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Re: as to reading before posting
> Dusty Volume <marquis at icx_net> sez:
>>Kyle said:
>>
>>> the Re:RE:RE:RE: blah blah blah makes me want to go on a cross country moron
>>> safari when i try to make sense of it all,
Cross Country Moron Safari. This is how colloquialisms get started. This
is a beautiful piece of American Slang invention. Kyle should get a
mention in the slang history books. An honorable mention.
>>I can just hear the conversation tonite at the Emery/Howe/whatever the
>>other guy's last name is apartment
>
>>Kyle: "Can you believe all those scurrilous thread continuances?"
>>
>>Chris: "Well, at least they're posting in threads instead of just
>>making up new subject lines out of the blue."
>>
>>Kyle: "You *should* make up a new subject line if the thread has
>>degenerated past it's original topic."
>>
>>Chris: "Damn it, I'm tired of not being able to use my mail client the
>>way it's supposed to be used--wait a minute! was that you who changed
>>to subject of Ysobelle's thread!"
>
> Heh. This isn't so far from the truth, you know. You're pretty perceptive,
> Markus.
>
>>a quasi-bastardized match of sumo wrestling soon erupts between the two
>>as the third roomate, (what's his name?!)
This bit of conversational invention is also genius, so my second props go
out to Mark.
> we're always quite civil as we discuss esoterica, such as
> how to use a sheep's bladder to prevent an earthquake.
I think I saw this movie. 'The Edge' -- Tony Hopkins actually uses a
sheeps bladder to prevent an earthquake, remagnetize a compass, graft a
limb onto a tree and cook food. And also as a hat.
Of course, David Mamet ripped this particular script point off an episode
of Macgyver from 10 years back.
>>places bets over the telephone
>>with Ed from Liverpool who has just phoned to ask Chris why he didn't
>>call from Last week's CST show for a listen see...
This was the clincher for me. These listservs can be so rewarding...
> Now leave me alone. I'm trying to finish up this 350+ line post answering
> Hubert's King Crimson question.
Chris Emery. If there were no prog rock, he might actually do work.
jnf
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