| Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249551] |
Sa, 22 April 2006 02:28 |
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Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
been??
I am rather curious...
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249552 ] |
Sa, 22 April 2006 10:48 |
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gothiquin wrote:
> Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
> been??
> I am rather curious...
Well, it's obvious, of course:
The true way to happiness is traveling and seeing the world! Only one
question remained:
How many roads must a man walk down?
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249553 ] |
Sa, 22 April 2006 11:54 |
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I would have thought her answer something along the lines of: "Have a
towel."
Maybe what the world needs is mass distribution of towels. Towels for
every occasion. I'd be happy if I had a casual towel, a work towel, a
studying towel and even an internet towel. I'd take one around, too, if
it weren't for the stares of strangers.
Cyv.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249554 ] |
Sa, 22 April 2006 22:56 |
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"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
> gothiquin wrote:
>> Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
>> been??
>> I am rather curious...
>
> Well, it's obvious, of course:
>
> The true way to happiness is traveling and seeing the world! Only one
> question remained:
>
> How many roads must a man walk down?
>
42!
-- Dave
http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249555 ] |
So, 23 April 2006 04:47 |
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Cyvros wrote:
> I would have thought her answer something along the lines of: "Have a
> towel."
>
> Maybe what the world needs is mass distribution of towels. Towels for
> every occasion. I'd be happy if I had a casual towel, a work towel, a
> studying towel and even an internet towel. I'd take one around, too, if
> it weren't for the stares of strangers.
>
> Cyv.
Stares of strangers be damned! I carry my trusty towel with the H2G2
logo on it and the picture of the galaxy with a "Property Of Zaphod"
stamp beside it. And of course, the words "don't panic". I carry it in
the front pocket of the messenger bag I keep enough things to live off
in, and which I always have with me. Other prominent items in this bag
are, in order of appearance, a roll of duct tape, a pair of scissors, a
thermos of tea, a hammer, and several variations on a screwdriver. But
the towel in particular has /actually/ come in handy a score of times.
And not just to dry something with. The only thing that even approaches
it is the duct tape.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249556 ] |
So, 23 April 2006 04:50 |
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Dave Adalian wrote:
> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
> news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
> > gothiquin wrote:
> >> Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
> >> been??
> >> I am rather curious...
> >
> > Well, it's obvious, of course:
> >
> > The true way to happiness is traveling and seeing the world! Only one
> > question remained:
> >
> > How many roads must a man walk down?
> >
>
> 42!
>
> -- Dave
> http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
42!
101010!
52!
2A!
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249557 ] |
So, 23 April 2006 09:46 |
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Omicron Machine wrote:
> Cyvros wrote:
>
>>I would have thought her answer something along the lines of: "Have a
>>towel."
>>
>>Maybe what the world needs is mass distribution of towels. Towels for
>>every occasion. I'd be happy if I had a casual towel, a work towel, a
>>studying towel and even an internet towel. I'd take one around, too, if
>>it weren't for the stares of strangers.
>>
>>Cyv.
>
>
>
> Stares of strangers be damned! I carry my trusty towel with the H2G2
> logo on it and the picture of the galaxy with a "Property Of Zaphod"
> stamp beside it. And of course, the words "don't panic". I carry it in
> the front pocket of the messenger bag I keep enough things to live off
> in, and which I always have with me. Other prominent items in this bag
> are, in order of appearance, a roll of duct tape, a pair of scissors, a
> thermos of tea, a hammer, and several variations on a screwdriver. But
> the towel in particular has /actually/ come in handy a score of times.
> And not just to dry something with. The only thing that even approaches
> it is the duct tape.
>
I didn't have a screwdriver in my car in Tulare and I needed one.
Now that you mention it, I should put one of the ones I got at the
trade show I went to a couple of weeks ago out there. Never seem
to need a hammer. I'm thinking I should get a roll of duct tape to
carry around. Next time I'm in the store. I wish they had small ones...
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
"The biggest win in the environmental movement comes from using
less energy to acheve the same outcome" - Carl Pope, Sierra Club.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249558 ] |
So, 23 April 2006 11:13 |
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Dave Adalian wrote:
> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
> news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
>> gothiquin wrote:
>>> Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
>>> been??
>>> I am rather curious...
>> Well, it's obvious, of course:
>>
>> The true way to happiness is traveling and seeing the world! Only one
>> question remained:
>>
>> How many roads must a man walk down?
>>
>
> 42!
Is it just me, or has the universe suddenly been replaced with something
even more strange and inexplicable?
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249562 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 01:51 |
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> The only thing that even approaches it is the duct tape.
Ah, that is ever so true.
> Is it just me, or has the universe suddenly been replaced with something
even more strange and inexplicable?
Don't worry, I think a lot of people are feeling the same way.
Cyv.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249563 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 04:29 |
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Cyvros wrote:
> > The only thing that even approaches it is the duct tape.
>
> Ah, that is ever so true.
>
> > Is it just me, or has the universe suddenly been replaced with something
> even more strange and inexplicable?
>
> Don't worry, I think a lot of people are feeling the same way.
>
> Cyv.
It's happened so many times, I'm completely used to it.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249565 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 14:11 |
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"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
> gothiquin wrote:
>> Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
>> been??
>> I am rather curious...
>
> Well, it's obvious, of course:
>
> The true way to happiness is traveling and seeing the world!
Army recruitment posters used to say that too ...
"'Join the army,' they said. 'See the world,' they said."
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249566 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 14:12 |
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"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:444b451f$0$2100$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
> Dave Adalian wrote:
>> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
>> news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
>>> gothiquin wrote:
>>>> Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
>>>> been??
>>>> I am rather curious...
>>> Well, it's obvious, of course:
>>>
>>> The true way to happiness is traveling and seeing the world! Only one
>>> question remained:
>>>
>>> How many roads must a man walk down?
>>>
>>
>> 42!
>
> Is it just me, or has the universe suddenly been replaced with something
> even more strange and inexplicable?
What happens, happens.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249568 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 15:18 |
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> Army recruitment posters used to say that too ...
> "'Join the army,' they said. 'See the world,' they said."
I'm sure you'd see much more than the world...
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249569 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 18:59 |
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"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in
news:444cc058$0$16738$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au:
> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
> news:444b451f$0$2100$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
>> Dave Adalian wrote:
>>> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
>>> news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
>>>>
>>>> How many roads must a man walk down?
>>>
>>> 42!
>>
>> Is it just me, or has the universe suddenly been replaced with
>> something even more strange and inexplicable?
>
> What happens, happens.
Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes
something else to happen.
--
iain
afda [at] imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249571 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 19:41 |
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Cyvros wrote:
>>Army recruitment posters used to say that too ...
>
>
>>"'Join the army,' they said. 'See the world,' they said."
>
>
> I'm sure you'd see much more than the world...
>
Ummm... I think you'd see much less than the world...
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
"The biggest win in the environmental movement comes from using
less energy to acheve the same outcome" - Carl Pope, Sierra Club.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249572 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 20:00 |
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iain wrote:
> "Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in
> news:444cc058$0$16738$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au:
>
>> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
>> news:444b451f$0$2100$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
>>> Dave Adalian wrote:
>>>> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
>>>> news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
>>>>> How many roads must a man walk down?
>>>> 42!
>>> Is it just me, or has the universe suddenly been replaced with
>>> something even more strange and inexplicable?
>> What happens, happens.
>
> Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes
> something else to happen.
Aah! But in what order, eh?
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249574 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 20:18 |
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249575 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 20:20 |
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Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
> iain wrote:
> > "Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in
> > news:444cc058$0$16738$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au:
> >
> >> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
> >> news:444b451f$0$2100$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
> >>> Dave Adalian wrote:
> >>>> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
> >>>> news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
> >>>>> How many roads must a man walk down?
> >>>> 42!
> >>> Is it just me, or has the universe suddenly been replaced with
> >>> something even more strange and inexplicable?
> >> What happens, happens.
> >
> > Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes
> > something else to happen.
>
> Aah! But in what order, eh?
>
> Best
> K=E5re
If you're in Australia, tomorrow. If you're traveling at near-light
speed, yesterday. If you're in orbit, about two minutes ago. If you're
near a black hole, fifty years from now. If you're at the center of the
universe, never.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249577 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 22:28 |
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"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:444cc00e$0$16689$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
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> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
> news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
>> gothiquin wrote:
>>> Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
>>> been??
>>> I am rather curious...
>>
>> Well, it's obvious, of course:
>>
>> The true way to happiness is traveling and seeing the world!
>
> Army recruitment posters used to say that too ...
>
> "'Join the army,' they said. 'See the world,' they said."
You not only get to see the world, you get to meet strange and interesting
people. Then, you blow them up.
-- Dave
http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249580 ] |
Di, 25 April 2006 03:05 |
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"Tian" <05334599tnharter [at] ispwest.com> wrote in message
news:e2j2da0so5 [at] enews2.newsguy.com...
> Cyvros wrote:
>>>Army recruitment posters used to say that too ...
>>
>>
>>>"'Join the army,' they said. 'See the world,' they said."
>>
>>
>> I'm sure you'd see much more than the world...
>>
> Ummm... I think you'd see much less than the world...
In the Asterix books, sometimes you wouldn't even get out of the camp you
enlisted at. Except to get TCHAC!ed by the Gauls.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249581 ] |
Di, 25 April 2006 03:06 |
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"Dave Adalian" <dpalta AT comcast.net> wrote in message
news:tpqdnQdekZN-qdDZRVn-iA [at] comcast.com...
> "Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> news:444cc00e$0$16689$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>
>> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
>> news:4449edce$0$2104$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
>>> gothiquin wrote:
>>>> Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
>>>> been??
>>>> I am rather curious...
>>>
>>> Well, it's obvious, of course:
>>>
>>> The true way to happiness is traveling and seeing the world!
>>
>> Army recruitment posters used to say that too ...
>>
>> "'Join the army,' they said. 'See the world,' they said."
>
> You not only get to see the world, you get to meet strange and interesting
> people. Then, you blow them up.
Excitement, adventure and really wild things.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249582 ] |
Di, 25 April 2006 04:20 |
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Neil Gerace wrote:
> "Tian" <05334599tnharter [at] ispwest.com> wrote in message
> news:e2j2da0so5 [at] enews2.newsguy.com...
> > Cyvros wrote:
> >>>Army recruitment posters used to say that too ...
> >>
> >>
> >>>"'Join the army,' they said. 'See the world,' they said."
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm sure you'd see much more than the world...
> >>
> > Ummm... I think you'd see much less than the world...
>
> In the Asterix books, sometimes you wouldn't even get out of the camp you
> enlisted at. Except to get TCHAC!ed by the Gauls.
W00T! Asterix!
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249585 ] |
Di, 25 April 2006 10:48 |
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> Ummm... I think you'd see much less than the world...
You wouldn't just see the world. You'd see life, death, joy, sadness,
children growing up, children being slaughtered... I'm sure you would
see not just the world, but also the happiness and suffering that goes
on all around it. That is what I meant.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249626 ] |
Do, 27 April 2006 05:59 |
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On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:28:05 GMT, "gothiquin" <gothiquin [at] yahoo.com> wrote
the following in alt.fan.douglas-adams:
> Does anyone have any thoughts on what her actual theories might have
> been??
> I am rather curious...
>
She was Fenchurch, and presumably if the super-computer-Earth hadn't gotten
blown up and replaced by a cheap imitation she would have known The
Question.
--
"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je-ne-sais-quoi."
Peter Schickele
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249627 ] |
Do, 27 April 2006 13:51 |
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> She was Fenchurch, and presumably if the super-computer-Earth hadn't gotten
> blown up and replaced by a cheap imitation she would have known The
> Question.
Or some corruption of it. Remember the Golgafrinchams...
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249629 ] |
Do, 27 April 2006 21:50 |
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Cyvros wrote:
> > She was Fenchurch, and presumably if the super-computer-Earth hadn't gotten
> > blown up and replaced by a cheap imitation she would have known The
> > Question.
>
> Or some corruption of it. Remember the Golgafrinchams...
When I read that, I suddenly thought, "That could be like afda's
version of 'Remember the Alamo'.."
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249630 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 06:28 |
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I've never been to afda... I must one day.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249631 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 07:43 |
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"Cyvros" <jordnfs [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1146198515.332958.29430 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> I've never been to afda... I must one day.
Try Waitrofe -- it's much better.
A.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249632 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 10:17 |
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I don't actually know what either are. Would it be possible for someone
to just briefly explain what Afda and Waitrofe are? Thanks in advance.
Cyv.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249633 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 10:51 |
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Cyvros wrote:
> I don't actually know what either are. Would it be possible for someone
> to just briefly explain what Afda and Waitrofe are? Thanks in advance.
>
I know AFDA is the acronym for this place: Alt.Fan.Douglas-Adams.
Waitrofe I'm waiting for a description of to....
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from Bush's vist to Santa Clara County.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249634 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 13:23 |
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Oh. Heh - that's clever. I never thought of that.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249635 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 15:15 |
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On 28/04/2006 09:51, Tian wrote:
> Cyvros wrote:
>> I don't actually know what either are. Would it be possible for someone
>> to just briefly explain what Afda and Waitrofe are? Thanks in advance.
>>
> I know AFDA is the acronym for this place: Alt.Fan.Douglas-Adams.
> Waitrofe I'm waiting for a description of to....
Asda is the name of a large supermarket chain in Britain.
Waitrose is the name of another.
Get the idea? :o)
--
John Coxon
ZZ9 Secretary - http://www.zz9.org/
Black holes suck!
LiveJournal: http://johncoxon.livejournal.com/
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249636 ] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 16:58 |
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Ah. Thanks for that, John.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249652 ] |
Mo, 01 Mai 2006 02:27 |
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Thanks Kare for that; it is probably the most sensible
answer...However..
The question really is: Why can't everyone be nice to each other for a
change...and how can the world be made a good and happy place (without
anyone having to be nailed to a tree!)??
The only thing a towel will do, is perhaps mop your brow while you try
and figure this one out!!
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #249655 ] |
Mo, 01 Mai 2006 18:16 |
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gothiquin wrote:
> Thanks Kare for that; it is probably the most sensible
> answer...However..
>
> The question really is: Why can't everyone be nice to each other for a
> change...and how can the world be made a good and happy place (without
> anyone having to be nailed to a tree!)??
Now, we thought of that, but it doesn't fit the answer, see?
"Why can't everyone be nice to each other for a change...and how can the
world be made a good and happy place (without anyone having to be nailed
to a tree!)??"
"42"
Doesn't work!
> The only thing a towel will do, is perhaps mop your brow while you try
> and figure this one out!!
Definitely not the _only_ thing. You wouldn't believe how useful a towel
is for lots of things! For instance my wife is currently occupying a
room which for no obvious reason has no curtains. She wouldn't get any
sleep at all if it wasn't for her towel!
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #262299 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 00:58 |
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G'day! What are you going on about. Everyone knows that Australia is
the centre of the universe, MATE!
Strewth!
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #263378 ] |
Mi, 10 Mai 2006 13:07 |
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> Everyone knows that Australia is the centre of the universe, MATE!
Ssshhhhh... the Sydneysiders might be listening.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #263381 ] |
Fr, 12 Mai 2006 03:46 |
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You are obviously not from Sydney. Wouldn't it be terrible if I were,
Maybe I am.I think I shall go and relocate to another
universe.bye...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeee!
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #263384 ] |
Fr, 12 Mai 2006 15:43 |
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Obviously. I'm a Victorian. Originally from the country (the good,
suburb-esque bits, of course), but I'm in Melbourne at the moment. But
enough rambling from me.
And that existentialist statement of yours is just... mind-boggling.
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| Re: Girl in the Rickmansworth Cafe [message #263386 ] |
Sa, 13 Mai 2006 04:26 |
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You poor thing coming from Victoria, I shall forgive you. Actually I
lied about Australia being the centre of the universe.
Broadmeadows is the closet anyone can get to the centre of the
universe, but of course it all depends on what reality you are in, and
what dimension of the universe you currently inhabit. As for me I am
thinking of holidaying 'Somewhere in the vacinity of Beetleguise"'(DNA)
p.s Rambling is good, sometimes it is important to rest the brain of
major brain strain activities, such as thinking.
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