| Re: [I] Wanted: Epic villain for participation in Tale [message #250454] |
Mi, 05 April 2006 00:35 |
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On 3 Apr 2006 15:50:51 -0700, CCA wrote in
<1144104651.199659.241520 [at] z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, seen in
alt.fan.pratchett:
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> You can be Pete Waterman - equally scary but with more money :-)
I'm sorry, but I refuse to accept that a trainspotter could possibly
be scary.
Except possibly in the "Oh, my God, he's so sad he's frightening"
sense.
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| Re: [I] Wanted: Epic villain for participation in Tale [message #250478 ] |
Mi, 05 April 2006 01:44 |
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Ross wrote:
> I'm sorry, but I refuse to accept that a trainspotter could possibly
> be scary.
>
Except for those idiots who clamber around the tracks to get closer to
the trains at the depot...
Michael
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| Re: [I] Wanted: Epic villain for participation in Tale [message #250496 ] |
Mi, 05 April 2006 02:39 |
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On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 01:44:05 +0200, Michael J. Schülke wrote in
<MPG.1e9d23307752c6749897a3 [at] news.individual.de>, seen in
alt.fan.pratchett:
> Ross wrote:
>
> > I'm sorry, but I refuse to accept that a trainspotter could possibly
> > be scary.
>
> Except for those idiots who clamber around the tracks to get closer to
> the trains at the depot...
They're not scary; they're just stupid...
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| Re: [I] Wanted: Epic villain for participation in Tale [message #250600 ] |
Mi, 05 April 2006 20:27 |
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Ross wrote:
> CCA wrote
> [...]
> > You can be Pete Waterman - equally scary but with more money :-)
> I'm sorry, but I refuse to accept that a trainspotter could possibly
> be scary.
But when he's on Pop Idol (or whatever they call it nowadays), he's not
in trainspotting mode, he's in 'Let's see if I can be an even bigger
git than Simon Cowell' mode.
I remember reading the Guardian TV Guide write-up for Pop Idol a while
ago, and it described Pete Waterman as 'getting proper Birmingham
angry' with some of the contestants. Sums it up well!
CCA
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| Re: [I] Wanted: Epic villain for participation in Tale [message #250693 ] |
Do, 06 April 2006 02:35 |
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On 5 Apr 2006 11:27:54 -0700, CCA wrote in
<1144261674.690521.248200 [at] v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>, seen in
alt.fan.pratchett:
> Ross wrote:
> > CCA wrote
>
> > [...]
> > > You can be Pete Waterman - equally scary but with more money :-)
>
> > I'm sorry, but I refuse to accept that a trainspotter could possibly
> > be scary.
>
> But when he's on Pop Idol (or whatever they call it nowadays), he's not
> in trainspotting mode, he's in 'Let's see if I can be an even bigger
> git than Simon Cowell' mode.
He's still a trainspotter, has been for significantly more years than
he's been a pop impresario of any type, is known to dribble over large
metal boxes [1] and equally large kettles [2], and that rather spoils
the effect for me. I know he's only pretending.
> I remember reading the Guardian TV Guide write-up for Pop Idol a while
> ago, and it described Pete Waterman as 'getting proper Birmingham
> angry' with some of the contestants. Sums it up well!
What, he grabbed them by the throat, put them through the nearest
(closed) window and followed them through - screaming extremely
difficult to understand (because of the accent) abuse as he went - to
continue the assault?
That's proper Birmingham angry, or it was when I was a kid in the sort
of area proper Birmingham angry could be seen.
I suspect the Guardian correspondent meant Birmingham-pretending-to-
-be-annoyed... ;-)
[1] Diesel locomotives. [3]
[2] Steam locomotives. [3]
[3] Trainspotters are known to have gotten *very* upset when their
preferred variety of train is described dismissively as either a box
or a kettle. This is because they have no sense of humour whatsoever
where trains are concerned.
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| Re: [I] Wanted: Epic villain for participation in Tale [message #250761 ] |
Do, 06 April 2006 10:53 |
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Ross:
>
> [3] Trainspotters are known to have gotten *very* upset when their
> preferred variety of train is described dismissively as either a box
> or a kettle. This is because they have no sense of humour whatsoever
> where trains are concerned.
Well, obviously. That's almost like making fun of pins.
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| Re: [I] Wanted: Epic villain for participation in Tale [message #250831 ] |
Do, 06 April 2006 18:16 |
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On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:53:46 GMT, Jens Ayton wrote in
<uG4Zf.51249$d5.207261 [at] newsb.telia.net>, seen in alt.fan.pratchett:
> Ross:
>
> > [3] Trainspotters are known to have gotten *very* upset when their
> > preferred variety of train is described dismissively as either a box
> > or a kettle. This is because they have no sense of humour whatsoever
> > where trains are concerned.
>
> Well, obviously. That's almost like making fun of pins.
Make fun of pins?
You, sir, are a bounder and a cad for even suggesting such a
possibility and I demand satisfaction. Or a pin, perhaps.
--
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| Re: Wanted: Epic villain for participation in Tale [message #250838 ] |
Do, 06 April 2006 18:40 |
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Ross wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:53:46 GMT, Jens Ayton wrote in
> <uG4Zf.51249$d5.207261 [at] newsb.telia.net>, seen in alt.fan.pratchett:
> > Ross:
Snip
> >
> > Well, obviously. That's almost like making fun of pins.
>
> Make fun of pins?
>
> You, sir, are a bounder and a cad for even suggesting such a
> possibility and I demand satisfaction. Or a pin, perhaps.
> --
Sings in the style of Mick Jagger "I can't get no Sat^H^H^H Pins" :-)
BriD
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