HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Sat, 29 Aug 1992 22:25:45 -0500
From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ubi Sunt?
Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Comments: cc: Multiple recipients of list WORDS-L <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>

> Doris, you are definitely improving your style.  Keep up the
> good work.
> --ggs

 That right brain transplant I had this summer must have done some good,
and I've also been taking a correspondence course from Ubi Sunt.
Doris
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Sun, 30 Aug 1992 18:54:14 -0500
From:         Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik <amadeus@CCWF.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Words-l All-Amazon Task Force
Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>

Consider this an expression of interest.

-----Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik-------------------------------*<:-)-------------
"Queens never make bargains."  -- The Red Queen, _Through the Looking Glass_
-----amadeus@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu--------------The University of Texas @Austin---
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Sat, 29 Aug 1992 07:14:23 CDT
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: English aspiration
Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu

> know from seeing waveforms of my digitized speech that I aspirate all
> the hell over the place.  That is, my allophones are not asp/unasp, but
> more asp/less asp.

I think that's true of most English speakers -- that what we call
"unaspirated" is really "less asp."
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
     wondering if the Starkville Electric Department realizes that
     there's no electricity in this neighborhood on this sunny, gorgeous
     day, but not wondering hard enough to fool with yukky telephone...
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:15:26 EDT
From:         Rita Marie Rouvalis <rita@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Private vs. Public Schools
Comments: To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu

> > Rita
> > Who has learned more about literature in the year since I graduated than
> > in all my years in college combined.
>
> But isn't that true of *everybody*?  The most you should expect from
> junior and high school is to learn to read and write english in a manner
> acceptable to your peers, to master basic arithmetic, and to grasp the
> scientific method.  Those are the only innate skills that have to be drilled
> in; the rest is intellectual exercise that you can treat yourself to as an
> adult.

	No, Graham, you misunderstand.  Since I graduated in 1991 with
my B.A. in English.  I should most definately have at least known about
many of the authors that I've discovered in the past year or so.  I mean,
Tolstoy is *not* an obscure author.

Rita
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:10:57 CDT
From:         Tushar Samant <tushar@ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Brother Barbara

>   tushar don't do subtle, though.....    spose he's really my long lost
>                                         cousin from the old country?

Horrors!

No, I can't claim such exalted lineage.

tushar
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:42:34 CDT
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: What about Henry?
Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu

> Stick to your convictions, jim.....  there is *never* a justification
> for the *state* to take a human life.  *EVER*!!!
> --ggs (very very sure about this one.....  no matter how many
> <bull-sh*t> responses come over the wires..... very sure about this
> one....)

I agree.  On most questions I can be made wishy-washy by seeing the good
points on both sides.  Not on this one.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 05:01:38 CDT
From:         MAYNOR%MSSTATE.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Subject: Re: More on Silvia/Celia

> yeah, it was the ubisunting that started it.....   BTW,
> where is everybody?)

Heap big configuration changes (whatever that means) have been occurring
at UGA.  I wrote a note mentioning that yesterday morning, but that note
hasn't gone anywhere yet.  I guess the moments that the connection has been
up over the past 24 hrs have not been the same moments that Ra's sweeper
was sweeping out deferred mail.

I'm guessing that things should get back to normal soon.  I'm also guessing
that this note will go through pretty promptly because I'm sending it a
route that doesn't involve the stuff that's been happening at UGA.  I'm
also aware that that wording is a bit muddy.  Sorry.  But it's another
Monday morning.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Sun, 30 Aug 1992 22:12:00 EDT
From:         Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Giggles, we hardly knew ye
Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>

> Here's an excerpt from the "Stats" report from our listserver at UGA. This fil
> was requested about 10 minutes ago.
>
> gtoal@STACK.URC.TUE.NL         157           0           0
> JOHN WILLIAMS                  115           0           0
> Gilbert Smith                  666           0           0
> Rod Kessler                     59           0           0
>
> No comment.
>
> -abh

Well, *I* have a comment.  Several, in fact, in the form of
questions:
1)  How about -abh?
2)  Where's my pig?
3)  Is this exchange in TGOV perhaps an anachronistic reference to
    little --ggs?:
    .
    Valentine:  What think you of this page, my Lord?
    Duke:       I think the boy hath grace in him; he blushes.
    .
--ggs (very *proud* of that 666....)
From: karsten@netcom.com (karsten)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Subject: Re: English Aspiration
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:06:55 GMT
Organization: Karsten's Bit Bucket
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

When this topic first appeared I couldn't understand the interest
(or some of the posts!).  Now I find myself quietly saying words
with my hands in front of my mouth.  My coworkers undoubtedly think
I've joined some strange cult and am worshipping during breaks.

Thanks.

--karsten

("Praise be to words-l, source of all that is good and right...")
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:29:52 -0500
Reply-To:     Nancy Harwood <harwood@tenet.edu>
From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Note to Bernard
Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Comments: cc: Multiple recipients of list WORDS-L <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>

> On Mon, 31 Aug 1992, Rashmi Murthy wrote:
> > Hey, //anne//, did you learn this ditty here or in Karachi/Sri Lanka?  I
> > recognize this from girlguide camp way back when.  Kinda surprising and neat
> > that people half way around the world sing the same camp songs.
> >
> > (And I'm impressed that you remember the words, I'd forgotten them.)
> >
Somehow I missed hearing this one...does anybody (besides Susan, who
taught them both to me) remember "Little Bunny Foofoo"...or "The Lady with
the Polka-dotted Alligator Purse"?
ndh
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:30:00 EDT
From:         Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: TGTABagnes2
Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>

> Sorry. I read it. My reaction is: What is the "B" in TGTBAgnes for?
> And just in case you want to know in more detail, yes, I practically
> expired with mirth. I was saved because I am very reserved.
> No reviews is good reviews. Why extort them?
>
> tushar

Ah, <ts>, you are really a living doll!  You actually *read* it?
And you don't respond by giving me lessons on how to write so
everyone will find it <fascinating>???  I *love* you suddenly,
and I certainly never thought I would say such a thing, gootchie
gootchie....
The "B" stands for either
   1) typo not discovered until too late, or
   2) The Gospel Truth About Big agnes (since it was, I believe,
      not TGTBAagnes  but TGTABagnes.
--ggs
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Original_To:  BITNET%"words-l@uga"
Original_cc:  AUSBROOK
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:33:00 EST
From:         Entropy Warrior <AUSBROOK%IUBACS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Today's insult

Dr. Aman says that if you were born today you are . . .

a sharper

Mka
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 12:27:44 CDT
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: It finally worked!
Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu

> interesting....will be fun to see what it goes from and to....what is it
> today?  i know i could check, but figure someone else already knows.

It's around 185, I think.

> gee, do you think the usenet gateway will be smart enough to renew itself? 8-)

I sent the 'waive' command for usenet gateway -- also for local redistribution
addresses.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 22:57:27 -0500
From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ubi Sunt?
Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Comments: cc: Multiple recipients of list WORDS-L <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>

> professor in either of the two languages that he speaks or just

This reminds me of the student who today asked for help on a <high school
version> of a resume and had listed under  Skills "speak English." Great
if he were not a born and bred Texan who spoke no other language but.

> gone away with a smile on <ze face>.....   We try to keep everyone
> happy around here.
> .
And I'm sure you do an outstanding job, too.
doris (who has 127 now and will be getting 25 more next week and was told
that I could give up my conference period and have a class in that time
slot - in a pig's eye!)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
Subject: RE: In the Amazon Spirit
Reply-To: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 04:00:57 GMT


In a previous article, aharwell@PANAM1.PANAM.EDU (Bandwidth Pig) says:

>>	In searching through some old files, I came upon this little
>>gem.  I dedicate it to you, Harwell.
>
>Gosh, thanks, Czar. It's nice to know where one fits in thy worldview.

So what did you score?  Besides an M-16 and that Abrams tank in your
back yard?:)  
-- 
It's Ruth the NetHead, back from the [virtual] dead
	- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
fighting for truth, justice and static-free lines
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:09:09 -0500
From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: bumper sticker
Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Comments: cc: Multiple recipients of list WORDS-L <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>

> ndh (who is thankful that at least she doesn't have to do playground duty)


Hee hee.  You just *think* you don't.  In the kid's mind that is what ASP is.
Doris
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Original-From: mhwpa!ktw (Kenneth T Wolman +1 201 564 2866)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 10:14:00 EDT
From:         ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM
Subject:      Re: Mario Cuomo fans - Read this.
Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>

This bit is slightly older than God.  I've seen it used for Jim
Florio, Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Jack
Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter...and a few other obscure
figures.  Oh...yes...Reagan and Bush, too.  It proves either that
all politicians are alike or that political humor in this country
is truly pathetic.

Ken - Kultural Elitist Lefty Snob
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 07:47:13 EDT
From:         Karen Kay <LL23%NEMOMUS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Monterey Bay Aquarium
Comments: To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu

Posted on 30 Aug 1992 at 19:26:38 by karsten
>more expensive than freshwater.  The elaborate mini-reef setups can
>easily cost over a thousand bucks.

I knew it.  I'm more interested in the other stuff, not just the fish.
The pet shop one has several little-shop-of-horrors type things.

>To which "Square" were you referring, BTW?

The one around which my teeny tiny is built--the one where the Battle
of Kirksville took place.  All directions orient themselves wrt the
Square.

Karen
who is pet-free but still wants a saltwater aquarium--maybe for         mas.
Christmas...
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:16:34 EDT
From:         jcs <GE777009@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Re[2]: Brother Barbara
Comments: To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu

>   Wait a minute....it doesn't rely on what you say....it relies on
>"the world's oldest profession"......there is NOT the semantic difference
>that you claim.
>
>dan  (and not REALLY interested in trying to draw the line between quip and
>             insult)

You know, why is Prostitution the world's oldest profession? I would
assert that farming, or hunting is older.

anyone else ?

jcs
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:45:45 CDT
From:         Tushar Samant <tushar@ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Visiting LA and Chicago

>>Tushar is in chicago.
>>
>   oh, is tushar a wordsler?
>
>dan

I am NOT! And now nobody try to argue otherwise. I hope I am not too
late.

Just a thought - might a slight hint of sarcasm or something in here?
Can't tell with the subtle way it's being handled.

tushar
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:37:22 EDT
From:         Rita Marie Rouvalis <rita@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      Re: FTP???
Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
              92 5:32 pm

> after I say -- ftp <what site do I put in to get words stuff>?
> then, what do I do to identify myself as user?  <n567126> or

	anonymous


> then, what is the password? <my user number> or what?

	your e-mail address.

> then, to try this out, what file should I ask for first? any
> suggestions?

	any you like.

> then, what do I type in to download it and how does it get
> over to my (excuse the expression) WordPerfect?

	bring it in as text

> What I did was ftp uga.cc.uga.edu, then it occurred to me that
> that was wrong, it ought to be msstate or something, right?
> Right, natalie?

	ftp.msstate.edu  /docs/words-l


Rita
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:19:33 CDT
From:         Bandwidth Pig <aharwell@PANAM1.PANAM.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Gleanings (57)
Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu

>Well, no.....Dworkin is NOT homophobic, at least in the usual sense of
>the word, being against or fearing homosexuals.....if you take homo to
>mean "men" [in the non-"mankind"] sense, then yes.....but not the usual
>meaning.  Maybe you mean male-phobic or androphobic or soemthing else.

We all ought to step aside and let Karen lead the Dworkin discussion, because
Karen's actually read Dworkin, which I have not, and although I know what she's
all about, and what kinds of activities she's been involved in, and her stance
on pornography (which is, in my opinion, majorly fucked), I don't actually know
anything substantioal about Dworkin's writings or philosophies, and I suspect
the rest of us are about as unclued as I am. So, Karen, what's all this about
Dworkin hating men? ;-)

-abh
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: You are NEVER safe 
Distribution: world
Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:36:50 +0000


In article <WORDS-L%92082700585100@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> TONY@VM1.MCGILL.CA writes:
>many world records are held by women.  But the typical, nervous,
>group standing around waiting to start the first jump course is
>largely male - what women there are have often been dragged along
>by their boyfriends.  It seems to be a problem of getting the women

Not true.  I've only known two parachutists - both women.  The second one
tried to drag *me* along.  Since the first one roman candled I wasn't
in a hurry to go.  Not a nice way to lose your friends.  (See, Don
doesn't have the monopoly on maudlin tales...)

G
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Ribbit...ribbit...ribbit... 
Distribution: world
Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:15:46 +0000


In article <9208280503.AA13998@zaphod.uchicago.edu> tushar@ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU writes:
>>Gawd, I couldn't even start a fight with Marty, and that's
>>usually about as hard as pissing Tushar off...

Pissing Tushar off is actually exceedingly easy.  You merely point out
that in his entire time on this list he has never posted anything *once*
in his own writing style, if he even has one, and probably spends most
of his day at work agonizing for hours over every word of his postings.

To quote from the downmarket version of Pygmalion "'His English is too
good,' he said 'which clearly indicates that he is foreign'"

Suggesting that he is clearly not a native speaker (of *anything*, never
mind English) is also a pretty good way to piss him off :-)

>I resent this stupid goddamned remark immensely! Shut the infernal bloody
>stinking hell up and apologise fucking promptly!

Ausbrook mode?
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:34:37 EDT
From:         Rita Marie Rouvalis <rita@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      Re: CAMPAIGN INFO NOW FTP-ABLE
Comments: To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu

On Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:10:54 EDT, "Rita Marie Rouvalis" <rita@EFF.ORG> wrote:
> >    NPTN is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing free,
> > public access, computerized communications and information systems
> > in cities throughout the U.S. and abroad.  (Think of something
> > like National Public Radio or PBS on television, then substitute
> > community computers for radio and T.V. stations, and you have the
> > gist of what we're trying to do.  To see one of our community
> > computers in action, you might want to try, for example, the
> > Cleveland Free-Net (telnet: freenet-in-a.cwru.edu, freenet-in-b.cwru.edu,
> > freenet-in-c.cwru.edu--then ask yourself why there isn't something
> > like this at YOUR location.)

Has anyone told these people about Wais & Gopher yet?

	Graham, I don't understand what this has to do with WAIS and
GOPHER.  But I'm sure they're well aware of both pieces of software.

Rita
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
Subject: Re: The Evidence
Reply-To: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 18:18:55 GMT


In a previous article, PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU ("Judith E. Schrier") says:

>>> My mother knows lots more words and weird thoughts than anyone on this
>>> list has yet come up with.
>>
>>-- does this kid think he's mine?
>>
>>--bayla
>Certainly not *my* kid's address...
Not your grammar either - not when your kids buy anniversary presents like
hardbound OEDs.:-)

>judith, HOME!!!
Welcome back!  

-- 
It's Ruth the NetHead, back from the [virtual] dead
	- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
fighting for truth, justice and static-free lines
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Subject: Re: sayings
Date: 2 Sep 1992 04:38:22 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc8.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, TWILD@URIACC.URI.EDU (Theresa Wild) says:

> Does anyone know from where the following sayings originate?
>
>  By George       as in      By George, I've got it.
	I'm not 100% sure, but I'll bet it's a reference to Saint George.
He's also called the Defender, I think, and is patron Saint of England, or was
before Fat Henry got to him.:-)  The patron saint north of Hadrian's Wall is
St. Andrew, I think.  Graham?
>  Just Ducky      as in      How are you doing?  (reply) Just Ducky
	Beats me, but if I were you I'd be asking Giggles....  He might
have perpetrated this one in his donkey puck-munching youth....


>
-- 
It's Ruth the NetHead, back from the [virtual] dead
	- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
fighting for truth, justice and static-free lines
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
X-Envelope-to: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.EDU
X-VMS-To: IN%"WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.EDU"
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 08:10:00 EST
From:         Blue eyes cryin' in the rain <TRAVEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: I love the wording....
Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.EDU

>I hope you also have removed September 25 from your calendar. Of course, that
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>pretty much negates the effect of leap year, but it is, after all, only a day.

>Chris

	Does that mean that I *won't* have a birthday this year?  I certainly
	don't mind skipping one.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
neal    traven@pittvms                  Bitnet          412-624-0097 (office)
        traven@vms.cis.pitt.edu         Internet        412-624-0110 (fax)
                    "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."
                                          -- Larry Andersen, relief pitcher
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Original_To:  JNET%"words-l@uga"
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:55:00 MST
From:         "JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS"
 <WILLIAMS%MC.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Neener (Was Love Potion Number Nine)

Doris, it's a date!  Although I'd settle for just a REALLY GOOD chocolate
malted...  8-)

J?W, who has had a <really bad> day, and who, if given one more goddam
"string syntax error" message, is considering just how many 150-grain
complai               absorb...
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 10:19:57 EDT
From:         Rita Marie Rouvalis <rita@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      Re: shooting spree
Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
              92 10:41 pm

	Well, Sunday I was watching the news and they showed a murder
story.  Some woman was stabbed to death in her home on a partially
paved road in Lexington.  Wow.  That's an affluent community -- they
don't usually have crime there (Lexington as in Lexington and Concord
and the Shot Heard Around the World).

	So I log in Monday only to find that this woman was actually
a part of a social circle that I'm on the fringes of.  I may have even
met her at a party some time.  Wierd.  I send e-mail off trying to say
nice things to friends of mine who really did know her.

	Turns out that she probably would have lived if it were not
for the outrageous incompetance of the Lexington Fire Dept., which
received a call for help from her at 5:30am.  The man on duty thought
it was a prank call, and nothing was done about it for *5 hours*.
I mean, what would it have taken to send a car around to check thigns
out?  This is Lexington -- the cops have nothing better to do at that
hour.

	Meanwhile, the woman bled to death in her basement.

	I am absolutely disgusted.


Rita
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU