HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: bberbeni@nyx.cs.du.edu (Bill Berbenich)
Subject: Re: Media bias
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 21:04:51 GMT

In <1992Aug14.171121.6641@igor.tamri.com> donb@igor.tamri.com (Don Baldwin) writes:

>Peeve #1:  That the media give such prominent attention to lunatics who
>           shoot several people, while ignoring the many cases where
>           a gun in the hand of an ethical person SAVES lives.

>Peeve #2:  That people buy the picture painted by this unbalanced
>           coverage.

>     don

Well, Donster and other peevers, I, Bill, fondler of guns and weapons of all
sort, will be bringing my favorite vehicle sun shade with me on my trip West
(then East again).  I am typing, of course, about the windshield sun shade
that came from the NRA which says:

"I'm the NRA and I vote!"

The Billmobile will have the shade prominently displayed in the windshield
for the entire trip (or until a cop sees it and pulls me over) as I drive
said B-mobile across the fruited plain.

Naturally, as I will be entering that liberal hotbed of Berkeley, I will
remove my "Abortion Stops a Beating Heart" and "Jesus Saves" bumper
stickers, so as to not encourage anonymous acts of violence by and from
the peace-loving peoples of that fair city.  Should I leave my Buchanan '92
sticker in place?  I was in such a big damn hurry to plaster it over the
Duke '92 one when Dave dropped out.

Peeve:  Saw some nut driving a (is it a GEO?) Rocky with the sunshade
        still in place!  He leaned out the window to see where he was
        going!  The peeve is that it was soooo off-beat that it was
        funny (if not dangerous) and I wish I had thought of it.
--
"Among free peoples, the open exchange of ideas
ultimately is our greatest security." - President Ronald Reagan
From: booter@Autodesk.COM (Elaine M Richards)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Beings Animalculous
Date: 14 Aug 92 22:29:36 GMT
Organization: The Autodesk Ant Refuge


I came into work today and the company librarian coralled me in the hallway.
She said, "Do you know there's a cat in your office?" Given that I bring
my cat in and I know that she was at home at the time, I glibly responded,
"Huh?" She told me the source of said cat and how she let him in to leave
the cat for me in my office before I came to work today.

I opened the door and there was Fred. Fred to my Ginger, feline bosom 
buddies. He looked at me and with that Dan Quayle of the Catworld
expression said, "Ow."  (My ex, basically, gave him back and forgot to
tell me.)

I hoisted him up and cuddled him joyfully. I thought I would never see
this magnificent pile of catitude again. He was a hair storm. He got
hair all over me, all over the librarian, all over my office and one
hair very strategically hurled into the deepest recesses of my sinuses.

Peeve: Cats who have not been combed since October.

!Peeve: I had a cheesy little plastic hairbrush in my handbag that I
never use and was happy to sacrifice to alleviate the hairstorm in 
my office.

Peeve: My wastebasket is full. I never knew a cat could have so much
spare hair.

Peeve: My clothing is covered. My desk, workstation, Mac and phone are
covered, my coffee is furry, my shoes are furry, my chair is furry.

!Peeve: He's sitting on my desk purring his brains out, well his neuron,
actually.

Peeve: Now I cannot go shopping this evening - I need to take Fred home.

!Peeve: I will save money by not shopping.

!Peeve: Now that Ginger is getting her playmate back, she'll stay out
of my face.

Now I really feel old. A weird old lady with four cats. Oi!

ER


-- 
E. Richards  fernwood!autodesk!booter or booter@Autodesk.COM

"A mere corroborative detail to add artistic verisimilitude to
 an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."
Newsgroups: alt.peeves,alt.tasteless
From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
Subject: Re: Drivers from Hell
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 07:10:11 GMT

Peter Alan Dutton (padutton@wpi.WPI.EDU) wrote:
: 
: Of course, I was having enough trouble keeping the car centered in the
: lane because the *&(*#$@ steering wheel is on the wrong side!
: 
Another example of this genius's questionable ability to drive!

: >      The flashing of lights is standard operating procedure on European
: >      roads.
: 
: And we would all like to emulate those wonderful European drivers?
: What's your point?
: >
I've driven in Europe.  The drivers there are orders of magnitude better, and more
courteous, than the sub-moronic drivers here.

: >      I bet you read Consumer Reports for car information, too.
: 
: No, but I bet you read ComputerWorld and watch "Star Trek"...
: 
: Peter!
: 
Peter,
What's the point?  Are you saying Star Trek & ComputerWorld are only for intelligent,
dynamic people?  I guess I have to agree.  Have fun watching your soap operas.

--

Dave Hinz  -  Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's.  Obviously.
SAAB - Because you get what you pay for.
hinz@picard.med.ge.com
From: simon@cs.city.ac.uk (Simon Brock-Gunn)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Goosed at the Deli
Date: 17 Aug 92 13:42:32 GMT
Organization: City University, London

In article <4319@equinox.unr.edu> malc@pyramid.unr.edu (Malcolm L. Carlock) writes:
>The other day at a local deli, I saw a sign advertising "smoked goose breast".
>This sounded pretty yummy, so I ordered 1/4 lb of it, sight unseen.
>
>I guess I expected something like turkey breast.  What this meat turned out
>to be like, however, in both appearance and taste, was more like the greasiest
>pastrami (I mean literally dripping grease) you've ever seen.
>
>Being something of a grease fan, I thought it was more or less OK, but the
>person eating lunch with me couldn't handle it.
>
>Anyone else out there had goose cold cuts (or for that matter, goose as a
>dinner dish a la turkey or chicken) ?  Is goose meat really this fat-laden?

I'd say goose has about the same amount of fat as duck (i.e. quite a lot
more than turkey, chicken, etc.), but if it's cooked so that the fat is
allowed to drain away properly, then what's left ought not to be too
greasy.

I suspect that the meat you bought may have been deliberately not drained,
because the more fat that is retained in the meat, the heavier it will be
and therefore make more money for the shop.  I certainly find this to be 
the case with cold roast chicken.

I'm sure the shop would argue that this is acceptable since the fat was at
least originally part of the animal.  What I don't understand is how some
places get away with selling frozen meat that contains so much water that
it drips all over the fridge when you leave it on a plate to thaw out, and
leaves you after cooking with something not much more than half the size
it was when you bought it.

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From: ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Flashbacks are REAL? (Was: How old am I?)
Date: 12 Aug 92 18:41:08 GMT
	<1992Aug9.211612.29043@dg-rtp.dg.com>
	<ATAYLOR.92Aug10145337@gauss.nmsu.edu>
	<1992Aug11.144733.2221@dg-rtp.dg.com>
Organization: NMSU Computer Science

<In article <1992Aug11.144733.2221@dg-rtp.dg.com> cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy) writes:
<   ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy) writes: 
<   | <In article <1992Aug9.211612.29043@dg-rtp.dg.com> cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy) writes:
<   | <ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy) writes: 
<   | <| <In article <1992Aug6.002339.2756@dg-rtp.dg.com> cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (Dave Cochran) writes:
<   | <
<   | <Will I be sorry I posted this?  
<   | 
<   | 	If you are, you gotta leave peevedorf.

<Fat chance.  This is the second-grader telling the frustrated teacher that
<he has to leave the classroom.

	Tsk. I merely pointed out the obvious; alt.peeves is hardly
	the sort of place where one admits "I'm sorry".

	Now, go and write on the chalkboard 100 times "I will read
	posts before responding".

<   | 	Sounds to me like Fan Dolgerberg is some kinda
<   | 	E-Z listening "star".....this generations answer
<   | 	to Perry Como.

<   "This" generation's answer?  This was 17 years ago.  What part haven't you
<   understood so far?

	I don't understand why you would be posting a peeve about
	some broad in a movie theater 17 years ago not knowing
	who "Fan Dolgerberg" is....unless the Readers Digested
	was *right* about "flashbacks".

<   | 	Else old Dave wouldn't be so shy about expounding.
<   | 	C'mon, Dave, turn off the Rogaine commercial,
<   | 	chug-a-lug yer Ovaltine & tell me what a
<   | 	Dan Donglebing is.

<   And again he posts implications on things about which he knows nothing. If
<   there's one thing on this planet that I *don't* need to know about, it's
<   Rogaine.  

	Gotcha. Yeah, I bet that most, if not all, of Sy Sperlings
	customers don't need to know about Rogaine....

<And Ovaltine just happens to be pretty cool stuff, if you know
<   how to use it.

	Sure it is, just like lap comforters, PolyGrip and
	trifocals....all real "cool stuff", sure.

<   | ObPeeve: people being "cutesy" about trivia.

<   Peeve: People who are so convinced of their own intelligence and wittiness
<   that they consider anything that they don't happen to know about to be
<   "trivia".

	What the heck ELSE would you call a "music star"
	who hasn't been heard from for 17 years?
From: ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Drivers from Hell
Date: 21 Aug 92 00:41:37 GMT
	<25026@castle.ed.ac.uk> <25029@castle.ed.ac.uk> <25031@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Followup-To: misc.test,alt.limpwick
Organization: NMSU Computer Science

<In article <25031@castle.ed.ac.uk> scott@festival.ed.ac.uk (Scott Larnach) writes:
<egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson) writes:
<>It might not be all that original, Scotty-me-boy, but if you insist
<>on posting rubbish, then I'm more-or-less obliged to call it, well, rubbish.

<And my point is that this isn't alt.isnt.is.isnt.is. 

	Here, here. If you want that, subscribe to alt.election.us

<You're welcome to
<call what I say rubbish, but you're also expected to put some minimal
<effort into making it entertaining.

<   Maybe we should take this to email; everyone else must be bored stiff
<   by now.

	Bored, yes. 

	Stiff........not.
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: Krazy Sailors ( was: ]<razy ]<atz (was: Packaging and Stuff)
Reply-To: z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Organization: PETA: People for the Eating of Tasty Activists
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 04:36:58 GMT

In article <17507@autodesk.COM> booter@Autodesk.COM (Elaine Richards) writes:

>Peeve: Nautical terminology. I go sailing with one fellow and he is
>very fussy. Its "looward", "starboard", "port", "reefing", "Jib" (but
>not "jib sheet", and so on. I sit there and say, "Can you say that in
>English please?" as the boat heels so far over I am kissing Bay water.

	Nautical terminology is quite easy to understand, once you have
it beaten into you and are a sailor.  Trust me, it's simple.  I once
has an officer mention the way to board a ship.  "Walk up the gangplank,
salute the ensign, salute the guard, say something nautical, and walk
on-board."  That "say something nautical" part gave me perfect insight
into the Navy way.

	The United States Navy -- 200 years of tradition unhampered
by progress.


--
<Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"There'll be angels on Ariels in leather>
<z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | and chrome, Ridin' down from heaven    >
<viking@iastate.edu      | just to carry me home." -- R. Thompson >
< ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee. >
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: padutton@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter Alan Dutton)
Subject: Re: Drivers from Hell
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 18:51:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.103309.18975@doug.cae.wisc.edu> saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders) writes:
>In article <BsvIq0.92o@wpi.WPI.EDU> padutton@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter Alan Dutton) writes:

[Brian here reprints about 100 lines, ending with:]

>>Peter!

[And then adds these two (his only original) lines:]

>Maybe you should sign your posts "Dick!" instead.
>Brian E. Saunders			saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu

So I assume he is upset with me because I disagree vehemently with the
concept of flashing one's lights at people. So I think it's not too
far off to infer that he preforms said action. So am I to assume that
people who flash their lights AREN'T obnoxious from this example? Or 
am I supposed to be so blown away by his eloquent retort that I should
resign from this newsgroup forever? What I submit to the readers of
this group is: what is his point?

Peter! (not Richard!)



Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
From: dasher@well.sf.ca.us (D Anton Sherwood)
Subject: how to catch him?
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Distribution: usa 
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 05:54:39 GMT

In article <92224.081651U22395@uicvm.uic.edu> U22395@uicvm.uic.edu (Jed Head) writes:
>i have a friend who will be attending ohio state next year and the year
> to follow
>does anyone know IN ADVANCE when he will be showing up?
>i would love to see this fellow in action
> but it's a long trek from chicago

When I was at UIUC ('77-'80), Jed usually showed up several days in a row,
if I remember right.  Do you know anyone in Urbana who would watch the quad
and alert you, so that you could hop the City Of New Orleans and catch him
the next day?

I wonder if I still have the picture I cut from the Daily Illini, of Jed
getting warmed up while a student rolls by doing a handstand on a
skateboard.

The first time I saw Max Lynch, he was with Jed, but Jed stopped coming to
Urbana and Max came much more often.  So I don't remember Bro Smock as well
as I do Bro Lynch.
-- 
D Anton Sherwood *\\* dasher@well.sf.ca.us *\\* +1 415 664 2229
Libertarian candidate for California Assembly, 12th district
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
From: chris@visix.com (Chris Cole)
Subject: Re: Still with us
Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 17:01:08 GMT


In article <1992Aug14.200204.10125@javelin.sim.es.com> SJOSEPHS@130.187.170.178 (STEVEN JOSEPHSON) writes:

   By the way, did anybody else ever see the traveling preacher guys who did
   their bible-thumping while doing strong-man tricks? "breaking bricks for 
   Christ", beds of nails and the like.  It may have been the silliest thing I
   I have ever seen with my own two eyes, barring an Australian "irongut" 
   competition.

   Josephson

Yes.  They are the "Power Team".  They break things over their head for
Christ.  They are on the Trinity Broadcasting Network every Saturday
around 1pm.  They also blow up hot water bottles, break baseball bats over
their legs, etc.  Great Fun.

chris
From: vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
Subject: Re: Brother Jim?
Date: 17 Aug 92 00:49:35 EDT

In article <1992Aug14.224958.3259@speedy.aero.org>, Kenneth Gordon <kgordon@courier6.aero.org> writes:
> There was a Brother Jim at the University of Michigan
> around 1987 or so.  He used the same hand motions and
> enunciation as Brother Jed... "Four... Nih... Cay... Shun!!!"
> 
> Is this the same person, or a cheap imitator?  Brother
> Jim was "Saved at a Van Halen concert."  Is this Bro. Jed's
> story?

I remember Brother Jim. He's a classic too! A real riot. Last I was him
had to have been like '85 or '86 doing the tag-team with Brother Max (my
favorite!)/Sister Cindy/Jed Smock.

I was wondering what happened to this guy, good to hear he's back!

-Garrett


Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
From: beowulf@wam.umd.edu (amealuh)
Subject: Re: Still with us
Followup-To: <1992Aug14.200204.10125@javelin.sim.es.com>
Summary: while we're talking about silly...
Keywords: silly thumpers...
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:47:37 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.200204.10125@javelin.sim.es.com> SJOSEPHS@130.187.170.178 (STEVEN JOSEPHSON) writes:
>
>   By the way, did anybody else ever see the traveling preacher guys who did
>   their bible-thumping while doing strong-man tricks? "breaking bricks for 
>   Christ", beds of nails and the like.  It may have been the silliest thing I
>   I have ever seen with my own two eyes, barring an Australian "irongut" 
>   competition.
>

i can't decide if this is silly or sad; a good friend of mine moved
away when we were fifteen, and then went to connecticut college. she
has always been involved with youth groups and sports (normal enuff)
but when she got to college, she hit the extreme. she joined this
field hockey team that travelled to the Ukraine to play against other
teams and try to convince people to "come to christ" (as her letter
put it) at the same time. another friend of ours received a letter
from her while in the ukraine, asking for "donations and prayer support"
for the team. later, there was a follow-up letter, thanking everyone
at home for their "prayer support" and a short note at the end from
her wherein she was very excited, because during an 8-hour layover
in an airport, they managed to get eight people to come to christ!

imagine: a group of amazon-like women (seriously butch here) standing
in an airport over some poor businessman, holding field hockey sticks
in one hand, and bibles in the other. 

*cringe*

beo


-- 
		I don't love you anymore since you ate my dog.
beowulf@wam.umd.edu					    beowulf@eng.umd.edu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Sunday, 16 Aug 1992 13:03:40 EDT
From: <IO10184@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
Subject: alt Has Jed been seen in the North-East???

Hi all,
    I recently started reading this newsgroup and was wondering
if the good brother ever makes it up to the north-east....
especially Maine? We have our fair share of pulpit-pounding
people, but Brother Jed does seem to be of a different breed.

***************************************************************
Pat Myers                        Jesus Saves!            *
IO10184@Maine.maine.edu     But the puck goes out to Gretzky*
He shoots, He Scooooorrrreess!*
***************************************************************
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
From: jmilhoan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jason T Milhoan)
Subject: Re: hey, what happened?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 04:59:09 GMT

In article <55675@olivea.atc.olivetti.com> davepat@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Dave
 Patterson) writes:
>
>I remember a time when he was screaming that a woman from a sorority
>was a "WHORE!!!".  Upon hearing this, she pulled off her bookbag, and
>hit him very HARD over the head with it.  The police were called, they
>came and took him away, as he sang "Onward Christian Soldiers".
>
>He even made the evening news there...

He has been on Donahue before, but I missed it because I was in school at the 
time.  I heard they had to take him off, or go to commercial, because he 
started getting carried away with his descriptions of homosexuals and the 
activities they [alledgedly :) ] are involved with.

JT
From: tjw@vms.cis.pitt.edu (TJ Wood)
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
Subject: Who's on First?
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:26:43 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Perhaps we should have a contest:  "Who can spot Jed on campus FIRST?" this
year.

Seriously, if *YOU* see the Jedmeister, post ASAP to alt.brother-jed.  ASK
the Jedster for his schedule and post it too!  Of course, it's possible that
Jederino has NO schedule, but rather goes only where God tells him to go.

In any case, be the FIRST on your block to see the Jedman and WIN a FREE
no expenses paid trip to the computing lab!!!!

Terry
-- 
        INTERNET: tjw+@pitt.edu         BITNET: TJW@PITTVMS
"Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!"                        - Lord "John" Warfin
"There can be only one!"                                  - The Highlander
"There should have been only one. I want my money back!"  - Terry
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: Re: hey, what happened?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 00:58:48 GMT

In article <55675@olivea.atc.olivetti.com> davepat@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Dave Patterson) writes:
>In article <1992Aug6.165657.9244@uoft02.utoledo.edu>, sbrack@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Steven S. Brack) writes:
>> 
>> Boy, after I left Ohio State, I never heard about brother Jed.
>> Kinda miss the homophobic, woman-hating ole' windbag.    8)
>> 
>> 						- SteveB
>> 
>
>Is this the same Brother Jed I saw about 8 years ago, while attending
>Cal Poly SLO?  I thought only that school was cursed with him!  His
>name was Rev. Jed Smock.
>
>I remember a time when he was screaming that a woman from a sorority
>was a "WHORE!!!".  Upon hearing this, she pulled off her bookbag, and 
>hit him very HARD over the head with it.  The police were called, they
>came and took him away, as he sang "Onward Christian Soldiers".
>
>He even made the evening news there...
>
I don't know why... but everytime I hear a "is this the same guy I saw
at X back in 19XX shouting "whore" at a X who then hit him with a X..."
I get a big smile on my face.  I guess because I too have the same 
fond memories of Jed and I think it would be even more fun to forget 
completely about him and then "rediscover" him on a group like this.
Ahh.. the good ole days.
<G>

-- 
--------pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu----(614) 621-8240----------------
Paul A. Prior    Ban anchors, not reef tanks   "With friends like this,   
3rd year medical student		          who needs anemones?"
The Ohio State U. College of Medicine   Tobacco Kills- Please don't smoke!
From: ryanr@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Richard Ryan)
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
Subject: request: brother jed's greatest hits
Date: 15 Aug 92 07:03:56 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: College of Natural Sciences, Colorado State University

Hi,

A little while ago there was a posting of Brother Jed's greatest hits
which was a collection of anecdotes about Jed.  Could someone please
repost?

Thanks,
Richard.
--
--
ryanr@lamar.ColoState.EDU
From: tjw@vms.cis.pitt.edu (TJ Wood)
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
Subject: Re: Still with us
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:05:35 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Aug17.170108.28413@visix.com>, chris@visix.com (Chris Cole) writes:

> Yes.  They are the "Power Team".  They break things over their head for
> Christ.  

Well, that explains a lot.

Terry
-- 
        INTERNET: tjw+@pitt.edu         BITNET: TJW@PITTVMS
"Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!"                        - Lord "John" Warfin
"There can be only one!"                                  - The Highlander
"There should have been only one. I want my money back!"  - Terry
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
From: azathoth@lighthouse.caltech.edu (Az for short!)
Subject: jed in california
Organization: Campus Crusade for Cthulhu
Distribution: alt
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 06:36:18 GMT

doesthe jedster still manage to get to sunny southern california upon
occasion?  i think it'd be interesting to see him in action.
--
Keith Counsell	(azathoth@lighthouse.caltech.edu)
"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is,
"God is crying."  And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to
tell him is "Probably because of something you did."" -Jack Handy (SNL fame)