From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V6 #361 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Thursday, December 4 2003 Volume 06 : Number 361 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] THE FINAL MONTH 2 [kevin eden ] Re: way, way OT - UK history (was Re: [idealcopy] class...) [P J Kane Subject: [idealcopy] THE FINAL MONTH 2 Having announced the imminent closure of WMO at the end of this month and all titles at GBP5.00 we have had a number of enquiries about multiple purchasing. WMO is happy to offer the following: all orders for more than 5 CD's will receive 10% discount. Simply total the amount (plus postage) and apply the discount. And remember we accept PayPal for payment. kevin eden http://www.wireviews.com/wmo/index.html "dreams that money can buy" Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:49:50 GMT From: P J Kane Subject: Re: way, way OT - UK history (was Re: [idealcopy] class...) << which raises the question of just how fluent transplanted midwesterner mr kane is in southern. >> not very. mind you, i live in Atlanta, which is "Southern" only in the fact that it is located in the South. there are very few actual "Southerners" around here anymore. in fact, i joke that means "we aren't allowed to hunt them anymore"..... << were flash-card drills on "tump," "all stove up" (which expression my lifelong-alabaman girlfriend didn't know when i used it earlier this year, even though i do believe it appears in one of my favorite movies ever, slingblade, shot about 20 miles from little rock with central arkansan billy bob thornton at the helm), "slanchwise," "the war against northern aggression," >> got that last one. boy, they certainly beat that into your head in the metro ATL area. in 11th grade, in Powder Springs, GA (a NorthWestern suburb) 2/3 of the "American History" class is taken up with that war. we went on about 10 field trips to local battle sites as well.... << "ovair," "rat cheer," "yay long," etc entailed before he was accorded citizenship in the latterday confederacy? >> i wonder if some of the terminology is "Arkansas-specific". i have met a few folks from there, including my mother's current neighbor. and the Arkansas accent is distinctly different from the rural Georgia accent. so some of that terminology might not apply to me as a Georgian. and no, i was not given a test. nor do i identify with "Confederates". i am a Carpetbagger, i will freely admit that. i am from the conquering part of the country, down here to exploit the locals for money, burritos, and cheap housing. (actually, during the war the bulk of my ancestors were still in Ireland, but apparently that doesn't matter to most of the Conquered Peoples of the Confederacy.) PJK Carpetbagger please don't hate me because i can't type..... - --- All the cool kids are doing it: HTTP://www.EvilSponge.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 15:49:34 EST From: PaulRabjohn@aol.com Subject: [idealcopy] trousersnake / holy burning photocopies batman great news for all you krautrock fans. i read in the guardian today that justin timberlake is including a falsetto version of "trans europe express" in his current set. maybe hard to get a ticket , but surely worth it? on a more serious note , does anyone really believe that the KLF actually burnt real money ? c'mon............ p ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:24:06 +0000 From: Andrew Walkingshaw Subject: Re: [idealcopy] trousersnake / holy burning photocopies batman On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 03:49:34PM -0500, PaulRabjohn@aol.com wrote: > on a more serious note , does anyone really believe that the KLF actually > burnt real money ? c'mon............ I'm quite willing to believe they did, but *only* if they had some other major scam working (disposal of out of circulation currency, a bet, or some other bizarre justification :) ) Bill Drummond is a) a pisstaker (rabbits ears indeed) and b) very smart... - - A - -- email: andrew@lexical.org.uk http://www.lexical.org.uk/ Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/ DJ, CUR1350 - http://www.cur1350.co.uk/ blog: http://www.lexical.org.uk/blog/ "The Random Walk", 10pm Fridays | "... and now I couldn't sleep!" ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V6 #361 *******************************