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Fantasy » alt.fan.pratchett » [I] Water voles
| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294795 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 00:24 |
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On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:25:44 +0000, Anastasia wrote:
> Good of you.
y'welcome :)
--
Kind regards,
Julian Hall
"I'm only on the planet because I missed the bus home"
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294808 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 01:44 |
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> >> I have decided that stupid people have too much power in this state. :p
> >
> > That's democracy for you.
>
> Actually it's a steenking republic. I'm not sure what the difference is, I
> learned it government class. ;)
In a republic, everyone votes for the people they want in their
government.
In a democracy, everyone IS the government.
And you thought we had bloated governments now? Can you imagine the
confusion if every day, people were trying to get us to vote for their
latest proposal? IE, we had Madison Avenue being the lobbying voice of
the nation, rather than K street?
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294821 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 05:13 |
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"Boyd Bottorff" <nomail [at] nomail.com> wrote in message
news:1hi0ozg.1bej634ujv2jmN%nomail [at] nomail.com...
>> >> I have decided that stupid people have too much power in this state.
>> >> :p
>> >
>> > That's democracy for you.
>>
>> Actually it's a steenking republic. I'm not sure what the difference
>> is, I
>> learned it government class. ;)
>
> In a republic, everyone votes for the people they want in their
> government.
>
> In a democracy, everyone IS the government.
>
> And you thought we had bloated governments now?
Why yes I do actually. :)
Can you imagine the
> confusion if every day, people were trying to get us to vote for their
> latest proposal? IE, we had Madison Avenue being the lobbying voice of
> the nation, rather than K street?
Influence peddling is nasty business no matter who is doing it. Big
business dictates so much of what Washington does these days, it might as
well be Madison Avenue because of who they represent, but I do see your
point.
Aggie
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294822 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 05:16 |
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"CeltiKaos" <lists [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.kaotic.co.uk>
wrote in message
news:pan.2006.07.05.10.17.01.399496 [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.kaotic.co.uk...
> On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:21:10 +0000, Aggie Angst wrote:
>
>> Or we could demand that if they're not bright, they should at least be
>> attractive...
>> 8o
>> Aggie
>
> Well that lets out John Prescott, and come to think of it the rest of the
> UK Government :)
I take it you haven't seen much of our bunch. If my granny were alive she'd
say, "Dick Cheney's got to slip up on a dipper to git a drink!"
:)
Aggie
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294823 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 05:17 |
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"Lesley Weston" <brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C0D12E44.4B22E%brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk...
> in article W6Hqg.3349$cd3.2697 [at] newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net, Aggie
> Angst
> at aggieangst [at] myinvalidway.com wrote on 04/07/2006 9:21 PM:
>
>>
>> "CeltiKaos" <lists [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.kaotic.co.uk>
>> wrote in message
>> news:pan.2006.07.01.18.05.23.750933 [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.ka
>> otic.co.uk...
>>> On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 14:26:48 +0000, Aggie Angst wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alligator Advocate Aggie
>>>> IQ tests for all public officials!
>>>
>>> You can't do that! We'd have no public offi...
>>>
>>> *clang as penny drops*
>>>
>>> Ahah! Good plan.. I like it! ;)
>>> --
>> Or we could demand that if they're not bright, they should at least be
>> attractive...
>
> Or if we don't find them handsome we should at least find them handy.
>
And there's the rub...
Aggie
:)
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| Re: [I] Bears, thinking alike and weirdness (Was: Water voles) [message #294825 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 05:20 |
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"jester" <usenet [at] jester.nu> wrote in message
news:slrnean3a7.5k4.usenet [at] angel.jester.nu...
> On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:35:44 GMT, Aggie Angst
> <aggieangst [at] myinvalidway.com> wrote:
>>
> <snip everything to get at a footnote>
>>Aggie[2]
>
>>[2] David Bowie fears me.
>
> Nah, it was #afp on IRC he called a bunch of weirdos, not the newsgroup.
>
That's hysterical. When David Bowie calls you a weirdo, you know you've
done something either very right or very wrong. Not sure which yet. :^D I
mean he's always been described as a very dull, milquetoast kind of guy...
Aggie
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294826 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 05:21 |
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"CeltiKaos" <lists [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.kaotic.co.uk>
wrote in message
news:pan.2006.07.05.10.18.49.842096 [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.kaotic.co.uk...
> On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:37:28 +0000, Aggie Angst wrote:
>
>> I watched an animal planet special the other day that showed Japanese
>> crows taking aim at people and pooping on them intentionally. I always
>> suspected crows have a sense of humor.
>>
>> Aggie
>
> I don't suppose you happen to speak 'crow'? I have some requests ;)
I know a whole bunch of the sign language :)
Aggie
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294828 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 05:24 |
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"Anastasia" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:aIHqg.3407$ye3.1855 [at] newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Aggie Angst wrote:
>> There were "DON'T FEED THE BEARS!"
>> signs all over, but inevitably some mo-ron would try. Once this
>> guy hopped out of his car with a bag of marshmallows and offered a
>> marshmallow to a black bear.
>
> When I was in HS, my mom got me a book called _Alaska Bear Tales_.
>
> Grizzlies are the most dangerous, but blacks and browns aren't teddy
> bears. That ass is lucky it didn't gut him in front of his kids.
I know. It just shows that the bear was loads smarter than he was. A wild
animal will mess you up if it feels threatened. I don't understand the need
to try to make a pet out of every walking creature. The bear community is
probably still laughing about that one. I know I am.
;)
Aggie
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294829 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 05:28 |
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"Lesley Weston" <brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C0D12FC3.4B22F%brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk...
> in article YfHqg.3356$PE1.2393 [at] newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net, Aggie
> Angst
> at aggieangst [at] myinvalidway.com wrote on 04/07/2006 9:30 PM:
>
>>> <snip>
>>>
!
>>>
>>> I hear you, Sister! Apparently there is now no reason why the dwindling
>>> BC
>>> population of Grizzly Bears can't be hunted again, since hunters want to
>>> pay
>>> good money and come from all over the world to do so. And we can't have
>>> an
>>> election for nearly three years.
>>
>> Can we pay enough to have public officials hunted? Surely they are
>> overpopulated and will starve to death if we don't thin the herd![1]
>
> Works for me!
>
>> [1] I love bears.
>
> Me too. I've been threatened by an angry black bear just once (and came to
> no harm) but all my other bear-sightings have been peaceful and
> overwhelmingly charming - mother and cub grazing in a blueberry patch,
> that
> sort of thing.
>
> <Neat story about clever bear>
>
>> I wish bears could run for office. ;)
>
> AOL.
I haven't seen a live wild bear in a long time and I'm sorry about that.
You're very lucky. See! More reason to come to Canada. ;) Further reports
from The Land of Duh. They've just recently named the Black Bear the
official state mammal even though there are only about 50 in the wild here.
We got a bunch more coons and possums...
Aggie
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294831 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 05:31 |
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"Brian Howlett" <news-spamtrap [at] brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote in message
news:39afb5414e.Brian [at] brianhowlett.me.uk...
> On 5 Jul, Aggie Angst wrote:
>>
>> "Rocky Frisco" <rocknatural [at] gmail.com> wrote
>
> [snip]
>
>>> AAaaaagh! Double-%$# [at] #$% was supposed to be "Sloat Rain."
>>>
>>> My fingers have a speech impediment.
>>>
>> And here I was thinking it was a hart rain was gonna fall...
>>
> Oh, deer!
Ha! That was fawny!
(eep!)
Aggie
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294832 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 05:35 |
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"Lesley Weston" <brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C0D13314.4B231%brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk...
> in article MrHqg.3366$PE1.1869 [at] newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net, Aggie
> Angst
> at aggieangst [at] myinvalidway.com wrote on 04/07/2006 9:43 PM:
>
>>
>> "Rocky Frisco" <rocknatural [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:KSgqg.303794$5Z.34875 [at] dukeread02...
>>> Rocky Frisco wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jessie C wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:08:08 +0100, Eric Jarvis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Do you want shrews with that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Or would you like mice cream for desert?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We have been on these damned tracks since breakfast; I think we have
>>>> taken the stoat rain.
>>>
>>> AAaaaagh! Double-%$# [at] #$% was supposed to be "Sloat Rain."
>>>
>>> My fingers have a speech impediment.
>>>
>>
>> And here I was thinking it was a hart rain was gonna fall...
>
> You neat to buck up your ideas if you doen't want people fawning on you.
>
Absolutely. I'd hate to go all stagnant.
:^D
Aggie
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294833 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 06:17 |
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CeltiKaos wrote:
> Aggie Angst wrote:
>
>> Bears would do a much better job, I'm certain. Mainly because they would
>> leave us alone, unless we had marshmallows.
>
> Or a pic-a-nic basket :)
What's a pic-a-nic basket? I'm guessing it's a brand name for some
British line of picnic baskets.
Mind you, the only kind of picnic I generally have anything to do with
is the kind that's made of chocolate.
Adrian.
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| Re: [I] Water voles, almost, just bigger [message #294834 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 06:30 |
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Aggie Angst <aggieangst [at] myinvalidway.com> wrote:
>
> I haven't seen a live wild bear in a long time and I'm sorry about
> that. You're very lucky. See! More reason to come to Canada. ;) Further
> reports from The Land of Duh. They've just recently named
> the Black Bear the official state mammal even though there are only
> about 50 in the wild here. We got a bunch more coons and possums...
Surely, there's another state mammal that fits better?
I've driven through Texas:
Look, a cow.
....
There's another one...
....
Look - a whole herd over there!
....
A church.
Oh, and some cows.
....
Truck stop. And cows.
....
I spy, with my eye, something that starts with a C...
Calf?
Damn close -- I'll let you have a point. Your turn.
....
Thats a damn big plastic Jesus. 6 stories tall at least.
He probably watches the grazing cattle across the road.
....
Hmm, a "Used Cow Store". I wonder what they sell.
....
A train! Wait, what's /on/ the train...? Ah. It's the Moo-Choo-Choo.
[10 minutes later]
That's a pretty damn big train, though. 100 cars, each with, say, 50
cattle -- that's an awful lot of hamburgers.
....
I wonder whether the cows eat tumbleweed?
....
Can we stop soon? I've got the moonchies.
....
Look, a goat!
Just kidding, it's a cow.
....
Ok, ok, you try to find a motel then! How was I supposed to know that
"Vaca" wasn't short for "Vacancies"?
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*Art
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294835 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 08:20 |
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8'FED <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
> CeltiKaos wrote:
> > Aggie Angst wrote:
> >
> >> Bears would do a much better job, I'm certain. Mainly because they would
> >> leave us alone, unless we had marshmallows.
> >
> > Or a pic-a-nic basket :)
>
> What's a pic-a-nic basket? I'm guessing it's a brand name for some
> British line of picnic baskets.
It's a picnic basket, as pronounced by the cartoon character Yogi Bear.
I am much saddened to find that this wise philosopher is apparently not
known in the Antipodes....
--
Carol
"Yes, the shags have eaten our camera, I'm afraid...."
Simon King on "Springwatch"
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #294847 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 09:35 |
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It all started on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:20:29 +0100, when Carol Hague wrote:
> 8'FED <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
>
>> CeltiKaos wrote:
>> > Aggie Angst wrote:
>> >
>> >> Bears would do a much better job, I'm certain. Mainly because they
>> >> would leave us alone, unless we had marshmallows.
>> >
>> > Or a pic-a-nic basket :)
>>
>> What's a pic-a-nic basket? I'm guessing it's a brand name for some
>> British line of picnic baskets.
>
> It's a picnic basket, as pronounced by the cartoon character Yogi Bear. I
> am much saddened to find that this wise philosopher is apparently not
> known in the Antipodes....
Still, I'm surprised Adrian didn't know that, as he is smarter than the
average poster!
...PeterH
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #296719 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 15:27 |
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On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:16:34 +0000, Aggie Angst wrote:
> I take it you haven't seen much of our bunch. If my granny were alive
> she'd say, "Dick Cheney's got to slip up on a dipper to git a drink!"
> :)
> Aggie
Oh I've seen your lot ;) If current trends are anything to go by the
criteria to be a politician[1] is as follows:
1. Fall out of ugly tree ensuring every branch is hit on the way down.
2. Land face down on a shovel.
a.Alternately land face up, said shovel overbalancing and smacking one
in the face.
3. Upon regaining consciousness join queue to have all common sense
beaten out of one with the ugly stick.
If, after the above selection procedure, the visage of the candidate is
still the happy side of a diseased warthog chewing wasps, then said
application must be refused.
Alternate procedure:
Have a parent who is/was a senior politician. The former procedure may
still be followed under these circumstances but is no longer mandatory.
[1] (I nearly said 'successful'[2] now THAT's an oxymoron nearly as good
as 'Microsoft Works'!)
[2] Possible meaning: Not caught yet.
--
Kind regards,
Julian Hall
"I'm only on the planet because I missed the bus home"
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #296721 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 15:32 |
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On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:21:09 +0000, Aggie Angst wrote:
> I know a whole bunch of the sign language :) Aggie
I have a 5'10 wingsp.. err armspan, will that be useful? :)
Someone once told me the armspan was supposed to be the same as your
height. Since I'm 4'8 something's gone wahoonie shaped in a new and
unusual way! :)
Before you ask, no I am NOT the lovechild of Granny Weatherwax and the
Librarian, so OOK! Err. I mean.. so there! :)
--
Kind regards,
Julian Hall
"I'm only on the planet because I missed the bus home"
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| Re: [I] Water voles, almost, just bigger [message #296724 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 15:43 |
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On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:30:24 -0400, Arthur Hagen wrote:
> I spy, with my eye, something that starts with a C... Calf?
> Damn close -- I'll let you have a point. Your turn. ...
Sounds like Nanny Ogg in the dungeon - imagne if she went to Texas:
I spy with my little eye, something beginning with.. A
A cow
I spy with my little eye, something beginning with.. B
Bovine
I spy with my little eye, something beginning with.. C
that's easy... cow
No cattle..
But cattle's just another word for... never mind
I spy with my little eye, something beginning with.. H
*sigh* Herd.. of cows
Of course I've heard of cows there's lots of them look![1]
I spy with my little eye, something beginning with.. S
um.
Steer.
Doh.
If I think of any more I'll... err.. keep them to myself :)
[1] I'm sorry I had to ;)
--
Kind regards,
Julian Hall
"I'm only on the planet because I missed the bus home"
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #296725 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 15:44 |
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On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:31:17 +0000, Aggie Angst wrote:
> Ha! That was fawny!
> (eep!)
> Aggie
Ant lert that be a lesson to you.
*ahem*
The door was this way, right?
--
Kind regards,
Julian Hall
"I'm only on the planet because I missed the bus home"
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| Re: [I] Water voles, almost, just bigger [message #296739 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 16:25 |
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On 6 Jul, CeltiKaos wrote:
[snip]
> I spy with my little eye, something beginning with.. S
> um.
> Steer.
> Doh.
A steer, a female steer...
[snip]
--
Brian Howlett - Email to From: address deleted unseen
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #296749 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 18:20 |
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in article Gr%qg.3771$PE1.2653 [at] newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net, Aggie Angst
at aggieangst [at] myinvalidway.com wrote on 05/07/2006 8:28 PM:
<snip>
> I haven't seen a live wild bear in a long time and I'm sorry about that.
> You're very lucky. See! More reason to come to Canada. ;)
Yes indeed. In the more outlying suburbs of Vancouver, black bears can be
quite a nuisance, rummaging through garbage cans and surprising people who
step out into their gardens. People hesitate to call the official wildlife
people for fear that they will shoot the bear, which happens far more often
than is necessary.
> Further reports
> from The Land of Duh. They've just recently named the Black Bear the
> official state mammal even though there are only about 50 in the wild here.
> We got a bunch more coons and possums...
That's OK, Canada's official National Game is lacrosse. This surprises
nearly all Canadians; we thought it was hockey, since that's what everybody
obsesses about. Most people have never seen a lacrosse game, let alone
played in one.
--
Lesley Weston.
Brightly_coloured_blob is real, but I don't often check even the few bits
that get through Yahoo's filters. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca,
changing spelling and spacing as required.
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #296752 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 18:25 |
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in article e8i2q0$j1b$1 [at] mud.stack.nl, 8'FED at dragon [at] netyp.com.au wrote on
05/07/2006 9:17 PM:
> CeltiKaos wrote:
>> Aggie Angst wrote:
>>
>>> Bears would do a much better job, I'm certain. Mainly because they would
>>> leave us alone, unless we had marshmallows.
>>
>> Or a pic-a-nic basket :)
>
> What's a pic-a-nic basket? I'm guessing it's a brand name for some
> British line of picnic baskets.
You might like to watch at least one Yogi Bear cartoon for cultural
purposes. Also, they're very funny.
http://www.toontracker.com/huck/yogi.htm
--
Lesley Weston.
Brightly_coloured_blob is real, but I don't often check even the few bits
that get through Yahoo's filters. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca,
changing spelling and spacing as required.
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #296762 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 19:39 |
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In article <C0D28699.4B304%brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk>,
brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk says...
> That's OK, Canada's official National Game is lacrosse. This surprises
> nearly all Canadians; we thought it was hockey, since that's what everybody
> obsesses about. Most people have never seen a lacrosse game, let alone
> played in one.
Well, England's offical gam is Losing, of which everybody has seen
plenty. Usaually we manage to Lose Nicely, but apparently not this time.
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| Re: [I] Water voles [message #296789 ] |
Do, 06 Juli 2006 20:48 |
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On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:44:07 +1000, a collection of particles arranged in
such a way as to form a person that we would recognise as Boyd Bottorff,
influenced tha intarweb to propagate the following:
>> >> I have decided that stupid people have too much power in this state.
>> >> :p
>> >
>> > That's democracy for you.
>>
>> Actually it's a steenking republic. I'm not sure what the difference
>> is, I learned it government class. ;)
>
> In a republic, everyone votes for the people they want in their
> government.
>
> In a democracy, everyone IS the government.
>
> And you thought we had bloated governments now? Can you imagine the
> confusion if every day, people were trying to get us to vote for their
> latest proposal? IE, we had Madison Avenue being the lobbying voice of
> the nation, rather than K street?
I guess that http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066302/ might confirm your
fears.
C:\>
--
"Where do want to go today?" "I'm thinking http://gentoo.org"
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| Re: [I] Armspans and heights // was Water voles [message #296862 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 04:44 |
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CeltiKaos wrote:
> I have a 5'10 wingsp.. err armspan, will that be useful? :)
>
> Someone once told me the armspan was supposed to be the same as your
> height. Since I'm 4'8 something's gone wahoonie shaped in a new and
> unusual way! :)
FTR, my armspan appears to be six feet. Plus or minus half an inch.
I don't know how to measure one's height accurately using common
household utensils and without an assistant, because there is no way to
see whether or not the pen that I am resting on the top of my head is
perfectly horizontal or not, and the margin of error caused by this
uncertainty is in fact very large.
Six feet is close enough, though.
Well, 6+2i.
Adrian.
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| Re: [I] Miscellaneous sports // was Water voles [message #296863 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 04:57 |
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Lesley Weston wrote:
> That's OK, Canada's official National Game is lacrosse. This surprises
> nearly all Canadians; we thought it was hockey, since that's what everybody
> obsesses about. Most people have never seen a lacrosse game, let alone
> played in one.
I'd say that over here, most people /have/ played in at least one
lacrosse game, but only at school, and only as one game among many
others that are imposed upon one during some P.E. class.
Adrian.
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296865 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 05:07 |
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Carol Hague wrote:
> 8'FED wrote:
>> What's a pic-a-nic basket? I'm guessing it's a brand name for some
>> British line of picnic baskets.
>
> It's a picnic basket, as pronounced by the cartoon character Yogi Bear.
> I am much saddened to find that this wise philosopher is apparently not
> known in the Antipodes....
That depends on your value of "known". Let's settle for: known of, but
basically dismissed as belonging to the era of an older generation.
Here's what I know about Yogi Bear:
- Cartoon character. Bear. Brown. Called Yogi.
- Wears clothes of some kind; I think there's a hat.
- Stereotypically stupid; says "duh" a lot.
- Distinctive low-pitched voice.
- Was part of the culture of people now in their fifties.
Um, that's it. Nah, probably doesn't count as "known", does it?
Adrian.
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296871 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 06:38 |
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8'FED said:
> Carol Hague wrote:
>> 8'FED wrote:
>
>>> What's a pic-a-nic basket? I'm guessing it's a brand name for some
>>> British line of picnic baskets.
>>
>> It's a picnic basket, as pronounced by the cartoon character Yogi Bear.
>> I am much saddened to find that this wise philosopher is apparently not
>> known in the Antipodes....
>
> That depends on your value of "known". Let's settle for: known of, but
> basically dismissed as belonging to the era of an older generation.
Would you dismiss Dickens for the same reason? Or Shakespeare? Or Pratchett?
> Here's what I know about Yogi Bear:
>
> - Cartoon character. Bear. Brown. Called Yogi.
> - Wears clothes of some kind; I think there's a hat.
> - Stereotypically stupid; says "duh" a lot.
(Actually, Yogi is /not/ stupid. He does some apparently dumb things, sure,
but the logic always seems reasonable up front - the hilarious consequences
only happen because the scriptwriter needs them to happen or he doesn't
really have a story.)
> - Distinctive low-pitched voice.
> - Was part of the culture of people now in their fifties.
Here's what I know about Shakespeare:
- Playwright. Human. Pink. Called Shakespeare.
- Wears clothes of some kind. I think there's a ruff.
- Stereotypically flowery, says "Methinks" a lot.
- Distinctive iambic pentameter.
- Was part of the culture of people now in their four-hundred-and-fifties.
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296875 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 08:06 |
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8'FED <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
> Carol Hague wrote:
> > 8'FED wrote:
>
> >> What's a pic-a-nic basket? I'm guessing it's a brand name for some
> >> British line of picnic baskets.
> >
> > It's a picnic basket, as pronounced by the cartoon character Yogi Bear.
> > I am much saddened to find that this wise philosopher is apparently not
> > known in the Antipodes....
>
> That depends on your value of "known". Let's settle for: known of, but
> basically dismissed as belonging to the era of an older generation.
I suppose you dismiss Elvis, the Beatles, Jane Austen and William
Hartnell's portrayal od Doctor Who for the same reason?
>
> Here's what I know about Yogi Bear:
>
> - Cartoon character. Bear. Brown. Called Yogi.
> - Wears clothes of some kind; I think there's a hat.
And a collar and tie. He is , after all "smarter than the average bear"
> - Stereotypically stupid; says "duh" a lot.
You seem to have him mixed up with Homer Simpson....
> - Distinctive low-pitched voice.
Low -pitched? Not sure. I wouldn't have said so, but I have a bit of a
tin ear, so I could be wrong.
> - Was part of the culture of people now in their fifties.
Which shares nothing with the culture of younger people, because
different agegroups never interact. Ever.
It's a pity there's no way of recording and broadcasting things like
that, so that different generations can share them, isn't it?
Damn. I think my sarcasm generator just exploded.
Incidentally, I am 42 and was brought up on Yogi cartoons, among others
- he's also a favourite of my Aged Pa, who will be 86 in December, so
your age classification is somewhat off.
>
> Um, that's it. Nah, probably doesn't count as "known", does it?
I think it counts as pompous and dismissive actually.
I was perhaps a tad at fault for assuming the ubiquitousness of Yogi
Bear though.
--
Carol
"Yes, the shags have eaten our camera, I'm afraid...."
Simon King on "Springwatch"
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296876 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 08:13 |
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Carol Hague said:
<snip>
> I was perhaps a tad at fault for assuming the ubiquitousness of Yogi
> Bear though.
Certainly not. Yogi Bear gets /everywhere/.
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296877 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 08:38 |
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Carol Hague wrote:
> 8'FED wrote:
> > Carol Hague wrote:
> > > It's a picnic basket, as pronounced by the cartoon character Yogi Bear.
> > > I am much saddened to find that this wise philosopher is apparently not
> > > known in the Antipodes....
> >
> > That depends on your value of "known". Let's settle for: known of, but
> > basically dismissed as belonging to the era of an older generation.
>
> I suppose you dismiss Elvis, the Beatles, Jane Austen and William
> Hartnell's portrayal od Doctor Who for the same reason?
Let's not make this personal, as my personal opinion was never the
topic. I summarised how I believe Yogi is generally perceived by my
generation in this region.
> > Um, that's it. Nah, probably doesn't count as "known", does it?
>
> I think it counts as pompous and dismissive actually.
*Sigh* It was supposed to sound self-depreciating.
Adrian.
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| Re: [I] Armspans and heights // was Water voles [message #296881 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 10:22 |
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8'FED wrote:
>
> I don't know how to measure one's height accurately using common
> household utensils and without an assistant, because there is no way
> to see whether or not the pen that I am resting on the top of my head
> is perfectly horizontal or not, and the margin of error caused by this
> uncertainty is in fact very large.
Use a large book. Assuming your book is a true rectangle and your walls are
a true vertical, when one edge of the book is flat against the wall, the
bottom edge will be a true horizontal.
Peter
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296883 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 10:52 |
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8'FED wrote:
> Carol Hague wrote:
>> 8'FED wrote:
>
>>> What's a pic-a-nic basket? I'm guessing it's a brand name for some
>>> British line of picnic baskets.
>> It's a picnic basket, as pronounced by the cartoon character Yogi Bear.
>> I am much saddened to find that this wise philosopher is apparently not
>> known in the Antipodes....
>
> That depends on your value of "known". Let's settle for: known of, but
> basically dismissed as belonging to the era of an older generation.
>
> Here's what I know about Yogi Bear:
>
> - Cartoon character. Bear. Brown. Called Yogi.
> - Wears clothes of some kind; I think there's a hat.
> - Stereotypically stupid; says "duh" a lot.
> - Distinctive low-pitched voice.
> - Was part of the culture of people now in their fifties.
>
Maybe in Oz but in the UK Yogi was still being shown when I was growing
up and I'm in my twenties.
Helen
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296886 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 10:56 |
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On 6 Jul 2006 23:38:45 -0700, 8'FED
<dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
>Carol Hague wrote:
>> 8'FED wrote:
>> > Carol Hague wrote:
>
>> > > It's a picnic basket, as pronounced by the cartoon character Yogi Bear.
>> > > I am much saddened to find that this wise philosopher is apparently not
>> > > known in the Antipodes....
>> >
>> > That depends on your value of "known". Let's settle for: known of, but
>> > basically dismissed as belonging to the era of an older generation.
>>
>> I suppose you dismiss Elvis, the Beatles, Jane Austen and William
>> Hartnell's portrayal od Doctor Who for the same reason?
>
>Let's not make this personal, as my personal opinion was never the
>topic. I summarised how I believe Yogi is generally perceived by my
>generation in this region.
It sounded more like you were speaking for yourself than for your
generation (have you asked them all?)
>
>> > Um, that's it. Nah, probably doesn't count as "known", does it?
>>
>> I think it counts as pompous and dismissive actually.
>
>*Sigh* It was supposed to sound self-depreciating.
But it actually sounded pompous and dismissive.
As another data point, I'm 38 and grew up with Yogi Bear cartoons.
(Carefully phrased to try to stop some smart person making comments about
being brought up by wild animals)
--
Andy Brown
If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer a
Rolls Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon and
explode once a year killing everybody inside. - Robert Cringeley (InfoWorld)
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296908 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 13:11 |
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jester <usenet [at] jester.nu> wrote:
> On 6 Jul 2006 23:38:45 -0700, 8'FED
> <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
> >Carol Hague wrote:
> >> 8'FED wrote:
> >> > Carol Hague wrote:
> >
> >> > > It's a picnic basket, as pronounced by the cartoon character Yogi Bear.
> >> > > I am much saddened to find that this wise philosopher is apparently not
> >> > > known in the Antipodes....
> >> >
> >> > That depends on your value of "known". Let's settle for: known of, but
> >> > basically dismissed as belonging to the era of an older generation.
> >>
> >> I suppose you dismiss Elvis, the Beatles, Jane Austen and William
> >> Hartnell's portrayal od Doctor Who for the same reason?
> >
> >Let's not make this personal, as my personal opinion was never the
> >topic. I summarised how I believe Yogi is generally perceived by my
> >generation in this region.
>
> It sounded more like you were speaking for yourself than for your
> generation (have you asked them all?)
>
> >
> >> > Um, that's it. Nah, probably doesn't count as "known", does it?
> >>
> >> I think it counts as pompous and dismissive actually.
> >
> >*Sigh* It was supposed to sound self-depreciating.
>
> But it actually sounded pompous and dismissive.
>
> As another data point, I'm 38 and grew up with Yogi Bear cartoons.
> (Carefully phrased to try to stop some smart person making comments about
> being brought up by wild animals)
Datapoint two in an finite series: I'm 25 and likewise
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| Re: [I] Miscellaneous sports // was Water voles [message #296909 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 13:11 |
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8'FED <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
> Lesley Weston wrote:
>
> > That's OK, Canada's official National Game is lacrosse. This surprises
> > nearly all Canadians; we thought it was hockey, since that's what everybody
> > obsesses about. Most people have never seen a lacrosse game, let alone
> > played in one.
>
> I'd say that over here, most people /have/ played in at least one
> lacrosse game, but only at school, and only as one game among many
> others that are imposed upon one during some P.E. class.
Lacrosse is the one where you play hockey in the air with fishing nets,
isn't it?
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296910 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 14:09 |
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jester wrote:
> I'm 38 and grew up with Yogi Bear cartoons.
> (Carefully phrased to try to stop some smart person making comments about
> being brought up by wild animals)
"They gave me a name. They called me 'Grrrrr'!"
(Eddie Izzard, 'The Wilderness Years)
(Incidentally, if anyone knows of anywhere I can get a copy of that,
either on CD or tape, I'd be interested to know)
CCA
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296913 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 14:22 |
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jester <usenet [at] jester.nu> wrote:
>
> As another data point, I'm 38 and grew up with Yogi Bear cartoons.
> (Carefully phrased to try to stop some smart person making comments
> about being brought up by wild animals)
Us older people didn't grow up with Yogi Bear but Yogi Berra.
Regards,
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*Art
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296915 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 14:18 |
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Richard Heathfield <invalid [at] invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Carol Hague said:
>
> <snip>
>
>> I was perhaps a tad at fault for assuming the ubiquitousness of Yogi
>> Bear though.
>
> Certainly not. Yogi Bear gets /everywhere/.
Great news. Then he can step in for Death the next time he takes off to
work as a butcher, farmer or has a fight with the auditors.
Regards,
--
*Art
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| Re: [I] Cartoon characters // was Water voles [message #296920 ] |
Fr, 07 Juli 2006 15:16 |
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On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:18:29 -0400, "Arthur Hagen" <art [at] broomstick.com>
wrote:
>Richard Heathfield <invalid [at] invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Carol Hague said:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> I was perhaps a tad at fault for assuming the ubiquitousness of Yogi
>>> Bear though.
>>
>> Certainly not. Yogi Bear gets /everywhere/.
>
>Great news. Then he can step in for Death the next time he takes off to
>work as a butcher, farmer or has a fight with the auditors.
>
>Regards,
With Booboo as a sidekick?
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