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Message no. 1
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 22:15:19 +0100
Re: UK Guide

Well, that was supposed to go to Shadowrn, not Shadowtk.

I am now going away to commit ritual suicide.

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Avenger
Message no. 2
From: Jhary-a-Conel <Jhary-a-Conel@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 23:23:59 +0200
On 18 Jun 98, at 22:15, Avenger wrote:

> Re: UK Guide
>
> Well, that was supposed to go to Shadowrn, not Shadowtk.
>
> I am now going away to commit ritual suicide.
OK, I just hope you've set up a script to upload the files you promised me, and
don't be too noisy with your suicide - else you might wake the kid! :-)


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Message no. 3
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 22:28:55 +0100
In article <PLOTD%98061817195187@********.ITRIBE.NET>, Jhary-a-Conel
<Jhary-a-Conel@***.NET> writes
>On 18 Jun 98, at 22:15, Avenger wrote:
>
>> Re: UK Guide
>>
>> Well, that was supposed to go to Shadowrn, not Shadowtk.
>>
>> I am now going away to commit ritual suicide.
>OK, I just hope you've set up a script to upload the files you promised me,

As if I'd let you down Sascha. No the files will arrive as promised. I
wish you many sleepless nights reading them and attempting to understand
their mystic contents. :)

>and
>don't be too noisy with your suicide - else you might wake the kid! :-)

My suicides are always quiet. I've had lots of practice. <smirk>

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Avenger
Message no. 4
From: Brian Angliss <angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 15:40:32 +0100
>My suicides are always quiet. I've had lots of practice. <smirk>

Ever seen "Henry and Maude?" :)

Brian
Message no. 5
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 23:03:20 +0100
In article <v01510106b1aed738ba87@[128.138.200.180]>, Brian Angliss
<angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU> writes
>>My suicides are always quiet. I've had lots of practice. <smirk>
>
>Ever seen "Henry and Maude?" :)

In the UK? Hah!

Erm. Sorry. No Brian I haven't.


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Avenger
Message no. 6
From: Brian Angliss <angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:11:31 +0100
>Erm. Sorry. No Brian I haven't.

Very fun, if a bit black in the humor department. The kid keeps faking his
suicides to get the attention of his parents, drives a hearse, and falls in
love with a 69 year-old woman. Very fun, but not completely a comedy.

Brian
Message no. 7
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 23:15:29 +0100
In article <v01510108b1aede5c67db@[128.138.200.180]>, Brian Angliss
<angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU> writes
>>Erm. Sorry. No Brian I haven't.
>
>Very fun, if a bit black in the humor department. The kid keeps faking his
>suicides to get the attention of his parents, drives a hearse, and falls in
>love with a 69 year-old woman. Very fun, but not completely a comedy.

That explains why we don't get it here. If' it's even mildly funny
terrestrial TV won't show it, they like to propagate the concept that
nothing from the US is funny in any way whatsoever except to Americans.
To give you an idea, if it wasn't for Sky Satellite Broadcasting, most
Brits still wouldn't know what South Park was.

Is the show new, or has it been around for a while?

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Avenger
Message no. 8
From: Brian Angliss <angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:36:19 +0100
>That explains why we don't get it here. If' it's even mildly funny
>terrestrial TV won't show it, they like to propagate the concept that
>nothing from the US is funny in any way whatsoever except to Americans.
>To give you an idea, if it wasn't for Sky Satellite Broadcasting, most
>Brits still wouldn't know what South Park was.

Really? That sucks. Actually, I was a little wrong on the name of the
movie: "Harold and Maude". It's a British movie, actually, and it's been
around for a while. My mistake.

Brian
Message no. 9
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:44:09 -0400
At 11:15 PM 6/18/98 +0100, you wrote:

>That explains why we don't get it here. If' it's even mildly funny
>terrestrial TV won't show it, they like to propagate the concept that
>nothing from the US is funny in any way whatsoever except to Americans.
>To give you an idea, if it wasn't for Sky Satellite Broadcasting, most
>Brits still wouldn't know what South Park was.

How terribly odd.

You realize of course there a lot of Americans that think that all that
British humor (Bean/Rowan Atkinson, Monty Python/Fawlty Towers, et al) is
amusing to only Brits also.

Of course, along with my genetic dislike of the French is a gene that
allows me to find those folks terribly amusing. "Bean" was a stupid movie,
but I've seen shows of Rowan's one-man shows and they are something...

>Is the show new, or has it been around for a while?

From what I understand from Spike, you guys got South Park about six months
after we did. We got the series starting about, what, October? You guys
have had it for a couple of months now, right? You should now find the
not-quite hidden humor in my .sig then...

A lot of people find that show disgusting also. But I've never seen a show
deal with topics like racism and disability quite as honestly as South Park
does. Brutally honest in fact.

Okay, enough of the off-topic on Plot-D. Look what you started with your
damn Bulls announcement, Mark! It's all your fault.

Okay, just kidding.

Erik J.


"Oh my God, they killed Dunkelzahn! You bastards!!!"
Message no. 10
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:29:16 +0100
In article <v01510100b1aee43130f3@[128.138.200.180]>, Brian Angliss
<angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU> writes
>>nothing from the US is funny in any way whatsoever except to Americans.
>>To give you an idea, if it wasn't for Sky Satellite Broadcasting, most
>>Brits still wouldn't know what South Park was.
>
>Really? That sucks.

More than you can imagine. Anime is reserved for continual repeats over
six months on SciFi Channel, which has different schedule to the US
here. :(

Decent programs like B5 are left on one of the worst channels in this
country who are being particularly ignorant about releasing it to
another broadcaster. Other things are invariably six months behind
everybody else. It's so darned irritating. So much for the computer
age when things can be shared within minutes.

>Actually, I was a little wrong on the name of the
>movie: "Harold and Maude". It's a British movie, actually, and it's been
>around for a while. My mistake.

Oh well, I still haven't seen it, or for that matter heard of it, but
unless it's classical bullcrap like Ghandi, stars one of the
interminable "luvvies" or made in some distant European country it won't
be shown. :(


--
Avenger
Message no. 11
From: "Paul J. Adam" <plotd@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 01:19:20 +0100
In message <3.0.3.16.19980618162400.507f3900@****.fbiz.com>, Erik
Jameson <erikj@****.COM> writes
>From what I understand from Spike, you guys got South Park about six months
>after we did. We got the series starting about, what, October? You guys
>have had it for a couple of months now, right? You should now find the
>not-quite hidden humor in my .sig then...

Spotted it a while ago, but I do like the series...
>
>A lot of people find that show disgusting also.

"Go! And take your faeces with you!"

>But I've never seen a show
>deal with topics like racism and disability quite as honestly as South Park
>does. Brutally honest in fact.

Yep. It's a damn good series. Warped but hilarious.

--
Paul J. Adam
Message no. 12
From: BigDaddy <bigdaddy@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 22:24:32 -0400
thin minutes.
>
> >Actually, I was a little wrong on the name of the
> >movie: "Harold and Maude". It's a British movie, actually, and it's
been
> >around for a while. My mistake.
>
> Oh well, I still haven't seen it, or for that matter heard of it, but
> unless it's classical bullcrap like Ghandi, stars one of the
> interminable "luvvies" or made in some distant European country it won't
> be shown. :(
>

speaking of other country flix. has anyone seen or has a aussie copy of
mad max. US makers banned the flik due to its violent content. Its a
must have for all video collectors here!
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Message no. 13
From: Jhary-a-Conel <Jhary-a-Conel@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 04:23:39 +0200
On 18 Jun 98, at 22:24, BigDaddy wrote:
[snip]
> speaking of other country flix. has anyone seen or has a aussie copy of
> mad max. US makers banned the flik due to its violent content. Its a must
> have for all video collectors here! --

MM 1, 2, or 3? *grin* Seen all three...


Jhary
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Message no. 14
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:31:27 -0700
On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Jhary-a-Conel wrote:

> On 18 Jun 98, at 22:24, BigDaddy wrote:
> [snip]
> > speaking of other country flix. has anyone seen or has a aussie copy of
> > mad max. US makers banned the flik due to its violent content. Its a must
> > have for all video collectors here! --
>
> MM 1, 2, or 3? *grin* Seen all three...

Only the original is _Mad Max_ and I've seen it on TV, but I don't know
how badly it got chopped up.

The next film was _The Road Warrior_, which while being a sequel, IIRC,
didn't have it in the title and was a big hit all around, even without the
original being seen in the USA theaters.

The last was _Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome_ where we see that Tina Turner,
despite wearing 30 lbs of steel and being old enough to be Mel's mom
(slight exageration) can still kick @$$ and have killer gams.

--Catch you later

Jeff
Message no. 15
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 21:39:21 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
>How terribly odd.
>
>You realize of course there a lot of Americans that think that all that
>British humor (Bean/Rowan Atkinson, Monty Python/Fawlty Towers, et al) is
>amusing to only Brits also.
>
>Of course, along with my genetic dislike of the French is a gene that
>allows me to find those folks terribly amusing. "Bean" was a stupid movie,
>but I've seen shows of Rowan's one-man shows and they are something...


Really, my family likes British comedy (although it could just be because my
parents liked them, and exposed me and my brother to them). Personally I
like Monty Python, Benny Hill, Are you Being Served, and when I'm in the
mood, Bean...haven't really ever gotten into Fawlty Towers...


>A lot of people find that show disgusting also. But I've never seen a show
>deal with topics like racism and disability quite as honestly as South Park
>does. Brutally honest in fact.


I think that's one of the main reasons why we like it. Our country tries to
make itself so politically correct, that when shows come along and poke fun
at it (like South Park and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (sp?) we
enjoy it because its a release from how we act.

Wraith

P.S. Somehow, I blame Bull for this :)
Message no. 16
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 22:50:36 -0400
At 09:39 PM 6/18/98 -0500, Wraith wrote these timeless words:

>Wraith
>
>P.S. Somehow, I blame Bull for this :)
>
What???

I've been back on this list for less than 24 hours (I just resubbed from
the purge) and I get blamed for OTness!

<sigh>

I give up... :]

Bull
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Message no. 17
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 22:15:59 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>


>At 09:39 PM 6/18/98 -0500, Wraith wrote these timeless words:
>
>>Wraith
>>
>>P.S. Somehow, I blame Bull for this :)
>>
>What???
>
>I've been back on this list for less than 24 hours (I just resubbed from
>the purge) and I get blamed for OTness!
>
><sigh>
>
>I give up... :]

<chuckle> I just figured it carried over from Shadowrn...after all, you
posted a message there, and for the next 3 days or so, atleast half the
posts (so it seemed) were OT :)

Wraith
Message no. 18
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 05:25:39 +0100
In article <3589CBE0.5C827276@*****.com>, BigDaddy <bigdaddy@*****.COM>
writes
>thin minutes.
>>
>> Oh well, I still haven't seen it, or for that matter heard of it, but
>> unless it's classical bullcrap like Ghandi, stars one of the
>> interminable "luvvies" or made in some distant European country it
won't
>> be shown. :(
>>
>
>speaking of other country flix. has anyone seen or has a aussie copy of
>mad max. US makers banned the flik due to its violent content. Its a
>must have for all video collectors here!

Yes. Both the Australian and British versions. The Australian is a bit
more violent, but not by much. There's about 15 minutes difference
between them. I quite enjoyed the movies, shame about the third one. :)


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Message no. 19
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Silly boy - bloody mailer, can't read properly
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 21:59:17 -0700
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Wraith wrote:

> Really, my family likes British comedy (although it could just be because my
> parents liked them, and exposed me and my brother to them). Personally I
> like Monty Python, Benny Hill, Are you Being Served, and when I'm in the
> mood, Bean...haven't really ever gotten into Fawlty Towers...

What? No mention of RedDwarf?

Or, for the true Anglo-comedio-philes, Chef, for that matter Written by
absolute masters of hyperbole:

"Do you think Chef will be mad when he sees this?" [Everton, the bottom
rung flunkie in the kitchen, who once got the ladle rinse water mixed up
with the oujuice gravy*, getting a full spread in a cullinary magazine.]

"Oh no. He won't be mad...of course he won't be mad. 'Mad' isn't the
right word to describe the outright incandescent fury that would make the
eruption of Mt. Pinatubo look like the popping of an overripe zit."


> >A lot of people find that show disgusting also. But I've never seen a show
> >deal with topics like racism and disability quite as honestly as South Park
> >does. Brutally honest in fact.

I just wish it was subtitled for the Kenny-impared.

So much for getting off topic.

--Catch you later

Jeff

* And if you have to ask what that means, you probably shouldn't watch it.
You wouldn't appreciate the culinary artistry that gets woven into the
humor. Like the time that Chef (the head chef of his own restaurant) was
nearly arrested for cheese-running some unpasteurized delight.

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