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From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re: An observation
Date: 27 Dec 1992 05:08:45 GMT
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In a previous article, ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (Dan Lester) says:

>   yes, it is a very nice day....though gray and cold and ugly outside...
>
Ahhh, the sounds of home!  Actually, it was bright and sunny here today, 
but the thermometer never hit 26F, and it's down around 18F now.  With the
wind chill factor thrown in, it had to be pretty close to zero.  Oh to be in
Idaho!

>    gail and i are both fighting the bgeinnings of colds, so are taking
>it pretty easy...and she's catching some z's at the moment.

Fuss and botheration!  This is one time I'd rather it was me catching the
cold than someone else.  You don't need the advice to keep warm and drink
your chicken-soup-it's-good-for-you, now do you?:-)  Hot tea and honey always
did more for me though, especially jasmine tea for some reason.

>   pretty soon i'll have to get going and start cleaning this office at home
>instead of messing with mail....but you KNOW which is more fun....

Cleaning?:-)
>
>    tonite friends coming over to play bridge....and tomorrow will do for
>office cleaning, won't it?
>
Yep - there's no day like tomorrow for cleaning stuff. 


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Subject:      Re: Curses Soiled Again (was Re: Deep beliefs)

> In a Bill Cosby routine, he said that he and his brother Russell thought
> their names were Jesus Christ and Dammit, respectively, because of the way
> their father would address them.  One day Bill was out playing in the rain
> and his father said, "Dammit, will you get in here!!"
>
> To which Bill replied, "No, Dad, I'm Jesus Christ!"  :)

In years to come, I think my younger son is going to think his full
name is Benjamin Stopthat Wolman.

Ken
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Subject: Re: WORDS-L TP: Betty's Art/Literature Question
Date: 30 Dec 1992 06:11:23 GMT
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In a previous article, dorisann@TENET.EDU (Doris Smith) says:

>> >"What Arthur Miller play has the 1692 Salem witch trials as its setting?"
 >>
>> The only Arthur Miller play I know is -Death of a Salesman-, so in a jesting
>> spirit my answer is -Death of a Witch-  :).  I don't have the foggiest
>> notion what it might be.
>>
>I know! I know!
>Drat! And I'm only on the sidelines!
>doris
>
I think I know it too, and it's not my question.  Double drat!
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Date:         Fri, 25 Dec 1992 11:00:03 EST
From:         Karen Kay <LL23%NEMOMUS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Merry Christmas!
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Bless us every one!  Even though we have no rules of polite discourse!!!

I'm still in my nightie, but I am supposed to be at a friend's house for
brunch in six minutes!!!!!!!!!

I had a weird experience last night--a man who was cutting through the
parking lot behind my house last night when I came home from dinner
*growled* at me.  It was surprisingly frightening.  Anyway....I'm glad
this year is almost over, because if it were an omen, it only has a few
days to be the omen of.

Love to wordslers everywhere!!

Karen
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From:         Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: What kind of people are you, anyway?
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> From: "Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815)" <TA0SHK1%NIU.BITNET@

> the YMCA, for that matter) that are anti-Catholic; the Catholics have
> anti-Protestant tendencies too, and organisations such as the Knights
> of Columbus and the Catholic Youth Organization exist as substitutes
> for the Masons and the Y.  Patrick Buchanan's autobiography is full
> of praise for the CYO of his youth.

The CYO died out in Canada after Vatican II (1963-5). The Knights are still
around but keep a low profile. I can't speak for what it's like in the US.
I can say that the style of the KofC, ie. its anti-protestant character,
was a definite no-no after Vat.II. Its original purpose was to give the
Micks somewhgere  to go, 'cause they couldn't join the Masons. WHat's left
of them now pretty much does for the Catholic Church, what the Shriners do
for everyone.
From: jthomas@netsys.com (Jim Thomas)
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Subject: Re: Copacetic
Date: 4 Jan 93 05:32:34 GMT
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In article <9301031417.AA08414@bugs.sics.se> torkel@SICS.SE writes:
>
>  >(Last time we discussed this half the folks said it should be spelt
>  >with an 's'.)
>  >Look in the archives for the derivation.  I've forgotten.  Black slang
>  >I think.
>
>  Wentworth & Flexner give the spellings copacetic, copesetic, kopasetic,
>kopesetic, kopasetee, kopesetee. They also say that it is from the Yiddish.

American Heritage Dict. identifies John O'Hara (appt in Samara) as first
known US usage, and he claimed it was his spelling of an Italian word
(copacetti?)...
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From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Betty's Art/Literature Question
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>> >"What Arthur Miller play has the 1692 Salem witch trials as its setting?"
>>
>>
>> The only Arthur Miller play I know is -Death of a Salesman-, so in a jesting
>> spirit my answer is -Death of a Witch-  :).  I don't have the foggiest
>> notion what it might be.
>>
>> bz
>
>I know! I know!
>Drat! And I'm only on the sidelines!
>doris

O.K. Doris, you can tell Betty the right answer.

Carolyn
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From:         ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM
Subject:      Re: On the shortage of lives on words-l

> Next time there is a hiatus in the listserv for a microsecond take the
> opportunity to experience the rest of the world in its numerous and
> diverse aspects. There is a whole universe out there. You could watch
> TV. Or maybe even play a video game or something! Get out of this list-
> serv frenzy for a while and you'll get to know what life is.
>
> For your own good,
> tushar

Are you unsubscribing, then?  Don't get our hopes up, willya?

"Shuuuuuut up, you twit!"
                        --Alan Rickman as Sheriff of Nottingham,
                          _Robin Hood_, 1991

Love,
Ken
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Subject:      For Bayla!

*** Resending note of 12/28/92 20:31

>        I just got wind of a Freenet in the works for the Tampa Bay
>Area in Florida.  It was only mentioned in passing in my CompuServe

Please be aware that the qualifier "in Florida" is not really necessary
as the Tampa Bay Bucs have brought world-wide fame and recognition to
this area!  Now, who's running this Tampa freenet?  Wonder if we are
with our new mighty machine ...which so far seems to be running just great!
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In a previous article, ll23%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU () says:

>>>the question, but take my daughter as evidence that I figured it out.  So
>>OK, no problem.:-)  My parents must have told me rather young too; I don't
>>remember *not* knowing the difference....
>
>I don't remember not knowing either...but I have 7 siblings, so I think
>I simply discovered by changing diapers.
>
My only sibling isabout 18 mos. younger than I am, and she's my sister.  I
didn't get the "privilege" of changing diapers.:-)  What may have happened is
a certain precocious neighbor from across the street...only it wasn't bottoms
we showed.  

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From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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In a previous article, ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (Dan Lester) says:

>   nope...a couple newsdudes got it wrong too....28-3 at half....the fifth
>td came in first couple minutes of third quarter...but it WAS 35-3 before
>the greatest comeback ever....at least in proball....
>
Then that was for real?  I only really watched the second half; that's when
it started getting interesting.  
>
>   well, that td wouldn't have been called back with replay....as it wasn't
>a call that was subject to overrule, as it wasn't called....

Oh well, poor Oilers.  [NOT!]

>>but I'm quoting some of those commentators, and they aren't exactly known for
>>their brains.:-)
>   but they DO have all the computergeeks and statgeeks with them that can tell
>all those weird details that we discussed not long ago....the smith is 7-1

One might ask why people this good at numbers are crunching for NFL instead
of playing tournament Trivial Pursuit, but the answer is obvious.  Network
TV pays $$$s if you're in the right field.[or left field, or center]
None of it's very useful, but as long as the paychecks are steady....
>
>mr. cyclops, my dear

my dear what?  chickadee?  Watson?  Crick?

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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Touchtones and Alternative Librarians
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Yes, this looks like an especially delectable **E-OOPS**!@#!@#!@#

-abh

E-oops reprinted in its entirety below:
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On Wed, 30 Dec 1992 LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU wrote:

> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 12:10:50 +1000
> From:LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
> To: Multiple recipients of list WORDS-L <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
> Subject: Re: Touchtones and Alternative Librarians
>
> >This was on rec.humor - accuracy isn't a strict requirement, and neither is
> >"funny".
>
> Say no more!
>
> >Nope - he drinks it year-round, any temperature, all the time.  I only do
 that
> >with caffeine.:-)
>
> I do it with both! :-)
>
> >>That reminds me of everyone I know! :-)
> >>
> >Ow gawwwwwwd - you mean there are more of her?  Australia has me deepest
> >sympathies!
>
> The hot weather's to blame.... that makes everyone tired and irritable
> including me.
>
> >Well, over the phone...but still.  You remind me of me.:-)  Of course, if he
>
> The feeling's mutual..... I was going to mention it before but I didn't know
> how you would take it. :-)
>
> >really was a true jerk, forgetting his voice might have been deliberate.:-)
> >
> >--
> >                ###     Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
>
> Let's say.... he was easy to forget. :-)
>
> Carolyn
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From:         Rashmi <rashmi%Spl3.ECE.Drexel.EDU@COE.DREXEL.EDU>
Subject:      Goofing off Saturday
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Steve writes:
> I too was goofing off Saturday ... rode the South Shore Line from
> Chicago to South Bend and back, and did almost all of my Christmas
> shopping down in the Loop

Wish I were in your shoes - have to do most of mine yet!  I am especially
bummed as I haven't found anything for two of the most important people on my
list.  Every year I resolve not to do the holiday thangs - gifts, cards, lists,
but end up doing them all the same.  It seems to get worse each year, I spent
the past few hours setting up and decorating a tree.

-rashmi
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From:         ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM
Subject:      How I love the winter...
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What a thrill.  If I look out my window from here, home, I can see
cars sliding sideways down the street.  My car has a nice, thick sheet
of ice covering it, creating a new color for the spectrum: gray plus
acid ice = puke.  My wife took one look outside, said something
unprintable, and called in sick.  My kids have the week off from
school in the aftermath of tidings of comfort and joy.  If I have to
eat $60 in Nets vs. Hornets basketball tickets tonight because the
roads are too icy to drive on, I'm gonna kill something: I was really
looking forward to watching Drazen Petrovic stuff his elbow in Alonzo
Mourning's face under the hoop....
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From:         JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS
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Subject:      #108

I am receiving posts dated 11/22/92...
Somehow, in light of all that has transpired, it's appropriate...  8-(

JMW
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Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1992 02:35:44 GMT
From:         Graham Toal
              <gtoal%rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk%kate.ibmpcug.co.uk@KATE.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Nerve of steel
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: Graham, for your next trick are you going to drain Lake Erie, fill it
: with whipped cream, and have a chopper place a cherry on top?

Is this the punchline to a dirty story, Evelyn?

G (saying "How's that for a Knickerbocker Glory?"?)
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From:         Graham Toal
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Subject:      Re: Early morning blues...
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:Ouch! Perhaps you should think about emigrating.... a three bedroom house
:only costs about $100 a week and single accomodation is around the $50-$60
:@ week mark to rent..... cheaper if you want to share which most students do.

It can't be that great over there - we've had *lots* of Kiwis immigrating
here recently, for more money.  Your costs may be relatively lower, but
seems wages are *much* lower.  And I *couldn't* share.  Did that for 10
years and couldn't go back to it now.  I hate the overbearing social
pressure to share jobs and keep a place clean.  I can do what I like here.

G
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Subject:      Re: Deep beliefs

Greetings,

In fact, the use of holy names as "swear" words in the original sense is
proscribed in many traditions--suggesting that the practice is one that some
societies have striven to control, and thus that it is a practice that exists.
Bear in mind that in Jewish tradition it was forbidden to utter the
name of god.

Marty
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From:         Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Khat Scam
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> Obviously, the Somalis use this drug in a khat house.
>
> Ken

Which is well equiped with hidden scat cams.
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From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: No Honda of the Sun for Me
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> > All things considered, I guess I'll keep my boring car for a while longer.
> *Shrug* Me too?

Not necessarily you too.  You may not mind not having room to carry sleeping
bag, luggage, large Zabar's bag full of odds and ends, and a steadily growing
assortment of plastic bags full of things like shoes from a Bass factory
outlet in Massachusetts and exotic food from somewhere in Providence.  And
you may not be into driving a car at its maximum possible speed on interstates.
And your skin is probably not cancerous.  And you may be able to see in the
dark.  And you may not be worried about whether a half-beagle might suddenly
decide to jump through the roof.  Etc.  As I said, they really are cute cars.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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> I'm still waiting to hear from Betty and Aaron who will be away for a few
> more days, so if either Ausbrook, Susan, John or Gilbert would like their
> turns, I am just waiting to be notified of their choices of first category.
>
> Carolyn

I'll take Entertainment.
--ggs
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From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Song (for Natalie)
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> > > > not donne.
> > > If it were donne when 'tis done, 't'were well it were donne quickly.
> > To warm the world, that's done in warming us.
> Yet, if Thou hast done, Thou has not Donne, for I have more.

And, having done that, Thou hast done, I fear no more.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         Karen Kay <LL23%NEMOMUS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: My Search for Black-eyed Peas
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Posted on 27 Dec 1992 at 19:50:33 by Doris Smith
> Karen, what kind are you looking for?  The frozen ones are good,
> especially if you add a small piece of salt pork (or bacon), salt, and
> black pepper.                                                         dious.

I'm just looking for something to make on New Year's Day, that's all.

Karen
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From: rita@eff.org (Rita Marie Rouvalis)
Subject: Re: Boston gathering?
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Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 21:19:06 GMT

In article <01GSXZACR06QBIJAME@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU> RKESSLER@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU writes:
>What's this about a Boston gathering?

	January 6th, Rod.  Either Joan's or my place, but Rita L. cast
a pretty compelling vote for Joan's.




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From:         samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      RE: On the shortage of lives on words-l

>>Ausbrook, stop following up to every damned posting with vapid,
>>irrelevant and random remarks. As Ruth has said, it annoys her.
>>
>   methinks me boy is confooosed again....it's only tushiebaby's vapid
>and irrelevant and random and generally fucked remarks that annoy her.....

Now this is where your usual bullshitting won't work, Dan. There is a
documented instance of Ruth asking Ausbrook to shut up. To me, she only
tries to convey it with some brilliant but frequently obscure allusions.

As for annoying, it's still not clear from her haphazard remarks whether
she is claiming she annoys me or me her. Who is the potter, Dan, and who
the pot?

tushar
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Date:         Sun, 20 Dec 1992 14:14:51 -0600
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Seasonal comfort and joy
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On Sun, 20 Dec 1992, Graham Toal wrote:

> Whatever.  Hey, want to hear a funny one?  abh *prayed* for me the
> other day!  Bwahahahahahha!

I prayed for him not to be such an arrogant bastard, and as you can see,
my request was put in the prayer queue with a low priority number attached...

-abh
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From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Questions
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Thank you Neal, for a laugh - at Susan and Ira's expense perhaps, but a
laugh nevertheless.  They have been far too few lately.

doris smith (dorisann@tenet.edu)
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