From:	"The Illustrious Mr. Frypp" <JAMES-CUENO@*********.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Need a team in a hurry
Date:	Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:05:30 CST

> It's a device used to indicate possession :)

Hey, I've been spending a lot of time in religion and communications
classes this term. I gotta use big words like that!

The "signal alteration"
> repesents the demonic influence of the evil Freddy Frypp taking over
> poor Poppa Chubby,

Uh, yeah.... somethin' like that......

or the late Saint Frypp speaking through a medium to
> his loyal followers,

Yeah.... yeah!!!!!!! B>

or the sadly-deranged Poppa Chubby _thinking_ he's
> possessed by Freddy... :)

Poor guy..... B(

> But it's basically someone speaking through Poppa, be it a deceased Elf
> or Chubby's "dark side". ISTR Brimstone (a rather nasty spirit) and
> Marksanspensah having a similar duet going on when I joined the list.

[ISTR??? I Seem To Remember?]

Yeah, John and I figured that device would be the best way to
indicate that the spirit's taken over. Some people let the spirit
posses the character then start the post (such as Dianna and Baron,
right?), but we liked the idea of somebody exhibiting split
personalities -- which for Marksanspensah was really neat considering
some of the trouble he had gotten into with Brimstone. B>

jim