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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 12:36:59 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: My debate analysis
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              11 Oct 1992 21:22:17 CDT from <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

On Sun, 11 Oct 1992 21:22:17 CDT Natalie Maynor said:
>> Did Perot kick everybody's ass or what?
>
>No.

Hey, who cares?  From the soundbites, Perot won...but of course he IS
best at the soundbites and oneliners.  We were improving our minds with
something MUCH more valuable and intellectual...._Wayne's World_, which
was second time for me, and first for Gail.  Then we added to our
great wisdom and knowledge of world events with _White Men Can't Jump_.
Either was better than the stupid A's blowing another, the stupid
Rams losing another, or three losers trying to see who could screw up
the least.  Both together was a good evening.

dan
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>There's an aweful lot of cognitive dissonance running around this list.  Must
>                         --------------------
>                          probably more accurately selective perception
>                          You likely mean the indivdual's reaction to
>                          a dissonant state, so?
>
>JAG

a.k.a

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From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re: Citation
Date: 15 Oct 92 04:15:29 GMT
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In a previous article, "Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 " (815) says:

>> Thank god *someone* in the US knows cite is only a verb.
>
>A Citation is a car.
>
It's a Chevy, and we all know what kind of reputation those have had over 
the last decade.  Putt is a Chevy, if that helps explain things.  So what
is a Citation worth?  About as much as as  citation.:-)  Go to bed Steve [or
go back to bed if you're reading this at 6am] you're infectious.  Yawns 
mental and physical are catching!

>
-- 
		###	Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
			- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
	      Where anything can happen, and it usually does
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From:         Blue eyes cryin' in the rain <TRAVEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Scary But True for 10/7/92
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>55,000 DEAD IN HARTFORD CONNECTICUT

>The entire population of the  quiet insurance capitol of Hartford
>Connecticut has been classified as dead by the U.S. Goverment since 1989.
>Officials discovered this while investigating an apparent lack of
>minorities sitting on Harford juries.  It was revealed that not only
>were there few minorities selected for jury duty, but there were no
>residents of Harford itself.  The virtual death of the city is being
>blamed on a computer glitch.

>Scary But True [tm]


>* Heard on "What's Up Chuck" on WBCN


	Population of Hartford CT, 1990 Census = 139,739

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                    "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."
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Subject: Re: Butt Plugs
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:59:59 GMT
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>the bandwidth pigs of the world someone to pick on.  We NEED doofuses.

The plural of doofus is actually "doofi."

>>And John M. Williams, I'll collect on that bet now, thank you. ;-)
>Anne, what are you going to do to or with poor John?  Or should we even ask?

John bet me that Dan Lester would be the first to respond to my query. I
counter-bet that it would be anyone from the node *.netcom.com. Dan
technically got a reply in first, but Karsten was the first to use the word
"buttplug" in his post, whereupon John ceded the wager to me.

-abh
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From:         Blue eyes cryin' in the rain <TRAVEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: All aboard AUStrak (was gas tax)
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Ooops, make that the Capitol Limited, not the Cardinal (which runs between DC
and Chicago via Charleston WV and Cincinnati).

neal
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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:15:26 -0400
From:         "(Agnes Kruchio)" <kruchio@EPAS.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject:      Re: 99 and 44/100 percent pure
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              at Oct 9, 92 1:34 pm

>
> I was just telling my (blood) daughter this afternoon, "If
> you always live as if you were poor, you never will be."
>
> That's the way *my* Mama lived and died, God help her. She
> never knew she was rich. I kept telling her, and she wouldn't
> *hear* it. She bought dented cans to the end...
>
> love, judith
>
Judith -

I don't disagree with you, since, having learned at an early age to
"reuse, reduce, recycle" - I now find myself in the height of fashion
AND with an environmentally clear conscience to boot! Nonethess,
if you don't allow yourself little luxuries and the occasional
splurges, it does get pretty depressing (talking about national
depression screening day)..Then again, of ocurse, if you DO live as if
you were very poor and try to save at every turn, you may be able to
afford the occasional splurge. My most recent one was last night:
a trip to the opera on student standby tickets (even they are not
cheap any more!). Depressing and not-at-all PC though it is,
Rigoletto still has some fabulous music and, last night, great performances
and voices -- the experience gave me lift enough to get back into the grad
grind (mental, physical and financial) for another stretch...

Agnes
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Subject:      Re: cracking wise about inhaling

Greetings,

Well, I definitely prefer the sacraments of commission.

Marty
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From: karsten@netcom.com (karsten)
Subject: Re: Explosion & game question
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ECZ5EJH%UCLAMVS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu writes:
> Karsten *must* have felt this - I think he lives in Redondo or
> Manhattan Beach, both of which are very close to Torrance.

Yes, I felt this.  I was writing about the specific gravity of
Ivory soap at the time.  My first guess WAS a refinery explosion,
but I thought it might be a small one at the Unocal refinery about
a mile from me.

I've heard the explosion was at the Texaco refinery in Wilmington,
not in Torrance.

--karsten

(The "secret" plane has been flying mornings, so I didn't consider it)
From: ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (Dan Lester)
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Date: 15 Oct 92 05:16:46 GMT
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              Multiple recipients of list WORDS-L <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
              13 Oct 1992 10:48:30 EDT from <rogers@E5SB.OSDHW.SYR.GE.COM>

On Tue, 13 Oct 1992 10:48:30 EDT you said:
>I can see the "regulars" on this list are probably
>still in college. I graduated with my MBA six years

   oh, RIGHT!!!

Betcha the average age is over 40....of course some of those are the
leftover hippie liberals.....and its generally the college students who
are MUCH more conservative than the profs these days....

other than that, mr. rogers may have enough correct to be able to
put on his sweater....but not sure about tying the sneakers

dan, the old fart of 49
From: harwood@TENET.EDU (Nancy Harwood)
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Date: 11 Oct 92 16:57:45 GMT
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>     I've tried several times to get a life, but they keep turning
>     down my application.  I will try a bribe next time.
>
>     brad

Let me know if it works...then, when I win the lottery...
ndh
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>Heard this morning on the radio:
>
>        Doctors have perfected a technique that will allow them to
>suck fat from the buttocks or thighs of a man and inject it into
>the penis, to make the organ larger.  Said one doctor critical of

Yeah, but the fat doesn't last forever. It slowly metabolizes back into the
body over a period of years. Might, however, last long enough to get the
user through a midlife crisis.

-abh
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Subject: Re: Goetta
Date: 12 Oct 92 17:16:00 GMT
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Greetings,

I've sampled Oldenberg beer, which is widely available in Kentucky and Ohio.
Good stuff!  It comes in three varieties, I believe, including a wheat-based
beer, if I'm not mistaken.

Marty
From: Carol_Carmick@BEAV.INTERSOLV.COM
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Subject: TTILICAFTILINY
Date: 17 Oct 92 02:20:59 GMT
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                     Two Things I Learned in Chicago
                 and Fifteen Things I Learned in New York

                  (for Gilbert, with sincerest flattery)


     1.  Between Terminals B and C in O'Hare there is a hundred-yard-
     long mirrored underground tunnel, peristaltic with rainbow neon
     and ripply New Age harp music.  Recommended for those using or
     nostalgic for hallucinogenic drugs.

     2.  If your itinerary includes a three-hour layover in O'Hare
     between 5:15 and 8:30 am, you need a new travel agent.

     3.  Autumn on the East Coast has two things not found in the
     West:  orange and red.  Not bronze, not russet, not claret, but
     orange and red like a standing bonfire.

     4.  Those East Coast college women with black clothes, white face
     powder, and dark dark red lipstick are called "Gothic girls."

     5.  In New York, when people ask if you want regular coffee, they
     don't mean not-decaf.  They mean with cream and sugar.  If you
     want only cream, ask for "regular, no sugar."

     6.  New York is where people actually wear the clothes you see in
     magazines.

     7.  Cats in ancient Egypt looked different than they do today.
     They were bonier and had higher cheekbones.

     8.  At 50 cents round trip, the Staten Island Ferry is the only
     thing in New York that costs less than you think it should.

     9.  Nevertheless, it is possible to find a nice hotel room for
     $75.  (The Excelsior, 45 W. 81st, 212/362-9200.)

     10. Even your sneakers will give you blisters if you walk from
     the World Trade Center to Penn Station.

     11. Pretzels from street vendors smell better than they taste.

     12. On the ceiling of Grand Central Station, the signs of the
     Zodiac are picked out in little lights.

     13. Fast cash from an ATM in New York is $100, not $40 like it is
     in Portland.

     14. You already know almost every single inch of Manhattan from a
     song, a movie, or a book.  (Repeating endlessly on my mental
     radio station: "Autumn in New York," "New York, New York," and
     "Rose in Spanish Harlem.")

     15. Lobster on an expense account tastes better than lobster you
     buy yourself.

     16. Take taxis.  What the hell:  they're not that expensive, and
     it's the only way you see anything.

     17. A day and a half is not long enough in New York, but it's
     better than nothing.

     Carol
From: PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Judith E. Schrier)
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Subject: First Pre-Goat-Roast Gathering
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:17:38 GMT
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The first event of the 1993 Goatroast season will be held this
weekend, when judith/primate flies down to Memphis, where she'll
be met by Listgoddess Natalie, to be hauled down to Starkville,
MS, home of mighty Ra (and, of course, fwp!) and co-listowner
Bernard.

We will be entertaining any other WORDies who are (or will be)
in the neighborhood.

love, judith and Natalie
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Date:         Wed, 7 Oct 1992 01:25:16 -0400
From:         "(Agnes Kruchio)" <kruchio@EPAS.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject:      Re: Shell Suits
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              753-6980" at Oct 5, 92 3:48 pm

>
> > Shell suits are) not sold specifically for sports,
> > just general wear. I've noticed a distinct social-class bias
> > towards
	[[C2, D and E]] in possession of these things
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	>
	> Prole drift will hit Ireland as the more general population takes
	^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Are these some sociological school's designation of the lower classes
(presumably A and B denoting top echelon)? If so, which one?

Agnes
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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 23:23:00 EST
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Subject:      Re: Presidential politics

Greetings,

If I am not mistaken, Bush spent at least a couple of years in Beijing as
a Ford appointee.

Marty
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From:         "Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815)"
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Subject:      railfan victims (was filth)

> Well, it's Ruth the physically Chaste, but about my mental condition I ain't
> saying nothing.  It's Ruth the Railfan Victim for certain, and maybe Ruth the
> Mad.  Take your pick.:-)

Not the victim of *this* railfan!!!

Steve Karlson

Swift of foot was Hiawatha ...
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From:         Carol_Carmick@BEAV.INTERSOLV.COM
Subject:      Re[2]: Clinton's letter - skeleton? - nah...
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>(If I sound bitter it's because a received a legal bill last night...$12
>to WRITE A ONE-PAGE LETTER????????????)

     I sometimes charge more than $12 to write a one-page letter --
     and I haven't even been to law school.  Whaddaya, John, tight
     with a buck?  Or did you drop a zero?

     Carol

     P.S.  Should I ask about the Family Feud results, or should I
     just keep my mouth shut?
From: R3EJD%AKRONVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu (Evelyn Duncan)
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Date: 16 Oct 92 18:43:33 GMT
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On Fri, 16 Oct 1992 18:40:12 BST Graham Toal said:
>On Fri, 16 Oct 1992 11:05:05 EDT, "Judith E. Schrier"
> <primate@brownvm.brown.edu> wrote:
>> >Well, I'm sure my mother would certainly think so...as I think I have said
>> >before, I was grown before I knew that nice people *could* be Republicans.
>> >ndh
>> They *can*???
>
>And do we know any?  By hearsay even?

I do, scads of them.
>
>G

Evelyn (who wonders why Marty is especially grumpy today)
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Date:         Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:08:32 CDT
From:         "(Natalie Maynor)" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Webster's online
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Eeeek.  I *hate* "fatal error" messages.  They always scare me.

make: Fatal error: Don't know how to make target `../h/webster.h'

   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
From: harwell@TENET.EDU (Anne Burton Harwell)
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: Depression
Date: 10 Oct 92 02:15:17 GMT
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On Fri, 9 Oct 1992 Carol_Carmick@beav.intersolv.com wrote:

> >> Yesterday was National Depression Screening Day.
>
> >Is there a .gif of it?
>
>      Get a life, Harwell.

I thought we <agreed> not to use that expression anymore, except with
lamers from VMI.

-abh
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Subject: Re: still a loser

Greetings,

I don't remember *any* time that nobody contradicted Natalie.  GGS must be
inhaling radon-infused dust particles floating around the terminal.  For
many of us (well, for me at any rate), one of the principal raisons de listre
is the chance to contradict Natalie at every possible opportunity.

And now, of course, to do the same to ggs.

Marty
From: maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU ((Natalie Maynor))
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Subject: Re: Clinton and, well, you know
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:47:29 GMT
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> Does anyone know his E-mail address?

I've seen e-mail addresses for both Clinton and Gore but don't remember
when/where/what.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)

P.S. They're probably both reading bit.listserv.words-l between speaking
engagements.
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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:40:35 CDT
From:         "(Natalie Maynor)" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 99 and 44/100 percent pure
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> No, no! You don't throw away the last little bit of a bar
> of soap! You stick it, wet, to the top of the *new* bar
> of soap.

<sigh>

Ok, how's this?  How 'bout I start saving all the little pieces somewhere
that I don't have to look at them and then gathering them up and giving
them to somebody?  Please don't make me give up my new-soap pleasure!!

I would tell the story of the big, wonderful, green bar of Palmolive soap
that I bought the day of one of the worst heat waves in the history of
Paris -- when my hotel room had no window (and no a/c).  But I've gotta
log off and go save the University at Faculty Council.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Explosion & game question
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Emily:

Yes, I've seen Sim-City, and watched my kid play it. It's
pretty neat  (I don't enjoy playing most games, being an
unaggressive person :-) (I also *hate* losing...a bad
combination).

Another explosion in the LA area...I remember the one near
Beverly-Fairfax, which was my parents' neighborhood. Scary!

judith
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Subject:      Re: 99 and 44/100 percent pure

Greetings,

I save soap shavings and the dregs from shampoo bottles in a big jar I
keep under the kitchen sink.  Then, whenever I hear someone say something
politically incorrect, I use the blender to make a sudsy shake with
which to wash out the offensive mouth.

Heloise
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Subject:      Re: gas tax

Greetings,

Steve says, "modern manufacturing and data handling do not require large
groups of people working together;" thus "offices and factories don't
have to be in central cities;" therefore, public transport is "a bad
idea."

Say what?  None of the above statements make any sense whatsoever to me, but
especially the last.  Is public transportation a bad idea in, say, Chicago
or New York or L.A. or Tokyo or London?

WOuldn't it be more accurate to say public transport (and doesn't the notion
of "public transport" include roadways?) is, in fact essential?

Marty
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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 1992 09:49:23 CDT
From:         "(Natalie Maynor)" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 99 and 44/100 percent pure
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When throwing away the last little bit of a bar of Ivory soap, don't
try to flush it down the toilet.  It won't go.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
From: AUSBROOK@UCS.INDIANA.EDU (Entropy Warrior)
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Subject: For Le Pig
Date: 16 Oct 92 15:12:16 GMT
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A moron (person with limited cognitive abilities) was in a bar and asked his
friend for advice in picking up women.  His friend said --
  "It's easy just find a women you're attracted to, talk to her for a while
   and when the time's right ask her "Your place or mine?"."
The moron did just that--he found a woman, started a conversation with her
and eventually asked --
  "So, your place or mine?"
She said --
  "Well, I guess we could go to my place, but I'll warn you, I'm on my
   menstrual cycle."
The moron replied --
  "That's Ok, I'm on a Honda, I'll follow you!"

-Entropy Publishing