||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for May 08, 2003 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:23 PM, dragging Mudhead by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters with ah,clem close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:23 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. Mudhead: Welcome ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Merlyn disembarks at 8:24 PM. Merlyn: yer oily ah,clem: hi Mudhead! Mudhead: Shoes for Industry ah, clem! ah,clem: did not want to miss anything... Merlyn: I'm going to have to leave when the pizza comes ah,clem: shoes for the dead Mudhead: With anchovies? Merlyn: you've got the wrong man! ah,clem: ounds Dangerous Mudhead: Nick Correct type Mudhead: I'll let him go then ah,clem: it is a flip flop, springhead Mudhead: Do you mean Bambi? Merlyn: NOTICE ah,clem: Bambi ill bee here soon ah,clem ) Mudhead: Why am I boo'd Merlyn: if you want a smiley face, you need a space before the : Mudhead: and how does he make his face do that? Merlyn: just scaring people ah,clem: right, I forgot Merlyn: :) ah,clem: :) Mudhead: ne1 middle central US? ah,clem: we are in VA Mudhead: Looks like the twisters in Billville are workin overtime Mudhead: SE CT here Merlyn: mpls/st paul Merlyn: pizza is here Mudhead: your there ah,clem: have a nice anchovy... Mudhead: Hear! Hear! Mudhead: So there. Mudhead: Enjoy ah,clem: where? Mudhead: There ah,clem: ok, Mudhead, but can we stop off at Pop's sodium shop?. Mudhead: ah, clem Did you ever find out why the porridge bird lays it's egg in the air? ah,clem: got a red with a hair ah,clem: no trees. Mudhead: no shoes Mudhead: no shirt ah,clem: no problem Mudhead: I'll just sit here... Mudhead: and wait for my cues... ah,clem: me too, at least untill Deputy Dan gets here... Mudhead: He's got no friends Mudhead: Is that why we chat on Thursday? ah,clem: that is true, and I am sure there is a reason for that. ah,clem: because Friday would be too late. ah,clem: so how was your week Mudhead? Mudhead: I got my meds straitened out, I'm startin to feel better Mudhead: Reminds me I gotta take some more, brb ah,clem: ok Mudhead: I like the p[owdered sugar at the bottom of the box myself ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ah,clem: yes, don't horn th ones with the cherries in te middle, you'll suffocate. Merlyn: his watch is way off Mudhead: He needs to come in from the shadows ah,clem: back from the shadows again ah,clem: out where an Indian is your riend ah,clem: the vegitables are green... Mudhead: and you can pee in a stream ah,clem: and that's important ah,clem: :) ah,clem: from the shadows again Mudhead: Were we discussing hamberger last week? ah,clem: Merlin, why does this chat client truncate lines? ah,clem: yes, all over the highway, in Mystic Conn. Mudhead: Yes, someone had a thought of an accident? ah,clem: was on the news Merlyn: what got truncated, clem? Mudhead: It wasn't a highway death play on words ||||||||| Catherwood leads Bambi inside, makes a note of the time (9:11 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ah,clem: before your Hour of the Wolf movie. Bambi: hello Mudhead: There actually was a spill os 200 lbs of hamburger Merlyn: if you put stuff in < > brackets, it vanishes because it looks like HTML Mudhead: Hi Bambi Bambi: hi Mudhead ah,clem: a play on the word mystic I think, Bambi should remember Bambi: hi ah,clem Bambi: hi Merlyn Bambi: looks like you are back now Merlyn ... cool Merlyn: hello bambi Bambi: can you restate that as a question, please :) Mudhead: all these people always askin questions! ah,clem: last week they were talking about the hamburger on the highway, Bambi: hehehe Bambi: yes? and? Merlyn: hey clem, what truncation were you referring to? ah,clem: Mudhead wantedto talk about that. Bambi: ah, ok ah,clem: beginning of line right before refresh Bambi: in Mystic, Connecticut ... yes ah,clem: only happens sometimes Bambi: if refresh is within the first word or two, it may truncate the beginning of the line ah,clem: rght, was asking Merlin why that is. Bambi: with a refresh rate of 2, I am not seeing it tonight ... last week with refresh rate of 5 I had to be careful Bambi: to stop typing if refresh came at that time Bambi: I hope I explained that correctly Merlyn: hmm, it might depend on your browser; if it refreshes the bottom frame with the text entry box, I bet it gets cleared. Doesn't happen to me, though ah,clem: ok Bambi: I am using IE 6.x ... ah,clem is in Linux Merlyn: or maybe refresh selects all the text, so if you keep typing, the next character removes all the selected text ah,clem mozilla here Bambi: that's a distinct possibility Merlin Bambi: at refresh rate of 2, it happens so fast you don't really see it ah,clem: BRB Merlyn: OK, the auto-refresh doesn't do anything, but if I do a manual refresh of everything, my cursor moves to the front ||||||||| ah,clem runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's ah,clem?! It's 9:20 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Merlyn: but it's probably browser/OS dependent ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 9:21 PM, dragging ah,clem by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" Bambi: what OS/Browser are you using? Bambi: I am in Win98se/IE 6.x ... ah,clem is in RedHat Linux/Mozilla ah,clem: ok, now trying a faster refresh rate. Mudhead: Dear Friends, say a prayer for Oklahoma, the twisters are knockin em around. Merlyn: I'm using IE 5 under mac OS 9.2.2 Bambi: good ... now it will happen much faster so you won't notice it too much at all :) ah,clem: working better now Merlyn: clem, you can change it without exiting if you select "configure" Bambi: Ah that would explain it Bambi: hmmmm, let me check the dropdown ah,clem: leave it to a wizzard buy a MAC. :) Bambi: cool, hadn't seen that before...configure is pretty cool ||||||||| Catherwood leads Ken inside, makes a note of the time (9:26 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Bambi: hi Ken Ken: hello, dear friends :) ah,clem: hello Ken: i'm ken, and i use windows........ Bambi: lots of fun last friday ... so glad you could come over to the IRC for www.Skybirdradio.org Ken: help me in my 12 step program, please Ken: bambi, i enjoyed myself, will plan on making it a semi-regular on my schedule (yeah, like i have a life and something to do on friday nights!) Bambi: ok, 1. Start 2. Restart in MSDOS Mode 3. format c: .... hehehehe :) Bambi: oh, wow...I solved your problem in 3 easy lessons :) Ken: i have a friend who says he's sending me a couple of bootable cd's with linux flavors on them. might end up trying and liking Bambi: you probably will .... is he sending you knoppix ? Ken: all my friends are either geeks, nerds, or weirdos. why the hell do you think i hang out here? :) Ken: only one i remember without checking into old emails is susie Bambi: you don't have to do anything to your current configuration to try Linux with Knoppix Bambi: cool :) ||||||||| Outside, the 9:29 PM downtown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Elayne coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Elayne: Evenin' all! Ken: i have enough free disk space that i could devote a couple of gigs to it Bambi: so we will forget all about OSes entirely for tonight :) Ken: hey e Bambi: hi elayne Ken: alas, no smoking material here except the normal tobacco, so i won't be passing any around tonight ah,clem: I have used mandrake and redhat, don't know much aboute susie Mudhead: Hi Elayne Merlyn: hey E ah,clem: hi Elayne Ken: jimmy: from where i sit, they are all about alike at this moment. it's like trying to decide whether to learn russian or polish. they're both so foreign to me it doesn't really matter ah,clem: go with redhat, then I can help more. Mudhead: Ken you can rum Knoppix from a CD, try it Ken: mud: i can rum from a bottle, dear friend ;) Mudhead: wr run Elayne: I'm almost all out of my smokables, alas. But the money's started to come in again, so I'm up for a refill... Ken: that name does ring a bell, i think it's susie and knoppix. dire straits/knopfler was stuck in my head so i think that's it Mudhead: I'm packin Ken: packin' a gun? Mudhead: Suse Mudhead: Refills Ken: hell, i'd give you all my money, you don't need a gun, but you'd laugh at me when you got it Mudhead: I'll light one and pass it around Elayne: Appreciate it, Mudhead! Ken: you're a good man, mudhead, and so good with the servants (wait, that's georgie, isn't it?) Mudhead: Where are the servants anyway? Ken: catherwood is probably clock watching...... Ken: don't pass that joint to him, you know how he is...... ah,clem: porgie was good with the servants. Mudhead: He's confused enough Bambi: yes, young George, fondly known as Porgie was so good with the servants, Porcelin in particular ... apparently according to his mother was helping her make the bed Ken: if i could afford servants, i'd be good with them too Mudhead: with a little applesauce porgies good with anything Ken: "coming, mother" ah,clem: LOL Bambi: ah, yep ... that would be the scene :) Ken: act II, scene 3, take 45 ah,clem: I'd like to take one two Bambi: ah,clem ... are you missing a screwdriver downstairs? I have one up here that looks an awful lot like yours ... ah,clem: yes Ken: vodka and orange juice or phillips? Bambi: ok, found it on the floor by my computers ||||||||| C. Simril sneaks in around 9:39 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." ah,clem: phillips Bambi: ok, found it on the floor by my computers C. Simril: hi chatters Ken: hi cat Ken: how's the great southwest (of canada)? Bambi: hi cat C. Simril: south? Merlyn: hello. I got Red Shift finally (haven't listened yet, though) I'll give Dave Romm his copy saturday ah,clem: hi cat C. Simril: good news, merl Mudhead: Hi Cat C. Simril: i'm glad doc got around to that C. Simril: i heard from michael packer about him getting his copy. good to see someone is Elayne: Oops, hi Cat! Multi-tasking again, sorry. Ken: elayne: isn't it nice to be able to f**k up 6 things at once with windows instead of just one with dos? ||||||||| Osama Bip Yamamoto enters at 9:43 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn. Ken: yo, yammie Elayne: Heh, I remember DOS, Ken... dang, I was alive before PCs ever existed, how strange. Elayne: "Bip"? Ken: yeah, we're old pharts now Bambi: hi OBY :) Osama Bip Yamamoto: Sure Ken: i learned to program fortran in '69 by punching cards and getting a printout Osama Bip Yamamoto: Bipping is like jüting, but different Ken: yam: better or worse? Osama Bip Yamamoto: Remember paper tape readerss? Bambi: so do you go by Bip then ? C. Simril: the guy in santa cruz i thought would play it on his show didn't even mention receiving it on his show on tuesday Ken: i had a ham radio teletype machine once that used paper tape Merlyn: here's something funny; the guardian crossword from a few days ago contained several naughty hidden words in the answers: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crossword/java/complete/0,7090,-5848,00.html Elayne: Hey Chucko, I remember MIMEO. :) Osama Bip Yamamoto: Call me whatever Ishamel Ken: "yammie" to his friends :) C. Simril: hi el, osama, ah, bambi, everyone Bambi: ok, hi yammie Osama Bip Yamamoto: oi Osama Bip Yamamoto: who's bambi Osama Bip Yamamoto: God I loved Mimeograph machines C. Simril: no, the who is on first Ken: she's a deer little thing Elayne: Merlyn, I found "wank" and the "c" word, what else is there? Osama Bip Yamamoto: Lived that purple smeary ink Ken: sniffing mimeo fluid and eating library paste. them was de daze Bambi: it was a small bit part in firesign theatre Elayne: I love the smell of mimeo in the morning. Smells like... well, you know. Osama Bip Yamamoto: Elayne what else do you need? Bambi: why thank ye kindly there ken :) Elayne: LOL, Yam! C. Simril: speaking of library paste, anyone here ever been in the SF public library? Osama Bip Yamamoto: I used to hang around the mimeo in school and get tore up on the fumes Ken: never even been in s.f. Merlyn: hard-on, semen, arse, wee, bra (maybe), and "election" can be solved as "erection" because the clue is ambiguous Osama Bip Yamamoto: Ken: GO! at least once in Yr life Bambi: wow...I haven't seen a mimeograph in decades Ken: yam: i want to, even though i'm straight Merlyn: oh, and twat Elayne: Them wacky Brits. Osama Bip Yamamoto: It's a cool place Ken: twat's that again? C. Simril: yeah, lovely city. i'm going there in 3 weeks Osama Bip Yamamoto: Say Twat? Ken: i would love to have an old mustang and recreate that car chase scene Osama Bip Yamamoto: Vancouver is a good place to visit too ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 9:49 PM, dragging Dexter Fong by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" Ken: bullit? Osama Bip Yamamoto: DF Merlyn: hidden in the crossword cited C. Simril: i prefer to live here Bambi: hi dex Ken: hi dex Elayne: Hi Dex! Dexter Fong: Anyone got a voucher Bambi: ducking billets again? Dexter Fong: OI MY C. Simril: i will have to make it over to your coast one of these days Osama Bip Yamamoto: I'd live there, but I dont parlez vous Canadien Mudhead: I'm behind the bar Dexter Fong: Ah Bam or is it Bam ah Osama Bip Yamamoto: I have a billet proof jaquet Osama Bip Yamamoto: DF Rama Lama Man Ken: they call alabama the crimson tide Dexter Fong: Bam & Ah: Don't know if you read the log or anyone told you but Roto stopped by last week after all had left C. Simril: just open a jeroboam of champagne for everyone Mudhead: Quick jerabome for everyone Osama Bip Yamamoto: Gimme Two! Dexter Fong: Make mine Methusalah Ken: sorry, only one per customer C. Simril: orange widow ok? Ken: i'll take onan Bambi: ah,clem saw that in the log Mudhead: Comin up.... Bambi: sorry to have missed him Osama Bip Yamamoto: After 999 it gets TOO old and goes flat ah,clem: yes saw the log, thanks C. Simril: with some nice truffles Bambi: will have to stay longer next time Dexter Fong: Elayne: Had to go outta town last fri so couldn't make it to the convention Bambi: or would that be this time ;) Ken: babmi: never know when he will show up Ken: er, baMBi Mudhead: white trruffles? Elayne: Ah, sorry Dex. Maybe another time. We should still get together. Osama Bip Yamamoto: My comcrap puter fried and now I'm writing in on a 5 yr old dell Dexter Fong: ther trrrreffic C. Simril: is roto the guy on texas radio or is that someone else Bambi: thanks ken...will have to just hang in there then :) Ken: cat: that's freqman C. Simril: i was just listening to a firesign bit with Chef Truffle from their april fools show C. Simril: ah yes, ken C. Simril: ah yes, ken C. Simril: about cooking with carrots Osama Bip Yamamoto: Carrots always want to alter the recepie Ken: cat: you ever think about entering your play in the bbc's contest? every several months they invite radio plays Osama Bip Yamamoto: they're never happy C. Simril: i didnt know that, ken. a good idea Bambi: well, there ya go ... dell is definitely better than comcrap computers :) C. Simril: would i just go to their website and find out about it? Osama Bip Yamamoto: I'm building the next one Bambi: don't blame you ... good call Ken: cat: not sure where you'd look on their website. i listen to the world service many nights, usually about 3-4am eastern, would be mid-1 your time Osama Bip Yamamoto: This is a dell NY state threw out ah,clem: good call Os, ah,clem: build your own C. Simril: is that from the website, ken? Osama Bip Yamamoto: I'm saving for the box/chip/MB now Bambi: a laptop or desktop yammie? Mudhead: roll yer own, I always say C. Simril: i think klok is a regular bbc listener. maybe he'lll know Ken: cat: i hear it on the show, but if it's open now, i'm sure there will be something on the website Osama Bip Yamamoto: Desktop Ken:www.bbc.co.uk Ken: klok listens to bbc4, not the same as world service Osama Bip Yamamoto: We ought to do in cold HTML as a radio show C. Simril: looks like i could just type in radio plays and hit search C. Simril: good idea, osama C. Simril: tiny was really into it Osama Bip Yamamoto: I used to listen to BBC 3 Bambi: is the internet the only way to get the 'real' bbc in the US? Osama Bip Yamamoto: He was Osama Bip Yamamoto: and the first one was rather a magic bit Ken: my npr station puts bbc w.s. on after midnight until 6am. i have it on my clock radio, listen as i go to sleep C. Simril: i watched bbc whenever the hotels had it in europe. i missed the us sports scores, but it was much saner than cnn Ken: bambi: unless you have a good shortwave receiver and antenna Osama Bip Yamamoto: I get the BeeB on the 'net Dexter Fong: Bam: YOu might try a fully hand-crafted Hallicrafter...you can get Tierra del Fuego on it Mudhead: I can pick it up shortwave on East Coast Osama Bip Yamamoto: Or Schortwave Bambi: darn...lack of that license comes back to haunt me again Ken: dex: but you can wipe it right off with a wet cloth Ken: bambi: no license needed to listen Ken: only to transmit, and you don't even have to learn code now Bambi: ah, only to transmit Osama Bip Yamamoto: or a moist towelette ah,clem: used to be on cband as subcarrier, but gone now. Probably digital. Osama Bip Yamamoto: It's easy to catch that code, tho ah,clem: simple head code Osama Bip Yamamoto: Does anyone use CB's? Ken: morse at 5 words/minute isn't hard to learn. i had my problem trying to get 20, back when you needed that for extra class Bambi: probably ... and of course, cable, dishnetwork and directv have the 'proper' bbc if at all C. Simril: any school boy could catch it Dexter Fong: Any English schoolboy can transmit it ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Dave', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Ken: yam: all the truckers do Ken: hey dave ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Elayne: Hi Dave! C. Simril: hi dave Dexter Fong: Ken: YOu've always had extra class =) Bambi: I used to use CB ... Bambi was my handle .. then the linears and echo boxes and uncouth folks started taking over ... gave it up. Dave: "good day dear friends it's so beautiful up here" Ken: catherwood now 21 minutes fast ah,clem: hi dave Dexter Fong: Hi Dave Bambi: hi dave Osama Bip Yamamoto: I haven't bothered to see if I could get the CB on my old AM reciever ah,clem: so clean Elayne: We get the Beeb's World News broadcast on what they used to call UHF, but our system doesn't carry BBC America. :( Osama Bip Yamamoto: Dave Ken: dex: i failed the code 3 times at 20 wpm, but aced the written every time. now they've lowered it to 5 wpm for everyone and i haven't taken the test again. i'm a lowly advanced class :( Osama Bip Yamamoto: I don't believe in Flying Saucers C. Simril: yeah, it's beautiful in vancouver too Bambi: how are you pastor dave :) Osama Bip Yamamoto: I could do code-only one finger required-like my typing Mudhead: Hello Dave C. Simril: although the locals may torch the town if they lose the stanley cup game tonight Ken: dave can't be a pastor, he's jewish Dave: ah, the CB, I should buy one just for the helluvit Ken: watch me pull a rabbi out of my hat Elayne: Well, I'd best go do my e-mail, see y'all next week. ||||||||| Around 10:03 PM, Elayne walks off into the sunset... Ken: later, e Osama Bip Yamamoto: Ken: sure he can Bambi: yes, it is a real eye opener just to listen Dave C. Simril: by el Bambi: silly rabbi kicks are for trids Dexter Fong: See yah E: Osama Bip Yamamoto: Gotta watch those Rabbis, they multiply exponentially Dave: I'm not going in to detail but let's just say I'm supposed to be Jewish Ken: not as bad as mormons though Osama Bip Yamamoto: Okay Osama Bip Yamamoto: That's me, I'm the worst Ken: of course, with 15 wives, you can have a hundred or more kids easily C. Simril: so was jesus. it didnt do him any good ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and klokwkdog disembarks at 10:05 PM. Osama Bip Yamamoto: I LIKE the concept of Polygamy, personally Dexter Fong: Klok! Osama Bip Yamamoto: oi C. Simril: hi klok Ken: yam: as much trouble as i had with one, don't want more klokwkdog: good eve. Bambi: will watch that Ken: hi klok Mudhead: hey klok Osama Bip Yamamoto: I'm sawing off a ball and chain myself ah,clem: hi klok klokwkdog: easy to acquire, tough to shed Dave: hey Mudhead, can I have a snort? Osama Bip Yamamoto: Costly Dexter Fong: ...and if you hurt it consider yourself dead Mudhead: comin up... ah,clem: wait a minuter, that drink may be drugged... C. Simril: 2 sheds? Mudhead: There you go, that wasn't too hard C. Simril: tell us about your symphony, 2 sheds Dexter Fong: Arthur Johnson? C. Simril: tell us about your symphony, 2 sheds ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Rotonoto', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:09 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... klokwkdog: heap big musical! Osama Bip Yamamoto: Cat are there two of you? C. Simril: i seem to be repeating myself Dexter Fong: Hey Roto C. Simril: yeah i wonder about that? Rotonoto: Fellow bozos and bozoettes... Osama Bip Yamamoto: oi roto C. Simril: hi roto C. Simril: hi roto Bambi: hi roto Rotonoto: I bid you adieu- waitaminnit-thats french! klokwkdog: i've heard of people withouth anything to say, but this is...
Osama Bip Yamamoto prepares for a drumroll Ken: damn, roto, i greeted you and had bambi's button pushed Bambi: thanks for the invite ... glad we were here when you got here tonight ah,clem: hi roto klokwkdog: hi, roto Mudhead: Hi Roto Dexter Fong: Hi Roto Bambi: roto, like to introduce you to my better half ... ah,clem Rotonoto: greetings to all form safe below the statue of the square round poet Osama Bip Yamamoto: ? Ken: square roots of round numbers Rotonoto: ...in the hall of the obscure antiquities... Osama Bip Yamamoto: Bambi Is a multiple Identity person? klokwkdog: in top from tonight, are we? Bambi: no, my better half is my husband :) C. Simril: there are 18000 results when i typed in radio plays on the bbc search engine Osama Bip Yamamoto: oh Dexter Fong: Bambi Is a multiple Identity Poster Girl for uh 18...1949] Rotonoto: yes, I'm in good from klok :o) Ken: well, cat, at least you know they like them there C. Simril: klok, you know anything about submitting radio plays to the bbc? klokwkdog: oh dear, B, that can't be fun... Osama Bip Yamamoto: I'm only half and 4 cats presently Bambi: hehehe...good one dex :) Rotonoto: hi Bambi- glad you made it to the future Osama Bip Yamamoto: The bad half at that Dave: I'm three, aren't we? Ken: i've got a cat that's about to have kittens, she's as big as a horse and still got a couple weeks to go yet C. Simril: there is the hg welles connection, with hail brittania and everything. it's a natural for england klokwkdog: Cat, no matter how many times you try to beat them, they always play better than you Ken: dave: you're 2 and three quarters, but we will give you the benefit of the doubt Bambi: the future is where it is Dave: I personally like the BBC's news a shitload better than our news Osama Bip Yamamoto: Live it or live w/it ah,clem: don;t forget to inflate shoes before crossing the water. Ken: dave: you're right there. i listen almost every day. klokwkdog: my impression from the Radio 3 stuff is that you need to put a heavy dose of left-wing politics in it - lots of working-class angst Bambi: glad to be here in the future fair Rotonoto: me too, they have a cool background music too :o) Osama Bip Yamamoto: I don't wear them anymore klokwkdog: you can't compare them, Dave: ours isn't really news... C. Simril: chairmen mao and deng are main characters. sounds perfect for them Rotonoto: will mr. ah-clem please report to the hospitality shelter, next to the mindless fellowship pavilion? Ken: heavy on the 30 weight AND the angst Mudhead: Drugs are taken pretty seriously in my family Osama Bip Yamamoto: Klok: we have Commercials for Bush C. Simril: well put, osama ah,clem: LOL mudhead klokwkdog: it's more like Confidence in the System commercials... C. Simril: mine too, mudhead Osama Bip Yamamoto: Pretty much all I see w/my limited exposre klokwkdog: ...I still watch them 'cause they are interrupted by presentations of drugs I may have to use someday Rotonoto: sysstat uptime ni-yun oh fi-yiv... Bambi: I don't watch the news...to depressing ... any news I get is international on the web C. Simril: even the west wing seems a lot more right wing than it used to be Ken: yam: try opening up the f-stop and using longer shutter speed Bambi: at least there you find out in a couple days if it is bunk Osama Bip Yamamoto: I get my drugs from the E-Mail spammers Osama Bip Yamamoto: Dunno what they do, but they look good Dave: I'm just tired of all this fucking depressing news, so I don't watch, it's like, the more depressing, the more we hear about it C. Simril: ah, f. stops. shutter speeds! Ken: yam: herbal stuff, huh? placebo effect Bambi: yeah, we don't need no stinking news :) Bambi: life is too much fun for all that :) Osama Bip Yamamoto: Dave: we need to kill all the ppl making the depressing news Dexter Fong: Listen to the news...get depressed...buy the product....you don't care anymore Ken: dave: we're bringing the boys back home! Rotonoto: ah, but one acclimates readily to chronic, sub-clinical depression... Dave: STUUUUUUPIIIIIIIIIIIID, SO STUPIIIIIIID! klokwkdog: the big ROFL hoot for me today was the comments of the "little guy" Republicans who sensed they'd win about the tax reform bill C. Simril: harry shearer should be required listening Osama Bip Yamamoto: If it's herbs you want go out in the yard Ken: btw, merl, thanks for that "man cuts off own head in meat saw" story on the news group. i loved it Rotonoto: and they will subscribe wonderful pharmaceuticals to alleviate your anxiety when the ads aren't running... Osama Bip Yamamoto: Harry Sheare should be president Merlyn: sure ken, so did the python group, since he was a "gumbi" Osama Bip Yamamoto: George Carlin klokwkdog: ...they were dancing because they "knew" that a Capital Gains tax decrease would be "much" easier to present to the American people than a divident tax removal Osama Bip Yamamoto: Could you imagine a Carlin State of the Union Speech? Ken: yam: he can't, he's always apologizing for something. presidents have to be STRONG Bambi: oh, you mean all those spam ads that I have blocked on my email? hehehe Rotonoto: is mr. ah-clem any relation to mr. uh-clem? (and what about Bambi?!) Osama Bip Yamamoto: Bush is STRONG? klokwkdog: and I'm thinking, "These are people? Or aliens arrived from Planet Moneybags?" Ken: yam: he has strong men behind him holding him up. same thing Osama Bip Yamamoto: ok Dexter Fong: Bush is a good strong, healthy, good strong, hardworking good strong American Ken: klok: yeah, it would be a hoot about the tax relief if i wasn't so damned broke Bambi: duck and cover Ken: goose and uncover klokwkdog: darn right he's strong, Yam. Most of us have been noticing the stink for years... ah,clem: uh,clem is a clone, a clem clone Osama Bip Yamamoto: what's left of his brain rotting Rotonoto: my duck can't duck- i've got it covered with duct tape Dexter Fong: Anyone see Lettermans top ten GB excuses for not finding those WMDs last night? ah,clem: I am me, that's just a hologram. C. Simril: nope Ken: clem: as long as you're not obscene and fall, then you'd be an obscene clone fall Bambi: and wrapped in plastic sheets too? Rotonoto: (and Kend has the photographic evidence to back me up) C. Simril: which was originally called Duck tape, as i recall klokwkdog: haven't they found those WMDs yet, those hundreds of thousands of gallons of anthrax? Osama Bip Yamamoto: I'm surprised they just don't make something up Dexter Fong: Reason 2: hELL, WE CAN'T EVEN FIND cHENEY Dexter Fong: oops Osama Bip Yamamoto: who would know? Rotonoto: wrapping costs extra around these here parts Dexter Fong: Reason 1: Geraldo took them Rotonoto: .. Dave: brb for a bit Rotonoto: .. klokwkdog: he's in an undisclosed coronary care ICU, Dex Bambi: they won't find any WMD ... they're all in syria or lebanon by now Ken: whereas rapping is everywhere (and still sucks) Osama Bip Yamamoto: NPR news presenter rilly screwed up just now ||||||||| Catherwood ushers otonotoR into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mumbles something about 10:23 PM, then departs. klokwkdog: did you see that Cheney's going to run for VP again? and he has a 24/7 doctor next to him, everywhere?
Dexter Fong goes afk in search of alcoholic drink Osama Bip Yamamoto: Bambi: Wouldn't somebody notice them moving? A biolab is a lot bigger than say a meth lab Ken: klok: heard that tonight. sure glad of that otonotoR: hey, what happened to my klokwkdog: we have no idea Rotonoto: ... Merlyn: what's up, roto? ah,clem: close b close mode Bambi: they wouldn't have to move the labs, just the WMD Osama Bip Yamamoto: You can't bung together a n00k in the boot of a car... C. Simril: that's weirder than my repeated lines Rotonoto: sometimes my browser stops refreshing, goes stale, sorta like flat champagne Osama Bip Yamamoto: Bambi: Stuff STILL takes up space Bambi: and they had plenty of time to do that between the inspectors and the beginning of the war klokwkdog: you have to shake it now and then as you get closer to the bottom, Roto Merlyn: try manually refreshing the page, see if that helps otonotoR: get your hands off me, i'm a newsman, i gotta find out- Reeeebusssss... ||||||||| otonotoR departs at 10:25 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" klokwkdog: they swore on a stack of bibles that there was so much WMD stuff they'd trip over it every 5 minutes Rotonoto: who was that masked bozo? C. Simril: a firealarm is ringing outside somewhere and the game just started! Ken: klok: they converted it to civilian use. Osama Bip Yamamoto: Someone w/a satellite would notice a few extra viehicles moving along the western motorway, anyway Bambi: who knows really anyway :) klokwkdog: I love it when the Russians say, "Well, if you haven't found the WMD yet, we shouldn't lift the sanctions!" Ken: take a left at mosul, put the pedal to the metal C. Simril: what is reality? Osama Bip Yamamoto: I think it's fiction Rotonoto: Product may have settled during shipping, close cover before striking
Dexter Fong returns with B&B Osama Bip Yamamoto: Klok: I hope the rooskies hold out as long as possible Ken: b&b: a delightful drink usually post-prandial Bambi: berry berry b&b? ah,clem: eat it C. Simril: products go on strike? i didnt know they were unionized Ken: eat it raw Bambi: eat it raw Dexter Fong: Ken: B&B= Booze and Boo Rotonoto: the russians lost 6 billion, the french 60 billion, why you t'ink they give us such a hard time? :o) Osama Bip Yamamoto: Look for the Union Lable ah,clem: raw raw raw Bambi: that's the spirits we have around here Dexter Fong: war war war Ken: do not remove label under penalty of law C. Simril: speaking of russians, saw excellent flick last week called Russian Ark, set in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg Mudhead: those aren't the only spirits hear Osama Bip Yamamoto: No thank you, had one Rotonoto: Mudhead-look- Morse Media has vanished! C. Simril: kind of like my plays, lots of time travel Bambi: oh, now ... the mattress police are gonna come and get'cha Ken: cat: hermitage has lovely cyber-tour on line. can't tell you the url, lost it in crash of laptop several years ago klokwkdog: oh yeah, and now we plan to give Iraq "democracy", but only if they vote the way we want... Osama Bip Yamamoto: God I miss Nixon Rotonoto: fire futon torpedoes! Ken: bambi: you a national lampoon radio hour person too? i remember that bit! klokwkdog: LOL C. Simril: phil and melinda have acted out the death of the czar in the russian revolution twice, once in Neal Amid and the latest in Red Shift Dexter Fong: Bambi: Urban myth: matress owner can remove label, but not seller of matresses C. Simril: it was a trip to see this same scene in a flick C. Simril: it was a trip to see this same scene in a flick Osama Bip Yamamoto: Natlamp Radio Hour Rotonoto: there's money in that mattress
Bambi ) Osama Bip Yamamoto: God I loved that Dexter Fong: Cat: You got the stutters? ||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dave - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... C. Simril: now i'm repeating again Bambi: oh, yeah ... ah,clem has schooled me well ;) Rotonoto: there's an echo in here... Mudhead: There's soft money in that mattress klokwkdog: You know it's getting bad when you turn on McLaughlin Group and even he is worried about this administration... Osama Bip Yamamoto: Weird C. Simril: by dave Ken: damn, dave died of peemonion Osama Bip Yamamoto: I just got a screen fulla warnings Rotonoto: it's always pneumonia, never the plague C. Simril: john mclauglin, the great guitarist? Ken: those buboes are killers ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "10:31 PM and late as usual, it's doctec, just back from Billville." C. Simril: i thought he was at peace ah,clem: just follow the rubber line to your seat. Ken: hi, tom Bambi: it was the salmon moose doctec: whew Dexter Fong: MY: Warnings about what...Are we back at orange...or is it (gulp) red Rotonoto: bye bye!! C. Simril: hi doc doctec: whew Osama Bip Yamamoto: John's still alive aint he? ah,clem: hi doc doctec: hi gang - long day - i am exhausted Osama Bip Yamamoto: oi doc doctec: whew Rotonoto: nice to see you operating... Bambi: what? klokwkdog: no, McLaughlin, the renegade priest and r/w talk-show entertainer Mudhead: hi Doc whatt ya know Dexter Fong: Hey Doc, got the CD yesterday...thanks you C. Simril: i thought he was still under the spell of that guru. or maybe not Osama Bip Yamamoto: OK Bambi: hi doc Ken: dex: substantial penalty for early withdrawal, you know Osama Bip Yamamoto: Doc-Never got MY CD Mudhead: are you aa practicing physician? Bambi: you came in as we were having to leave last week ... doctec: hey muddy - is mudhead r.a.? Dexter Fong: Ken: Sorry have no idea where the reference point is =))))) klokwkdog: heck, Y, I can't even figure out MY NETSCAPE... Rotonoto: oh, a old trick puzzle- so happen we find out the answer next show! C. Simril: when you stop practicing, there are a couple of slugs i need removed from my back garden ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'nurse judy', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:33 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Mudhead: Doc, sorry no Ken: CD=certificate of deposit (not only compact disc) doctec: (there was a chatter back in IRC daze who's initials were r.a.) C. Simril: no, a different mudhead, doc Dexter Fong: Doc: Mud is not RA doctec: oh C. Simril: hi nurse Ken: hi judy Osama Bip Yamamoto: I have Mozilla doctec: well, it;'s nice to have another mudhead with us! Dexter Fong: NJ! Bambi: well, at least we don't have to use mozaic anymore to browse ... there would be no chat klokwkdog: another tragic episode of overloading of operators, like "party line" ah,clem: hi judy doctec: 'lo n.j. Ken: yeah! another mozilla fan! nurse judy: Toads away! Hi boys! Bambi: no java back in mozaic's day doctec: cat: heard from p.s. today, he got the shipment of red shift cds Bambi: hi judy nurse judy: PA made his non appearance yet? Rotonoto: speaking of Mozilla, Phoenix is awesome! doctec: dex, did you get yours today? Osama Bip Yamamoto: The only reason I liked netscrape was cos of composer which is now royally screwed up Ken: java has been there for millions of years (well, maybe if you count continental drift, not "there") nurse judy: Hello deer Ken: roto: phoenix? Bambi: yes, Phoenix is awesome and so lightweight Dexter Fong: Doc: Got it yesterday..thank you klokwkdog: in a sentence? "I was out in the yard trying to follow my party line above when one of the neighbors picked up." doctec: roto: yeah i've heard good things about phoenix - haven't tried it yet though, i'm a fan of the opera browser C. Simril: never been there, but i hear it's hot Osama Bip Yamamoto: 100+ in the summer Rotonoto: new engine in Mozilla camp and project called Phoenix gets (I think) renamed back to Mozilla- a major new direction for the Mozilla troops doctec: good to hear dex, i hope you enjoy it nurse judy: returned from the ashes Dexter Fong: Only problem with Phoenix is every 100 years it goes up in flames....but it comes right back like new Bambi: yeah, java has been but not in browsers back in mozaic's day ... the mozaic era was pre-netscapian ;) Ken: i've got mozilla 1.4.0 (alpha). is that phoenix? Rotonoto: try it doc, you will be pleasantly surprised- I have great hopes for it- just try stable version 0.5 Rotonoto: I think so, Ken, not sure klokwkdog: Yeah, Roto, there was a big write-up on that in The Register. A major Open Source figure from Debian had to step in to mediate that name squabble doctec: i'll make it a point to download/install Mudhead: Where's Merlyn, and how does he make his voice do that? nurse judy: mozillia is a paper gorilla Osama Bip Yamamoto: I'll have to have a look @ that meself doctec: do i recall that it is only a browser (no mail/news client)? Ken: every couple weeks i check for new build, get it doctec: do i recall that it is only a browser (no mail/news client)? Dexter Fong: K: You must have a pretty good built by now Bambi: yes, browser only at this point for phoenix Osama Bip Yamamoto: Doc's got it! Rotonoto: yes but they have some good engines for that stuff too, just won't be bundled- separate standalone utilities and pretty good too, I hear Ken: i love the tabbed browsing, and this version can save not just one home page, but a bunch of home pages all at once, open them all when browser opens Dexter Fong: Now Doc has the stutters doctec: thx nurse judy: and he can have it Ken: doc: au contraire, great mail client in it Bambi: tabbed browsing is fantastic klokwkdog: kwd runs only Netscape in Windows, currently 7.01 and 7.02 (Mozilla is always about 1 revision ahead of Netscape, so is a better choice if not in need of integrated AIM, etc.) doctec: yeah opera has tabbed browsing too - i love that feature Osama Bip Yamamoto: My tabby browses in the rubbish bin Rotonoto: the knock your socks app is a very small addon- right click on banner ad and banish it Bambi: I don't open a bunch at one time from a single bookmark ... would choke the dialup connection :) Ken: LOL, yam! i've got cats that try that too nurse judy: he's got little squinty eyes now doctec: roto: that's cool! klokwkdog: are Opera's mouse "gestures" any good, DT? nurse judy: cat chat Rotonoto: little add is a separate download called Nuke- luvit luvit! Dexter Fong: NJ: 'e's a 'eprecaun doctec: klok: i don't use 'em, i have that disabled doctec: call me a luddite... ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Bunnyboy into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mumbles something about 10:39 PM, then departs. Ken: roto: mine has built-in pop-up blocker Bunnyboy: lo dere doctec: hey bb Rotonoto: Phoenix has mouse gestures package as separate tuny plugin download Osama Bip Yamamoto: oi Bambi: hi bunny Ken: hey bun C. Simril: hi bunny doctec: if you didn't get red shift today, you should have it tomorrow nurse judy: hop on the band wagon Ken: you must have something different Mudhead: man it's late klokwkdog: you luddite! C. Simril: is it easter yet? Dexter Fong: Bunny! Osama Bip Yamamoto: Silly rabbit Rotonoto: yes, Phoenix does, and I think you may have some of Phoenix anyway C. Simril: merl said he got it Ken: hop, hop, hoppin' along klokwkdog: by whose calendar, Cat? Mudhead: I'm goin doctec: thanks klok (i was waiting for that) Rotonoto: duck and cover- luddites! klokwkdog: nite Mudhead: going Dexter Fong: Night Mudhead Bambi: night mudhead
Ken ken sings "by the time i get to phoenix, she'll be rising" Osama Bip Yamamoto: nite C. Simril: by mud doctec: cat: thanks, i was wondering if merlyn got his (i sent two, one for him, one for mr. romm) Mudhead: gong... ciao all ah,clem: night Mudhead doctec: nite mudhead Ken: later, muddy Rotonoto: nite mud doctec: stop by again next week if you can Rotonoto: silly wabbit- kix are for trids Dexter Fong: Ken ken...how er quaint? Bunnyboy: What do you mutter when you don't have supplemental insurance? ||||||||| Catherwood enters with llanwydd close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 10:40 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. Bunnyboy: "AWFUC!" llanwydd: howdy doctec: lili just called in from the kitchen to say she sends you all her love - she's preparing a late feast for the two of us Ken: dex: wasn't sure of the : protocol, typed my name after it Rotonoto: laugh runaway! Ken: hey llan Bambi: hi llanwydd C. Simril: hey bunny, i'll be in seattle for an hour later this month Dexter Fong: LL, Hi Ken: hi lili Osama Bip Yamamoto: oioi klokwkdog: the best article in The Register this week deconstructed the British Rail web site and concluded that for schedule information, it was easier to get it via Germany's rail site's English version nurse judy: hiho llanwydd, however that's pronounced C. Simril: lili? Osama Bip Yamamoto: HI LILI Ken: klok: i almost roared reading that one, brilliant work Osama Bip Yamamoto: had to shout she's in the kitchen and that Bunnyboy: Hi Lili, Hi Lo doctec: yeah thanx for that link klok Bunnyboy: Doc: RED SHIFT arrived today. Yippee! Rotonoto: type us the menu, lili- we can obtain vicarious sustenance Dexter Fong: Lili: Are u Ilanwyd? Bambi: what's on the menu doc? klokwkdog: it started out pretty straight-ahead, Ken, but pretty soon I was banging the table with tears coming out of my eyes doctec: oh joy, sounds like everyone got their mailings Bunnyboy: Only one anomaly: Act 2 comes before Act 1. Bambi: what roto said ;) Ken: roto: vicarious? didn't know you were episcoplian llanwydd: hiho! It's not pronounced. only typed. Dexter Fong: CAT& BUN; Yeah I wondered about that too Bunnyboy: * doctec: salmon steaks w/mustard butter, brussel sprouts, roasted red potatoes llanwydd: hard to do this with webtv Osama Bip Yamamoto: That's okay nurse judy: that's hard enough Ken: you're not one of those welchmen, are you? spelling looks real suspicious.... Rotonoto: only on weekends but I make up for it all week Bambi: yummmm Bunnyboy: It's like an opinion. C. Simril: sounds good doctec: w/garlic & rosemary klokwkdog: ah, here it is: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30564.html Ken: ah, doc, i'd come over but i'm hours away Bambi: that sounds great! Osama Bip Yamamoto: He may turn ito a scotsman doctec: i know, i'm such a lucky guy Rotonoto: hmmm- white wine or red? nurse judy: stop, you're making me hungry Dexter Fong: Hi! My name is Doc and I'll be taking your oders tonight Ken: i jsut had a pizza omelette a while ago. eggs, sausage, sauce, cheese. i also put sour cream on top llanwydd: I'm american but of welsh distraction Dexter Fong: orders? Osama Bip Yamamoto: I had a bowl of ramen doctec: actually roto, we're drinking vodka tonics klokwkdog: can not make kwd hungry: it's a permanent state... Rotonoto: eau de server farm '98 Bunnyboy: What is this, a grilling? What's at steak here? I'm bone tired. Just another rare meeting, Mister Acm... Dexter Fong: K: Did you hold the anchovys? Ken: how's the prince doing? (and why is he the prince of wales who later becomes king of england?) Bambi: home done burgers w/sauteed onions on rolls here C. Simril: i thought he changed his name Bunnyboy: doc: Didja catch the Act flip-flop mention? Ken: dex: didn't hold them at all. live without them most of the time Rotonoto: all I have is this bag of shelled pecans and a few raisins llanwydd: haven't seen the prince lately Ken: you don't mix sausage with anchovies anyway doctec: act flip flop mention? doctec: no i didn't klokwkdog: Dex: I think it's against the law in Michigan. Also (can you believe it?) donkeys. nurse judy: sayteed shrimp with pea pods carrots onions and tai sauce Ken: roto: you're the healthiest one of all then Osama Bip Yamamoto: Ken: Yoou'll have an explosion Dexter Fong: Ken: How you know what I mix? Ken: like acid and base doctec: ken: lili wants to know - did you have night train or ripple with that omelette? (i know, she can be very cruel at times) Osama Bip Yamamoto: sausge+anchovies=WMD Rotonoto: I luvs youse guise so much that I decided to forego an hour at the gym exorcising my fat, just to be with you :o) llanwydd: I had an anchovy without the pizza Bunnyboy: doc: Looks like Act 2 came before Act 1 on Dex and my discs. No other unplanned artifacts. C. Simril: nice of you, roto Ken: actually, folger's special roast, done with a drip machine ;) nurse judy: what are you complaining about you had a whole bone and a whole egg shell klokwkdog: use a D flop, doc, with an active-low RS. just put a berry on all the direct set stuff Bambi: no little fishies! C. Simril: you mean it was printed on the cover or actually recorded as act 2? Dexter Fong: Bun: Thought maybe cat reordered the acts Bunnyboy: Don't just eat the guts. Go for the eyes! doctec: ken: lili says "it's not gonna help you clear your caroted arteries" Ken: where's QC when you need them? Dexter Fong: Klok: Spreak Engrisch Bunnyboy: Queen Carl? klokwkdog: ...better yet, just config up a macrocell and squeeze it in with all the other stuff - avoid discretes; they eat you alive nurse judy: and they swam and they swam all over the dam Rotonoto: besides, I'm hoping to scarf up a copy of Red Shift :o) Ken: doc: i'm never clear anyway--not a scientologist Dexter Fong: Cat: Yes....CD start with act too...............late doctec: bunny, dex: damn i'm sorry, don't know how that happened. I will send you replacement discs (just the disc labeled, not the jewel case) klokwkdog: (in his best L. Cohen voice)...did you ever get 'clear'? Rotonoto: in three acts, three of them unnatural, two against the state... C. Simril: uh oh Ken: the only natural axe is made of obsidian nurse judy: clear spot Dexter Fong: Doc =) As I said..I though maybe cat decided he liked it in that order
klokwkdog used to play Warnes' Famous Blue Raincoat CD over and over at work... ||||||||| It's 10:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Mudhead - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Bunnyboy: doc: Aw, thanks. Who needs linear concepts, anyway. Digitalis uber alles! C. Simril: maybe i should have listened to the cds before sending them off, doc? Dexter Fong: Roto: ANd none of them featuring Mimes Ken: it WAS his liver..... klokwkdog: that's right, Cat: analog is dead! make it all PCM! You have nothing to lose but quantizing noise! Bambi: and Mimes are a terrible thing to waste nurse judy: as Marcel Marceau would say, " " C. Simril: i wonder if that's why the 2 radio guys i sent it to didn't play it Ken: i loved the "waist basket" in planet proctor :) Rotonoto: turn up your stereo full balst with nothing playing- it will drive the mime next door crazy Dexter Fong: (Hic) I saw this Mime and he was sho washted ....he shtarted talking Bambi: hehehe klokwkdog: LOL, Roto llanwydd: Mimes are hard to record arent' they? doctec: sorry roto, i just flooded you with msgs meant for group Ken: llanwydd: you heard one, you've heard 'em all klokwkdog: not if you know how to listen... Dexter Fong: Blue Man Group has a new CD out...go figure C. Simril: Dick and Mimi, old folk duo or new firesign joke? nurse judy: i just put on a blank tape with headphones and turn the volume all the way up doctec: anyway, to dex: no, mis-ordered cds are my screwup Ken: doc: don't feel bad, i did that to bambi earlier. wondered why nothing i typed showed up in this window.... doctec: i made two or three extras this weekend and they must be defective (much like myself) Bunnyboy: Recently watched the original SINGING DETECTIVE miniseries. Wotta trip! klokwkdog: we all do that with lots of entree under our belt now and then nurse judy: more dick jokes more dick jokes Ken: judy: you should see mine--would die laughing ;) klokwkdog: Why did Nixon cross the road? doctec: should send out email to all recipients that if the acts are in the wrong order, notify me and i'll fix llanwydd: sounds like a singular sinister attitude of mime
Dexter Fong pats DT on back and smiles Ken: to avoid impeachment? Rotonoto: But first- do you suffer from acute anxiety in your internet chat group? Want to flee the country? Call us- you can appear on Maury soon! nurse judy: to bomb the other side Bunnyboy: To double-cross the other side. klokwkdog: four saints in five acts do we have? doctec: (just when you think you really have your shit together... sigh...) Dexter Fong: Klok: Yeah! SD is a great series Ken: doc: more fiber, my man, more fiber..... nurse judy: pork fat pork fat doctec: dex: i've heard blue man group's first cd, i really liked it Ken: BAM! Bambi: yes? Bambi: LOL klokwkdog: that doesn't consolidate it, Ken, just makes it float (thanks Marilou!) doctec: ken: i've been eating tons of it lately. lost 8 pounds in 3 wks Rotonoto: My next ambush interview- old high school friends who ended up being spammers... Ken: no, that was "emeril loves pork fat 'BAM'" Dexter Fong: Klok or anyone? Have you read any of the finally released sealed McCarthy Hearing transcripts? Bambi: or was that BAM! 14 cloves of garlic doctec: by may 12 (i month since modifying my eating habits) i should be down 10 klokwkdog: Have you no sense of deceny, Dex? Bambi: kick it up a notch Ken: doc: that's next monday! good luck. (as if you need to lose weight) Rotonoto: are you, or have you ever been... nurse judy: belt it out a notch klokwkdog: ...a member of the Republican Pary? Dexter Fong: Klok: It's a hoot. ANyone who stood up to him was immediately dismissed and never called on Bambi: LOL Bunnyboy: Heard the "Grover's Mill" line again, and reminded of recent Muppet news: The Henson family gets to buy back the Muppet rights...for 89 mil. C. Simril: i'm looking forward to earing well in SF, as i always have in the past doctec: dex: haven't read, but heard some excerpts and analysis on npr this week - he was a scary guy, no doubt about it Rotonoto: "Eat healthy, exercise, and die anyway." a true cynic's bumper slogan Bambi: signs 'ze papers old man nurse judy: martians? klokwkdog: yeah, I saw the 20-sec synopsis on TV news (lest anyone realize how close it is to current political "debate") Ken: mauritanians Dexter Fong: DT: Yeah, but like most scary things, when confronted, the scariness dissipated and what was left was just a failed human being Ken: damn--wish i had some catnip to smoke.... nurse judy: give me another martini, shaken not stirred klokwkdog: it's to the point that the Dixie Chicks are now gonna beat up Ashleigh Banfield in order to clear their name... Rotonoto: and I thought McCarthy was a wooden dummy on Edgar Bergen's knee- what did I know? doctec: have to ken: i am at least 25 pounds overweight, had to start doing something about it Dexter Fong: Ken: Going back to college C. Simril: martian play? try red shift nurse judy: in which order? Ken: or maybe some banana peels? doctec: all i do is count calories and keep the total below what i burn in a day - otherwise, pretty much eat whatever i want Bunnyboy: Roger Moore's in the hospital. Collapsed during a matinee in NY. Bambi: reels? which reel Ken: bun: how old is he now?
klokwkdog always approaches that kind of problem ouside the box, DT. Figures if he eats more, won't be 25 over anymore nurse judy: eat yourself? doctec: (although i have cut out the sodas & potato chips to a very large degree, found acceptible substitutes that are not so fat & sugar laden) Osama Bip Yamamoto: sausge+anchovies=WMD Bunnyboy: Ken: 75. Dexter Fong: BB: It was the ticket price what got 'im ah,clem: the last reel nurse judy: RM's nipples fell off Osama Bip Yamamoto: He may meet the saint soon Rotonoto: geez, bun- the guy's in his mid-70's. In my mind, always a trim 40 and licensed to kill ;o) Bunnyboy: William Windom is almost 80. I saw the best 404 page going! Lemme find you the link... klokwkdog: LOL Dexter Fong: NJ: ANd you can buy them now! on Ebay doctec: anyway, i have to take a break to make lili another vodka tonic ... brb Bambi: of this vintage motion picture nurse judy: burrpppp Ken: i missed "the man who would be king" last night by 20 minutes. i've wanted to see that for years now, never have klokwkdog: he was trying to dance in a B'way musical. Should be out in pasture, impregnating mares...oops, that is what b'way is... Rotonoto: 404- while you're here. let me give you some marvelous recipes... Ken: of course, that's the "other" james bond, mr. connery Bunnyboy: OK, here it is: ah,clem: LOL roto Bunnyboy:http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/pepper/index.html Ken: you see the 404 page with the iraqi minister? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Dexter Fong: Well done BB =) Rotonoto: the famous shawn coronary? nurse judy: my watch stopped Dexter Fong: Don't forget his loyal Missh Moenypenny klokwkdog: Dex, borrow the Into Tibet book from library, read there about China Lobby. Gives a whole new insight on HUAC and Army-McCarthy and "...known Communists in the State Department." Heavy shit Rotonoto: well, it may be 11 o'clock in NYC, but it's 10:41 here at interplanetary central Dexter Fong: Klok: Interesting..Just finished a book about Sherlock Holmes in Tibet Ken: not a 404 page, but this one's funny. type in any url and watch the hilarity ensue: http://www.assotron.com/ C. Simril: that sounds interesting klokwkdog: Different century Bambi: that was fantastic! loved that 404! Dexter Fong: Cat: Waht? nurse judy: I'll raise you 3 Wm Bennitts and one Wayne Newton C. Simril: i should have read both books before writing Red Shift Rotonoto: anything like Woddy Allen's Orgasmatron? C. Simril: now i just wanna read books about the 06 SF earthquake nurse judy: red book? Dexter Fong: Wodey Allen = Pre-AngloSaxon England? Ken: wouldn't you know it, doesn't work on fst.com Bambi: Ah, the old Sleeper movie C. Simril: what the next play is about, which is why i'm headed for that city shortly nurse judy: Caruso was in SF earthquake, crakcing up Rotonoto: Mrs. O'Leary posthumously cleared, 110 years later- film at eleven... Bambi: early cloning ;) klokwkdog: Actually, it's helpful to read Dragon Hunter about R. Chapman Andrews in Mongolia (where he was part-time spy) in the '20s, since Into Tibet is more spy stuff and impossible trek on the other edge of China 20 yrs later Dexter Fong: Cat: A whole lotta stuff fell right over....It was no fun C. Simril: he was indeed, nurse. i've read of that Rotonoto: yes, an old anglo-saxon sot from way back Ken: FREE TIBET! C. Simril: i was in his restaurant in Italy last year. excellent food doctec: ok, lili has been freshly vodka tonicked Rotonoto: (it was her cow's fault) klokwkdog: yes, it's very much about that, too, Ken doctec: free tibet before it gets expensive nurse judy: fed and watered Ken: blame it on the cow. that's terrible...... Bambi: volkswagon beetle that takes a licking and keeps on ticking too klokwkdog: it's very scary on the ultimate direction of China, which is basically West, at full speed nurse judy: Cat: did you sing for you supper? Rotonoto: it's the inevitable recurring War Against the Cows C. Simril: i was just telling folks that i'm off to SF at the end of the month to do some research and hopefully record some sounds for the next play, doc Merlyn: hey BB, just writing to you C. Simril: yah, i sang "more wine" quite often, nurse ||||||||| Osama Bip Yamamoto departs at 11:06 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" Ken: well, ladies and gentlemen, i'm gonna head off into the sunset now. sees y'all later! Rotonoto: Timex Volkswagen Division? Bunnyboy: try the ass-o-tron on www.whitehouse.gov doctec: cool, cat - look fwd to hearing what you've captured klokwkdog: if Genghis Khan got their, they figure it's historically "China" and needs to come back into the fold, and that is unified view whether in Beijing or Taipei... Dexter Fong: Night Ken ken =) C. Simril: i think they had trolleys in 06. there'll be one outside my hotel room klokwkdog: later Ken Bunnyboy: nite Ken doctec: nite ken C. Simril: by ken. thanks for the advice on bbc plays nurse judy: make sure to have some Rice A Roni, it's the SF treat Bambi: yes, I think so ... that muddy old volkswagon in the movie Sleeper started first time ;) Ken: funny as hell, bun, thanks! bye-bye Rotonoto: my fav, the drunk on the plane in the original Airport: "I think I've spilled my drink- I think I've spilled..." ||||||||| Ken rushes off, saying "11:07 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" C. Simril: i'll do that, nurse klokwkdog: is that why the new VWs tick? and I thought it was the cheap diesel they use... Rotonoto: bye ken Dexter Fong: Cat: And wear some flowes in your hare Bambi: you leaving ken? C. Simril: they grow they naturally, dex. i should shower more often nurse judy: don't leave your cake out in the rain Bambi: good one klok! doctec: dex: lol C. Simril: grow there klokwkdog: and don't track mud across my nice clean kitchen floor Bambi: LOL dex ah,clem: we have a hare in our flowers, does that count? Dexter Fong: Klok: You have a floor? C. Simril: i think bunnyboy has a hare in Everybody' Rotonoto: I'm not opinionated- and I defy anyone to prove otherwise!! C. Simril: flowers C. Simril: flowers Bambi: you are right ah,clem ... cute little fuzzy bunny ;) nurse judy: hair today bald tamale doctec: please don't squeeze the chairman C. Simril: mudhead? he gone klokwkdog: yep, and a ceiling. I always put stop loss and profit limits on things nurse judy: the flowers of evil Dexter Fong: Hare today....goon tomorrow =) Bambi: or the 1990s president apparently klokwkdog: how very Conradian of you, Cat Dexter Fong: De horror, man, doctec: Ah, Conradian... klokwkdog: knock it off -- I D.A.R.E. you... Dexter Fong: De horror C. Simril: oh, the whore, or nurse judy: Wm Conrad wrecked his car? Dexter Fong: ...atsa tomorrow klokwkdog: ...and the famous author said that his favorite book was It Depends on the Day Bambi: really, I thought Wm Conrad was too old to drive now? Rotonoto: new Patriot Act II outlaws operating a website while intoxicated- violators risk heavy penalty of up to seconds a minute- film at eleven... nurse judy: that depends, stops leaks Dexter Fong: Bam: You're never too old to DUI klokwkdog: that's nothing, 5 states now have laws that make it illegal to operate a router, period Rotonoto: html'ing while intoxicated- don't risk it! klokwkdog: my Craftsman is up for sale on hearing that. MA is too close to home for comfort Rotonoto: get a designated coder Dexter Fong: Utah Supreme court said today that cat owners cannot be held to the same degree of responsibility as dog owners...that's rough klokwkdog: yeah, NAT is "obscuring the originating IP address" and thus some kind of fraud Bambi: oh, I didn't realize that dex ... good to know ... hehehe nurse judy: so's a cat's tongue doctec: dex: well, it's utah, what do you expect? doctec: hang on, brb klokwkdog: I expect funny underwear Bambi: what about Robert Conrad ... from the Wild, Wild West ... is he still alive? haven't seen him in anything for a long time. C. Simril: i have no owner klokwkdog: he got busted on DWI, I think C. Simril: except, maybe, the new dog Dexter Fong: I'm plowed to be an owned man klokwkdog: or he ate too many duracells or something nurse judy: we're all your slaves Bambi: Robert or William klokwkdog: search Google News? Rotonoto: ken sent me great cartoon in email- two mormons knowk at god's door, god answers, mormons say they want to talk to him about jesus, god sez "oh geez- what has he done now?" C. Simril: have an oiled beer C. Simril: it's gw's favret doctec: ok, back Dexter Fong: Hi! I'm Robert Conrad...and I need a quick charge for my cellulites klokwkdog: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may be in Salt Lake City (an actual T-shirt I own) llanwydd: what's up doc? nurse judy: sweet William from Pike C. Simril: lili? Bambi: ok that was Robert Conrad Dexter Fong: Pike's Peek yah mean Bambi: ok that was Robert Conrad nurse judy: pike and market klokwkdog: my kingdom for an ambulating quadruped! doctec: had to let lili on the pc, long distance call with her brother, she needed to check something in her email Rotonoto: software coding done with religious fervor Bambi: ok that was Robert Conrad C. Simril: doc, does lili's bro life in SF? Dexter Fong: Ilanwydd is Lili? doctec: cat: yes Bambi: article here: http://www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment/cst-ftr-conrad08.html C. Simril: live ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 11:16 PM and Dave steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. klokwkdog: ok, that was Robert Conrad doctec: dex: no Dexter Fong: Dammit! Everybody put on their nametags C. Simril: i thought you mentioned a connection there nurse judy: are you bro life? Bambi: oh, do you remember sweet betsy from pike ... klokwkdog: OK, that was Robert Conrad C. Simril: hello, grape Dave: and ye thought I'd gone, HAHA, HAVE NO FEAR, I AM HERE! Dexter Fong: 'yo bro, how's Life? ah,clem: wb Dave klokwkdog: OK, that was Robert Conrad?? nurse judy: dave's not, not here Rotonoto: open the pod bay door, dave... doctec: Hello my name is doctec Dexter Fong: Dave: We're getting fearful now =) llanwydd: I think the time zone difference is making it hard to post immediately C. Simril: not dave conrad? klokwkdog: OK, that was Robert Conrad?! C. Simril: comrade dave? doctec: hey dave Bambi: yes ... 73 yrs old ... his wife said he was 68 (but court records say 73 ... hehehe) nurse judy: dumb as a post Dexter Fong: 'ello, I am a smooth 'kinned 'obot klokwkdog: Was that Robert Conrad behind those Foster Grants? doctec: 'eally? klokwkdog: (and I thought it was the Communists) Dexter Fong: That was Robert Conrad behind those Foster Children nurse judy: No, that was William Conrad behind those foster Brooks llanwydd: no it was Conrad Bain klokwkdog: (and I thought it was the Communists) doctec: behind that foster's lager? nurse judy: taht was comrade conalrade Dexter Fong: 'ello, I am Zontor, I am 'onrad Bain... nurse judy: that was just a warning llanwydd: behind the bananas foster klokwkdog: Sorry, it's my Chomsky impression. An infinite variety of well-formed utterances. Take that Whorf! Take that Ben Sapir! Dexter Fong: )and I knew it was the Communists) Merlyn: that's conrad bain's brother doctec: the bain of our existence nurse judy: Donovan's Brain? klokwkdog: Barbara? Dexter Fong: ...lies Banana Nose Zeke klokwkdog: Didn't she go to the moon? doctec: wow, i've never actually seen anyone do a chomsky impression - i'm impressed nurse judy: I like that Compsky at the bit Bambi: William Conrad died in '94 ...star of Cannon ... detective show C. Simril: chomsky? i didnt even nibble the ski doctec: brian: your cds may be defective (act two precedes act one) - please check, i will send replacements if necessary klokwkdog: killed himself with a frying pan llanwydd: I do a Chomsky of Errors nurse judy: bulled his way through it klokwkdog: (she must have one tab open to IMDB or something) Bambi: went to bed with a wagon wheel, died with a toothpick in his heel Dexter Fong: William Conrad...the *only* Marshall Dillon of Gunsmoke =) C. Simril: same with you, dave. your red shift may have a mind of it's Own! klokwkdog: Krakatoa was west of Java... doctec: dave's cd is probably ok, it was from the earlier batches which are ok nurse judy: give me a tab, i'm on an LSD diet C. Simril: ah good, doc Bunnyboy: whoops! Wandered away nurse judy: landigan versus the ants! Dexter Fong: LSD = Low Sodium-Di-methyl Bambi: just a Googlin' fool LOL! Bunnyboy: bri: I sent a reply to yer latest post. klokwkdog: (sings) "Sittin' here with my laptop open, one tab over the window margin" doctec: low in sodium, high in everything else nurse judy: ants as big as your thumb Rotonoto: nice paisley horsey Bunnyboy: Pizza has been arrived, and so....areebadarecheee! Dave: I've um, wandered away as well but caught my name, what'd ya say Doc and Cat? C. Simril: by bun doctec: enjoy bb Bambi: see ya later enjoy klokwkdog: yes, high sodium can result in severe retention of di-hydrogen oxide, very serious ah,clem: here is a nice sugar cube, Judy nurse judy: hop on it Merlyn: bye bb klokwkdog: nite bun Bunnyboy: hey, dat's my name, too. Rotonoto: or take the red one, and I'll show you just how deep the wabbit hole goes... doctec: cat was concerned that your red shift cd may be defective (acts in wrong order) - i said dave'd cd should be ok nurse judy: schweet Bambi: ah, yes ... Kansas is going bye bye nurse judy: kill the wabbit kill the wabbit Bunnyboy: (dies) ||||||||| Bunnyboy rushes off, saying "11:25 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Rotonoto: off with his pizza! klokwkdog: whatever did happen to that Welsh rabbit? Dave: I'll take yall's word for it I guess, Cat did you get my address? C. Simril: it got rarer and rarer Rotonoto: oh- he's gone- well just kill a few peasants then klokwkdog: we thought you were still at the same old place, Dave C. Simril: yes i did, dave. it has been employed doctec: dave: you'll know the cd is ok if the first cut you hear starts with tibetan bells and wind nurse judy: that rabbit's dynamite! doctec: run away!!!! run away!!!!! llanwydd: with frog's legs it's called Welsh Ribbit Rotonoto: laugh runaway! C. Simril: if rabbits dine a mite slower, they'd starve Dave: ok, do I need to pay ya for shipping and all that then Cat? klokwkdog: did you ever see that Times article, Cat, where the animal trainer let loose his tigers on the moors when the UK tightened up on people keeping dangerous animals? Bambi: that is an illegal macnam nurse judy: send 'm the holy handgrande C. Simril: we'll exchange emails later, dave. i still havent recorded the mp3s for you Rotonoto: read unhappy macnam? Dexter Fong: Hi! I'm not Tim but I am old C. Simril: i ddint know i could do that until you and doc told me Dave: is that like the White Rabbit, ya know, "one pill makes you larger," almost got a chance to meet Grace last week but was too busy klokwkdog: ...but if you hear any Gyoto Monks, Dave, stop playing immediately or else you'll need to be reset C. Simril: times, klok? Bambi: yes ... and don't forget the rules ... must count to 3, no more, no less nurse judy: hail grace full of mary ah,clem: yes, nice little fuzzy bunny, with mean nasty ugly teeth.... Bambi: or something like that C. Simril: new york times? i just read the LA Times, just for the Lakers articles klokwkdog:The Times, Cat. As in The City... C. Simril: was grace singing in your town, dave? Dexter Fong: ...and three shall be the number of the countin.... nurse judy: the worst of times C. Simril: london times? i know not C. Simril: london times? i know not doctec: amazing grace ah,clem: best of times? C. Simril: i think we probably have a Vancouver times. can't keep up with the print world nurse judy: lsd under the fingernail for tricky dick? C. Simril: the times of henry luce klokwkdog: I'll make a note of it. May take some time to dig up the art. (The Times now having gone to subscription or something since Murdoch ruined, er acquired it) Dexter Fong: The Life of his Wife Dave: no, Grace was doing an art exhibition in Denver, I might get to meet bob Weer next Tuesday C. Simril: another acid head ah,clem: last spoon of coco left in the can, nurse judy: Lot's wife could eat no salt.. Dexter Fong: Hi! I'm an Alkaline Head... nurse judy: Weirly cool? C. Simril: and lot could eat no beans? Dexter Fong: Bairdly Cool? doctec: n.j. lol ah,clem: ahhh Bambi: hmmmm, really ? online NY Times? was free account ... did that change recently? klokwkdog: That's better than being an Alkali Nut, Dex. doctec: lot could eat a little C. Simril: i used to have one of them, or more doctec: i think klok means the times of london (u.k. daily newspaper) nurse judy: don't look back! Dexter Fong: Klok: I used to be an Al Kaline Nut klokwkdog: Bambi - had one of those with The Times but tried it just recently and couldn't get in. C. Simril: mr. detroit nurse judy: hit a home run Dave: john bobit used to have one of them too, then he got in trouble Bambi: oh, ok ... thought my free account was gone Dave: sorry couldn't pass that one up nurse judy: a slice off the old man C. Simril: she's an artist, she don't look back doctec: al kaline - haven't heard that name since before the beginning klokwkdog: Dex: http://www.saint-hilaire.ca/ Bambi: really klok ... ah, oh! will have to check on that doctec: warren spahn klokwkdog: no, my NYT account works just fine doctec: bob feller C. Simril: that's all humans do, war and spawn Bambi: oh, ok doctec: pee wee reese C. Simril: depressing nurse judy: reese's cup C. Simril: herman? reese's pieces doctec: tony conigliaro C. Simril: probably a pices, working for scale Dexter Fong: Bob was a *real* square leetle fller Dexter Fong: feller doctec: whitey ford Dexter Fong: DT: Van Lingo Mungo nurse judy: or a monkey working for pieces klokwkdog: it's The Times that is recalcitrant, as in...hmmm. www.timesonline.co.uk seems to be free again... Dave: well, boys, I'm goin' back to the wagon! Dave: started on the opery in 1932 I'm pretty sure Dexter Fong: Cat: Late but LOL and grimace too nurse judy: the chuck wagon days? Dexter Fong: Warren Spahn =)))))))))))))) llanwydd: what are you wagon? doctec: dex: never heard that one (mungo) klokwkdog: yeah, who was that sidekick in Tom Swift Jr? C. Simril: back to the wagon again. out where a settler's your friend Merlyn: ok dave ah,clem: leave the horses in the wagon, it's all down hill from here. Bambi: cool, thanks klok nurse judy: waggin the dog doctec: have a good one dave C. Simril: albanian secret police llanwydd: I could wag on and on but... Bambi: back to the shadows again Dexter Fong: DT: A jazz type singer/songwriter wrote a song that is all baseball player names, each verse end with the name of "Van Lingo Mungo" C. Simril: yes, i have that, dex nurse judy: dave's knot heir ah,clem: out where an Indian's your friend Dexter Fong: Singer/writer's name is Dave Frischberg Dave: I ain't leavin' Bambi: mongo only pawn in game of life doctec: dex: sounds cool, would like to hear it sometime nurse judy: bix, just a b-flat kind of guy doctec: dave: you had us fooled, you said you were goin' back to the wagon C. Simril: its on that cd of baseball tunes i got when i was making Neal Amid ah,clem: mongo respect sherriff bart. nurse judy: what about the Fish wagon C. Simril: wanted to use the Jackie Robinson song from it on that Rotonoto: mongo get good agent, now makum plenty wampum in hollywood Dexter Fong: DT: It really is cool, he rhyme's all these ball players names, Johny Peske with Mo Modjeleski etc nurse judy: mongo like candy C. Simril: did mongo santamaria drive a pinto? Dave: oops, oh well, Rotonoto: but- candy like mongo? doctec: hello, and welcome to another edition of 'obscure cultural references.' tonight: baseball... C. Simril: water, melon man? Bambi: the b**ch was inventin' the candygram Merlyn: woah, amazon.co.uk has lots of dangermouse DVDs that you can't get in the states Dexter Fong: Cat: You should burn that Tune for Doc C. Simril: indeed, dex Rotonoto: precursor of the shark-delivered candygram? nurse judy: abbie the fish man abbie the fish man Merlyn: lucky my laptop is patched to play all regions Bambi: sounds like a boot skootin' boogie Dexter Fong: ...and for something completely different, tomorrow...Italian Squash doctec: or mp3 it and ftp to the same old place nurse judy: you play with your regions? Bambi: could be roto ;) C. Simril: will do llanwydd: baby you're a rich man, abbie youre a fishman C. Simril: when we were in italy, there were all these spaniards everywhere Dexter Fong: Bambi: Baach invented the candygram? C. Simril: adults would tend to try and talk to each other in words that were perhaps the same or similiar in both languages klokwkdog: and kwd thought it was Mozart all along... Bambi: not according to Blazing Saddles LOL C. Simril: teen agers tended to speak with each other in english C. Simril: teen agers tended to speak with each other in english Dexter Fong: Those wacky teens Dexter Fong: hose wacky teens nurse judy: and no more beans Rotonoto: there's that darn echo again! C. Simril: i wonder why some of the lines i type get repeated? doctec: ok, dinner is being served - i have to take off now Dexter Fong: there's that damn echo again C. Simril: by doc doctec: y'all have a good evening and i;ll see you here again next week ah,clem: bye doc doctec: time to chow down! Bambi: enjoy doc nurse judy: don't take off, use it to clean your stove doctec: ttfn ...... llanwydd: dinner at 11PM? Rotonoto: nite Merlyn: bye doc Dexter Fong: Night Doc and don't worry, I can program the tracks on my cd player Merlyn: buy low sell while you're high ||||||||| doctec rushes off, saying "11:43 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" C. Simril: how very spanish! nurse judy: eat tight Rotonoto: I thought it was "buy high, sell low"- or was it... Dexter Fong: Bye Hi! nurse judy: buy tai Dexter Fong: Bye Noble! llanwydd: mai tai C. Simril: sell burmese Rotonoto: damn those stockbrokers! I never shoulda trusted them
Dexter Fong sings "My tai is your tai" nurse judy: stick it to me Dexter Fong: one more time C. Simril: no, mr. luce, we've had enough nurse judy: I'll rasie you 2 tai sticks and one lebonese brick Dexter Fong: ..and every single curve of her was winking at me thru that saucy Burmese C. Simril: i'll see your sticks, and raise your hands up. this is a bus ah,clem: how about some coffee in the plain brown can? C. Simril: no, a bust, er, something Dexter Fong: ...she had that certain kinda "Blonde Hash" beauty that was so much inVogue klokwkdog: where's doc? nurse judy: I'll raise your bust and trump your ass C. Simril: she had a balcony you could do shakespeare from Dexter Fong: Doc is Dining, would you care to join him? llanwydd: ever had Folger's Rump Roast? ah,clem: that was louise wong Rotonoto: up the golden staircase... Dave: well i really am going now, see yall nest week Merlyn: bye again dave Dexter Fong: ...and she had a set of egresses that would make the San Diego Zoo jealous ah,clem: night Dave C. Simril: by again dave nurse judy: never did any poon doggleling either Bambi: night dave C. Simril: lol, dex Rotonoto: close the pod bay door on your way out, dave :o) Dave: "when the people lead, the leaders they will have to follow, and all of their lies and alibies they will have to swallow" Ben Harper ||||||||| Dave departs at 11:48 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" nurse judy: but I did do some dopple ganging Dexter Fong: A Poon dongler = Lanyad or irritating neck piece Rotonoto: did you get a quantity discount on your dopples? klokwkdog: nite dave Rotonoto: a whole gand of them just seems so wasteful klokwkdog: found it! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/895643.stm nurse judy: just to the repeat customers llanwydd: avoid gangs of doppels Dexter Fong: Repeat! Customers, clean up in aisle 7 nurse judy: for the doppler effect klokwkdog: "Poon dongler"...gee, it sounds like something out of Snow Crash, eh, Cat? ah,clem: I never was in isle 7 Dexter Fong: You clean it, you've bought it Dexter Fong: Clem: It's ok, I never did no wanderin' klokwkdog: when you run into the doppelganger effect, you're really in trouble! nurse judy: it's near cloud nine llanwydd: gangs of dopplers! klokwkdog: everyone see the sound barrier this week in APOD? nurse judy: double your pleasure Rotonoto: wow- fascinating story klok Dexter Fong: Cloud Nine...Hear on the big Funway in Fun-fun town Bambi: double your fun nurse judy: KLDOG: I heard about it llanwydd: Dopple u. C. Fields Forever Dexter Fong: Gosh thanks, Bambi...I needed that klokwkdog: it's awesome picture: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030504.html Bambi: LOL C. Simril: austin has a great story about cloud 9 in his tales of the old detective cd Dexter Fong: ILetc: lol nurse judy: don't gang up on me klokwkdog: hey! you! get offa my cloud! nurse judy: old detective on CD? Bambi: hey that looks like an avatar I've seen recently :) klokwkdog: does he sing? C. Simril: wasnt that originally an opium reference? Dexter Fong: 'yo NJ; U Bloods or Crips? (moves fingers and hands in unintelligeble manner) nurse judy: under my thumb C. Simril: havvent you heard it, klok? it's outstanding klokwkdog: hey, that sounds like Snow Crash, too, eh Cat? Rotonoto: Bambi- it is ah,clem: I have to go bother Bambi now, good night everyone. C. Simril: maybe 2 and half hours of austin reading these stories Bambi: see ya soon ah,clem nurse judy: I can walk so I must blood C. Simril: i think among his best work. too bad he's not hear to be told that Bambi: thought you'd recognize it roto LOL C. Simril: by ah, bambi klokwkdog: oh, I'm sure he reads every word of the logs when he must be absent! Rotonoto: I still say it's the USS Enterprise leaving hyperspace llanwydd: I'm not mean to Bambi Bambi: LOL C. Simril: vancouver seems to be winning its hockey game. i dont know whether that means there'll be a riot, or there won't ||||||||| ah,clem rushes off, saying "11:56 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" nurse judy: you're a regular riot klokwkdog: I must say that the previous week's Enterprise episode was very good story, quite in keeping with the best of the breed Rotonoto: bye clem-clone, may the farce be with you nurse judy: our last riot went into overtime C. Simril: i watched a few minutes of the first show. that was all i could take klokwkdog: what? Canadians don't riot, they mumble loudly nurse judy: check him out Bambi: cool...when ah,clem left it said Mark Time is almost on ... we can listen to Mark Time any time LOL Dexter Fong: Klok: True...sad but true C. Simril: no, van rioted when ny beat van in stanley cup in i think 94 or something, long ago llanwydd: Looks like midnight. Time for breakfast. klokwkdog: it's been quite awful, but that one was very good story, Cat, about a species that requires 3 to mate C. Simril: maybe it's al the yanks who've moved up here nurse judy: give me a johnny cup Rotonoto: well, that's what rioters do, in between semesters Dexter Fong: Long ago in an Ice-rink far away C. Simril: ok, johnny, here's your cup klokwkdog: what TZ u in, Ilanw? Rotonoto: ahhh- the minty finish of fine mouthwash klokwkdog: Atlantik? Atlantis? nurse judy: so i can skate away Dexter Fong: ILetc: You were here before, maybe couple 3 months ago, yes? klokwkdog: been up so long, it looks like morning to me? 25 or 6 to 4? llanwydd: Ten zips C. Simril: what would william bennet say about that? 3 to mate? he'd Like them odds llanwydd: actually eastern Dexter Fong: Klok: Wales I believe klokwkdog: ROFL, Cat, well done! Merlyn: bennett is an idiot; slots pay off pretty bad Dexter Fong: Benner is a Mormon? nurse judy: bennit doesn't surf llanwydd: he's a Moron klokwkdog: no, we'd hear the howling of the great cats by now, Dex, if that was the case. Not to mention the gnashing of the teeth of Alan Cox... Rotonoto: such wonderful hypocricy (sp?) - love it! Dexter Fong: Benny don' play that game no mo'e nurse judy: Wally cox ||||||||| Catherwood walks in wearing his pyjamas, yawns, and mumbles "It's midnight here in New York city"...then he falls over and starts snoring loudly.. Merlyn: he was the first "drug czar", as in "drug czar bad" Rotonoto: hypocracy? hippocratic oaf? Dexter Fong: Harry Cox klokwkdog: Cat: have you been following The Clinton Wars excerpts in Salon? Sheesh! nurse judy: i'll bet Dexter Fong: The Monica Chronicles klokwkdog: Merlyn: Comstock was the first "drug czar" as in "drug czar bad"...;-) klokwkdog: ROFL, Roto! nurse judy: the comstock lode C. Simril: i read one chapter, klok. will read them all soon
Dexter Fong Sings "Back in the Comstocks agin..." Rotonoto: the comstock commode? C. Simril: cotton mather? angela davis? Merlyn: he should be in the comstocks nurse judy: that there's my beefstake stock klokwkdog: I didn't know much about him (or Victoria Woodhull, for that matter) until I read Other Powers. Sheesh, talk about McCarthy! Dexter Fong: Eminen? Miles Davis Merlyn: my beefsock steak klokwkdog: Dex, that's 8 Miles Davis: he must be a cannibal Dexter Fong: Hush yo' mouf! Talkin' about McCarthy C. Simril: jerry mather? kilometers r us nurse judy: it's tough as shoe leather Rotonoto: man, what class- a 'preferred' customer of several big time casinos llanwydd: beefsocks???!!! klokwkdog: it's as easy as a bridge! Dexter Fong: I thougt McCarthy died in Vietnam Bambi: couferay (phonetic spelling) klokwkdog: no war for oil on troubled water? Merlyn: argyl meatloaf C. Simril: i met sen mc carthy when he was running for president in 68. it was like meeting a ghost nurse judy: bat out of hell klokwkdog: "clean Gene"! Rotonoto: no, Charlie McCarthy retired at the same time as Edgar Bargen nurse judy: didn't have a ghost of a chance C. Simril: he was gray Merlyn: wisconsin produces nutty senators and cannibals C. Simril: how do you clean gray? Dexter Fong: Cat: I saw that picture of him kissing a baby klokwkdog: children's crusade nurse judy: Gien cuisine C. Simril: no, that wasn't me. i was 17 at the time Rotonoto: he was gray and he came out of the closet? Dexter Fong: Zounds! Fooled again by the gutte press klokwkdog: on Erection Day, we all sat around and watched asshole, er, Nixon win and got roaring drunk or ripped or both, I remember well... llanwydd: kissing a baby? Who, Charlie McCarthy? nurse judy: battle slip grey nurse judy: no good pecker wood Rotonoto: no, Charlie McCarthy was just as likely to insult the baby klokwkdog: ...and her timing's all wrong...it's her last chance... Dexter Fong: Cat: If you remember, you got neither drunk nor riipped =)) C. Simril: i moved to canada, klok Rotonoto: last chance tex-a coooooooo-ooooo.... klokwkdog: good point, Dex nurse judy: a wise move klokwkdog: and it's one, two, three four, what're we fighting for... Dexter Fong: Cat:: Get ready for "Operation Great White North" nurse judy: Uncle Miltie's malted milk balls C. Simril: country joe Rotonoto: don' ask me ah don' give a dam, down heer in sur-i nam... C. Simril: it could happen. Merlyn: who'll bring the beer? nurse judy: you're either with us or against us klokwkdog: ...and I just hid out and prayed my number wouldn't come up...of all the death symbols they could've chosen... Rotonoto: an' it's fiv- six seven... C. Simril: bush is getting all fired up about our soon to be legal herbs Dexter Fong: NJ: Count me in! klokwkdog: the population is slowly realizing these guys are completely 'round the bend nurse judy: that's the spirits, drink up Rotonoto: the canucks have infiltrated all the chat rooms and are passing for americans with their perfect acccents Merlyn: herb who? C. Simril: canada dry? hardly Dexter Fong: Klok: YOu such a optimist klokwkdog: giving up a cut in dividend tax in favor of capital gains tax is a concession to the Common Man???! nurse judy: smoke 'em out! Merlyn: canadian winter marijuana? C. Simril: Reebus Caneebus Bambi: weed legal in canada? Dexter Fong: Eh? Roto............take awfff? C. Simril: soon, bambi nurse judy: who's running the concession C. Simril: everyone nurse judy: move over Cat, we're all moving up! Merlyn: if we hear it through cat, is that secondhand smoke? klokwkdog: no, i'm noticing that our "liberal media", who somehow seem to be one notch short of Pravda in its days as party organ, are reporting certain events with quite an excess of irony Bambi: cool, you will see it lot sooner than we in the US for sure then C. Simril: you bet, merlyn Dexter Fong: I'd like some of that Toronto Tan....and maybe some Vancouver Violet Rotonoto: dex- my newest message forum is overrun by canadians, all very well behaved, too- haven't heard a single "eh?" yet Merlyn: toques for tokes? nurse judy: pipe me some C. Simril: supreme court told govt to scrap its illlegalization or else starting giving it out to sick people 2 years ago. another court case in now taking place and to forestall it's permanent effects, the Prime Minister declared he was legalizing it in june
Dexter Fong mutters "hosers" under his breath and has another Molson Rotonoto: heck, I lived myself in Ontario for a few years in the late 50's C. Simril: we'll believe that when we see it, but if the govt doesn't the courts will force them to momentarily klokwkdog: and spent all your holidays at Crystal Beach? nurse judy: great for the tourist trade Bambi: that's amazing Merlyn: ah, the canadian "momentarily" (in a little amount of time) instead of american (for a short duration) Dexter Fong: Crystal BeacH?.....I used ta play in that town C. Simril: yeah vancouver violet. pottermint patty, a whole raft of cannabis strains named after peanuts characters llanwydd: damn Canabians! Rotonoto: eh? klokwkdog: so Cat, what percentage of the electric going into Vancouver is now dedicated to grow lamps? C. Simril: a large amount, klok and it will get much larger next month nurse judy: give me some charlie brown C. Simril: exactly, nurse Dexter Fong: Hi! I'm Cannubis...and these are the lovely Canabians Merlyn: Bush will claim canada has weapons of mass distraction & invade klokwkdog: I can just see people in California looking at their bills and saying, "Wow, price/kwh went down this month - must've been harvest time in Vancouver!" Dexter Fong: Klok: Glow lamps not "grow" lamps nurse judy: i'll trade you our bush for a canadian bush Bambi: nobody would buy that one ... weed makes you mellow LOL C. Simril: no shit, merl. bush's drug czar accused canada of biological warfare last week, because of this legalization llanwydd: WMD!!!! I love it! Rotonoto: lava lamps for the boozers klokwkdog: vancouverites glow and the men chunder? Merlyn: bongs, not bombs Dexter Fong: Merl: Hell, they don't even have a "Survivor Series" nurse judy: grow and multiply Merlyn: the happy hooka Merlyn: and the sequel, the happy hooka goes to washington Bambi: ah, they're just afraid they'll lose young folks to canada LOL nurse judy: pot shards C. Simril: vansterdam at last Dexter Fong: Klok: And all the plants are above average hiegth Rotonoto: I used to love to sneak downtown underage and drink a few beers at a 'progressive' establishment- and watch the lava lamp in mesmerized immobility... nurse judy: high in the rockies C. Simril: i hope to live a long time, but i don't think i'll live long enough to see cannabis legalized in your country Merlyn: here's an article on it: http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_5364.shtml Dexter Fong: Roto: It's that Canadian Beer, high alcohol content C. Simril: might be another 50 years nurse judy: oh canada, where is thay sting? Bambi: cat, I think you are right klokwkdog: silicon graphics used an array of lava lamps in front of a TV camera as a random number generator Rotonoto: back then we thought cannabis was some sort of fancy cracker treats served at uppity social affairs Dexter Fong: Cat: We own the idea of "Your Country" nurse judy: seedy politics Bambi: although there are some doctors who are apparently suggesting it for those who are considered terminal and in pain llanwydd: Time for breakfast. Anyone have a recipe for groat clusters? Dexter Fong: Klok: Maybe srng Bambi: at least that's what I read somewhere...don't know if that is true Dexter Fong: srng Dexter Fong: looks liek smug? nurse judy: the canabidians smoke to me Merlyn: that's http://www.lavarand.com/ Rotonoto: stir gingerly, tap sides of the pan vigourously, invert onto a large plate, sprinkle with confectioners sugar... C. Simril: good article, merl klokwkdog: ok, must wind down here; night all llanwydd: thanks! C. Simril: by klok Rotonoto: oops, vigorously, I lapsed into canadian dialect... Dexter Fong: NJ: Did they a promise "better Haze"? Rotonoto: nite Dexter Fong: Night Klok C. Simril: a mighty wind? nurse judy: purple mountains of Dexter Fong: Majestic SUVS ||||||||| klokwkdog departs at 12:21 AM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" Dexter Fong: I gotta GO too (oops) can't type...must drive C. Simril: i better go watch my adopted hometown go crazy. C. Simril: see y'all next week Merlyn: that's http://www.lavarand.com/ Dexter Fong: Night Dear Friens nurse judy: won't complain about canadian air anymore Merlyn: whoops? Rotonoto: gawd, I love tabbed browsing... nurse judy: time to bale myself Merlyn: ok, see you people next week ||||||||| nurse judy says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, nurse judy exits at 12:23 AM. llanwydd: well I just had a PBJ but I would have liked a cherrystone pie Rotonoto: wow, kewel pix of lava lamp binary random number generator llanwydd: Somebody really ought to write recipes for Firesign Food Bambi: oops, missed NJ leaving while looking at lavarand LOL llanwydd: I left NJ years ago Bambi: me too llanwydd :) Bambi: 1985 to be exact Merlyn: it's randomly fascinating llanwydd: that's when my parents left llanwydd: I left in 86 Bambi: it was all downhill after that ... I've been back and it just got dirtier Bambi: and older Bambi: and more run down looking Bambi: don't miss it llanwydd: I wonder what Asbury Park looks like after all these years Bambi: see above ;) Bambi: Toms River the same way, and Seaside Park/Heights too Bambi: the only place that looks pretty much the same is Island Beach State Park (bird sanctuary) llanwydd: sorry to hear that! Bambi: yeah, was there last year Bambi: drove through those areas and Neptune ||||||||| It's 12:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| C. Simril - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Rotonoto: bye cat (didn't hear you leave) Bambi: same here ... darn Rotonoto: ah, those pesky canucks always come back :o) Bambi: and the common cold got cat Bambi: hehe llanwydd: Does one have to travel all the way to Lompoc for peccary pie or does someone here have a recipe to share? Rotonoto: they love to rub it in that they're better than us at hockey Merlyn: well, I'm going to take off, see you next week... ||||||||| "12:31 AM? I'm late!" exclaims Merlyn, who then runs out through the Freedom doors and down through the garden. Rotonoto: bye guy Bambi: boom llanwydd: see ya Merl Bambi: wow llanwydd: If Phil doesn't stop by I might call it a night Rotonoto: don't take any wooden ah, er- well just don't accept anything made of wood unless it is marked "Made in Canada/ Produit a Canada" Bambi: hmmm...wait might have recipe link Rotonoto: separate the yolks from the whites, and set aside- add in a sprinkle of freshly bruised basil and stir briskly with a whisk until there are frothy peaks- add to the previous mixture by folding gently... llanwydd: sounds delicious! Rotonoto: yes, and that's just the crust! the shell and ingredients take an additional four hours to make llanwydd: frothy peaks in the crust! Fantastic! Rotonoto: (I don't know the rest because the paper is torn beyond that point, but I think a family of canadians ought to get together with us and we would have a fabulous pie recipe... Rotonoto: that's called international cooperation at ist finest! llanwydd: I'm serious about making every food on Dwarf Bambi: try this one: http://home.mindspring.com/~bamaj1/_wsn/page2.html Bambi: LOL Rotonoto: weblog.....................................................................tear along perforations Bambi: it has peccary in it LOL Rotonoto: wow- some serious cooks in that bunch Rotonoto: mmmmmmm! llanwydd: I'll use mock peccary if I have to Bambi: and of course: http://www.yuksrus.com/diction.html Rotonoto: or locally obtained rhubarb might work in a pinch llanwydd: Chicken Dancing Over Beer!!! Lol Bambi: peccary: a place where chickens eat Rotonoto: I am homer of borg- resistance is... oooh- doughnuts! Bambi: LOL Rotonoto: mmmm- doughnuts... Bambi: now doughnuts ... home made doughnuts ... that's always great llanwydd: what would a firesign donut taste like? Rotonoto: years ago, uncle sam made me labor in a night bakery for aweek- we stole many doughnuts- mmmmmm! Rotonoto: it would taste wierd because there would be 4 or 5 flavors all competing for your attention Bambi: might be hard to get the real thing: http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/collaredpeccary.html Bambi: might be hard to get the real thing: http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/collaredpeccary.html llanwydd: LOL Bambi: wow...it did the double line thing ||||||||| Outside, the 12:44 AM downtown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving mister ree coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. mister ree: hola Rotonoto: after that delicous week of bakery slavery, we got to put our little sailor hats on again and play other games mister ree: que tal mister ree: que tal Rotonoto: darned pesky echo mister ree: donde es la biblioteque? mister ree: k-tel? Rotonoto: en anglais, por favor, compadre... mister ree: this is the first time i have shown up here to real people in the room mister ree: you ARE real people, aren't you? Bambi: could always try this: http://www.godecookery.com/friends/frec48.htm Rotonoto: more or less- one of us is a holygram (guess which?) Bambi: hi mister ree llanwydd: We should all get together for a Firesign picnic. We'll have it at my house and I'll fill my bathtub with shredded cabbage and mayonaisse mister ree: i am actually daav0 llanwydd: hi ree! mister ree: and slaw is always good for me Rotonoto: wow- take the coleslaw dunk! I sense a new tradition coming on... Rotonoto: open the pod bay door, dave... mister ree: it's so good for the spine llanwydd: the spine indeed Bambi: english version: http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,26-0,english+pork+pie,FF.html mister ree: are you all, like myself, in southern california? Bambi: LOL Rotonoto: then we hose them down and put them in the sauna for 10 minutes, then on to the pie eating contest... llanwydd: not at all Bambi: not me...east coast in VA here mister ree: i am in huntington beach Rotonoto: we bozos are scattered all across the us and even a few canadian impostors among us... llanwydd: cherrystone and peccary mister ree: where i have lived (with several long absences) most of my life mister ree: i used to hear the ft on kpfk mister ree: and on kppc before that mister ree: many moons ago Rotonoto: I am in Maryland near Washington DC, but *way* outside the beltway :o) llanwydd: I've never been west of San Antonio mister ree: well, ftland is spiritually los angeles mister ree: mostly the canyon and echo park districts mister ree: together with portions of Indiana Rotonoto: I'v never been west of Memphis- except in an airplane maybe mister ree: boston, etc mister ree: but really mainly los angeles Bambi: haven't been to the west coast yet ... been to UP in Michigan and San Antonio TX and Daytona, FL ... that's as far I as I've been Rotonoto: there's definitely something a little hollywood about Bergman :o) ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Ken in through the front door at 12:51 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. llanwydd: parts of NJ too mister ree: i get around a lot Ken: he's BAAAAACK! Bambi: wb ken mister ree: tomorrow i am going to copenhagen denmark Ken: no rest for the wicked...... Rotonoto: he's back- and he's beautiful, Larry... mister ree: hello ken Ken: hi mr. ree Rotonoto: ahso- they got nudie statue in harbor, very progressive bunch of miners Bambi: oh, yeah...as far as northeast ... been as far as Gartner Mass Ken: what's in denmark, if i may be so bold to ask? Bambi: don't like Logan Airport! llanwydd: tomorrow. Can you get to Copenhagen in a day? It's a long swim! Ken: and i'm in michigan, never been to europe Rotonoto: a bunch of great danes, of course mister ree: the european institute of computer antivirus research mister ree: EICAR mister ree: and annual conference Ken: roto: by definition, great danes require lesser danes Bambi: never been outside US ... I've led a sheltered existence LOL ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "12:53 AM and late as usual, it's Merlyn, just back from Billville." Bambi: wb from Billville Merlyn Ken: bambi: once in your life, get to jamaica Merlyn: noticed things were picking up mister ree: jamaica nice Bambi: would really like to do that ken ... it's on the list mister ree: but i prefer hong kong Merlyn: are most of you west coast now? mister ree: or dubai Rotonoto: uptime ni-yun- oh-fi-yiv... mister ree: i am daav0 from west coast merlyn Ken: skip mexico if all you want is a bullfight. i've got pictures, and you don't even want to see it on film, let alone live :( Bambi: we spend our holidays in the Mountains ... Blue Ridge, Smokeys, Alleganys Bambi: we love camping and hiking Merlyn: just wondering, because east coast it's 12:30 now, kinda late mister ree: i travel full time for my work Rotonoto: love the mountains, Bam- must be my highland Scots ancestors :o) mister ree: mostly in the us Ken: mr.ree: been to bahrain? of all "those" countries, that one has the most appeal to me. most liberal and all that mister ree: but about 4 months a year out of country Ken: merl: cats wouldn't let me go to sleep, figured i'd waste time here instead of just lying in bed being part of the race track mister ree: dubai is cooler than bahrain mister ree: it has the gold soukh Bambi: yes, me too ... Scottish, Irish, Dutch, French, German, English ... all american mutt. mister ree: the camel races mister ree: and the only casinos in the arab world Bambi: Heinz 57 Rotonoto: wow- give them blackhats a virus of their own- that'll keep 'em busy for a few microseconds Ken: ah, the camel races. two dinars on ahmed in the fourth mister ree: <---italian german french welsh and cherokee Rotonoto: my family has most of them pedigrees too, mutts indeed :o) Bambi: nice combo there mister ree Ken: <---all northern european: scots, engrish, irish, french, german mister ree: <---not a black hat--academic researcher and company spokesperson Rotonoto: wow- such exotic combos in the land of the brave Ken: "i'm not a company spokesperson but i play one on tv" Bambi: we mutts have nice dispositions they say LOL mister ree: as i do Rotonoto: scot-german-swedish-english, with very likely a frech man or two in the woodpile llanwydd: mostly welsh but I am a direct descendent of Charlemagne Rotonoto: (but we never speak of that) mister ree: remember what they said in the church of the sub genius mister ree: "act like an idiot and they will treat you like an equal" Bambi: wow...cool llanwydd Ken: lol, ree llanwydd: sub who? Bambi: I can understand that roto ... was tempted to leave it out of mine too :) Ken: i'm not a follower of bob, but i know who he is mister ree: JR "BOB" Dobbs mister ree: the church of the sub genius Bambi: ah, the Church of Bob Rotonoto: our illustrious ancestor Gomer the Lesser was kicked out of Scotland for stealing sheep (or worse) Ken: slack on, brother! mister ree: plenty of slack here Bambi: LOL ... hard to live that one down roto LOL Merlyn: the subgenius page links to firesigntheatrelegacy.com mister ree: i am descended from Giotto ||||||||| It's 1:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dexter Fong - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Rotonoto: well, actually that is just a rumor that got started- you know how things spin out of control... Ken: at least two separate branches of mine were kicked out of countries (ireland and france) for religious reasons. yet another reason to be spiritual and anti-religion Bambi: yeah, it happens llanwydd: Giotto! Intense! mister ree: you know the english say the scots do sheep mister ree: and the scots say it about the welsh Bambi: those gossip mongers really get out of hand ... have to whip 'em into shape sometimes ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. mister ree: who are sure the irish are doing sheep Ken: and the welch don't know a rabbit from stale bread! mister ree: and everyone is sure the australians do sheep mister ree: but in australia mister ree: they blame the kiwis mister ree: you ask me mister ree: i say the sheep are the sluts Rotonoto: not likely, mate Ken: i worked with sheep once. they aren't baaaaaaad Ken: dumb as a box of rocks though Merlyn: hey, subgenius.com even has old firesignal zines! http://www.subgenius.com/firesignal/firesignal.html llanwydd: I don't want to know. I'm a marsupial. Bambi: thanks merlyn mister ree: cool Bambi: me too ... I am a koala Bambi: ask roto mister ree: anyone here ever hear of jack poet volkswagon? Ken: once you've had a pouch, you never go back to placentas mister ree: bambi--you are awake far too much to be a koala Ken: ree: heard of them only through firesign ads Rotonoto: yeah, they are these cute little narcoleptic teddy bears that live in trees and eat eucalyptus and play the flute Bambi: who says I am awake? Ken: i've heard of sleep-walking but never sleep-typing Bambi: right ...roto knows LOL Bambi: we koalas are clever fellows Ken: or does the evil ah,clem have you in a demonic trance? mister ree: and pee on american tourists Rotonoto: she cut off the soles of her shoes and the cool breeze on her feet keeps her awake mister ree: now wombats are sturdier Bambi: that's it Rotonoto: I told ya! Shoes for industry, compadre! Bambi: fellows in the non-gender sense ... kinda like you guys in NJ Bambi: yes, wombats...I heard about wombats recently :) llanwydd: I'm not in NJ anymore Ken: i've been in n.j. and don't want to go back Bambi: same here ken Bambi: never more Ken: freaked me out when i drove in free and had to pay to get out Bambi: quoth the raven ... never more Rotonoto: you paid gladly, ken :o) llanwydd: you should have taken 287 mister ree: but the diners are cool Bambi: very gladly paid to get out Ken: damned right i did! mister ree: ponzio's diner in cherry hill Bambi: was such a relief to cross the deleware mister ree: where if you get a red star on your receipt mister ree: they let you go still alive llanwydd: or 80. never 95 Bambi: cherry hill ... big water tower visible through the trees ... stopped there for gas Ken: i don't even remember the town i went to. up in nw corner somewhere. flew there once, came in to newark airport and took an hour to drive where i was going (west) Bambi: changed a lot since I was there last Rotonoto: (James Taylor) "...hello old friend, welcome me back again..." Bambi: they are changing the circles on rt 70 too Ken: i drove there to atlantic city for my tryout in a casino llanwydd: I used to drive a limo to Newark airport Rotonoto: you mean the quiz show? Ken: gave the wife $20 in nickels for the slots, went upstairs. didn't gamble there myself Bambi: newark ... major yuk area Ken: llan: it's possible you drove me then, a group of us were in a limo Bambi: smells bad ... but then so does new york Bambi: NYC that is Ken: hell, at time my house smells bad. 6 cats live here now, with more little ones on the way llanwydd: back in the mid 80s? Bambi: hehehe Ken: probably 88-90 or so llanwydd: I left in 86 Bambi: well, wasn't used to the city ... have to understand that when I visited (off broadway) to see JC Superstar in '73 ... it was hot and the street smelled like a bathroom Rotonoto: ken- you were trying out for that quiz show appearance? or to run the blackjack table? :o) Bambi: have been to the natural history museum and didn't notice that at all Ken: roto: jeopardy tryouts were in upstairs convention room at some casino Rotonoto: just as we suspected! and is this your bar of soap, sir? llanwydd: I mostly drove the M&M candy executives from Hackettstown. They were sweet people Merlyn: anywho, off I go again... Ken: i ain't bendin' over for YOU! Ken: lol, llan! Bambi: see ya merlyn ||||||||| Merlyn runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Merlyn?! It's 1:12 AM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Rotonoto: right- those guys were from Mars! Rotonoto: mmmmm-frozen milky way- no, nake that a snickers Ken: i saw some show on food network where they dip mars bars in batter and deep fry them Bambi: there are two places that smell at least as bad though ... Hershy PA and Savannah, GA Rotonoto: for real- I saw that too Bambi: Hershey llanwydd: Delicious! How very Firesign! Rotonoto: what the heck- wasn't that the scots that do a lot of tha deepfied stuff? Ken: my family visited hershey when i was a kid. whole town reeked of chocolate. Bambi: Snickers will do ... but prefer Babe Ruth Ken: yep, roto, it was there. and they use the british version of the mars bar, no almonds Bambi: fried icecream ... mexican Bambi: very very good too llanwydd: I enjoyed the reek Rotonoto: as a kid, loved those babe ruths. later in life, good eur. chocolate with hazelnuts or almonds- mmmmm! Bambi: hazelnuts, yummm Rotonoto: mmmmm- doughnuts! Ken: klok buys some european stuff that's over 70% chocolate Bambi: but usually take them in my favorite drink: Toasted Almond Ken: i usually buy the cheap stuff myself. not a connoiseur (sp?) mister ree: neuhaus Rotonoto: must soon take my doggie for a walk- lest he leave me presents in the dining room Bambi: LOL ... that wouldn't be too much fun mister ree: neuhaus is the heroin of chocolate mister ree: must run now Bambi: gonna have to go too Ken: commercial for 700 club on tv: "i was a christian but now i'm a witch." "come back to the lord now!" mister ree: time to get packing Bambi: ah,clem already gone to bed mister ree: you all take care Ken: yeah, i'm gonna try bed again. the race may be over by now llanwydd: bye all Rotonoto: an old geezer and long in the tooth, but still a pretty good mutt and loves his long walks mister ree: nice to make your acquaintance mister ree: see you on the funway Ken: g'nite, and happy trails to you Bambi: night everyone ... great to see ya Rotonoto: nite Ken: ree: come back any time Bambi: back to the shadows again .... ||||||||| mister ree says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, mister ree exits at 1:18 AM. Ken: you too, llanwydd ||||||||| Bambi rushes off, saying "1:18 AM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Ken: and of course, the lovely bambi :) ||||||||| Around 1:18 AM, Ken walks off into the sunset... llanwydd: I guess I'll be going too. See you soon. Rotonoto: ahh, bambi wanders off into the forest... Rotonoto: nite, see ya! Rotonoto: get your hands off me, I'm a newsman- I gotta find out- Reeeeebuussssss! ||||||||| Rotonoto rushes off, saying "1:20 AM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 1:20 AM, dragging rotonoto by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" rotonoto: No- you hang up first... ||||||||| rotonoto says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, rotonoto exits at 1:21 AM. ||||||||| It's 1:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please log off for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants: ah,clem
Bambi
Bunnyboy
C. Simril
Dave
Dexter Fong
doctec
Elayne
Ken
klokwkdog
llanwydd
Merlyn
mister ree
Mudhead
nurse judy
Osama Bip Yamamoto
otonotoR
Rotonoto
