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Message no. 1
From: Robert Blackberg III <blackbrc@***.fiserv.com>
Subject: Question for the group
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 10:27:01 -0400
I don't want to seem ignorant, but if I'm going to stay on the list I
need to know. What do "AFAIK" and "wet carp" mean? Thanks in
advance.

Robert (no cool tagline, just a plain
line_______________________________)
Message no. 2
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Question for the group
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 14:53:02 +0100 (BST)
|
|I don't want to seem ignorant, but if I'm going to stay on the list I
|need to know. What do "AFAIK" and "wet carp" mean? Thanks in
|advance.

Well, a wet carp is what you hit someone with when they come out with a
*really* bad or corny joke.
Usually accompanied by the >* THWAP *< sound effect.

See Monty Python's Flying Circus for a really good >* THWAPPING *<

As for AFAIK.....
Pass. I've not worked that one out myself yet....
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Message no. 3
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Question for the group
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 08:01:57 -0600 (MDT)
Robert Blackberg III wrote:
|
|I don't want to seem ignorant, but if I'm going to stay on the list I
|need to know. What do "AFAIK" and "wet carp" mean? Thanks in
|advance.

Well, Andrew answered the wet carp question.

AFAIK is an acronym for As Far As I Know.
FYI = For Your Information
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
BTW = By The Way

-David

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Message no. 4
From: Robert Blackberg III <blackbrc@***.fiserv.com>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 11:13:20 -0400
>>> "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk> - 5/31/96 8:53 AM
>>>

>Well, a wet carp is what you hit someone with when they come out
with a
>*really* bad or corny joke.
>Usually accompanied by the >* THWAP *< sound effect.

>See Monty Python's Flying Circus for a really good >* THWAPPING *<

Is that like the "pththhh" sound the foot makes when it squishes the
guy?

Robert (no cool tagline, just a plain line__________________________)
Message no. 5
From: Robert Blackberg III <blackbrc@***.fiserv.com>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 11:11:36 -0400
>>> David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.org> - 5/31/96 9:01 AM >>>

>Well, Andrew answered the wet carp question.

>AFAIK is an acronym for As Far As I Know.
>FYI = For Your Information
>IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
>BTW = By The Way

>-David

Whew! Thanks, I thought it was a secret code meaning "they" had
found me. <grin>

Robert (no cool tagline, just a plain line__________________________)
Message no. 6
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 15:24:36 +0100 (BST)
|
|>>> "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk> - 5/31/96 8:53 AM
>>>
|
|>Well, a wet carp is what you hit someone with when they come out
|with a
|>*really* bad or corny joke.
|>Usually accompanied by the >* THWAP *< sound effect.
|
|>See Monty Python's Flying Circus for a really good >* THWAPPING *<
|
|Is that like the "pththhh" sound the foot makes when it squishes the
|guy?

No. It's the sound of a large, wet, piscine(sp) lifeform impacting on
someones face.

(I.E. carp)

There was a sketch called the fish dance where two people are standing on a
canal towpath. Music begins to play. One of the people starts dancing
around, slapping the other in the face with little fish. The music stops.
The other bloke pulls out an enormous carp and knocks the first bloke into
the canal with it.

>* THWAP *<

|Robert (no cool tagline, just a plain line__________________________)
|


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Message no. 7
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 08:25:16 -0600 (MDT)
Robert Blackberg III wrote:
|
|>>> David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.org> - 5/31/96 9:01 AM >>>
|
|>Well, Andrew answered the wet carp question.
|
|>AFAIK is an acronym for As Far As I Know.
|>FYI = For Your Information
|>IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
|>BTW = By The Way
|
|>-David
|
|Whew! Thanks, I thought it was a secret code meaning "they" had
|found me. <grin>

You think the acronyms are fun, just wait until Gurth and the other
Europeans start exchanging jokes in German (or Dutch or Austrian, or
whatever that was the last time) <grin>. I'm almost tempted to start a
thread in pig latin <chuckle>.

-David

/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\ dbuehrer@****.org /^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\
"His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like
underpants in a dryer without Cling Free."
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Message no. 8
From: Robert Blackberg III <blackbrc@***.fiserv.com>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 11:40:26 -0400
>>> David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.org> - 5/31/96 9:25 AM >>>

>You think the acronyms are fun, just wait until Gurth and the other
>Europeans start exchanging jokes in German (or Dutch or Austrian, or
>whatever that was the last time) <grin>. I'm almost tempted to start
a
>thread in pig latin <chuckle>.

>-David

Well, the acronyms ARE the worst in the "Naval Vessels" thread that's
been going on. You'd think that having to use all those acronyms at
work would dissuade them from using them in role-playing discussions.
(But then again...)

Robert (no cool tagline, just a plain
line____________________________)
Message no. 9
From: "Paolo Marcucci" <paolo@*********.it>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 16:57:55 +0200
> You think the acronyms are fun, just wait until Gurth and the other
> Europeans start exchanging jokes in German (or Dutch or Austrian, or
> whatever that was the last time) <grin>. I'm almost tempted to start a
> thread in pig latin <chuckle>.

Don't even think about it, two Paolos on the list can ruin your day :)

Bye, Paolo (1)
Message no. 10
From: mbroadwa@*******.glenayre.com (Mike Broadwater)
Subject: Re: Question for the group
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 09:59:59 -0500
>Well, Andrew answered the wet carp question.
>
>AFAIK is an acronym for As Far As I Know.
>FYI = For Your Information
>IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
>BTW = By The Way

You forgot WTF: what the fuck?

Mike Broadwater
"An object at rest cannot be stopped! Yeah, baby, yeah!" - The Evil
Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight
http://www.olemiss.edu/~neon
Message no. 11
From: "Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 16:32:13 GMT
> From: "Paolo Marcucci" <paolo@*********.it>

> Don't even think about it, two Paolos on the list can ruin your day :)
>
> Bye, Paolo (1)
>
You've got it better than me!, I think there are only two Marks here,
is the folks that confuse me (cause i post far more messages) with
Mark Imbraco that cause confusion. I have nothing to do with running
the lists....

Mark

Mark Steedman.
Message no. 12
From: Peter David Boddy <pdboddy@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Question for the group
Date: Fri, 31 May 96 11:44:19 EDT
Lets just *Thwap* this thread, ok?

Pete

Pete aka Spitfire
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Message no. 13
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Question for the group
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 16:55:25 +0100 (BST)
|
|>Well, Andrew answered the wet carp question.
|>
|>AFAIK is an acronym for As Far As I Know.
|>FYI = For Your Information
|>IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
|>BTW = By The Way
|
|You forgot WTF: what the fuck?
And don't forget RTFM! That's one of the more important ones.
Read The Fucking Manual (or FAQ or whatever).
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|Andrew Halliwell | "ARSE! GERLS!! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!!!" |
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Message no. 14
From: Ken <kwhorner@*******.edu>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 11:06:12 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 31 May 1996, David Buehrer wrote:

> Robert Blackberg III wrote:
> |
>
> You think the acronyms are fun, just wait until Gurth and the other
> Europeans start exchanging jokes in German (or Dutch or Austrian, or

Austrian? Is that a new language? Lasttime I heard, the Austrians were
speaking german.

> whatever that was the last time) <grin>. I'm almost tempted to start a
> thread in pig latin <chuckle>.
>
Nutcracker
Message no. 15
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Question for the group
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 13:17:43 -0600 (MDT)
A Halliwell wrote:
|
||
||>Well, Andrew answered the wet carp question.
||>
||>AFAIK is an acronym for As Far As I Know.
||>FYI = For Your Information
||>IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
||>BTW = By The Way
||
||You forgot WTF: what the fuck?
|And don't forget RTFM! That's one of the more important ones.
|Read The Fucking Manual (or FAQ or whatever).

And, FUBAR: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition. (I've got a Troll
character named Fubar. It's not a description of him, it's what he does
to his enemies <heh heh heh>. Yes, I've seen "Tango and Cash" one to
many times.)

And, KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid

-David

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"His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like
underpants in a dryer without Cling Free."
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Message no. 16
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 13:20:02 -0600 (MDT)
Ken wrote:
|
|On Fri, 31 May 1996, David Buehrer wrote:
|
|> Robert Blackberg III wrote:
|> |
|>
|> You think the acronyms are fun, just wait until Gurth and the other
|> Europeans start exchanging jokes in German (or Dutch or Austrian, or
|
|Austrian? Is that a new language? Lasttime I heard, the Austrians were
|speaking german.

Gah...okay, I'll be honest, I'm not up to speed on the language
distribution in Europe. I humbly apologize to all the europeans.

-David

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"His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like
underpants in a dryer without Cling Free."
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Message no. 17
From: "Paolo (2) Falco" <Falco@****.it>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 21:56:33 +0000
On 31 May 96, Paolo Marcucci wrote:

> > You think the acronyms are fun, just wait until Gurth and the
> > other Europeans start exchanging jokes in German (or Dutch or
> > Austrian, or whatever that was the last time) <grin>. I'm
> > almost tempted to start a thread in pig latin <chuckle>.
>
> Don't even think about it, two Paolos on the list can ruin your
> day :)
>
> Bye, Paolo (1)

Definitely. I can Quote the "De Vermiis Mysteriis" and sing the
"Missa da Requiem per Shuggai" (mixed with the "Carmina Burina" -
Laughs, you are not going to get it, only Paolo will) blindfolded
and with my tentacles bound (oops!).
BTW my favorite acronym is APFSDSDU (Armor Piercing Fin
Stabilized Discarding Sabot Depleted Uranium), the ultimate
ammo type :) And yes, If you really HATE acronyms, don't play
Car Wars -grin-
Ah, and you forgot ROTFL (Rolls On The Floor Laughing) and LOL
(Laughs Out Loud), though I think they are more IRC-ish in
genre.

Bye, Paolo (2) (bows to the predecessor, in honor of which I am
now changing my name to "Paolo (2) Falco" :)
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Message no. 18
From: melchar@****.darkside.com (Melchar)
Subject: Re: Question for the group
Date: Fri, 31 May 96 13:08:02 PDT
> |>Well, Andrew answered the wet carp question.
> |>
> |>AFAIK is an acronym for As Far As I Know.
> |>FYI = For Your Information
> |>IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
> |>BTW = By The Way
> |
> |You forgot WTF: what the fuck?
> And don't forget RTFM! That's one of the more important ones.
> Read The Fucking Manual (or FAQ or whatever).

and 'ROFL' (Rolling On Floor Laughing -- for respose to joke) --or
'LOL' (Laughing Out Loud)
Message no. 19
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@************.org>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 20:51:29 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 31 May 1996, Robert Blackberg III wrote:

> >>> David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.org> - 5/31/96 9:01 AM >>>
>
> >Well, Andrew answered the wet carp question.
>
> >AFAIK is an acronym for As Far As I Know.
> >FYI = For Your Information
> >IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
> >BTW = By The Way
>
> >-David
>
> Whew! Thanks, I thought it was a secret code meaning "they" had
> found me. <grin>

"They" did. BTW, another useful acronym is RTDF, which means
"Read The Damn FAQ." *grin* You can find 'em from my home page for now,
though Fro will be taking 'em over shortly.

> Robert (no cool tagline, just a plain line__________________________)

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Message no. 20
From: wilsonpj@******.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Peter)
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 23:49:51 -0600
Robert wrote:

>
>Well, the acronyms ARE the worst in the "Naval Vessels" thread that's
>been going on. You'd think that having to use all those acronyms at
>work would dissuade them from using them in role-playing discussions.
> (But then again...)
>

But then again, they're military types. They (especially those in military contracting)
assign acronyms and imediately assume that everyone has the secret decoder book.

Piatro
Message no. 21
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Question for the group
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 11:30:40 +0100
David Buehrer said on 8:01/31 May 96...

> IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

I forgot who said it, but "There's no such thing as a 'humble opinion'."
:)

Plus there's

IOW: In Other Words
RTDF: Read The Damn FAQ
IRL: In Real Life

and no doubt lots of others as well.

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Message no. 22
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 11:30:40 +0100
Paolo (2) Falco said on 21:56/31 May 96...

> BTW my favorite acronym is APFSDSDU (Armor Piercing Fin
> Stabilized Discarding Sabot Depleted Uranium),

You forgot -T behind it, for "-Tracer" :)

> the ultimate ammo type :) And yes, If you really HATE acronyms, don't
> play Car Wars -grin-

Or PCSACS, erm, I mean, Phoenix Command :)

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Message no. 23
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 11:30:40 +0100
Robert Blackberg III said on 11:40/31 May 96...

> Well, the acronyms ARE the worst in the "Naval Vessels" thread that's
> been going on. You'd think that having to use all those acronyms at
> work would dissuade them from using them in role-playing discussions.
> (But then again...)

Not really, if you use them every day for work you'll also use them when
talking to people who have no idea what they all mean. And, of course, the
military is generally one of the best (or worst?) examples of acronyms you
can think of -- I think they start with "Well, let's call this a 'THINGY'
and see what we can make it stand for, shall we?" Mind you, the naval ones
are the worst... STANAVFORCHAN and all that.

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Het is geen kunst om te veroordelen, datgeen wat jij niet bent.
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Message no. 24
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 11:30:40 +0100
Ken said on 11:06/31 May 96...

> Austrian? Is that a new language? Lasttime I heard, the Austrians were
> speaking german.

Try listening to an Austrian some day :) Yes, it's German, but only after
they've finished talking does it get through what they said, at least to
me and my high school German it does :)

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Message no. 25
From: "Sascha Pabst" <Sascha.Pabst@**********.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 15:01:01 +0200
At 20:06 Uhr 31.05.96, Nutcracker wrote:
>On Fri, 31 May 1996, David Buehrer wrote:
>> You think the acronyms are fun, just wait until Gurth and the other
>> Europeans start exchanging jokes in German (or Dutch or Austrian, or

>Austrian? Is that a new language? Lasttime I heard, the Austrians were
>speaking german.

The last time I heard, they spoke something that might have been
German... nearly.

Sascha (Hey! That was a JOKE!)

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Message no. 26
From: "'Spaceman' WD Lee" <spaced@*.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Question for the group -Reply
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 09:48:34 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 31 May 1996, Peter wrote:

> Robert wrote:
>
> >
> >Well, the acronyms ARE the worst in the "Naval Vessels" thread that's
> >been going on. You'd think that having to use all those acronyms at
> >work would dissuade them from using them in role-playing discussions.
> > (But then again...)
> >
>
> But then again, they're military types. They (especially those in military
contracting) assign acronyms and imediately assume that everyone has the secret decoder
book.
>

Hey now, miltypes need to be concise for communications reasons..
among other things. But that reminds of a classic mil-acronym that's in
common usage now:
SNAFU - Situation Normal: All Fucked Up

Bill (US Navy brat)

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