HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: williams@ug.cs.dal.ca (Nevin E. Williams)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: The University of California at Berkeley
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:37:28 GMT
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

In article <28287@castle.ed.ac.uk> jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk (Jeremy Henderson) writes:
>In article <1992Nov16.182103.15403@twg.com>, nolan@twg.com (Nolan Hinshaw) writes:

>BTW, I gather that one of the Dalhousie Dimbulbs has been whining at my
>expense. An unusual sensation. Not so much like being savaged by a sheep,
>more like being gummed by a goldfish.
>
No, honey, not the dimbulb, but the faggot.

Please, get over me.. I'm too far away.
	Love, Nevie

Ps:  I have a full set of choppers.  (Though I understand nobody gives head
like a dentureless being.  Could you inform me if it's true, should someone
'inform' you of this post?)

| *---------*	I'm the same Ol' Nevin.  The only difference is that now  |
|  \       /	I'm  enjoying  my  life.  Is  this  such  a  bad  thing?  |
|   \     /	I didn't choose.    Who actually chooses to be opressed?  |
|    \   /	I  certainly  didn't  wish   to  make  my  life  harder.  |
|     \ /	But  I've  certainly  made  my  life  more   worthwhile.  |
|      *Nevin Williams      williams@ug.cs.dal.ca    Bitnet:nwilli@dalac  |
From: antipope@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk (charless@scol.sco.com)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Slow Newsfeeds
Date: 20 Nov 92 11:30:26 GMT
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.

dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton) writes:
> I never realised how quick my newsfeed used to be, until it
> packed in. Now it's about a week behind the rest of the world.
> 
> Something is seriously wrong with the state of some part of the
> net, and I AM PEEVED.
>
Hey, welcome to the net!

This is about my third week ever of having a newsfeed that ISN'T
a week behind the rest of the world. So I hope you'll put my
gloating down to shchadenfreude of the ``been there, done that''
persuasion ... 

On the other hand, the net I log in over is up and down like a 
yoyo. So instead of not getting any news, I get a mouth-
watering selection of up-to-the-minute stuff which is 
periodically yanked out of my grasp when the network
dies. It's one of the few circumstances under which having
another entity go down on you is a peeve.

-- 
Antipope -- HE gives you Bull, I give you the Straight ... er ....
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: dmunroe@vcd.hp.com (Dave Munroe)
Subject: Re: Take up a hobby, instead
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:32:09 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard

Elaine Richards writes:

>"I am a nice guy. I don't have a girlfriend. He has a girlfriend. I seethe
>with jealousy, hate his guts and think he`s a jerk.  Ergo. Guys with
>girlfriends are jerks."

>Peeve: Bad reasoning.

Yeah, that is bad reasoning.  But I don't think the above example is all
that common.  Good Ghod, I certainly don't think all guys with girlfriends
are jerks!  The guys I considered jerks were the ones who were either beating
up their girlfriend or the ones who were having a booze party at home while
she was working 8-10 hours a day.


>Peeve: Some very nice men are shy. They don't ask women out because
>they are shy. Then they wonder why they don't have girlfriends.

True.  Shy or socially inept.  These days, there are probably a lot of
those types out there.


>Peeve: Some very boorish men are so insistent that you either have
>to club them with a MagLite or go out with them and act like a total
>dweeb to get them off your case.

That type probably turns into a stalker.  Fortunately, the law is becoming
much more serious about this.  The police nailed one guy just last week for
doing that.


>Women care a lot more about how their partners behave than men do.
>Men don't want to think about it, as long as they "get some".

Are you saying that a woman cares more about how a man treats her in a
relationship than a man would care how he's being treated as long as he
is getting sex?  That would be a pretty shallow guy - in fact, I'd classify
him as one of the above jerks.  The whole purpose of the book that Bill
mentioned was precisely that: men care how they're treated.  This stuff
about men just concerned about getting sex is poodlesnot.  Hell, on my
list of concerns, my concern about "getting some" ranks even below my
concern about why Geoff Miller voted for Clinton.

-Dave
From: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: BDIVOs in general
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:34:30 GMT
Reply-To: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM
Followup-To: alt.peeves
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: purplehaze.corp.sun.com



Nolan writes:

>I have several acquaintances who're private or commercial pilots and have been
>discussing with them the idea of my getting a pilot's license. After studying
>the requirements, I've concluded that a program to train and certify motor
>vehicle operators which paralleled the program to train and certify private
>pilots would have several benefits.

[list of potential benefits deleted]


Agreed, and I'll add one more:  A comprehensive training program comparable 
to that for a pilot's or FE's license would help to cut down on the ego and 
emotional involvement a lot of people have when it comes to operating a motor 
vehicle, because it would help them become more reason- and procedure-oriented 
and less impulsive.

In practical terms, it would reduce the instances of such things as people 
self-righteously blocking the fast lane and refusing to move over because by 
God, they're doing the speed limit, or becoming overly emotional and doing 
stupid, inconsiderate and dangerous things in general.  

The inevitable shakeout would be a huge benefit as well -- so big that it's
hard to grasp.  (I hear that phrase a lot...)  


Major !Peeve:  This ]<ool new newsreader I just got, xvnews.  My rn setup 
crashed this afternoon, and this is what I ended up with in the way of a 
fix.  Imagine: an Open Look-interface newsreader!  I feel like a kind on 
Christmas morning.


Geoff


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From: hillman@carina.unm.edu (Dan Hillman)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Doggie-blow
Keywords: here, doggy. good doggy. goooooooood doggy.
Date: 16 Nov 92 09:25:19 GMT
Organization: Holy Order of Quadra 950 Lust

LXP111@psuvm.psu.edu (Long Phamdo sucking PSU) writes:
>It's bad enough when a dog comes up to you and sniffs your private, but when he
>starts licking and playing with it ... UGH (The only person I know who would li
>ke this sort of thing is Madonna..I'll pass).

Now now. It's only a *peeve* when ol' Rover bites it.

Like your posts.

-- 
"Society sucks. Pay it no mind." - Cynthia Heimel
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Subject: Peeve to Nolan - rubber mail
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher
Distribution: ba
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:27:46 GMT

Nolan - there's a problem here.  This is the
third or fourth time I've had mail to you bounce.
I think drieux has also had bounced mail to you.
He may be trying to find out why - but meantime,
I'm not ignoring you...

Diana

}This mail message is undeliverable.
}(Probably to or from system 'fai')
}It was sent to you or by you.
}Sorry for the inconvenience.
}
}	Sincerely,
}	ub-gate!uucp
}
}#############################################
}##### Data File: ############################
}Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 12:04 PST
}From: ub-gate.UB.com!wetware.com!diana (Diana G.)
}To: twg.com!nolan
From: russ@bbxrbk (Russ Kepler)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Oh, Jason!  Will you bring the beemer around?
Date: 16 Nov 92 14:53:39 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <1992Nov16.030225.4572@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> bberbeni@nyx.cs.du.edu (Bill Berbenich) writes:
>The woman looked to be on the verge of either tears or nausea.  I
>couldn't tell which.  She excused herself with Mr. Yup and went off
>to the toilet.  That, of course, was the anti-peeve.  Something
>about the color and/or texture of scar tissue that some people just
>cannot handle.  Poor Heather!

GIF! GIF! GIF! GIF! GIF! GIF!

-- Russ "i had to, your honor" Kepler
-- 
Russ Kepler, posting from home   bbxrbk!russ@bbx.basis.com
Will hack unix for food
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: greg@cherokee.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Greg Moritz)
Subject: Re: BDIVOs in general
Reply-To: greg@cherokee.b23b.ingr.com (Greg Moritz)
Organization: Dazix, An Intergraph Company
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:03:55 GMT

geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller) rightfully said:

GM> ... reduce the instances of such things as people self-righteously 
GM> blocking the fast lane and refusing to move over because by God, 
GM> they're doing the speed limit, ...

Sonja Kueppers <SEK@psuvm.psu.edu> responded:

SK> I'm actually blocking the fast lane because ... am ... attempting to
SK> improve my driving by, *gasp*, driving.  My abject terror, however, 
SK> prevents me from changing lanes very often, because I'm scared that 
SK> I'm going to hit someone.  Therefore, I tend to get into the lane that 
SK> I want to be turning out of as early as possible.  Thus, I end up 
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SK> driving at the speed limit or slightly above in the fast lane. 
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
After having read some flames to the effect that you should get off
the freeways until you have to proper experience, I noticed that you
seem to be confusing the fast lane with the slow lane (the merging lane).
Only the most poorly designed freeways seem to have exit ramps on the
left (in the US).  Are you confusing the two?  Are you being flamed
for nothing?  (... because of that, I mean ...)

[  Left lane  = fast lane / Middle lane = thru or slow(er) lane / 
   Right lane = merging lane (and slow lane if no middle lane)    ]

> !Peeve: I'm going to get lots of driving practice next month, which
                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>         will no doubt serve to make changing lanes much easier for me.

That, above, is the key.  Practice makes perfect.  If you are terrified
of driving in traffic, may I suggest that you try driving at some hour
of the day when there is not so much traffic?  Leave for work an hour
early and take your breakfast.  Take a little spin at 9:00 pm.  Change
some lanes, work your turn signals, stuff like that.  Once you know
the mechanics, *then* and *only*then* will you be truly ready to face
the real BDIVOs in general.  It's just like anything else.
From: dc_ags@ac.nsac.ns.ca (Don Christie)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: And just what the fuck do Canuks know about beer?
Date: 16 Nov 92 20:15:58 GMT
Reply-To: dc_ags@ac.nsac.ns.ca
Organization: Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Nova Scotia, CANADA

In article <5841@catnip.berkeley.ca.us>, dre@catnip.berkeley.ca.us (All of our represanatives are still busy; please continue to hold) writes:
>jennyg@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Jenny Gutbezahl) writes:
>
>
>>You failed making HOME BREW?  How the hell did you manage that. It's a pretty
>>straight-forward process.  I would have thought if you learned anything at
>>a Canadian University (and clearly *you* haven't), you'd learn the proper
>>respect and handling of beer.
>
>And where did you get this idea that Canadians know anything about beer?

Well, we certainly know better than to make that insipid stuff you guys
swill south of the 49th parallel... ours contains alcohol! 


//Don
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Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: troyer@mitre.org (Tom Royer)
Subject: Mis-use of turn signals
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:49:27 GMT

Peeve:  Idiots who don't know that turn signals
are for signalling what they *intend* to do, not
what they're doing.  Typically they turn on the 
blinkers about the same time they start to turn
the steering wheel.

Peeve:  (Usually the same) idiots who don't know
how to exit an expressway.  Seen today:  Car in
front of me.  65 mph; exit ramp approaches; 
slow to 35mph (exit speed), pull into exit lane,
turn on signals.

Peeve:  (Possibly the same) idiots who think
that a car turning left has the right of way over
the on-coming traffic.  Derived peeve:
agressive idiots (especially prevalent in NH)
turning left who demand/grab the right of way.
Related peeve:  Idiots who let them get away
with it.

--
Tom Royer
"If you're not free to fail, you're not free."
                                            -- Gene Burns
From: jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk (Jeremy Henderson)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: The University of California at Berkeley
Date: 19 Nov 92 12:20:58 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <28393@castle.ed.ac.uk> fofp@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Holmes) writes:
~
~Or you're practicing to be a father with absolutely no sense of humour?

Right, that should qualify me perfectly to be an employee of the Computing
Service.

~~Daughter Peeve: Mike mentioned that I have about 15 years to figure out
~~what to do if my daughter brings to dinner her boyfriend - a spotty
~~bespectacled youth with a Megadeth T-shirt and a hip calculator.
~
~~Frightening.
~
~~But it could be worse - what if he's a Hawkwind fan?
~
~hehee, this conjoined with your previous posting has formed in my mind a
~scheme for perfect revenge. I'll wait until your daughter is 14, and
~then *I'll* date her :-)

Scenario #1: Taste is hereditary - you don't stand a chance.

Scenario #2: Taste is not hereditary - Jeremy purchases ObGun, court rules
that blowing a Hawkwind fan to smithereens is just like pulling the
plug on a PVS patient.

ObLusting - Adam's comments on the playgroup Moms has got me all hot and
bothered!


-- 
===Jeremy Henderson===jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk=          

"I have to scan these posts in case Jeremy includes some line
out of context in his .sig" - FriendOfFernandoKhomeini.
From: bls@sector7g.Eng.Sun.COM (Brian Scearce)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Incredibly Amazing Anti-Peeve
Date: 21 Nov 92 01:56:30 GMT
Reply-To: bls@sector7g.Eng.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems
NNTP-Posting-Host: sector7g

In article 9395@microsoft.com, andyg@microsoft.com (Andy Gillcrist) writes:
> [kindly bank being refunds excess charges]

I've noticed this sort of thing before: many organizations seem to use
the algorithm:

(a) behave inappropriately
(b) if anyone complains, fix it cheerfully

You think you're getting great "service", when they're just fixing
something they should have done right in the first place, without your
prompting.

---
Brian Scearce                                           bls@sector7g.eng.sun.com
              The above does not necessarily represent Sun policy.
                  "You can't fit the truth on a t-shirt, man."
                                 "That'd fit."
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way)
Subject: Re: False economy
Organization: New Mexico State University, MetaPhysical Science Laboratory
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:12:18 GMT

In article <Bxovzx.CML@vcd.hp.com> dmunroe@vcd.hp.com (Dave Munroe) writes:
   [...]
  What a lot of people don't realize is that when you call someone, the ringing
  you hear is *not* their phone!  The ringing you hear is generated internally
  by your own phone's circuitry; the phone company is not going spend billions
  of zorkmids for special cicuitry to route the callee's ring signal back to
  you -- your phone "knows" that the other phone is ringing and thus generates
  a ring for you to listen to, but you do not hear the actual ring of the other
  phone.  "But," I hear someone say, "whenever I call Lesbo A-Go-Go, the sound
  of the ringing there is distinctly different than when I call The Squirrel
  Cage."  I do not know the answer to that, but my guess is that it's due to a
  different impedance on the line.

Exactly, Dave!

The impedance is decreased as Big Brother attaches his alligator clips
across the line. Hear that little click? That is the voice activation of
the government's recorder.

You should consider honking a portable boat horn into the receiver to
clear out any cooties, before you actually start the heavy breathing.

L.
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Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are CORRECT, mine, and not PSLs or NMSUs..
I saw God. He rides a motorcycle. He's coming back soon, and He's real pissed.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 10:15:21 EST
From: Sonja Kueppers <SEK@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: BDIVOs in general

In article <lgj3smINN8v1@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM
(Geoff Miller) says:
>
>In practical terms, it would reduce the instances of such things as people
>self-righteously blocking the fast lane and refusing to move over because by
>God, they're doing the speed limit, or becoming overly emotional and doing
>stupid, inconsiderate and dangerous things in general.

Peeve:  People who assume that the fact that I'm blocking the fast lane
is related in any way to a self-righteous attitude.

I'm actually blocking the fast lane because I got my license 2.5 weeks
ago, and am valiantly attempting to improve my driving by, *gasp*, driving.
My abject terror, however, prevents me from changing lanes very often,
because I'm scared that I'm going to hit someone.  Therefore, I tend to
get into the lane that I want to be turning out of as early as possible.
Thus, I end up driving at the speed limit or slightly above in the fast
lane.  (Luckily for the other drivers, I am usually not driving
very far in any case, thus preventing them from getting really
angry with me for more than 5 minutes.)

!Peeve: I'm going to get lots of driving practice next month, which
        will no doubt serve to make changing lanes much easier for me.

-Sonja
------
SEK@psuvm.psu.edu SEK@PSUVM.BITNET
...you may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you
don't try.                                  - Beverly Sills
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: alex@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Alexander Vrchoticky)
Subject: Re: Landlord Peeves!! (was Re: JENNY'S LESSON IN FLAMING)
Organization: Technical University Vienna, Dept. for Realtime Systems, AUSTRIA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 09:51:40 GMT

bberbeni@nyx.cs.du.edu (Bill Berbenich) writes:

>Ah, yes!  The famous "Italian toilet!"  (No offense, please, ObTerrorist?)

definitive, huge !peeve: `italian toilets'

let me explain: like any sane and healthy person i thoroughly enjoy
the experience of mounting the throne and letting loose. i maintain
that the sitting position is an adequate one to assume for this act.

however, i consistently fail to achieve the required peace of mind 
when the hygienic condition of the toilet is not up to my standards.
this is when the italian toilet shows its strengths:

rather than having to place the delicate thighs on the muck which is 
usually found on a sodden toilet seat, you simply plant your feet 
next to the hole and assume the crouching position. there's no need
to touch anything except the toilet paper and the chain. 

every non-geriatric should be able to muster the strength and endurance
to keep the required position for the necessary amount of time. 
actually, this time is usually fairly short, since the position
leads to increased pressure on the bowels, which is beneficial
for the task at hand. 

high-heel shoes are probably a no-no, though. i'll leave the 
possibilities for catastrophic accidents to your collective imagination.

-alex

-- 
Alexander Vrchoticky             alex@vmars.tuwien.ac.at
TU Vienna, CS/Real-Time Systems  +43/1/58801-8168
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: mack23@avalon.eecs.nwu.edu (Chris Walsh)
Subject: Re: JENNY'S LESSON IN FLAMING
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:05:22 GMT

In article <HUF-r*Mp0@prolix.apana.org.au> dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton) writes:
>
>Cry? Prevaricate? Masturbate? People who say "I can do multiple
>things at once!" are a source of constant amusement for me. As if
>they were ultra-coordinated masters of the universe. Sheesh, the
>average housecat can do two or more things simultaneously. This
>sort of ability isn't something to gloat about.

Right on!  I can drive 55 in the left lane, read the newspaper, shave, and
talk on my Volvo's cellular phone all at once.  Yet I always get these 
weird looks as people illegally pass me on the right.

Chris
From: dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Slow Newsfeeds
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:22:36 GMT
Organization: More like Dis~, really.
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00 beta rel2

I never realised how quick my newsfeed used to be, until it
packed in. Now it's about a week behind the rest of the world.

Something is seriously wrong with the state of some part of the
net, and I AM PEEVED.

Dac
--
dac@prolix.apana.org.au              David Andrew Clayton.           // _| _  _
dac@prolix.sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au      Canberra, Australia           \X/ (_](_](_
From: russ@bbxrbk (Russ Kepler)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Broken hand peeve
Date: 17 Nov 92 14:50:03 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <1992Nov17.051213.28823@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> bberbeni@nyx.cs.du.edu (Bill Berbenich) writes:
>You know things are bad when a peever starts following-up to his own
>postings, but...
>
>One definite Anti-peeve about the whole "injured hand" bit is that now
>that my right hand is a bit gimpy I am finding out who my friends
>REALLY are!

C'mon, Bill, you're hardly walking wounded with your hand.  Maybe if
after catching the puck you'd had broken bones protruding from the 
skin, but a bruise isn't enough for a real whine.

I did once manage to get a 1/4" wood chisel stuck all the way through
my hand.  That was peevesome and painful.  I'll let you look at the
scar if you buy me a beer.

-- 
Russ Kepler, posting from home   bbxrbk!russ@bbx.basis.com
Will hack unix for food
From: library@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Gordon Riddell)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Mikey has Dain Bramage
Date: 20 Nov 92 12:06:10 GMT
Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK
Originator: library@merlin.comlab

In article <1992Nov16.163036.16880@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>Why?  I already have the federal government, universities, and mega-
>corporations willing to give me more money than I could ever need.  
>And for what?  To read and write and think!  What more could one want?
>
So, when do you start?

Gordon

[Eric Clappedout, on leaving the inquest into the death of his son  (fell out]
[a window), may have turned round to the nanny and said,		     ]
[     "That's your job oot the windae".					     ]
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[Or maybe not. And certainly not in that accent!			     ]