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Message no. 1
From: xanth@****.uky.edu (Terry Amburgey)
Subject: politics in the U.K.
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:34:10 -0500 (EST)
Piers wrote:
>Ahem sorry I had to read this twice just to make sure, did you just
>imply that the magic system is a contious whole! <increduality> :)
>Its the most wonderful patched together, ever evolving fuzzy logic,
>mass of incogruites that I have ever seen, well that and the British
>political system :)
>But ya gotta love them both! :)

Once a week [at least as far as I know] C-Span carries a question & answer
session from Parlaiment. It's probably not appropriate for a sep to comment
on politics in the U.K. but I *love* watching this session. How politicians
in Parlaiment can be so utterly polite and scathingly critical at the same
time is amazing to behold. Terry

Terry L. Amburgey Office: 606-257-7726
Associate Professor Home: 606-224-0636
College of Business & Economics Fax: 606-257-3577
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506
Message no. 2
From: Piers Meynell <SAC5PM@*******.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 18:45:14 GMT
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:34:10 -0500 (EST)
> To: shadowrn@********.itribe.net
> From: xanth@****.uky.edu (Terry Amburgey)
> Subject: politics in the U.K.
> Reply-to: shadowrn@********.itribe.net

>
> Once a week [at least as far as I know] C-Span carries a question & answer
> session from Parlaiment. It's probably not appropriate for a sep to comment
> on politics in the U.K. but I *love* watching this session. How politicians
> in Parlaiment can be so utterly polite and scathingly critical at the same
> time is amazing to behold. Terry
>
> Terry L. Amburgey Office: 606-257-7726

<grin>
Of course it isnt in approprate! :)
Heres something else I might add to my sig:::

Three things to beware of -The hoof of a horse, the horn of a bull,
and the smile of an Englishman.
Seumas MacManus

Piers

"Curse the blasted jelly-boned swines, the slimy
belly-wriggling invertebrates, the miserable sodding
rotters, the flaming sods, the sniverlling, dribbling,
dithering, palsied pulseless lot that make up Engand
today. They've got the white of egg in their veins,
and their spunk is that watery it's a marvel they can
breed. Why, why, why, was I born an Englishman!"
D.H. Lawrence (1912)
Message no. 3
From: "Jeremy T. Fox" <fox@****.edu>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:31:52 -0600 (CST)
On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Terry Amburgey wrote:

> Once a week [at least as far as I know] C-Span carries a question & answer
> session from Parlaiment. It's probably not appropriate for a sep to comment
> on politics in the U.K. but I *love* watching this session. How politicians
> in Parlaiment can be so utterly polite and scathingly critical at the same
> time is amazing to behold. Terry

I love how the national government of Britain is so caught up in
minutiae. Just a couple of weeks ago Tony Blair or one of his cronies was
complaining about water pressure to John Major. It was so hilarious.
Could you imagine Bob Dole and Bill Clinton arguiung about municipal
water systems? Perhaps that's why I'm a dedicated federalist.


Jeremy T. Fox Baker College
fox@****.edu Rice University
(713) 630-8024 6320 S. Main St.
Student Computer Consultant Houston TX, 77005
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~fox/
Message no. 4
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 23:18:29 +0000 (GMT)
|Three things to beware of -The hoof of a horse, the horn of a bull,
|and the smile of an Englishman.

I take objection to that. OK, so I don't brush my teeth as often as I
should and my teeth are a bit crooked, but is that any reason to beware of
my smile? :) <<See, it's not that bad. Is it?
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Message no. 5
From: Piers Meynell <SAC5PM@*******.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 09:07:26 GMT
> From: A Halliwell <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
> To: shadowrn@********.itribe.net
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 23:18:29 +0000 (GMT)
> Reply-to: shadowrn@********.itribe.net

> |Three things to beware of -The hoof of a horse, the horn of a bull,
> |and the smile of an Englishman.
>
> I take objection to that. OK, so I don't brush my teeth as often as I
> should and my teeth are a bit crooked, but is that any reason to beware of
> my smile? :) <<See, it's not that bad. Is it?

Hello!
<grin> <-- hmm mine isnt that much better either, aside from
needing a visit by the lysterine dragon :) I have two extra sets of
canines, of which the lower pairs been removed, foutunatly, my
ability to constantly regrow teeth seems to have subsided. :)

If my grip on reality was any less than it was thribble? I could
surgest that perhaps wiblblw? Im a spike baby orc! Esp. as my friend
Mr Cadburies parrot agrees with me, dont you?

THwaaaaarRk!

See!

Oh what, oh you want to inject me with some thing doctor, oh go righ
gibber! ahead. As I was conjugating, hmm Mr cadburies parrot just
told me to ask what it is Doctor , a muscle relaxant? Oh ok, any
Thwwwarrrrrp! Shuss Mr Cadburies parrot, THEY might here you, ah I
see what you mean! Doctor what are those electrodes for?

BZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Polly want a cracker?

Piers "Idoit, inconsequence and general arsehole" Meynell

P.S. On a rather more somber note. This fassionalbe? trend for taking
ECT at the drop of a hat, is rather worrying and some what endimic
of our society today : (

P.P.S Hmm my layout is wonderful, anyway Im galivanting up to
Stradford-upon-avon to see some friends, so Ill be unsubscribed for a
little while. Bye!
Message no. 6
From: "Andre' Selmer" <031ANDRE@******.wits.ac.za>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:13:28 GMT + 2:00
@ > |Three things to beware of -The hoof of a horse, the horn of a bull,
@ > |and the smile of an Englishman.
@ >
The hoof part really depends on whether it is attached to a
horse, being dropped out of a windows by an angry g'friend, being
thrown at you by an angry troll, or currently is a spell lock, fetish
etc with an angry mage in astral (Hmmm.. it seems only to damage when
near angry beast.

For bulls horn see above

As to the part about the smile all I'm saying is Hummphh ! ;)
Its not my grandfathers fault that his dentures are loose.






Andre'

-- We exist because you want us to, because you are
|__|__ afraid to fact the facts. We are what you fear
/\ /\ \ in the deep recesses of your soul, yourselves.
|\ /\ /| | It is there in the shadows of your soul and those
|/ \/ \| | of the street that we exist. Through the use of
\/__\/ might, magic, cunning, blood, sweat and tears we
protect you from your fears, from youselves, from
others and keep your utopia, not ours, intact.
Message no. 7
From: Russ Myrick <rm91612@****.net>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 09:46:02 -0800
> I take objection to that. OK, so I don't brush my teeth as often as I
> should and my teeth are a bit crooked, but is that any reason to beware of
> my smile? :) <<See, it's not that bad. Is it?

"AAArgh!! Run Away!" -- Monty Python

oh yeh, thanks for the dir to the GEEK source material
Message no. 8
From: Jonas Gabrielson <m94jga@*******.tdb.uu.se>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 18:34:57 +0100 (MET)
On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, Russ Myrick wrote:

> > I take objection to that. OK, so I don't brush my teeth as often as I
> > should and my teeth are a bit crooked, but is that any reason to beware of
> > my smile? :) <<See, it's not that bad. Is it?
>
> "AAArgh!! Run Away!" -- Monty Python

<music&song> "Sir Russ he bravely ran away, ran away, ran away..."

-Jonas Gabrielson, seldom mistaken for the Mighty Tim
Message no. 9
From: Craig S Dohmen <dohmen@*******.cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:28:02 -0500
On Tue, 26 Mar 1996 "Jeremy T. Fox" <fox@****.edu> wrote:

> Could you imagine Bob Dole and Bill Clinton arguiung about municipal
> water systems?

Ha! Nothing so practical. :)

--Craig
Message no. 10
From: Russ Myrick <rm91612@****.net>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:40:19 -0800
Jonas Gabrielson wrote:
> <music&song> "Sir Russ he bravely ran away, ran away, ran
away..."
>
> -Jonas Gabrielson, seldom mistaken for the Mighty Tim

Do you say ... Neeth! too?
Message no. 11
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 18:52:39 +0000 (GMT)
|
|Jonas Gabrielson wrote:
|> <music&song> "Sir Russ he bravely ran away, ran away, ran
away..."
|>
|> -Jonas Gabrielson, seldom mistaken for the Mighty Tim
|
|Do you say ... Neeth! too?
|

Neeth? Eh?

Do you mean the Knights who say "NI"?
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| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in |
|u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk |the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you can't |
| |move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal subjects in:-|to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Visual Arts | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. |
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Message no. 12
From: Russ Myrick <rm91612@****.net>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:35:17 -0800
> Neeth? Eh?
>
> Do you mean the Knights who say "NI"?


Could be. the cc translation comes out neeth, ni, or neit depending on
who says it, my cc box is very stupid and tempermental.
Message no. 13
From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.umich.edu>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 22:45:46 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, A Halliwell wrote:

> Do you mean the Knights who say "NI"?

Ah, yes, the guardians of the Secret Words "NI," "pang," and
"neEEEEwop!" ;)

Marc
Message no. 14
From: Jonas Gabrielson <m94jga@*******.tdb.uu.se>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:02:54 +0100 (MET)
On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, Russ Myrick wrote:

> Jonas Gabrielson wrote:
> > <music&song> "Sir Russ he bravely ran away, ran away, ran
away..."
> >
> > -Jonas Gabrielson, seldom mistaken for the Mighty Tim
>
> Do you say ... Neeth! too?

No, just "eki-eki-eki---ta-paaaang!!!!"

-Jonas Gabrielson, mad as a hatter, and then some
Message no. 15
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:38:09 +0000 (GMT)
|
|
|
|On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, Russ Myrick wrote:
|
|> Jonas Gabrielson wrote:
|> > <music&song> "Sir Russ he bravely ran away, ran away,
ran away..."
|> >
|> > -Jonas Gabrielson, seldom mistaken for the Mighty Tim
|>
|> Do you say ... Neeth! too?
|
| No, just "eki-eki-eki---ta-paaaang!!!!"

Sorry, you got that wrong. It's "eki-eki-eki---pa-taaaang!!!!"

|-Jonas Gabrielson, mad as a hatter, and then some
|
|
|
|


--
______________________________________________________________________________
| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in |
|u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk |the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you can't |
| |move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal subjects in:-|to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Visual Arts | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/FA>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ |
|X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can still say FUCK! Americans can't|
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Message no. 16
From: "Sedah Drol" <CCRODRIG@****.indstate.edu>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 00:57:24 EST
> |> Do you say ... Neeth! too?
> |
> | No, just "eki-eki-eki---ta-paaaang!!!!"
>
> Sorry, you got that wrong. It's "eki-eki-eki---pa-taaaang!!!!"
I believe you forgot "zoo-booooing, ni" at least that's what I hear
from his mumbling toward the end.
---Sedah Drol
Message no. 17
From: Russ Myrick <rm91612@****.net>
Subject: Re: politics in the U.K.
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 08:33:02 -0800
Sedah Drol wrote:
>
> > |> Do you say ... Neeth! too?
> > |
> > | No, just "eki-eki-eki---ta-paaaang!!!!"
> >
> > Sorry, you got that wrong. It's "eki-eki-eki---pa-taaaang!!!!"
> I believe you forgot "zoo-booooing, ni" at least that's what I hear
> from his mumbling toward the end.
> ---Sedah Drol

's funny how things just take on a life of their own.

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