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From: Pegasus@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Pegasus)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Danger Room Run (The Polymath)
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Date: 26 Jan 1993 07:16:18 GMT
Organization: the Polyhedron Group
Distribution: world
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In article <STEVE.93Jan25180753@styx.crc.ricoh.COM>, steve@crc.ricoh.COM
(Stephen R. Savitzky) wrote:
> 
> "The tricky one," says the Mandelbear, "is figuring out how to
> peace-tie a set of bagpipes."
> --

Pegasus, looking over Jason's shoulder, adds her two groats worth.

"Two ways. One, stuff a wad of cotton into the base of the chanter. Two,
tie a pretty plaid ribbon around the bag, just below the chanter --
tightly!"

Pegasus
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Decapitalization?
Date: 22 Jan 1993 17:39:39 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

Mary Merrytail writes :
> yeah, says MerryTail with feeling - but weren't you here at New Year
> when MonTemplar pulled half of it out and kept giving me a tap on teh
> shoulder......

Now, now, you did have a _crab_ pizza... He just got a little nervous, that's
all! Of course, you did get a dip in the tub as a result...

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From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Subject: Re: Uh....
Reply-To: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:54:29 GMT


Starknight's tracking systems inform him of another newbie in the Place...

In article <2B609382.17762@news.service.uci.edu>, eaeu282@orion.oac.uci.edu (Ching-I Chen) writes:
|>Someone is sitting in front of a computer terminal, amid a forest of 
|>SUNs, WYSE's, IBM's and Mac's.  Confused-looking college students wander
|>in and out of the computer lab, trying to appear in control when in fact
|>they are incredibly lost.  She feels lost too, not even able to remember
|>her own name... but she still grins goofily at the blinking orange cursor.
|>The cursor does not smile back.
|>
|>Someone does not know what she is doing, but she is enjoying it nonetheless.
|>The undigestible remnants of the tuna-and-vegetable surprise she wolfed
|>down at lunch today are settling in her stomach.  In a matter of hours she'll
|>no doubt be nauseous.  But she'll enjoy it nonetheless.
|>
|>Someone hopes she isn't disturbing the usual going-ons here.  If so, she
|>apologizes and regrets her actions deeply.  

"Disturbing?  You want to see disturbing?  Look at my asinine attack on Doug...
THAT'S disturbing.  New patrons never disturb us..."

|>Someone is trying to say something.  You can barely hear it through the
|>Shakespear's Sister tape blaring in the background.  It sounds like... is
|>she cussing?  No, now she's shaking her head.  "F.A.Q!" she shouts
|>emphatically.  Gesticulating wildly (is there any other way?) she manages
|>to convey that she'd like the said F.A.Q. if at all possible.

"Anyone?  I didn't even know there WAS a FAQ for the Place...  I just kind of
jumped in in the middle of some threads I enjoyed.  Of course, I'm a long time
fan of Spider Robinson's, so I at least had a clue..."

|>Someone is now smiling.  The weekend is about to begin, and although she
|>knows she's about to drown in a sea of organic syntheses, she is enjoying it
|>nonetheless.  
|>
|>
|>Delilah
|>(using this account... trying
|>to get another)
|>
|>"It's great to be young and insane."


"Amen to that.  Insanity is the only true constant..."

Starknight
spr@abo.dec.com
Disclaimer:  Huh?  What'd I say?
From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Culinary Peculiarities
Date: 28 Jan 93 17:47:06 GMT
Reply-To: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


(Jason) writes:
|>(Shonias) wrote:
|>> (Noah Ramon) writes:
|>> >either food or clothes : THERE IS NO BLUE FOOD.
|>> 
|>> Blueberries? They're pretty blue, but I have to admit, it's all I can think
|>> of.
|>"Nope, Shonias, To quote George Carlin, 'Blueberries are purple. Who's got
|>the blue food?'. Seriously, aside from strange varieties of Jello and
|>Kool-Aid, I don't think there -is- and food item that's really blue."

"Blue corn is a dark blue, nearly indigo, but it *is* blue...  And it isn't
diseased!"  Starknight reaches through an Xwindow for a bowl of blue corn
tortilla chips and some chunky salsa picante...

Starknight
spr@abo.dec.com
Disclaimer:  Huh?  What'd I say?
From: mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk (Alan Ralph)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Descriptions...
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:23:45 GMT
Reply-To: mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk
Organization: Chez MonTemplar, Redunser
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.30 $

In article <1993Jan26.094831.11571@gdr.bath.ac.uk> eesshlgb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (S H L G Bisson) writes:
>"I work in the bowels of Bath University, writing (sacrilige time here, folks)
>FORTRAN electromagnetic field analysis software. Sometime hardware radio
 ^^^^^^^
>frequency engineer, now software/applied physics.

"Your dark secret would appear to be showing, Ignatz old chap..." :-)

>"For fun, well, I help look after Bath Sf, build railways up wet Welsh mountains
>and am often seen (for some not very obscure reason!) with MaryTail...

"Ain't that the truth!" :-)

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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: And now, for something completely different.
From: <KZAHLLER@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Date: Monday, 25 Jan 1993 15:22:01 EST
Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service

"oooooo"  Magda-Wolf is trying to pull off a look of
bug-eyed innocence.  "Have Daleks added a new command?
They've got RUN AWAY now besides EX-TER-MIN-ATE?  Besides,
what's eating you about that acid pool?"
From: cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk (Clive Grace)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Censorship (was Testing Tin)
Date: 27 Jan 93 18:21:00 GMT
Reply-To: cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk


> >                  Yes, I know I could get any censored news group I 
> >wanted to via Nyx or uunet.net, but I shouldn't have to ! Argh..  

> SEA joins in:  "When I was a younger lass and employed, oh about last
> If he [the system administrator ] had said that all newsgroups
> except the comp.* hierarchy were going to be lost, I might not have
> squawked as much.  DJ is right, censorship is a no-no."  

Tanais is sitting next to the fire. In deep discussion with Taldin. A 
book is by the fox's side. He stops at this comment, begs his 
forgiveness from Taldin a momnent and thumbs through until he finds the 
right page: 

"'If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had 
today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of 
Cicero.' Said Voltaire". And Tanais closes the book. 

"Censorship is a heavy subject, but I wouldn't want to imagine life 
without the legacy of Horace, Juvenal -- or indeed the Place, no matter 
who passes those doors". And smiling at everyone in the room he turns to 
Taldin to continue his conversation.

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| .OO.    and learn how to write."                                  |
| O/\O                                                              |
|  --                              Tanais - friend to all furkindred|
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|cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk | Bisexual knitter of quality since 1992|
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|  ..    "When I grow up, I want to stop being a computer journalist|
| .OO.    and learn how to write."                                  |
| O/\O                                                              |
|  --                              Tanais - friend to all furkindred|
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Date: 27 Jan 93 02:14:02 GMT
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi

>c+ says...
>
>>"A Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! This is the year of the rooster;
>>so anyone born in .. duh.. ( counts on his feelers ) '71, '59, '47, '35,
>>this is your year, so do give a crow!"
>
>kitten says "cockadoodle-doo!!!!!" and throws a handful of confetti at C+

 " Hmm. I thought I was a boar... but not boaring !" DJ.

     Yes, June 27, 1947. And it was a very good year !

-- 
         Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM 
             jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
                      Video. Peter Gabriel: Steam 
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: mdm@sparc2.Prime.COM (Michael D. McAfee)
Subject: missing my copy of "Alfvaen is Everywhere"
Organization: Yale CS Mail/News Gateway
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:26:09 GMT


	Folks:

		Alfvaen recently mailed me asking for a copy of
	Alfvaen is everywhere, as he has misplaced his.  Well, I couldn't
	find mine either.  Is this a CONSPIRACY? <dum dum dummmmmmmmm>

		If anyone has a copy, please repost.

		BTW, my mailer bounced when trying to reply, Alfvaen.
	That's why I'm posting here.

	Michael, the Chaotic
	disclaimer:  The Hanged Man, reversed.  A warning sacrifices
			made are in vain.  No, you should not blame
			my employers for this post.
From: ablanch@physics.su.OZ.AU (Shonias)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Delilah tries her hand at this...
Date: 27 Jan 93 07:48:25 GMT
Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia

In article <2B647F7C.2965@news.service.uci.edu> eaeu282@orion.oac.uci.edu (Ching-I Chen) writes:
>...
>    	And there, in the middle of the bar, she sleeps.

"Delilah, when you wake up, I'll buy you a politically totally-disinterested
drink that actually has something in it - whatever you like, although
caffeine looks like not such a bad idea...." Shonias grins and says
"I hope we can be of some help to you, maybe not even just by buying a 
drink..."

Shonias Q'Tari

--
***********************
So sit there all alone
it's time you realised,
I'm not your fool
Nobody's fool,
Never again, no no!
***********************
From: s903040@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Christopher Francis Anderson)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: No deep meanings, just enjoy
Date: 22 Jan 1993 03:24:11 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Thomas J Lee) writes:

>	The Lamplighter walks into the place with an envelope ... and with
>much shorter hair!  He grins at the stares directed at his head and says, "I
>told the guy 'pretty short,' and I guess that's what I got."  Amid cries of
>"Who are you, and what have you done with the Lamplighter," he goes to a
>table in his favorite area of the Place, sits down, and contemplates the
>envelope.

>	It's a large envelope, and it's from Iowa State University.  He takes
>a deep breath and opens it, none too neatly.  Inside is a certificate,
>printed with glossy ink, containing among others the words "Master of
>Science," "Major in Physics," and "Thomas Jennings Lee."  He sighs and leans
>back in his chair.

>	It's over.  He thought he had everything done, but he wasn't
>*sure*, because he moved away to New York right after.  Now he is, and the
>relief comes like the loosening of a harp string.  He puts the diploma back
>into its envelope, to protect it until it can be framed.

[poem deleted, 'cos it's on the walls for all to read...]

// Heartiest congratulations Lamplighter!

The ThunderKat momentarily reverts to human form, in order to pay for and carry
a whole series of drinks to the new Master.


-- 
ThunderKat (a.k.a. Chris Anderson)    s903040@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

"I vote we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to
be sure."
From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Culinary Peculiarities
Date: 27 Jan 1993 14:02:12 GMT
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
Distribution: world
Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu

In article <1993Jan27.095124.18870@ucc.su.OZ.AU>, ablanch@physics.su.OZ.AU (Shonias) writes:
>In article <1k43nhINNeen@menudo.uh.edu> narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon) writes:
>>I wish I could remember who the person was who color-coordinated their food
>>with their clothes. They gave a helpful hint, to remember when picking
>>either food or clothes : THERE IS NO BLUE FOOD.
>
>Blueberries? They're pretty blue, but I have to admit, it's all I can think
>of.

Don't forget blue corn.  Real popular with the yuppies these days.  I guess
they've never encountered the stuff on the stalk.  You see, maize is
susceptible to a really disgusting fungus known as smut.  Used to be, when you
found a cornstalk infected with smut, you burned that part of the field.  Now
you leave it alone, hoping it'll infect the rest of the crop, since smutty corn
sells at several times the price of the healthy stuff.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
Subject: Re: An early toast
Organization: The Cat Factory
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:39:49 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.175300.13484@bradford.ac.uk> S.S.B.Glover@bradford.ac.uk (SSB GLOVER) writes:
}Chris Welch (me_s420@king.ac.uk) wrote:

}:  "Chaffee, Grissom, White, Jarvis, McAuliffe, McNair, Onizuka, Resnik, Scobee,
}:   Smith. Gone, but not forgotten."
}
}I'll join you in that, adding only the four(?) russians whose names I can
}never remember.

"I'll add a loud raspberry for Jake Garn, the congresscritter who abused
his power to bump McAuliffe so he could take the world's most expensive
joyride. (Some small justice:  They used him for space sickness tests).
But for him all those thousands of kids wouldn't have been watching when
their heros got blown to bits. )-:

"Thbtbtbtbt!  (Nothing to toast there).

"And here's to Feynman, who confounded the real villains with a c-clamp
and a glass of ice water."

	<crash!>

The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp                "If you can't stand solitude,
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.   (310) 450-9111, x2483  perhaps others find you boring
Santa Monica, CA  90405                        as well."  -- Mark Twain
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From: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe)
Subject: Re: Song list
Reply-To: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:01:00 +0000


Alt Sigma *TILDE* not alt sigma theta?
To the tune of Waltzing Matilda. about a fortnight before We built a 
better model than the one from Data General.
Anyone think MerryTail likes computer filks...


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| Organisation: Me? You're joking, right?   |maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk |
|                                           |                          |
|I know I type "teh" for "the" My fingers have their own accent ;-)    |
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: yho@bmerh99e.bnr.ca (Yue-shun Ho)
Subject: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Reply-To: yho@utcs.utoronto.ca 
Organization: Somewhere around Toronto
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 20:31:20 GMT

In article <1jrkbe$dmd@agate.berkeley.edu> chuahl@ocf.berkeley.edu (Chua HakLien) writes:
>
>"One unfortunate thing about staying away from home; you don't get
>these 'red packets' which have money in them. They're given for good
>luck and prosperity.

We could gladly give you some, but I don't think anyone of us here is old 
  enough to give these... except maybe Nick Chopper...

>"Another custom I like is that you're not supposed to clean up your
>place until the 15th day of the Lunar new Year, because that 
>'sweeps outs' the luck that has just arrived."
>

Why didn't you tell us earlier?  I did just that last weekend!!!
  Grrrrrrrrrrrr!  No luck this year!  :-(

yue-shun
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Group hugs
Date: 24 Jan 1993 07:59:44 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

Amanda (or Ekho, whomever :->) writes :
>   "Sure! Lets add some squirrels, sprites, ogres, avians, squi- uh,
> mice (but you already have), purple slashsplats, assorted humanoids
> and even a feline or five!" Grabbing Ekho and anyone else within
> range, Amanda shouts, "GERBIL PILE!!!"

The Bulb thinks for a moment, then genteely dives in... 

GALLOOMPH!


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From: mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk (Alan Ralph)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Identity crisis.
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:31:00 GMT
Reply-To: mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk
Organization: Chez MonTemplar, Redunser
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.30 $

In article <1993Jan26.102858.15506@gdr.bath.ac.uk> eesshlgb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (S H L G Bisson) writes:
>---
>Ignatz Mouse/Simon H Le G Bisson...too *many* middle names...Reunite Pangaea!...
>------

"Good news, Ignatz! The Government today announced a new scheme, whereby
people with extra middle names get a reduction in their Council Tax bill...
NOT!" :-)

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From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: An early toast
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:02:19 GMT



>The Urban Spaceman slides the obligatory coin across to Mike, picks up the
>whisky and steps up to the chalkline.

> "This toast is actually a week early, but I'm going to be away from the net
>  at the proper time, so I thought I had better do it now."

> "Chaffee, Grissom, White, Jarvis, McAuliffe, McNair, Onizuka, Resnik, Scobee,
>  Smith. Gone, but not forgotten."

> ***CRASH***

kitten flings her glass with tears in her eyes...."the dream will
NEVER die."

--
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conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
"it's not easy being a cast iron bitch--it takes years of practice.
most people don't appreciate that.

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From: mikew%SDLUNIX@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Whitaker)
Subject: Re: The Lady and the Bard
Organization: Yale CS Mail/News Gateway
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:49:56 GMT

>Jason smiles warmly at the Grey Lady. "Ah. Well, I rather thought that you
>were both folks that had been here a while. But Thyra and I have only been
>here since last August, so we really hadn't had a chance to meet you before
>this. And I really wasn't trying to make assumptions about your
>relationship with the Bard. It seemed clear you knew each other, and were
>at least friends. And I hadn't met him yet either, so why not two with one
>introduction?"
The Bard grins. "I wasn't assuming you were making assumptions, either - it
just seemed like a good opportunity to prevent confusion before confusion
arose. Erm.. I think that's what I meant, anyway." He chuckles. "I understand
our RL relationship... I'm not at all sure about our VR one though!"

>Thyra heads over to the bar to get the drinks. "And what would you like,
>Bard?"
"Southern Comfort, as it comes from the bottle, please."

>> She wanders to the VPM and puts in an order for a large canadian bacon
>> and sauerkraut pizza, half with onions and garlic, to share with Jason
>> and StM and anyone else who wants to try it.
>
>"Yum!" says Jason, as the steaming Pizza is set down.
"The great thing about RL diets," muses the Bard, "is that they don't extend
to VR. Count me in on the garlicky half!" The Bard finally manages to
settle Luth on his shoulder, and frees up a hand to recieve his drink from
Thyra. "Thank you." He walks over to the chalk line, Luth extending a wing
and making offended noises as his balance is disturbed, and raises the glass.
"It's nice to be back again. To friends old and new." He drains the contents
in one and pitches it underarm at the fire...... *CRASH*...
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: YET ANOTHER DELURKING
From: olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson)
Date: 24 Jan 93 22:50:37
Organization: Spam-On-A-Rope Inc.
In-reply-to: cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk's message of Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:59:00 +0000

In article <memo.888769@cix.compulink.co.uk> cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk (Clive Grace) writes:

>Tanais doffs his hat in the direction of Magda and makes a mental 
>note to post her something nice soon -- as for Chip, well... come 
>over to this side of the bar my friend and tell us whet you'd like -- 
>pary, do you play yourself? 

"Gee, that's kind of a personal question, isn't it?" replies Castellan with
a grin. "Oh, thanks, I'll have a Sam Smith's Taddy Porter.  I don't actually
play anything, though I'm pretty good on most hand-type drums, and I can 
sing some things OK, but my vocal range is real narrow, plus I tend to invent
my own keys as I go along.  But if you're starting a Callahan's folk band,
I can acquire some VR instrumental talent real fast."



--
-Chip Olson. | olson@husc.harvard.edu | ceo@{gnu.ai,silver.lcs}.mit.edu
This article is a natural product.  The slight variations in spelling and
grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to
be considered flaws or defects.