Pony and Buffy (was Re: Mailing List Stuff)

2001-02-15 Thread Mark Fowler

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Michael Stevens wrote:
 On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 12:34:15PM +, Robin Houston wrote:
   what is it with ponys?
  I've wondered that too.
  Seems to be a #perl obsession...
 
 purl pony 
 [purl] pony is replyGimme a Pony! Pony! Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony
Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony 
Pony! Pony Pony Pony!
 
 Michael

Obviously one good meme deserves another:

- *dipsy* buffy?
*dipsy* trelane: wish i knew
*dipsy* purl knew: buffy is reply I want
BUFFY! Buffy! Buffy! Buffy! Buffy
+Buffy Buffy!  Buffy Buffy Buffy!  Buffy Buffy Buffy!  Buffy Buffy Buffy!

Okay, own up, who was this ;-) ?  And more importantly, who told dipsy to
forget Buffy...

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Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-05 Thread David H. Adler

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 12:34:15PM +, Robin Houston wrote:
 On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 12:27:16PM +, Struan Donald wrote:
  * at 02/02 12:29 + Jonathan Stowe said:
   On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
   
Any questions?
   
   
   Yeah, can I have a pony ?
  
  what is it with ponys?
 
 I've wondered that too.
 Seems to be a #perl obsession...

I think brian's wanted a pony ever since the early days of NY.pm, and
he avoids IRC like the plague...

dha, likes pie

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Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-02 Thread Jonathan Stowe

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Dave Cross wrote:

 Any questions?


Yeah, can I have a pony ?

/J\
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Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-02 Thread Struan Donald

* at 02/02 12:29 + Jonathan Stowe said:
 On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
 
  Any questions?
 
 
 Yeah, can I have a pony ?

what is it with ponys?

struan



Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-02 Thread Robin Houston

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 12:27:16PM +, Struan Donald wrote:
 * at 02/02 12:29 + Jonathan Stowe said:
  On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
  
   Any questions?
  
  
  Yeah, can I have a pony ?
 
 what is it with ponys?

I've wondered that too.
Seems to be a #perl obsession...

 .robin.

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Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-02 Thread Michael Stevens

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 12:34:15PM +, Robin Houston wrote:
  what is it with ponys?
 I've wondered that too.
 Seems to be a #perl obsession...

purl pony [12:39]
[purl] pony is replyGimme a Pony! Pony! Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony Pony!
   Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony
   Pony Pony!

Michael



Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-02 Thread Simon Wistow

Robin Houston wrote:
 
 I've wondered that too.
 Seems to be a #perl obsession...

As in "stroke the pony"?



Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-02 Thread Robin Houston

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 12:40:18PM +, Michael Stevens wrote:
 purl pony
 [purl] pony is replyGimme a Pony! Pony! Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony
 Pony Pony!  Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony Pony Pony! Pony
 Pony Pony! Pony Pony Pony!

robin literal pony pony pony
purl robin: pony pony pony =is= replyGLUE GLUE GLUE|
  replyRHAPSODY in Glue!

robin glue glue glue?
purl glue glue glue is replyPONY PONY PONY


hmm
It must be a US cultural reference of some sort...

 .robin.



Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-02 Thread Jonathan Stowe

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Robin Houston wrote:

 On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 12:27:16PM +, Struan Donald wrote:
  * at 02/02 12:29 + Jonathan Stowe said:
   On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
   
Any questions?
   
  
   Yeah, can I have a pony ?
 
  what is it with ponys?

 I've wondered that too.
 Seems to be a #perl obsession...



Older than that :

http://www.fly.net/~shiva/complain.txt

/J\
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Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-02 Thread Dave Hodgkinson

Jonathan Stowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 http://www.fly.net/~shiva/complain.txt

Spamford Wallace.

Those were the days.

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Re: Mailing List Stuff

2001-02-02 Thread Jonathan Stowe

On 2 Feb 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote:

 Jonathan Stowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  http://www.fly.net/~shiva/complain.txt

 Spamford Wallace.

 Those were the days.


On the subject of Ponies - check out this aw350m3 site -

http://members.tripod.com/~ponyland/

/J\
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