HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: brumby@nella7.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen McNamara)
Subject: Re: New Year Pizza Party
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:22:20 GMT

   It looks like the brumby has joined in the fun.

JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jason & Thyra) writes:
>In article <brumby.726381221@nella7.cc.monash.edu.au>,
>brumby@nella7.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen McNamara) wrote:
>>    "What, fishing for compliments? I should salmon up some peanuts to
>> fin-ish you off!"
>Jason chuckles "Well, I was just, sea-horsing around, y'know. Thought I'd
>float it out and see what nibbled. I'll admit, I started this thread of
>puns on porpoise."

   "I think we should let it tail off myself. Never know what you might
catch."

>Thyra swims up to Brumby and strokes the bridge of his nose. "You want to
>be a Sea-horse, Brumby? I can fix that! The illusion will last only until
>you get out of the water. Once you dry off, you will revert to normal, OK?
>Remember, if you're out of the water more than five minutes, you change
>back." 

   "All right. I don't think I'd care to be a sea-horse forever anyway. I
have too much fun racing the wind."
   (I used to do that in RL once, don't have the time or the energy anymore.)

[...]
>a comforting warmth, gentle and soothing. He slips into the water of the
>party, and his front hooves grow somewhat larger, with webs for swimming.
>His strong back legs become a powerful tail, with irridescent green scales.
>His mane is braided at the base with colorful kelp and corals, the rest
>flowing freely in the water. He is magnificient! A Sea-horse indeed, with
>his tail curled sedately under the barrel of his chest. The sounds of the
>party resume, as people seem to notice his beautiful form for the first
>time. Thyra, herself a twin-tailed mer-cat for the party, swims up to him
>with a large green bundle in one webbed paw. "Brumby, you're -beautiful-!
>King Neptune himself would be glad to have you with him on his travels."
>She holds out the green bundle. "Would you like some sea-grass?"

   The brumby snorts as his attention is released from the spell. He peers
down his nose at his newly changed body, and tries to catch sight of his
mane out of the corner of his eye. Then he abruptly launches himself
upwards, out of the water and comes down with a tremendous splash. He
circles around Thyra and stops in front of her.

   "Thank you Thyra, this is *wonderful*!"

   The brumby hooks his head over Thyra's shoulder and presses her against
his chest in a horsey-hug.(*) He lets go and nuzzles the side of her face,
blowing gently down his nose. Only then does he notice the green bundle
Thyra is holding. (He must have been excited to not notice food for so
long. :-) The brumby puts his nose down to sniff and see what the sea-grass
is like.



(*) I once knew a horse that would hug me like that quite often, but only
    if no one was watching. He once did it in front of Robyn, who said that
    it was awfully cute to watch.

-- 
     The Silver Brumby of          brumby@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
      the Silicon Plains            brumby@zikzak.apana.org.au

      The grass is always greener on the other side of the network.
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: elvis
Date: 9 Jan 1993 09:32:19 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

Well, I guess Beans has shown up for a few moments, so that we may properly(?)
celebrate the King's birthday. From this point on, these are his words. 
Just imagine that I am shining two lights into his eyes here.

PRAISE ELVIS, and PASS THE GRAVY!
Kiddos! Children!
Do you know why I am excited tonight? Because it is here - that most 
mystical of garments, that most magical of vestments - the tres fabuloso
Banlon Of Graceland. 
Can you feel it pulsating, dearie? An unsolicited testamonial!
It was 1956. The Oblangatta family had moved into Texas, headed south on 
Hwy. 75, the Gulf Freeway (sorry, the Chevron Freeway), and pulled into 
the Alamo Motel, and there - I became a Texan. And on those hot summer 
nights, feeling the cool breezes from the treeses, I would listen - 
and drifting across MacGregor Park, from the clubs on Telephone Roadm would 
come those guitar sounds, and I was stirred. (Not shaken.)
And one clammy evening, I was piddling my peds in the pool, when suddenly
I saw a sound, I heard a light, and the	pool began to bubble and brew -
then a great guitar rose from the surface of the pool. I tried to pluck 
from the pool, but I could not. Then a large car pulled up, and a buncha
guys started getting out, they kept getting out, they kept getting out. Like
clowns at a circus. But I re-cognized the last one out. It was the King.
Course, he was just the Crown Prince then - back when he still had an attitude,
before he had joined the army. And I asked him, "Mr. Elvis sir, would you
pluck this guitar from the pool?" He said, "Sure, son..." And pulled
that guitar right out of the pool. And it was later to be the Dark Guitar,
decendant of the Absolute Lute. And then he took this Banlon, and (it
was hot work, pulling the giutar from the pool) he WIPED HIS BROW.
And a miracle occured - his image was forever burned into this garment. And he
invited me back to his room, and I asked him to play me a song on this guitar,
in his sweet angelic voice. he said, "Sure, son." And If I'd been more than 
seven years old, I might have remembered that song. But I don't, so I
do this song instead.
(Song: Sailors of the Sea)

All of this was Beans. I didn't write any of it. (I wish I could take credit.)
And if this was funny, just wait for the full show! (Heh heh...)

Current song : Thanks to The Rolling Sea

--
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* Noah Ramon - The Bi-Bulb     * Your only limitation is your own *
* Mail to : narxtc@math.uh.edu * imagination - Beans Barton       *
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: Bi-bulb (was Re: Dalek has entered the building
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:37:33 GMT



>kitten writes:

>[various electrical puns unplugged]

>>"i am shocked that you are starting a thread like this...."  kitten
>>doesn't pun...she is too busy wenching water....

>Merlinvin _was_ going to stay out of this, until kitten "doesn't pun"...

>"kitten, we all know you are a cute and adorable wench, and we don't want
>you to get hurt.  Playing with water and electricity at the same time is
>likely to get you electro-cute-d!"

*giggle*  (you guys realize that people think i am crazy when i talk
to the terminal)

--
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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 
"love is the wild card of existance"
                          rita mae brown
From: feath@agora.rain.com (Feather)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: atmospheric science and butterflies
Date: 12 Jan 93 04:14:56 GMT
Organization: Open Communications Forum

Feather is happily enjoying herself, watching everyone, chirping in a pun
every once in awhile, when suddenly she hears a <SQUAWK!> from the rafters.

Feather jumps and looks up.  "What do you want, R-Crow?"

Then down from the rafters comes a big rainbow-colored wing feather.  The 
small gray avian grabs it with her PK abilities and guides it to the space
next to her drink.  Feather reads the writing on the feather.

"Ah!  I see.  Hey, folks it's a message from my RL self, The Rainbow Crow.
She's in the middle of some sort of writing project, and she needs a bit
of help from anyone who knows something about atmospheric science.

Apparently, R-Crow has run accross a concept known as The Butterfly Effect,
which describes an interesting phenonemon:  something as seemingly 
inconsequential as a butterfly flapping it's wings in one part of the world
can lead to an atmospheric chain of events resulting in a huge storm in
another part of the world three years later.  

Hmmmm.  This is fascinating.  Anyway, R-Crow is wondering if anyone here
could recommend some good, introductory articles on the Butterfly Effect for 
her.   Something anyone could understand, yet packed with information."

Feather looks up and says, "R-Crow, you could go to the library yourself,
you know, and..."

Another feather quickly drops from the rafters.  Feather scans it.  "Oh,
ok.  She says she's planning to, but she figures the callahaners may come
up with some insight she would otherwise have missed."  Feather looks up
at the unseen iridescent avian.   "Good point."

Feather turns to the callahaners.  "Any thoughts or reccomendations?"


.
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: an idle observation
Date: 9 Jan 1993 10:01:27 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

All of a sudden, three shovels fall from the rafters, nearly clobbering the
poor unsuspecting (Yeah, right!) Bulb.

Is this your card, the three of spades? Thanks, thanks... No applause,
just hugs (or peanuts!)

You should hear what I did with Jell-o at my Birthday party!


--
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* Noah Ramon - The Bi-Bulb     * Your only limitation is your own *
* Mail to : narxtc@math.uh.edu * imagination - Beans Barton       *
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: an idle observation
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 03:18:16 GMT

>(Horrendous puns removed, at great risk to one's humerus)
kitten says:
>>
>>"i groaned aloud at this one....my cats think i am crazy"  kitten
>>giggles and grabs an almond..."btw, my favorite coffee shop now has
>>cappincino-flavored-choclate covered almonds....is this fair?  they
>>are seriously addictive!"
>>--

bi-bulb says:

>You should try chocolate covered coffee beans! You can just pop those things
>like candy (for obvious reasons), but be careful... They have the kick of
>any of your stronger "alertness aids".  (vivarin, no-doz, jolt) Eat more
>than four at a time, and kiss sleep goodbye. The problem is that they
>are the most addictive things on earth. And there's a white chocolate coated 
>version as well! 

>Good morning! (taptaptaptap...)the sound of a caffiene addict


kitten replies...

"i love them...they are also available at the same coffee shop...i ate
them all the way to d.c. in 1986....the choice march on
washington...didn't sleep for days...i don't like the white chocolate
ones as much."

--
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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 
"love is the wild card of existance"
                          rita mae brown
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
Date: Friday, 8 Jan 1993 10:51:28 EST
From: Philip J. Comins <PJCHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Elvis

    Gosh, I've posted a lot today!
    Ok, I don't know if any of you out there know this li'l ditty, but I
thought to share it with you in any case, as it was taught to me several years
ago (no permission by the way to use the song HEARTBREAK HOTEL by this net):

          Since my baby left me
          I found a new place to dwell
          down on the end of
          Dead-ly Street it's (huh)
          A place called Hell
          I'm feelin' so lonely baby
          I'm feelin' so lonely
               [Moments Pause]
          I'm feelin' so lonely
          Since I died.

    Actually, as we all know, Elvis tisn't dead. He's been seen in 7-11s and
Dunkin' Donuts for several years now, even here in the Big Apple. Happy
Birthday, Elvis, where'er (and whoe'er) you are now.
                                                       - Philip J. Comins
From: rider@geloser.login.qc.ca (Serge Ayotte)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Bi-bulb (was Re: Dalek has entered the building
Date: 6 Jan 93 02:36:07 GMT
Organization: Gentleman Loser System, Montreal/Qc/Cdn

Materializing, RIder unlurks at his table and can't resist trying...

mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk (Alan Ralph) writes:

> In article <C0B8Dv.M54@agora.rain.com> feath@agora.rain.com (Feather) writes:
> >In article <brumby.725927936@nella7.cc.monash.edu.au> brumby@nella7.cc.monas
> >>   The brumby can never resist a straight line.
> >>
> >>feath@agora.rain.com (Feather) writes:
> >>
> >>>"How many Callahaners does it take to change a Bi-Bulb?"
> >>
> >>   "Into what?"
> >>
> >Feather looks over her shoulder at the big gray stallion with a puzzled 
> >expression on her small avian face.
> >
> >"Watt?"
> >"
> 
> "Ohmmmmm...." intones MonTemplar :-)
> 

"Omega'd!!!! This is getting to be a charged serie, I'll try to keep
current on it".

and he deftly hides under a table.

Serge Ayotte

NEWS FLASH: Energizer Bunny Arrested!! Charged with battery...
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From: daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:04:40 GMT
Subject: Re: Elvis
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: alt.callahans

In alt.callahans, Philip J. Comins <PJCHC@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:

> 
>     Actually, as we all know, Elvis tisn't dead. He's been seen in 7-11s and
> Dunkin' Donuts for several years now, even here in the Big Apple. Happy
> Birthday, Elvis, where'er (and whoe'er) you are now.
>                                                        - Philip J. Comins

This is simply not true.  The fact of the matter is that Elvis was
never alive.

doug
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: mousenote
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:15:51 GMT

kitten pops in with a note from danger mousekins:

From mar@physics.su.OZ.AU  Thu Jan  7 19:08:01 1993


hi kitten...

can you please post this to callahans for me? My machine is being petulant
again...  thanks.

********************************************************************

Danger Mouse looks confused...

"Oh dear, the net is up to its old tricks again. 17 new messages today in
callahans - _15_ of them follow-ups to messages I haven't seen. Plus, I
haven't been able to post for the last two days. I hope this makes it..."

- Danger Mouse.


--
***************************************************************************
conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
"love is the wild card of existance"
                          rita mae brown
From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jason)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: No subject
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Date: 6 Jan 1993 20:36:06 GMT
Organization: the Polyhedron Group
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aaa.uoregon.edu

In article <1idhceINNmbv@smurf.sti.com>, alaric@sti.com (Alaric Tekiahyn)
wrote:
> 
> In article <memo.843170@cix.compulink.co.uk>, cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk (Clive Grace) writes:
> ] The soundtrack was in HiFi Stereo. I think Disney did a re-mastering 
> ] job as well as far as I remember and digitally remastered the VHS 
> ] tapes (now you can see why I was virtually crying at the injustice).
> 
> Well... they did that to Fantasia, too, and from what I hear from
> people who've seen the version with the re-recorded, re-mastered
> soundtrack, they fouled up the timing something terrible.
> 

"Not on the copy I own." says Jason with a shake of the head. "Pegasus and
I both have a background in professional audio and video production, and we
found no fault at all in the remastered Fantasia. We bought the deleuxe
collectors edition when it came out, with the CD of the audio and a second
tape on the making of Fantasia. It was all great! Your friends either got a
bad tape, or were having VCR problems."

Jason
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: mar@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Mar)
Subject: Re: 1993
Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:44:31 GMT

>Thyra and Jason swim up to Danger Squid. Thyra, her twin-tailed Mer-cat
>form being much faster than Jason in his divers skinsuit, got there first.
>She gives DM, er DS, a -very- warm and intimate hug.

Danger Squid accepts the hug gratefully.

After a couple of minutes, however, he begins gesturing to Jason that it
might be nice if he could do something to restore DS's ability to breathe
properly. Jason sneaks up and administers a quick tickle to Thyra's ribs,
causing her to release her hold.

>She turns to Danger Squid and takes two tentacles in each paw. "May I have
>this dance?" she says with a merry grin, as she swims with him to the
>dance floor.

"Why, of course." The two begin swimming gracefully around the dance
floor.

DS comments, "This undersea setting has really given new meaning to the
floating dance floor*."

- Danger Squid (Mouse)

* for newcomers: yes, there is a dance floor in the Place, although it is
  seldom used. It is called the Floating Dance Floor.
From: JBRANDT@AAA.UOregon.edu (Thyra)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Formal Lizzards
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Date: 8 Jan 1993 17:19:39 GMT
Organization: the Polyhedron Group
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: fp1-lawrence-north-19.uoregon.edu

In article <1993Jan7.220133.19069@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>,
mwasson@nyx.cs.du.edu (mike wasson) wrote:
> 
> 
> >Thyra swims rapidly up to them. "I am! With every partner I can find!" She
> >swims rapidly around them, and grabs one on each arm. "Lets dance a Troika!
> >It takes three, you know. If you don't know how, just follow my lead." Soon
> >they are whirling around on the dance floor together, to a rapid Russian
> >folk tune.
> 
> Gecko-boy smiles, watching the dancers whirl about him.
> "That reminds me," he says. "This past weekend I finally did something
> I've been wanting to do for awhile now -- I signed up for ballroom
> dancing classes. I'm a bit nervous about it (odd that with a more-than-
> full schedule of CS classes, it should be ballroom dancing I'm nervous
> about! ;-) ) but I'm quite looking forward to it.  The class starts
> in February."
> 
> The lizard suddenly pictures himself in a tux, complete with bow
                                            ^^^
> tie and top hat; the image is so absurd he has to giggle.

Thyra, who was swimming towards Gecko-boy to ask him to dance, suddenly
colapses in a fit of giggles. Every time she tries to look at the bemused
lizard, she cracks up again. After several minutes, she wipes her eyes with
a paw and finally manages to say something coherant.

"Oh my." <giggle> "That gave me a -very- different and decidedly comical
image. Picture yourself, in your dapper top hat, bow tie at your neck, and
" <giggle> "-completely naked-, holding Toothpick's rabbit, 'Tux', in front
of you for 'decency'" <giggle> "Oh, what an image!"

She collapses again into giggles. "Oh my. I really don't want to embarras
you, but it was just such a funny thought." <giggle>

"Would you" <giggle> "care to dance?"

Hugs and purrs,
Thyra
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: rich@troll1.msfc.nasa.gov (Rich Krum)
Subject: Re: Hullo...
Reply-To: rich@troll1.msfc.nasa.gov
Organization: Boeing Computer Support Services
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:08:16 GMT

In article 4252@atlantis.uucp, aaron@atlantis.uucp () writes:
>Barbara Trumpinski (trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu) wrote:
>: final edit."  kitten is in the minority of folks who like IWFNE.
>
>Alfvaen is in the same minority.  "It was almost the first Heinlein I read,

>"Mind you, I haven't read the bulk of Heinlein's work just yet.  That'll take
>me a little while..."
>
<BSZZZT, thanks for playing>
<Turn off the satire, troll, these folk are NICE>
<OK,OK>

Anyway, before I rudely interupted myself, IMHO, IWFNE is one of the really
good ones.  I think, having voraciously read and collected all the RAH
I could find since I was 12, the whole series needs to be read and digested.
"To Sail Beyond the Sunset" capped off and tied up most of the stories
mentioned in this thread.  The fun (to me) comes in the tracing of the 
characters in the stories.

In any case <keep it short, troll> I simply enjoy Heinlein.  My latest
goodies were the re-issued <Thanks, Virginia, again> "Stranger in a Strange 
Land" in the original (ISBN 0-399-13586-3) and "Requiem" (ISBN 0-312-85168-5)
(ISBN's for the librarians among us).  I guess I am a Sci-fi junkie from way
back.  Of course, I'm warping my three sons with the stuff too--gasp!

So, keep reading and collecting all the stuff.  Maybe there is a list of 
all of it somewhere!

--Troll (whose posts are working well today--<where's the next disaster>)

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From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: 1993
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:32:31 GMT

 JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Thyra) writes:
>>     "Yes, I would like a dance partner also ..." DJ.
>
>"Great! Shall we dance, DJ?" Thyra, as a mer-cat with twin tails, swims up
>behind DJ, gives him a quick hug, and takes him out to the dance floor.
>After a stately Walrus Waltz, the music changes to a snappy calypso beat,
>played by a crustecian concerto. Thyra dances sinuiously to all of it. It
>seems that in this form she is -extremely- flexible, almost eel-like. She
>whirls around DJ in time to the music. "Thank you, kind sir" she says with
>a grin. "It's been too long since I got in the swim of things like that."
>
>Hugs and Purrs,
>Thyra

    "Thank you, " DJ says as he bows.

-- 
         Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM 
             jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
                   Video. Cher: Love and Understanding.
          'Rush Limbaugh is the 'Chia Pet' of TV talk shows !'
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: A Tall Tale for Twelfth Night (Postscript)
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:03:42 GMT

 (John Ockerbloom) writes:
>"As I said earlier, Twelfth Night really isn't celebrated much in the modern
> day US, where even Epiphany's been moved from its traditional date on the
> Catholic calendar.  But it does seem to me a good basis for a celebration,
> whichever day you decide to celebrate it on."  John grins.  "And if in doubt,
> why not celebrate on both days?"

     Oh, then you missed my Mardi Gras King cake post... Mardi Gras starts
  on Twelfth Night. And lasts until the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
      Jim.

-- 
         Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM 
             jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
                   Video. Cher: Love and Understanding.
          'Rush Limbaugh is the 'Chia Pet' of TV talk shows !'