Hoon Filksong (Humor----I hope.)

2002-10-02 Thread Medievalbk
In response to my: To validate near death experiences, we need to have bumper stickers made for use on the top of crash carts: If you can read this, you may not yet be irrevocably dead. Brin emailed back: My own favorite. I'd like to produce a bumper sticker that says VIAGRA DONOR. Be

Re: Hoon Filksong (Humor----I hope.)

2002-10-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/2/2002 5:26:49 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mark/Wilbur/William, why did you change your email name? What is it about Wil*? You mean Vilyehm? That was an invention created solely for SCA use to keep the Germans from saying Wilhelm, and the

Re: Hoon Filksong Tolkien

2002-10-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/2/2002 8:19:56 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Maybe I will be banned... Ok, let's go. He was quite active in the Tolkien Mailing List Tolkien in the Brin list. Is there anything wrong with this? The fighting Urs were named for the Urukhai,

Lime Jello and Uplift (Humor)

2002-10-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/2/2002 8:34:08 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cue: doubletake L-L-Lime Jello? It's a bit rewritten from the email I sent Brin. I think I still need more editing, etc. It's supposed to be as if it's read by someone who runs into a SF con's

Re: Uplift Urbane Legend #3 (Hoonmor) (Hoonish humor)

2002-10-03 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/3/2002 7:56:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I suppose Hoons *do* look a little like Jimmy Durante, don't they? I imagine, though, that considering JD is a practically forgotten figure in the 21st century that maybe one in a million Terrans

Re: cars, air

2002-10-04 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/4/2002 6:38:26 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There will be no overnight switch to electric vehicles. This does not diminish their potential. I would consider buying an electric car as a second vehicle as soon as I can use it to drive from

Re: Uplift Urbane Legend #3 (Hoonmor) (Hoonish humor)

2002-10-04 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/4/2002 10:13:54 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm afraid you're just going to have to get used to the games of My brain is bigger than yours that we play here. :-D Oh I do skim through many of them. Last time I did a test on the net, I

Re: White Dwarf of intellect one line zinger reply.

2002-10-04 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/4/2002 3:23:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So it's like a white dwarf of intellect? :) LOL Ouch! Is this from the previously-mentioned Handbook of Insults? And is it better or worse to be a black hole of intellect? (an argument could

Re: 28

2002-10-04 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/4/2002 4:05:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can we come up with two words that begin with the letter 'B'? Bi and Both are both two words. Another perfect straight line feed. Vilyehm Teighlore - Sometimes you gotta go 'O'

Epic is now mundane. (Laid back rant)

2002-10-04 Thread Medievalbk
Today at a used bookstore that is actually a used media store but won't change their name because it just wouldn't be as cool, I saw a used DVD of Lord of the Rings. Already. If we all totally twist the English language, I'm thinking of redoing the slogan of the king of kitchen gadgets: See

Re: Animal and the slight visitors.... (renamed for humor)

2002-10-04 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/4/2002 6:02:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If I were the link master, then I'd name my site www.porkouttoday.com As it is, I have mutton to do with that site. :-) Hmmph, cattle be the day! Wassamatter? Chicken?

First words on Mars contest

2002-10-05 Thread Medievalbk
A HREF=http://www.newmars.com/firstwords/; http://www.newmars.com/firstwords//A Saw this on alt.sf. written It must have just gone up. I instantly filled in all five categories. Guess which one I think is the most likely to actually happen. Brin has a few zingers up. But I'm rechecking the

Re: First words on Mars contest

2002-10-05 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/5/2002 7:25:08 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cool site, already placed my first words in. Thanks for pointing it out! Mike V. PS - First non-human words, like 'meow, meow, meow-meow, hisss, meow'? I was thinking of something like **At

Re: First words on Mars contest

2002-10-05 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/5/02 5:25:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brin has a few zingers up. But I'm rechecking the site to see if it specifies first human words. William Taylor ___

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/6/2002 7:49:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ---David Hobby -- Demanding prunes and raisins! Today the pits, tomorrow the wrinkles. Sunsweet marches on. -- Stan Freberg

Re: Brin accused of being from another planet!?

2002-10-07 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/7/2002 6:38:08 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I sometimes wonder if I'm living on the same planet as David Brin, said Philip E. Agre, an associate professor of information studies at the University of California at Los Angeles. Everyone can

Re: cars, air

2002-10-07 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/7/2002 10:17:35 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There will be no overnight switch to electric vehicles. This does not diminish their potential. I agree. There's so much underlying technology to change before

Re: Epic is now mundane. (Laid back rant)

2002-10-07 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/7/2002 10:42:29 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What makes the original _Star Wars_ so good and the new ones so bland isn't the special effects: it's the characters themselves. Translation: GL ran out of Japanese samurai movies and British

Re: Hey, can we pun this? (humor)

2002-10-07 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/7/02 11:25:14 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: just because they disagree with whatever pet viewpoint you have. The worst pet viewpoint is when you're checking the pet's sex. William Taylor -- They were thinking of doing the

Re: cars, air

2002-10-07 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/7/02 11:57:01 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That does make more sense, or to use an electric car strictly as a commuter car. I also believe in ICETEA. Independently computed efficiency of tonnage on each automobile. That other drink just

Re: Epic is now mundane. (Laid back rant)

2002-10-07 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/7/2002 2:38:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I disagree. The characters in Star Wars are cardboard cutouts. The plot is pure space opera. What made Star Wars great was the special effects and the music. I take it this is to [EMAIL

Re: Epic is now mundane. (Laid back rant)

2002-10-07 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/7/2002 6:08:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brin is going to write a plotline to Star Wars III? The same Brin who calls the movies insidious and vile? Read from his webpage. He says he has a way to clean up the moral mess for the last

Brin webpage down

2002-10-07 Thread Medievalbk
Maybe it's just AOL. But what da hell am I supposed to do now, watch the damn football game? Vilyehm Teighlore ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin accused of being from another planet!?

2002-10-08 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/8/02 1:06:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It doesn't sound as if Agre has even read TS to me. Well I haven't either, damn it! I'm resisting the idea of having to go to Amazon. It should be on the shelf at BN but it aint. And I don't think

Re: Contacting Aliens change M to B page 148

2002-10-08 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/8/2002 5:58:31 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: William Taylor wrote: On page 148 it says the Poaglisis were uplifted 1.6 million years ago. That's gotta be a billion. The Poaglisis uplifted the T'4Lek 470 million years ago.

Re: brin: education

2002-10-09 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/9/2002 3:31:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd be interested in what Dr. Brin has to say about the dumbing down of education in america, how we went from the top in math and science to dead last. Giving $1000 a year to the best webpages

Re: 'Frying Squad' Swoops on Drivers in Fuel Scam

2002-10-09 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/9/2002 5:52:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A Welsh police team dubbed the Frying Squad has been formed to sniff out motorists who fuel their cars with cooking oil from fish and chip shops in a bid to avoid paying high government fuel taxes.

Re: brin: education

2002-10-10 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/9/2002 10:39:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please verify this got posted. Posted and read from top to bottom. There's too much dog waggin from all three parties involved involved in trying to gain or keep power. GOP Dem ABC, CBS, NBC,

Re: brin: education

2002-10-10 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/10/2002 12:37:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Only Brits volunteered. But the Welsh had all the good songs. [I'm still trying to figure out how and where in an Uplift story we can have a Hoon chorus sing Men of Harlech, in full uniform, and

Re: How's this? (Just a thought)

2002-10-13 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/13/2002 9:28:33 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What if the inspectors went in to Iraq, and any area they were not allowed to inspect that was suspected of being a WMD producer was marked for bombing, and bombed after a 72-hour warning period?

Re: learn from past mistakes

2002-10-13 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/13/2002 3:17:50 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: wait for it.it started raining. It's still raining now. The local radar shows no rain, but it is raining. Maybe it's really very low lying verga. Did you get down on your hand and knees to

Re: learn from past mistakes

2002-10-13 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/13/2002 4:09:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Virga. Looked it up in my dictionary. Just like the zodiac constellation, except for the terminal vowel. (I *thought* that's how it was spelled, but wanted to double-check before I said anything.

Re: 4 in 10 Americans want to annex Canada

2002-10-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/14/2002 6:05:24 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My first reaction to such a question would be to laugh at the joke. It just sounds funny. I wonder how many people answered seriously? I.m too old to relearn the order of my vowels. In the USA,

Did Cordwainer Smith write Dune?

2002-10-14 Thread Medievalbk
A silly subject line. I picked up a copy of The Best of Cordwainer Smith, an author I never really understood a couple of decades ago. The theme of people not being treated as people just because they don't have the same DNA as people just don't fly no more. [Course that's exactly what he

Re: Startide Rising Timeline

2002-10-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/14/2002 6:47:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, I am not talking about _Jijo_'s moons - those are quite simple to track. ---Kithrup. Yup. Did that to myself. I'm going to have to read it for I think the 5th time, but the first time

Re: Phone solicitations Re: When does the screaming start?

2002-10-14 Thread Medievalbk
If anyone is trying to sell you siding, telling them that it's a brick house will usually end the call right there. How about using: Is your aluminum siding thick enough to stop the aliens from reading my brainwaves? How much extra would it be to add siding to the interior of my attic?

Re: The Multiverse Database

2002-10-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/15/2002 8:24:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 've added four planets from Dr. Brin's Uplift Universe to my web site, the Multiverse Database www.multiverse-db.com I've added Garth, Jijo, Kithrup, and Pila. They are entry #s 91-94. You can

Re: The Multiverse Database

2002-10-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/16/2002 6:38:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Based on your suggestion, William, I added Zarathustra to the database. Complete with the five continents? The known timezones between the capitol city and Holloway's camp. The divide, piedmont,

Re: The Multiverse Database

2002-10-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/16/2002 7:58:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, it's definitely too bad you lost that notebook. :-) John F. Carr was sent everything. He has it on file. But he has been busy with other Piper writings. Alpha will be the biggest continent,

Re: brin: war

2002-10-16 Thread Medievalbk
I'd rather be known as a Hern instead of a Merkin, but that would make me a very small minority in this list. **sigh** William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Getting_really_silly

2002-10-23 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/23/2002 10:53:31 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For the englishly challenged among us, what exactly would each term mean? Bonk is the sound that hitting someone on the head with a blunt oject makes. Boink is what two people do to,

Re: Temptation - Buyur - Jijo 7? 8? 9? SPOILERS

2002-10-23 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/23/2002 1:10:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The ships have to tap into hyperspace to land or take of. It is mentioned in HR. One of the occupants aboard Harries station flying to Jijo piloted by Kaa on the last shreds of hyperspace (I

Re: Getting_really_silly

2002-10-23 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/23/2002 1:45:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or is that all bunk? William Taylor (.waiting for) Someone to say that - they were bonking while boinking? - for a caveman, bonking leads to boinking?

Re: Temptation - Buyur - Jijo 7? 8? 9? SPOILERS

2002-10-23 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/23/2002 5:01:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Naturally, Dr. Brin never answered back. Slinky. Groan For that pun you should only be shot. G xponent Slinky Maru rob Perhaps we could get the good Dr. Brin to

Re: Jijo photography question.

2002-10-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/21/2002 1:50:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It could be manageable if the work were broken up. I bet that a lot of us have the US paperback edition; if we had 10 people willing to each do an assigned chunk of it, we could get it done in a

Re: Jijo photography question.

2002-10-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/21/2002 4:01:17 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have people doing timelines and aliens, but is there a bibliography of technology? I tried to do one for Piper's Federation / Empire. I know how much work that'd be. It could be

Re: test

2002-10-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/21/2002 5:21:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: test 4 out of 10 for originality. And it was supposed to be multiple choice. Vilyehm Teighlore ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Temptation, Re: Jijo photography question.

2002-10-21 Thread Medievalbk
Temptation leaves more questions than answers. The full text is on Dr. Brin's website, but it may not be enjoyable reading it. I have yet to figure out a way of balancing a monitor on my chest while lying in bed. William Taylor ___

Re: DogWag and Nirb

2002-10-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/21/2002 6:12:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Let's start fresh when we see whether the blatant (there can be no other logical reason) attempted DogWag works or not. There. I didn't use Brin in the subject line. I'm beginning to believe that

Re: A request from the Dr.

2002-10-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/21/2002 6:12:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: NOW... may I ask that people please remove Brin: from the current set of subject lines? and we get: Subj:Brin: The Future of the World Re: brin: war That's only two Brins. I can do better.

Re: World government in 50 years

2002-10-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/21/2002 10:14:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But, I argue for much more than that. I think it is very unlikely that a a world govement would form within 50 years. I've already given my first arguement: it is rare that 4000+ years of history

Re: World government in 50 years

2002-10-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/22/2002 7:34:49 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I see the Internet as disruptive in much the same way as printing was 500 years ago. More so to me. I sell used books for a living. On the internet only. Already I can see the trend of the past

Re: The UN

2002-10-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/22/2002 2:18:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Your suggestion, that a country should wait until its borders were crossed would fail the Chamberlin test. I have a different Chanberlin test. ;-) I tell someone, To change history you should go

Re: test

2002-10-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/22/2002 3:50:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've sent 2 messages (re: the UN) in the past 15 minutes, but they haven't made it - at least to my computer. Would someone reply to this? Thanks- Debbi ::clears throuat:: ::stands upon

Re: test

2002-10-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/22/2002 5:29:28 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey, if you are using a library computer, ain't your hour up yet? Well, I went to read a magazine for 15 min, then got on another one (wouldn't have if there were folks waiting, but there are 5

Re: Temptation - Buyur - Jijo 7? 8? 9? SPOILERS

2002-10-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/22/2002 5:41:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But I do think that if all of the Library units dummy down, this means that they are psionically linked and that they have been lying to the Galactics for over two billion years. You don't need

Re: Temptation - Buyur - Jijo 7? 8? 9? SPOILERS

2002-10-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/22/2002 7:17:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So we know the Jophur have landed and that the war is on. No, the Jophur _left_ an occupation force in Jijo. They took Biblos, and even some Gray Queens were said to be allying with them. No,

Re: Getting silly Re: nirb: war

2002-10-23 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/23/2002 1:20:48 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Doctor Brin is back on the list?! Except now he's gone on break??! From the webpage: October 31 - November 2: Utopiales International Science Fiction Festival in Nantes, France. ---I don't know

And you say my puns are bad.

2002-10-24 Thread Medievalbk
The duenna bots, or security robots, were so named by our good Dr. Brin because, obviously, they can be programmed to due enna thing you want them to do. William Taylor Though the Nish are gregarious among individuals of other races, something odd happens when a Nish is

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/24/2002 1:50:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yea, verily yea. with a nod to Danny Kaye :) ---Pull up your chainmaille! I do not live in desert heat. Denver weather's quite a treat. Fox trots past the library, 'puters wait for thee and

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/24/2002 6:42:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I rarely need either heat or AC while driving - but of course, when either is required, it's _parching_ or _below freezing_. Debbi You ain't old and worn out before your time. I have about

Re: br!n: war

2002-10-25 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/25/2002 9:31:05 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Subj: Re: br!n: war Note that JDG's and Jean-Louis' posts had brin: in the subject line. Those messages were being forwarded to David Brin, who asked not to have any messages sent to him

Re: Saudi/Soviet dealings

2002-10-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/17/2002 6:45:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pravda must be again in the True Path of Virtue, back to the Old Communist Days, when it was the sponsor of Freedom and Liberty in a world oppressed by imperialism. Brazil is going to lead the

Alvin's life continued, or from umble beginnings....

2002-10-18 Thread Medievalbk
First Hph-wayuo takes Hoon couples sailing. Next he has to build a beach hotel for the, um, obvious reasons. The hotel turns into a resort/convention center. And next comes a stage/movie theater complex. The first play to be performed? Why H. M. S. Pinafore, naturally. Then The Pirates of

Uplift Urbane Legend #4 Humor

2002-10-18 Thread Medievalbk
The Poaglisis need the sapients they encounter to be clothed. The T'4Lek / -ab Poaglisis wear no clothes. They also have no legs and no things that usually go between legs, as they are saprophytic and expel no wastes, and reproduce by division. The Poaglisis have four legs and also four places

Re: Hallowe'en

2002-10-26 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/26/2002 6:57:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Funny. Why do I think a Jophur would prefer vodka or uso [sp?] ouzo? I thought ouzo was the closest thing to alcoholic mulch. William Taylor ___

Re: OFF-LIST Re: bran: war (just being flakey)

2002-10-26 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/26/2002 6:58:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dumb question: Is there some special reason DB is busy between now and election day? Like, is he running for office or something and some of us are unaware of the fact? I think Elvis has left

Uplift Urbane Legend #7

2002-10-27 Thread Medievalbk
Terragen Field Agents should refrain from doing imitations of the Frankenstein monster in front of most Galactics. In the very first movie, the monster accually speaks one complete sentence of Gal Five. And it was a very, very rude one. William Taylor --- Genitilia on a

Re: Uplift Urbane Legend #7

2002-10-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/27/2002 4:39:28 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: William Taylor wrote: Genitilia on a robot? That's a Gortian naughty. There are times this list makes my head hurt a whole lot. :) Jim And the thing is, this same joke might not play

Old verses new photo

2002-10-27 Thread Medievalbk
Being new to the list, I wouldn't know if there was a past history of emails about this, but just who is that person in the 1985 photo on the rear inside cover of Uplift War? That picture seems to be of a doctor of astrophysics who is morose because he is demeaning himself by actually writing

Re: test

2002-10-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/27/2002 10:13:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 11:42 PM 10/26/02, William Taylor expended precious bandwidth by expostulating: [Anyone know the programing for changing my AOL automatic CP line?] Ten dings = one dong

Re: test

2002-10-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/27/2002 10:17:12 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And, we can have a provision that the offending poster be kicked off the list for a week if it gets that high. Afterwards, we can sing ding-dung, the witch is dead The term 'witch' is usually

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/28/2002 3:10:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Corrupted-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com I suppose it was only to be expected. rob You mean Hoon are having sex with Urs? Tymbrimi are selling obscene

I'm just getting burned out.

2002-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
Three nursing teachers killed at our University Medical Center. The gunman makes four. And my first reaction when the police hold a news conference? Well, there goes Jeopardy. Not a very nice thought, but it must be becoming pandemic. William Taylor

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/28/2002 4:32:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You mean Hoon are having sex with Urs? Tymbrimi are selling obscene glyphs under the counter? Traeki are painting themselves green and posing as Christmas trees only to

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/28/2002 4:48:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mebbe we should all go dress up as Kanten on Halloween and find George H. W. Bush. :) :) Not all. If you all dress as Kanten, I'll go as a can of cheese sauce. William Taylor

Re: Allergies (was: Getting silly Re: br!n: war)

2002-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/28/2002 5:24:56 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: as a cat-lover who is in fact allergic to cats (though much less as the years pass! :D), I did a close inspection of a used SF book I had just picked up. Almost every page had a white long hair

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/28/2002 5:56:28 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jackie-O-Linten. No, no, no. The men and women in the list should act in an assertive way, showing that we abhor terrorism and those that support it. So, all women should be naked, and the men

Re: Smoking Cats

2002-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/28/2002 8:51:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In households where they were exposed five years or more, cats had more than triple the risk. In a two-smoker household, the risk went up by a factor of four. Cats ignore whoever they want to,

Re: Smoking Cats

2002-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/28/2002 9:53:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: an odd cat.) I've seem more odd dogs than odd cats. Three legged, I mean. A matter of personality more that genetics? William Taylor Who's Line Is It Anyway comes on at 12:07

Re: Fw: Ghost: Cthulhu vs the Nigerian scammers

2002-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/28/2002 10:26:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cthulhu If you knew Cthulhu, like I knew Cthulhu. There was a girl in town that used to sew up Cthulhu dolls for SF cons. I told her to make up a shorter version with tiny stunted legs in a

Re: Well, I'm feeling pretty good, considering...

2002-10-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/29/2002 9:50:25 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking to emulate the rat and cockroach as employment survival models - is that so wrong? Ask Archy. Though Freddy didn't last very long. William Taylor

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/29/2002 2:44:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: L8 post on the minutia of the philosophy of science. grin Ooh! I want to read this. I hereby bandy the reliability of data and the certainty of observation!! L8? How can one read a post

Re: POST

2002-10-29 Thread Medievalbk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No. Frex, a 2K post from William (13:25 EST) 'arrived' approx. 45-60 min after his 3K post of 13:41. Ahem. Post. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Sillier and sillier Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/29/2002 3:51:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: if William is a witch (well, I suppose he'd really be a warlock), and he _has_ been chanting on-line. Ohwa Tagoo Thialand. Vilyehm ___

Re: POST

2002-10-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/29/2002 3:51:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ahem. Post. Ehrum. Kellogg's. Julia dodging the projectiles sure to follow *that* one Naw, I'm holding it in Chex. Vilyehm ___

Re: Well, I'm feeling pretty good, considering...

2002-10-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/29/2002 4:33:56 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lucky bastards [*] [*] movie reference :-) Waking Ned Divine. Wadda I win? William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Our Friends at the UN

2002-10-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/29/2002 8:07:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This kind of statement is an example of why some nations think the US is arrogant. God forbid a pathetic backwater like Cameroon have any say in what happens in the world. It's not like they live

Re: POST

2002-10-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/29/2002 9:05:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Doug wrote: Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Jim wrote: William Taylor wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ahem. Post. Ehrum. Kellogg's. Naw, I'm holding it in

Re: POST

2002-10-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/29/2002 10:26:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ahhh, Shredded Wheat, isn't that by POST Cereal? Kellogg has Frosted Mini Wheats. But there are too many people on the list getting frosted over other things. William Taylor

Re: Christian insanity.

2002-10-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/30/02 6:44:37 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As for prayer teams swinging into action, I have a problem with that. It sounds a lot like it mistakes prayer for action, Swinging into action had me thinking up Mission Unprayable Select your

Uplift Urbane Legend #8

2002-10-30 Thread Medievalbk
The Qheuen have a better mind's eye than what humans have. How many human artist do you know that look at their model and then turn out the lights before they begin to paint or sculpt. The Qheuen eye is on the top. The mouth is on the bottom. The eye cannot see what the mouth is doing. Yet

Re: heading towards a singularity

2002-10-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/30/2002 6:03:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now any suggestions on what I should tell the cybermasses? How about: Are you now, or have you ever been? From one of the worst movies to ever rent if it's not the letterbox edition. William

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-31 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/31/02 7:07:57 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, not to be argumentative, but I think it is impho. Okay, I'll bite... P - Personal? In Many People's Humber Opinion. Not for this one, but there's also: IMHOTEPT In my honest

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/31/02 12:09:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If ever you work in close contact with marketing, look at some of the people gravitating around the director or VP. Hey! I've been both! (Director and VP of marketing, that is.) Ding.

Re: From the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot files...

2002-10-31 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/31/2002 7:29:43 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For $1.00, a city can buy $24,000 cars. However, they will have ads on them similar to NASCAR, apparently. A good idea for cash-strapped municipalities, or capitalism gone WYYY too far?

Re: Water conservation

2002-11-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/1/2002 11:16:49 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not if they shower with a member of the opposite-to-their-sexual-preference sex. Are there that many prisons in Australia? Just go to the store and buy handiwipes 144 at a time. William

Re: [LINK] Baby's named a bad, bad thing...

2002-11-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/1/2002 2:29:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Callahan-I think it could work for a boy or girl, but they had it listed as girl Will she be a rogue cop tracking down a serial killer using a .44 Magnum, the most powerful

Re: Water conservation

2002-11-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/1/2002 2:22:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I noticed that golf courses managed to get exemptions, and new sod/seed was _still_ being laid in new subdivisions. :P What is the percentage of golf courses there that use tap water instead of

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/1/2002 5:46:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Check on the website: Signs 7:30. Reality Spy kids 7:00, Signs 9:00 I drove four blocks for nothing! Kevin T. It is cold here, I walk in the summer. When I'm not late. When it's not raining.

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