Re: Silly postings

2001-04-07 Thread Robin Szemeti

On Fri, 06 Apr 2001, you wrote:

> Which is of course wrong.  Russia makes the best firearms, Australia makes
> the best wine, and .us produces the best bloodthirsty maniacs.  I believe
> they recently elected one as their Fuhrer.

Russia makes the best firearms? my dear chap, you obviously haven't had
the misfortune to use many of them then.

For quality and ease of use you want an M16/AR15
For sheer accuracy you want an Anschutz ... 

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-06 Thread Paul Makepeace

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 04:44:59PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> You *used* a public toilet in nyc???  eek.

I've slept in Central Park too.

(I was so ill from sleeping with the 10th floor window open there wasn't
much else I could do.)

Paul



Re: Silly postings

2001-04-06 Thread David H. Adler

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 01:29:03PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:25:21AM +0100, Matthew Jones wrote:
> > But what is it about NY toilets that only about three of them flushed
> > properly during my entire visit?
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> First time I went into a NY public toilet, er, bathroom, I thought
> "my god -- it's exactly like Duke Nukem" and looked arond for a
> ventilation duct to blast.

You *used* a public toilet in nyc???  eek.

dha
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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-06 Thread Paul Makepeace

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:25:21AM +0100, Matthew Jones wrote:
> But what is it about NY toilets that only about three of them flushed
> properly during my entire visit?

First time I went into a NY public toilet, er, bathroom, I thought
"my god -- it's exactly like Duke Nukem" and looked arond for a
ventilation duct to blast.

Paul



Re: Silly postings

2001-04-06 Thread David H. Adler

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:25:21AM +0100, Matthew Jones wrote:
> Hm. Looking over this you might not want to read it if you're eating or
> anything.
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> > I reserve judgement until I've had a NY pizza and a NY 
> > coffee.  However, I expect neither to be up to the standards
> > I expect :-)  You have to beat Roma* to be acceptable.
> 
> I've had a NY pizza and it was certainly the most *foul* pizza I have ever
> had the misfortune of not being able to avoid eating (*inlcuding* McCain
> frozen pizza). It was soggy, in fact, *wet*, the topping slid off the base
> like scabs slipping off a weeping sore, and it fell to bits. Only a sample
> of one, I know, but on the stength of that, {NY Pizza}--

Ok, where was this?  I never said you *couldn't* get bad pizza here,
y'know...

dha
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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-06 Thread David Cantrell

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 07:57:45AM -0400, Chris Devers wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, David Cantrell wrote:
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> > Which is of course wrong.  Russia makes the best firearms, Australia makes
> > the best wine, and .us produces the best bloodthirsty maniacs.  I believe
> > they recently elected one as their Fuhrer.
>  
> Elect is a harsh term here. The man was appointed, crowned if you will.

ohmigod, my sincere apologies!

> Not unlike youre queen, from what I can tell, though I've to date never
> seen her described as a bumbling idiot. Maybe the BBC keeps that quiet?

Hmmph.  She's not *my* queen.  Anyway, I believe the description du jour
is that she is a "sweet old dear".

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-06 Thread Chris Devers

On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, David Cantrell wrote:

> Which is of course wrong.  Russia makes the best firearms, Australia makes
> the best wine, and .us produces the best bloodthirsty maniacs.  I believe
> they recently elected one as their Fuhrer.
 
Elect is a harsh term here. The man was appointed, crowned if you will.
Not unlike youre queen, from what I can tell, though I've to date never
seen her described as a bumbling idiot. Maybe the BBC keeps that quiet?
 


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RE: Silly postings

2001-04-06 Thread Matthew Jones

Hm. Looking over this you might not want to read it if you're eating or
anything.

> I reserve judgement until I've had a NY pizza and a NY 
> coffee.  However, I expect neither to be up to the standards
> I expect :-)  You have to beat Roma* to be acceptable.

I've had a NY pizza and it was certainly the most *foul* pizza I have ever
had the misfortune of not being able to avoid eating (*inlcuding* McCain
frozen pizza). It was soggy, in fact, *wet*, the topping slid off the base
like scabs slipping off a weeping sore, and it fell to bits. Only a sample
of one, I know, but on the stength of that, {NY Pizza}--

> Said standards, BTW, give every single London / Paris  pizza 
> / coffee a fail mark, except the coffees I brew.

NY cawwfee, OTOH, really impressed me. I loved it. Merkan diner breakfasts
are great. Bacon and waffles and pancakes and syrup and eggs over easy and
home fries. They were very fulfilling indeed.

But what is it about NY toilets that only about three of them flushed
properly during my entire visit? Almost every time I or the people I was
with went into a kludgie, we found it blocked up by a grim combination of
ordure and bogroll. Didn't matter where we were, the hostel we stayed in,
the diners we went to, the tourist attractions, any publicly-available lav.
Ewww.

Oh and mm, turkish coffee. Yowsa.

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread Simon Cozens

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:27:57PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
> No, best pizza is in NY or the hypehnated environs.
> You go to Italky for the wine and the antipasti.

It's a hell of a trip back for the main course, though.

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread David Cantrell

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 02:11:51PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 07:10:34PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:45:40PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> > > Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
> > > know dirt about pizza... :-)
> > 
> > I thought it was "people outside of Italy". My how times change.
> 
> Pizza was invented in America, very possibly NY, so I hear...

So?  Even if that is true, does that mean that no-one can do it better?
Well I guess that means that the Chinese make the best firearms (they
invented them), Europeans make the best wine  (they
invented the vile muck), and Sweden produces the best bloodthirsty
maniacs (they invented them).

Which is of course wrong.  Russia makes the best firearms, Australia makes
the best wine, and .us produces the best bloodthirsty maniacs.  I believe
they recently elected one as their Fuhrer.

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread David Cantrell

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 02:39:21PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 07:10:34PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:45:40PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> > > Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
> > > know dirt about pizza... :-)
> > 
> > I thought it was "people outside of Italy". My how times change.
> 
> Well, to hear Frank Zappa tell it, at least, the italians *really* don't
> know anything about pizza...

Thus speaks a man who has never had pizza.

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread David Cantrell

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:45:40PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 12:14:05PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
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> > "Sex is kinda like pizza. When it's bad, it's still pretty good."
> 
> Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
> know dirt about pizza... :-)

I reserve judgement until I've had a NY pizza and a NY coffee.  However,
I expect neither to be up to the standards I expect :-)  You have to
beat Roma* to be acceptable.

Said standards, BTW, give every single London / Paris  pizza / coffee a
fail mark, except the coffees I brew.

* - because of all the food/drink I've had in Italy, Roman pizzas and
coffees were the worst.  Neapolitan pizzas were the best, and Sicilian
coffees.

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread David Cantrell

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:27:57PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
> Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:45:40PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> > > Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
> > > know dirt about pizza... :-)
> > 
> > I thought it was "people outside of Italy". My how times change.
> 
> No, best pizza is in NY or the hypehnated environs.
> 
> You go to Italky for the wine and the antipasti.

Barbarian!

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread Paul Makepeace

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 07:10:34PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:45:40PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> > Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
> > know dirt about pizza... :-)
> 
> I thought it was "people outside of Italy". My how times change.

Pizza was invented in America, very possibly NY, so I hear...

Paul



Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread David H. Adler

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:27:57PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
> Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:45:40PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> > > Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
> > > know dirt about pizza... :-)
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> > I thought it was "people outside of Italy". My how times change.
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> No, best pizza is in NY or the hypehnated environs.

Yeah.  And if you go to Koronet, it's *really big* too.  :-)

dha
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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread David H. Adler

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 07:10:34PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:45:40PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> > Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
> > know dirt about pizza... :-)
> 
> I thought it was "people outside of Italy". My how times change.

Well, to hear Frank Zappa tell it, at least, the italians *really* don't
know anything about pizza...

dha
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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread Dave Hodgkinson

Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:45:40PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> > Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
> > know dirt about pizza... :-)
> 
> I thought it was "people outside of Italy". My how times change.

No, best pizza is in NY or the hypehnated environs.

You go to Italky for the wine and the antipasti.

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread Simon Cozens

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:45:40PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
> know dirt about pizza... :-)

I thought it was "people outside of Italy". My how times change.

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-05 Thread David H. Adler

On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 12:14:05PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
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> "Sex is kinda like pizza. When it's bad, it's still pretty good."

Thanks for reinforcing the view that people outside of New York don't
know dirt about pizza... :-)

dha
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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-04 Thread Greg McCarroll

* Dave Hodgkinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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but its so much nicer tasting than wax

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-04 Thread Dave Hodgkinson

Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

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> Sex is like pizza, melted cheese is an essential part.

Greg, you _do_ worry me...


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RE: Silly postings

2001-04-04 Thread James . Herbert

hmm i'm still here and it wasn't a flame :P  I was just trying to get 
in on the conversation...

-Original Message-
From: dean.wilson3 
Sent: 04 April 2001 14:08
To: london-pm
Cc: dean.wilson3
Subject: Re: Silly postings


On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 01:59:05PM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
> > Ok so that is possibly the most unfunny thing i have ever seen.  No 
offense.
 
> If that's what you think was it necessary to quote the entire message?
> MBM (hasn't done this flame on london.pm yet... :)

So was it you or Greg that drove him to jump ship? ;)

I think it was discovering people that actually owned unicycles that did
it...

Dean
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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-04 Thread Dean

On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 01:59:05PM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
> > Ok so that is possibly the most unfunny thing i have ever seen.  No offense.
 
> If that's what you think was it necessary to quote the entire message?
> MBM (hasn't done this flame on london.pm yet... :)

So was it you or Greg that drove him to jump ship? ;)

I think it was discovering people that actually owned unicycles that did
it...

Dean
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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-04 Thread Greg McCarroll

* Matthew Byng-Maddick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, james_h wrote:
> > Ok so that is possibly the most unfunny thing i have ever seen.  No offense
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Well thats why the disclaimer was on it, some poeple like that
form of cheap joke, some don't. I just like having a go at
all forms of humour. ho hum.

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RE: Silly postings

2001-04-04 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, james_h wrote:
> Ok so that is possibly the most unfunny thing i have ever seen.  No offense.

If that's what you think was it necessary to quote the entire message?

MBM (hasn't done this flame on london.pm yet... :)

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RE: Silly postings

2001-04-04 Thread james_h

Ok so that is possibly the most unfunny thing i have ever seen.  No offense.

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-04 Thread Greg McCarroll

* Matthew Byng-Maddick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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Don't read this if you are easily offended, or hate crap jokes,
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Sex is like pizza, you always want more on top.
Sex is like pizza, sometimes you leave a crust.
Sex is like pizza, sometimes you end up with stick strings of stuff
hanging from your mouth.

and ...

Sex is like pizza, melted cheese is an essential part.

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Re: Silly postings

2001-04-04 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 02:22:38AM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
> > > > ...geeks, goths, jugglers, Natscis.  And that's just me.
> > ex-natscis too. :)
> Are you?  I'm actually doing productive things in the lab, so this shall
> be my last pointless posting of the day.

Sure. Right. :)

Yeah. I attempted to be a physicist, and failed, (partly through spending
time perl programming. :). Not impressive really.

> > > Paul, whose uni got nicked in fscking cambridge. "Ooh, it's got a wheel!
> > > Not the usual two, but fuck it, let's steal it anyway!"
> I apologise on behalf of my city :-( 
> Yes, it's all mine!  Muhahahah.

Hmmm... You can have it. :)

> "Sex is kinda like pizza. When it's bad, it's still pretty good."

!!

MBM

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