From: nsn@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Nick Nicholas)
Subject: Re: Australians (was Re: accidently out)
Organization: Electronic and Electrical Engineering - University of Melbourne 
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 11:20:53 GMT

idx009@cck.coventry.ac.uk (the Crisco Kid) writes:
>nsn@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Nick Nicholas) writes:
>>idx009@cck.coventry.ac.uk (the Crisco Kid) writes:
>Ah, *that* explains the pause.  I was beginning to wonder what had
>happened to you.  

Oh, actually I was run over by a bus :) . Or maybe it was a Roy-Iseult flame
war. And I hate it when Iseult makes sense. Loathe it. The cupsful of acid
*are* instructive, maybe more instructive than 'educating', and I sit down.
shut up, listen and squirm. I take my medicine; but I don't like it. Nor
do I expect her Iseultid00d to give a shit whether I like it or not. *shrug*
She's not talking for me, but for her. Good. I'm learning, not to placate
her, but for me. Touche'.

It delights me that d let off that much steam about Roy, though, because
I've entertained similar thoughts about d. And anticipate many have thought 
so of me when I've let off steam in my time. *shrug* They're my thoughts,
and I'm not interested in pursuing this any further. (Email will be
summarily ignored). I'm just happy that noone gets out of here unblemished.
It's a handy levelling...

...THIS is why I prefer meaningless fluff *sigh*...

Back to the fluff.

>I'm only sorry that I can't identify either the song or the singer.

I'll be your love slave *anyway*, Kay. It's a non-exclusive thing...

>>*smile* You see, Kay, being poly means you never have to scrub Mahler
>>(*or* Shostakovich *or* Hendrix *or* Bananarama) when picking up Tav. :)
>Bananarama?  Oh lord.

*guffaw* One Kay successfully *squicked*! ahahahaha...

"Guilty! Of love in the first degree" (Remind me to tell you some day about 
the double variations I composed on _LITFD_ and Suzanne Vega's _Tom's Diner_
four years ago...)

>You may take any excuse or none to deluge me, just as long as you do so.

Mmm... I'm keeping this one. He's *flexible*! %^)

Great synonyms for 'bisexual': when I'm on the phone, with my parents in
the living room, and I wish to be *ahem* discreet (I slipped up once, and
was there ever hell to pay :( )... I always say 'ambiecclesiastical'.
Praying in both churches, that is.

But Timbo came up with the *ultimate*: "Being non-discriminatory as to
which end of the candle you burn." *applause floods the hall*.

Timbo got me all the Tavener I have, btw, which is his new CD wot has
_The Uncreated Eros_ on it inter alia. I'd *love* to get a tape of what
you've got (I'd love even more to come after you with a vat of banana-
flavoured yoghurt, of course :) --- and ponder what I've got to exchange.
Cretan folk music not quite your thing? How about the CD of covers of
the aforementioned _Tom's Diner_? Hm. Email me and we'll talk business...

>>So have I eulogised Tori Amos' eyes today yet? (ObGenderParityPloy) :)
>No.  Please, who is Tori Amos?

*smile* Yes, I *do* go on about her a bit... latest confessional chanteuse
sensation, only moderately commercially successful, and tre's sensual
without the slightest hint of bimboism (a rare achievement these days
for a woman in the media... flamage of the media's depiction of women
omitted because it's all too obvious.)

>>... OR DEBATING ETHICS WITH HIM IN A SHOE-STORE?!?! :)
>Huh?!
Like I said earlier, I debated ethics with Joe in a shoe-store. And a
burger joint. And the Melbourne City mall. And I was being a miserable
Machiavellian evil bastard too. *shrug* It's like solipsism: questioning
the basic moral imperatives (like being nice to people) is ultimately
a dead-end, but quite instructive for when you do return to being sensible.

>She read this article over my shoulder, smiling happily, and gave me a
>warm hug to e-mit to you.   *HUG*

Right back at her, and at you in the middle. Hey! However did you get in
the middle, Kay! Ooh! :)


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quaero mei similes et adjungor pravis.      % Nick Nicholas, striver, EE&CS,
      --- Archipoeta, _Confessio_.          % Univ. of Melbourne, Australia