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Message no. 1
From: Grim Shear grim_shear@*******.com
Subject: Cultural Icons (was Re: (OT)TTFN and thanks!)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:37:01 CST
"Kismet" <kismet-sr@****.com> said:
>(He switched from Sesame Street to Pooh recently)!
>Kismet


Good 'ol Pooh bear :) From right here in Winnipeg. Infinetly better then
dull old Sesame Street. :)

And to keep this SR-related...

What does everybody think about things like Pooh bear and *covers head*
Barney in shadowrun? Have they survived, have they been forgotten, or have
they been perverted into corp ad machines?

Grim Shear
"I love Ares, You love Ares..."
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Message no. 2
From: Dan Calvert dcalvert@*****.msn.com
Subject: Cultural Icons (was Re: (OT)TTFN and thanks!)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 18:00:49 -0600
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Grim Shear
>
> What does everybody think about things like Pooh bear and *covers head*
> Barney in shadowrun? Have they survived, have they been forgotten, or have
> they been perverted into corp ad machines?


Barney is alive and well and living as our dwarf rigger's sex toy in
Seattle, TYVM. :>)

Willow
Message no. 3
From: Strago strago@***.com
Subject: Cultural Icons (was Re: (OT)TTFN and thanks!)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:11:27 -0500
Grim Shear wrote:

> <SNIP>

> What does everybody think about things like Pooh bear and *covers head*
> Barney in shadowrun? Have they survived, have they been forgotten, or have
> they been perverted into corp ad machines?
>

HOW DARE YOU MENTION THE NAME OF THE FOUL PURPLE DINOSAUR IN MY PRESENCE!!! Sorry, I
just go into a murderous rage whenever I hear the name of that demon-damned
creature. But anyway, back to your topic, no I don't think they've survived except
as antique collectibles. I'm sure the corps have much more effective creations upon
which to plague humanity.
<SNIP>
--
--Strago

In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder,
bloodshed - they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In
Switzerland they had brotherly
love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The
cuckoo clock!
-Orson Welles

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Message no. 4
From: Allen Versfeld moe@*******.com
Subject: Cultural Icons (was Re: (OT)TTFN and thanks!)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:43:33 +0200
Strago wrote:
>
>
> HOW DARE YOU MENTION THE NAME OF THE FOUL PURPLE DINOSAUR IN MY PRESENCE!!! Sorry, I
> just go into a murderous rage whenever I hear the name of that demon-damned
> creature. But anyway, back to your topic, no I don't think they've survived except
> as antique collectibles. I'm sure the corps have much more effective creations upon
> which to plague humanity.
> <SNIP>

I disagree... read the true accounts on
http://home.earthlink.net/~bcbull/dotb.htm to fully appreciate the
horror who's name is B'harni
--
Allen Versfeld
moe@*******.com

QVANTI CANICVLA ILLE IN FENESTRA
Message no. 5
From: Simon Fuller sfuller@******.com.au
Subject: Cultural Icons (was Re: (OT)TTFN and thanks!)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:43:30 +1100
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Versfeld <moe@*******.com>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: Cultural Icons (was Re: (OT)TTFN and thanks!)


>Strago wrote:
>>
>>
>> HOW DARE YOU MENTION THE NAME OF THE FOUL PURPLE DINOSAUR IN MY
PRESENCE!!! Sorry, I
>> just go into a murderous rage whenever I hear the name of that
demon-damned
>> creature. But anyway, back to your topic, no I don't think they've
survived except
>> as antique collectibles. I'm sure the corps have much more effective
creations upon
>> which to plague humanity.
>> <SNIP>
>
That I am replying to this shows just how frustrating the signal to noise
ratio is getting, and me a veteran OTer already. Noddy from so many years
ago it's politically incorrect is still going strong. Peter Pan is around
long after the author. Winnie the Pooh is also massively old, Disney be
damned for their 'ownership' of both. There are more, mostly British. I'm
sure Winnie will be around in another 61 years. As for Barney, well I don't
remember ever seeing an episode but from its hype it seems to be so much
fluff and plagiarism, so maybe not. I still always think of Barney Rubble
when I hear the name, but Barney Gumble also seems much more popular.
BTW, my spell checker tried to tell me Disney should be spelt Dissent, and
maybe it's right.

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