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shindell-list-digest      Friday, October 5 2001      Volume 03 : Number 342



                               Today's Subjects:
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  [RS] The Test for Laura.                                [Rongrittz@aol.com]
  Re: [RS] The Test for Laura.        [Vanessa Wills <vcwills@Princeton.EDU>]
  [RS] The Test for Laura                ["Gene Frey" <gf212121@hotmail.com>]
  [RS] Tug Boat Captain?!?!?! and other tall tales  [Vanessa Wills <vcwills@]

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Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:18:47 EDT
From: Rongrittz@aol.com
Subject: [RS] The Test for Laura.

The time has come, the walrus said, to see if Laura has what it takes to be a 
true Dickhe . . . uh, Shindell-lister.  Vanessa and Gene and I have put 
together the following 10-question quiz that we hope will be both challenging 
and entertaining.  Challenging for Laura, and entertaining for us, that is.

Grasshopper, your mission (should you choose to accept it), is to tackle what 
you've cleverly called the "RSAT."  If you can correctly answer all 10 
questions, there will be a prize package of some sort.  We know that you 
don't have your copy of "Sparrows Point" yet, so we'll wait patiently for 
your answers.  But not TOO patiently.

No phoning a friend.  No asking the audience.  No 50/50.

If there are any issues, the ruling of the judges will be final.

Good luck.

RG

1. Name the four songs in which Richard takes on the character of a woman.

2. What do "Ascent," "Transit" and "Merritt Parkway, 3 a.m." all have in 
common? 

3. What do the songs "Sparrows Point," "Money for Floods" and "The Ballad of 
Mary Magdalene" all have in common?

4. What do all of Richard's studio-recorded album titles (excluding "Cry Cry 
Cry") have in common?

5. What city is mentioned in two different songs on "Sparrows Point"?

6. Which two Richard songs have been recorded by Dar Williams?

7. Who was the unofficial fourth member of Cry Cry Cry?

8. What was the name of the band in which Richard performed with John Gorka 
during college?

9. Richard's son mishears the lyrics to "Confession." What does he think they 
are?

10. Richard has one song that he will play in public when adequately 
harassed, but has never (and likely will never) record. What is the name of 
this song?

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Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 22:48:45 -0400
From: Vanessa Wills <vcwills@Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: [RS] The Test for Laura.

In fact, we hope ALL Shindell-newbies will test their mettle thus!
And I think we've got some questions in the works for a Big, Bad, Mother of all
tests bound to stump even the most hardcore among us.
mwahaha

Peace,
V

Rongrittz@aol.com wrote:

> The time has come, the walrus said, to see if Laura has what it takes to be a
> true Dickhe . . . uh, Shindell-lister.  Vanessa and Gene and I have put
> together the following 10-question quiz that we hope will be both challenging
> and entertaining.  Challenging for Laura, and entertaining for us, that is.

- --
"I still confuse mowing down with getting through."
                 -Jeff Lang, "throw it all," from _Cedar Grove_

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Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 23:24:24 -0400
From: "Gene Frey" <gf212121@hotmail.com>
Subject: [RS] The Test for Laura

Hey you guys,

Vanessa intoned:

>>And I think we've got some questions in the works for a Big, Bad, Mother 
>>of all tests bound to stump even the most hardcore among us. mwahaha <<

Mwahaha indeed. Nobody does evil like Vanessa. Don't be fooled by the Ivy 
League education and the well-mannered posts. This woman is definitely to be 
feared.

Anyway, to quote Lili Von Shtupp, "It's twoooo." Yes, we have prepared 
additional questions so pathetically trivial, so horribly arcane, so 
maddeningly granular that none other than Ron G. himself referred to me as a 
'Detail Geek.' And Vanessa's were worse.

So, let's see how Laura does. Vegas lists the over/under at 6, and I've got 
some heavy coin riding on this little quizeroonie (Note to self: tape over 
copy of Ocean's Eleven)

Gene F.





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Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 01:00:23 -0400
From: Vanessa Wills <vcwills@Princeton.EDU>
Subject: [RS] Tug Boat Captain?!?!?! and other tall tales

FJPQ@aol.com wrote:

> personally speaking...I like that scruffy look...I have this picture in my
> mind that Richard must look like a tug boat Captain

You know, somehow, this post just managed to slip under the radar when it was
sent almost two weeks ago. Well, not on _my_ watch.
A tug boat Captain? Fran, please don't tell me you were actually hoping that
Richard would look like a tug boat Captain. Dear God. Well, slap a beard on my
face and call me RonG. That's just plain weird.

Gene wrote:
<<Mwahaha indeed. Nobody does evil like Vanessa. Don't be fooled by the Ivy
League education and the well-mannered posts. This woman is definitely to be
feared.>>

Ah, come now, Gene. You're gonna give away the element of surprise! tssk. Now
it'll be that much harder to yank the tootsie roll pops out of babies' mouths.

Peace, Love, and Mischief,
Vanessa "Trust the Gorton Fisherman" Wills


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"I still confuse mowing down with getting through."
                 -Jeff Lang, "throw it all," from _Cedar Grove_

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