From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #404 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, October 23 2001 Volume 10 : Number 404 Today's Subjects: ----------------- today's word... [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: The Owsley Plan ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Hey, what about a David Lynching ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Hey, what about a public lynching? [gSs ] Olive Trees and Potatoes ["Redtailed Hawk" ] Re: Olive Trees and Potatoes ["madcowan" ] Re: Olive Trees and Potatoes [steve ] new website! [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Reap [Jeff Dwarf ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 23:03:04 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: today's word... Like several fegs, I am a subscriber to "A word a day", that wonderful mailing list occasionally mentioned here which sends an odd or esoteric word to all it's 300,000 free subscribers per day. Today's word? >crabwise (KRAB-wyz) adjective > > 1. Sideways. > > 2. In a cautious or roundabout manner. all together now (Eb, Jeme, Quail, you take the harmonies): "Crabwise! Over the Andalusian..." James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:03:02 +0100 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: The Owsley Plan Tom Clark wrote: > > ... Basically, we drop 300,000 > gallons of liquid LSD on Afghanistan... A good plan spoiled by the fact that that's probably 1000x more LSD than has ever been made. I'm still amused by the story of the CIA operatives visiting Sandoz with a caseful of cash. CIA: Sell us all your LSD Sandoz: Okay, here's 15 grams. CIA: But we were told you could sell us a kilogram...?! Sandoz: Well, we've only ever made 20 grams. (misquoted from "Storming Heaven"; I might be out by a few g on the figures.) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:12:28 +0100 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Hey, what about a David Lynching Capuchin wrote: > > I didn't get a CD! It did have box. I don't know if it's a "nice > box". I used "nice" as in "appropriate", as opposed to any comment about the quality. > Can you lift me a CD? > I've still got your cue cat. :) holding it hostage, y'bastard. Anyway, I'd have to buy the boxed set to get you the CD. Maybe I could give the books to the local church ladies to burn outside the cinemas... > Well, it'd fit, but how would you know whether you were putting away book > two or six? would it matter? Aren't they designed -- like Mozart's Dice Minuet* -- to be read in any order and still make as much sense? ;-) Stewart *: http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/Mozart/dice/ now coming down off: 250ml of Sumatran Lintong single-source. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:24:16 -0400 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: FW: A.Word.A.Day--crabwise Looky what made the word of the today. - -----Original Message----- From: Wordsmith [mailto:wsmith@wordsmith.org] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 3:03 AM To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--crabwise crabwise (KRAB-wyz) adjective 1. Sideways. 2. In a cautious or roundabout manner. [From the sideways movement of crabs.] "John Smith is still moving crabwise towards modernity." John Major's Last Year?, The Economist (London), May 15, 1993. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:56:08 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: Hey, what about a David Lynching On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 05:12 AM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > Maybe I could give the books to the local church ladies > to burn outside the cinemas... Wouldn't they rather have the Harry Potter books instead? The fundies over here are about to have a cow. My favorite nutjob radio show spent two hours on it last week and they've been flogging a video tape on how the evil one is using the books/film to ensnare kids. After all, nobody rides a broom in LOTR. - - Steve __________ PAGE SIX has learned that the fun-loving First Daughters attended wild parties two nights in a row last week - including a Beverly Hills bash where Jenna was photographed holding a drink. - New York Post ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:47:18 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: Hey, what about a public lynching? > PAGE SIX has learned that the fun-loving First Daughters attended wild > parties two nights in a row last week - including a Beverly Hills bash > where Jenna was photographed holding a drink. - New York Post Wheew, them kids. When I was that age it was all bugaloos and far out space nuts. What is happening to our youth? Smoking, drinking, copulating, jeez the girls will be cutting off their hair and wearing dungarees before we know it. And if you were able to see her face that means she wasn't wearing her burque. Dreadful, just bloody dreadful. gSs ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:11:42 +0000 From: "Redtailed Hawk" Subject: Olive Trees and Potatoes Jeme: >I argued that Penelope was >not a "hero" for keeping the home fires burning while Ulysses was >gone, >because it wasn't all that extraordinary. It's great, but it's >a common >greatness. Ahhh-but does your average housfrau outwit a pack of scourolous horney, violent, greedy, fratboy equivilents for two decades? And then when hubby does return, does an average female test and tease him with anything like that wit and grace? Dont think so. In the epic world most of the females are cardboard. Penelope stands out, especially in how she mirrors Odysseus's guide, Athena. Penelope and Odysseus together -are- the olive tree of wise peace which is their fate. However, I agree with you that Sam was exemplerary and a hero. Always trust the gardener;-). - -------------------------------- Truely dumb question... Filk? - -------------------------------- Kay _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:23:51 -0400 From: "madcowan" Subject: Re: Olive Trees and Potatoes From the Redtailed Hawk: > Always trust the gardener;-). Amen! Roberta ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 22:20:02 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: Olive Trees and Potatoes On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 01:11 PM, Redtailed Hawk wrote: > Always trust the gardener ;-). Unless it's Chance. - - Steve __________ Moynihan's malicious insinuations to the contrary, Social Security can default only if the nation has collapsed in utter ruin or if right-wing politics cancels everyone's insurance policy. - William Greider ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 22:05:10 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: new website! Ey oop folks! Thought you'd like to know... I've got a website! It's at James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 06:01:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Reap Howard Finster, painter of the sleeves to R.E.M. _Reckoning_ and Talking Heads _Little Creatures_, among other things Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #404 ********************************