HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: WANGH@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu ()
Subject: Re: ~{ryrp~}
Organization: Vanderbilt University 
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:18:10 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.21

In <BzMxoE.B1L@acsu.buffalo.edu> xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu writes:

> /* danluo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dan Luo) wrote */:
> * ~{U}:CHCNR3f1b3f8&>mA1CE!!#-#-#-~}
> 
> * BTW: ~{NRUR2;5=~}bian fu (bat) characters in zwdos. 
> 
> The characters are in hanzi-table.hz FTP'able from 
> ifcss.org:/software/data. The HZ codes are respectively
> ry rp, once you are in chinese mode ( by typing ~ and { ),
> you simply need to type `ryrp' to get _bian3fu2_. 
> 
> BTW, I found that HZ input methods are much faster than
> other inputing methods in the sense that it requires less
> number of keys to punch, let me give some examples:
> 
> character to b...
~{GkNJ~} HZ ~{JdHk7(JG8y>]J2C4T-@mJdHk::WV~}? ~{2;V*<FKc;zMxIOJG7qSP=i~}
~{I\UbVVJdHk7(5D2DAO~}?

Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.taiwan
From: Dag.H.Wanvik@kvatro.no (Dag H. Wanvik)
Subject: Chinese Language Training Software
Organization: Kvatro A/S, Trondheim, Norway
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:49:37


Hi!

Since I am learning Chinese I have been looking for software that
would help the learning of Chinese characters and words. 
Before I start making something, I would love to hear if someone has
seen anything, either running under Unix or MS-DOS, also commercial
stuff.

I feel it would be fairly easy to make a simple tool to quiz me about
single characters based on the available freeware and, say, Emacs
Lisp.  For example, by maintaining a score hit statistics file I could
concentrate on those characters (and later: multicharacter words) that
cause the most trouble. 

Dag
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Internet e-mail:   wanvik@kvatro.no
Mailing address:   KVATRO AS, Pirsenteret, N-7005 Trondheim, NORWAY
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Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: hchen@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (H. Chen)
Subject: Re: ~{PBDj:C~}
Keywords: Merry Christmas and Happy Newyear
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 01:22:18 GMT

In article <~{Fs6l~}.10.725164006@basil.eng.monash.edu.au> ~{Fs6l~}@basil.eng.monash.edu.au (~{BzE$~}) writes:
>~{9':XVnN;MxCq~}:
>
>        ~{J%5)Sd?l~}
>        ~{PBDjPR8#~}
>
>                ~{Fs6lWTDO<+~}

~{UbN;:CPD5DFs6lOHIzRT5)4z5.#,J9NROkFp5ZH}Ez<r;/::WV!#~}

~{V54K<Q=ZV.<J#,?RGk8wN;1\CbJ9SC4m1pWV!#HgJtDQRT1\CbV.J1#,>4Gk<SRTK5Cw!#?I~}
~{7q#?P;P;#!~}

~{;[=\~}
From: hwangk@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu (DAVE ROPER)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: ~{CUSo~}
Date: 27 Dec 92 05:26:00 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

~{:\8_PK?45=R;8vPBCUSQ~}
~{HCNRJT2B4KCU#:~}
~{:a4(#::\<r5%#,!!H}R2!#!!QcUs#:!!4sQcUsN*HKWVPM#,!!9J1XSPHKR2#,!!GR4)9}~}
~{H}WV!#!!;F;h#:!!HUBdR2#,!!?ID\SPHU#,!!GRTZOB7=!#VA4KNR2;K5?49YR2V*JGJ2~}
~{C4WVAK#:!!4:R2!#6T7q#?~}

~{IOFZCU5W#:!!02;U7"4sK.!!!!!!4r!!!!!!!!=-TsCq!#~}
~{1>FZCUSo#:!!7rF^K/@A>u!!!!!!!!4rR;?MLW;0!#~}
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: ampac@netcom.com (Marc Kulla)
Subject: Chinese Text in MS Windows?
Organization: AmPac International
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:10:09 GMT

Is there any public domain software to incorporate Chinese characters
into MS Windows applications (like MS Word)?

Thanks,

Marc
e-mail: ampac@netcom.com
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: yjj@janus.ctr.columbia.edu (Yuan Jiang)
Subject: ~{J5Qi~}
Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:16:10 GMT
X-Posted-From: janus.ctr.columbia.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

~{JTQi~}
From: BGGB@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA (BGGB)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: ~{@zJ7IO5D=qLl~}~{J.6~TB6~J.AyHU~}
Date: 27 Dec 92 23:29:52 GMT
Organization: McGill University


         ********* ~{Iz3=~}**********

1. 1792 ~{<FKc;z7"CwU_2i6{K90W2;VN3vIz!#~}
        ~{2?7VT-NDN*#:~}",invented caculating machine (first
         computer."

2. 1837 ~{C@9zBmDa@-:#U=S"P[#,GGVN6EN,3vIz!#~}

3. 1893 ~{C+Ts6+3vIz!#~}

         ****** ~{JB<~SkJEJ@~}******

1. 1848 ~{5ZR;EzLM=pU_5V4o0MDCBm!#~}

2. 1865 ~{<*D7K9C7I-7"CwC@9z5D?'7HIxBK:x!#~}

3. 1917 ~{C@9zA*0nU~8.=S9\LzB7!#~}

4. 1972 ~{C@9zW\M3:`@{!!6EB3CEJEJ@!#~}
From: W#FL@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA (W#FL)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: ~{@zJ7IO5D=qLl~} ~{J.6~TB6~J.KDHU~}
Date: 25 Dec 92 05:45:25 GMT
Organization: McGill University

In article <25DEC92.00557568.0233@VM1.MCGILL.CA> "W#FL000" <W#FL@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA> writes:
>In article <24DEC92.25515447.0057@VM1.MCGILL.CA> "W#FL" <W#FL@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA> writes:
>>1.~{J%5)4+M38hGz!0F=02R9!1~}(Silent Night)~{SI8%@JK98jB32)~}
>>  ~{WwGzFW3I!#5Z6~LlU}J=Q]3*#,4+KLVA=q!#~}   1818
>>
>>2.  Luna 13 ~{5GTB!#~}  1966
>>
>>3.~{0"2(B^:EIO5D0KC{Sn:=T1TZ=xHkTBGr9l5@J16AKL#<>IT<#>!#~}  1968
>>
>>4.~{0,I-:@N,6{=+>|1;C|N*A*>|Wn8_V8;S9Y!#~}  1943
>>
>>5.~{C@9z9z;aM<Ji9]4s;p#,IU;YWJAOH}MrNeG'2a!#~}  1851
>>
>>
      --~{G`G`~}
>>.
>>.
>
>.
>.
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: xcchen@iastate.edu (Xiaoshan Chen)
Subject: Re: Xie Jun, womans world Chess Champion
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:30:24 GMT

In article <1992Dec28.105641.20228@klaava.Helsinki.FI> zheng@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Huanquan Zheng) writes:
>Roger Uzun (uzun@crash.cts.com) wrote:
>> The romanization Xie Jun sounds strange to my wife, I was wondering
>> what the womans name looks like, written with Chinese Characters.
>
>Hello, Netter,
>
>~{P;>|#,UbJGK}5DVPNDC{WV#,HgNRC;<G4m#,UbN;J@=g9Z>|6~J.NeKj#,@4WTIO~}
>~{:#~}

zWP;>|JG11>)HK#,2;JGIO:#HK!#K}88GWJG8v9zS*5gWS9$3'5DR;8v8I2?!##

>~{V#;7H*~}
>




-- 
********************************************************************
xcchen@iastate.edu; 294-3887 (O); 296-7917 (H)
A volleyball lover
********************************************************************
From: ubacr46@dcs.bbk.ac.uk (G. Cheng)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: Re: Xie Jun, womans world Chess Champion
Date: 29 Dec 92 20:21:33 GMT
Reply-To: ubacr46@dcs.bbk.ac.uk
Organization: Birkbeck College, Department of Computer Science

In article 92Dec29130412@iris.is.tsukuba.ac.jp, kchin@iris.is.tsukuba.ac.jp (Chen HAN XIONG) writes:
>
>In article <1992Dec28.105641.20228@klaava.Helsinki.FI> zheng@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Huanquan Zheng) writes:
>
> |
> |~{P;>|#,UbJGK}5DVPNDC{WV#,HgNRC;<G4m#,UbN;J@=g9Z>|6~J.NeKj#,@4WTIO~}
>                                                     ^^^^^ 21 (!)
> |~{:##,TZ;qJ@=g9Z>|V.G0#,3F0T4sB=FeL3#,N*9z<JOsFeE.WSLX<64sJ&#,5+K}~}
>    ^^ Peking (?)
> |~{TZP!5DJ1:rO05DH4JGVP9zOsFe!#~}
> |
>There is a HXWZ (about last Nov. or Dec, not sure) introduced 
>Xie Jun. Please refer to cm911* or about.

It is cm9201a.
From: ming@acsu.buffalo.edu (Zhi-Hong Ming)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: Re: ~{CUSo~}
Date: 22 Dec 92 15:59:21 GMT
Organization: UB

In article <1992Dec21.075806.28003@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> danluo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dan Luo) writes:
>In article <20DEC199216061384@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu> hwangk@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu (DAVE ROPER) writes:
>
>>~{1>FZCUSo#:!!K.BdJ/3v!!!!4rR;WV~}
>
>~{Ub8vCTSo@O5tQ@AK!!#:#-#>!!U}:CHCNR3f1b3f8&>mA1CE!!#-#-#-~}
>~{B6R;P!JV!!#:#-#)~}
>
>~{CU5W#:!!1C~}
>(BTW: ~{NRUR2;5=~}bian fu (bat) characters in zwdos. Could someone be
>kind enough to tell me how to get those words in ~{9z1j1m!!#(#?#)~}and
>how to put them correctly in the msg. ? Thank you very much in advance!)
>
>Dan
From: BGGB@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA (BGGB)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: ~{@zJ7IO5D=qLl~}~{J.6~TB6~J.F_HU~}
Date: 28 Dec 92 00:00:58 GMT
Organization: McGill University


1. 1772 ~{?UFx6/A&Q'V.88GGVN?-@{3vIz!#~}

2. 1939 ~{Q]T10"D,K<3vIz#,TxQ]!0:CJ19b!1#,!08y!1!#~}

3. 1968 ~{0"2(B^#8:E75;X5XGr!#~}

4. 1979 ~{KUA*HkGV0"8;:9!#~}
From: uzun@crash.cts.com (Roger Uzun)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: Re: Xie Jun, womans world Chess Champion
Date: 29 Dec 92 11:14:24 GMT
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA

It was mentioned that there was a HXWZ a while back which
described Xie Jun, about cm911 or so, where can I get it
now, since that msg long expired from this newsgroup.

-Roger
--------------------------------------------------------------
bix: ruzun
NET: uzun@crash.cts.com
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: youngj4@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Jeffrey 'Taldin' Young)
Subject: Re: A Feather in Taldin's hat
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 05:38:48 GMT

In article <m0n50MI-0001E7C@agora.rain.com> feath@agora.rain.com (Feather) writes:
>
>The small grey bird listens as Taldin describes his hat, and hears his
>statement that he always wanted a feather in his hat...  ("not you, Feather!")
>
>The small grey avain gets a Rainbow Crow-style gleam in her tiny black eyes.
>
>"Heck, why not?"
>
><flutter> <flutter> <flutter> <flutter> <flutter> 
><PLUNK!>
>
>...and Taldin suddenly sees Feather's small face peering and grinning at him
>from over the front of the hat brim...  at CLOSE range...
Taldin blinks, and goes, 'Yeep?'  And holds his head veeery still. 
He giggles. "At least you landed on my hat, and didn't bring R-Crow with
you.  It could've been worse, I could've been combing my hair at the time.
(Like I ever comb my hair.  This is just a leadup to a pun, of course, since..)

"Actually have RL feathers for my hat now, thanks to some friends of mine,
as you know."  He gently reaches up to brush at the feathers on the back
of her head.  (What is it you do to 'pet/scritch' birds, anyhow?) 
"Hope things are better with your friend far away, yesno?"

"What's the pun, Taldin?"

"Oh, that..."



"..a bird on the head is worth two on the brush?"

Taldin the Blue Unicorn
Defender of Light
Walking Into Winter Wanderlands.

..an' a Merry X-mas to all who celebrate such...



-- 
TTTTT AA    LL DDDD   II   II NN      "I don't believe in a religion
   TT  AA   LL DD  D  II   II NNNN      that doesn't believe in me."
  TT  AAAA  LL DD   D   II II NN NN        Taldin The Blue Unicorn
 TT  AA  AA LL DDDDDD IIIIII  NN  NN          youngj4@pawl.rpi.edu
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: brumby@nella7.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen McNamara)
Subject: The brumby reappears
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:48:59 GMT


   The brumby totters across to the bar, looking like he hasn't rested for
over a week. Which is in fact close to the truth.

   "Tea, Mike. As strong as you can make it."

   While the tea is being brewed the brumby turns to address the bar. (And
in RL has to go and fetch Jenny who has decided to wake Robyn up. Typos in
the post from now are due to my typing one handed, someone is snuggled into
my other arm.)

   "Well, thank you to all those who congratulated us, due to a dodgy news
feed and a distinct lack of time to log in (funny that) I have probably
missed more replies than I've seen. Oh well, I don't think I could stay
awake long enough to answer you all anyway."

   "In any case, Jenny seems to be doing well, after her shaky start. Robyn
is getting better. And I am running myself into the ground. I can't seem to
help it, every time Jenny makes a sound I am wide awake, and usually can't
get back to sleep until I've gotten up to look at her. For now though, I
figured that if she's going to keep me awake, I might as well do something
useful, like show up here." :-)

   "Ahh well. The Jenny-monster seems to have dissappeared for now, leaving
a little sleeping bundle. I shall put her back to bed and see if it lasts."

   The brumby's tea arrives, and he sips at it slowly, trying to unwind
somewhat.


-- 
     The Silver Brumby of          brumby@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
      the Silicon Plains            brumby@zikzak.apana.org.au

      The grass is always greener on the other side of the network.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe)
Subject: Re: Definition of "monogamy"?
Reply-To: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 14:53:00 +0000


This time a sober response! Aahz, I'm afraid you hit a spot with me 
and I started another discussion entirely. Glad I did though!
First off, I don't think something this personal is worth flaming 
over. Do you like cheese? Do you like Stilton? Really ripe, soft, 
cheesey, gungy Stilton? I don't. Some people adore it. It doesn't 
hurt me that they eat it, unless we're trying to share a dish. It 
doesn't hurt them that I don't eat it, unless we're trying to share a 
dish. Attitudes to committment, faithfulness and promises and 
intentions are very much like tastes in food, I believe. It only 
concerns the person concerned unless it also concerns the person/s 
they are getting involved with.
Monogamy, to me, is committment. Choosing the other as your 
significant other and agreeing with them to be a pair and partners. 
That means that you don't get involved with another as well, on that 
same level - which is probably sex and serious long-term emotional 
support. Loving on the basis of "you are my significant other, you 
are my most important other, my primary relatoinship is with you". 
Some of us want/can only have/prefer/.... to have only one, primary 
relationship. Some people are happy to have a number of fairly deep 
relationships with different people. Some prefer one primary 
relationship with some secondary or tertiary or ... (and so on) 
relationships that involve some level of sex, emotional committment 
and attention.
What you put into a relationship, I think, is energy. Monogamy is 
saying that your energy goes mainly, first and in some areas 
exclusively to your partner. You choose each other, you choose to be 
together and you believe that the nature of your relationship is such 
that you want to make that committment and keep some things only for 
each other and not share those things with other people.
I really do think that flaming on this sort of subjet is like flaming 
on whether you should have pizza or indian food for dinner. Unless 
you are eating with teh person concerned, it's up to them to make 
their mind up. Discussing the whys and wherefores in a relaxed, 
interested, informative, questioning, supportive way - different ball 
game, of course.
Try soc.bi for some interesting attitudes to some of this... Can you 
summarise the main points of the alt.polyamory discussion to show us 
the level of the discussion?
Mary and her sober Tail!
+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Organisation: Me? You're joking, right?   |maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk |
|                                           |maryb@cix.compulink.uucp  |
|I know I type "teh" for "the" My fingers have their own accent ;-)    |
+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------+
From: narxtc@navier.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Pizza...
Date: 1 Jan 1993 19:58:58 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: navier.math.uh.edu

"It dawns on me - I haven't eaten in about twelve hours! I am just a LEE-tle 
bit famished, maybe? VPM, a cheese pizza please?" The Vpm slides out a cheese 
pizza : no crust, no sauce, no toppings except more cheese on the cheese. "ah,
lovely proteins!"

"You probably think that the band dancer aspect doesn't quite fit in with the
undersea theme, and I understand. But the Noah Constrictor IS an aquatic 
creature. I drink so many liquids, I might as well be living in them..."

To Feather : The rest of the band are anxiously awaiting answers to the 
	     question you raised...

To Mary : I hope you know I am STILL getting that blasted snow out of my
	  fedora. Thanks for the fun! I haven't ever BEEN in a snow fight!

To all : Thank you, one and all. I would rather spend this time with very few 
	 others. Take care, and keep flying.

--
*******************************************************************           
* Noah Ramon - The Bi-Bulb     * Your only limitation is your own *
* Mail to : narxtc@math.uh.edu * imagination - Beans Barton       *
*******************************************************************
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: The world, and what it'd be like...
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 06:27:43 GMT

[ deletions for bandwidth...]

>Darkshot maniests himself, in a puff of logic. He fixes certain people in
>the Place with his eyes, and clears his throat.
>
>The closest thing to passion anyone has ever heard colors his voice, and
>he rumbles: "You people need to get Out more."

    "Several of us are military veterans. We have got out more..." DJ.

>With that, Darkshot turns and walks slowly out the swinging doors.
>He does not look back.

    "We come here because its a good place to meet. We like to talk to
each other and have fun. Its the only place on Usenet where I feel
totally comfortable, " DJ.

-- 
         Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM 
             jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
                   Video. Cher: Love and Understanding.
          'Rush Limbaugh is the 'Chia Pet' of TV talk shows !'
From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Thyra)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Cook-kies...
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Date: 22 Dec 1992 16:57:18 GMT
Organization: the Polyhedron Group
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aaa.uoregon.edu

In article <1992Dec22.013941.14066@crc.ricoh.com>, rowanf@crc.ricoh.com
(Rowan Fairgrove) wrote:
> 
> > >"As a wedding gift, we got a roller-cookie-cutter, which makes cookies that 
> are
> >>a bit smaller than we are used to, but oh, the convenience!  We alternated that
> >>with our 'standard' cookie-cutters, which consist of a teddy-bear and a Santa.
> >>(We should really get some more--I like outre cookie-cutters.)
> >
> >>"They're cooked perfectly--not burned or anything.  Yum.  Tomorrow we 
> shall ice
> >>some of them, which I've never seen done before, but Nicole has...
> 
> >"Hmm," murmurs Jilara.  "Which reminds me, it's time for my
> >Christmas batch of gingerbread.  I have some of the most outre
> >cookie-cutters around.  (Nothing quite so outre as the
> >gingerbread coffins we did for a "Puritan Thanksgiving" party,
> >once--with icing that said "REPENT!")  My personal favorites
> >are the man-in-the-moon and the flying pig.  Maybe I'll bring
> >some gingerbread to Colleen's on Wednesday, for you
> >Callahanians who show up there...
> 
> >"In the meantime, I'll just have to whip up a virtual
> >batch..."
> --
> >  Jilara   [jane@swdc.stratus.com]
> 
> Gypsy looks up. Ooh, I love custom cookie cutters.  We have
> a mermaid, a satyr, a neolithic Goddess, a cat (or maybe two),
> stars in different sizes...  Oh lots of wonderful things.  Russell
> is busy making candy cane cookies (twisted, colors sugar 
> cookies) to give the neighbors.  He steadfastly refuses to give
> them little Goddesses and Pen (the plural of Pan right?  I
> once made an entire batch of gingerbread Pen. <grin>)

Thyra, in housecat form for a change, streaches by the fire and curls into
a ball again. With her head propped on one paw, she says to Gypsy <<Pegasus
used to have an address for a shop in San Francisco that would make custom
cookie cutters, to any shape you like. We now have several sizes shaped
like knight's shields, and one like a rampant Pegasus for her, and another
like a rampant bear for Jason (whose SCA device has two rampant bears on
it). I doubt the information we have is any good, but you might check a SF
phone book if you want to find the place. I'll see if I can find the name
and other information she had on them.>>

Purrs,
Thyra
.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jammer@eskimo.com (Lyle Harwood)
Subject: Re: Snowball
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 12:16:20 GMT

maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe) writes:

>In-Reply-To: <1992Dec30.104526.8798@eskimo.com> jammer@eskimo.com (Lyle
Harwood)

>TITLE: Re: Snowball
>Jammer is ambushed by the Lady...
>"Snow Fight!! Come on! Didi-sprite? Gypsy Woman? Jason? Michael? 
>Everyone? I feel just like a good fifteen minutes hurling snow!"
>Mary MerryTail lunges out into the snow-filled meadow after Jammer 
>and the Lady, hoping desperately that the same effect that keeps her 
>glasses in the fireplace will give her an even chance of hitting 
>someone with the snow ball she's scooping up....
>"Keep the mocha warm till we get back please, Mike?"
>Mary MerryTail
>+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------
+
>| Ommmmmm, said the lift                    |maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk
|
>| Organisation: Me? You're joking, right?   |maryb@cix.compulink.uucp 
|
>|I know I type "teh" for "the" My fingers have their own accent ;-)   
|
>+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------
+

Jammer takes yet another ball of snow, this time directly in the chest, 
and looks up in astonishment at this new threat.

"WHAT?" he roars.
"Stick together, do ye? Are there no MEN in this place?!"

And he charges off between the buildings, looking for [A[BAmmo Snow.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe)
Subject: Re: New Year Pizza Party
Reply-To: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:18:00 +0000


Still hanging on to a couple of Danger Mouse's tentacles, Mary's 
MerryTail reaches over under the table where she was sitting and tugs 
out a costume. A wriggle, a snuggle and... she's a dolphin with a 
MerryTail hugging an octopus!
"Pizza is *just what I feel like, although I've always wanted to find 
out what a popover is. And I *adore prawn crackers... wonder how they 
go with champagne. But for now, I'll go for a combination I'm itching 
to try out in a pie... crab and avocado pizza please, VPM. Yum" Mike, 
please can I have my champagne with orange curacao, brandy, a 
strawberry and a twist of orange peel? Nearly New Year's Eve......"
Mary MerryTail a la delphis

tell me oh ocotpus, I begs...
is those things arms or is they legs?

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| Ommmmmm, said the lift                    |maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk |
| Organisation: Me? You're joking, right?   |maryb@cix.compulink.uucp  |
|I know I type "teh" for "the" My fingers have their own accent ;-)    |
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