HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gmkoenig@acsu.buffalo.edu (Gerson V Koenig)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Contest: list Dave's "pants" references!
Keywords: pants
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:48:18 GMT
Organization: UB

Top Ten Least-Used Hyphenated Words
	2. Pants-happy

There was also a viewer mail segment involving a tissue like dispenser full
of heavily starched pants.

And of course...the tan chinos.

Gerson Koenig
gmkoenig@acsu.buffalo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: greens@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Shawn Green)
Subject: Columns?
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:32:01 GMT

I noticed in my hometown newspaper that Dave's column was missing.  My mother
told me that he hasn't been there for a couple weeks.  Is this global?  I
shudder to think that!  There was a letter I read some weeks before in the
Opinions section from some woman complaining about Dave's coverage of the
Republican National Convention (where he makes fun of the Christian Coalition)
-- she was going to stop reading his column, and maybe *he* was going to hell
but *she* wasn't, etc.  I'm wondering if maybe there were enough nasty letters
to the editor that they yanked his column.

If nobody else is getting their weekly Dave fix, please let me know here
or via e-mail so I don't storm the paper's offices with an Uzi.


Mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore,

Shawn Green
greens@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
From: merlyn@ora.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
Subject: "Dave Barry longs to visit HUGE ROOM at the Big O"
Date: 29 Sep 92 21:19:20 GMT
Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA


Today's Oregonian (Portland Oregon) gives a description by a local
columnist of a fundraiser to be held for the county library.

Apparently, they invited none other than our friend Dave Barry to
speak.  Now, this is a bit comical, because Dave's columns usually get
shredded by the "big O" because they don't believe the community can
hear words like "rat vomit" or "congressional spending" without
putting it in context.  A few columns were even pulled.  (Horrors!)

Here's the quote from the paper worth noting:

	"To lure him here," says Mancini, "we even offered him a tour
	of The Oregonian. He wrote back that he appreciated our asking
	and would 'of course love to visit The Oregonian and see the
	HUGE ROOM where they store the parts of my column that they
	have cut out'".

Classic Dave! (By the way, for the locals, he *has* accepted and will
be appearing on 7:30pm, Monday, November 16.  Yeay!)

Just another Dave Fan (I'm not making this up!),


--
Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095
merlyn@reed.edu (guest account) merlyn@ora.com (better for permanent record)
cute quote: "Welcome to Portland, Oregon -- home of the California Raisins!"
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: mcohen@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: My note to Dave
Organization: Clark University
Date: 3 OCT 92 02:36:29 GMT

I see everyone's posting their "Dave's letter" story, so I'll clog
the lines with mine.  I sent him the entire Dan Quayle Quotes list
from alt.fan.dan-quayle.  Printed this is 11 pages, but I printed it
at 3.5 point so as not to waste paper.  I guess he got a kick out of
it, as he sent me two bumper stickers.

I did explain Internet/Usenet briefly, along with the existance of
this newsgroup.  I also recommended he go to MagiCon, the world
sci-fi convention, but I didn't see him there.


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Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: rlc@venus.larc.nasa.gov (Robin Cravey)
Subject: Dave bumper sticker
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA  USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:29:20 GMT


I've been reading about people's letters
from Dave in this group and I had to add
my own.  I wrote him asking for a bumper
sticker to hang outside my office here at
NASA because I've been hanging up 
some of his columns so people here will know
who I'm talking about when I say I'm voting
for Dave Barry.  I also asked for a job as
science advisor or something.  I got a
bumper sticker and a note on official campaign
stationary:

Robin,

Hey, you can RUN NASA.

Dave Barry
Front Runner


Pretty neat.....
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: darrin@arrakis.engin.umich.edu (Darrin P Cardani)
Subject: Shake your grove thing
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 21:03:54 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Originator: darrin@arrakis.engin.umich.edu


Several months (maybe even a year) ago, people were discussing whether or
not there was a song called "Shake your grove thing" or if Dave meant
"Shake your Booty." Well, I just saw this in rec.music.dementia:

>Article: 4425 of rec.music.dementia
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
>Path: caen!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!quads!sens
>From: sens@quads.uchicago.edu (jeffrey david sensabaugh)
>Subject: Re: One-hit wonders
>Message-ID: <1992Sep30.163817.6694@midway.uchicago.edu>
>Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
>Reply-To: sens@midway.uchicago.edu
>Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
>References: <joshm.717748274@crash> <20951@drutx.ATT.COM>
>Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:38:17 GMT
>Lines: 73>
>
>More in the ongoing one-hit wonder discussion:
>
>In article <20951@drutx.ATT.COM> bdm@druwa.ATT.COM (Brian Millham) submits:
>
>>Here are some more that I came up with after searching my record/CD
>>collection:
>[much deleted]
>>Peaches and Herb - Reunited
>
>  I think they also had a hit with 'Shake Your Groove Thang' (Why do I
>remember these things! A good memory is as much a curse as it is a blessing.)
>
>Just my two cents worth,
>
>				Jeff
>
>-- 
>.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.
>Jeff Sensabaugh    : "People call me dumb, but I know my Smokey from my Bandit"
>                   :                              
>                   :                               - Laura Sensabaugh
>


Darrin Cardani
darrin@engin.umich.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: philip@stein.u.washington.edu (Philip Hallstrom)
Subject: What's his address? (for bumper stickers and cabinet posts :-) )
Reply-To: philip@u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:54:01 GMT

This is my first time in this group so bear with me.  A lot of people have
written Dave Barry for different things.  What might his address be anyway.
I too would like to get a note from the Grand Master himself (as well as a
cabinet post or two :-) )  
	You can e-mail me personally or it would probably be easier to post it
so everyone has it.  Thanks!


-Philip          		 | Scientists tell us that the fastest	  |
				 | animal on earth, with a top speed of	  |
e-mail: philip@u.washington.edu	 | 120 ft/sec, is a cow that has been	  |
				 | dropped from a helicopter. -Dave Barry |


Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton)
Subject: Re: DB as Usenet user?
Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp.
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 03:50:46 GMT

While I have told him about the electronic distribution, he may not
"know" of it, because he is syndicated in hundreds of places and
certainly won't remember them all.   They money he receives from us
flows through his syndicate, and just shows up as part of what is I
hope a large cheque with everybody else's money.
-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Sunnyvale, CA 408/296-0366
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: greens@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Shawn Green)
Subject: Thanks!
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 23:05:16 GMT

Thanks to all who mailed me -- it seems that my hometown paper has just decided
to stop carrying Dave's column.  Next time I go home, they will learn how
unwise that decision was.

Not to imply that I'm going to blow their offices up or anything.

Necessarily.


Shawn Green
greens@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: john@meaddata.com (John Manion)
Subject: Note From Dave!
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:15:09 GMT

I recently sent dave this letter:

Dave Barry
c/o Tropic Magazine
Miami Herald
1 Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 33132

Dear Dave,

     When you win, Can I be Ambassador to Jaimaica?  Actually any small
Carribean country wil do.  I'm voting for you Mon.  


                                              Sincerly,



                                              John T. Manion

P.S. My wife took political Science in college, maybe she can 
     be some type of advisor?



Less than 2 weeks later, I got a note back from Dave on official campaign
stationary that said:


   John,
       
        Sure, Mon.

             Dave Barry
        
            "Very Flexible"


The note was hand written (It's a good thing for Dave that he doesn't have to
hand write his articles!) and he included a bumper sticker.  

Too much excitement for me in 1 day!

-- 
|John T Manion      | What I like about    |                 (513) 865-1773|   
|Mead Data Central  | Beer is you basically|   Legal Collection Engineering|
|P.O. Box 933       | Drink it, then you   |              john@meaddata.com|
|Dayton, Ohio  45401| order another one... |        ...!uunet!meaddata!john|
                             -- Dave Barry
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: jefft@athena.mit.edu (Jeff Tang)
Subject: Re: "Dave Barry longs to visit HUGE ROOM at the Big O"
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:22:20 GMT


Wasn't the Oregonian one of the papers specifically not mentioned in that
uncircumcision column, you know where he takled about cutting the Oregonian
right off a mans Post Dispatch?
--
Jeff Tang
jefft@athena.mit.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: dwhitney@hamp.hampshire.edu
Subject: Barry of the Day
Organization: Hampshire College
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:23:55 GMT

-- My Dave Daily Calendar makes getting up in the morning less painful.

Since I am trying to diet this one was particularly funny - for me at least.
The only way to lose weight is to get yourself on, and then stick to, a
regular, planned, conscientious program of purchasing newly published
diet books.  Here are some I especially recommend: The Handsome Sincere
Random Doctor Medical Diet, The Elvis Presley Memorial Diet, Shed Unwanted
Ounces the Orson Welles Way, The Dead Preppy Cat Microcomputer Diet Book,
The Amazing Mother Teresa Weight Loss Plan.


dwhitney@hamp.hampshire.edu

Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: rlm7337@tamsun.tamu.edu (Richard L. Mcmahon)
Subject: Bumber Stickers...
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 06:17:51 GMT

Hi there...
I keep seeing people who say they get bumber stickers from Dave..
is there any cost for these? or does one just send him a letter?
I'd apply for the post of Sec. of Education, but I don't have any crayons
to write the letter with :)
And one more thing...someone mentioned Terry Pratchet posts to his fan group..
what group would that be?  No e-mail please, just post here...thanx

John Carney
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: sooz@iastate.edu (Susan F Bradley)
Subject: Re: Dave's responses (due to Andrew)
Organization: Dept of English -- IOWA STATE UNIV
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 07:29:59 GMT

In <25SEP92.03535473@vax.clarku.edu> mcohen@vax.clarku.edu writes:

>In a previous article, asalerno@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (antonio.j.salerno..jr) wrote:
>>I sent off a letter to Dave last week, and received a response this week.
>>It is a form postcard (letter) and explains that there is a delay in his
>>personally answering his mail.  The content is somewhat amusing and relates
>>to the hurricane.  I won't post it, so as not to spoil any postcards 
>>you might receive (I also left it at home).
>> 
>>Dave Cares.  Dave for President.
>> 
>>Tony

>Not to make Dave look/sound bad, but I sent him a bumper-sticker request
>about a week after the Hurricane.  I received the sticker and handwritten note 
>back a week later.

>So at least we know he's in good shape.  Hopefully he's just on vacation.  
>Perhaps they ran out of stickers and their printer is working overtime.

                MCohen@Vax.Clarku.Edu                 


    I got one of the form postcards, too. I'd mailed a letter to him about the
column concerning oldies stations playing all the wrong songs. Because of that
column, I had to endure "I Am, I Said" running through my mind all day, so I
had to retalliate with a verse of "Billy, Don't be a Hero"  Well, I mailed the
letter like the day before Andrew hit, so I was surprised I got a reply at all.

Sooz
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: cookc@aix.rpi.edu (rocker)
Subject: Re: "extra" column on hurricane
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 00:08:08 GMT

Note for clari.* subscribers - this column was also released
to clarinet and appeared a few days ago.

                       -rocker
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: leifmk@Lise.Unit.NO (Leif Magnar Kj|nn|y)
Subject: Re: Bumber Stickers...
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 92 18:49:41 GMT

In article <1992Oct4.061751.17342@tamsun.tamu.edu>, rlm7337@tamsun.tamu.edu (Richard L. Mcmahon) writes:
 > Hi there...
 > I keep seeing people who say they get bumber stickers from Dave..
 > is there any cost for these? or does one just send him a letter?
 > I'd apply for the post of Sec. of Education, but I don't have any crayons
 > to write the letter with :)
 > And one more thing...someone mentioned Terry Pratchet posts to his fan group..
 > what group would that be?  No e-mail please, just post here...thanx
 > 
 > John Carney

alt.fan.pratchett  

I think that is what you are looking for.

Leif the .sigless
From: peterc@lsil.com (Peter Cirigliano)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
Subject: DB as Usenet user?
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:20:52 GMT
Reply-To: peterc@lsil.com
Organization: LSI Logic Corporation

Does anyone know if Dave Barry reads any of the msgs that are posted in this group,
or is even, in fact, aware of it's existence?  I assume he must know about Clarinet,
at least conceptually, as he must get royalties from the electronic distribution of his articles over it.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: ted@telematics.com (Ted Goldblatt)
Subject: Re: "extra" column on hurricane
Organization: Telematics Intl., Inc.; Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 04:45:57 GMT

In article <1992Sep25.193128.19078@henson.cc.wwu.edu> lopresti@henson.cc.wwu.edu (lopresti robert) writes:
>
>I don't know if everyone else already saw it, but our local paper,
[ran a "special" Dave column...]
>Anyway, this was a column about recovering from the hurricane, and
>specifically, waiting for the claims assessor.
[and so on...]

Interesting.  This column ran in the Miami Herald in the (daily)
section (well, pages) about the recovery.  There have been a couple
of others, also dealing with damage at his house and his cleaning
and fixing up.  I wouldn't have thought that this sort of column
was sent to the syndicators - but I guess you don't really have
to be down here to appreciate this kind of thing :-).

ted
-- 
Ted Goldblatt    ted@telematics.com     (305) 351-4367
    Telematics Intl., Inc.   Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Newsgroups: alt.fan.alok.vijayvargia
From: gchacko@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (George W Chacko)
Subject: More from the *man* !!!!!!!
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 23:17:22 GMT

Repost:
Newsgroups: alt.culture.us.asian-indian,soc.culture.indian
From: alok@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (alok.vijayvargia)
Subject: Ten Best Reasons to Date Indian (Re:To marry (Indian) or not ?

In article <1992Oct4.233842.26140@midway.uchicago.edu>, moh2@quads.uchicago.edu (Kateri/Mary Anne) writes:
> 
> American men may be just as sexist as Indian men....but we have a
> *lot* more American men to choose from....by more than a factor of
> 1000 to 1.  The odds of finding a non-sexist guy are just much higher
> if you're dating Americans.
> 

Dating is not the 'odds' game. One should go on a date with a person 

1) Because that person 'asked'.
2) He is an honest person who wants to share some good times
3) There is something of value in a friendship with this person -
there is something to learn, something to give, something to do
together, 
4) You see this person as a prospective mate or husband.
etc.

> Because there are far fewer of them.  And while you might reasonably
> expect II women to have more in common with II men, the whole point of
> the IA classification is that in large part we *are* Americans.  As an
> American, there is *no* reason to prefer one race over another, so why
> should we go out of our way to date Indians when there are so few of
> them compared to other Americans?

1) Because they are highly educated and have a good potential for earning
2) Because they are intelligent
3) Because they are more family oriented, will take care of the kids
4) They know good Indian cooking ! 
5) They are independent and have accomplishments to their credits
(They made it to America) - you can be proud of them
6) They are more likely to be 'loyal'
7) They are less likely to divorce, hence more stable 
8) They are not 'football' fanatics 
9) They are of Indian origin - same skin, features
10) Affirmative Action - give them a chance  :-)

> -- 
> The autumn leaves are falling like rain.
> Although my neighbors are all barbarians,
> And you, you are a thousand miles away,
> There are always two cups at my table.		 - A T'ang Dynasty poem

Your poetry has me mesmerized. You are very lovely indeed but ...

So long,

Alok

Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
From: bwj@controls.ccd.harris.com (Bobby Johnson)
Subject: Re: Unmaking
Organization: Harris Controls Division
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 12:34:32 GMT

tao@ginger.princeton.edu (Terry Tao) writes:
: Did either Belgarath or Polgara use the Word part of the Will and the Word in the
: soap debacle?
: 
: Terry

I don't think it was written that Belgarath said anything...Polgara "blew on
it with a puff and it vanished"  I guess any sound will work.

Since Belgarath has been at it for so long, and what word you use doesn't
matter, maybe he has mastered the art of working the word into his conversation.

    "Hi Garion, whats up?" --- Poof, Garion is floating 10 feet off the ground.
                      ^^
                   The word

--
Bobby Johnson
From: tritt@wpi.WPI.EDU (Michael C Doherty)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: Zedar, etc.
Date: 27 Sep 1992 17:59:52 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu

I believe that in one of the books, Durnik refers to the 'whole scenario'
as being good vs. evil and at that point Belgarath interrupts saying it's
more like us vs. them and that such a definition clears away the excess 
baggage.
	Seriously, alot of what the supposedly 'good' characters do a lot
of 'evil' things (i.e killing, wenching, etc...) and it is this that Belgarion
often objected to.


Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
From: hitch@cs1.bradley.edu (Douglas Hanna)
Subject: High Hunt
Organization: Bradley University
Date:  1 Oct 92 06:27:46 GMT

I've got a copy of High Hunt here, unread.  Since someone wanted a 
synopsis of the story I think I'll read it and post.  For those of you
that want to obtain a copy for yourself here is the info:

Author:		David Eddings 
Title:		High Hunt
Year:		1973
Publisher:	Ballantine Fiction
Pub Book #:	32887
ISBN:		0-345-32887-6

I hope this helps.
--
       Douglas Hanna           Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA 
       HITCHhiker (042)        hitch@cs1.bradley.edu 
Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie,
A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly.
Ask me a riddle and I reply:
"Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie."
						-- A. A. Milne.
From: 2120158@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: Zedar, etc.
Date: 6 Oct 92 03:55:39 GMT
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW

In article <1992Sep25.191357.19613@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> p9b3@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (FLEET) writes:
>In article <92269.102827EXG106@psuvm.psu.edu> <EXG106@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>Maybe someone can explain something to me which has bothered me since my
>>Belgariad days.
>>Remember when Belgarath sealed Zedar in the Earth?
>>Well, WHY CAN"T ZEDAR JUST GET OUT?
>>Eddingings was not very clear about this.  Couldn't he just "translocate"
>>himself?
>>
>No: Eddings explains in the book that the results of sorcery are due to the
>visualization of the desired result by the sorceror. (What the sorceror
>Wills to be done).  When that Will is released, and the effect comes into
>being, it requires a COMPLETE understanding of that effect to dispel it.
>Since no two minds think alike, it would be nigh-impossible for one
>sorceror to dispel another's "grand effect sorcery".  At one point in the
>books, Belgarath (I believe), says "What one of us does, another cannot
>undo", or something along those lines.        
>
>I use the phrase "grand effect sorcery" above, to describe non day-to-day
>events, such as entombing Zedar in rock, Garion's creation of Adara's rose,
>etc.  It is these grand effects that require intense visualization that will
>differ from person to person.  In the books, there is frequent occurence of
>events where one sorceror dispels the effects of another.  An example of this
>is when Polgara frees Ce'Nedra from Zandramas' control.  Another example is
>when, in the Sardion's cave in _The Seeress of Kell_, Zandramas surrounds
>herself with an aura of darkness that gets dispelled.  These effects appear 
>to be "standard sorcery".

   I think a definition is needed here. There is a difference between
undoing and dispelling which may clear up the arguements:
  To Undo is in my mind is to make it appear that it never occured.
  To Dispell on the other hand just means to break the spell.
 The difference is that when Zedar is imprisioned, he is sealed in solid
rock, and to merely break the spell wouldn't lift him out of the ground as
the spell has already disapaited (ie. it only worked for a few seconds to
get Zedar down there).
 Now with C'Nedra, the spell was working at the time (requiring concentration
from Zandramas no doubt), and therefore could be broken/dispelled.
But not undone. Note the difference? E-mail me if not.

>> Eylon
>
>Dan Fleet: p9b3@jupiter.csd.unb.ca
>
Matthew Wadwell.
Australia.
E-mail:2120158@hydra.maths.unsw.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
From: pmcauley@maths.tcd.ie (Paul Mc Auley)
Subject: Re: Unmaking, undoing
Organization: Maths R Us
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:13:25 GMT

Maybe Belgarath just fixed up Zedar so that he was permanently incapable of
concentrating, (and therefore gathering his Will) thus making Zedar
incapable of fixing his situation.... only Zedar and Belgarath know where
Zedar is, so Belgarath is the only one who can rescue him.....
		Paul Mc Auley
-- 
__________________________.
Paul Mc Auley             |   God is real . . . . . .
--------------------------|
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