Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 07:24:18 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Beer club xmas london meeting
>Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 07:59:54 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Beer club xmas london meeting > >At 10:28 AM 13/11/2001 -0800, you wrote: > >Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:22:28 > >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] Beer club xmas london meeting > >>Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:57:55 +0800 > >>From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: Re: [LIB] Beer club xmas london meeting > >>At 04:53 AM 13/11/2001 -0800, you wrote: > >>>Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:48:52 > >>>From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Subject: Beer club xmas london meeting > >>> > >>>People - a last call for entries for the two xmas london beer club >meets... > >> > >>I'm still a little lost ... can someone confirm 'London beer club' == >'Long Island floating beer club' == 'Libretto Beer Club' == 'Libretterati >club'?? > > > >The cannonical answer: > > > >'$DESCRIPTOR' = an optional indicator, e.g. special event, time of year, >nature of meeting etc. > > > >'$BEER' = any beverage, alcholic or otherwise, to the taste of the >individual member. Also includes food, if desired. > > > >'$LOCATION' = a variable defining the location in which $BEER is >transferred from the outside of a $CLUB member to the inside of a $CLUB >member. > > > >'$CLUB' = a grouping of (usually) living beings, sentient or otherwise. >Membership of $CLUB is strictly restricted to people who either > >o own any member of the species $LIBRETTO > >o have previously owned a member of the species $LIBRETTO but for some >perverse reason no longer do so > >o would like to own a member of the species $LIBRETTO > >o once saw a picture of a member of the species $LIBRETTO and think it's >rather a cool device > >Right ... we've defined our variables (although $LIBRETTO appears to be a >constant ...) > > > >Therefore, semantically, 'long island beer club' = 'permanent floating >beer club' = 'london xmas beer club' = 'paris wine club' = 'ozzie throw >another prawn on the barbie club' > >Umm ... well my question was, were they the same entity not were they about >the same thing. Of course, clarifying my question would reduce the humor >value of Neil's so carefully constructed reply but what the heck ... hehe >... so lets see if I have this straight: >$CLUB = $DESCRIPTOR || $BEER || $LOCATION >where $CLUB is as defined above will be satisfied by all the clubs I >referred to above (despite $BEER being null in one case)? > > > >Ok? > >Perhaps ... > > Well now we're getting into metaphysics...whether they're the same thing... The Beer Club is a constant thing, but it's not always in the same place or with the same people. It's like my libretto is the same one I bought all those years ago: I've had to change the motherboard, and the screen was changed, and, uh, the case, but damnit, it's the same machine! So, all libretto beer club are the same :) Neil _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
