HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jwall@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Wall)
Subject: Re: reactions to a man in a mini-skirt?
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 19:23:16 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.163803.26895@cbfsb.cb.att.com> jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
> 
>At the Phillyboink Contra hoedown there was a guy, long black stringy
>hair, wearing a tastefull folk singer mid calf skirt. While I thought
>to myself what the Hal is going on, nobody else batted an eye.
>Whatyagonnado?

He was also wearing bright red finger nail polish.  I did a double take
cause I thought it was blood.  I was right in the middle of one of those
convoluted dance manuvers.

Cheers,

Jeff Wall
wall@hel4.brl.mil
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Friday, 22 Jan 1993 18:36:02 MST
From: <AABNK1@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject:    Looking for someone?

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE?  If you supply us with a social security number,
we can find them anywhere in the U.S.A.

Inquiries to: FAXWORLD
              Fax: 602-265-5016
              email: 73040.2157@compuserve.com
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: fulton@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Ben Fulton)
Subject: Re: Talking to shy friends?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:15:41 GMT

In <1993Jan23.023046.5077@nstn.ns.ca> GEN5021@Husky1.StMarys.Ca (JOHN SAKALAUSKAS) writes:

>Does anyone have any advice about how to communicate effectively with
>friends who are VERY shy, to the point of which they answer questions
>with simple one-word answers. This makes it very difficult to keep
>a form of conversation running smoothly.
>Thanks in advance.
>-john

No.


-- 
ben
fulton@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Bloomington, IN)

and
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: jwall@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Wall)
Subject: Re: Concerts vs. Relationship
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 22:17:09 GMT

In article <77503@apple.apple.COM> pooh@Apple.COM (Pooh) writes:
>In the referenced article, brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason) writes:
>>       Now I'm not blaming it on the concert or the artists, but it just
>>strikes me odd.  Have any of you had similar experiences?
>
>Yes.  A guy I was dating took me to a Barry Manilow concert.
>It was all over after that.

No wonder.  Let me guess, he was a Nice Guy [tm]. I hope you let him down
easy when it was over :-). 

Cheers,

Jeff Wall
From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Steve Martin no longer in vogue?
Date: 22 Jan 93 17:22:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
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In article <1993Jan22.163759.23167@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>-- 
>-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+
>Nance Colucci                                      att!ihlpl!colucci
>    "Babies feel a lot better going in than they do coming out."
>-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+

Are we related or something?  My mother says that statement was the 
sum total of sex education that she received from her mother.

Dawn
-- 
"You have this adorable and misguided notion that death is something really
radical and cool but I still can't help being attracted to your fresh-faced
uncompromised tatoo-ed rebel stance and god damn, I'd like to help you
sing your tune."  "Folk Song..." by Bongwater
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: jwall@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Wall)
Subject: Re: Living alone and liking it
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	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 16:08:04 GMT

In article <16557@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>In article <1993Jan21.185205.2304@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jwall@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Wall) writes:
>>In article <77121@apple.apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
>|>blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
>|>
>|>>So what do you look like in latex? :)
>|>
>|>Like Garfield.
>|
>|Garfield is absolutely adorable!!  (Not to mention humerous)
>
>Yea, but have you ever seen him in Latex?

No, but that's beside the point.  I want to see Stef in Latex (especially
if she looks like Garfield)

Cheers,

Jeff Wall
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Credibility...
Date: 23 Jan 93 12:42:48
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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In-reply-to: ewright@convex.com's message of Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:36:49 GMT

In article <ewright.727735009@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:

   In <93020.213759SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Graydon) writes:

   >Ed, whoa - why is being single a pathological condition?

   Being single is not a pathological condition.  *Enjoying* 
   being single would be.  Evolution would have eliminating
   any such trait from the species long ago.

That is simply one of the stupidist statements I've seen written with
good grammar and sentence structure on this whole group, ever.

Being "single" I presume implies "not in a monogamous relationship" or
at least "not in a committed long term relationship" whether we mean Ed
Wright the pinnacle of human evolution or Ugh the Cave Person.

Now, tell me: what is the evolutionary advantage to being happy only
when in such a relationship, over being happy without a relationship and
instead being free to find many flowers to try and poolinate?
--
		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
From: quirke_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
Date: 29 Jan 93 09:27:23 NZST
Organization: Welligton City Council, Public Access.
Distribution: world
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martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:

> DON'T DO IT, SWEETIE!  Maybe you're just another male lesbian.  A female
> male lesbian.  A female male lesbian who likes guys.

> Golly, this is getting complex.

   Worse than that, it's nearly impossible to work out which is the real part, 
and which is the imaginary. Could you throw in a square root of -1 somewhere to
give us a hand ?

-- 
Tony Quirke, Wellington, New Zealand (Quirke_A@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz)
"Only the free have disposition to be truthful.
 Only the truthful have the interest to be just.
 Only the just possess the willpower to be free." - WH Auden.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Subject: Re: Credibility...
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:35:35 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
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In <MARTINC.93Jan21101124@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:

>But he can't -- that would mean he had to admit that it is *possible* to
>be happy being single.  As with the working out thread, that would mean
>giving up the idea that something about himself may be why he's unhappy.

Whoo!  It's Psycho V -- The Return of Charlie Martin.

Run along now, Charles.  Mother's calling.


Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: MWF?
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:17:09 GMT

In article <16B5DA8A7.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu> SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Diane) writes:
>In article <1993Jan21.000419.7811@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
>mel@niblick.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor) writes:
> 
>>I work out on MWF's.  I have meetings on Tuesdays.  I have piano and
>>dance classes on Thursdays.
>>There just isn't time to cook.
> 
>Tell us more about these MWFs you 'work out' on. Depraved minds
>want to know...

7.9
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Red shirts finish faster.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
Subject: Re: La Biere(was: could be worse)
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:34:37 GMT

In article <MARTINC.93Jan23131855@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
>In article <1993Jan23.000622.16488@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:
>   >|Pilzn...).
>   >Say, Dreas actually *does* no something about beer.  Actually, it's from 
>   >Pilzen. Pilsner Urquell.  One of my favorite dart pubs serves it.
>   Why thank you, John.
>   I was using the Czech(or is that Slovak, I forget) spelling.
>Czech it out, Dreas.
>   It is brewed at the Pilzenski Prazdroj in Pilzn(or Pilzen, both are OK).
>I thought it was (even worse) Plzn.

Jeeze.  You're all wrong.  The Czechs refer to Pilsen as Plzen.  The "n" is
pronounced like the Spanish n with a tilda, and the Pl together are
pronounced like "pull" ....  so it's "pull-zay-nyuh" only cut
that to two syllables.

Or forget it.  Go get "Fast and Easy Czech"  (comes with a casette)

-Nance, whose parents are both Czech-born.
-- 
-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+
Nance Colucci                                      att!ihlpl!colucci
  "And my son has a thyroid, so that must make me a glandparent."
-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: Steve Martin no longer in vogue?
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 07:48:57 GMT

In article <lmdnvvINN5c0@news.bbn.com> dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
>
>  I also wonder if I agree with Ed when he says that if you don't
>get paid for your writing, it's masturbation

Aha!  That explains why I usually enjoy watching your posts more than 
Ed's.

Trygve   (Film at 11?)
--
"Sandy's memory sprung unbidden into my thoughts, just as it did every
time I emptied my running shoes."
From: mscs240@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: internationl response needed
Date: 24 Jan 93 22:08:37 GMT
Organization: Mankato State University

I need someone to send me electronic mail for this computer class I am enrolled
in.  The only requirement is that the mail be from a country outside the united
States.  So someone please send me some mail. Thanks in advance! My user id is 
mscs240
From: blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Putting a Little Spin On it
Date: 24 Jan 1993 09:21:03 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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In article <1993Jan23.234629.282@wetware.com> drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
>dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
>] In article <MARTINC.93Jan20235409@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
>] >I just tend real strongly to be a top.
>] I knew there was a reason I liked you.
>Why? 
>Because when You pull his string real fast
>he spins around and then falls down?

Well, drieux got the string part right, at least...
r.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max)
Subject: Re: Flirting How To Guide/Backrubs
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:15:52 GMT

In article <JMD.93Jan26142520@lion.bear.com> jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:
>
>In article <1993Jan26.015338.6704@cbnews.cb.att.com> eleanor@cbnews.cb.att.com (Piglet) writes:
>
>   Piglet (who, btw, _doesn't_ have BigHair, _despite_ having moved to NJ)
>
>Piglet, trying to imagine you with BigHair is almost as difficult as
>trying to imagine Jim Dutton wearing a tutu!
>
Well I can imagine jimmie in a tutu, and he'd be pretty cute too. Piglet
with big hair, no - much harder (and less pleasant) to imagine. Hmmm Piglet
in a tutu......yep that's imaginable, though something slinkly and long
might be nicer.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder)
Subject: Re: Second Date
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:11:51 GMT


jIn article <1993Jan24.205359.323@fuug.fi> an3371@anon.penet.fi writes:

>How long after a first date do you usually wait before going
>for a second date?  A week, a few days?  Guess it depends on
>the situation, too.

Five microseconds.


-- 
--------------
Gary Schroeder  		
schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov        
Brookhaven National Laboratory 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: *How* did you meet your SO (And do they know?)
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:50:29 GMT

In article <77497@apple.apple.COM> pooh@Apple.COM (Pooh) writes:
>>>>Trygve   (But most of all, I'd like to know the identity of the mysterious
>>>>          tall, attractive woman with long blonde hair who has been
>>>>          convincing people that she's my girlfriend--as far as I know
>>>>          I've never seen her, but I keep running into people who mention
>>>>          that they've run into her.)
>
>Don't worry, Trygve -- as long as she hasn't moved into your
>house and introduced herself to your parents, you still have a 
>chance to escape.

Gosh; I don't think she's moved into my house, but it's a big house and
I haven't been getting to all the parts of it that I usually do.  (But
I still haven't ever met (or, as far as I know, seen) her, so I don't
know if I want to escape--at least there isn't any scary background music
playing, so I'm probably safe....) 

>Wonder if she's calling herself "Gwen"?

Hmmmm...not that I know--would that mean I'd have to keep an eye out for
Lance too?

Trygve
--
"Reunite Gondwanaland!"
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft)
Subject: Re: Companion
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 03:03:14 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.134142.1@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz> quirke_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft) writes:
>
>> But you are bad poster.  Personals go in alt.personals.  The purpose of
>> soc.singles has never been divined, but if it were to be, it would immediately
>> be replaced by something even more odd.
>
>   Some, of course, believe this has already happened...
>
>   (but everyone was too busy flaming to notice 8-) )

No, I noticed.  It was in late 1986 when net.singles was replaced by
soc.singles.  The question is when will it happen again?

RNA
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: doesn't it piss you off when.....
Date: 23 Jan 93 12:57:07
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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In-reply-to: jwall@nyx.cs.du.edu's message of Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:49:33 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.204933.13237@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jwall@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Wall) writes:


   I got lost in Washington one time (DC not state).  It was not a pleasant
   experience.  I know why they call it the murder capital of the world.

It is not the case that the majority of murders in DC are committed by
people enraged at trying to get from Mass Ave to Dupont Circle.

Tempting though it is to believe.

--
		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
From: diamond@acpub.duke.edu (Elizabeth Abrams)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:06:11 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <ewright.728159947@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:

>Pick up a book called "The Myth of Mental Illness" by Thomas Sasz, 
>and you may discover what "mad doctoring" is all about.
>
>Hint: Drawing an anology between physical ailments and socially
>disapproved behaviors does not make the analogy appropriate.

Oh, Ed, if you're really listening to Thomas Szaz (which I think is how
his name is spelled, although I could be wrong) I begin to see how you 
could be so messed up about so many things.  (Although I suppose I could
be confusing cause and effect).  

Ed, do you even *distinguish* between your own opinions and THE TRUTH?


				--Diamond

diamond@acpub.duke.edu| We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn
Elizabeth S. Abrams   | them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress 
		      | but the memory of the smell of smoke, and the  
                      | presumption that once our eyes watered. -Tom Stoppard
From: brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason) 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Living alone and liki
Date: 24 Jan 93 00:00:00 GMT
Reply-To: brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Micro Exchange - Kenwood, CA - 707-833-4032

  >
  >    2. You know what's in the fridge and what's not. No nasty surprises like
  >       running out of milk the day when you really need to make a white sauce
  >
  > On the other hand, you have only yourself to blame for the grey-green
  > thing living in the back left corner of vegetable bin...
  >
  > Spidey!!!
  >
       Hey, DAMN IT!!  Don't be making fun of my pet!  I worked long and
hard to get him/her (asexual ya know) to turn that nice shade of orange.
And you know how long it took me to braid the hair..

       Brent Mason
---
 . BABBLE v1.0 . OS/2 2.0 vs Widdows 3.1... There is no comparison!
 . KMail 2.94  Micro Exchange
From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: RealMan[tm] Answers: The Ultimate Condom
Date: 22 Jan 1993 15:43:55 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN)
NNTP-Posting-Host: spcink.bbn.com

In article <93021.202510HOLTONS@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> HOLTONS@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Psycho!!) writes:

>       **************************************************************
>          ********************************************************
>
>                 DASHING YOUNG COMBAT ARMS OFFICER FOR HIRE
>
>                   * Wrongs righted!      * Wars fought!
>                   * Villages burned!     * WARS WON!
>                   * Maidens rescued!     * Chastity protected!
>                   * Dragons slain!!      * Virginity cured!!
>
>                      NO JOB TOO BIG!  NO JOB TOO SMALL!!
>
>              JUST CALL!!!  I'll reach out and touch someone!!!!
>
>                   Steve Holton (HOLTONS@QUCDN.QueensU.CA)
>
>           ********************************************************
>        **************************************************************

Steve dear,

This is a rather charming sig, but could you see your way clear to 
taking out the asterisks (*4!* lines that say absolutely nothing!)
and maybe compressing it a bit?  It's driving me nuts to see it over
and over again when you only posted one line of actual discussion.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know all I've posted today is net.cop stuff.  I've
got a headache.  So sue me.

Dawn
-- 
"You have this adorable and misguided notion that death is something really
radical and cool but I still can't help being attracted to your fresh-faced
uncompromised tatoo-ed rebel stance and god damn, I'd like to help you
sing your tune."  "Folk Song..." by Bongwater
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:56:25 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
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              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <ewright.727932461@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:

>The problem with being content is that it ensures you will never
>achieve anything more than what you've already got.  Change requires
>some effort, and summoning that effort requires some level of discontent.

Depends on how much you beat yourself up about it.  If you make a
career out of being discontent without being able to make it as a poet,
you're probably screwing up.

Rob T
--
Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com
"Shouldn't I have this, shouldn't I have this, shouldn't I have all of this,
 and, passionate kisses, passionate kisses, passionate kisses, from you?"
- "Passionate Kisses" Lucinda Williams
Xref: sparky soc.singles:37661 talk.bizarre:46196
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Mushy_O_Phobic v. CloseAirSupport_O_Phobics
Date: 23 Jan 93 13:27:43
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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In-reply-to: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu's message of Sat, 23 Jan 1993 08:09:48 GMT

In article <C1As0D.EJ6@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:

   martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:

   >Cannam@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de (Chris Cannam) writes:
   >   No it isn't.  You're thinking of the crumhorn.

   >You mean to tell me you consider the pleasant bird-like tootling
   >recorder not a real instrument but the duck-like squacking of the
   >kazoo-with-a-gland-condition crumhorn to *be* A real instrument?

   >Next thing you'll be urging people to play the schaum.

   Well, I urge em to leave those boring melodious instruments behind
   entirely and try the rackett, 

technically, that's "raise a rackett"

   the vielle a roue or hurdy-gurdy,

I've got to say I like the hurdy-gurdy a lot.  If I weren't terminally
instrumentally-challenged I'd get one.

   the bombarde, and the schryari.  Though I must say, shawms are kinda cool.  

   (I don't think a schryari [sp?] is actually known to have existed.
    I think Noah Greenberg reconstructed one from an illustration.)

The *what*?
--
		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T