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From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re:New Yorker
Date: 4 Oct 1992 04:22:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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In a previous article, RKESSLER@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU () says:

>I've got my eyes closed and my nose pressed up to the New Yorker,
>trying to conjure up an image to fit the perfume. It's an older
>woman's choice, I think, someone who thinks of herself as sophisticated
>yet is thought of as rather vain by others. She gives a good Christmas
>tip, but is really without true warmth.
What's the name of it?  I like to lurk perfume counters...something called
Phenerome, maybe? <holds nose>  Not Chanel, eh?  Their's aren't that bad,
and generally smell lots better than what you're describing.  Of course,
Chanel doesn't put overpowering scent strips in magazines either....

>ad and figured I was meant to be shocked at how young these two
>were--figured that was the advertiser's aim, to shock me. (Of course,
>in my heart of hearts I always think my undergraduate students are
>too young and innocent really to be having sex, and since they never
>mention it....)
They don't?  Sex is all some of my dorm mates talked about!  Not to mention
a few of the profs....

>    --Rod (age 43 going on 70 or so, I guess)
Aww, say it ain't so!  You can't be 43; you're not out of adolescence yet!
You haven't gotten all your kids through high school....

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From: ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (Dan Lester)
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Subject: Re: Ode to Judith
Date: 5 Oct 92 21:55:13 GMT
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On Sat, 3 Oct 1992 18:36:00 EDT Gilbert Smith said:
>> (what are orphemes?)
>>
>> Agnes
>
>Or, rather, <orphemes> are morphemes who have lost their <m>, their
><mama>....

 I thought orphemes were a chain of theaters....at least I USED to go down
to the orpheme theater on saturday afternoons to see hopalong cassidy
and batman (in black and white) and the three stooges and ........

dan
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From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Bush Bashing
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On Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:40:00 CDT Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815) said:
>>Gary Foster, dep. press. sec.  $85,000
>>Alixe Glen, dep. press. sec.   $60,000
>
>>Steve Hart, asst. to the Pres. $115,300
>>Judy Smith, asst. to the Pres.  $70,000.
>
>Hmmm, there's a way to cut government costs.  Fire all the men and
>hire women at the lower salaries.

Also, a sample of two (undoubtedly selected) pairs proves nothing....
What OTHER differences are there?  Do they have same education and
experience?  etc  etc  etc.....

dan
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From:         Emily Horning <ECZ5EJH%UCLAMVS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Me and Dan and a dog named ...Stan?

> What, are Dan and I the only ones on this p.m.?  Where did the rest go?
>
> Chris

Well, I'm here now, but leaving shortly to <gulp> TEACH MY FIRST CLASS!

I'm soooooo nervous.

Emily <ecz5ejh@mvs.oac.ucla.edu>
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From:         "(Graham Toal)" <gtoal@STACK.URC.TUE.NL>
Subject:      Re: rec.arts.movies
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Maybe Frank is right and it was rec.arts.cinema.  Certainly wasn't .reviews

I'll look in my old mail files some time.  I wasn't amused at being told
I was off-topic - they were discussing a film I'd seen 6 times, and I
pointed out how badly cut and censored the US showings I'd seen had been
compared to what was shown in Britain.  The sysnazi moderator obviously
didn't like people making derogatory remarks about the Land of the Free.

G
PS The movie was "Lianna" before you ask.  It's about a woman who leaves
her husband for a woman.  Having been in that position I had a little
sympathy for the husband, though in that movie he really was an unsympathetic
chauvinist boor.
From: CHRISS%CWU.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu (Lobstrosities Unite)
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Date: 2 Oct 92 23:03:00 GMT
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>Even before the current survey and fake mail manias hit the list,
>other members of the list found some topics, including political
>economy, out of bounds.  Perhaps we should continue this argument on
>private mail (Or, if Wisconsin play a hockey match at Bowling Green,
>Marty could buy me a ticket and meet the train at Fostoria and we
>could swap viewpoints in person.)

Don't you dare.  You two (and Bill S., for that matter) make me realize  that
we middle-of-the-roader (MOTheRs) or mug-wumpers or whatever have a certain
stablility not to be found in the radical sector! Ha!

Seriously, please keep these discussions on the list.  They're a nice
counterbalance to some of the, how show I say...more frivolous carryings-on.

Also, please do finish the damned chess game.

>Bill, by the way, is about to begin the term at University College Cork.  He is
>not amused by giggles either.

Right-thinking sort of person that Bill is ("right-thinking" being one them
double meaning thingies), I'm not surprised and I applaud him.


Chris

Sailing: It's a luff a minute.

(I hope I made that up and am not just experiencing secondary genius).
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From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>
> I hope no one out there is taken this VMI stuff seriously.  These
> new posters are obviously <figments> or <phanthoms> of somebody's
> imagination.  It is probably another hoax perpetrated by -abh's
> correspondents.  No *real* person uses such <parole>.
> --***

I'm relieved to hear that...I feel better about the future of our country.
ndh
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Date:         Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:03:43 -0500
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      RE: Forwarded mail for LISTS.WORDS_L
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On Sat, 26 Sep 1992, Doris Smith wrote:

> Those classes may be composed of all women, however, as many Baptist
> churches still segregate males and females in Sunday School.  Many

Didn't you always just wonder what they were teaching the men that was too
indelicate for female ears?

-abh
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Date:         Sun, 4 Oct 1992 14:43:00 EDT
From:         Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: The New Yorker
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For years I've been griping about how hard the New Yorker is to read,
that only a genius can find the table of contents, that you have to
read the whole damned article before you find out who wrote it, that
all articles run all the way through instead of having the first
pages of each near the front, then everything continued to the back.
Now, the format is different, including *big* pictures and bylines
under the titles, and I feel like throwing it in the trash.  I
long for the dumb, irritating old format.  Haven't read anything in
it yet, but I don't get those teenagers with their jeans unzipped
and their Klein jockeyshorts showing.  That's pure-dee kiddy porn.
I already susbscribe to Esquire, I don't need another one like it.
--ggs
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Date:         Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:05:00 EDT
From:         FRANZ&GEORGE <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Karlson's Krap
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MEMORANDUM
TO:      Whom It May Concern
FROM:    FRANZ & GEORGE, Accountants At Large
SUBJECT: SKRAP
.
The following exchange has come to the attention of the
Division of Customer Relations of the accounting firm of
FRANZ & GEORGE:
.
> > Let's put giggles' survey behind us and move on
> OK, I put a hardcopy of it with my old Sears catalog.  Now, after I
> move on, I can put the survey behind me.
> Steve Karlson

It is the reasoned opinion of this firm that the figurative language
employed by Mr. Karlson, transforming the meaning of the message to
which it is a response, arises principally from the subject's
disappointment at not being named as the winner of any race, and
even in the contest for the <staunchest conservative>, a race which
the subject had reason to believe he might win, having scored a
humiliating *6* to Mr. BillS' *15*.  In all other races in which
the subject received any vote, it seems that he only received *1*.
This might lead the readers of this poll to suspect that the subject
voted for himself, but, upon reviewing the records, it was found
that the subject did not vote.
It is the position of this firm that Mr. K's suggestion that the
survey in question might well be put to good use "behind him" is,
most certainly, a manifestation of his disappointment with himself,
for, on the <one hand>, having missed the opportunity to secure
for himself the prize, and, on the <other hand>, having forfeited
the opportunity to have garnered at least *1* vote in each category
by virtue of casting all votes upon <his own person>.
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Date:         Sat, 3 Oct 1992 18:00:20 -0600
From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ@ZENO.MSCD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Reverse E-Opps
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Sayeth "Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078"
       <DBFABAK%CFRVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>

> Think I just sent something private E-Mail I meant to go to WORDS-L.

     I've been that a bit lately.

> That's OK, Ruth's a good sport.

     And she is the reason.  Almost everyone else's WORDS-L messages
come addressed from WORDS-L.  Hers (and Doris's and Nancy's) come with
her address for "reply to:", so she sometimes get my replies *well*
ahead of the list.  Then I figure out my faux-paux and repost the copy
I have automatically sent to myself <for just such an occassion>.

Bob
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Date:         Sat, 3 Oct 1992 12:54:29 CDT
From:         tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: Rested Now

>>>Mr. Pot, may I introduce Mr. Kettle?
>>
>> This is a racist remark! Besides, it shows an ignorance of the fact
>> that we are taking about ggs' posts!
>
>No, it's sexist and exclusionist, because it only admits the possibility
>of the privileged male superclass having significant discourse amongst itself.

Moreover! Pot and Kettle are distinctly Anglo-Saxon terms! The social rite
of "Mr introduced to Mr" is a manifestation of an inherent power structure!

tushar
From: dorisann@TENET.EDU (Doris Smith)
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Subject: Re: Blinking Lights
Date: 27 Sep 92 00:40:28 GMT
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Gee, Anne, I didn't know all of that about The Free State.  In this part
of Texas we blink our lights as warning also.  Do you have one of those
fuzz busters?  My husband and son do, my daughter and I don't.

doris smith (dorisann@tenet.edu)
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 13:41:00 EDT
From:         "Rita Leonard 552-3403 (617)"
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Subject: Re: clothes

------------------------------TEXT-OF-YOUR-MAIL--------------------------------

>
> Hmmmmmmm.  Looks like the old Hoosier Hick here is the only one who
> "took down" the "wash"?  I also fix dinner, even when it's not broken...
>
To use an expression mutilated by a friend of mine "this brings back bells"!

We actually "took in" the "wash" though.  Now I empty the dryer, cook
dinner, put away the dishes, and put out the garbage.

Rita L.
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:21:00 EST
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Subject: Re: ATEP (11 - 15)

Greetings,

TS should obviously be penalized 5 votes for his recent tawdry efforts to
skew the voting in category 12.  That, or newbie suffrage should be repealed.

Marty
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From:         Marty Rosen <crosen@ANDY.BGSU.EDU>
Subject:      the company she keeps!
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Greetings,

Lisa, if you call this "good company" you are corrupted beyond redemption!

Marty

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>>                 natalie/*ts*/karen/lisa/gt/don/brad
>> .
What? Who? ME? Well, at least I'm in good company
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From: bayla@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Bayla Singer)
Subject: Re: Gleanings (61)
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 01:37:12 GMT


Would you believe, just the other day, while browsing in a mall bvookstore,
I came across a book of insults-defined: the title was -Your mother wears
combat boots- !

Long long ago, when I was teaching in a NYC "Special Service School", the
way I heard it was "Your mother wears army boots to church."  The kids
(boys mostly: it was a competitive sort of 'game') called the activity
'sounding'.  Since the 'sounds' always had the mother as subject, pretty
soon they got abbreviated to "Your mother!" and the creativity got lost.

--bayla 

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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 23:43:00 PDT
From:         Emily Horning <ECZ5EJH%UCLAMVS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Border Grill lowdown

Well, I just got back from dinner with Karen and Karsten - Marilyn Garber was
a no-show, unfortunately! We still had a great time, even though the din in
the restaurant made conversation difficult (trendy restaurants in LA are, by
definition, noisy). Everyone in the restaurant (and I mean everyone!) had no
problem hearing Karen's laugh though! :-) This after I told her that Santa was
really Chris in disguise. And Karsten has promised to show me how to send fake
email (double smiley)!

Talking about other wordslers (what else did you expect us to do? ;-) ) makes
me wish I had been at last years clam festivities. Every time I meet some of
you (Jill, Dan & Gail, Graham, Steph, and now Karen and Karsten) I realize what
a wild and crazy and nice group of people are on this list - and I'm already
trying to figure how to get to next summer's clamslam.

By the way, the waiter took our picture - anyone who wants a copy can have one,
as soon as I get them developed (I'll be sending one to abh to be giffed.)

Definitely a fun evening.

Emily (ecz5ejh@uCLAMvs)
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:01:04 CDT
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Subject:      me@mconnect

>Looks just like port 25 to me.  Oops.  I forgot to fake headers etc.
>Oh well.

Please, whoever you are, don't test it on the list. Send it to bernard@
msstate.
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Greetings,

Somehow, I had Graham in mind for the vampire Lestat.

Marty
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From:         Blue eyes cryin' in the rain <TRAVEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: borders
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>Bookstore buffs will be interested in today's Wall Street Journal which informs
>us that K-Mart, owner of the Waldenbooks chain, is in negotiations to purchase
>the Borders chain.

	Arrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!  Say it ain't so, Marty.  Borders is to
	Waldenbooks as ... well, I can't think of a simile that expresses the
	vast difference.

	Is Hawley-Cooke actually part of Borders, or do they just use them as
	wholesaler and supplier?

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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 17:01:08 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Mensa test
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              6 Oct 1992 17:53:53 GMT from <bsinger@ENIAC.SEAS.UPENN.EDU>

On Tue, 6 Oct 1992 17:53:53 GMT Bayla Singer said:
>Was it Gauss or von Neumann who was reported to have found the number
>of sheep in a flock seen from a moving railway window by "counting the
>legs and dividing by four"?
>
   Interesting concept....I heard it as a "dumb Polack shepherd"joke
years ago....in Colorado....

dan
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Date: 5 Oct 1992 03:48:57 GMT
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In a previous article, harwell@TENET.EDU (Anne Burton Harwell) says:

>On Mon, 5 Oct 1992, (Graham Toal) wrote:
>
>> the US to find 'conclusive proof' it was the Libyans who brought it down,
>> then it's off for a little pre-election bombing raid...
>
>This posting pisses me off so much that I feel compelled to add that
>nothing would improve my disposition right now better than a little
>Tripoli Two-Step. But if it was El Al, and there were terrorists involved,
>we won't have to do a thing; the Israelis are quite capable of executing
>brilliant counterstrikes unaided.
>
Seconded - that's a show I'd love to watch, preferably from a wingside seat.
The Israelis usually do a nice job at this sort of thing, unlike the usual
American balls-up.:)
 
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From:         "(Ruth M. Hanschka)" <ap290@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>
Subject:      Brownie recipes and the Words-l Cook book
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Thank you, cousin Doris!  That recipe looks like it will be fun to eat.:-)

Now then, to reciprocate....

This was submitted to a certain cookbook by Nina Kazlauskas of Freehold NJ.

				Zucchini Bread

3 cups flour [white or wheat]	2cups shredded zucchini, unpeeled
1 1/4 cups sugar		1 cup chopped nuts [I use walnuts or pecans]
1 tsp cinnamon			1 cup raisins
1 tsp. salt			3 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder		1 cup oil
3/4 tsp. baking soda

In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking powder,
baking soda, zucchini, nuts and raisins.  In another bowl beat eggs and oil.
Pour over flour mixture and stir until moistened.  Turn into greased
9x5x3-inch loaf pan.  Bake in 350F oven for one hour and 30 minutes or until
done.  Cool in pan 10 minutes.

I like this one because it's fairly simple, and it uses up a big chunk of
one of those baseball-bat sized squash people grow in their back yards.:-)
That works even better when you double the batch.  This sucker is dense, and
freezes well, and slices well unlike some quick breads.

Ruth

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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 05:06:00 PDT
From:         Clint Darling <DARLING%CATLIN.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: I *KNOW* WHO YOU ARE

>...  But to be faced with nasty ad hominem votes, anonymous
>nominations to untenable positions, is *not* fun.  I do *not* like it.  I
>will *not* participate.  I -am- serious.

        Thank you, Bayla. I am in complete agreement and am stating that
fact on the List in the hope that it will return to its former level of
interest.

>There has been a large amount of assorted crap on this list, but I keep
>digging through looking for ponies.

        Yes, but there's a limit. I have entirely stopped reading *anything
* by three of the top crap shovelers, but it's tiresome merely hitting the
delete key that often.

>... so far I'm only -near- the edge, not over it.

        Like many of us, I suspect....

>I apologize for all the cliches: I don't have time to write a more original
>letter.  :-)

        My only concern is that your smiley may be misunderstood by the
drivel mongers. The ruination of Words-L is nothing to smile about.

        Why-- with all the interesting and even important topics that we
might be  discussing-- we have to spend time getting a few to shut UP a bit is
hard to understand. And NO, I'm not suggesting that Natlaie *do* something.
I AM suggesting WE do something!

[flame off; no smiley]

Clint
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 21:10:26 -0500
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: Mama Judith
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On Fri, 2 Oct 1992 tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU wrote:

> But then I figured that my intricate laughter-of-Shiva sarcasm would be
> lost and they'd think I was really moping.

Tushar. Oh please. We all know you are really a Baptist Men's sunday
School teacher.

-abh
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