HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: rowanf@crc.ricoh.com (Rowan Fairgrove)
Subject:  The Gypsy drags in
Reply-To: rowanf@crc.ricoh.com (Rowan Fairgrove)
Organization: RICOH California Research Center
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 15:50:42 GMT

The Gypsy arrives by the front door and glides over to
her tea table without even a small swirl of her many layers
of scarves.  The teas available today are mostly herbal and
health promoting.  She pours herself a fresh cup of Dream
Tea and sits down with a groan and a sigh.  

<I have been out sick since mid-week last week.  It will take
a few days to catch up on all your posts.  Hugs to all, welcome to
any delurkers or recent returns, apologies to any who have e-mailed
me and thought I was ignoring them.  I'll try to catch up on e-mail
today. <

Gypsy blinks and seems to visibly will away her the headache 
lurking behind her eyes.  <Gee, if I get it to come to Callahan's 
maybe it will lurk in the rafters instead.>     :-)

Rowan (Gypsy Woman)


Rowan Fairgrove

*****************************************
Current Book:  The Serpent's Tooth (Paxson)
Current Music:  Loreena McKinnett, Elemental
Current Movie:  Body of Evidence
Current Holiday:  Imbolc
Current Drink:  Dream Tea
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Question...
Date: 24 Jan 1993 03:03:23 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu
Keywords: hey you guys

Kitten writes :
> kitten, who is trying to be didi-obnoxious, hugs slash and rie and
> looks for didi.

Gee, and we all know how much trouble we have with that one... :-)

As the crowd cries out, "MORE! MORE!"

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From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Announcement!
Date: 24 Jan 93 15:29:15 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana


alfvaen:

>"I know of Andy Offutt, and he >is< my favourite Thieves' World author, and I
>even like some of his other books.  So you've met him and he likes your legs,
>eh?  Hmmm.  Homage is all well and fine, but why not name the boy Offutt?  Now
>>there< is an original name.  Or, even better, Hanse?

>"Does Offutt live near Shampoo-Banana, or does he have some other reason to
>come to Chambanacon?  I just recall him talking about having a slow Texas
>drawl..."

kitten:

andy is from kentucky....but he came to the first chambanacon 20+
years ago and has come back every thanksgiving since.  he and his wife
treat it as sort of a vacation.

as far as the naming of young andrew otto...his mama is a mundane and
proud of it...so offutt/hanse/frankenfurter/etc are not acceptable.

but he is a cutie and already watching star trek with his daddy.

--
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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: lazuli@byron.u.washington.edu (Fred Sloniker)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: John, Lazuli, and 'Poopsie'
Date: 25 Jan 1993 04:45:16 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: byron.u.washington.edu
Summary: We don' need enny steenking summary!

Bonapart@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu wrote:

>When Laz makes his way into the bar, John's standing on the opposite side
>of a crowd from him, takling with Rowan.  However, she follows as Rowan
>runs up to greet the newbie, and that's when she recognizes him.
>
>"LAZ!"
>
>John runs up to the squirrel, and enfolds him in a big hug as she
>enthusiasticly smooches him.  "You silly squirrel, why didn't you tell
>me you were coming?"
>
>Laz manages to indicate that a) he didn't know Leona (a mud character)'s
>player was here, and b) he could use more air.  John releases him.
>
>"Gee, this'll be lots of fun."
>
>Part of the wall dissapears as an Alien teleports in.  John watches
>silently, and then turns to Laz.
>
>"Gee, Lazuli, for a boyscout, you sure do keep interesting friends around."
>
>-john, who plays this girl on Furry, but it's just this chick, you know?
>bonapart@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu

Laz grins slightly, as Thyra departs to comfort a wounded crow, and John takes
her place.  "Um, hi," he says.  "Can I get you something to drink?"  He checks
his wallet.  Yup, plenty of on-hand cash.  "How long have you been here?"

				---Fred M. Sloniker, typing for
				   L. Lazuli R'kamos, slacker squirrel
				   lazuli@u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: To change, part III
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:53:50 GMT

>"So, a thoroughly mixed bag of changes here.   On balance, so far, it
>looks like a pretty good deal."
>
>__Randolph

   Good Luck Randolph ! Jim.

-- 
         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: yho@bmerh99e.bnr.ca (Yue-shun Ho)
Subject: Re: Bearcats (was: T-Bear replies!)
Reply-To: yho@utcs.utoronto.ca
Organization: Somewhere around Toronto
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 21:21:15 GMT

In article <1993Jan19.220223.10504@ee.ryerson.ca> dspeck@ee.ryerson.ca (DOUGLAS SPECK) writes:
>
>Yes, pandas eat bamboo shoot, many pounds (or kilos) per day, 'cause we're
>large, and heavy, and need lots of fuel. We sleep a lot, too, which is why
>I found a nice warm place by the fire to curl up in first thing. Root beer
>helps to keep us alert, since it contains CAFFEINE!!! Yay! Which is why I
>am up hugging people, instead of snoozing...
>

Root beer has caffeine?  Hmmm...  I didn't know that.  Maybe it has...
  but according to an article I read somewhere some years ago, Mountain
  Dew has the most amount of caffeine, among popular soft drinks.  Maybe
  you should give it a try, eh?  (On the other hand, why don't you drink
  coffee instead?)

yue-shun
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Bearcats (was: T-Bear replies!)
Date: 26 Jan 1993 06:33:17 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

In article <93025.132944KZAHLLER@MIAMIU.BITNET> <KZAHLLER@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
>"Oh, no, no, no, Yue-shun!"  Magda shakes her head.  "Mountain
>Dew has been bested in the most-caffeine-in-a-soft-drink-before
>-it-becomes-lethal-to-humanoids category.  'Jolt' is the new
>champion.  Their slogan is 'all the sugar and twice the caffeine'!"
>
>She sighs, a bit wistfully.  "When I go camping in August I tend
>to forget to sleep and eat (I'm too wound up) so Jolt always got
>me through the 2 weeks, 3 battles, and way too many guard shifts.
>Unfortunately, even I decided maybe I'd best quit when I discovered
>the soda had eaten *through* the cans sitting on top of my frig!"

I once heard someone say "Jolt isn't a drink - it's a study aid!" I'm keen
to agree, but it also is wonderful for a midday (hmm - what's past 
"pick-me-up"? AH!) "throw-me-about-then-drop-me"... And there's a
reason it tastes so bitter - regular cola is bitter enough, but DOUBLE the
caffeine without cutting it with sugar, and it's a drink only a student 
(speaking) could love!

Jolt : The Liquid Tac-Nuke!

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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: One quick question
From: mcspikgfm@dct.ac.uk
Date: 23 Jan 93 10:38:32 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

 (Christopher Francis Anderson) writes:

> BTW, anyone seen any episodes of Blake's 7 lately? Friends of mine have the
> first six episodes, and they aren't too bad. Some of the effects are quite
> amusing (like the cardboard cutout spaceships).
> 
> Just my two cents worth.
> 
> 
	No...Not recenly.....avidly watched it when It originally did the
rounds and it was absolutely great then......I was always waiting for orac to
pick up BBC Radio 1 or something. Your right....the cardboard butout ships are
fun.....No realistic effects for this program yet it is now a cult show...and I
used to and still love it....but what a really awful ending....I still maintain
that they left it open for another series. They could have been stunned not
killed. 

	Oh well.....Suppose I'll never know what Avon did at the end now...
			

								Mel.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jason)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Song list
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Date: 24 Jan 1993 21:36:24 GMT
Organization: the Polyhedron Group
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aaa.uoregon.edu

In article <C14v08.5yI@world.std.com>, wgarmil@world.std.com (Wayne S
Garmil) wrote:
> "Currently, the songs that are *not* on the tape that I have been asked about
> are 'Alt Sigma Theta', 'Yellow Subroutine', and 'Mr. Robinson' (which *I* want
> to see added to the tape).  If anyone has any others, please post them.
> There's still 30 minutes worth of tape I can fill."

Jason looks over the list. "Looks like a fun tape. You certainly have my
permission to add 'Yellow Subroutine' to the tape, if you like. If you have
access to an appropriate karoke tape, or one of those studios that lets you
sing to original recorded music with the vocals removed, the 'Yellow
Subroutine' lyrics should be an exact fit for the Beatles 'Yellow
Submarine' music-track."

Hugs,
Jason
From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Thyra)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: a Punday delurking
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Date: 24 Jan 1993 21:27:48 GMT
Organization: the Polyhedron Group
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aaa.uoregon.edu

In article <107681@bu.edu>, schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe) wrote:
> 
> Ruby Tuesday, aka hilp@hfglobe.intel.com (Robin Rosenbaum) delurks:
> 
> [ most marvelous story, most miserable puns deleted ]
> 
> >"We thought there was enough silver to last a while, and hoped the devil 
> >would be satisfied with that.  But I heard today that it's gold Wendy 
> >Ann's owing, so I have my ghoul ashes, carp, stalking cat, and kittens 
> >on hand."  Ruby settles back in the armchair to finish her drink.
> 
> Merlinvin finally catches his breath after ROTFLHSAO during Ruby's story.
> 
> "Ruby, that was a beautiful collection of stinkers... but may I make a
> suggestion?  Save your used kitty litter; then, the next time that demon
> demands something feline, you can give the devil his doo..."

Thyra calls out musically "Oh, Merlinvin, I have something for you."

He looks up in time to see half the peanuts in a nearby dish levitate and
sail straight at him, propelled by Thyra's PK.

Purrs and giggles,
Thyra
From: mwasson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Gecko-boy)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Descriptions...
Summary: leapin' lizards!
Date: 27 Jan 93 04:02:32 GMT
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
X-Disclaimer: Nyx disclaims all

OK, OK, I may as well join in on this:

Patrons may notice a table near the wall piled with textbooks,
behind which sits Gecko-boy, a tall, skinny haole* guy (*that's
Caucasian, to you mainland sorts) wearing a bright aloha shirt
and jeans. He has wire-rim glasses for near-sightedness, a roman
nose, and crew-cut brown hair. 

"Mike, can you shine the harsh LoR this way?" 

The bartender obliges, and the patrons can see that Gecko-boy
looks much the same in RL, though perhaps somewhat less ...
reptilian.

"Thanks, that's quite enough. There's not much else to tell.
I'm here in hawaii trying to complete my eternal bachelor's
degree, which was once to have been in philosophy (way back,
at NYU in New York) but somehow has become computer science.
I was born in '68, which makes me young enough to drink.
I'm unhappily unmarried -- my VSO, Ms Rabbit, resides in NYC,
which is vast oceans and a fairly large continent away."

"In my spare time (hah! private joke...) I'm the co-founder
of a struggling game company, an avid reader of fiction, 
occasional scribbler of same, and Wahine volleyball fan."

"Is someone taking all this down? No? Ah well. Oh, and
to any newcomers I may not have welcomed already, welcome
to Callahans."

With that, Gecko-boy goes back to reading a massive tome
entitled "Automata Finita and Other Black Magicks."

He looks up again. "Oh yeah -- I'm also lurking." ;-)

...da geck'


--
Mike Wasson (Gecko-boy)           |         U Hawai'i/Fat Messiah Games
mwasson@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu    |         #include <std_disclaimer.h>
"We should kill time, let's shut it down." (Sonic Youth)
From: carrot@bear.stonemarche.org (Little red-headed girl)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re:  On This Day
Distribution: world
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:17:26 EST

In article <1jlgbrINNeil@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert) writes:
>narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon) writes:
>
>>>            National Hugging Day.
>
>>If we have any takers, just jump on in (like you NEEDED an invite...)
>
>Rie climbs into the rafters and plunges down into the middle of the rapidly ex-
>panding hug.
>
>>Loving all!

	<HUG!> Rachel shouts, jumping in.
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|	carrot		   |	carrot@bear.stonemarche.org               |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ 
|   "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: daq@fc.hp.com (Doug Quarnstrom)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: A hectic look at the life of an active bibliophile...
Date: 27 Jan 93 16:24:20 GMT
Organization: SPUGE
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

S H L G Bisson (eesshlgb@gdr.bath.ac.uk) wrote:
: 
: "Then yesterday afternoon I had a phone call from a friend in Bath Sf. Anne
: Rice was to be talking and signing in Bristol that night... We managed to
: get together a car load, and wandered off to hear the author of the Vampire
: Chronicles discuss her work - and to get our books signed!

I have never really quite understood why people want the signatures
of 'famous' people.  We were in Seattle once and we went by
a record store and Laurie Anderson was signing records.  The line
was fairly short and I rather liked her at the time, and my friend
asked if we should stop.  My reaction was, "whatever for"?  She
would not have the time to engage in an even remotely interesting
discussion, and the signature was an odd piece of idolatry that
I have never really understood.

: 
: "Anne Rice - wow! And that's not all - on Thursday it's Bruce Sterling! Out
: come even more books... And another trip to Bristol.
: 
: "Oh, the hectic life of the bibliophile. It's fun though, and it's good to
: meet writers who's works you love."

Actually it would be fairly frighening given that most of them are dead.


doug
From: siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: <HI THERE>
Date: 22 Jan 1993 13:32:57 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
Keywords: <VERMIN>

   

  
>"I always wanted to pour a drink over a 6'2" guy carrying more weapons
>than an Arnie movie... Welcome to Callahans!"

slash is amused if unmoved by the sudden display of friendship(?)
the drink slides harmlessly off a subtly rose tinted force field
slash quickly mumbles something, gestures quickly and the liquid 
collects into a ball in midair, held in another rose colored field.
<SORRY, I ALWAYS FORGET TO TURN THAT OFF.> 
with a quick distracted finger snap, his personal force field disappears
he moves the globe towards Shonias,
<WANT TO TRY AGAIN?  BY THE WAY, WHO'S ARNIE?>

Rie watches this all with a slight "Make Him Stop" look on his face.
slash quickly gestures again, and a dark square wooden chair appears.
it has slightly off-orange colored cushions, and looks real comfortable.
slash sits down by Riekar, and looks vaguely unsure of himself (not a
first , but close)  he looks at the other patrons and hopes they will 
explain thir various appearances to him. hint.
<IF THE /* HAS AN IDENTITY THING GOING, IT MAY BE EASIER JUST TO 
CALL ME MARAUD.>

his eye is definitely caught by any other 'cybrids' (Jason?)
and he leans back in hopes of a good conversation...


-- 
/               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: testing tin
From: <KZAHLLER@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Date: Thursday, 21 Jan 1993 13:28:19 EST
Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service

Yes, but if you add audio output to a tin reader, that
would make it designed for use by people with a tin
ear, right?

(Giggle)
Aaaaarrrrooo
Magda-Wolf
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: 24 Jan 1993 02:44:03 -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??

<NO, RIE, THAT'S IN VEIN.  AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE PUNMASTER.
SHEESH
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.           /
From: keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Splash!)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Didi's ill, again :-(
Date: 22 Jan 1993 21:44:43 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au

schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe) writes:

>Merlinvin enters the Place with a slightly distracted and worried look on
>his face.

>"Folx, I've got a bit of bad news.  Seems our dear Didi-Sprite is under
>the weather again.  She's caught the flu, _plus_ a case of conjunctivitis
>just for good measure.  She is, as she told me, `not a happy sprite.'"

>Merlinvin steps to the line.

>"Health for Didi!"

><crash!>

<<CRASH!!>>  "Get well soon, Didi!"

Splash!


--
		Splash!		*To love is to LIVE!*
   (aka Mike van Keulen -- e-mail: keulen@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: hilp@hfglobe.intel.com (Robin Rosenbaum)
Subject: Re: Culinary Peculiarity (was Re: Dan'l hits Australia)
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:11:11 GMT

In article <OLSON.93Jan21225321@husc8.harvard.edu> olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson) writes:
>
>"And you eat them with complete radishment, I assume?"

"I condiment you on your quick understanding.  Re additons to burgers,
my thought is 'lettuce indulge' (which can get me into quite a pickle)!"

Ruby Tuesday, aka Robin Hilp
rosenrob@ccm.hf.intel.com or hilp@hfglobe.intel.com
Opinions expressed herein are my own and do not represent those of my
employer or associates.

Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Thomas J Lee)
Subject: Re: Midwest Gathering IV: 2/19/93 -- 2/21/93
Reply-To: tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Thomas J Lee)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:19:24 GMT

kitten writes:

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

	The Lamplighter sighs.  "Me too ....  Despite being married, I have
to admit I'm lonely."

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

	"I will be there too," says the Lamplighter, "imaginarily.  I can't
even afford to call on the phone this time."  A glint of Reality from the
Light reflects off his overcoat, highlighting his Lamplighter button, which
he made himself and of which he is somewhat proud.

The Lamplighter (Tom Lee)                "This is not a man who is leaving
tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu               with his head between his legs."
Current Kick: Mayan calendar (happy 7 Manik 7 Muan)             -- Dan Quayle
Current Listen: G. Gershwin, "Rhapsody in Blue / Concerto in F"
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: daq@fc.hp.com (Doug Quarnstrom)
Subject: Re: Burger chains
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:53:00 GMT
Organization: SPUGE
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

Thomas J Lee (tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
: Doug Quarnstrom writes:
: 
: DQ>This entire discussion leads me to wonder which hamburger establishment
: DQ>will be most appropriate after viewing the movie _Alive_.
: 
: 	"I can see it now," says the Lamplighter ... "Presenting the new
: McAlive Burger!  Buy one now and get your free cup with scenes from the
: movie.  Turns colors when buried in an avalanche."

Charming.
From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Goodbye, Justice Marshall
Date: 25 Jan 93 19:42:14 GMT
Reply-To: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


carrot@bear.stonemarche.org (Little red-headed girl) writes:
|>	Rachel sighs. "So many great people are leaving the world..."
|>She accepts the IBC that Mike hands her and walks to the chalk line.
|>
|>	"To Thurgood Marshall, first (and hopefully not last) black
|>Supreme Court Justice, the lawyer who ended school segregation by winning
|>Brown vs. the Board of Education, generally a great man who really cared
|>about the ideals he stood for. He died yesterday of heart failure at the
|>age of 84.
|>
|>	"Blessings upon you, Justice Marshall, wherever you may be."
|>
|><CRASH!>

"I was watching The American Experience on PBS on Dr. King's birthday, and
that particular show was on Justice Marshall's struggles to end segregation
in the public school system.  It ended with the Brown vs. Board of Education
decision, and the celebration the NAACP legal staff had afterwards...  Very
educational and uplifting.

"Goodbye, Justice Marshall.  The work continues..."

>>CRASH!!!<<

Starknight
spr@abo.dec.com
Disclaimer:  Huh?  What'd I say?
From: eesshlgb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (S H L G Bisson)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Didi's ill, again : -(
Date: 25 Jan 93 09:44:00 GMT
Organization: School of Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, UK

In the referenced article, KZAHLLER@MIAMIU.BITNET writes:
>Magda-Wolf waves at the mound of bedcovers.  Hi, Didi, I hope
>you feel better soon so you can drop in to Callahan's and I
>can stand you a hot toddy or hot lemon tea--that'll help
>the sore throat!

Ignatz looks over, turns to Steve Glover, grins, and starts to speak.

"Steve and I were considering at one point (probably at a con somewhere),
a rather potent cold cure...

"In the UK you can buy a rather pleasant decongestant sweet called a Locket,
which is flavoured with honey and lemon. The thought came to mind, when 
looking through Steve's collection of global spirits, to concoct a cold 
cure from honey and lemon flavoured vodkas...

"Hence the development of the Polish/Russian Locket... Definitely rather nice,
but it packs a punch..."

Ignatz Mouse/Simon H Le G Bisson...Reunite Pangaea!............................