HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: that'd be in the butt, bob
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:41:32 GMT

mikkelson@breakr.enet.dec.com (snopes) writes:
>In article <1992Jul23.183408.1027@bert.eecs.uic.edu>, 
>  artn@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Ellyn Sandor) writes...

>>A friend of mine whose truth and memory I trust claim to have seen the
>>episode.

>>the wording was a little different from what has transpired in this
>>discussion

> Rather interesting that so many people have seen the same event, yet they
> can't even seem to agree on the details.  Sort of like all the people who
> "saw" the famous "pussy" incident on _The Tonight Show_, even though they
> can't seem to agree on whether it involved Zsa-Zsa Gabor, Eva Gabor, Racquel 
> Welch, Ann Margaret, etc.
*----
The fact that people disagree about the details doesn't mean that
they're all wrong, or that the events didn't happen mostly as
described.

I claim (honestly) to have seen both.  I didn't know there was ANY
controversy about the Johnny Carson incident it (it was Zsa-zsa,
and many newspapers had comments the following day).  My recollection
is that the Newlywed Game response was by a black woman ("That would
be up the butt, Bob.").  Even if some people disagree with the
details, I don't consider that sufficient proof that I hallucinated
both of these incidents.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Subject: Re: NetNews/CD - USENET News Available
Reply-To: warren@nysernet.org
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: 27 Jul 92 07:45:31 GMT
Keywords: locksmith door

In <1992Jul26.192735.18501@news.columbia.edu> lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner) writes:

>Can anyone explain the mechanism regarding the so-called "cutout" applied
>now to CD's that apparently originated with vinyl.

Last time I was in NY, I picked up "Hope Chest" by 10,000 Maniacs at
Sam Goody's.  It was very cheap (around $4, I think) and the cardboard
carton and the jewel box had a small notch cut out of them.  The notch
is on the right edge of the jewel box (cuts through both the edge and
the cover).  It's 18mm from the top of the box, and is about 3mm deep
and high.

Looking at the cover of the CD:                side view
                                                 11mm
-------------------------|                      |----|
                         |                      |    |
                         | 18mm                 |    |   18mm
                         |                      |    |
                        -- <- 3mm               |----|
                   3mm |                                 3mm
                        --                      |----|
                         |                      |    |

It was clearly cut after the jewel box was put in the cardboard box.
The CD, of course, was not cut, just like cutout records involved
cutting the jacket, not the vinyl.

Warren "there should be something about green pens here, right?" Burstein
-- 
/|/-\/-\       In real life, the Vice President chastises Murphey Brown
 |__/__/_/     for her morals.  Bill Clinton plays the sax on "Arsenio
 |warren@      Hall."  Though "Batman Returns" is fiction, it's not too
/ nysernet.org much stranger than truth - Caryn James, The New York Times
From: manley@optilink.UUCP (Dave Manley)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Time Zones (was Re: Mis-applied physics in advertising)
Keywords: Does anybody really know what state this is?
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:15:38 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: DSC/Optilink Access Products

In article <11405@optilink.UUCP> manley@optilink.UUCP (Dave Manley) spewed:
>In article <mcirvin.711817304@husc8> mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) writes:

>>I know that the New Mexico part of the reservation contains most of
>>the fascinatingly numbered Route 666.  

>ObNit:  Route 666 is completely in Arizona.  I've been on about 95%
>        of Route 666.  It starts near the Mexico border and heads
>        North, terminating at I40.  

Before anyone else jumps on this:

ObRetraction: The esteemed Mcirvin is partially correct.
              Route 666 is not only in Arizona but is also in 
              New Mexico, Colorado, and a small part of Utah.
              I've even been on the part in Colorado.  
              Beat me with a lutefisk.

Now, moving on:

ObNitTake2:  The reservation does not contain "most" of Route 666.

ObFact: Route 666 is the only highway common to the '4 Corners' States.

--
Dave "I don't usually respond to my own postings" Manley
From: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Man Shot In Head Survives!
Date: 31 Jul 92 02:47:33 GMT
Reply-To: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <cc2x-290792122142@128.253.63.120> cc2x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Jeff Luszcz) writes:
>
>  I saw this article, complete with picture, not a very pretty sight,
>though it didn't look like the crossbow bolt went THROUGH his head but
>more like along the skin inside the scalp. Yum.  It was his roommate who
>did the shooting. He must have been drinking his juice...

Someone playing William Tell?
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phillip M. Hallam-Baker)
Subject: Re: Craig Shergold GIF
Reply-To: hallam@zeus02.desy.de
Organization: DESY ZEUS Central Data Acquisition
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 23:16:34 GMT

Please help

Craig Shergold is a 7 year old boy who is dying of a brain tumour.

He wants to get into the Guiness book of Records by collecting the
largest number of pornographic gifs. He figures that since he isn't
going to get a chance to use his twinkie he might as well look at pictures
of other people using theirs. He prefers studies of lesbian sex and
troilism but any pictures incorporating naked genitalia are acceptable.

Send your pictures to:

David Mellor MP
Hose of Commons
Westminster
London SW1
England.
From: mayers@cemmva.cem.msu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Agnostics and Athiests
Date: 28 Jul 92 00:45:25 GMT
Reply-To: mayers@cemmva.cem.msu.edu
Organization: MSU_Chemistry

OK. Everyone shuttup now.  Judiasm and Christianity both require belief in a 
supreme being named GOD.  Christianity requires belief in Christ and the 
redemption of the cross.  Islam adds the belief in Mohammed and the Koran.
(And also changes GOD to ALLAH.)  If U want heavenly redemption, since eastern
religions require no beliefs, and Jehovah's Witnesses ignore the parts of the
bible that say everyone who believes in god will be saved, (where was I??)
Therefore, Believe In God/Allah, his son Jesus Christ, and His Prophet, Mohamed
, and enjoy heaven when U get there.  No problem.
-Anson Mayers
--
Forgive my grammar, my server erases each line when I hit enter.  I get lost
in my longer sentences because I can't go back and read what I already wrote.
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From: jmethot@vicorp.com (John Methot)
Subject: Re: Modem tax back
Reply-To: jmethot@vicorp.com
Organization: V. I. Corporation, Northampton, Massachusetts
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:34:20 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.000837.24321@news.columbia.edu> lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner) writes:
>
>A lot of telephone equipment is created using statistical sampling to get
>away with less equipment/call.
>
Can anyone post gifs of this sort of equipment?  Thanks in advance!-)
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From: lawson@acuson.com (Drew Lawson)
Subject: Re: chow mein sandwich
Reply-To: lawson@acuson.com (Drew Lawson)
Organization: ACUSON, Mountain View, CA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:50:19 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.200542.29287@PA.dec.com> mikkelson@breakr.enet.dec.com (snopes) writes:
>
>In article <2307744@harvee.UUCP>, 
>  scm@harvee.UUCP (S. Mudgett aka little gator) writes...
>
>>someone is researching the origin of the "chow mein sandwich", which is
>>allegedly popular in new england.  i've never heard of it before(so it
>>must not be true).  has anyone else?
>
> Do they taste like chicken chow mein?
>
> - snopes


You know, I once saw a film that was made for the explicit reason of
having someone choke to death on a chow mein sandwich.

Good movie.  I felt like watching it again about an hour later.

-- 
Drew Lawson                      If you're not part of the solution,
lawson@acuson.com                you're part of the precipitate
Xref: sparky alt.folklore.urban:20187 alt.beer:4415
From: machman@milton.u.washington.edu (The Machman)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.beer
Subject: Re: "Green Death" Beer
Date: 31 Jul 92 00:19:04 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Washington

imj@cleanplate.EBay.Sun.COM (James D. Jones) writes:

>Anyway, apparently there are/were several regional beers with the nickname
>"Green Death."  Heffenreffer's, a Rhode Island beer, also went by that
>nickname.  Does anybody know any others? 

in the Pacific Northwest, Rainier Ale is called "Green Death" since it
comes in green bottles and cans, and provides significantly more of a
kick than your average corn-n-rice American pilsener beer.  i'm a beer
snob, but i like a nice Rainier Ale every so often, mostly for its guzzling
properties.  

						-- dave

-- 
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 c-OO                                                                      
    \                     "Big Science.  Hallelujah"
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From: mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Kilroy
Date: 23 Jul 92 14:38:56 GMT
 <MePSc4a00VogJF_n9B@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Jul23.110044.25745@echo.philips.nl>

dolf@echo.philips.nl (Dolf Grunbauer) writes:

>Another origin (mentioned in the same article) of KWH is supposed to have
>been an army sergeant (soldier?) who got lost in Vietnam and he wrote this
>so his friends could find him.

I thought that the phrase was of Second World War vintage.  Like I
said, Pynchon mentioned it in _V._, which was written pre-US-Vietnam-
involvement, at least. 
                                          ' '
Matt "Perhaps it was originally 'Kilroy a ete ici'?" McIrvin

-- 
Matt McIrvin   mcirvin@husc.harvard.edu   Long live short .sigs
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From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
Subject: Re: Who invented the airplane?
Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 15:08:31 GMT

streeter@cs.unca.edu (Tom Streeter) writes:

>In article <1992Jul16.071129.15697@public.sub.org> peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel) writes:
>>
>>Don't know about details what Lilienthal exactly developed for control,
>>but I read (in a *german* publication :-) that the Wrights knew about
>>Lilienthal and had studied his results thoroughly. Is this a fact?
>>Is it commonly reported with the Wrights?

>If memory serves, I believe they corresponded.  There was someone with
>whom they corresponded who came to Kitty Hawk during the glider
>experiments 1902, and I believe in the second 'flying season' of 1904.
>Was this Lilienthal, or am I mixing him up with someone else?

No, I fear he was already dead at that time.

-- 
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From: cc2x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Jeff Luszcz)
Subject: Re: Sanity
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Organization: Cornell University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:46:50 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.194315.26940@PA.dec.com>,
mikkelson@breakr.enet.dec.com (snopes) wrote:
> 
> 
> In article <1992Jul21.175314.14659@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, 
>   st890270@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (LUCIFER) writes...
> 
> >I have heard of how a couple of Psych Grad students decided to see how long
> >it would take a mental hospital to determine that they were not insane, once
> >they were committed. To this end, they fake the symptoms of schizophrenia (sp)
> >and are commited. Once in, they act perfectly normal. The institution does
> >not deem them sane. They finally get out 6 monthes later, after several
> >friends come forward to tell the hospital that it was an experiment.
> 
> >my question is, is this true?
> 
   We read about this in an intro psych course. Psych 101 with Prof Maa.
  We were shown this case study. If I remember it was only for a short
while,
  a couple of weeks at most, but my memory may be failing me, or HEY maybe
  I'm just insane (but how could I prove it?)
     -Jeff
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From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: American food overseas (was Re: Moxie, submarines)
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:13:30 GMT

cldavies@nyx.cs.du.edu (cindy davies) writes:
>to McD's and BK's.  It was the Coke.  Served WARM <blech> and with a lemon
>slice <double blech>  Where is the Hard Rock Cafe when you need one?  If your

I found that in Spain, I got used to having coke with lemon (even in the
"Grand Rock Cafe" - a blantant ripoff of the Hard Rock).  It helped to
cover up that horrible fructose taste you get with coke there (and in the
US, BTW).  At least here in Canada we still use sucrose in our Coca-Cola.

If you don't believe me, check out the "Straight Dope" books - Uncle Cecil
doesn't like US 'Coke Classic' as much as Canadian 'Coke Classic' either!


-- 
Paul Tomblin, pt@geovision.gvc.com or {uunet,cognos,revcan}!geovision!pt
(This is not an official opinion of GeoVision Systems Inc.)
In our innermost soul, we are children and remain so for the rest of our lives
    --  Sigmund Freud
From: sherman@oak.math.ucla.edu (The Ahkond of Swat)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Sanity
Date: 31 Jul 92 01:40:31 GMT
Organization: The Island of Misfit Toys

In article <1992Jul30.212847.7836@rose.com> bill.dehaan@rose.com (bill dehaan) writes:
>
>Date Entered: 07-30-92 00:05
>Bill Sherman writes:
>
>SH>ObAFU-coincidence: the comic book "normalman" once included a parody of
>SH>Groucho, called "Orange Julius."
>
>Nope. "normalman" by  Valentino has parodies  of many, many  things, but
>not the Marx brothers.

Double nope.

Please re-read your "normalman" collection.  The Marx brothers parody
is in the issue of "normalman" which spoofs the "Election Night" issue
of Cerebus.  The Marx characters are only shown on one page; they are
supposed to be political consultants helping normalman's campaign.
The Groucho character is called "Orange Julius" and is dressed in an
orange superhero outfit (with cape).  The Chico character is called
"Pasta-Pot Pete" and the Harpo character's name escapes me for the
moment.

>You're most  likely thinking  of Dave  Sim's "Cerebus",  where a  _very_
>Groucho-like character names "Lord Julius" runs the neighbouring  state,
>and two other states  are run by Harpo  and Chico look alikes,  I think.

Wrong.  Lord Julius runs Palnu, which is not a neighboring state of Iest
(the city-state where most of the action is set).  A Chico lookalike
(Duke Leonardi) used to run New Sepra, but it is highly unlikely that 
he is still in power.  There is no Harpo lookalike character in charge 
of a government.

>Good comic, but strange.

The best.

--
   Bill Sherman      S^1 `--> S^(2n+1) -->> CP^n     sherman@math.ucla.edu
        Grimly I dig up the turfs, to exhume the corrupted stiffs...
          -Carcass, _Symphonies of Sickness_, "Exhume to Consume"
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From: stame@emunix.emich.edu (Stewart Tame)
Subject: Re: "Straight Dope III" ????
Organization: Eastern Michigan University
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 23:40:50 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.165937.28137@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> michaelb@cse.fau.edu (Michael Rogero Brown) writes:
>Yes!   There was 4 year between the publication of SD & MSD, but it's been
>about 5-6 years since MSD.  There has to have been enought columns for a
>third collection.

Hear, hear!  Wonder what the hold up is?

>
>What about a third Big Secrets book?
>

Well there *is* a book called _The Ultimate_ by Poundstone, a
"scientifically" researched guide to several bests, like best golf course,
best gourmet food, and other things.  I first saw it around about October
so I imagine it's still available.

Actually, if you like the Secrets books you might want to check out a book
titled _Travels With Doctor Death_ by Ron Rosenbaum.  It's very remniscent
of BS and BSII (hmmmm . . . odd initials, those), particularly the piece
on the Skull and Bones society.  It's a collection of articles Rosenbaum
has written (with updates written specially for the book) on various
topics such as Watergate, the Kennedy Assasination, etc.

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From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Subject: Re: that'd be in the butt, bob
Reply-To: warren@nysernet.org
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: 26 Jul 92 06:35:49 GMT

tc = twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
rl = rogerl@Ingres.COM (Roger Leuthner)

rl: Tell this to a courtroom where there is a witness to a murder.
me: With some work this, too, could be an AFU motto.
tc: Yes, it lacks the proper degree of angst and pathos.

And also the suggestion that "if you don't believe my grandmother
she's going to die and you'll be responsible!"
-- 
/|/-\/-\       In real life, the Vice President chastises Murphey Brown
 |__/__/_/     for her morals.  Bill Clinton plays the sax on "Arsenio
 |warren@      Hall."  Though "Batman Returns" is fiction, it's not too
/ nysernet.org much stranger than truth - Caryn James, The New York Times
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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: Anyone heard this one? New UL?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:04:32 GMT

jvmg9796@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Doc) writes:
: 
: Granted, the poster of the message which called you a dip-shit went
: overboard in calling you names, but I find myself in agreement with his
: essential sentiment.  You quoted a 100+ line article and then added 3 lines
: of your own.  Why was this necessary?  Dont you know that some people are
: reading usenet at 1200 baud, and/or have to pay for access time?  And
: even for those of us who dont have to pay and have high-speed connections,
: no one likes to read the same message 3, 4, even 5 times because people
: keep following it up and quoting it in its entirety.  It can be maddening.

Normally, I edit out extraneous material. On occasion I forget, or get lazy,
and don't. Gratuitous bitchiness adds nothing to the enjoyment of the group.
All a person has to do is say something like "Wouldn't it be better if you
edited the material a bit?". Then there wouldn't be the interminable follow-up
to the follow-up to the follow-up etc. I expect, by the time that this thread
ends, that the lines of text generated by the original insult will exceed the
100+ lines that I quoted unnecessarily.

: Please, and this message is to *everyone*, when you include original
: text in your followups, EDIT it to only include the parts which are
: relevant to your reply.  Write in things like [stuff deleted] if you
: wish, to show that you are not quoting the original post verbatim, if
: you think it's important to do so.

I don't recall why I left it in - maybe I felt it was all relevant? Who
knows?

: I have a rule of thumb that I live by in reading usenet articles.  When
: I am reading an article and the first page is lined with ">"s in column 1,
: I immediately hit the 'n' key (with rare exceptions) because this immediately
: tells me that the poster is an irresponsible quoted-text (ab)user. I
: suspect that I am not the only one who does so either.  So if you want
: people to take your messages seriously, take the extra 2 minutes to 
: compose them more succinctly.

Then, in many cases, you will be missing out on some good articles. Sometimes
it is necessary to quote that much material. It is far better to quote too
much than to quote too little (taking out of context).

: My sincere apologies to the bandwidth for this message.  I only wish it
: werent necessary, and I hope that a few people might take it to heart.

It isn't necessary.  However - it is a welcome reminder and, as such, is
appreciated.

Bill "windbag" Nelson
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From: fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington)
Subject: Re: Mis-applied physics in advertising
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:55:15 GMT

In article <1992Jul20.215204.13458@unislc.uucp> dw@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright) writes:
>: This place that charged for ice the first bucket also had a very cheap
>: attitute about checkout time: 9:00 AM was checkout time *local* time zone.
>: The problem is that this hotel is just over the border from Arizona, where
>: most of the attraction is.  Thus, checkout time for the time zone our
>: bodies were on was 8:00 AM!
>
>Now just a minute.  Hold yer horses.  Utah and Arizona are both Mountain
>time, so 9:00am Utah equals 9:00am Arizona.  I agree 9:00am is unreasonably
>early, but the hotel cannot help it if your bodies just flew in from
>Central time.

Actually, during the summer Arizona does NOT go onto Daylight time,
whereas Utah does.  The net effect is that when the local time in Utah
is 9:00 am, it's 8:00 am in Arizona.
-- 
Fritz Whittington     Texas Instruments, 12840 Hillcrest #200, Dallas, TX 75230
fritz@csc.ti.com                Office: +1 214 917 7437    FAX: +1 214 917 7487
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