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Fantasy » alt.fan.pratchett » [I] Sad confession
[I] Sad confession [message #250511] Mi, 05 April 2006 05:55
Stacie Hanes  
Many of you have come to know and love my shower spider. Or spiders. However
many of it there are.

One of it startled me one too many times today. It was hanging on the
showerhead this morning, and I just finished my ablutions at the other end
of the tub. By the time I had finished, it was gone. I forgot about it.

I went to school, spent all day there.

I came home and lit a candle in my hall and then stepped into the bathroom
to douse the spent match, holding the large box of matches in my other hand.

I'd had a bad day and was sort of tired and "out of it." The spider suddenly
appeared from beneath the lip of the basin, and SLAM. Before I quite
registered that it was there, I'd pasted the poor little guy.

I am very regretful about this. I mean, I spent months trying not to hurt
it, ya? All of that creeping terror . . .

Ah, well. :-(
--
Stacie, fourth swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons & Bondage-happy predator
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion & AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible
warning." Catherine Aird, _His Burial Too_
http://esmeraldus.blogspot.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250514 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 06:53
Flesh-eating Dragon  
Stacie Hanes wrote:

> I'd had a bad day and was sort of tired and "out of it." The spider suddenly
> appeared from beneath the lip of the basin, and SLAM. Before I quite
> registered that it was there, I'd pasted the poor little guy.
>
> I am very regretful about this. I mean, I spent months trying not to hurt it,
> ya? All of that creeping terror . . .

Don't worry, I'm sure I can send you a replacement.

(Well, maybe not. But here's plenty of hugs to express empathy for your bad
day.)

Adrian.
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250515 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 06:59
Stacie Hanes  
8'FED wrote:
> Stacie Hanes wrote:
>
<wore out my spider>. .
>
> Don't worry, I'm sure I can send you a replacement.

That's really not necessary. Really.

> (Well, maybe not. But here's plenty of hugs to express empathy for
> your bad day.)

Thank you. I got a C on an essay. This hasn't happened in . . . ever. C is a
letter that happens on other people's papers. It was, in fact, quite a good
paper, but the professor and I had differing interpretations of his
instructions, and he liked his version better.


--
Stacie, fourth swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons & Bondage-happy predator
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion & AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible
warning." Catherine Aird, _His Burial Too_
http://esmeraldus.blogspot.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250517 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 07:07
Puck  
Stacie Hanes wrote:
>> (Well, maybe not. But here's plenty of hugs to express empathy for
>> your bad day.)
>
> Thank you. I got a C on an essay. This hasn't happened in . . . ever.
> C is a letter that happens on other people's papers. It was, in fact,
> quite a good paper, but the professor and I had differing
> interpretations of his instructions, and he liked his version better.

RIP Stacie's spider and g.p.a.
--
Puck (onstage): I am that merry wanderer of the night!
Peaseblossom (in audience): "I am that merry wanderer of the night",
indeed! "I am that
giggling-dangerous-totally-bloody-psychotic-menace-to-life and limb,
more like." -Neil Gaiman
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250545 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 12:58
Torak  
Stacie Hanes wrote:
> Many of you have come to know and love my shower spider. Or spiders. However
> many of it there are.
>
> One of it startled me one too many times today. It was hanging on the
> showerhead this morning, and I just finished my ablutions at the other end
> of the tub. By the time I had finished, it was gone. I forgot about it.
>
> I went to school, spent all day there.
>
> I came home and lit a candle in my hall and then stepped into the bathroom
> to douse the spent match, holding the large box of matches in my other hand.
>
> I'd had a bad day and was sort of tired and "out of it." The spider suddenly
> appeared from beneath the lip of the basin, and SLAM. Before I quite
> registered that it was there, I'd pasted the poor little guy.
>
> I am very regretful about this. I mean, I spent months trying not to hurt
> it, ya? All of that creeping terror . . .

There's a poem, you know...
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250565 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 15:22
Stacie Hanes  
Torak wrote:
<Stacie>
>> I am very regretful about this. I mean, I spent months trying not
>> to hurt it, ya? All of that creeping terror . . .
>
> There's a poem, you know...

Adrian should set it to a dirge and read it aloud in a mournful tone of
voice.

--
Stacie, fourth swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons & Bondage-happy predator
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion & AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible
warning." Catherine Aird, _His Burial Too_
http://esmeraldus.blogspot.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250582 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 16:56
Elliott Grasett  
Stacie Hanes wrote:
> Many of you have come to know and love my shower spider. Or spiders. However
> many of it there are.
>
> One of it startled me one too many times today. It was hanging on the
> showerhead this morning, and I just finished my ablutions at the other end
> of the tub. By the time I had finished, it was gone. I forgot about it.
>
> I went to school, spent all day there.
>
> I came home and lit a candle in my hall and then stepped into the bathroom
> to douse the spent match, holding the large box of matches in my other hand.
>
> I'd had a bad day and was sort of tired and "out of it." The spider suddenly
> appeared from beneath the lip of the basin, and SLAM. Before I quite
> registered that it was there, I'd pasted the poor little guy.
>
> I am very regretful about this. I mean, I spent months trying not to hurt
> it, ya? All of that creeping terror . . .
>
> Ah, well. :-(

Inky pinky spider descended from the spout;
Startled pretty Stacie, who gave it quite a clout.
Pity pretty Stacie, who never meant it harm,
But inky pinky spider has finally bought the farm.

--
yours lugubriously,
Elliott
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250583 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 17:14
Jens Ayton  
Stacie Hanes:
> Torak:
>> Stacie:
>>>
>>> I am very regretful about this. I mean, I spent months trying not
>>> to hurt it, ya? All of that creeping terror . . .
>>
>> There's a poem, you know...
>
> Adrian should set it to a dirge and read it aloud in a mournful tone of
> voice.

Andrew! Get the church organ!


--
\\\\ Jens Ayton, Fratello di Vetinari 36.3636363636364% insane
\\\\\__, Bringing sarcastic one-liners to the common hedgehog since 1999
\\\\\`/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250585 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 17:24
Gid Holyoake  
In article <O9RYf.51177$d5.207265 [at] newsb.telia.net>, Jens Ayton
generously decided to share with us..

> Stacie Hanes:
> > Torak:
> >> Stacie:
> >>>
> >>> I am very regretful about this. I mean, I spent months trying not
> >>> to hurt it, ya? All of that creeping terror . . .
> >>
> >> There's a poem, you know...
> >
> > Adrian should set it to a dirge and read it aloud in a mournful tone of
> > voice.
>
> Andrew! Get the church organ!

No.. that's no good for a real dirge..

Andrew!.. Get the Harmonium!..

Gid
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250587 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 17:31
Arthur Hagen  
Elliott Grasett <egrasett [at] sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Inky pinky spider descended from the spout;
> Startled pretty Stacie, who gave it quite a clout.
> Pity pretty Stacie, who never meant it harm,
> But inky pinky spider has finally bought the farm.

*clap* *clap*

But what happened to Binky and Sue?

Regards,
--
*Art
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250589 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 17:47
Flesh-eating Dragon  
Elliott Grasett wrote:

> Inky pinky spider descended from the spout;
> Startled pretty Stacie, who gave it quite a clout.
> Pity pretty Stacie, who never meant it harm,
> But inky pinky spider has finally bought the farm.

I like. :-)

Adrian.
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250602 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 20:37
Ssirienna  
"Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:_8IYf.647$BS2.113 [at] newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> 8'FED wrote:
>> Stacie Hanes wrote:
>>
> <wore out my spider>. .
>>
>> Don't worry, I'm sure I can send you a replacement.
>
> That's really not necessary. Really.

*grin*
I could have laid money on that reaction

>
>> (Well, maybe not. But here's plenty of hugs to express empathy for
>> your bad day.)
>
> Thank you. I got a C on an essay. This hasn't happened in . . . ever. C is
> a letter that happens on other people's papers. It was, in fact, quite a
> good paper, but the professor and I had differing interpretations of his
> instructions, and he liked his version better.
>

*wince*
It happens I'm afraid - I can remember doing A level Sociology
(a long time ago ;) and the teacher saying with a degree of
frustration/confusion "you're either a genius or a fool"
Thankfully she went with the first thought but warned me that
the examiners would not be so forgiving :-)

She was right :-(

So zen hugs for the crappy day and paper's mark
As I am quite sure it was a fabulous paper

Ssirienna
--
Nobody is nicer than I am!
Oh, once there was somone ......but I took care of that
(c) Garfield/Jim Davis 16/02/2005
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250603 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 20:38
Ssirienna  
"8'FED" <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote in message
news:e10oqi$301r$1 [at] mud.stack.nl...
> Elliott Grasett wrote:
>
>> Inky pinky spider descended from the spout;
>> Startled pretty Stacie, who gave it quite a clout.
>> Pity pretty Stacie, who never meant it harm,
>> But inky pinky spider has finally bought the farm.
>
> I like. :-)
>

Agree

*applause applause*

Ssirienna
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250621 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 22:07
carol  
Stacie Hanes <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Thank you. I got a C on an essay. This hasn't happened in . . . ever. C is a
> letter that happens on other people's papers. It was, in fact, quite a good
> paper, but the professor and I had differing interpretations of his
> instructions, and he liked his version better.

It's a sod when that happens isn't it? I had a similar problem with one
of my OU tutors who interpreted essay questions in ways that wouldn't've
occurred to me in a million years. It's frustrating when you've answered
the bloody question to the best of your ability only to find that the
person marking the thing seems to have wanted the answer to an entirely
different question....


--
Carol
Some are born weird, some achieve weirdness, and others
feed giraffes to the ceiling.
- Richard Robinson on uk.rec.sheds.
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250644 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 23:38
Stacie Hanes  
Elliott Grasett wrote:

> Inky pinky spider descended from the spout;
> Startled pretty Stacie, who gave it quite a clout.
> Pity pretty Stacie, who never meant it harm,
> But inky pinky spider has finally bought the farm.

You utter ba$tard, I laughed so hard I sprained my intercostals. I may be
bleeding from the eyes.

<still giggling 5 min later>
--
Stacie, fourth swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons & Bondage-happy predator
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion & AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible
warning." Catherine Aird, _His Burial Too_
http://esmeraldus.blogspot.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250645 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 23:39
Torak  
Gid Holyoake wrote:
> In article <O9RYf.51177$d5.207265 [at] newsb.telia.net>, Jens Ayton
> generously decided to share with us..
>
>
>>Stacie Hanes:
>>
>>>Torak:
>>>
>>>>Stacie:
>>
>> >>>
>>
>>>>>I am very regretful about this. I mean, I spent months trying not
>>>>>to hurt it, ya? All of that creeping terror . . .
>>
>> >>
>>
>>>>There's a poem, you know...
>>>
>>>Adrian should set it to a dirge and read it aloud in a mournful tone of
>>>voice.
>>
>> Andrew! Get the church organ!
>
>
> No.. that's no good for a real dirge..
>
> Andrew!.. Get the Harmonium!..

Meanwhile I'll get the jazz organ and turn it into a nice swingy blues.
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250650 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 23:50
Orjan Westin  
Torak wrote:
> Gid Holyoake wrote:
>> In article <O9RYf.51177$d5.207265 [at] newsb.telia.net>, Jens Ayton
>> generously decided to share with us..
>>>
>>> Andrew! Get the church organ!
>>
>> No.. that's no good for a real dirge..
>>
>> Andrew!.. Get the Harmonium!..
>
> Meanwhile I'll get the jazz organ and turn it into a nice swingy
> blues.

When I woke up this mornin'
I put on tails, black shoes and hat.
Yeah, when I woke up this mornin'
I put on tails, black shoes and hat.
'Cause if you're goin' dancin'
You got to dress up like a prat.

I've tried so hard to woe her
I've danced all over her flat
Yeah, I've tried so hard to woe her
I've danced all over her flat
I've tapdanced on her cookies,
I've tango'd on her mat

When I woke up this mornin'
I got to the stage and sat
Yeah, when I woke up this mornin'
I got to the stage and sat
I sat waiting for my darlin'
Here she comes now... *splat*

Orjan
--
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
Fiction, Thoughts and Software
http://www.cunobaros.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250653 ] Mi, 05 April 2006 23:55
Stacie Hanes  
Orjan Westin wrote:
<snip>

> I sat waiting for my darlin'
> Here she comes now... *splat*

Orjan, I love you dearly but you are one strange human being.

--
Stacie, fourth swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons & Bondage-happy predator
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion & AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible
warning." Catherine Aird, _His Burial Too_
http://esmeraldus.blogspot.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250654 ] Do, 06 April 2006 00:00
Orjan Westin  
Stacie Hanes wrote:
> Orjan Westin wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> I sat waiting for my darlin'
>> Here she comes now... *splat*
>
> Orjan, I love you dearly but you are one strange human being.

Just trying to see the other guy's point of view...

Hm... that's the first bluesy thing I've written in fifteen years, I
think. That one was one lamenting the hard-to-understand maths at uni,
which almost got performed at our diploma-out-handing. Only we had
misplaced the piano the night before...

Orjan
--
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
Fiction, Thoughts and Software
http://www.cunobaros.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250659 ] Do, 06 April 2006 00:07
Stacie Hanes  
Orjan Westin wrote:
> Stacie Hanes wrote:
>> Orjan Westin wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>> I sat waiting for my darlin'
>>> Here she comes now... *splat*
>>
>> Orjan, I love you dearly but you are one strange human being.
>
> Just trying to see the other guy's point of view...

Well, my comment should have had a :-) on it.

I could picture the spider (mayitrestinpeace) thinking "hi, sweetie!" and
then curtains . . .

--
Stacie, fourth swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons & Bondage-happy predator
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion & AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible
warning." Catherine Aird, _His Burial Too_
http://esmeraldus.blogspot.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250669 ] Do, 06 April 2006 01:24
Torak  
Orjan Westin wrote:
> Torak wrote:
>
>>Gid Holyoake wrote:
>>
>>>In article <O9RYf.51177$d5.207265 [at] newsb.telia.net>, Jens Ayton
>>>generously decided to share with us..
>>>
>>>> Andrew! Get the church organ!
>>>
>>>No.. that's no good for a real dirge..
>>>
>>>Andrew!.. Get the Harmonium!..
>>
>>Meanwhile I'll get the jazz organ and turn it into a nice swingy
>>blues.
>
>
> When I woke up this mornin'
> I put on tails, black shoes and hat.
> Yeah, when I woke up this mornin'
> I put on tails, black shoes and hat.
> 'Cause if you're goin' dancin'
> You got to dress up like a prat.
>
> I've tried so hard to woe her
> I've danced all over her flat
> Yeah, I've tried so hard to woe her
> I've danced all over her flat
> I've tapdanced on her cookies,
> I've tango'd on her mat
>
> When I woke up this mornin'
> I got to the stage and sat
> Yeah, when I woke up this mornin'
> I got to the stage and sat
> I sat waiting for my darlin'
> Here she comes now... *splat*

Well done. Give yourself a standing ovation.
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250698 ] Do, 06 April 2006 02:42
dicconf  
In article <1hdc9xy.18rsd1wxzrx7wN%carol [at] wrhpv.com>,
Carol Hague <carol [at] wrhpv.com> wrote:
>Stacie Hanes <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thank you. I got a C on an essay. This hasn't happened in . . . ever. C is a
>> letter that happens on other people's papers. It was, in fact, quite a good
>> paper, but the professor and I had differing interpretations of his
>> instructions, and he liked his version better.
>
>It's a sod when that happens isn't it? I had a similar problem with one
>of my OU tutors who interpreted essay questions in ways that wouldn't've
>occurred to me in a million years. It's frustrating when you've answered
>the bloody question to the best of your ability only to find that the
>person marking the thing seems to have wanted the answer to an entirely
>different question....

Even worse when they really are just plain wrong, but it takes twenty
years to find the reference that would have proved it.

But in this case it sounds as though it was a problem with the format, or
at least with the topic and direction, rather than the opinions expressed.

Hugs and sympathy to Stacie, and of course next time you'll know to ask for
clarification from that particular prof even on instructions that seem obvious.

=Tamar
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250699 ] Do, 06 April 2006 02:45
dicconf  
In article <49isd9FokfshU1 [at] individual.net>,
Orjan Westin <orjan.westin [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:

<snip>

>When I woke up this mornin'
>I put on tails, black shoes and hat.
>Yeah, when I woke up this mornin'
>I put on tails, black shoes and hat.
>'Cause if you're goin' dancin'
>You got to dress up like a prat.
>
>I've tried so hard to woe her
>I've danced all over her flat
>Yeah, I've tried so hard to woe her
>I've danced all over her flat
>I've tapdanced on her cookies,
>I've tango'd on her mat
>
>When I woke up this mornin'
>I got to the stage and sat
>Yeah, when I woke up this mornin'
>I got to the stage and sat
>I sat waiting for my darlin'
>Here she comes now... *splat*

<wild applause>

Thank you for that, especially for the
subtle use of "woe" instead of "woo".

=Tamar
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250700 ] Do, 06 April 2006 02:53
Stacie Hanes  
Richard Eney wrote:

> at least with the topic and direction, rather than the opinions
> expressed.
>
> Hugs and sympathy to Stacie, and of course next time you'll know to
> ask for clarification from that particular prof even on
> instructions that seem obvious.

I don't know quite how to say what it was, except that his "engagement with
the text" meant quoting and analyzing more than mine, which meant applying
to concrete examples.

Funny thing is, I *did* talk to him--twice--before writing the paper. We
just seem to think about the material in fundamentally different ways.
--
Stacie, fourth swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons & Bondage-happy predator
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion & AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible
warning." Catherine Aird, _His Burial Too_
http://esmeraldus.blogspot.com/
Re: Sad confession [message #250701 ] Do, 06 April 2006 03:04
rja.carnegie  
Torak wrote:
> Orjan Westin wrote:
> > When I woke up this mornin'
> > I got to the stage and sat
> > Yeah, when I woke up this mornin'
> > I got to the stage and sat
> > I sat waiting for my darlin'
> > Here she comes now... *splat*
>
> Well done. Give yourself a standing ovation.

Ibid.
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250730 ] Do, 06 April 2006 05:13
Flesh-eating Dragon  
Stacie Hanes wrote:

> Adrian should set it to a dirge and read it aloud in a mournful tone of voice.

Which reminds me. A while back, just for fun, I recorded myself
reading aloud one of my favourite books for young children, and sent it
to Stacie, on the grounds that I think it expresses sentiments and a
philosophy of life that we can both identify with. [1]

I never received any response to that, and am not even aware to this
day of whether or not Stacie was previously familiar with the book.

But I'm wondering if it's what gave her the idea now of me reading
poetry aloud.

[1] _The Terrible Tiger_ by Jack Prelutsky. I identify with it from
the eating people point of view, and I thought Stacie would
identify with it from the big cat point of view.
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250740 ] Do, 06 April 2006 08:19
carol  
Stacie Hanes <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> Richard Eney wrote:

> > Hugs and sympathy to Stacie, and of course next time you'll know to
> > ask for clarification from that particular prof even on
> > instructions that seem obvious.
>
> I don't know quite how to say what it was, except that his "engagement with
> the text" meant quoting and analyzing more than mine, which meant applying
> to concrete examples.
>
> Funny thing is, I *did* talk to him--twice--before writing the paper. We
> just seem to think about the material in fundamentally different ways.

And the really frustrating part is that probably neither of you are
actually *wrong* as such, just using different (and in this case
incompatible) approaches. Commiserations.

--
Carol
Some are born weird, some achieve weirdness, and others
feed giraffes to the ceiling.
- Richard Robinson on uk.rec.sheds.
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250742 ] Do, 06 April 2006 08:22
carol  
Orjan Westin <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:


> Hm... that's the first bluesy thing I've written in fifteen years, I
> think. That one was one lamenting the hard-to-understand maths at uni,
> which almost got performed at our diploma-out-handing. Only we had
> misplaced the piano the night before...

Do we even want to know how you managed to "misplace" a piano?

And did you check down the back of the sofa? All sorts of things end up
there y'know.

--
Carol
Some are born weird, some achieve weirdness, and others
feed giraffes to the ceiling.
- Richard Robinson on uk.rec.sheds.
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250753 ] Do, 06 April 2006 09:20
Eric Jarvis  
Carol Hague carol [at] wrhpv.com wrote in
<1hdd32c.y8l49nge7gpgN%carol [at] wrhpv.com>:
> Orjan Westin <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Hm... that's the first bluesy thing I've written in fifteen years, I
> > think. That one was one lamenting the hard-to-understand maths at uni,
> > which almost got performed at our diploma-out-handing. Only we had
> > misplaced the piano the night before...
>
> Do we even want to know how you managed to "misplace" a piano?
>

Geometry. Let it be a warning. Advanced mathematics can be dangerous.

--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250759 ] Do, 06 April 2006 09:58
Orjan Westin  
Stacie Hanes wrote:
> Orjan Westin wrote:
>> Stacie Hanes wrote:
>>> Orjan Westin wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> I sat waiting for my darlin'
>>>> Here she comes now... *splat*
>>>
>>> Orjan, I love you dearly but you are one strange human being.
>>
>> Just trying to see the other guy's point of view...
>
> Well, my comment should have had a :-) on it.

Aw. I like the line the way it is.

Strangers are just friends you haven't had to hide from the police and
lend money to. Yet.

> I could picture the spider (mayitrestinpeace) thinking "hi, sweetie!"
> and then curtains . . .

Yup. So could I.

A very tragic story. Do let us know if any of it's relatives show up.

Especially if they're holding baseball bats and talk about knees.

Orjan
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Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250760 ] Do, 06 April 2006 10:41
Orjan Westin  
Richard Eney wrote:
> In article <49isd9FokfshU1 [at] individual.net>,
> Orjan Westin <orjan.westin [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> I've tried so hard to woe her
>> I've danced all over her flat
>> Yeah, I've tried so hard to woe her
>> I've danced all over her flat
>> I've tapdanced on her cookies,
´>> I've tango'd on her mat
>
> <wild applause>
>
> Thank you for that, especially for the
> subtle use of "woe" instead of "woo".


What? Oh, um, yeah, that... Took a lot of thought, that one. Thanks
for noticing.

<hits self over head with dictionary>

Orjan
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Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250774 ] Do, 06 April 2006 12:56
Lister  
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 23:00:16 +0100, "Orjan Westin"
<nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:

>Stacie Hanes wrote:
>> Orjan Westin wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>> I sat waiting for my darlin'
>>> Here she comes now... *splat*
>>
>> Orjan, I love you dearly but you are one strange human being.
>
>Just trying to see the other guy's point of view...
>
>Hm... that's the first bluesy thing I've written in fifteen years, I
>think. That one was one lamenting the hard-to-understand maths at uni,
>which almost got performed at our diploma-out-handing. Only we had
>misplaced the piano the night before...
>
>Orjan



How do you misplace a piano?
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250775 ] Do, 06 April 2006 12:59
Jens Ayton  
Lister:
>
> How do you misplace a piano?

With great effort.


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Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250777 ] Do, 06 April 2006 13:16
Lister  
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 07:22:48 +0100, carol [at] wrhpv.com (Carol Hague)
wrote:

>Orjan Westin <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Hm... that's the first bluesy thing I've written in fifteen years, I
>> think. That one was one lamenting the hard-to-understand maths at uni,
>> which almost got performed at our diploma-out-handing. Only we had
>> misplaced the piano the night before...
>
>Do we even want to know how you managed to "misplace" a piano?
>
>And did you check down the back of the sofa? All sorts of things end up
>there y'know.


Damn, you beat me to it
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250778 ] Do, 06 April 2006 13:21
Orjan Westin  
Lister wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 23:00:16 +0100, "Orjan Westin"
> <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hm... that's the first bluesy thing I've written in fifteen years, I
>> think. That one was one lamenting the hard-to-understand maths at
>> uni, which almost got performed at our diploma-out-handing. Only we
>> had misplaced the piano the night before...
>
> How do you misplace a piano?

We were students, it was the night (well, morning, really, as I think I
came home around 5am, sans one shoe) before we would get our diplomas.
Some alcohol may have been involved...

We usually ended our nights out back at the university, where we'd amuse
ourselves with a piano in the socond to largest lecturing hall. Two of
my friends would jam fourhandedly on the piano, and I'd improvise
lyrics. Occasionally, we'd have an audience, but mostly it was just for
fun.

Anyway, they were happily bluesing away (if that's not an tautology) on
the piano when I got a little inspiration and wrote the lyrics mentioned
above. They liked it, our audience (some sociology students and a
physicist who had been working late when they heard us and came to
investigate) liked it, so we decided we'd perform it at the ceremony.

The diplomas would be handed out in the largest lecturing hall, which
didn't have a piano, so the only thing we could do was move it there.
It took a while of rolling the piano around to find a lift big enough to
carry it, and there were some other problems, like the only unlocked
door to the big hall was only accessible through a narrow, bendy
corridor.

If you've read Adam's "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" you'll
know what happened. The piano got stuck, and couldn't be moved at all.

By then, we were all rather tired and confused, but clever enough to
realise we might do something stupid if we tried to solve the problem
there and then. We did, briefly and Glod-like, consider taking bits off
the piano, but in the end we decided to leave it there and return before
the ceremony to enrol the help of a janitor.

The next day we all slept late, and arrived almost simultaneously as the
ceremony started, so we resolved to shift the piano as soon as the
ceremony was over. That's when it dawned on us that none of us could
remember which of the many small corridors leading to the hall we had
left the piano in.

We checked every single one, three or four times, but the piano was
nowhere to be seen. We even checked its original location, but it
wasn't there either.

A friend who worked as a sysadmin there told me later that it had been
found in another elevator the next day. We are all sure we didn't put
it there. Almost sure.

Orjan
--
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
Fiction, Thoughts and Software
http://www.cunobaros.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250783 ] Do, 06 April 2006 14:09
Lister  
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:21:15 +0100, "Orjan Westin"
<nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:

<snip long story>
I'll remember never to move a piano while pissed :)
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250786 ] Do, 06 April 2006 14:15
Orjan Westin  
Lister wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:21:15 +0100, "Orjan Westin"
> <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:
>
> <snip long story>
> I'll remember never to move a piano while pissed :)

If I could give you only one advice for the future, it would be this...

Orjan
--
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
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http://www.cunobaros.com/
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250801 ] Do, 06 April 2006 15:16
Arthur Hagen  
Orjan Westin <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:
> Lister wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:21:15 +0100, "Orjan Westin"
>> <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:
>>
>> <snip long story>
>> I'll remember never to move a piano while pissed :)
>
> If I could give you only one advice for the future, it would be
> this...

The king of all advice, handed down from father to son for generations, is
"Don't fry bacon while naked".

Regards,
--
*Art
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250804 ] Do, 06 April 2006 15:29
geminii  
On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:56:59 +0100, Lister <fache [at] SPAMclara.net> wrote:

>How do you misplace a piano?

Scaling error?


-SteveD
Re: [I] Sad confession [message #250809 ] Do, 06 April 2006 15:52
Stacie Hanes  
Orjan Westin wrote:

> A very tragic story. Do let us know if any of it's relatives show
> up.
> Especially if they're holding baseball bats and talk about knees.


uh . . yeah

They have WAY more knees than I do.

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