From: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org (small-repairs-digest) To: small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Subject: small-repairs-digest V3 #21 Reply-To: small-repairs@smoe.org Sender: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk small-repairs-digest Monday, February 1 1999 Volume 03 : Number 021 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [s-r] (FSC) Touring w/Shawn [Meriwether Jones ] [s-r] RE:(NSC) Broken Contract [Meriwether Jones ] Re: [s-r] (NSC) Baby Dee ["Lindsey A. Claypool" ] Re: [s-r] (NSC) Baby Dee [Anna Jasmin Petersons ] Re: [s-r] (NSC) Baby Dee [Kat McLeod ] [s-r] (NSC) Last Call? [Meriwether Jones ] [s-r] (NSC) Oops! [Meriwether Jones ] Re: [s-r] (NSC) Last Call? [Kat McLeod ] [s-r] Another NSC thought to pass the time - 1998 faves [Kat McLeod Subject: [s-r] (FSC) Touring w/Shawn >I want to see the pictures of the dual genitalia >and the siamese twins and maybe even Helen >Melon. I think you should all tour with Shawn. Anthony, my dear laddie! (assuming that is a boy's name in your family) We *did* tour with Shawn. (Were you not on this list when I first introduced myself?) It was during the Cover Girl tour, which was sort of a double entendre that Shawn came up with at the time. I'm not claiming that she named the record after me, mind you, but later on when we joined the tour she usually found a way to work it into her patter. Anyhow, back then I went by the stage name of "Dee." But *please,* no one on the Joni list knows about all this, so I beg you to keep it to yourselves. This means a lot to me, and I'm really counting on you all to help me protect my privacy. I know I blew it with that accidental post, and god knows I feel bad about what I've done to poor Lindsey and Anna. But think about it from my POV. I already feel as humiliated and dirty as a guy/gal can be. Please help me contain the damage. Meri - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: 31 Jan 99 14:36:42 -0400 From: Meriwether Jones Subject: [s-r] RE:(NSC) Broken Contract Fred Funksheister said: <> Listen, Funksheister (if that is really is your name), you can make fun of my situation all you like. But you better tell that so-called "Baby Dee" that s/he (if s/he really is a s/he) has infringed on my trademarked name, and yes I do have the proper documentation to prove it. Not only do I not intend to "report to Coney Island immediately," but I deeply resent your suggestion that you in some way have rights to my franchise. If you ever talk to that poseur "Baby Dee" again, please pass on that I will gladly compare my "articles" with his/hers any day of the week. And no, you crass profiteer, not in some public spectacle of your devising. Get a life. - -Meri, getting angry now - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 13:51:44 -0800 (PST) From: Fred Funksheister Subject: [s-r] (NSC) Baby Dee Meri defiantly writes: >Listen Funksheister (if that really is >your name) If you ever talk to that >poseur "Baby Dee" again, please pass on >that I will gladly compare my "articles" >with his/her any day of the week. And >no, you crass profiteer, not in some >public spectacle of your devising. Get a >life. Funksheister is my legal name Dual OrganBoy. In the show I am the fearsome KoKo ThE kiLLeR KlOwN, and along the midway I am known as Sideshow Art (i paint the freak banners like the one of the Peterson twins that i spent a week on dammit!) Wake up and smell the coffee you freak!, if you were half the man/woman that my Baby Dee is, you would report to Coney Island and prove it. As I informed you via private mail, I have plans for you and just because you got yourself pregnant will NOT be an exuse. The offspring will receive plenty of "Carny-Lovin'" until 'it' is old enough to join the show. The "crass profiteer" in me has made me aware that I must now have an X-rated show highlighting your frighteningly formidable talents on stage in order to save the act (having lost all of my star performers). You, my lad/lassie will make me the biggest thing in Coney Island since the hotdog. As for Baby Dee, my people have informed me that not only is he/she in Florida, but may be attending todays Superbowl game. In case you do not watch, you can click below and catch him/her in living color: http://www.coneyisland.com/dee.html I would also suggest that you have a look at me (KoKo) while you are at the site before any more name calling takes place! - -Fred Funksheister aka Sideshow Art aka KoKo (be very afraid... PenguinBoy is flying back from Seattle today with the Peterson twins reportedly "re-connected and in drying mode") _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 14:30:49 -0800 From: "Lindsey A. Claypool" Subject: Re: [s-r] (NSC) Baby Dee Listen, Fred, I don't know who Penguin boy thinks he's got, but it ain't us. Perhaps you found my doppleganger, Goldie. Or didn't you know about the cloning project? Funny, I thought you were the one who came up with it as a safeguard, "just in case the unthinkable should happen." Well anyway, you got the wrong girls. And leave Meri alone! - --Lindsey, still without a conjoined twin, and most certainly not in drying mode - -----Original Message----- From: Fred Funksheister To: small-repairs@smoe.org Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 1:50 PM Subject: [s-r] (NSC) Baby Dee >Meri defiantly writes: > >>Listen Funksheister (if that really is >>your name) If you ever talk to that >>poseur "Baby Dee" again, please pass on >>that I will gladly compare my "articles" >>with his/her any day of the week. And >>no, you crass profiteer, not in some >>public spectacle of your devising. Get a >>life. > >Funksheister is my legal name Dual OrganBoy. In the show I am the >fearsome KoKo ThE kiLLeR KlOwN, and along the midway I am known as >Sideshow Art (i paint the freak banners like the one of the Peterson >twins that i spent a week on dammit!) Wake up and smell the coffee you >freak!, if you were half the man/woman that my Baby Dee is, you would >report to Coney Island and prove it. > >As I informed you via private mail, I have plans for you and just >because you got yourself pregnant will NOT be an exuse. The offspring >will receive plenty of "Carny-Lovin'" until 'it' is old enough to join >the show. The "crass profiteer" in me has made me aware that I must >now have an X-rated show highlighting your frighteningly formidable >talents on stage in order to save the act (having lost all of my star >performers). You, my lad/lassie will make me the biggest thing in >Coney Island since the hotdog. > >As for Baby Dee, my people have informed me that not only is he/she in >Florida, but may be attending todays Superbowl game. In case you do >not watch, you can click below and catch him/her in living color: >http://www.coneyisland.com/dee.html >I would also suggest that you have a look at me (KoKo) while you are >at the site before any more name calling takes place! > >-Fred Funksheister aka Sideshow Art aka KoKo (be very afraid... >PenguinBoy is flying back from Seattle today with the Peterson twins >reportedly "re-connected and in drying mode") >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub >scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. >tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not >directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line >------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:12:12 -0800 (PST) From: Anna Jasmin Petersons Subject: Re: [s-r] (NSC) Baby Dee Lindsey! Lindsey! Help! I've been glued to your evil clone! Meri, Kat, anyone-- SAVE ME!!! They're gonna put me in the sideshow with Baby D.-- Baby DRED that is! Help! I'll go mad! --Anna On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Lindsey A. Claypool wrote: > Listen, Fred, I don't know who Penguin boy thinks he's got, but it ain't us. > Perhaps you found my doppleganger, Goldie. Or didn't you know about the > cloning project? Funny, I thought you were the one who came up with it as a > safeguard, "just in case the unthinkable should happen." Well anyway, you > got the wrong girls. And leave Meri alone! > --Lindsey, still without a conjoined twin, and most certainly not in drying > mode > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Funksheister > To: small-repairs@smoe.org > Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 1:50 PM > Subject: [s-r] (NSC) Baby Dee > > > >Meri defiantly writes: > > > >>Listen Funksheister (if that really is > >>your name) If you ever talk to that > >>poseur "Baby Dee" again, please pass on > >>that I will gladly compare my "articles" > >>with his/her any day of the week. And > >>no, you crass profiteer, not in some > >>public spectacle of your devising. Get a > >>life. > > > >Funksheister is my legal name Dual OrganBoy. In the show I am the > >fearsome KoKo ThE kiLLeR KlOwN, and along the midway I am known as > >Sideshow Art (i paint the freak banners like the one of the Peterson > >twins that i spent a week on dammit!) Wake up and smell the coffee you > >freak!, if you were half the man/woman that my Baby Dee is, you would > >report to Coney Island and prove it. > > > >As I informed you via private mail, I have plans for you and just > >because you got yourself pregnant will NOT be an exuse. The offspring > >will receive plenty of "Carny-Lovin'" until 'it' is old enough to join > >the show. The "crass profiteer" in me has made me aware that I must > >now have an X-rated show highlighting your frighteningly formidable > >talents on stage in order to save the act (having lost all of my star > >performers). You, my lad/lassie will make me the biggest thing in > >Coney Island since the hotdog. > > > >As for Baby Dee, my people have informed me that not only is he/she in > >Florida, but may be attending todays Superbowl game. In case you do > >not watch, you can click below and catch him/her in living color: > >http://www.coneyisland.com/dee.html > >I would also suggest that you have a look at me (KoKo) while you are > >at the site before any more name calling takes place! > > > >-Fred Funksheister aka Sideshow Art aka KoKo (be very afraid... > >PenguinBoy is flying back from Seattle today with the Peterson twins > >reportedly "re-connected and in drying mode") > >_________________________________________________________ > >DO YOU YAHOO!? > >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub > >scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. > >tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not > >directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub > scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. > tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not > directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 12:30:57 +1100 From: Kat McLeod Subject: Re: [s-r] (NSC) Baby Dee OK - dont panic Anna!! I've notified the OLS team and we're swinging into action - just hold tight (shouldnt be too hard if PenguinBoy used decent glue) until we get there... our good friend and accomplice, Xena, Warrior Princess has graciously lent us her chakram so we can slice you away from Lindsey's evil clone with one swift wrist action. In the mean time I've sent Helen Melon to sit on PenguinBoy and hold him till we can recover Tiny the hitman from his hideout in Portland and send him on the mission. Over and out, Kat ;) temporarily in the reprised role of CinCOLS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: 01 Feb 99 00:40:32 -0400 From: Meriwether Jones Subject: [s-r] (NSC) Last Call? OK, gang. Time to call it quits, I fear. This horse has been beat long past dead, playful steed that it was while it lasted. I wish to express my deep appreciation for all the many letters of support in my time of profound need. As Sally Fields put it so well, "you really do love me, don't you?! " ("Sally," of course, being short for Salliwether, a boy's name in her family.) Heh heh. Yes, this has been a test of the AFSR broadcast network. For a while there -- that awful dead air period just after my "embarrassing" first post and before Rob and Kat and Twan68 and all their aliases (Fran, etc.) came out to play -- we were beginning to fear that there was no life left on this fine list. That BigHAIR's mysterious absence meant that the good times were just plain good. Jean, we've tried to keep the standard held high, but it just ain't the same without you, girl! Thank you Lindsey and Anna J. You make an old fart feel you downright sprightly again. Other last words on this thread before we nail the coffin shut? - -Meri, who hasn't had this much fun in a long while, especially those first days of pained silence when I JUST COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING at inappropriate moments at work, home, two plane trips, etc.- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: 01 Feb 99 00:47:39 -0400 From: Meriwether Jones Subject: [s-r] (NSC) Oops! >Thank you Lindsey and Anna J. You make >an old fart feel you [sic] downright >sprightly again. Oops. Freudian slips like that (with HS gurlz!) can earn a guy jail time. Sorry! Sort of. - -Meri- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 17:20:11 +1100 From: Kat McLeod Subject: Re: [s-r] (NSC) Last Call? Well, I'd just like to say that it's been a blast, and I too, like Meri, have laughed a lot at thoroughly inappropriate moments ;) I'd also like to say that it seems, given the reactions, or lack thereof, that the frivolities of the past few days have illicited from our dear small-repairers, that the list must have actually..... gasp..... matured. I know, I know, its shocking for those of us that were around for the early days of spice girl, painting throwing mayhem, but I can offer no other explanation for the relative calm in light of recent insanity. Many of you will have already seen the following life cycle of a mailing list, particularly since I picked it up off the Patty Griffin list some time last year (apologies for stealing it to whoever it was that wrote it originally, in case you're out there, cos I have no idea who it was), but I think it's appropriate to post it now, as... surprisingly enough... I think our little list has finally come comfortably to rest at #6.2. Will wonders will never cease? kat ;) p.s. i know i'll still be looking nervously over my shoulder for KoKo the Klown or PenguinBoy for some time to come... - -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Natural Life Cycle Of Mailing Lists Every list seems to go through the same cycle: 1. Initial enthusiasm (people introduce themselves, and gush a lot about how wonderful it is to find kindred souls). 2. Evangelism (people moan about how few folks are posting to the list, and brainstorm recruitment strategies). 3. Growth (more and more people join, more and more lengthy threads develop, occasional off-topic threads pop up). 4. Community (lots of threads, some more relevant than others; lots of information and advice is exchanged; experts help other experts as well as less experienced colleagues; friendships develop; people tease each other; newcomers are welcomed with generosity and patience; everyone -- newbie and expert alike -- feels comfortable asking questions, suggesting answers, and sharing opinions). 5. Discomfort with diversity (the number of messages increases dramatically; not every thread is fascinating to every reader; people start complaining about the signal-to-noise ratio; person 1 threatens to quit if *other* people don't limit discussion to person 1's pet topic; person 2 agrees with person 1; person 3 tells 1 & 2 to lighten up; more bandwidth is wasted complaining about off-topic threads than is used for the threads themselves; everyone gets annoyed). 6. Finally: 1. Smug complacency and stagnation (the purists flame everyone who asks an 'old' question or responds with humor to a serious post; newbies are rebuffed; traffic drops to a doze-producing level of a few minor issues; all interesting discussions happen by private email and are limited to a few participants; the purists spend lots of time self-righteously congratulating each other on keeping off-topic threads off the list). OR 2. Maturity (a few people quit in a huff; the rest of the participants stay near stage 4, with stage 5 popping up briefly every few weeks; many people wear out their second or third 'delete' key, but the list lives contentedly ever after). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 18:24:11 +1100 From: Kat McLeod Subject: [s-r] Another NSC thought to pass the time - 1998 faves Well, now that we've had our fun (well, some of us ), I would like to propose that in order to kill time while we're waiting for Shawn to get back from her ski trip and do something new to amuse us, that we revive an NSC thread we had going about this time last year - and which is related to the short-lived "who else do you listen to" thread of more recent times - namely, what were everyone's favourite CDs that y'all purchased in 1998? (am I allowed to say y'all now that i've been to austin....?) If we play by last year's rules, it doesnt have to be albums that were actually released in 1998, just anything you bought throughout the year.... nothing like recommendations from fellow small-repairers to help one add to one's perennial wish list, i always find :) I also think it'll be an interesting aside to see how many people throw Holiday Songs & Lullabies into their Top 10 lists of the year - theoretically I didn't own it till this January, so I couldn't even count it if I wanted to (errrr... not saying that I wouldnt want to, of *course*). So I guess since I brought the idea up, I should kick it off.... which is easier said than done, given i made two trips to Land of the Cheap CDs and subsequently acquired a hell of a lot more CDs than I normally would in any given year. But I'll give it a go: so in no particular order, and probably leaving out some really obvious ones: 1. Jonatha Brooke - 10c Wings 2. Natalie Merchant - Ophelia 3. Penny Flanagan - Seven Flights Up (she's one of ours and she's *damn* good) 4. Catie Curtis (actually got given this one - thanx Gerr!) 5. Ani DiFranco - Living in Clip (totally prompted by seeing the girl live - damn she ROCKS doesnt she??) 6. Cry Cry Cry (actually got given this one too - umm... thanx John, Lisa *and* Gerr!) 7. Keb Mo - Slow Down 8. October Project - errr.. both of them, can't choose a fave 9. Dar Williams - End of the Summer 10. Toni Price - Sol Power (just scraped this one in on Dec 30...) there's mine.... anyone else wanna play? kat ;) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. 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