From: nsn@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Nick Nicholas)
Subject: Re: Australians (was Re: accidently out)
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:11:59 GMT

Yeeeees, _mesdames et messieurs_, it's that time of the week again when I
finally get more than two hours in front of my friendly neighbourhood terminal
and fill my weekly quota of meaningless jabber %^)

eowyn@brahms.udel.edu (Zoe Antonia Velonis) writes:
>idx009@cck.coventry.ac.uk (the Crisco Kid) writes:

Kay's original has *still* not reached these fair shores (bummer doubleplus)
--- but then, that means I get to net-flirt two for the price of one! And
*what* a two! And *what* a one! :)

>>Mmmm.... Substitute some Latin for the Esperanto, Mahler or Monteverdi
>>for the Shostakovitch, and honey for the yoghurt, and I'll emigrate...

Ah, Kay, you don't know what you're letting yourself in for! You see, I
*prefer* Mahler to Shostakovich; I'm willing to try honey (hell, with
*89*% purity, I'm willing to try ANYTHING! :) , and if we can compromise
on making it Mediaeval Latin ("Via lata gradior, more juventutis, implico
me vitiis immemor virtutis, voluptatis avidus magis quam salutis, mortuus
in anima curam gero cutis!") --- then, your Criscitudinousness, you've
got yourself a done deal!

(Why Shosty's 9th then? Because when I'm having that much fun, I don't
want to be distracted by yearning and striving and passion on the
speakers --- I'd fain the yearning happen in bed! :) (And Shosty's 9th
is deep, true, but deep mostly on a metatextual level...) (I got to
say METATEXTUAL! I am a frigging *legend*!)

(Listening to Frente's _Accidentally Kelly Street_. I know Giuseppino
likes this local alternative (as in "alternative to good") band. I
fucking loathe the dirtbags. Why doesn't the lead chanteuse get herself
a voice, and an accent while she's at it? *growl* (Sorry, I think that
Kazantzakis is having an effect on me...)

>Oh boy, another person who likes Mahler!!!! How can I ever contain myself?!

So is that a containment in your pocket, or...? (And what is it with
bisexuals liking Mahler? Tim, me, Zoe, Kay... ok, ok, small sample size,
I know --- but I'd *love* to make a correlation! Maybe it's the sense
of struggle? The yearning? [God I love that word!] And doesn't that in
turn correlate to my love of Hendrix?)

>>I can at least read the language even if I'm not a fluent writer.  And
>>I like Herodotus even if he was a rotten liar.
>Ancient or Modern?  Nick and I have been having Greek wars because I'm a 
>recent student and keep using the vocative wrong and all sorts of shit

*Smile* Vocative is never a problem! It's the same as the accusative for
all nouns but masculines in -os (as for Latin nouns in -us) where it's
-e, but for Demotic names like Ni'kos, where it's again like the
accusative (not: Ni'ke). See? Simplicity itself!

As for Ancient Greek... well lessee... I coped with the Mediaeval stuff, 
which is heavily tinged with archaic Greek, and with the help of a reference 
grammar I was able to struggle through the start of Plato's _Apologia_ 
(emphasis on the *struggle*, and bilingual text) --- and rather liked Lucian's 
Dialogues; the guy wrote at a time of decadence, it's all derivative and 
cynical --- and damned if I don't find it cool!

And I'm NOT showing off! I'm NOT!! :)

>>Nick, I *am* driven to distraction by it - I want to be with you and
>>Joe and Karina and Zoe and everyone else, and you're all so friggin'
>>far away! How *dare* you be Antipodean? :)

And remember, Zoe and Dawn are just *honorary* Aussies :) But then,
the Antipodes are but a mental construct! Close your eyes, Kaymeister,
put on some Rolf Harris, and we're there in the local queerpub with
you! And we've all got singlets on! And we're all talking about
Mahler very loudly! And I'm sinking pots of cider at the *unbelieeevable*
rate of... I dunno... mere *hours*!

>I'm so flattered!  Thank you, you six foot hunk of a man you, and next time I'm
>in Coventry I'll be sure to look you up! 

Kristo Krusta, I *love* it when this kind of thing happens! Marriage ceremony
for seven, anyone? :)

>>6'2", dark short hair, blue eyes, bisexual and horny as ....
>5'11.5", dark long hair, brown eyes, bisexual and hornier than ...
5'7", dark messy hair, brown eyes, bisexual and not as horny as ...

Well, apart from my biennial cock-days (where I wander the streets of
Melbourne, bellowing "Cock! Cock!"... but we shan't get into that one
right now, shall we! Just had such a day Monday, and *shudder* still
getting over it, with the help of a *fine* Scandinavian publication...)

So how the hay *is* the weather up there? Reminds me of an article by
Greek humourist Freddy Germanos. The Greeks had just failed dismally
at the Tokyo Olympics, and Freddy decides to divide the world into
competition classes, so Greece can manage a gold medal within its
own class

(Robert Palmer's _Addicted To Love_ is on. Now *that*'s more like it!
"The lights are on, but you're not home. You're mine, but not your own!")

Anyways, first class is US and USSR, 2nd --- blacks ("I am no supporter
of racial discrimination, but blacks have lately shown an annoying
superciliousness with regards to athletics. Furthermore, they win
lots of medals. I'm thinking of the marathon runner from Ethiopia,
who had such a lack of social graces, that he won two Olympics running,
and *barefoot*! I honestly don't see why an athlete should parade
the social policy failings of his country. If Ethiopians don't have
shoes, we'll buy them for them! (As long as they don't run marathons.)")

--- and 3rd up: Tall people. "It has been found that jumps and long
distance events are won by tall athletes. Given that we haven't had
a tall athlete represent us in the Olympics since 344 BC, we can
comfortably say "Tall People Stay Home!"

... so where were *your* ancestors in 344 BC, Zo"e, hmmmm? :)

OK, enough blabber for one article.

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