From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #415 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, November 2 2001 Volume 10 : Number 415 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [none] ["Voodoo Ergonomics" ] Re: bread bread, badger badger ["Rob" ] Re: The vampire sensuously sank his teeth into Julian Koster's neck [Capu] Re: an old friend [Capuchin ] Re: your mail [gSs ] ixnay on the an franciscosay ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] RE: ixnay on the an franciscosay ["Poole, R. Edward" ] Tautological lightbulbs (Robyn content 20%!) [grutness@surf4nix.com (Jame] Re: Tautological lightbulbs (Robyn content 20%!) [grutness@surf4nix.com (] Re: bread bread, badger badger [Tom Clark ] Re: an old friend [Eb ] Re: an old friend [Capuchin ] Re: an old friend [Tom Clark ] Re: an old friend [Eb ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V10 #414 ["Natalie Jane" ] Assez d'etre tapir! [FricChaud@videotron.ca] Re: bread bread, badger badger ["Melissa Higuchi" ] Re: an old friend [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Le D&B - alors, enfin d'etre tapis! ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: an old friend ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: your mail ["matt sewell" ] Re: The vampire sensuously sank his teeth into Julian Koster's neck [Ecli] Re: bread bread, badger badger (fwd) [Eclipse ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 12:33:17 -0800 From: "Voodoo Ergonomics" Subject: [none] my first reaction was to say that i resent your interpretation of my post. but seeing that susan and jason took it the same way, then, i apologise for my poor wording. but i still find it odd, considering that i wrote the following: >i'm certainly not here to dictate subject matter, so won't press the issue. > but it's too bad, as yours are the opinions i respect most, and am most >interested in hearing clearly, "people" *don't*, by and large, want to read political commentary from their fellow robyn hitchcock fans. but *i* do, for the reasons given. and remember, the only reason i brought it up at all was to counterpoint quail's statement. meanwhile, make of these what you will: , . _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:47:35 -0000 From: "Rob" Subject: Re: bread bread, badger badger On 1 Nov 2001 at 11:43, Christopher Gross wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, The Great Quail wrote: > > > >"pleonasm" is the word for the more general sin of using extra words; i > > >don't know if there's a name for the special case where you're literally > > >saying the same thing twice ("naan bread", "ATM machine", etc.) > > > > My favorite: > > > > "The Christ UCC Church," about a stone's throw from where I grew up.... > > Here at the library, you're always hearing people refer to "ISSN > numbers" and "ISBN numbers." > There was an amusing article in New Scientist a while ago which called this RAS syndrome. RAS standing for Redundant Acronym Sydrome. A couple of the examples given were HRT therapy and SCUBA apparatus. - -- Rob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:05:51 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: The vampire sensuously sank his teeth into Julian Koster's neck On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Natalie Jane wrote: > I'm thinking of making a diorama out of tinfoil, but need to work out > the logistics. Does anyone know where I could get a very small, > battery-operated light? Like the kind that cyclists use, but smaller. > Does such a thing exist? Wacky Willy's. I'll go with you, if you want. It's on 26th and Vaughn (right?). They have all kinds of weird little parts. I could help you rig something up. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:09:29 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: an old friend On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Viv Lyon wrote: > ps- I think this "new Narnia" (probably replete with Baby Aslan and a > little floating green martian) is a total travesty and worthy of mass > protest. Damn, that's funny. Baby Aslan and a little floating green martian. > ppps- I had (have) a kidney infection. Went to emergency room on > Friday. Wish I could see into the ER doctor's bathroom...rrrowr! You went to the ER on Sunday, dear. And the ER doctor saw pretty much ALL of you. Can't you be satisfied with that? J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:24:08 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: your mail On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Voodoo Ergonomics wrote: > meanwhile, make of these what you will: > > , I see Goff all the time out in Marfa, Texas, watching for the lights. "We are not faced with a choice between socialism and capitalism, but socialism or barbarism." - goff what a poof. Once I hear words that imply "socialist state", I reach for my shotgun. gSs ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 13:27:49 -0800 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: ixnay on the an franciscosay > From: Christopher Gross > > Last night I said goodbye to yet *another* DC friend who's moving out of > the area (to San Francisco this time). Tell me honestly, folks, is it > me? Should I bathe? I don't know, but this maybe isn't the best place to move right now. I just joined the ranks of the unemployed today, along with a large chunk of the company I worked for. (This is either going to be very good for my NaNoWriMoNo or very bad.) > From: "Natalie Jane" > >> I agree, and would argue that one conception of vampires is just >> "ordinary people" who happen to feed on blood rather than sandwiches >> and tofu over spinach with peanut sauce. > > I would love to see that, actually. But instead I see stuff like this: Yes, yes, I think I did mention that a lot of vampire books, um, suck. > Etc. etc. etc. Vampires are always rich or powerful, with supernatural > powers; being a vampire is something incredibly desirable; vampirism is > *always* sexualized. Well, it stands to reason that a vampire could profit from murder, and Anne Rice has already given us the two extreme positions regarding the desirability of vampirism. And if they were all violence and no sex I doubt I would read many of them. > I'll grant you that. I suppose I'd rather just put a moratorium on the kind > of vampire fiction described above. No objection here! Bad fiction is my enemy too. > Yes! Yes! And no more goddamn films about film-makers! Agreed! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a protest movement. > From: Self > > Throw in "songs about music" while you're at it. And "songs about the music industry." Though I do quite like "Seymour Stein." I thought a tautology was a statement that's trivially true by its very construction, such as "intelligent people are very smart." > From: Viv Lyon > ps- I think this "new Narnia" (probably replete with Baby Aslan and a > little floating green martian) is a total travesty and worthy of mass > protest. Tack it on to our growing list of banned prose subjects! Although actually I could never stomach the Narnia books, at any age, even before I knew they were Christian allegory. So I don't have a lot of personal investment in this particular cause. - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 16:43:55 -0500 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: ixnay on the an franciscosay Drew: >I thought a tautology was a statement that's trivially true by its very >construction, such as "intelligent people are very smart." Agreed -- in terms of logic, it is a statement which is necessarily true because, by virtue of its logical form, it cannot be used to make a false assertion. Essentially, there are two types: (a) a logical construction that boils down to 1=1 (as in Drew's example); and (b) a logical construction which is trivially true, without regard to the truth of its constituent parts ("either Drew is smart or Drew is not smart"). ============================================================================This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. 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To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:49:25 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Tautological lightbulbs (Robyn content 20%!) >I live near the River Avon, which means 'river river'. > >'hoi' means 'the', so 'the hoi polloi' translates to 'the the people'. > >There must be a name for this. An oxyoxy perhaps? Living in a country which contains the city of Mount Maunganui ("Mount big mountain", as any Hawaiian could probably work out), and has most of its river names starting with wai (River Waikato = "River flowing river"), I agree. Oddly, we also have an Avon, which the lcals vehemently oppose the adding of the word "River" to. Here in Dunedin we get around it all with the city's main stretch of sloping water being "The Water of Leith". >redundantly repeating yourself all over again. Oh gawd... unneccessary redundant tautological pleonasms... >I might do, but I'm also working on another project. There's a guy in >Portland who's having 300+ artists each create a work of art on a 4" x 4" >square, and the squares will all be displayed together. I'm thinking of >making a diorama out of tinfoil, but need to work out the logistics. Does >anyone know where I could get a very small, battery-operated light? Like >the kind that cyclists use, but smaller. Does such a thing exist? best thing would probably be to get clear LEDs, although small bulbs do exist - they're called Grain-of-wheat bulbs. The latter would be especially useful if, like a bike light, you need them to vary in intensity or run off current that could be of either polarity. Most hobby and electronics stores have them. Go to whatever your analogue of Dick Smith's is. And welcome Fric Chaud! Don't worry, the list is a weird beast. We are all interested in Robyn's music, and talk about him frequently, but... well, we get a bit sidetracked (in Mike's case, derailed) from time to time. On those occasions we have comments on anything from flags to the joys of toast, from politics to placentas (placentae?). In an attempt to inject some RH into the mix, I'd like to ask the list a question. I've been here for several years now, and I don't think I've ever heard anyone even mention the song "Out of the picture". Am I the only person who (a) likes this little gem or (b) think it points to the way Robyn's music would develop over the next few years after it came out? To me the verse sounds, musically, even if not lyrically, like a precursor to "Arms of Love". >J'ai dit: "enfin d'etre tapis" To finally be a carpet??? James (who once heard a dingbat newsreader refer to "The Marylebone and MCC Cricket Club") 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: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:49:48 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Tautological lightbulbs (Robyn content 20%!) I wrote: >The latter would be especially useful if, like a bike light, you need them to >vary in intensity or run off current that could be of either polarity. not that I am implying that you are anything like a bike light... Grammatically-challenged 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: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 13:53:13 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: bread bread, badger badger on 11/1/01 8:43 AM, Christopher Gross at chrisg@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, The Great Quail wrote: > >>> "pleonasm" is the word for the more general sin of using extra words; i >>> don't know if there's a name for the special case where you're literally >>> saying the same thing twice ("naan bread", "ATM machine", etc.) >> >> My favorite: >> >> "The Christ UCC Church," about a stone's throw from where I grew up.... > > Here at the library, you're always hearing people refer to "ISSN > numbers" and "ISBN numbers." I think the funniest example is in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. There's a main road there called "Table Mesa". Buenos Tardes, - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:06:05 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: an old friend >> Well, since you moved out, some Mod girl moved in next door and it took >> her several weeks to figure out that she should close the bathroom curtain >> unless she wants everyone in my kitchen to see her naked when she gets out >> of the shower. > >Jeme cried for days once it was clear that this was no mere accident, but >that she really intended for us never again to glimpse her dewy form. I'm trying to figure out how you know she's "Mod," if you've only seen her when she's naked. Union Jack tattooed on her stomach? >I was smug and self-satisfied, of course. When am I not? Speaking of "soft drinks," I'm suddenly aware of the accelerating presence of Red Bull in the world. What IS this stuff? Is it carbonated? What color is it? What does it taste like? This might be a good place to mention that a few weeks ago, I made the mistake of sampling one of the worst-tasting things which has *ever* been in my mouth: a *popcorn*-flavored lollipop. (On sight, I thought it was going to be lemon or banana.) Just about ruined my appetite for the entire rest of the day. I guess that's what I get for accepting food from an unknown "indie kid." You Scott Miller fanatics might be interested in an album I heard today by a SF-based group called Dealership. Similar vibe: sounds like it was recorded in 1984-85, thin vocals, verbose lyrics (there's even a song in French and a song in Japanese) and lots of melodic shifts. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:11:29 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: an old friend On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Eb wrote: > >> Well, since you moved out, some Mod girl moved in next door and it took > >> her several weeks to figure out that she should close the bathroom curtain > >> unless she wants everyone in my kitchen to see her naked when she gets out > >> of the shower. > > I'm trying to figure out how you know she's "Mod," if you've only seen > her when she's naked. Union Jack tattooed on her stomach? Oh, I see her at her kitchen window all the time (though in the wee hours of the morning, she's sometimes naked there, too) and, of course, on the street. > Speaking of "soft drinks," I'm suddenly aware of the accelerating > presence of Red Bull in the world. What IS this stuff? Is it > carbonated? What color is it? What does it taste like? It's a rusty brown and it IS carbonated and it tastes... vile. Having fallen asleep at the wheel of a motor vehicle more than once in my life, I used this beverage on a road trip some months ago (in a rented vehicle) to assure I got home safely. It worked, but it made me sick. > This might be a good place to mention that a few weeks ago, I made the > mistake of sampling one of the worst-tasting things which has *ever* > been in my mouth: a *popcorn*-flavored lollipop. I encountered "buttered popcorn" flavored Jelly Belly jellybeans in my youth and learned then to be more careful. It is quite obvious whence the inspiration for Bernie Bott's Every Flavor Beans came. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 14:14:06 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: an old friend on 11/1/01 1:06 PM, Eb at ElBroome@earthlink.net wrote: > Speaking of "soft drinks," I'm suddenly aware of the accelerating presence > of Red Bull in the world. What IS this stuff? Is it carbonated? What color > is it? What does it taste like? > I had a sip once. It was actually pretty good - not too sweet, kind of like a mildly carbonated flavoured iced tea, almost. It's another one of these beverages for people who need to feed a caffeine addiction but don't necessarily drink coffee or soda/pop/Coke. > This might be a good place to mention that a few weeks ago, I made the > mistake of sampling one of the worst-tasting things which has *ever* been > in my mouth: a *popcorn*-flavored lollipop. (On sight, I thought it was > going to be lemon or banana.) Just about ruined my appetite for the entire > rest of the day. I guess that's what I get for accepting food from an > unknown "indie kid." Yeah, I had a popcorn-flavoured jellybean once. I almost puked. And how did you know he was an "indie kid"? Did he have "No Use For A Name" tattooed on his forehead? ;) - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:34:56 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: an old friend >And how did you know he was an "indie kid"? Did he have "No Use For A Name" >tattooed on his forehead? ;) He was a girl, actually. And, well, what sort of girl brings a bag of *lollipops* to a concert, to share with everyone she meets? She was also hoping to interview the band for some fanzine I've never heard of.... I'd say the clues were there. Besides, I'm pretty sure she had "INDIE KID" tattooed on her stomach. Got the Graeme Downes album yesterday...really looking forward to checking out that one. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 14:38:53 -0800 From: "Natalie Jane" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V10 #414 >Irn Bru... a fantastic invention, in my honest opinion... I had Irn Bru once, when I was in Edinburgh. My native guide, James the Scot, announced that "It tastes like sweeties!" I thought it tasted like bubble gum. It's very orange. Unfortunately the Insane Clown Posse has ruined the reputation of Michigan's own native drink, Faygo. Oh, how fondly I remember that summer when my friends and I were housesitting for the school librarian, and we drank Faygo Rock & Rye out of her wineglasses while watching Toshiro Mifune movies! >But did you -eat- the pomegranate? Yes, I did. I guess I'm stuck in the underworld all winter now. >How long is this expected to last? And how bright were you thinking? I wanted to have a little "sun" to illuminate my tinfoil landscape; not too bright, and it wouldn't have to shine for more than a few hours. The artwork needs to be self-contained, so no extension cords allowed. >Michael "have you tried a candle" Wells As this will all be affixed to a piece of wood, I don't think a candle would be a good idea. n. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 17:15:01 -0500 From: FricChaud@videotron.ca Subject: Assez d'etre tapir! On 2 Nov 2001, at 10:49, James Dignan wrote: > > >J'ai dit: "enfin d'etre tapis" > > To finally be a carpet??? "assez d'etre tapis" = "enough lurking". The "enfin" was a typo. Just read what I *mean* instead and you'll be fine. Thank you for the welcome. Does one say "you're welcome" as a response to that? - -- Fric Chaud ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 01:19:09 +0000 From: "Melissa Higuchi" Subject: Re: bread bread, badger badger No, it's that secret recruiting campaign they're running. I've just lost 3 DC friends & two pugs to the SF area. Damn them for stealing our people! >Last night I said goodbye to yet *another* DC friend who's moving out of >the area (to San Francisco this time). Tell me honestly, folks, is it >me? Should I bathe? > > >--Chris _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:18:24 -0600 From: steve Subject: Re: an old friend On Thursday, November 1, 2001, at 02:19 PM, Viv Lyon wrote: > ps- I think this "new Narnia" (probably replete with Baby Aslan and a > little floating green martian) is a total travesty and worthy of mass > protest. OK, I've decided that Orson Scott Card should write the new Narnia books. - - Steve __________ Last week, as Megawati Sukarnoputri was installed as the new leader of Indonesia, the Bush administration attempted to recall a State Department book detailing the United States' role in the deaths of thousands of Indonesians in the 1960s in order to topple Sukarno, Megawati's father. - The Spleen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:41:48 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: an old friend Eb wrote: > >And how did you know he was an "indie kid"? Did he have "No Use For > >A Name" tattooed on his forehead? ;) > > He was a girl, actually. > > And, well, what sort of girl brings a bag of *lollipops* to a > concert, to share with everyone she meets? well, since it was wednesday (if i read you right), one who wants to celebrate Halloween? > She was also hoping to > interview the band for some fanzine I've never heard of.... I'd say > the clues were there. > > Besides, I'm pretty sure she had "INDIE KID" tattooed on her stomach. > > Got the Graeme Downes album yesterday...really looking forward to > checking out that one. > > Eb Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 09:11:25 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Le D&B - alors, enfin d'etre tapis! FricChaud@videotron.ca wrote: > > Hi folks! I've been lurking here for quite a while. While I've been > able to hold my tongue during the political hand-wringing and > the talk of spectator sports, I find myself compelled to speak up > today. The reason? Soft drinks! That's Quebec English for > pop or soda. > > I tried my first Irn Bru a few weeks ago, and was impressed. way to go! It's the tops! > Is D&B of Scottish origin? Nope. Northern England; a very old drink. I suspect with names like Whitby, Scarborough, Kingston, etc, we know where they got the idea. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 09:17:52 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: an old friend Viv Lyon wrote: > > ps- I think this "new Narnia" (probably replete with Baby Aslan and a > little floating green martian) is a total travesty and worthy of mass > protest. Should we do a "SaveAslan" like the folks did at SaveHarry.org? Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 09:19:59 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: an old friend Eb wrote: > > Red Bull nasty ass. Tastes like cough medicine. Most of its favouring is to hide the taste of Taurine, its active ingredient. Vodka & Red Bull was so six months ago. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 09:27:21 +0000 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: your mail Does poof mean something different in American? Otherwise I'm not sure what you're saying... also, does socialism mean something different in America... sounds like y'all think it's a bad thing... Presumably you reach for your shotgun so you can bump off the poor before they get their greedy little hands on your tax dollars..? Matt Sewell PS: Now entering: my thirties! >"We are not faced with a choice between socialism and capitalism, but >socialism or barbarism." - goff > >what a poof. Once I hear words that imply "socialist state", I reach for >my shotgun. > >gSs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:47:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Eclipse Subject: Re: The vampire sensuously sank his teeth into Julian Koster's neck On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Natalie Jane wrote: > There's a guy in > Portland who's having 300+ artists each create a work of art on a 4" x 4" > square, and the squares will all be displayed together. I'm thinking of > making a diorama out of tinfoil, but need to work out the logistics. Does > anyone know where I could get a very small, battery-operated light? Like > the kind that cyclists use, but smaller. Does such a thing exist? i'm very interested - how does one get involved in something like this? bringing together lots of artists like that - what a great idea. it sounds like a lot of fun and i have a million ideas (i'm a silversmith). can you elucidate, or share a URL for this? tia, Eclipse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eclipse | eclipse@eclipse.best.vwh.net If this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations. "i guess one person can make a difference - but most of the time, they probably shouldn't." - Marge Simpson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:48:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Eclipse Subject: Re: bread bread, badger badger (fwd) > I think the funniest example is in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. There's a > main road there called "Table Mesa". oddly enough, there's one of these on I-17 north of Phoenix, AZ as well. we used to go riding up there all the time. never could get over the goofiness of the name. though i suppose i should take into account that this is near the town of Carefree, famous for such street names as easy st., ho and hum rds., wrong way rd., and (my favorite) a paved streed known as dirt rd. merrily, Eclipse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eclipse | eclipse@eclipse.best.vwh.net (clunky enough for you?) If this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations. "i guess one person can make a difference - but most of the time, they probably shouldn't." - Marge Simpson On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Tom Clark wrote: > on 11/1/01 8:43 AM, Christopher Gross at chrisg@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, The Great Quail wrote: > > > >>> "pleonasm" is the word for the more general sin of using extra words; i > >>> don't know if there's a name for the special case where you're literally > >>> saying the same thing twice ("naan bread", "ATM machine", etc.) > >> > >> My favorite: > >> > >> "The Christ UCC Church," about a stone's throw from where I grew up.... > > > > Here at the library, you're always hearing people refer to "ISSN > > numbers" and "ISBN numbers." > > > Buenos Tardes, > -tc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:49:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Eclipse Subject: Re: bread bread, badger badger (fwd) > No, it's that secret recruiting campaign they're running. I've just lost 3 > DC friends & two pugs to the SF area. Damn them for stealing our people! i can't imagine what they're recruiting for that there aren't enough eager people already here to fill! i mean, what will these transplants do for a living, since there aren't any jobs to be had? ;) E "bitter? i'm not BITTER" clipse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eclipse | eclipse@eclipse.best.vwh.net (clunky enough for you?) If this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations. "i guess one person can make a difference - but most of the time, they probably shouldn't." - Marge Simpson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 06:50:35 -0500 From: "Timothy Reed" Subject: RE: an old friend > Eb wrote: > > > > Red Bull > > nasty ass. Tastes like cough medicine. Most of its favouring is to hide > the taste of Taurine, its active ingredient. Vodka & Red Bull was so six > months ago. But TVR - Tequila, Vodka and Red Bull - is so today. Drunk off your ass and still standing from all the caffeine. You can drink yourself into consciousness with that one. This reminds me of Japanese 'genki' drinks you can buy in drug stores there. Little bottles with a shot of this nasty medicinal concoction of caffeine, nicotine, vitamins and sometimes ginseng and royal jelly. It's a pack of smokes and 5 cups of coffee in a bottle. It tastes a like tasty cough medicine but with a distinct ashtray aftertaste. The first time I tried it, the hair on the back of my neck stood on end - it was great. Probably good as a mixer - why not? Hung over salary men stand in lines before work and kick back 5 at a time. When I'm there, I buy a case of stuff called Regain, whose slogan is 'can you go 24 hours?' and has a commercial where an army of salary man puppets kick some ass on an airplane. You can buy it at some Asian markets in NY but it costs $5 a bottle. Tim, hankering for another pear vodka martini from Uncle Pho's. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #415 ********************************