with high structural coherence."
--Jeffrey William Sandris
Robert S. Coren
Marina Muilwijk <m.mui...@library.uu.nl> wrote:
>Tsk.
>He ["Barney"] is the World Champion.
>And he's Dutch.
These are synonyms, no?
--
-------Robert Coren (co...@spdcc.com)-------------------------
"Compared to my lover, toilet paper looks trivial, but I have
no intention of giving it up."
--John Whiteside
Ned Deily
>ChrisA:
>>Nipple/navel/etc piercings wouldn't work, coz teletubbies
>>don't have those features to their anatomy.
>They don't have etcs (etces?)? How *do* they manage?
>--Robert (wondering where they keep all their system files)
Duh! Under their pubic area.
--Elder Slasher
--
Ned Deily,
n...@visi.com -- []
Clayton Colwell
: In article <36c44...@feed1.realtime.net>, er...@bga.com says...
I humbly beg your pardon, then. In my feeble defense, I present the
evidence that I have never seen nor heard the band in question --
indeed, my sole source of information about the band was the tiny
blurb on the Web page and the band's own moniker. Being in a peckish,
juvenile mood, yet not willing to succumb to the tawdry and grostesquely
boring "M3 T0O!!!11!" or "You rock!", I chose a prurient theme for
my missive.
I should be horse-whipped. Please.
****** Clay Colwell (aka StealthSmurf) ********** er...@bga.com ******
* "In the future, we will recognize software crashes as technologically *
* mandated ergonomic rest breaks - and we will pay extra for them." *
* -- Crazy Uncle Joe Hannibal *
Clayton Colwell
: On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 02:29:38 +1100, "DRS"
: <simp...@removethis.tig.com.au> wrote:
: >David Speakman wrote in message
: >:Leather Tinky Winky?
: >:or
: >:Pierced Tinky Winky
: >
: >Why not both?
: I'm afraid too many accesories will spoil my statement.
Oh please. The world would be less rich without Teletubbies in
Totally Revealing Leather.
Clayton Colwell
: Never having seen the Teletubbies, I had only the vaguest idea of what
: Tinky-winky actually looked like until I saw Saturday Night Live last
: night. The antenna looks to me like a coat hanger, so all I could think of
: was that some hidden commentary about abortion must be involved.
Is there one with an IUD on its head?
Nick Fitch
> Nick Fitch (nfi...@SPAMTRAP.co.uk) wrote:
> : How dare you, sir. King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys are one of the best
> : known live bands in the country.
> I humbly beg your pardon, then.
That's quite alright. I wouldn't expect a nice Texan boy to have heard of
King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys, after all. And I *have* occasionally
wondered where the name came from myself, though I would never speculate
aloud and risk frightening the horses.
> I should be horse-whipped. Please.
Now you tell me. At the Vegas.Con you say nothing. Psychic, am I? Your
mind I'm supposed to read?
Oy.
--
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Gregory Gadow
>
> Are they going to go after Barney next? After all, he's purple too.
I remember reading a bit on a conservative religious website about Barney: He is
purple (therefore, he encourages homosexuality)
He is a dinosaur (therefore, he teaches evolution)
He tells children over and over that they should respect differences and love
others (therefore, he proclaims a doctrine of heathen liberalism, contrary to
the most fundamental of Christian principles)
--
Gregory Paul Gadow - Refusing to discuss what that site said about Smurfs
Mail: tech...@serv.net
Web : http://www.serv.net/~techbear/
I am a resident of Washington State. By law, spam containing
false headers is subject to a $500 fine per unwanted e-mail.
I WILL file charges!
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When I was in college, a Electrical Engineer PhD (who later went Physics PhD
instead because he loved quantum mechanics), commented that in the future,
computers would be in every house, just like refridgerators. To him, getting
a degree in computers was equivalent to getting a degree in small appliances.
Now, I feel like I have a degree in naval jewelery. I feel so devalued.
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John F. Eldredge
<Isla...@pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Robert S. Coren wrote:
>> Jeffrey William McKeough <san...@shore.net> wrote:
>> >ObThreadTying: If you let your cats run free, they might wind up
>> >playing with Teletubbies and wind up gay or speaking what I'm
>> >guessing is pretty bad Chinese.
>> Well, I never heard any of my cats speaking good Chinese.
>
>Your cats don't go "mao"?
>
>Leith "or 'Tse Tung'?" Chu
When I was in high school, I nicknamed my cat Mousy Tongue.
--
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--
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not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace." - Woodrow Wilson
John F. Eldredge
Coren) wrote:
>In article <Ux5x2.112$Au5...@news5.ispnews.com>,
>David W. Fenton <dXXXf...@bway.net> wrote:
>>Robert S. Coren (co...@ursolaris.spdcc.com) wrote:
>>: In article <36C413E9...@library.uu.nl>,
>>: Marina Muilwijk <m.mui...@library.uu.nl> wrote:
>>:
>>: >Marina, noticing that the new M&Ms [which I'm eating right now] with
>>: >"Sterkere chocoladesmaak / Jetzt noch staerkerer Schoko-Geschmak / Un
>>: >gout de chocolat plus intense" taste like sugar rather than chocolate.
>>:
>>: I don't buy M&Ms or read the packages, but I'll bet the German, with
>>: that suggestive-but-meaningless "jetzt", is the most accurate
>>: translation of the original English slogan.
>>
>>Exactly what meaning of the word "jetzt" would be meaningless? Looks like
>>"Now still richer [stronger] chocolate taste."
>
>Exactly that. That's my point -- US advertising slogans often start
>with the word "now" as if to suggest that something had changed since
>some unspecified "then", without actually saying so. The Dutch and
>French versions dropped the "now", which I'm guessing was in the
>original.
>
>Notice it doesn't say what it's now richer or stronger *than*, either.
US advertisers are apparently trained to say "any" instead of "any
other". For example, "The Rumblebucket is faster than any car in its
class!". Since the Rumblebucket IS one of the cars in its class, this
statement obviously is not logical.
Mike McManus
> US advertisers are apparently trained to say "any" instead of "any
> other". For example, "The Rumblebucket is faster than any car in its
> class!". Since the Rumblebucket IS one of the cars in its class, this
> statement obviously is not logical.
But that would be half a second wasted. Every half-a-second counts
when you only have thirty to start with, or (heaven forbid) ten as
some advertisers are doing.
One extreme of this is local shyst^H^H^H^H^Hlawyer Jim "The Hammer"
Shapiro, who has been placing *one second* ads with the local TV
stations. He appears on screen along with a superimposed caption
reading something like "I Want Your Million Dollar Case", bangs a
gavel and shouts one or two words, like "Injuries!" My current BF
works in production at one of the TV stations and pronounces these a
royal pain.
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John Fisher <jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <36c205fa...@news2.idirect.com>, "Allister H. Huggins"
> <hug...@idirect.com> writes
> > Actually this isn't the first time Tinky Winky has been
> >accused of being gay. Personally, I liked the producer's response that
> >I read in Ms. magazine.
> > "There is no boy on this planet who hasn't carried his
> >mother's handbag around..."
>
> Falwell probably carried his father's Mauser around.
>
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> John Fisher jo...@drummond.demon.co.uk jo...@epcc.ed.ac.uk
> Could you image the response if Tinky Winky was packing a piece
instead of a purse?
TzarDavida
account): 56 Teletubby dolls of assorted colors EXCEPT the purple Teletubbie
"Tinky Winky" (for which the inventory is zero). I did not inquire as to
whether they were "sold out" (my suspicion) or "removed due to parents
complaints" (I'm not quite that paranoid).
TzarDavida