The Programmer and the Elves. And I have it on tape, so I could transcribe
the lyrics, but I can't listen to the tape for another 11 months! Ack!
Of course, I do have some friends ... I could try to get those lyrics.
Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Gilchrist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: RE: Fairy Myths (was: The Bushwacking continues...)
> What was it called?
>
> "The Elves and the MOOmaker"?
>
> OK, that was bad, coffee should have finished brewing....
> <ups and searches for humour upgrade>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:09 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Fairy Myths (was: The Bushwacking continues...)
>
>
> OOh, can they code too? : )
>
> Reminds me of the filk about some elves who would come out at night and
> build impossible programs -- in Fortran. The poor programmer they did this
> for was then given an even more impossible task. Beware of the elves that
> code!!!
>
> Judith
>
> > OK, but I will mention the Menehune - legendary builders on Kaua'i
> > basically Hawaiian leprechauns shy forest-dwellers,
> > emerge at night to build wondrous civil engineering projects
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:33 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: The Bushwacking continues...
> >
> >
> > Umm, I am Irish! I come from just outside Dublin and was raised
> > Catholic and all that but am very anti-IRA for reasons mentioned in
> > other posts.
> >
> > Totally agree with you on the land/economic reasons and yeah I'd love
> > to
> go
> > back but the salaries ain't as good!
> >
> > Can absolutely recommend Eire as a good vacation spot, lots of cool
> > places to go! Mikey D and the antiquity crew, you might be interested
> > in a 3,000 BC burial tomb (read Celtic pyramid) about 10 miles away
> > from where I
> live.
> >
> > I always find it interesting to think that before Anglo-colonization
> > of Ireland, there were the Normans, before that there were the
> > Vikings,
> before
> > that there were Celts and before that was a mythological race known as
> > De Danaan (the source of the fairy myths).
> >
> > Kinda funny to think Ireland was invaded by fairies at one stage :-)
> > (Ben B, don't you dare make a pun on Lucky Charms !)
> >
> > Now if only I could spin some magic with CF....
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 11:26 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: The Bushwacking continues...
> >
> >
> > The troubles in Ireland have virtually nothing to do with religeon.
> >
> > Even when they began centuries ago it was more about land than
> > religeon,
> now
> > its more about money.
> >
> > Why don't you go to Eire? It's much, much quieter.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 20 August 2001 16:24
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: The Bushwacking continues...
> >
> >
> > July 12th for a fortnight.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 5:46 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: The Bushwacking continues...
> >
> >
> >
> > > There is actually a lot more at the root of
> > > "the Troubles" than religion.
> > > Religion is just the excuse the parties use.
> > > It is really an economic war being waged at the expense
> > > of the citizens of Ireland and Great Britian.
> >
> > That's true, but there's also more than one "trouble" in Northern
> > Ireland, what with the Orangemen marching around and the violence that
> > escalates every marching season.
> >
> > When is that marching season again? I'd like to plan an Irish
> > vacation around it. I mean heck, I was in marching band, but we never
> > caused any trouble like *that*! =B)
> >
>
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