HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mcramm@dct.ac.uk (McRamm)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: The Luggage (Where is it!!)
Date: 28 Jan 93 10:24:58 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

In article <1993Jan26.213244.12426@maths.tcd.ie>, nealk@maths.tcd.ie (Neal Kidson) writes:
> OK.
> I've read the list of models.
> So what happened?
> Hmmm?
> WHERE'S THE LUGGAGE??!!???
> 
> Why is there no model of the Luggage?????
s'funny I was given a model of the Luggage and Rincewind (both on the same 
part of Ankh Morpork docks I assume) for Hogswatchnight.

Maybe you've only seen a partial list ?
> 
[....]

> So now, I'm announcing the formation of the
>       Luggage Appreciation Society

It says "clunk clunk thud thud patterpatterpatter"
(I think it's sapient Pearwoodspeak for thankyouverymuchyoureallyshouldn'thave)
 
> We can be found in
>          A padded Room InA
>            Large Steel Box
>              Somewhere in Europe
> As of then we are barricading ourselves into this newsgroup until 
> furniturism is defeated. 
> ALL HAIL THE LUGGAGE!
> NK Enterprises Inc. (tm)
> P.S. Owen (ok owen stop twisting my arm, I'll put oscar@maths.tcd.ie in)
>  who is sitting besideme as I spew this stuff, agrees with me.
> P.P.S Does anyone know who Owen is? 
>      Oi!! Who nicked my sig!!??!?
-- 
 Angus (No, not that one - I'm visible ...most of the time)
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From: dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett,alt.fan.tolkien
Subject: Re: Mort pp183
Date: 25 Jan 1993 08:53:20 -0500
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
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In article <1jh7vrEINNesu@uni-erlangen.de> uhschreg@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Ulrich Schreglmann) writes:
>
>Not me!  My first choice would be a book from the Professor of Gilli-
>gan's Island.  Preferrably "How to Build a Distress Radio out of Two Co-
>conuts."

Bob Denver, who played Gilligan, once appeared in another movie in 
which he complained, "I once spent five years trapped on a dessert island
with a man who could make a nuclear bomb out of cocoanuts but who couldn't
fix a hole in a boat."

Kind of captures it all, doesn't it?

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From: damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Eccles)
Subject: Re: FAVE BOOK.
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:27:09 GMT

mcsba1wsb@dct.ac.uk writes:

>				!!WENDY!!  

Puss uff Bull

Eccles

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From: nickles@sage.cc.purdue.edu (John A. Nickles)
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v5.0 - part 2 of 3
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:45:23 GMT

In Witches Abroad:

Throughout the book, Granny Weatherwax keeps trying to tell a joke which
perpetually goes over like the proverbial lead balloon. The joke goes 
more or less like this: A man walks into a store that has a sign 
"WE MAKE ANY KIND OF SANDWICHES" The man says "Give me an alligator
sandwich and make it REALLY QUICKLY"   The correct punchline is
". . . And make it SNAPPY!"  How well the joke would have been recieved
if Granny could remember it correctly is a matter of some conjecture.


John A Nickles 
Standard Disc-claimer
"She used to make foreign foods... and I was the only one who would
come round to eat them."
"Aha!  Curryin' favor!"
(my favorite joke in Witches Abroad)
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From: botn065@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (JIMM)
Subject: Re: Merchandise Etc
Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:12:10 GMT

In article <30561@castle.ed.ac.uk>, cmac@castle.ed.ac.uk (Colin MacDonald) writes:

> To be honest, I think the real reason is that it would have been tedious
> to maintain the wizards-not-saying-(furrowed brow... oh never
> mind)-eight for all the subsequent DiscWorld books.  But this way is
> much more fun. :)

Yeah Spose so, Well it certainly doesnt make much difference in the stories
anyway so its a minor quibble :-))

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From: thompsmr@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Thompson)
Subject: Re: Yorklings unite
Organization: Aston University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL241235]
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:21:50 GMT

dcw-a@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
: In article <727463191.4042@minster.york.ac.uk> car-a@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
: 
: 	Hmm, there do seem to be a lot of us York people on this newsgroup,
: but then again, knowing our mailer, I doubt that anything we say reaches
: the outside world anyway (our mailer seems to have a censorship daemon running
: on it - anything produced by a york student is just not worth reading.
: 
: 	Doug.
: 

	In this particular York student's case anything he writes is worth
reading for its rarity value if nothing else. Hint - Reply to my mail, you
bastard!

	Mark

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Subject: Moorcock & TP
From: nate@pinn.nacjack.gen.nz (Nathan Brazil)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:48:37 +1200
Organization: The Pinnacle Club BBS, Auckland, New Zealand. +64-9-631-5382

I wonder if TP is a fan of Michael Moorcock's at all ? Similar humour 
found in Dancers at the End of Time  series. Who else does/did he read ?
From: uhschreg@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Ulrich Schreglmann)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Merchandise Etc
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:05:19 GMT
Organization: Student Pool, CSD, University of Erlangen, Germany
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kwh@cix.compulink.co.uk (Ken Haylock) writes:

>Yes... Famous last message from an Indian airlines A320 pilot to ground
>control: 'Delhi, this is Golf Mike India... what does Array Subscript out of
>Range Error at Line 400 mean.....?' ( >CRASH< )

Stupid!  It wasn't Array Subscript out of Range at Line 400, but Array
Subscript out of Range at Line 380.
And the pilot could have easily saved himself by exiting the system with
"ext_arbs.78" and then rebooting the system with "install ggl_13kk" and
pushing Shift-Ctrl-F1.
I don't feel any pity in the least in view of so much stupidity!


May the Cooo^H^C^Z^Z^C^C^C     eh! what the--^C^C   arrgh! ( >CRASH< )

(C)OOL mcmxciii
From: mcsba1wsb@dct.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: List of models & prices
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:17:10 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

This is my second attemt to post this price list, so I hope someone finds this
useful.

		Figures					Price(in pounds)

	Rincewind					19 - 95
	Twoflower					19 - 95
	The Librarian					25 - 50
	DEATH						20 - 50
	Granny Weatherwax				20 - 50
	Nanny Ogg					20 - 50
	Magrat						20 - 50
	Carrot						24 - 95
	Lady Ramkin					24 - 95
	DiscWorld					79 - 95
	Dibblers Compass				 6 - 90
	Mended Drum (door)				36 - 45
	Tankard						 9 - 95
	Detritus					20 - 50
	The Archchancellor				24 - 95
	DEATH Swinging Scyth				20 - 50
	Rincewind with Luggage				25 - 50

		Book Ends

	Rincewind					35 - 75
	DEATH						35 - 75
	The Luggage					35 - 75
	The Librarian					56 - 25
	Detritus					25 - 50
	Ruby						25 - 50
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From: dwj@iedv6.acd.com ( Dan Johnson         )
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v5.0 - part 1 of 3
Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:44:10 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.231233.22599@dutrun2.tudelft.nl> leo@cp.tn.tudelft.nl writes:
>  novel "Dragonflight" is called Liessa, and the exclamation point in

This appears to be a typo.  The name of McCaffrey's Weyrwoman was
Lessa.
-- 
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:15:43 -0500 
From: Michael P Collins <mc7f+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Good omens...

The Gardner, Brother Francis, mentions something about "Brother Slug"
and "Sister Potato Weevil".  The first thing that springs to mind is
that Brother Francis is supposed to be Francis Of Assisi(sp?),
Professional Medieval Italian Nice Guy.  If I remember correctly, he did
write a hymn to various Brother These and Sister Those...  Or was that
Anthony...  

(Help)

 
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From: damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Eccles)
Subject: Re: Herne the Hunted (annotation request
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:30:46 GMT

snh@Lise.Unit.NO (St}le Norman Halvorsen) writes:

>In article <1jh1ooINNm53@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, cstadgs@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr R J Tinsley) writes:
> > In article <memo.875596@cix.compulink.co.uk> tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
> > >The bit which really creased up the (British) audience when
> > >I saw it was when Robin comes ashore at Dover and says something like
> > >"Gazooks, we will be at my father's castle ere nighfall!"  Um.  In a Porsche,
> > >maybe.
> > 
> > Naah! It was the politically-correct token black guy that really
> > had us going. :-)
> > 
> > -Bob

>What I really disliked about the film was that Robin had an American
>accent... (and not one wolf in the entire film !)

I still want to know how they got that great curved sword out of the
scabbard that was thinner at the top than the blade.....

Eccles
From: colint@spider.co.uk (Colin Tinto)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Merchandise Etc
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:35:31 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK

In article <1993Jan19.200948.2908@dct.ac.uk> mcsba1wsb@dct.ac.uk writes:
>In article <1993Jan19.180252.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>, botn065@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (JIMM) writes:
>> Has anyone one Bought/seen the DiscWorld Model chars that are advertised in the
>> back of the Books? Is there a Illustrated Catalouge available from the Shop or
>> makers as I'd be keen on having a look and see what they are like...
>> 
>I have seen some DiscWorld models near home (Aberdeen) I don't know if they are
>the same as the ones mentioned at the back of the books, but I can't say I was 
>very impressed with all of them.  The Luggage was exellent, as was the 
>Librarian.  Carrot was recognisable as was Rincewind and Magrat but they were
>not the best.  The DEATH was also very good.  This is probably totally 
>pointless(like a broken pencil) but I enjoyed doing it.

I spotted the models in WH Smiths in Glasgow - they looked nice, but 
expensive :-)

They were on a shelf behind a counter, so I didn't get a good look.

There was one set I liked - a set of bookends, with DEATH peeking around
one bookend, and Rincewind (I think) peeking around the other.   About
40 quid I think, at least...


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From: hevans@estwm0.wm.estec.esa.nl (Hugh Evans)
Subject: Re: My tuppence
Reply-To: hevans@estcs1.dnet.estec.esa.nl
Organization: European Space Research and Technology Centre
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:59:35 GMT


In article <1993Jan20.224152.7289@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>, slb22@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Seth "the Lesser") writes:
|>From: slb22@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Seth "the Lesser")
|>damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Eccles) writes:
|>>
|>>Are you suggesting that knowledge is also affected by the second law
|>                                    I think you mean first ^^^^^^
|>>of thermodynamics? 
|>
|>>Lets see, if we got a room full of blondes/arts students/favorite minority
|>>to pick on (knowledge 0) and placed someone who wanted to learn, oh, say
|>>statistics at one end, and soemone who knows stats at the other, could
|>>you beam the knowledge through the 'knowledge-vacuum' that exists in
|>>between them?>
|>
|>Probably not.  Since the blondes/art students/etc. have absolutely no
|>knowledge whatsoever, knowledge will be sucked in from all corners of the room
|>to fill the void.  Not only does this usually deprive all the students (and
|>the teacher) of any knowledge they might once have had about statistics, but
|>there will often be an overlap into related fields (social "sciences,"
|>mathematics, engineering, sports) as well, and in extreme cases an entire
|>roomful of students may be left drooling and trying to remember how to spell
|>their names.
|>
|>Remember--blondes(/art students/favorite minority) are dangerous, and should
|>only be used with proper safety precautions.  Don't try this at home, kids.
|>

So,  blondes (/art students/favorite minority) constitute the knowledge 
equivalent of black holes - everything goes in, nothing comes out and 
information gets lost?

Just a singular remark.

--
Hugh Evans	-	hevans@estwm8.dnet.estec.esa.nl

 "Living Wills should be very specific about the definition of 'brain dead' 
  and not so carelessly worded that they can be enacted by greedy heirs if 
  your foot goes to sleep."
	P.J. O'Rourke - Modern Manners, Etiquette for Rude People
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From: thompsmr@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Thompson)
Subject: Re: Merchandise Etc
Organization: Aston University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL241235]
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:32:04 GMT

Eyvind Bernhardsen (eyvind@Lise.Unit.NO) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan20.103616.300@aston.ac.uk>, barretpj@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Phil J Barrett) writes:
:  > 
:  > 00000100 even.
: 
: OK, let's work it out:
: 
: 
: 128   64   32  16   8   4   2   1
:   0    0    0   0   1   0   0   0   =8  (Original poster)
:   0    0    0   0   0   1   0   0   =4  (barretpj)
: 
: Well, I think that says it all, really, doesn't it? ;)
: 
:  > Phil
: 
: -Eyvind
: 

	And he got a 1st! There is hope - I shall pass my degree. Did that pig
just request landing permission?

	Mark

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From: dkf11@cl.cam.ac.uk (Donal K. Fellows)
Subject: Re: My tuppence
Reply-To: dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:33:28 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.001128.25975@ucc.su.OZ.AU> neilb@physics.su.OZ.AU (RiemannZeta(s)) writes:
>On the subject of different species of lectures I came across a book
>a while back entitles 'a random walk through science' and in it had
>an article about different methods of proof. Some of the better ones where:
>
>Proof by boardem: The lecturer  continues in an incompherensible manner

[ For spelling pedants: Proof by Boredom ]

>until everybody is asleep. He then says the magic words "and thus it has been
>proved" which causes everybody to wake up, and decide to get the notes from
>somebody else, which of course they never do.
>
>Proof by Osmosis: The lecturer makes uses of the result all semester
>without ever proving it, just saying "oh, we will prove it later", by the
>end of the course everybody knows the theorem so well, they assume that it
>has been proved.
>
>Proof in a different course: The lecturer in Course A, says you will prove it
>in course B. In course B, they state that you had proved it in course A.
>(I find this one very popular at Syd Uni, especially between maths and
>physics)
>
>Proof by Assigement: The lecturer sets the proof as a simple problem to be
>done by the class.
>

A real favourite here....

>Another species of lecturer is the Quo, the ability of the Quo is to
>give out irrelevant information, so that you won't notice he is sucking
>anything useful out of your brain. You will come out of a complex variable
>lecture knowing about Gauss's love life, which blinds you to the fact you
>know less about complex numbers than you came in. The Quo is a very
>dangerous species as the information he imparts is slightly addictive,
>and you end up coming back again and again ... 
>

Some seem to be like that, except that here we go in _knowing_ we
won't learn anything... :)

Donal.
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From: syouell@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Stephen Youell)
Subject: Fave books
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:01:21 GMT


Having read Andrew Conway's article about Loaylist Opinions I going to have to
share my tastes of Pratchett books with you all.

	-Colour of magic:
		A stunning book, the best you've prorbaly ever read if its the
	first DW you've come across. (Must read it again actually - it's been
	a while.)
	
	-The Light Fantastic:
		A great follow up to C of M (must read that again too),
	another excellent book, by this point I was reading them as they
	arrived in print and avidly waiting for the next one. It was now truly
	obvious that TP is a sarcastic old so and so.

	-Equal Rites:
		As a TP fan I read this out of loyality, not one of the best,
	mind you there were some very good one liners.

	-Mort:
		Yes, yes yes, the best so far, the best book I have ever read.
	I want to adopt DEATH as my father! DEATH is just the coolest geezer
	to reap the disc (ok so there haven't been many). INSPIRED!!!

	-Sourcery:
		Average for a TP. (This is still a compliment). It's been a
	long time since I've read this one too. Story line good though.

	-Guards! Guards!:
		Another one to rank up there with Mort, another stunner of a
	book. Carrot, the trolls, Gaspode (my hero sigh), and the other
	characters all made for a good read, (the plot helped too).

	-Moving Pictures:
		A bit of a let down. A good idea but it was mediocre. Sorry!

	-Witches Abroad:
		This book was so cleverly written. Esp when a house lands on
	magrat and a group of dwarves run up and try and run off with her
	cherry docs. Plot made this one with good support from already
	established characters, made it quick to get into.

	-Lord and Ladies, Small Gods yet to read. (Students can't afford
		hardback, not even those who are most devoted.)

	-Nomes{1,2,3}
		Brilliant read, liked the idea.

	GOOD OMENS:
		This needs special mention, excellent book. At least I agree
	with Andrew C about that.


	Stephen Youell  :  syouell@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
			   csujg@csv.warwick.ac.uk

	PS Can we have some more Rincewind.

	PPS Watch out for that Whippy person (not to be trusted)
From: ma_blase@csd.uwe.ac.uk (Fox)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Herne the Hunted (annotation request)
Date: 25 Jan 93 10:58:42 GMT
Organization: University of the West of England, Bristol
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Eccles (damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:
> ma_blase@csd.uwe.ac.uk (Fox) writes:
> 
> Anyone thought also that the White Hunt might have something to 
> do with Herne. Consider also the legends of the actaeon, stag
> headed hunter of the forest - hunter of humans that is.
>

Possible but this is just one of the many corruptions which has infiltrated
into the legend.  Still, I'll check it out tonight.
 
> Eccles aka Danae Sidhe will return

No she won't.  She robbed a drug store and high tailed it to Mexico

Mike
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From: damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Eccles)
Subject: Re: My tuppence
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:51:55 GMT

neilb@physics.su.OZ.AU (RiemannZeta(s)) writes:

>Proof by boardem: The lecturer  continues in an incompherensible manner
>until everybody is asleep. He then says the magic words "and thus it has been
>proved" which causes everybody to wake up, and decide to get the notes from
>somebody else, which of course they never do.

Or the words "This will by on the exam"
	-Lloyd Allison

>Proof in a different course: The lecturer in Course A, says you will prove it
>in course B. In course B, they state that you had proved it in course A.
>(I find this one very popular at Syd Uni, especially between maths and physics)
ARGH! Its Mathematical Methods!

>Another species of lecturer is the Quo, the ability of the Quo is to
>give out irrelevant information, so that you won't notice he is sucking
>anything useful out of your brain. You will come out of a complex variable
>lecture knowing about Gauss's love life, which blinds you to the fact you
>know less about complex numbers than you came in. The Quo is a very
>dangerous species as the information he imparts is slightly addictive,
>and you end up coming back again and again ... 

Or about the lecturers use of microwaves in  a computing class....
>*************************************************
>I ache for the touch of your lips, Dear,
>But much more for the touch of your whips, Dear.
>You can raise welts
>Like nobody else,
>As we dance to the Masochism Tango.
>*************************************************

Tom Lehrer?

Eccles

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From: thompsmr@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Thompson)
Subject: Re: Reaperman Annotations
Organization: Aston University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL241235]
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 10:24:15 GMT

Andrew Waugh, 723 Swanston St Carlton (ajw@manta.mel.dit.csiro.au) wrote:
: From article <1993Jan26.163904.1@rchep.ph.unimelb.edu.au>, by bertram@rchep.ph.unimelb.edu.au:
: > The corks around the pointy hats refers to the traditional headwear of
: > Australian Swagmen (similar to American Hobos) who wear corks around
: > the rim of their hats to keep the flies off their face.
: 
: The _supposed_ traditional headwear of swagmen. I have _never_ _ever_
: seen a real hat, nor a photograph of a hat, nor read a printed
: description of a person wearing a hat with corks dangling around it.
: This is not to say that they didn't exist, but if they did they must
: have been uncommon.  Anyone who has ever wandered around the
: Australian bush would quickly realise that corks on strings would be
: totally bloody useless in detering flies!
: 
: andrew waugh

	I have a theory about the corks. It's where the bottles used to be
attached to the hat, but they've all been drunk now, so all that remains is...

	Mark

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