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Message no. 1
From: Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
Subject: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 01:16:57 -0800
How about Nerps : The Crunchy Bits?

*shrug*

-Dv
Message no. 2
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:54:34 +0100
Dvixen said on 1:16/12 Nov 97...

> How about Nerps : The Crunchy Bits?

Then everyone will think it's about some disgusting breakfast cereal...
NERPS: Novelties is my choice, because I think it has this "Hey, check
this cool stuff out!" ring to it, whereas IMHO NERPS: Stuff says "Here's a
load of junk we had left over."

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Message no. 3
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 08:25:41 -0700
Gurth wrote:
/
/ Dvixen said on 1:16/12 Nov 97...
/
/ > How about Nerps : The Crunchy Bits?
/
/ Then everyone will think it's about some disgusting breakfast cereal...
/ NERPS: Novelties is my choice, because I think it has this "Hey, check
/ this cool stuff out!" ring to it, whereas IMHO NERPS: Stuff says "Here's a
/ load of junk we had left over."

I agree that NERPS: Stuff is kinda bland. However NERPS: Novelties
makes me think of.. er.. well, the word "novelties" is often used in
the US to refer to.. er.. sex toys. While something like NERPS: The
Crunchy Bits is something I would click on to see what the heck it
was. How about NERPS: Chocolate Coated Sugar Bombs? :)

Seriously: Here's what I came up with after firing up the Thesaurus.

NERPS: Elements
NERPS: Material
NERPS: Components
NERPS: Features (my favorite)
NERPS: Bytes (Bites, get it ;)
NERPS: Style
NERPS: Comforts
NERPS: Amenities

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Message no. 4
From: Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:43:25 -0800
> Gurth wrote:
> Then everyone will think it's about some disgusting breakfast cereal...
> NERPS: Novelties is my choice, because I think it has this "Hey, check
> this cool stuff out!" ring to it, whereas IMHO NERPS: Stuff says "Here's a
> load of junk we had left over."

Hey, just throwing out strange ideas, and seeing if anyone came up with
anything. :P

It could have been NERPS: Whojackapivickies. ;)

NERPS: Stuff does sounds rather... bland. Definitely not Chocolate Coated
Sugar Bombs. ;)

David B threw out a few choices, and of them, I like NERPS: Style (gives an
upper class ring to it. ;) and NERPS: Features. I'd have to agree on his bit
about the ... alternative meaning... for Novelties. (Tho I think of fancy
Ice Cream, not Sex Toys. ;)

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Message no. 5
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:07:54 -0700
Dvixen wrote:
)It could have been NERPS: Whojackapivickies. ;)

Or NERPS: Jabberwocky ;)

)I'd have to agree on his bit
)about the ... alternative meaning... for Novelties. (Tho I think of fancy
)Ice Cream, not Sex Toys. ;)

No offense, but it's probably a guy thing, right guys... guys? ;)

Oh gee, I'm going OT here (I'm suffering from OT withdrawl I guess).
Back to Shadowrun <grump> ;)

-David
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Message no. 6
From: Les Ward <lward@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:20:43 -0500
>> Dvixen wrote:
>I'd have to agree on his bit
>about the ... alternative meaning... for Novelties. (Tho I think of fancy
>Ice Cream, not Sex Toys. ;)

Same thing.

Wordman
Message no. 7
From: "Paolo Falco, Explorer" <Falco@****.IT>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 22:55:15 +0000
Dvixen thus did speak about Title or whatever the topic of disc:

> How about Nerps : The Crunchy Bits?

NERPS: Paraphernalia?

:)

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Message no. 8
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:28:33 -0500
At 01:16 AM 11/12/97 -0800, Dvixen wrote these timeless words:
>How about Nerps : The Crunchy Bits?
>
>*shrug*
>
Ya know... I *LIKE* this...:]

Of course, I also like NERPS: Stuff, so...:]

How about NERPS: Bulldrek? <grin>

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Message no. 9
From: Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:41:24 +1100
> > How about Nerps : The Crunchy Bits?
>
> NERPS: Paraphernalia?

NERPS: Cornucopia?

Lady Jestyr

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Message no. 10
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:50:54 -0700
At 10:41 11/13/97 +1100, you wrote:
>> > How about Nerps : The Crunchy Bits?
>>
>> NERPS: Paraphernalia?
>
>NERPS: Cornucopia?

NERPS: Plethora of stuff ;)

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Message no. 11
From: Linda Baxter <Baxter@******.NET>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 20:04:56 -0600
> NERPS: Plethora of stuff ;)

I liked Stuff but this one might explain it further. It will have a
variety of items in it and I think Plethora points that out quite
well, so I vote for NERPS: Plethora of Stuff. Thanks Adam! :-)

Linda
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Message no. 12
From: Tony Glinka <porthos@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 21:20:35 -0700
Adam J wrote:

> NERPS: Plethora of stuff ;)

I know I haven't submitted anything for this, but I vote for this one. The
scary thing was that I was trying to think of some way to work in "plethora"
myself when I got this post.

Tony
Message no. 13
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:49:06 +0100
Dvixen said on 10:43/12 Nov 97...

> Hey, just throwing out strange ideas, and seeing if anyone came up with
> anything. :P

Looks to me like it worked :)

> David B threw out a few choices, and of them, I like NERPS: Style (gives an
> upper class ring to it. ;) and NERPS: Features.

Features makes me think of accessories, which much of the stuff in the
book will be... Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, though it's not
a name I'd pick if it were only up to me.

> I'd have to agree on his bit about the ... alternative meaning... for
> Novelties. (Tho I think of fancy Ice Cream, not Sex Toys. ;)

Hey, English isn't my first language, remember? :) The word "novelties" to
me means useless trinkets, like those tamaguchi (sp?) things.

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Message no. 14
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Title or whatever the topic of discussion is...
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 07:15:42 -0700
Lady Jestyr wrote:
/
/ NERPS: Cornucopia?

I vote for this one. NERPS: Cornucopia, a plethora of featured
novelties and for Shadowrun (with some crunchy bits for added zest)
:)

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