From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #225 Reply-To: rockford-files@smoe.org Sender: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk The Rockford Files Wednesday, August 26 1998 Volume 01 : Number 225 Today's Filings: ----------------- A Brief History of "Cheers" 38 k? [none] May Every RF Contain Markus! Gangsta BFF Sorry for the silence... Goldeneye on Nintendo 64 rocks neat stuff... Oh katie baby where have ya been all my life? A shameless post from Spec GANGZTA WARZ movie update. Yours in disjointedness ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 12:00:54 +0000 From: "Luke Wilson" Subject: A Brief History of "Cheers" This communication and the information it contains:- (a) Is intended for the person(s) or organisation(s) named above and for no other person(s) or organisation(s). (b) May be confidential, legally privileged and protected in law. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please contact us immediately by email at postmaster@fwuk.fwc.com ______________________________________________________________ Hi all, About the whole "Cheers" thing: Ok, Cheers was indeed a programme, as I'm sure you all know. Now, it's name comes from an English colloquialism (or however you damn well spell it) for thanks. Someone buys you a drink - you say "Cheers", hence the name of the bar. The word has been through some form of a renaissance of late, with it popping up all over the place. Basically, you can say "cheers" to bus drivers, drink buyers, dustmen, postmen, that kind of thing, you know, people who you think are "nice blokes". You say thanks to people you should be really polite to - dentists, doctors, judges, policemen, grandparents - you get the idea. Of course, then you can go to "Ta", which in circumstances of great thanks is "Ta muchly", but this tends to be a term used widely in the north of England. Sorry 'bout the brevity, but most of you are probably glad. Cheers - 'cause you're nice blokes Luke ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 06:00:42 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jordan W." Subject: 38 k? hey you people, triple j rocks my arse. the playlist at the mo' seems to be getting better and better. plus they promised me that they would play the jap SFTD on the net 50 this weekend. so that's cool. australian music is cool. how is it that we have so many talented individuals for a small country? i hope that all of you people are buying copious amounts of oz music too! cos it kicks bum. happyland cd is cool. Quan is such a talented man. and Janet. well janet. i am speechless. i am feeling rather dejected at the state of australian movies recently. welcome to woop woop seems to be a cheap shot. and no one ever says how cool old mate Baz Luhrmann is. He makes classy flix. but hopefully some of these new ones might make it to small town Armidale in the next 6 months. dan, tubing sounds remarkably like boomnetting. sorry bout the nose. boomnetting kicks me around the barrier reef. it's interesting that you could see the prime minister like that. John Howard even owning a singlet makes me slightly nauscious. imagine.. on second thought, don't. ooh bad, even worse, Kim Beazley in stubbies. eeeeeeeew... courtney, you seen LA confidental yet? it has Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce in it. i dunno, but i really enjoyed it. plus crowded house is one of the most amazing bands it was ever my pleasure to see. if anyone was at the opera house that night, (shiver). it was AMAZING! has everyone picked up their copy of try whistling this yet? i hope so. i dunno whether australia is able to claim them tho... as i recall, they formed from dribs and drabs of spilt enz which was a new zealand band. I know the finn's are from NZ. any New Zealands out there on the fjord? if so, i salute you! anne, i hate my email prog. The spellchecker changed iniquity to inequity. far be it for me to say that you as a denmother are anything than evenhanded. turn off spellchecker. however, you rock my world. truly. ;) luke, you went to that fest. where greenday burnt the drum set? i envy you. space and catatonia played that. something to do with Virgin wasn't it? you said biscuits. i like you. hows your cricket team going this year? ready for the ashes, my good fellow? lemme think, who's gonna win... ;) jon, i'm almost sure that cheers is an antipodian thing. but britishers do it too. hmm. well, don't all americans like australian and british colloquial terms? it's a drinking thing too, like a toast. drinking.. spence, you are some sort of amazing person. every single guy i know would not even be able to spell Citizen Kane, let alone have the integrity to leave a smart, cute, ice cream cone for their standards. or am i confused? you are my hero, i confess. however, if you have an address, sling it my way, for i am severly lacking in action recently. oh well, i get to play chaperone for a while yet. oh, by the way, does anyone else feel uncomfortable in a cinema, when all the people you went with are "on the job" so to speak, and you are in the middle of two pair? i do. this is way too much post for a.. what day is it? australian federal elections, on oct 17th, you just wait. i am taking bets on this at the moment. floods suck. Jordan "with the whips, and the chains, and the s&m" a friend, who needs to stop performing actions. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 07:13:10 PDT From: "emily burningham" Subject: [none] hey y'all aargh! man am i bored. it's like. work. do nothing. work..etc. still 3 weeks til uni. :) kate: Is the whole bridal shower thing still common in USA/England/ where-ever-else-you-come-from??? I am curious coz I am the bridesmaid for my brother's wedding in October and all I am expected to do is organise the Hen's Night (which is enough of a hassle in itself!!!). We still have baby showers but hardly anyone has bridal showers anymore unless it is a big society wedding!!! Is this just an Australian thing??? i've never heard of anyone here having a bridal shower (uk) maybe i'm just too common for that :) Anyway, that woman with the mask, Em, hmm, i like that :) hehehehe for I know it is you, said regarding ConBention UK (could we have UKonBention, or is that just really bad?) ukonbention. hehehe that's probably ott, but what the hell, it's funny. more than 4 i'm sure. i could get at least 2 more (with a little persuasion :)) - we should rent a van and follow them around the country :) Hmm...but this means waiting for the next tour. Which is bad. Unless, of course, we kidnap them, and force them to drive around the UK, just so we can chase them....intriguing. Anyway, more than 4 - lets see: Me, Em, Kirst?, John?, Graham? - and that's about it, unless of course there are thousands of UK lurkers on this venerable list. This would also involve some form of driving, and Doodle just ain't going to be able to do _that_ many miles. She's 25 for gods sake! (on Thursday for those who want to sing) Anyway, the whole idea still arouses me. No, not in that way. er, yeah or we could just kidnap them and drive them around the country. but we'd have to find them first :) and tony, dave, geoff, ro, deb....not that i've asked but i'd make 'em damnit :) er, and i'm sure there are more. driving. don't let ro drive whatever you do. she's dangerous. not that i'm any better. we could attatch a trailer to that back of their tour bus - save on petrol and don't lose them either :) uh oh, yet more proof that luke is indeed the real sick man in this so-called society. watch out everyone.... er, what's wrong with cheers? cheers, taa me ducks...:) love em - the woman with the mask ?! :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 07:33:09 -0700 From: "Kamp, Marcus S" Subject: May Every RF Contain Markus! So, anyway... THOUGHTS ON AUS: my sister's 1st husband is Australian (well, he was directly from NZ, home of Crowded House...yes, LUKE, they were Gods among men...now check out Neil & Tim Finn's respective solo efforts...but he lived in Oz most of his life), so I had some early insight to what the country is really like...I STILL would love ta go there. Everything I've heard/seen says/shows that yours is a most beautiful land, filled w/cool folk indeed. & if I ever meet an attractive woman w/an Australian accent, I'll be completely defenseless. Back me up, fellas! COURTNEY: Ever see Marigold? Check them out. Sheer pop brilliance straight from the Land of Port. E: New Lemonhead-esque bands should excite you, but Sinforosa will kick yer feckin' arse!!! CARRIE: Read DeLillo's "Libra". A work of reality-based fiction that addresses the Castro-assassination version of the Kennedy conspiracy theory. Quite well written. SPENCER: Too many responses to your post, starting even w/the subject line, but here goes..."2 card tables"...On my 1st trip to Seattle (to play a Sinforosa show w/the Presidents--God, but we're cool!) before I moved here, we'd been quoting the "2 turntables" line the whole week. Then on our last night here, we were out for pizza & the waitress brought us our drinks, saying, "OK, 2 large Pepsis...". Needless ta say, we all cut her off..."& a microphone!!!"..."too selective who I go out with"...Not @ all, my brothah! I've developed a Seinfeldian level of pickiness, myself. If the fact that she fell asleep during "Citizen Kane" bugged ya the 1st time you met her, in spite of perfection in every other category, just think how it woulda bugged ya a couple months into the relationship when you started to find other faults as well. Nah, if they aren't perfect, get the hell out!!! You deserve the best, my man..."Baskin Robbins/mocking people"...Hell man, if that's your idea of a good date, well, if were a woman or a homosexual (not that there's anything wrong w/that!), I'd do ya!..."My standards are way too high for my looks"...NO FECKIN' WAY! There's no such thing. Believe me, you'll be happier holdin' out for Beth Littleford or Janeane Garofolo than you would be settlin' for someone beneath you. Sure, I'll not meet Audrey Hepburn (till I shed this mortal coil), but I can dream, no?! Besides, Winsome Nicole is pretty damned close:-)!...Ya ever get the feelin' you & I are like peas & carrots?! Markus's advice, pt. 678: If you've been in love w/someone for as long as you've known him/her, ya might as well tell 'em. Sure it might chase 'em away, but if not, well, consider the possible pay off! (I'm really actually trying to convince MYSELF here, so hear me out!) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:26:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Ginger Nance Subject: Gangsta BFF After some fun fun discussion, a few of us have decided that we BFF fans need to live up to our newly acquired gangsta status. Hence, our new gang colors: maroon and yellow (like the beloved, subversive "kiss my ass" shirts), our gang sign: the "whatever" sign, made with our hands during that nutty song about smokin' pot and doin' nothin', and um...yeah, so far that's about it. So everyone get ready for the east coast/west coast BFF gang wars! Ginger :) Ooooo Ginger Nance ( ) ginger_nance@unc.edu ) ( http://www.unc.edu/~gnance (o) GO HEELS!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 13:27:40 -0500 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: Sorry for the silence... Boy, I just got back to school Saturday Night, and ever since then it's been a whirlwind of events as we prepare for Orientation. The Orientation staff here is composed of the peer counselors during the year. We spend this first week training to be peer counselors and getting ramped up for Orientation. Ugh. Ginger - I read some of those old messages you wrote about Orientation at UNC, and I could just see myself being in your shoes in a few days. Standing out in the hot Alabama sun carrying signs around wearing the same freaking t-shirt everyday for five days. I'm excited already. I had a fascinating experience at K-Mart the other day. I was buying these sheets for my bed, and I went up to the register to pay for them, and the lady at the register was like, "The UPC symbol has been ripped off of this bag, let me call someone to check the price." The price was plainly marked on the front with a sticker, but I understood the rules, so I just told her I'd go grab another one. So I go get another set of sheets, made sure the sticker was on it, and got back into the same line. There was this guy in front of me buying these wall hanger things. Anyway, as I was standing _directly_ behind him she was checking him out, but the wall hanger things wouldn't scan into the register. She tried a few times, and finally asked him if he knew how much they cost. I was pretty shocked that she was doing this when I had to go back for new sheets, even though the price was plainly marked on the front. Imagine my surprise when the guy just goes, "I have no idea how much they cost, but I'm sure we can just make up a price." She shrugged her shoulders, rang up 99 cents, bagged his stuff and sent him on his way. I WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE! I just stood there with my mouth hanging way open staring at this woman (her name was Opal). She just rang up my sheets without saying a word and I was on my way. Two of my friends had come with me to shop, and they had checked out way before me, and were standing in the little lobby area waiting for me. Walking out to the car, I explained to the what happened, and they asked me why I didn't say anything about it. I was just too shocked by the entire incident to be upset. Anyways, we got in the car, and just as we pulled out of the parking lot, they were saying that if I didn't say anything, then I can't bitch about it. That was too much for me, so I turned the car around, and spoke to a manager. He said that I shouldn't have been treated that way, and that he'd see to it that something was done. I told him that I didn't want her to be fired, but I just wanted to make him aware of what happened. Oh, I forgot to mention, the guy in front of me in line was considerably older than me, and even more considerably whiter. I've never experienced racism in my life, and I'm not saying this was racism. It could have been one of many things, but I've never sat there and had my pride shoved down my throat like I did in that line. I'm really glad that the manager didn't attempt to buy my dignity by offering me the sheets for free. Well, I'll catch you up on other Orientation happenings later on. So far I've learned a lot of neat little counseling tricks, and ways to approach tense situations. The first few steps to my developing the ability to manipulate people to assist me in my ongoing plot to take over the world. Yesterday we went to a ropes course. I walked across this 9 inch wide log suspended 40 feet in the air. Of course I was wearing a harness just incase, but it was still quite a rush. We still haven't come up with a theme song for Orientation. All attempts to sell the boys have been in vain, so I dropped back to Help! by the Beatles. It still looks like it's going to end up being, "Gettin' Jiggy With It" Oh well, you can't win them all, Anoop Ranganath ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 15:10:33 -0400 From: Sean Kiely Subject: Goldeneye on Nintendo 64 rocks All I can say is that I think good old Ms. Lewinski knew exactly, and I stress that, exactly what she was doing going after the President. She's of age, and I think she had a crush on him. Billy's a sex fiend, so he didn't fight her off, and now he's in a bit of a hole, but it's not sexual harrassment if it's consensual, which I'm quite sure it was. Run-on sentences suck, but I'm not gonna fix it. Anyways, I think everyone should let it go. he admitted it (for the most part) and now it's over, let him do his job. If anyone's interested in the Underground UK 7" single, email me... sean ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:23:48 -0500 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: neat stuff... Well, another day of orientation training down here at birmingham-southern college. Here's something REALLY cool. We played a TV Theme Song Trivia game, where they play snippets of TV theme songs and we have to guess the TV show. Guess what the bonus question was... That's right, The Rockford Files. How's that for ya? Anoop Ranganath ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 21:34:11 EDT From: FunShnBear@aol.com Subject: Oh katie baby where have ya been all my life? Pish, what a lame ass subject. ANYWAY, I've been missing in action (i'm sure you're all like GO BACK!!) as you can probably tell. And your favorite 16 year old has been busy busy busy. Well, with school starting and all. School is the worst invention ever. Definatley. School basically sucks ass. I'm in "Gifted" whatever the hell that means because I hate it, and the teacher is happy all the time. Nothing phases her. You could call her a stupid fat ugly bitch, and she'd be smile and be like, let's go with that. She's all about searching for my "inner" feelings. I told her all about Ben Folds Five today, she seemed really interested. She was like, so have you ever gotten to meet them, and I was like, yeah a couple of times. She's excited about anything I do, which is better than some high school teachers I guess, but sometimes she's a little overbearing. Ireallymisssaraakathefoxwiththelox. Anyway, so there's this new girl in my Spanish class, and I think she's really rockin'. She's hilarious, she makes me laugh. At the bottom of my supply list she put "anything else I tell you" what the hell kind of bitchy comment is that? I'm going to get a job I think. I'm sore as hell from Weight Training, my chest is feeling strong, now I too can lift things with my breasts. yaokay. Random Rants: - - Today after school two friends of mine were in the audiotorium. A male and female friend. This male friend has gotten his heart broken by the female friend for millions of times. So he wants to date her again, what the hell? WHY does he like the super bitch?! I'm tired of hearing him complain. - - Dreams suck. I had a shit dream last night. So my mom turned into an alcholoic, and she married my dad again, even though my dad is gay. But my dad didn't know he was married to her, or something, it was weird, my dog died in it too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY STUART MURDOCH!! - - Katie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 23:01:05 -0400 From: Spencer Corden Subject: A shameless post from Spec You won't often catch me like this... After a nice bottle of hot saki and plenty of sushi, I feel it necessary to post. Feel free to ignore me. Feel free to ignore my typos as well. Let me just first say this. Sushi is great. Don't say "YUK!" until you've tried it. Yellowtail, octopus, sea eel, and squid are exquisite. I never in a million years thought I'd like it until I tried it about 8 months ago. I'm hooked now. Now on to business: Jordan: Marry me!!! Besides having the most incredible name on the planet, you also have great taste in cinema. Will you please be my classic film partner? And please accept my coupon for a free date of ice cream cones and mocking of the general public any time you wish. By the way, sitting solo with couples in a movie house is no embarrassement unless you are seeing Ishtar on the big screen. on the down side, you type like matthew. but it's really not so bad... Anne: You precious little jewel! You noticed my absence and bookmarked it with an incredibly cool reference. Jay and I are in debt to you... matthew: you owe me a half a milligram of xanax. pronto. Markus: Where can I even begin? Your gigs are so outrageously cool that it scares me. I've only opened up once for Pauly Shore and once for the Spin Doctors. How incredibly demeaning. Meanwhile, I'm stuck in a MIDI suite constructing an episode of America's Castles on A&E that noone will ever see. We are obviously long lost twins. "Blah, blah, blah..." and a microphone has been a staple of mine forever it seems. It's always good for a hearty gut wrenching chuckle. As for my anal retentive selectivity in women...it is scarily Seinfeldian. Here's my classic encounter up to this point: 1. I meet this girl while I'm singing and playing piano bar about a year ago. 2. She introduces herself as Monique (pronounced "Monica"--whatever) 3. Oddly enough, she looks just like Courtney Cox on "Friends". 4. She asks for a phone number. 5. I thank god profusely. 6. I give the number to her (duh). 7. We meet for a date a few nights later. So after a nice italian dinner, we end up talking over some espresso at my place. She tells me that she is really good at talking with people and wants to be a psychiatrist, but has no college degree for it. At this point, I'm feeling her weirdness coming on with the velocity of a freight train. The superficial Spencer can no longer control this situation. It's up to the damn right side of my brain now. So here it goes. She literally says: "Spencer, do you think that I could be a psychiatrist *without* getting a degree?" At which point I responded, "Monique, I'm sorry, but you really have to go now." Guys, I'm sorry, but I'm weird enough without a self taught psychopath going out with me. I hope I haven't disappointed too many of you. Hell, many of you have probably scrolled way past this by now. Well, that's about as much non-bentent as you'll get out of me after this much saki. Spencer "give me your psychotic, your poor" Corden "Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat, college..." --Woody Allen, "Annie Hall" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 22:23:23 -0500 From: Clayton Smith Subject: GANGZTA WARZ can Texas be on the east coast for GANGZTA WARZ?? please! oh ya and, SPENCER!!!! whats up with the daily show. I MUST know! ok how can we make this longer....surge is not cool stuff........caffine is evil unless its those frapachino things.......and i need a job....then a car...all would be nice. im gonna go practice my gang sign. GANGZTA WARZ rock me Clayton ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 22:58:53 -0500 From: luckybastard1@juno.com (Hannah B Kuhlmann) Subject: movie update. dan! I'm glad you were able to keep your sense of humor throughout this nose ordeal you're suffering. . .the beastie boys and Korn remarks made me laugh quite a bit. I saw Blade today, and the word is DORF ALERT! (I guess that's two words. BUT-) If you like Stephen Dorf, )or however you spell it. . .I'm not going to worry about it. .) get your ass to this movie. Forget any dislike you may harbor towards Wesley Snipes, just put it away, push it down. You need to go see Dorfboy stride around in a lanky way and smoulder at people. damn! This movie is right up there with I shot Andy Warhol for Dorfy coolness. :) that's it. no bentent. uh. . . Jon? I mean Princess Jon? did you send my (audio) tape? - -Hannah "Look at yourself! You're a little bitch!" -DORF! to Wesley Snipes. . .heh. . . _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 15:53:03 +1000 From: Kate_Watkins%HBH@themis.com.au Subject: Yours in disjointedness Hello people Well it is a warm and sunny day in Woombie-land - thank god winter is finally over!!! I am sick of wearing 4 million layers to work and still being cold. Time to pull out the singlet tops and cute little sun dresses. Unfortunately, also time to start going to swimming training!!! :( Dan: Sorry to hear about your nose. I know how much coming out of a tube can hurt. My brother owns a ski boat and a double tube (which is a bit like having 2 inner tyres joined at the side) - they are great fun but when you hop into it with someone much heavier than you, you tend to get flipped out of it at a great rate of knots when you hit some wake!!! (especially when your homicidal maniacal father is driving so you are travelling in a 360 and actually hit your OWN wake!!) Which I discovered last year!!! We went over this HUGE bit of wake and I literally was flicked out of the tube!!! The boat boy actually got a photo of it - all you can see is the tube standing on its end and me about 3 metres above it!!! At least it showed I have pretty good survival instincts - I am curled up into a ball - already prepared for the impact!!! Also Dan: <> Scary!! I think you just described Kym Beazley who is the leader of the opposition!!! And we have an election coming up!!! Aaaahh nnoooo!!! We are about to fullfill a prophecy from The Simpson's!!!! Courtney: okay I am happy that SOMEONE does not think that Aussie land is really like Muriel's Wedding and Priscilla. Though if you saw Sum of Us - it was not far off in many ways!!! Sounds like you had a ball doing NXNW. How did you get involved in that? Are you doing some sort of stage management course? Good luck on your driver's course!!! Anne: <> Hey, that's one of my weaknesses too!! Especially if you are sharing that wooden booth in a very cosy position with your favourite person of the opposite sex (or same sex if that is your preference!!! I really should learn not to be discriminatory in my assumptions). Why won't you share your other weaknesses? We all know already about the peanut butter...... Luke: I can't deny that Crowded House are gods (and neither can Courtney - can you??) I have been following them since they first formed from the remains of Split Enz (I also followed them!!!). Did you see their (ie CH) break up gig??? I had to tape it coz I was out that night and I am so glad I did coz I have watched over and over since then. Was it televised in the UK?? I hear they are pretty popular over there. Do you also like Hunters and Collectors? Now I am interested - in what way DOES the idea of ConBention UK arouse you? ;o) Carrie wrote: <> Wow!! You guys take the weirdest subjects!!! I am not sure anything like that is even OFFERED in Australia!! I mean what does one DO with an English-Spanish Lit major??? Jon wrote: <> I don't know!!! I have never dated anyone who HAD any!!! (that's what comes from dating musicians and students!!!) Spencer: I don't know about anyone else, but I don't think you are being too selective. But then again you are talking to the girl who would not go out with one guy coz he had annoying speech patterns!!! And won't go out with another one coz he wears joggers with his jeans (I HATE that!!! It's so Seinfeld!!). Also Spencer: <> Need you ask??? Spencer, you know that I would be your anything! ;o) <> Is that a promise or a curse??? (j/k - no offence intended Markus) Dan: I really love your posts. Codeine-laced wings - you crack me up! Welp - Hi ho, hi ho - it's off to work I go...... Later, (note - here is one little Aussie who does not use Cheers!! Never have and probably never will!!) Kate. ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #225 *********************************