From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #750 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, October 12 2008 Volume 16 : Number 750 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: you told me or i told you? ["(0% rh)" ] Re: you told me or i told you? [Rex ] Re: you told me or i told you? ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: Hilarifying [James Dignan ] Re: you told me or i told you? ["Miles Goosens" ] Re: you told me or i told you? [2fs ] Re: Hilarifying ["Stewart Russell" ] Re: Perspex Island, politics, and the wife [Michael Sweeney ] Another Rachel Getting Married review [Tom Clark ] Re: Hilarifying ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: Whoa! [michaeljbachman@comcast.net] Re: Whoa! ["Stewart C. Russell" ] punchline anybody ? [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: Miles's tin mines ["gene@hopstetter.com" ] Re: Miles's tin mines [Steve Schiavo ] Re: Miles's tin mines ["kevin studyvin" ] Re: Miles's tin mines ["Miles Goosens" ] From: Monkeeboard [HwyCDRrev@aol.com] Re: Universal health care [Jim Davies ] Funny ["Nectar At Any Cost!" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:04:03 -0400 From: "(0% rh)" Subject: Re: you told me or i told you? i say: > requisite initiative to tell me of it's existence. so maybe i was *its* i try not to bother posting errata, but that particular really bugs me (basically, i'm okay with people thinking whatever they want as far as how bright (or not) they think i am, as long they don't think i'm on the wrong side of "it's versus. its.") xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:22:27 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: you told me or i told you? On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 2:04 PM, (0% rh) wrote: > i say: > > > requisite initiative to tell me of it's existence. so maybe i was > > *its* > > i try not to bother posting errata, but that particular really bugs me This one, and their/there/they're, cannot be emphasized enough. Every time I work with the kids on those, I tell them if they can just sort out the difference once and for all, they'll already be better writers than most adults. And I hope I'm not jinxing myself (or them). - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:14:37 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: you told me or i told you? > ** if you disagree, please post and tell about the funnier t-shirt. > or another t-shirt that's funny even if it's not > Whole-Wide-World-class funny. > > I'm liking this one: > http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=DC-COPENHAGEN&Category_Code=DC ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:22:44 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: Hilarifying LEP (with or without Jooves) wrote: > > A new term is required: hilarifying? > > > > Wow. Just... wow. > >oh, that's a nice one. > >perhaps if the republicans had more imagination, they would have >already taken it for clinton. The Republicans have plenty of imagination.They think that Sarah Palin would make a great VP - that takes a huge amount of imagination. I note that "Palin" is Ancient Greek for "again", unfortunately i don't know enough classical languages to make a pun out of that, but I'm sure there's one in there somewhere. 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: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:23:53 -0500 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: you told me or i told you? On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 5:14 PM, kevin studyvin wrote: >> ** if you disagree, please post and tell about the funnier t-shirt. >> or another t-shirt that's funny even if it's not >> Whole-Wide-World-class funny. >> >> I'm liking this one: >> > > http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=DC-COPENHAGEN&Category_Code=DC I hadn't seen this company before, so I enjoyed the link. I guess I would pick this one, though: http://tinyurl.com/4rqldy I was a gamer before I was a philosopher/historian. And I'm still a gamer after that, too! later, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:34:41 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: you told me or i told you? On 10/11/08, (0% rh) wrote: > > hi fegs, > > did you guys tell me about this: > > http://store.theonion.com/our-dumb-world-tee-che-p-172.html > > it is the funniest t-shirt in the Whole Wide World.** That is pretty good. I am amazed to still see folks wearing Che t-shirts...I'm tempted to grab them by their cliched t-shirt and quiz them: who's on your shirt? why is he on your shirt? What did he do? etc. But, uh, I don't. An amazing testimony to the power of idiot imagery. (This would be true regardless of whether I agreed w/Guevara's politics, btw.) Anyway: some day I should probably make a real shirt of this I guess... <* http://tinyurl.com/4kehzs>* - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:23:14 -0400 From: "Stewart Russell" Subject: Re: Hilarifying I now have the Parrot Sketch stuck in my head, as it confuses pun and palindrome. Stewart On 10/11/08, James Dignan wrote: > LEP (with or without Jooves) wrote: > >> > A new term is required: hilarifying? >> > >> > Wow. Just... wow. >> >>oh, that's a nice one. >> >>perhaps if the republicans had more imagination, they would have >>already taken it for clinton. > > The Republicans have plenty of imagination.They think that Sarah > Palin would make a great VP - that takes a huge amount of imagination. > > I note that "Palin" is Ancient Greek for "again", unfortunately i > don't know enough classical languages to make a pun out of that, but > I'm sure there's one in there somewhere. > > 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") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= > - -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:15:14 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: Perspex Island, politics, and the wife Miles wrote: >Someone said (I paraphrase) "PI, O&L, OTIE reads more like a resume than an indictment." >I still agree with that person. ...I'm with you on that (2/3 of it anyway; 10KM had a bunch of songs I like (and I'm pretty sure I have some of their CDs), but I don't have any "album sense" of their work, as opposed to RH and XTC)... Michael "Oh, is that baseball on TV? Do they still play that in other places? Hmm -- quaint, I suppose..." Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn 10 hidden secrets from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550 F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:04:23 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: An iPhone app for James He would love this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBOk-gbC3Uc I'm addicted. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:44:22 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Another Rachel Getting Married review From the great Richard von Busack: http://www.metroactive.com/metro/10.08.08/film-rachel-0841.html Money quote: The surfaces and the audio wallpaper of Rachel Getting Married are maybe too enticing. Rarely have I been so overwhelmed with the feeling of "Oh God, I must have this house, even if all the people in it have to get out, except for Robyn Hitchcock." - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:09:07 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Hilarifying > I note that "Palin" is Ancient Greek for "again", unfortunately i don't > know enough classical languages to make a pun out of that, but I'm sure > there's one in there somewhere. > And somewhere recently we've encountered the observation that the Palin clan got their name as a result of being so inbred that they get whiter with each generation... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:39:55 +0000 From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: Re: Whoa! - -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Stewart C. Russell" > Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > > > > I don't think I'd ever heard that before, although I recognise the > > title. > > To me, it's the only track that registers. They're almost one-hit wonders. > > Stewart > > PS: Eddie:- the new Jolie Holland completely rocks!!! "Love Henry", her > version of Henry Lee, is the best version of a murder ballad I've ever > heard, and shows Nick Cave that, at this game, he's just a prancing > little wanker. That's saying a lot Stewart!! "Henry Lee" is one of my favorite cuts off Murder Ballads and the PJ and Nick video is smoking hot! Michael "Sunday morning newspaper and coffee" B. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:56:47 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Whoa! michaeljbachman@comcast.net wrote: > > That's saying a lot Stewart!! No, just a few words. > "Henry Lee" is one of my favorite cuts > off Murder Ballads and the PJ and Nick video is smoking hot! The whole concept of Cave's Murder Ballads doesn't work for me. It's all to Halloween, "Gawrsh, ain't I SCA-REEE!?" Murder ballads need their low-key delivery for their chill factor. Plus, Nick probably hasn't covered Barrett. Jolie has, and on ukulele too. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:25:36 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: punchline anybody ? Suddenly he clears his nasal passages with a giant snort and cracks up laughing. bWhatbs green and goes backward at 100 miles an hour?b he asks in a northeastern English accent. Across the room the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, the bandbs guitarists, start laughing along with him. Even at their age b Angus is 53, Malcolm is 55 and Mr. Johnson is 61 b the members of AC/DC canb t resist a gross-out joke. my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:58:54 -0500 From: "gene@hopstetter.com" Subject: Re: Miles's tin mines On Oct 11, 2008, at 3:58 PM, fegmaniax-digest wrote: > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:24:19 -0500 > From: "Miles Goosens" > tin ears and tin mines, Ah, one of Midnight Oil's most overproduced album, but also one of their best. It's also an example of 80s production which actually works. Warnsey, who recorded this album, also recorded what I think is one of the best 80s albums, Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel's "Nail." Of course, Midnight Oil really screwed the pooch with that approach on "Red Sails in the Sunset." Man, what a mess that one is. I'm with the crowd who hates the gated snare/fake room echo/general silliness of 80s recordings and production, and I'm no fan of Lillywhite. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:11:11 -0500 From: Steve Schiavo Subject: Re: Miles's tin mines On Oct 12, 2008, at 8:58 AM, gene@hopstetter.com wrote: > I'm with the crowd who hates the gated snare/fake room echo/general > silliness of 80s recordings and production, and I'm no fan of > Lillywhite. Would Black Sea be better without the Lillywhite sound? - - Steve __________ I can't resist an anime that includes a small, cute, violence prone girl with a scythe. - John ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:21:59 -0700 From: "kevin studyvin" Subject: Re: Miles's tin mines > I'm with the crowd who hates the gated snare/fake room echo/general > silliness of 80s recordings and production, and I'm no fan of > Lillywhite. > I don't know, those first two Psychedelic Furs records are pretty good. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:41:24 -0500 From: "Miles Goosens" Subject: Re: Miles's tin mines On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 8:58 AM, gene@hopstetter.com wrote: > Of course, Midnight Oil really screwed the pooch with that approach on > "Red Sails in the Sunset." Man, what a mess that one is. RED SAILS is my favorite. later, Miles - -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:12:45 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: From: Monkeeboard From: Monkeeboard At last I have some Monkees news to share. The 40th anniversary of Head will be celebrated with a special screening at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater on November 12th, 2008. The location is directly across from where the movie debuted in November 1968. Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Bobby Hart and other special guests will appear in person for a Q&A. More details to follow. The original pilot episode will be screened from 16mm, after which a new 35mm print will be played. Then, following a Q&A with our special guests, 4 episodes will be screened from 35mm prints of the Saturday morning reruns with rare song mixes and an extended Kool Aid commercial featurette! These are not the versions on DVD. If you can make it to LA, you should be at this event! Davy will be performing two shows in the area the weekend prior to the screening. http://monkeesboard.rhino.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4991076836/m/45310167811 my blog is "Yer Blog" http://fab4yerblog.blogspot.com/ http://robotsarestealingmyluggage.blogspot.com/ **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:43:14 +0100 From: Jim Davies Subject: Re: Universal health care Ferris said: > Pipe up with examples, please. We had a 2 year-old with breathing difficulties, just before midnight, a couple of months back. We called NHS direct, and were given good, calming advice - and we had a paramedic in the bedroom in under five minutes. He gave Elizabeth some oxygen. She seemed absolutely fine for a while, and then it got really laboured again. He picked up his mobile, but before he could press a key, a full-size ambulance drew up outside - they'd dispatched it just in case. Neat. Of course, I very much doubt that 300 seconds (from the point at which you pick up the phone, to having someone in the room) is a typical response time, but we do live right on the other side of the city from the hospital - so we're not that much of a special case. (Yeah, we do live in a city, and it was the middle of the night - I don't know whether they could be so fast in the middle of the countryside, or in the rush hour, or when loads of other people are calling in with problems, or whatever). After a night in hospital, Elizabeth was just fine. NHS emergency services are pretty good. I'm sure that we can find examples of where they've failed, but that's inevitable in a system where demand fluctuates, and there isn't enough tax money to ensure that it never exceeds supply. Indeed, NHS services in general are pretty good. And I'm fairly confident that if you took a large enough sample of the public, and of healthcare professionals, in the UK, you'd find that their perception of the NHS has improved steadily over the last 10 years. Sure, everyone complains. (Particular young, affluent European students :^) who can't help saying that it's better in Switzerland, without thinking about how much it costs to provide healthcare to everyone, regardless of their citizenship, or ability to pay.) But the NHS is a bloody miracle, and given enough sober reflection - and information and experience - you'll find most people will end up agreeing on that. :^) x Jim - -- Also, health services IT in the UK might well be about to kick a serious amount of ass. Even #7 billion's worth, maybe. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:10:20 -0700 From: "Nectar At Any Cost!" Subject: Funny from the vaselines' set at the sub-pop 20th anniversary bash, introducing "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam": >>This next song is about a guy called "Jesus". You might've heard of him; he was around a while back. He was kind of the David Byrne of his day...and he got into a bit of trouble.<< but the first time listening to it, i thought it was the david *bowie* of his day -- which formulation i actually rather prefer. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #750 ********************************