She wasn't "the Empress of the Automan Empire", she was the "Ottoman
Empress". A joke about the Ottoman Empire (which participated in WW1 and is
now (mostly) Turkey) (no bird jokes, Ben) and the fact that she rules over
furniture (including ottomans).
Sorry -- I can speak at length about The Tick. I feel sad when others don't
get the joke. :-( Or misspell it, even.
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 8:08 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: Re: Re: funny one...
:
:
: I have several morals... little furry creatures I keep in a
: small cage in the bedroom. They keep me awake nights running
: on that damn wheel.
:
:
:
: "So you're evil... It's always something."
: - Die Fledermause to the Empress of the Automan Empire
: - The Tick - Evil Sits Down For A Moment
:
: :)
:
: > All I can say is................... LOL .................
: > :)
:
: > -- Pablo
:
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: "s. isaac dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 4:34 PM
: > Subject: RE: Re: funny one...
:
:
: >> Something always seems comes in the way of one or the
: >> other of
: >> those two conditions... I'm comfortable writing and
: >> illustrating,
: >> but nobody's paying my bills for me to be an artist or a
: >> social critic. I could pay my bills defrauding rich
: >> people,
: >> but I'm not comfortable with running from the cops. :)
: >>
: >> Keeps me in the software world. :)
: >>
: >> Isaac
: >>
: >> (who actually does have morals, but likes to poke fun at
: >> them)
: >>
: >> Original Message -----------------------
: >> Truth be told, nothing much wrong with anything if you
: >> are comfortable
: > doing
: >> it and it pays the bills ;)
: >>
: >> That applies to all aspects of life... :)
: >>
: >> Pablo
: >> ----- Original Message -----
: >> From: "William Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: >> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:46 PM
: >> Subject: Re: funny one...
: >>
: >>
: >> > nothing wrong with .net if it pays the bills
: >> > ----- Original Message -----
: >> > From: "Marlon Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: >> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: >> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 4:15 PM
: >> > Subject: funny one...
: >> >
: >> >
: >> > > I was browsing a website this afternoon and I noticed
: >> > > that the site
: > was
: >> > > not rendering correctly in Mozilla. I downloaded the
: >> > > site and the css
: >> > > file and figured out the problem. I sent a message
: >> > > to the design firm
: >> > > telling them of the problem and how to fix it. Ten
: >> > > minutes later I
: > get
: >> > > an e-mail saying that they've fixed it and this
: >> > > question: "are you
: >> > > interested in a web-author position?" :)
: >> > >
: >> > > Too bad that they're a .Net shop.....
: >> > >
: >> > > Marlon
: >> > >
: >> > >
: >> > >
: >> > >
: >> > >
: >> > >
: >> >
: >>
: >>
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