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From: hosch2263@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Hospital waiting room
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:27:17 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

        On the diatribe against dumb children's names as mentioned in the
hospital waiting room, the dumbest male I ever met was named Clint.  This
conjures up an image of big and stupid, and in this case, was accurate.  I
don't know if this guy ever got out of sixth grade.
        The runner up bullies I knew were Scott and Wayne, both belligerent and
not too bright.  The dumbest name for a girl has got to be Mary. (Apologies to
any devout Catholics out there.)  

        Kitten
From: booter@Autodesk.COM (Elaine Richards)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Captive Audience to Beggars ( Re: UNICEF Today
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:44:37 GMT
Organization: Autodesk, Inc., Sausalito, CA

In article <whitlock.93.0@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu> whitlock@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu (Reid E. Whitlock) writes:
>I was on a QANTAS flight from Sydney to LosAngeles a few weeks ago, and the 
>flight attendant handed out UNICEF envelopes asking that we all empty our 
>pockets of any Australian coins we still had (and presumably any OTHER money 
>we might have been carrying) and put it in the envelope. Near the end of the 
>flight, the envelopes were collected.


Went to the movies in downtown Berkeley. This involves going to a parking
lot (I have a car I park, not a bike or a Scottish bus) and putting coins
in the meter. One movie? Two hours, tops. Nope. Get in, sit down and there
is a 15 minute film thingie of the Will Rogers Foundation and a room full
of impoverished Berkeley students and local kids on food stamps are
subjected to a pitch to build some fancy up to the minute hospital in
Montana or some other godforsaken wilderness which will never benefit them
or anyone they know in their lifetimes. Then, they spend 30 minutes passing
baskets around like in church. Needless to say, the place was pandemonium
by the time the movie started. I wound up staring at my watch the whole
time and not enjoying the movie because I was anticipating the lovely
$15 extra expense for a parking ticket.

!Peeve: The cops were busy elsewhere that night.

ER
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From: potler@umbc4.umbc.edu (Laura Potler (GSFC))
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: peevefest east 92 (v1.1/B, subsection F, mod 2)
Keywords: bats, speaking in tongues, walt disney, the ag building by the library, disk drives the size of washing machines,...
Date: 27 Aug 92 18:52:06 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus

In article <mhart.714938380@blackjack> mhart@blackjack.dt.navy.mil (Michael Hart) writes:
>ObWowAin'tItASmallWorld: Laura works for my neighbor, and used to 
>rent a townhouse on the street where I live.  Coincidence?

the interconnectedness of all things. [cue newage version of twilight zone 
music]

>Peeve: Not getting around to posting this till the Thursday after
>PeeveFestEast92.  Nevertheless, I certainly had a great time; I 
>believe everyone did.  It was certainly a pleasure meeting, talking,
>grazing and drinking.  Not to mention drinking.

not_al wants another one in march. i envision a peevefest/wedding crash. :)

>!Peeve:  In 15 minutes, I leave work for eleven days of vacation!

have a blast!

-l "i have to admit, you were much cooler than i expected :)" p
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From: parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Hospital waiting room part 1 - Children called Scott.
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:59:11 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <1992Aug27.165933.23729@news.iastate.edu> z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson) writes:

>	Add two data points.  Of the two times I've been shot (not just
>shot *at* mind you, but actually shot), 

One would have though he'd gotten the hint by now...

Regards, Charles
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From: sac@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Hospital waiting room part 1 - Children called Scott.
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:14:32 -0500

In article <25296@castle.ed.ac.uk>, egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson) writes:
> In article <25295@castle.ed.ac.uk> scott@festival.ed.ac.uk (Scott Larnach) writes:
> =>jamesb@spider.co.uk (James Bradley) writes:
> =>
> =>>Which got me thinking of all the famous Jermey's of the world who have
> =>>effected history. This is the list I came up:

[deleted]

Then of course there is always Jeremy Rifkin who is known to those in
the biotechnology industry as the anti-Christ. This loser is the right-wing
conservative fundementalist of the scintific world. His orthodoxy and zeal
is matched only by the twin Pats (Robertson and Buchanan) of political fame.
The main problem I have with Rifkin is that he is a goddam economist who has
NO formal scientific training. He stirs the reactionary silt of the lay public
(who generally have a mistrust of anythingf they don't understand) then
fans the sediment towards his own end of being known aas an "expert" in the
field. We scientists don't generally react to his huffing and puffing because
we see the gaping holes of his reasoning and incorrectly assume that the lay
public will  see them as well. Alas, that is assuming too much of a public
educated by the American system.

peeve: Assholes
!peeve: I can be one of the biggest.

Scott A. Chasse
South Florida-where the land lay waste and the looters stilll profit.

Which fucking reminds me!!!!!!!!

BIG HAIRY PUSTULATING PEEVE OF THEN EON:

Lowlife scum-bucket neanderthal profiteers who load up on hot comodities
(ie. bottled water, ice, canned goods, plywood etc.) then go down to
the devastation and SELL the shit at 1000% of the regular price knowing
the people down there are hungry, thirsty and tired enough that they will
pay whatever is asked of them. Shit now I've wet myself.
From: dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au (Andrew Clayton)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: peeve o' the day
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 04:42:58 GMT
Reply-To: munnari!labtam!eyrie!prolix!dac
FollowUp-To: alt.peeves
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Keywords: 
Organization: More like Dis~, really.

In article <l97os5INNhk0@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, 242 lbs before cooking writes:

> munnari!labtam!eyrie!prolix!dac writes:
> >> There are battery operated vibrators on the market that can be used as
> >> a substitute for those which operate off the mains.
> >
> >Thankyou for sharing your experiences with us, Banta. 
> 
> Actually, that was just the claim they made on the Home Shopping
> Channel.  Geoff called me when he saw the ad and asked if it was true.

So Geoff (obviously) knows your predilections as well. Quel
surprise.

> >don't know how the readership of the newsgroup could carry on
> >without having at least a smidgeon of insight into your very very
> >weird life ...
> 
> It's just laying down a base level of absurdity.  Try using it as a
> lower bound rather than an upper bound.  *Someone* might get a chuckle
> out of it.

A net.archeologist on a dull day?

> Hardly.  I have no qualms about discussing masturbationn aids on the
> net.  Have you recovered from your Big Whack Attack?

My partner helps. :-)

> It would probably have to do with the word "laptop" and how it
> evokes images other than her in your mind.

                                       very
You're not just very sick, you're very^     sick.

> banta@abingdon.sun.com

Dac
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From: ChazL@county.lmt.mn.org (Chaz Larson)
Subject: Re: THE MALL OF AMERICA!!! THE BEST EVER
Reply-To: ChazL@county.lmt.mn.org (Chaz Larson)
Organization: LaserMaster Corporation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 18:38:42 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.174220.7937@news2.cis.umn.edu>, Chuck Tomlinson 
<chuck@ssc.space.umn.edu> writes:
> Greetings!!! For anyone interested in bitching about the Mall of America,
> we here in Minnesooota have a friend who loves the great MOA like it was
> the best thing invented since sliced bread!!

I would guess that Chuck's friend would be quite peeved if we were to E-Mail 
him _not_ about the Mall Of America[tm], "The Place For Fun In Your Life," 
but rather about the "MegaMall," a name that really annoys the devout.


I have been to the mall, and I must admit that even after all the press I 
wasn't at all prepared for just how fucking big the thing is.  It's bigger 
[like 4x bigger] than the entire business district in my hometown.

chaz

..must think...bubble pipe will relax me and I think...
From: egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Hospital waiting room part 1 - Children called Scott.
Date: 28 Aug 92 13:07:26 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <25294@castle.ed.ac.uk> scott@festival.ed.ac.uk (Scott Larnach) writes:
=>>-Jeremy Henderson
=>         ^^^^^^^^^
=>         Being called after a well known Edinburgh salad bar doesn't
=>exactly swing either... unless you're green, tasteless, and infested with
=>grubs. Or maybe I mean bugs...

No, you were right the first time. Bugs are what you find as soon as you
try logging on to a computer supported by EUCS

=>This is all very educational, I must say. I'd heard of the Politician's
=>Syllogism:
=>
=>  (a) Something must be done.
=>  (b) This is something.
=>  (c) Therefore, this must be done.
=>
=>But now, it seems, we have the Geophysicist's Syllogism:
=>
=>  (a) I have observed something.
=>  (b) This is the first explanation I can think of.
=>  (c) Therefore, this is the explanation of that observation.

Not to mention the Computer Services syllogism:

     a) I am a humorless git
     b) I have the power to bugger people around
     c) therefore I will bugger people around to the max.

or:

    a) Jeremy has written something
    b) Jeremy believes something
    c) therefore Jeremy believes what he has written

or:
     a) I am a half-witted pillock
     b) somewhere I picked up a fancy-sounding word
     c) therefore, I will use it as often as possible

(err, that's enough syllogisms,   ed.)

=>Does this explain why we can't predict earthquakes yet?

No problem. Predicting them *accurately*, that costs extra.

=>Okay, I 'fess up. I was named after Scott's Porage Oats: stodgy,
=>difficult to stomach, generally abandoned half-eaten. Could do with
=>some salt. An attempt to find something to do with the EC grain surplus.

And I could have sworn that you were (aptly) named after a race of miserable
bastards - the Scots.

(err, that's enough random flamage,  ed.)





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Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: nesdoly@dvinci.USask.Ca (Mark Nesdoly)
Subject: Re: Dentishtry Peevesh
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:36:22 GMT

I had my lower wisdom teeth removed this morning, and I must say the dentist
knew what he was doing--no pain.

Here it comes...

FinancialPeeve:  The whole procedure cost me--get ready--$293.80.  For ~2 hours
                 of work...I'm in the wrong profession.  Oh, almost forgot...
                 tack on another $34.00 for three prescriptions (antibiotics,
                 painkillers, and steroids) for a grand total of $327.80.
                 Fuck.

NumbPeeve:  Apparently I'll have no feeling in my jaw for another 4 hours.  
            That means another four hours of drooling on myself, the keyboard,
            the floor, etc. 

-- Mark
 

Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: hillman@carina.unm.edu (Dan Hillman)
Subject: Sue Me (Was: Children called "Mike Holmes")
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 19:55:55 GMT
Organization: Holy Order of Quadra 950 Lust
Keywords: "I sue *.*"

In article <1992Aug28.182121.28397@umbc3.umbc.edu> potler@umbc4.umbc.edu (Laura Potler (GSFC)) writes:
>
>peeve2: everybody sues in this country. this means that in between reruns
>	of lucy and andy griffith there are gobs of commercials from 
>	sheister, gonif, & gonif, ambulance chasers.
>
>-l "i'm not a lawyer but i play one on tv..." p

I don't mind that too much, not owning a television, but it really yanks
my dingus when these folks advertise on billboards. Albuquerque must be
the world's capital of ambulance-chasing lawyers; just drive north on
I-25 and there's a whole string of "I sue drunk drivers," "Injured? Make
the scumbags pay," and "Punitive damage awards give me a stiffie" signs.

The most peevesome of these puppies is an entire series for a shyster
named Ron Bell. Like Elvis, Ron Bell is everywhere. He's on at least
five billboards in Albuquerque, and even has a sign in the airport. Each
of these signs bears his "scowling" face with the slogan "I sue drunk
drivers." It's rather pathetic, actually, because he looks like he's
about twenty years old. His face is offset by a large mustache that must
be quite heavy as it seems to drag his features down so that he resembles
a basset hound.	And his face is *everywhere*; there's no escape.

It wouldn't be nearly so bad except that there another guy who likes to
put his mug on billboards in Albuquerque. This other guy sells real estate
and his slogan is "I sell Albuquerque." This guy's name is Ron *Campbell*.
Now the really scary thing is that the real estate Ron has a seriously
cheesy beard; it's *got* to be fake. And, even with the beard, Ron Campbell
looks *just like* Ron Bell. Hmmmmmm.

Albuquerque: The city where people pay perfectly good money to put their
faces on billboards. 
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From: hosch2263@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Caffeine and mornings
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:07:52 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

    
        Ah, coffee, that liquid wonder.  I have to work as a receptionist as
eight in the morning, but I tend to stay up until about 2 AM.  Without black
coffee I would be a bitch in the mornings.  This way, I'm less of one.

                Kitten
From: potler@umbc4.umbc.edu (Laura Potler (GSFC))
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: lies and unwanted urchins
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:12:19 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus

In article <laevftINNejq@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> banta@blagg.Eng.Sun.COM (242 lbs before cooking) writes:
>(Laura Potler (GSFC)) writes:
>>peeve: every time a sit com goes on the skids, some tv exec decides to add
>>	a new child. [ ... ]
>>	_married_with_children_ has become _married_with_more_children_. ew.
>
>Have they really changed the name of the show?  Yech.  I didn't see

it looked to me like they were introducing a new brat and changing the name
for the season. could be just a gimmick for one episode i suppose. i didn't
catch it either (if it's already been on...?).



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From: rrogers@watson.ibm.com (Ryan Rogers)
Subject: Worst verbal pet peeve
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 15:04:42 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.11 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: rrogers@watson.ibm.com (Ryan Rogers)
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

   I *HATE* it when people say:

     "I wouldn't mind gettin' in on some of *that* money."

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From: parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr)
Subject: Re: peevefest east 92 (v1.1/B, subsection F, mod 2)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 13:32:50 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta
Keywords: bats, speaking in tongues, walt disney, the ag building by the library, disk drives the size of washing machines,...

>In article <1992Aug23.182410.4770@umbc3.umbc.edu>, potler@umbc4.umbc.edu (Laura Potler (GSFC)) writes:
>|> 
>|> attended peevefest east last night along with michael, jenni, david, marc, 
>|> and alex. what a nice group! go figure. :) :)
>|> i think i can safely say that a good time was had by all.

We will all, of course, carefully not comment on how Jenni was
there, and Joy was not. How long must this charade go on?

We in peevton demand the truth!! Admit it, Jenni, Joy was only
ever a twisted figment of your warped imagination.

Peeve: Those who bring up dead issues over and over again.

ObDeadGuy: Freddie Mercury

Regards, Charles
-- 
Within the span of the last few weeks I have heard elements of
separate threads which, in that they have been conjoined in time,
struck together to form a new chord within my hollow and echoing
gourd. --Unknown net.person
From: makinc@hhcs.gov.au (Carl Makin)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Mechanics and their ilk
Date: 30 Aug 92 19:58:53 +1000
Organization: Aust. Dept. Health, Housing and Community Services

In article <1992Aug27.134512.3558@umbc3.umbc.edu>, potler@umbc4.umbc.edu (Laura Potler (GSFC)) writes:

>>>>> we don't allow those in peevetown. this is *america*,
>>>>I see.  Racial discrimination.  Well I never.
>>> racial?  
>>peevetown is for the american race only huh?

> i believe the phrase you're looking for is "discrimination on the basis
> of national origin". 

As another way of putting it, yes.  

>                      even so, i beg to differ. although, we are an interna-
> tional community, surely peevetown has to be someplace. why not new jersey?

Why does it have to be anywhere?  peevetown is one of the few
truly international communities, it doesn;t have to be anywhere.
 
> obpeeve: when shower curtain liners try to get friendly.

obrelatedpeeve: and when you finally get them to stop clinging
you can't stop the arctic blast of cold air around the edges.
brrrrrrrrrr

Carl.

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From: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: HaircutPeeves (was: own private idaho)
Followup-To: alt.peeves
Date: 2 Sep 1992 15:44:00 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: purplehaze.corp.sun.com



In article <Sep.2.10.35.31.1992.15882@cadenza.rutgers.edu> masticol@cadenza.rutgers.edu (Steve Masticola) writes:

>Peeve: There are no more "barbers" who will give you a "haircut" for a
>decent price. Instead, you have to go to a "unisex styling salon" and
>shell out big bucks.

The place I go to only charges $10, and I can deal with that, especially
if it's only once every month or two.  They only recently raised their 
price; not terribly long ago, they only charged $8.

It's just as well, because after long and sad experience, I reached the
conclusion that most of the traditional barbers are butchers, suited
only to giving buzz-cuts to rednecks.  There was one exception, a barber
in downtown Los Gatos.  His small, two-chair shop looked superficially
like any other, strewn with ancient copies of Field & Stream, Guns & Ammo 
and Sports Illustrated, and the obligatory jars of colored hair oil (yecch!)
on the shelf below the wall mirror.  Oddly, I've never in my life seen a
barber actually use that stuff on anyone.

This guy had two saving graces.  First and foremost, he gave good haircut,
and for an eminently reasonable price.  Secondly, and almost as important,
he had a rare and valuable quality in a barber: he was quiet.  Instead of
talking my ear off about team sports, which I have absolutely no interest
in, he silently went about his work, and did so with great skill.  This
was important, because I doscovered this guy back in the days when I had
very long hair (that nonetheless required an occasional trim), and I was
rife with antipathy toward barbershops in general.  

Peeve:  He eventually retired and sold his business.


Geoff


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Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: tim@physics.orst.edu (Tim Mefford)
Subject: Re: Contest!
Keywords: Losers
Reply-To: tim@physics.orst.edu
Organization: Up the,
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 00:14:28 GMT

Like many contests offering a prize, this contest has a winner.
After laughing off the necessity for speed, claiming a Santa Cruz
address left her too laid back to rush, Carol Osterbrock zipped
in the correct answer 12 minutes before Eric Minch.  More suspense
than any of us could have hoped for, eh?  Good job.
|> 
|> What was the name of Nick and Nora Charles' dog?
|> 
   The answer, vaguely remembered by many, was Asta.


Carol neglected to select a prize so I, as Contest! chairman will send off
a well deserved prize when I get around to painfully hand crafting it.

|> 
|> Bonus question:I have, in the past months, included every well known ObBob
|>                  except one.  Name the most famous omitted Bob for $30.
|> 
|> (You think I'd make a $30 question easy?)
|> 
Our winner claimed that the $30 dollar prize was greatly needed by herself.
What she failed to consider was that the Contest! organiser needed the cash
even worse than she did and made the bonus question too hard for anyone,
including her to answer correctly. (Sorry.)

Thanks to all the contestants, (nice try Chris), now do something to entertain
me tomorrow.

ObBob: Mitchum

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