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From: artn@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Ellyn Sandor)
Subject: Re: you got chocolate on my peanut butter
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:16:09 GMT

	Two notes on this thread:

	Chicken&Chocolate (tm):  Have you ever had chicken with mole sauce?
Mole is a {spanish|mexican}* sauce based (I think) on chocolate.  Strange
and sweet but good once in a while.

Ob!Peeve:  Duck enchiladas w/mole and a bit of sour cream at the Wild Onion
	near Lincoln & Ashland in Chicago. (sorry, I haven't eaten all day)

	For a while I've been considering combining a group of items which
ordinarily don't go together as a group, but work in combinations of 2 or 3.
Think about these combinations that work:  Cheese & crackers, peanut butter
& crackers, chocolate and peanut butter (or peanuts), chocolate & raisins,
cheese & apples (a la Apple Pie w/cheese or apples in cheese fondue), 
apples & raisins (mince pie, right?), oranges & chocolate (mandarin chocolate
ice cream or chocolate covered orange slices)
	There's a few other directions for these combinations, but you get
the general idea.  The only problem is that chocolate and cheese seem to go
with anything, but that rarely show up together.  Though I do enjoy an 
occasional dorito-dipped-in-betty-crocker-chocolate-frosting when no one
is looking.

ObPeeve:  Starvation+yummy junk food in the vending machine+no change or
	small bills.

			Stephan Meyers
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Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way)
Subject: Re: Newbie Alert!
Organization: New Mexico State University, MetaPhysical Science Laboratory
	<1992Jul28.121519.1354@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>
	<92210.194707JMS111@psuvm.psu.edu>
	<1992Jul29.165501.1365@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:38:52 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.165501.1365@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> sac@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:
   peeve: waking up after sleeping with some sufficiently protruding body part
   resting firmly on the eyelid and having to deal with 20/100 vision
   through that eye for most of the day.

   Scott A. Chasse
   U of Fl-Ft. Lauderdale
   Research Station

Golly, Scott! Mr. Happy sleeps with his bald head poking your eyelid?

I always assumed waking up sporting a woodie was pretty universal among us
gents, but this definitely awes me.

Don't ya get back pains or cramps? Sheesh! 

L.
"Yeh, Buddy..            | larry@psl.nmsu.edu (Larry Cunningham)|  _~~_
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 Right HERE!!"           | New Mexico State University          |  /..\ 
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Yo! Bottoms up! US motto. Boy! (Here's tit in yer eye!)
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:30:55 EDT
From: Jenni Sheehey <JMS111@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Chimpanzees/Olympic Games

Not_Al_Crawford@ed.ac.uk (Not Al Crawford) says:
>
>The voice-over went on about "the adorable
>chimpanzee" who is "our closest relative" and who indulges in human-like
>behaviour like "kissing, and caressing" (yeah, and picking fleas). This, I
>would not debate. What *did* get me riled was the voice-over's claim that
>"the chimpanzee is much closer to us than we think, and can be trained to
>do anything, except speak."

Peeve: one would expect to find this drivel in Psychology Today, so I
suppose one has to expect it on TV.

Peeve: Some people actually believe this.  It really must irk the people
who spend years teaching primates to say things like "Sarah eat" in sign
language.  What is really probably the case is that chimpanzees could
physically do most things that humans can do (except talk, for which
their vocal cords are entirely unfit), if their forebrain was anything
approaching the necessary size.

Peeve: there are no other truly sentient species on the planet.  I
always thought that would be neat.  Come to think of it, it probably
wouldn't end up actually being at all neat, so I suppose that should
really be a !Peeve.  I'd like to think it would end up like the stuff in
C.S.  Lewis' _Out of the Silent Planet_ with none of the species
competing and each of them doing what they were best at.  This would
undoubtedly be the case only if (as it is in that book) none of the
species in question were human.

                                                 --Jenni
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: root@goono.spc.uchicago.edu ()
Subject: Test ( sorry )
Organization: ucco
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:08:53 GMT


ObPeeve: assholes who do test postings -- as root yet!
Xref: sparky alt.peeves:12352 rec.arts.sf.written:9973
From: dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au (Andrew Clayton)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves,rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: SF (was Re: Trundling along)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 09:46:42 GMT
Reply-To: munnari!labtam!eyrie!prolix!dac
FollowUp-To: rec.arts.sf.written
 <JBW.92Jul19072316@bigbird.bu.edu> <1992Jul20.153503.7912@dscomsf.desy.de>
Keywords: 
Organization: More like Dis~, really.

In article <1992Jul20.153503.7912@dscomsf.desy.de>, Till Poser writes:

> Super!Peeve: On Friday I finally got the three books from Iain M. Banks
>              that I ordered 5 weeks ago(Drool! Slobber!):
>                 "Use of Weapons"
>                 "The Bridge"
>                 "Espedair Street"
> 
>              That'll be enough reading fodder for the next week or so.
>              Banks now is on the "BuyBuyBuy!"-list, in case You haven't 
>              noticed.

Iain M. Banks is triffic!

Just finished _Player of Games_, in which he went against the
developing trend he seemed to have {q.v.  _Consider Phlebas_ and
_Use of Weapons_} by not having a *really* depressing ending,
rather a mildly depressing one.

I've also got _The Wasp Factory_ to have a look at, apparently a
wicked book.

Bank's novels have the rare ability to make me laugh out loud.
Thankfully my partner has had previous fits of LOL behaviour
[notably reading Kingsley Amos' _Lucky Jim_], so couldn't point
any fingers-of-derision at me.  Especially when I hoot with mirth
at 3am whilst reading in bed.  :-)

> BigPeeve: I'm still missing out on "The State of the Art".

Is that set in his 'Culture' universe?

>        Till Poser         Internet: poser@vxdsyc.desy.de

Dac
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Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: charless@sco.COM (charles stross)
Subject: Re: BDI: Who/what is it?
Organization: The Somewhat Contagious Operation, Inc.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 07:41:46 GMT


In article <1992Jul26.153219.1@gumby.mgi.com> thompson@gumby.mgi.com writes:
>I gave it a shot. I read about a hundred articles and searched in vain
>for a FAQ list. OK, I give up. What is a BDI?
>

A BDI is a Big-Domed Individual; that is, one whose throbbing 
cranium is so crammed with wisdom that it is inevitable that in
any conversation with one a mere human being will be mercilessly
crushed. This term dates back to a hallowed and ancient thread
in this group, which ran for many months about a year ago;
it may even be older.

BTW, let me know when you've found the FAQ?


-- 
Charlie Stross aka charless@scol.sco.com ..... UNIX oriented text mangler
WARNING: The opinions voiced in the preceding electronic document are the
product of a warped mind. Take two before meals.
From: Claudio.Terrorist@ed.ac.uk (ObTerrorist)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Narrow-Minded palates (Was: you got chocolate on my peanut butter)
Date: 21 Jul 92 08:08:51 GMT
Reply-To: Claudio.Terrorist@ed.ac.uk (ObTerrorist)
Organization: The Exploding Hot Drink

Nosy writes:

> <In article <15420011@otter.hpl.hp.com> clc@otter.hpl.hp.com (Claudio Calvelli) writes:

Who is using my name?

> 	Sigh. I'm disappointed that a native of a country which
> 	makes desserts that combine coffee, ground almonds, hazelnuts
> 	and chocolate (not to mention such foods as Trippa al la
> 	Fiorentina) would have such a narrow-minded palate.

I never heard of mixing Trippa alla Fiorentina with with coffee, almonds,
hazelnuts ad chocolate. I do like the trippa and the dessert, but this
doesn't mean I'll like the combined effect. I can try, but I offer no
guarantee (this for the narrow-minded palate: I never refuse to *try* a
food. But I won't necessarily *like* it).

> 	I reckon we can assume you don't eat in Uni cafeterias, from
> 	your last statement, since "10 random ingredients mixed"
> 	is a common enough institutional dinner.

I used to when I was a student in Italy. But there they'd never actually
mix ingredients. Just take something at random, cook or bake for a random
time, and serve. That was almost edible. Sometimes they'd even associate
the ingredient name with the end result, so we almost knew what it was.
Here, on the other hand, I don't eat in the "Uni cafeteria". Can get
better and cheaper food at PeevaCentre, not to mention the wonderful
source of peeves that is a supermarket full of kids at 11am.

>	How do you know? Have you ever tried chicken with Mexican
>	chocolate sauce?

I should. Actually I just took two random foods without thinking.
See also ObPeeve below. See also my paragraph above.

> 	This note is much, much too broad. Could you restate that
> 	in a more specific fashion, per favore?

Hmmm. That'd be a problem. Maybe I'll wait to see who writes what and then
restate it as "Note added for (names)". Bit no, that'd sound like flame, and
we don't like flames here do we?

> ObPeeve: we ran out of time so we din't get to go to Mantova.
> 	 500 years of excess in art and general decoration 
> 	 must be a sight worth seeing....

It is. Even if we disagree on the food tastes I guess we can agree on
that one. On the other hand, there are a lot of other cities which
shouldn't be missed... if you have months of time.

ObPeeve. News software who is *eager* to post articles. I am used to
software which tries to make you feel guilty of posting, asks a few
times if you really think you should, and then even counts the ">" in
a last attempt to refuse to post. So I'm used to write something, exit
from the editor, read the thing over, maybe change it, and then
eventually post. The software I was using yesterday, on the other hand,
posts the article the microsecond you leave the editor, without asking
anything. Oh, and it also allows to cancel an article only before it
is sent over to other machines. Very useful, isn't it?

--
The ObTerrorist
From: ian@festival.ed.ac.uk (Ian Turton)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Chimpanzees/Olympic Games
Date: 28 Jul 92 11:37:26 GMT

Not_Al_Crawford@ed.ac.uk (Not Al Crawford) writes:


#Peeve: the guy didn't miss when he fired the flaming arrow at the Olympic
#flame. It'd probably have lit anyway, but it'd have been nice if he'd
#missed.

Oh yes he did, and oh yes it did. The olympic organisers are claiming
that the arrow ignited the flame anyway, but I suspect a hand and a
fag lighter at work. 

Obpeeve: Bloody TV coverage of the hockey, three cameras and two of
those looking down on the goals, sort of detracts from the action in
the goal mouth if its either half a pitch away or seen from above.

ob!peeve: atleast they showed the hockey.

#--
#		Not Al Crawford - Not_Al_Crawford@ed.ac.uk
#     "The water shines/A sheepdog skips across the face/A dozen times"

Ian

--
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ian@uk.ac.edinburgh                       JCMB, Kings Buildings
                                          Mayfield Rd, Edinburgh,UK
     ***If you don't like my views sue my boss, he'll love it.***
From: fofp@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Holmes)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Peevingsong
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:11:25 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Edinburgh University

Now gather round folks, I'm gonna sing you a song
Now I know what you're thinking but it won't take long
I'm sure to be finished 'fore the Sun goes down
The song's about a place and it's called.... Peevetown

Chorus:

So if you can't get your motor past a BDI
Or you're sat next to a kid that you know is gonna cry
Maybe the guy at the front, he's just takin' too long
Just remember the motto "I'm right and you're wrong!"


Well Peevetown it ain't a place exactly
It's more a state of mind, another way to be
Where folks don't walk slowly and the kids behave well
Where there's no speed limits and the shit don't smell

chorus....

Well you'd reckon the folks there would be happy as can be
Where the Sun just keeps on shining and things work perfectly
But human folks ain't like that, they'll peeve and cuss and moan
Because out there in the world, fate just won't leave them alone

chorus....

So when you get to Peevetown collect your guns at the gate
You'd best go armed 'cos there's some things they hate
Like pigeons and poodles, noisy folks camped in the glades
Postmodernists and whiners, and folks who post cascades

chorus...

You can talk of serial murders, and folks who are abused
Just try to make it funny so that folks will be amused
You can rant about the guvmint, or trains stopped by leaves
But the one thing they won't stand for is compunerdy peeves

chorus...

'cos if you tell how your terminal couldn't reach the host
Dac will get to hear of it and your ass will be toast
Geoff will start a' loading up some serious weaponry
And your horse will be blown up by a man from Italy

chorus...

So just walk down the high street and into the saloon
Walk up to the bar, and Scott will serve you soon
Folks will gather round to listen to your tale
But if there's any PC-talk, they'll throw you in the jail

chorus...

The food they serve is chilli, with genuine Scots beer
And then for recreation, go out and shoot some deer
And when the day is over, it's back to the bar
Get totally babsed and drive home in your car

chorus...

And when you get home, there's the Neighbour From Hell
There's the noisy dog yapping and the couple who yell
And the bedsprings upstairs are creakin' all night long
And runnin' through your head is one verse of a song....


So if you can't get your motor past a BDI
Or you're sat next to a kid that you know is gonna cry
Maybe the guy at the front, he's just takin' too long
Just remember the motto "I'm right and you're wrong!"
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: t88swa@tdb.uu.se (Sven Wallman)
Subject: Re: Cryin' baby express ... what to do?
Organization: Dept. of Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:18:42 GMT

geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller) writes:
: 
: (Why would Pres. Eisenhower have cared about Swedish demographics?)
 
   I'm not sure, but he is supposed to have said something about it in the 50's.
My guess is that he said it because Sweden was a threat against  the free
world because the swedes kept favoring the socialists year after year. I
don't have any statistics with me, but i don't think Sweden has the highest
suicide rate in the world. I dunno if we have more alcholics in sweden per
capita than the US, but keep in mind that a bottle of cheap vodka (.75 litre)
costs app. 40 dollars in a swedish liqour shop and that a pint of beer can
cost up to 10 dollars in a swedish restaurant. This makes alcoholism an
expensive habit which is the intention of the whole system, but it also make
swedish tourists lose control when they go abroad and get in touch with cheap
liqour.

	Btw, don't worry about swedish children growing up without getting 
beaten up. Parents with alcoholic problems have a tendency to beat their kids 
(and their spouses if they are male), but it doesn't seem to solve any problems.
I'll do my best to confuse matters even more by telling you about a recent
case in Sweden. Two parents lost custody of their 15 year old son because
they didn't raise him properly; they believed in being kind to him, letting
him stay home from school if he felt like it and spoiled him rotten. The 
result is a 15 year old brat who runs his parents' lives.

Peeve: Raising children. Doesn't seem like fun.
!Peeve/Peeve: My girlfriend doesn't seem to like children.

--
Sven Wallman, S:t Larsg. 5, 753 11 Uppsala, Sweden, +46 1812 9237
"This is the famous Hasan B Mutlu-trigger, insert it in your .sig file today!"
From: fofp@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Holmes)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Drug testing and welfare
Date: 29 Jul 92 19:10:38 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes:

[.....re the argument on welfare cash and drug testing, matthew arguing
against the idea of testing...]

>What else are they going to use to buy illegal drugs?

sexual services? The Panorama programme recently covered a country where
so many folks traded sexual services for crack cocaine that 1 in 80 in
the country are now HIV positive.

Even seemingly well-meaning plans can have very bad consequences. It
might well be that folks who tested positive for drugs would say "it's a
fair cop, lead me to the treatment centre...". On the other hand, they
might decide for various reasons (addiction?) to stick with the crack,
and trade sex instead of money. Then you have an even bigger HIV
problem.

Peeve: life is complicated

>mathew

FoFP
From: Claudio.Terrorist@ed.ac.uk (ObTerrorist)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: National Situational Awareness Day
Date: 23 Jul 92 08:21:56 GMT
Reply-To: Claudio.Terrorist@ed.ac.uk (ObTerrorist)
Organization: The Exploding Hot Drink

In article <l6qubnINNebd@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> 242 lbs before cooking writes:

> Claudio.Terrorist@ed.ac.uk (ObTerrorist) writes:
> >to do something. "3.04" says the display. I hand him a 10 pounds note.
> [ ... ]
> >[ supervisor goes away, CWCR copies the figures "1" "0" "." "0" "0" on
> >his keyboard. Display says: "Change: 7.96" ]

> Wow.  I think I could get used to this European math.  Or was this a
> Baker's 10 pounds note?

No. The amount was 2.04. Photocopy of the receipt and all relevant
evidence can be sent to anybody. Send a self-addresses, stamped
envelope.

ObPeeve. Talking so much about BDI that I am becoming one myself. How
did I miss that on my careful proofreading?

--
The ObTerrorist
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux)
Subject: Re: Nattering Twits who have No Respect For Alums
Organization: Castle WetWare Philosopher and Sniper
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:43:37 GMT

carolo@cse.ucsc.edu (Carol Osterbrock) writes:
] In article <1992Jul21.211426.12431@wetware.com> drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
 
[...]

] >We need not address here that UC Santa Cruz should be considered
] >as a wilderness preserve for the SocialRejectsAndMorallyDestitute
] >of society who will most likely Never be able to take up Productive
] >and Responsible Jobs and thus have meaningful Lives in the ever
] >expanding eternally significant all knwoing and all wise Market Place
] >of Economic advantages and Progess; and therein NEED far More Stern 
] >Protective and Parental Guidance as they fumble their ways through LIFE.
] 
] Well, dammit, drieux, they are paving over our wilderness preserve!
] And also, I don't think that it is only those who never take up
] productive and responsible jobs who are able to have meaningful
] lives.  I know a UCSC alumnus who is now a technical writer (and
] what could be more productive than that?), who still manages to
] have a meaningful life.

Minor Point here KomradeSoftOnTheRedmenanceKarol,
but IF this person has found MEANINGFUL employement
as a TechnicalWriter, then obviously they will have
a MEANINGFUL life! And they can LOOK BACK with GLEE
as they Accept their RIGHTFUL ROLE in Society as
PositiveAndcontributoryMembersOfTheEverVictoriousEverExpandingEconomy
and no longer destitute minions of the SicklyLeftistLeaningFivolists.

You will also notice that this person has also
become an Alum, and Also will, we Hope, Continue
the Ongoing Sturggle against MoralDecay that comes
from Those Opposed to the SternHandOfDiscipline!!!!

without which so many would Suffer and fall by the way side!

] 
] [...]
] 
] >For Shame! For Shame! For Shame!!!!!
] 
] >And Should Your Frivolity Continue to Corrupt the Educational system
] >I will forth with be morally obliged to make no more further donations
] >to the educational system.
] 
] Uh oh, does this mean I don't get any more cigarettes?

If By Offering you cigarettes I contribute to your
On Going MoralDecline, then OBVIUSLY it would be
the ONLY MORALLY REsPONSIBLE thing to do....

We do have our Civic Obligations to Maintain.

] Bummer.

Oh Deary Me! You are relapsing...

What ever will you say next...


ciao
drieux


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as they are such a Known Waste Of BandWidth,
And Therefore Not a Morally UpRight Choice.
But I Can See the HideousHienousHandOfHeteroSexualityBehindItAll.
From: sac@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Self-serve gas stations
Date: 29 Jul 92 12:40:43 -0500

The self-serve aspect of these stations is a peeve unto itself,
I remember the days when a grown *man* with a complete high school
education would trot, well perhaps trundle, out to my 12 year old
person on a YZ125 dirt bike, filler-up, take my money into the office,
return with my change and cheerfully continue with his other work.
Now-a-days they charge you 20 cents extra for a fat, greasy, non-
communicative, grammar school drop-out to come out and fill your
tank. Forget about the windows, tire pressure or oil. You gotta 
insist they do it and HOPE they aren't packing a .38.

I've been reading all this stuff about countering the dastardly
pumps (tm) and realized, a bit sheepishly, that it never occured 
to me to jam something in there to keep the gas flowing while I,
like a conscientious and environmentally correct motorist, check
the pressures and levels of vital systems. So yesterday I decided
to take the advise of the BVI's (brain viable individuals) of this 
newgroup and shoved the gas cap in the handle.

peeve: Being the BDI I so desperately tried to avoid being.
       For I never thought that one may only get away with 
       this if one is *filling* the tank. I only had 10 bucks
       and my wallet was at home. I had a helluva time finding
       two syllable (sp?) words to explain my predicament to the 
       simian in charge.							

Sometimes I scare myself.

Scott A. Chasse
U of Fl-Ft. Lauderdale 
Research Station
From: dre@catnip.berkeley.ca.us (I Would Like To Return this TOBACCONIST; It Is Scratched)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Picnics
Date: 25 Jul 92 00:17:31 GMT
Organization: The San Jose Home for Perverted Hackers

mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes:

>booter@Autodesk.COM (Elaine Richards) writes:
>> Peeve: Little brown flying bugs, about the size of the letter "l" in
>> 14 point type. They were all over my house and now they are all over
>> my apartment. They like to die in my crystal glasses. I invite friends
>> over, want to serve them some nice beverage in crystal, forget to shake
>> the glass out and am mortified to see One Dead Bug in each glass.

Sounds awfully familiar.

>Sounds like thrips (or thunder flies as they're also known).

I don't know what the ones here are called, but I know what they did to
me.

>The little buggers crawl into CD jewel boxes, worm their way under the
>cardboard of the back cover, then die.

Not only did they get in all of my glasses and croak, the little
buggers also got into my dry goods and thrived.  <boom> throw out the
rice.  <boom> throw out the flour.  <boom> throw out the sugar.


>Ceci | n'est pas une pipe.

Yes, you are a clever one, aren't you mathew.
-- 
"If I had killed her when I had first thought about getting divorced,
 I would have been out of jail by now."
	-- A newly-divorced guy I met at a block party