HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Dan'l hits Australia
Date: 23 Jan 1993 18:47:31 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

DJ Writes :
> >Parakeet sets off in search of something to wash it down with... > 
>          
>     "Parakeet, I'll buy your next Pearl Beer, or would you like a
> Lone 
>   Star ? " DJ.

What, no Shiner Bock? 

(for someone who doesn't drink, i sure know too much about beer) :-)
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From: siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: testing tin
Date: 24 Jan 1993 02:26:00 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

>kitten giggles and sniffs (anybody got a kleenex)..."there is very
>rarely an extended flamewar in the Place...not even if the flames are
>as small as kitchen matches...."

slash reaches into his endless fedora and pulls out an unopened carton
of puffs plus, the softy ones.  he proffers them to kitten, and on
top is a little note which reads.

<KITTY KITTY;

SMILE.  IT'S NOTHING PERMANENT.  I HAVE A FEELING SIR KNIGHT WILL RECONSIDER.
HE SEEMS A VERY INTELLIGENT MAN, IF A TAD EXITABLE, AND DOUG CERTAINLY MEANT
NO HARM.  TO SWIPE FROM SOMEONE EARLIER, HE SOUNDS A BIT LIKE EEYORE.  OR 
BETTER YET, MARVIN.  HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE CYNICAL AND DOWNCAST, BUT IT'S 
HIS PROGRAMMING.  AND THERE WILL BE NO FLAME WAR.  NOT IF THE MARAUD HAS A
SAY IN IT.  


slash slowly moves towards the secluded corner hiding the door back to his
home, the Taiwan On.  he can be seen to mouth something, and gesture.  as the
door closes behind him, fireworks burst into being in the very center of the 
pLACE.  an airburst reads

<FAREWELL TO ALL.  AND TO ALL A GOOD LIFE.  VEGETABLE RIGHTS AND PEACE.
		PLEASE RECONSIDER, O GUARDIAN OF THE SPACEWAYS.>


				NOT REALLY 
-- 
/               James Riekar, barhopping yoyist, at your service              \
Impersonated at Fort Hays State by Karl G. Siewert, pretending to be at K-State
\                      address=siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu                       /
 \           Never underestimate the power of the truly eccentric.           /
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: daq@fc.hp.com (Doug Quarnstrom)
Subject: Re: testing tin
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:37:16 GMT
Organization: SPUGE
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

Karl Siewert (siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu) wrote:
: 
: >I do know that it was not Kate Hepburn.  She is alive and well despite
: >rumors to the contrary.
: 
: <THANK THE GOD OF YOUR CHOICE IF YOU BELIEVE IN SUCH THINGS.

No, she is, really.  You could write a letter to her.  You
could kiss her on the lips.  You could take her hair in your
hands and use it to dry your tears.  Audrey Hepburn is the
poor unfortunate who is keeping company with different 
beings that a few days ago.  Kate lives.

: >: 
: >: <PLASTICINE BLOODSTORM TROOPERS?  DON'T FEAR THE REAPER, BABY.  THERE'S
: >: SCARIER STUFF IN THE PARKING LOT THAN ARE DREAMT OF IN YOUR 
: >: PHILOSOPHIES, HORATIO.  
: 
: >This is a reasonable assertion on your part, but I would not bet 
: >too much on it if I were you.
: 
: <TWENTY BUCKS TOO MUCH?>

It depends on your income.  My philosophy is fairly odd, however,
and is plenty frightening to any who realize the consequences.

But that is another topic.

: 
: 
:  
: >: BUT STILL, MY EVER 
: >: TRUNCULENT YOUNG FRIEND, WE ARE NOT THE JUDGE, JURY, OR EXECUTIONER
: 
: >It is a fact that I have been deputized by the powers that be
: >to be precisely the three things you list.
: <NO EGO PROBLEMS HERE>

In fact, no.  My ego is entirely fit for my purpose, and is, in any case,
largely a matter of elaborate affectation.  Were you to meet me, you
would likely think me a rather humble, self-effacing bastard.

: 
: >I imagine so.  It would be even more difficult were you to attempt
: >it with your tongue planted firmly in the cheek of someone other
: >than yourself.
: <CAN I CHOOSE?  IS MAGDA OUT THERE?>

This is entirely your affair, and I do mean affair.

: >It has been lovely speaking with you.  It seems you have a whiff
: >of the spirit of my posts.
: 
: <NO PROBLEMA BIG GUY. JUST DON'T CONFUSE MY SENTIMENTS WITH THOSE
: OF RIE, OR IN FACT FOR REALITY

Far be it from me to reduce your rhetoric to the mere
reciting of the rote lessons of reailty.

I will grant you more credit than that.

doug
From: siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Danger Room Run (The Polymath)
Date: 24 Jan 1993 18:57:11 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu


And thank you for the courtesy of keeping the
>blades peace-tied." 

jason hears a slight telepathic voice w/ a noo yawk accent say:
<WHEN I GET BACK, YOU MUST SHOW ME HOW TO PEACE TIE MY SHOTGUN AND
MACHINE PISTOL.

MARAUD OUT>
-- 
/               James Riekar, barhopping yoyist, at your service              \
Impersonated at Fort Hays State by Karl G. Siewert, pretending to be at K-State
\                      address=siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu                       /
 \           Never underestimate the power of the truly eccentric.           /
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Not another one?!
From: olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson)
Date: 25 Jan 93 23:23:36
Organization: Spam-On-A-Rope Inc.
In-reply-to: keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au's message of 26 Jan 1993 06:02:58 GMT

In article <1k2k6iINN230@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Splash!) writes:

>Splash is delighted to announce the arrival to this world of Ashlee
>Keulen-Brain.  After a 1h15m delivery (we only _just_ made it to the
>hospital) Lesley delivered a healthy 3485g (7lb 11oz) baby girl (length
>49cm, head circ. 34cm, for those who like the stats.).  Mother and
>daughter are both doing well.

"Welcome to life, Ashlee! May it be joyful and fulfilling!" <crash!>


--
-Chip Olson. | olson@husc.harvard.edu | ceo@{gnu.ai,silver.lcs}.mit.edu
This article is a natural product.  The slight variations in spelling and
grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to
be considered flaws or defects.
From: olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Toast for friends
Date: 27 Jan 93 07:09:00 GMT
Organization: Spam-On-A-Rope Inc.
In-reply-to: 's message of Monday, 25 Jan 1993 14:58:58 EST

In article <93025.145858KZAHLLER@MIAMIU.BITNET> <KZAHLLER@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:

>Magda puts a dollar bill down on the bar and, after thinking
>for a moment, requests a cherry brandy.  Slowly she walks to the
>chalkline and stands staring into the fire for a moment.

[lots of really bad news deleted]

>"There are other tragedies and heart-breaks I'm dealing with now,
>but they weren't such a shock to me.  Anyway, this toast is for
>all of them.  Friends, to the survivors!  To those who must stay
>behind when friends and family ride westward, to those who are
>left behind when others leave them, to those who are taken from
>those they love against their will."

Castellan goes over to Magda and gives her a long hug.

"I know at least a small part of what you're going through... last month, a
friend of mine at Simon's Rock of Bard College was shot and killed when a 
student decided to take a stroll through campus and try out his new assault
rifle. The thing I'm most thankful for is that I was told by a friend before
seeing it on the news.

"To survival!  To finding the strength to carry on in the face of tragedy.""
<crash!>




--
-Chip Olson. | olson@husc.harvard.edu | ceo@{gnu.ai,silver.lcs}.mit.edu
This article is a natural product.  The slight variations in spelling and
grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to
be considered flaws or defects.
From: JBrandt@AAA.Uoregon.EDU (Jason & Pegasus)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Date: 27 Jan 93 05:09:16 GMT
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Organization: The Polyhedron Group
NNTP-Posting-Host: fp1-dialin-1.uoregon.edu

In article <1993Jan26.190203.21227@e2big.mko.dec.com>,
pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan) wrote:
> In article <JBrandt-250193223310@aaa.uoregon.edu>, JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jason) writes:
> |>"Anyone know how the elemental cycle is calculated into the Chinese years?"
> 

<Starknight explains, referring to a book.>
> 
> "Anyway, I realize this is a very long-winded answer to a simple question, but
> I happen to know something about it, and like to show off occaisionally."
 
Pegasus looks at the Starknight "Beg pardon, Sir Knight, but can you give
me a bibliographic citation on the book you mentioned? I'd like to read it.
Sounds -fascinating-."

> |>"BTW - Pegasus was born in the year of the Hare. Roosters and Hare's aren't
> |>supposed to get along with each other. And according to the European zodiac
> |>or modern biorhythms, we should be at each other's throats. But we've been
> |>together  more than 13 years, counting the four we were dating before we
> |>married. Go figure."

> "Well, as I stated before, there are lots of modifying factors...  As for
> Western astrology, have you two ever had your charts cast?  Your planets might
> be in sync, which would change your personal horoscopes tremendously..."
> 
> (Sean was once considering astrologer as a possible second profession.)

Pegasus again. "Can't do it, at least not accurately. I've -never- been
able to accurately determine muy time of birth. The hospital I was born at
-refused- to tell me, claiming it was on my birth certificate - which it
isn't."

Jason gives her a hug around her equine neck. "We have had several people
try to cast charts for us with what information we -do- have, and they
-all- come up wierd. None of them indicate we should work out. Well, we
have our stormy times, but as we say, 'marriages are made in heaven, and so
is thunder and lightning!'"

"By the way, if you've been into astrology et-al, have a look at this."
Jason holds out his hands. "Know anything about palm reading? Every palm
reader I've ever shown my hands to either refuses to read them, or gets
garbled results. Take a look, and try to determine where my heart line and
life line are." Those who can see his hands notice an odd thing. The two
lines that most folks have, which approach from opposite sides of the palm,
on Jason are a -single- line, from one side straight across to the other.
"Anyone know what -that's- supposed to mean?"

Jason & Pegasus
From: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Dan'l hits Australia
Date: 27 Jan 93 09:42:00 GMT
Reply-To: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk


Speaker is cosmic-minded...
"Am I part mexican? no, I just like chocolate. Could I be *honorary 
part mexican?"
MerryTail grins
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|I know I type "teh" for "the" My fingers have their own accent ;-)    |
|                           OK, I just can't type ;-))                 |
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe)
Subject: Re: Clueless newbie ventures in...
Reply-To: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:55:00 +0000


"Doug"
MerryTail puts hand (and tail) on hips
"I'm sure you don't need *me to tell you waht you cn do with a hug... 
or where you can put it ;-)"
(Where can you put it? *Anywhere! I like to keep one at teh back of 
my neck and... what do you mean "that's a white rat". Cartoon mouse, 
surely?)
MerryTail the hugger and huggeree
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|I know I type "teh" for "the" My fingers have their own accent ;-)    |
|                           OK, I just can't type ;-))                 |
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: ablanch@physics.su.OZ.AU (Shonias)
Subject: Re: One quick question
Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 09:22:38 GMT

In article <g0N2XB4w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> ekho@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (amanda rothman) writes:
>  Still attempting a quick recovery from that near accident, Amanda replies,
>"B-Movie?!  Perhaps I'm deluded (no comments from the peanut gallery ;), but
>Blakes 7 just doesn't equate with Vampire Nurses from Mars... well, there
>may be one character in it that does..."  She dodges a swipe from Ekho with
>a grin.

Shonias looks vaguely cynical (how does one look cynical?), "Don't they 
base the quality of a program on its budget in America? Mind you, it must 
still have had a greater budget than 'Revenge of the Killer Tomotoes'..."
Says she who has been known to spend an evening watching 'Return of the
Living Dead", "Surf Nazis Must Die" and "Toxic Avenger"...

Shonias Q'Tari

--
*********************
Wave your little wand
Weave a little spell
Make a little magic
Raise some hell!
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe)
Subject: Re: One quick question
Reply-To: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:58:00 +0000


Be nice... some of us grew up on Blake's Seven. Low budget SF... but 
what about the dailogue
Vila: I have thei terrible headache...
Avon: have you considered amputation?

MerryTail - Make Mine Deadpan
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: lunisea@netcom.com (Stephanie Alford)
Subject: Re: Didi's ill, again : -(
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:21:48 GMT

In article <01GTY9FDWG5C8Y7C0Q@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU> PCAHN@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU writes:
>X-VMS-News: eagle.wesleyan.edu alt.callahans:14216
>
>Quoth the Bi-Bulb:
> 
>> But help stamp out sheep films!
>
>Rounder is seen in the middle of the floor jumping up and down upon reel after
>reel of celuloid.  You heard what the man said!

Having just been to Westech (a job fair), SEA is still wearing her interview
suit, which includes heels (she's been through 3 pairs of pantyhose in a week,
she thinks the higher powers are trying to tell her something) and seeing what
is happening, she joins in the fun.  Daintily (it's hard for her to walk
in heels), she stomps hard on a pice of film, then she stomps again, and again,
giggling maniacally, she finds a rhythm and continues stomping.  Unnoticed,
the celluloid begins turning into postal stamps.


Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: a Punday delurking
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:49:27 GMT

[ snip, snip ]

>makes tracks back under the rail, dragging some smoking cards and
>perhaps seeking a game of chemin-de-fer.

  "Hmm. I thought a 'chemin-de-fer' was a very poisonous snake, " DJ.

>"Hi," she says, "I'm Ruby Tuesday."  She puts a bill on the bar and 
>accepts a tomato juice with a slice of lemon.

  "Well Ruby Tuesday, welcome to our gathering center ! We are located
 at this fine location. Its alot of fun here. Even doug says something
 funny from time to time..." DJ.

  "Gee Boss, you didn't say P**** once !" Robbie.

  "Robbie, don't spoil the 'joke' !" Linda.

-- 
         Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM 
             jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
                      Video. Peter Gabriel: Steam 
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: Midwest Gathering IV: 2/19/93 -- 2/21/93
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 15:39:29 GMT

c-hawk says:
[ invite deleted]

>"If there's anything else that you feel like bringing along, bring it!
>I have a copy of Encore, but other games would be welcome.  We can forage
>for food (I'll drag Kitten out to Heinen's, and we can loot their entire
>supply of junk food), and hopefully we can dragoon Ray into doing up a
>Chinese masterpiece one night, but if you feel like bringing some along,
>by all means, do so.  If you get the feeling that this is a relatively
>casual affair, you're probably right...."  Out of the corner of his eye,
>the man notices the rabbit eating from the plates on the table.  "Tuxedo!
>Stop it!  Wascally wabbit...."  He stands, shoos the bunny away from the 
>brownies, and looks meaningfully at her.  "And if you're *really* lucky, 
>I'll treat everyone to some of my world-famous rabbit stew....

kitten sniffs, "i really need a callahans gather right now...and a
trip through the junk food aisle with you, c-hawk.  and a hug from
john (and from everyone else) and a hot game of encore...

but don't count on us...RL is a pain in the butt, and it is unlikely
we will be there in body.  but we will in spirit."

kitten hugs c-hawk and pets tuxedo...and tries to figure out how to
hug a puddle on the floor.

--
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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 
"it's not easy being a cast iron bitch--it takes years of practice.
most people don't appreciate that.
From: ekho@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (amanda rothman)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Culinary Peculiarity (was Re: Dan'l hits Australia)
Date: 25 Jan 93 04:54:32 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jason) writes:

> In article <1993Jan23.052457.11093@atlantis.uucp>, aaron@atlantis.uucp
> wrote:
> > Alfvaen nods.  "We have Fuddruckers' in Edmonton, at least.  So they must b
> > fairly widespread.
> 
> Jason nods. "Yep. There's one in Portland, Oregon, too. Big chain."

  Amanda chimes in, "Several Rudd- uh, Fuddruckers here in Florida.  What's
the beef with hamburger restaurants?  I prefer a stake if I'm going to eat
read meet..."

              Yours in Time and Space
From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jason)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Sudden Silence
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Date: 21 Jan 1993 06:40:04 GMT
Organization: the Polyhedron Group
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aaa.uoregon.edu

In article <JBrandt-200193122813@aaa.uoregon.edu>, JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU
(Jason) wrote:
> 
> "Oh no, it's happening again . . ."
> 
> Jason finishes hugging The Scribe, and suddenly everyone in the place
> shimmers and disappears. He walks around the empty room for a day and a
> half, looking for signs of life. Nothing. Even the Counter-Clock behind the
> bar has stopped.
> 
> "Can anyone hear me?" he shouts. If you can, please e-mail to me at
> <JBrandt@aaa.uoregon.edu>. Thanks.
> 
> He gets out his Cyberdeck and starts fiddling with TCP settings, Ethernet
> addresses, and other possible barriers between himself and his friends.

Jason reaches into his jacket, and takes out a pair of blue metallic
mirrored shades. They have a short, black fiber-optic cable that he
connects to the second jack in his cyberlink. He puts them on, and does his
best Ray Charles impression, cocking his head back, looking nowhere in
particular, and speaking to whomever may be around him.

"Well folx, at least we know my 'deck works. I can -send- posts, and can
send and receive e-mail. But for the moment, Thyra and I are ABEND, as far
as being able to respond to what the rest of you say and do here. That goes
for Pegasus and Phoenix, too. Other newsgroups -are- working at my site. I
got new posts today from alt.fan.furry and alt.cyberpunk. But as far as
reading alt.callahans goes, I'm running deaf and blind. If you want to get
my attention, e-mail to me at <JBrandt@aaa.uoregon.edu>. Many thanks to all
of you who cofirmed that my posts are making it to Callahans. I'll have a
chat with my sysop tomorrow and we will see if I can get the problem fixed.
Meanwhile, I have not seen any posts since the one The Scribe did, with a
Sergeant Decker filksong."

"I'll letcha know when we can see again. Mike! Bring me a rum and coke
please, and set it on the green circle, right there." He points a finger,
and a holographic circle the diameter of one of Mike's standard glasses
forms on the table top, to the right of Jason's cyberdeck. "I'm feelin a
mite rummy just about now, so that's the right drink."

A holographic keyboard appears just above Jason's Cyberdeck, and he starts
to quietly play the blues.
From: carrot@bear.stonemarche.org (Little red-headed girl)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Not another one?!
Distribution: world
Date: 25 Jan 93 19:35:43 EST

	"A FOURTH baby? Wow. This is getting to be kids' heaven."
Soem patrons might notice that Rachel has almost a Spritely gleam to
her eyes...

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|	carrot		   |	carrot@bear.stonemarche.org               |
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|   "Feel what might be. See what I see. Again and again and again and    |
| again say you don't. You say you don't, but you will.                   |
|   "How can you be so near and not see?" -"If You Intend"-10,000 Maniacs |
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From: siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: I/O, I/O, it's off to pun we go (was Re: Dan'l hits Australia)
Date: 23 Jan 1993 15:59:46 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert) allows his friend to write:
><I'LL HAVE A FINGER SANDWICH, HOLD THE MOLD.  AND FOR MY FRIENDS, 
>TONGUE ON RIE.  BA DUMP BUMP>
><MARAUD <MERCIFULLY>OUT>

Did I hear someone taking my name in vain??

Rie
-- 
/               James Riekar, barhopping yoyist, at your service              \
Impersonated at Fort Hays State by Karl G. Siewert, pretending to be at K-State
\                      address=siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu                       /
 \           Never underestimate the power of the truly eccentric.           /
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: dspeck@ee.ryerson.ca (DOUGLAS SPECK)
Subject: Oi!
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:16:59 GMT


T-Bear turns to douglas with a small frown of annoyance, and says, "Oi!
I didn't ask for silly remarks (this time...), I asked for FEEDBACK, not
one's feed returned...And another thing, you didn't provide any description
of yourself. So, where is it? What do you look like? "

And returns to whatever he was doing...

Rumbles 'n snorts,
T-Bear.

-- 
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