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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 11:15:15 +0100
Nexx said on 18:23/ 9 Apr 98...

> > <draws his lifetime ticket and beats feet (you all know those
> > stairs)>
>
> Question... what are these stairs that everyone keeps referring to? I assume
> its some in-joke that didn't make it into the FAQ

Quite easy, really: they're mine.

It got started last year (or maybe the year before that, I'm not sure)
when I made some or another silly comment and said I was going to hide
under my stairs. David Buehrer decided to use those same stairs to hide
some time later, and a legend was born :)

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Message no. 2
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 11:51:53 -0600
Gurth wrote:
/
/ Nexx said on 18:23/ 9 Apr 98...
/
/ > > <draws his lifetime ticket and beats feet (you all know those
/ > > stairs)>
/ >
/ >Question... what are these stairs that everyone keeps referring to? I assume
/ > its some in-joke that didn't make it into the FAQ
/
/ Quite easy, really: they're mine.
/
/ It got started last year (or maybe the year before that, I'm not sure)
/ when I made some or another silly comment and said I was going to hide
/ under my stairs. David Buehrer decided to use those same stairs to hide
/ some time later, and a legend was born :)

And believe you me they come in handy :) Although I haven't had the
need to hide under them recently <whimsicle shrug>.

<walks out of sight>

<from under Gurth's stairs, behind the couch, slightly muffled by
body armor>

Can you ground a spell through a quickened spell?

;)

-David
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Message no. 3
From: Wyrmy The powerful <elfman@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:32:35 -0500
David Buehrer wrote:
>
> Gurth wrote:
> /
> / Nexx said on 18:23/ 9 Apr 98...
> /
> / > > <draws his lifetime ticket and beats feet (you all know those
> / > > stairs)>
> / >
> / >Question... what are these stairs that everyone keeps referring to? I assume
> / > its some in-joke that didn't make it into the FAQ
> /
> / Quite easy, really: they're mine.
> /
> / It got started last year (or maybe the year before that, I'm not sure)
> / when I made some or another silly comment and said I was going to hide
> / under my stairs. David Buehrer decided to use those same stairs to hide
> / some time later, and a legend was born :)
>
> And believe you me they come in handy :) Although I haven't had the
> need to hide under them recently <whimsicle shrug>.
>
> <walks out of sight>
>
> <from under Gurth's stairs, behind the couch, slightly muffled by
> body armor>
>
> Can you ground a spell through a quickened spell?
>
> ;)
Thats almost as bad as: Which is better,Sammies or physads?Mages or
shamans?Deckers or riggers?Fireballs or hellblasts?his post or mine?
:^):^)
<runs to the stairs and then ,grinning, sticks his head out to see what
is happening.Then gets hit in the face with a carp.>;8-)

Also, when is the next net party at gurth's?I want to go this time.
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Message no. 4
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:50:55 EST
> > Can you ground a spell through a quickened spell?
> >
> > ;)
> Thats almost as bad as: Which is better,Sammies or physads?Mages or
> shamans?Deckers or riggers?Fireballs or hellblasts?his post or mine?
> :^):^) <runs to the stairs and then ,grinning, sticks his head out
> to see what is happening.Then gets hit in the face with a carp.>;8-)

Actually, the "G" word is worse. It spawns more problems than those
other debates you mention. Mainly because, if we disagree about who
is better, we can each do our thing. If we disagree about "G"ing,
well, we can't play together.

Does anyone actually prefer Hellblasts over fireballs? Once you
correct the drain errata? Wow.

-=SwiftOne=-
Message no. 5
From: Caric <caric@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 14:05:26 -0700
---Gurth <gurth@******.NL> wrote:
>
> Nexx said on 18:23/ 9 Apr 98...
>
> > > <draws his lifetime ticket and beats feet (you all know those
> > > stairs)>
> >
> > Question... what are these stairs that everyone keeps referring
to? I assume
> > its some in-joke that didn't make it into the FAQ
>
> Quite easy, really: they're mine.
>
> It got started last year (or maybe the year before that, I'm not sure)
> when I made some or another silly comment and said I was going to hide
> under my stairs. David Buehrer decided to use those same stairs to
hide
> some time later, and a legend was born :)


I figure that if Gurth ever leaves the list (Hey it could
happen...maybe) then we'll start having the new list members make a
pilgrimage to the stairs before being accepted. :)


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Message no. 6
From: Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 18:10:41 -0700
> > And believe you me they come in handy :) Although I haven't had the
> > need to hide under them recently <whimsicle shrug>.
> >
> > <walks out of sight>
> >
> > <from under Gurth's stairs, behind the couch, slightly muffled by
> > body armor>
> >
> > Can you ground a spell through a quickened spell?
> >
> > ;)
> Thats almost as bad as: Which is better,Sammies or physads?Mages or
> shamans?Deckers or riggers?Fireballs or hellblasts?his post or mine?
> :^):^)
> <runs to the stairs and then ,grinning, sticks his head out to see what
> is happening.Then gets hit in the face with a carp.>;8-)
>
> Also, when is the next net party at gurth's?I want to go this time.

ummmmm...Arbor day I believe...i'll check my calendar.

anyway, while the above mentioned stimuli do produce quite an effect, none
is as powerful as the one little word we have all come to know and love...I
can't say ti for fear of my very life.

*cough*cough*couwoodchuckgh*cough*cough*

:)

Caric-the-it-was-Bull-not-me-honest-no-really-I-mean-it-this-time-shaman
Message no. 7
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:22:06 EDT
In a message dated 4/10/98 12:52:07 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG writes:

> <from under Gurth's stairs, behind the couch, slightly muffled by
> body armor>
>
> Can you ground a spell through a quickened spell?
>
> ;)
>
<strange echoing sound behind the closet door (what?!? you didn't know about
the closet?)>

<><><><><><><><><>YES!!!!><><><><><><><><><><><

-<even more strange sounds of many barefeeted domovoi running away like a pack
of pachiderms>-

-K
Message no. 8
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 09:57:02 +0100
And verily, did Caric hastily scribble thusly...
|I figure that if Gurth ever leaves the list (Hey it could
|happen...maybe) then we'll start having the new list members make a
|pilgrimage to the stairs before being accepted. :)

That's tantamount to heresy, you realise.
Actually speculating on the possibility that Gurth might even consider
thinking about the possibility of contemplating leaving the list is
heresy...


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Message no. 9
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:08:14 +0100
And verily, did Caric hastily scribble thusly...
|> Also, when is the next net party at gurth's?I want to go this time.
|
|ummmmm...Arbor day I believe...i'll check my calendar.

What, when, where, how, wither, whether, whence, wherefore and a big side
order of why... is Arbor Day?

|anyway, while the above mentioned stimuli do produce quite an effect, none
|is as powerful as the one little word we have all come to know and love...I
|can't say ti for fear of my very life.
|
|*cough*cough*couwoodchuckgh*cough*cough*

*mumble*mumble*ZOT*mumble*mumble....

|:)
|
|Caric-the-it-was-Bull-not-me-honest-no-really-I-mean-it-this-time-shaman

LOL! Best one in a while....
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Message no. 10
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:13:27 +0100
And verily, did Ereskanti hastily scribble thusly...
|
|> <from under Gurth's stairs, behind the couch, slightly muffled by
|> body armor>
|>
|> Can you ground a spell through a quickened spell?
|>
|> ;)
|>
|<strange echoing sound behind the closet door (what?!? you didn't know about
|the closet?)>
|
|<><><><><><><><><>YES!!!!><><><><><><><><><><><

<Strange muffled voice from under the mound of comfy cushions.....[Extra
Padding don'tchaknow]>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NO!
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

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Message no. 11
From: rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:23:09 -0500
>And verily, did Caric hastily scribble thusly...
>|> Also, when is the next net party at gurth's?I want to go this time.
>|
>|ummmmm...Arbor day I believe...i'll check my calendar.
>
>What, when, where, how, wither, whether, whence, wherefore and a big
side
>order of why... is Arbor Day?
>


From a Nebraska native, born and raised, (GO BIG RED!!!), it is the last
Friday in April, honoring J. Sterling Morton, who founded Arbor Lodge in
Nebraska City, and promoted tree planting across the prairies of the
heartland.

Tony Rabiola rabiola@**.netcom.com
Fourth and Sixth World Adept
Still working on the Fifth...
Message no. 12
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 17:21:05 +0100
And verily, did rabiola hastily scribble thusly...
|>From a Nebraska native, born and raised, (GO BIG RED!!!), it is the last
|Friday in April, honoring J. Sterling Morton, who founded Arbor Lodge in
|Nebraska City, and promoted tree planting across the prairies of the
|heartland.

<faked understanding>

AHHHHhhhhhhh.......

</faked understanding>
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Message no. 13
From: Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:26:30 -0700
Spike spilt forth these words:

> And verily, did Caric hastily scribble thusly...
> |I figure that if Gurth ever leaves the list (Hey it could
> |happen...maybe) then we'll start having the new list members make a
> |pilgrimage to the stairs before being accepted. :)
>
> That's tantamount to heresy, you realise.
> Actually speculating on the possibility that Gurth might even consider
> thinking about the possibility of contemplating leaving the list is
> heresy...

<snip thwap with 1,000 year old carp>

> GOTCHA!


Damn it man I never said it was voluntary, the Illuminati could be after
him at this moment...a rival mailing list could have hired assassins to
take out some of our longest lasting members (I almost said old but I know
how that upsets you so :) We must face the reality that no man is an
island...even Gurth could fall prey to the worst of all enemies to the
list...Real Life could claim its bloody prize.

Caric-the-damn-I-just-took-a-shower-too-shaman
Message no. 14
From: Nexx <nexx@********.NET>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 13:27:03 -0500
> We must face the reality that no man is an
> island...even Gurth could fall prey to the worst of all enemies to the
> list...Real Life could claim its bloody prize.

You mean this list doesn't render us immune to the necessities of real
life? Damn... uh, I gotta go do something...

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************
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achieve... and probably wouldn't even recognize it if I did.
-Logan, in issue 124 of "Wolverine"
***********
Am Moireach Mor!
Message no. 15
From: Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:39:57 -0700
> And verily, did rabiola hastily scribble thusly...
> |>From a Nebraska native, born and raised, (GO BIG RED!!!), it is the
last
> |Friday in April, honoring J. Sterling Morton, who founded Arbor Lodge in
> |Nebraska City, and promoted tree planting across the prairies of the
> |heartland.
>
> <faked understanding>
>
> AHHHHhhhhhhh.......
>
> </faked understanding>

Basically it's a minor American observed day when we plant trees and other
ecologically sound things. :)
I knew it would be obscure for the non-americans, but I didn't realize it
was that obscure...sorry, well kinda ;)


Caric
Message no. 16
From: Raven <florian.goll@******.UNI-WEIMAR.DE>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 21:31:47 +0000
> > We must face the reality that no man is an
> > island...even Gurth could fall prey to the worst of all enemies to the
> > list...Real Life could claim its bloody prize.
>
> You mean this list doesn't render us immune to the necessities of real
> life? Damn... uh, I gotta go do something...

Hey and what about the stairs, the closet, the comfy cusions and my
beloved comfy chair behind all those pizza boxes ????

Raven-the-oh-sh*t-the-M-FS-strikes-again-combat-rigger-decker-munchki
n-after-a-long-time-with-skills-nobody-etc-pp
--Raven

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Message no. 17
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 15:57:48 -0400
At 10:23 AM 4/11/98 -0500, rabiola wrote these timeless words:

>>What, when, where, how, wither, whether, whence, wherefore and a big
>side
>>order of why... is Arbor Day?
>
>>From a Nebraska native, born and raised, (GO BIG RED!!!), it is the last
>Friday in April, honoring J. Sterling Morton, who founded Arbor Lodge in
>Nebraska City, and promoted tree planting across the prairies of the
>heartland.
>
And has subsequantly been turned into the rather pathetic Earth Day since
then...

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Message no. 18
From: rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Stairs (was Re: Article from France)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 13:19:59 -0500
>>>From a Nebraska native, born and raised, (GO BIG RED!!!), it is the
last
>>Friday in April, honoring J. Sterling Morton, who founded Arbor Lodge
in
>>Nebraska City, and promoted tree planting across the prairies of the
>>heartland.
>>
>And has subsequantly been turned into the rather pathetic Earth Day
since
>then...
>


Sort of, but I think the real Earth Day is at a different date...

Getting back on topic, was just imagining all the different
sacred/holy/holidays there would be with all the different countries
balkanized...

Tony Rabiola rabiola@**.netcom.com
Fourth and Sixth World Adept
Still working on the Fifth...

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