Toonbots message board: mouse v1.0

Eric Schissel Mon Dec 10 17:25:38 2001 Re: mouse v1.0 > Of course, as today's episode demonstrates, you are all figments of my > imagination. So with no further ado, I introduce to you -- Sgt Pepper's > Lonely Hearts Club Band! ... No, no, I introduce "mouse". Coming > soon to a theater near you. Ok, then, that's Beta Mouse. Which of us is Penfold? -- a horsie who is not sanguine at thought of becoming metaimagined, senza or comme Cleo-Hase (?) ...

mouse Mon Dec 10 18:25:09 2001 Re: mouse v1.0 ooh ooh! i like it! i like it! i believe it perfectly captures my wide-eyed innocence, my serious thoughtfulness about the world, and my hopes for a cute nose! (altho the ears may be a bit big....ok, yeah, so are my _real_ ears, but still.....) and i _really_ like my cyborg name, courtesy of brunching shuttlecock: M.O.U.S.E.: Machine Optimized for Ultimate Sabotage and Exploration now _that's_ the real me -- sabotaging, exploring, exploring (maybe that's where the ears come in), sabotaging -- and all of it ultimately optimized. i may have to put this one up on my door. (i would, too, if i thought it would reduce the number of ignorant queries i get from passing fools) btw - for those of you who haven't had the time to investigate the site, i hereby report on some other relevant entitities: L.E.N.I.N.: Lifeform Engineered for Nocturnal Infiltration and Nullification (i mean, is that him to the life (death?) or what?) M.A.O.: Mechanical Artificial Organism (well.....) M.I.C.H.A.E.L.: Mechanical Intelligent Construct Hardwired for Assassination and Efficient Learning (you see why he likes the pickle crisp motto, it's so similar to his own: learn efficiently, or be eliminated) and of course: T.O.O.N.B.O.T.: Transforming Obedient Organism Normally for Battle and Online Troubleshooting (explains a lot, doesn't it?) this is what i love about toonbots - the opportunities to find strange new worlds in cyberspace, and even stranger ones in oneself. thanks, michael! [altho, eric, i must tell you -- you do keep me wondering about the _outside_ world. did a search for penfold and got: penfold music, penfold golf balls, penfold motor sports, penfold scottish fold cattery, and penfold books (homeopathy, charismatic movements and calvinism). so to: > Which of us is Penfold? i must reply: huh? {and i am sure you will be quite lovely in michael's metaimaginings, you and your friend cleo both. i mean, you are a _herald_ - you'll probably have trappings and banners and even trumpets and stuff} {well -- maybe not} ]

Eric Schissel Mon Dec 10 18:52:18 2001 Re: mouse v1.0 > ooh ooh! i like it! i like it! i believe it perfectly captures my > wide-eyed innocence, my serious thoughtfulness about the world, and my > hopes for a cute nose! (altho the ears may be a bit big....ok, yeah, so > are my _real_ ears, but still.....) It -is- nice, it is. > and i _really_ like my cyborg name, courtesy of brunching shuttlecock: > M.O.U.S.E.: Machine Optimized for Ultimate Sabotage and Exploration And also, tel. > now _that's_ the real me -- sabotaging, exploring, exploring (maybe that's > where the ears come in), sabotaging -- and all of it ultimately optimized. > i may have to put this one up on my door. (i would, too, if i thought it > would reduce the number of ignorant queries i get from passing fools) Does anything, short of primed ammunition? (Does primed ammunition?) > btw - for those of you who haven't had the time to investigate the site, i > hereby report on some other relevant entitities: L.E.N.I.N.: Lifeform > Engineered for Nocturnal Infiltration and Nullification (i mean, is that > him to the life (death?) or what?) M.A.O.: Mechanical Artificial Organism > (well.....) M.I.C.H.A.E.L.: Mechanical Intelligent Construct Hardwired for > Assassination and Efficient Learning (you see why he likes the pickle > crisp motto, it's so similar to his own: learn efficiently, or be > eliminated) An enlightenment a minute (ok, some of them are what I seem to recall Professor Schickele, PDQ Bach, calling Two-Bit Epiphanies, but still, one learns allsame! ) > and of course: T.O.O.N.B.O.T.: Transforming Obedient Organism Normally for > Battle and Online Troubleshooting > (explains a lot, doesn't it?) It does. > this is what i love about toonbots - the opportunities to find strange new > worlds in cyberspace, and even stranger ones in oneself. Reflets et Lichtbrechungen. > thanks, michael! > [altho, eric, i must tell you -- you do keep me wondering about the > _outside_ world. did a search for penfold and got: penfold music, penfold > golf balls, penfold motor sports, penfold scottish fold cattery, and > penfold books (homeopathy, charismatic movements and calvinism). so to: > i must reply: huh? Well, mouse v 1.0 set me in mind of Beta Mouse (if only because I think most 1.0 products of a certain company tend to be Beta anyway) and that put me in mind of Dangermouse... > {and i am sure you will be quite lovely in michael's metaimaginings, you > and your friend cleo both. i mean, you are a _herald_ - you'll probably > have trappings and banners and even trumpets and stuff} {well -- maybe > not} ] Hrm... it would be ironic to tune to Toon bots one morn and find a reduced-size image of the late Trooper (who belonged to Patchwork, a therapeutic riding place near me) doing Quixotic things wouldn't it. But I will avoid at all costs giving Mr. Roberts ideas. Sincerely, Your Horsie knight of doleful countenance

mouse Mon Dec 10 19:15:51 2001 Re: mouse v1.0 > Does anything, short of primed ammunition? (Does primed ammunition?) hmmm....now, _that's_ something i haven't tried.....maybe i could start with one of those mini-cannons...... > Well, mouse v 1.0 set me in mind of Beta Mouse (if only because I think > most 1.0 products of a certain company tend to be Beta anyway) evil gigantic corporations shall remain nameless, due to requests from their lawyers.... > and that > put me in mind of Dangermouse... ok - i'm still lost, but i'll give you a pass, just cause 'Dangermouse' is such a great name. > But I > will avoid at all costs giving Mr. Roberts ideas. i'm afraid he gets way too many ideas just on his own....fortunately, he is somewhat limited by his drawing abilities. > Sincerely, > Your Horsie knight of doleful countenance now you will have me picturing you as the knight in 'through the looking glass' (admittedly one of my favorite characters) (although 'doleful countenance' is ringing a slightly different bell.......still, i believe you have potential as a white knight) (what was the name of the Herald in that book....it started with an 'H' - i think he was the one with the anglo-saxon attitudes.....drat, now i have something _else_ to reread)

Eric Schissel Mon Dec 10 19:53:31 2001 Re: mouse v1.0 > hmmm....now, _that's_ something i haven't tried.....maybe i could start > with one of those mini-cannons...... Well, if you're going to start with something that won't work as a warning, may as well splurge and go for major firepower. (Erm, Eric, says Cleo the conscience, I -thought- you considered yourself a pacifist.) (Oh. We're not talking hypothetically? Pity, that...) > evil gigantic corporations shall remain nameless, due to requests from > their lawyers.... Yes, for certain large values of request. > ok - i'm still lost, but i'll give you a pass, just cause 'Dangermouse' is > such a great name. a few spoilers to follow. TV show. Animated. > i'm afraid he gets way too many ideas just on his own....fortunately, he > is somewhat limited by his drawing abilities. Thank goodness for small favors, but they do seem to be improving by leaps and bounds. *sigh* > now you will have me picturing you as the knight in 'through the looking > glass' (admittedly one of my favorite characters) (although 'doleful > countenance' is ringing a slightly different bell.......still, i believe > you have potential as a white knight) Reference on my part to one of the main characters of a very famous, centuries-old and rather large novel that I have only just begun to read, will probably not finish before I need to return it to the library. Another spoiler: satire on the ideals of chivalry. I might be mistaken about this. I -think- that this is a reference to that character- I saw "knight of the Doleful Countenance" somewhere else entirely... but I expect I won't find myself mistaken as I go further into the novel... > (what was the name of the Herald in that book....it started with an 'H' - > i think he was the one with the anglo-saxon attitudes.....drat, now i have > something _else_ to reread) Here I'm not at all sure- I probably don't know, anyway; most of the fictional Heralds I know of so far come from Mercedes Lackey novels (*very abashed look*)- such classics as I have read so far, haven't had many, or I've forgotten them. Hrm...

mouse Mon Dec 10 20:02:23 2001 Re: mouse v1.0 > Well, if you're going to start with something that won't work as a > warning, may as well splurge and go for major firepower. well - i figure the time i take to aim it will give all but the dullest a chance to escape - and those that don't escape need to be removed from the gene pool. > I might be mistaken about this. I -think- that this is a reference to that > character- I saw "knight of the Doleful Countenance" somewhere > else entirely... but I expect I won't find myself mistaken as I go further > into the novel... ah, yes - maybe the exact reference depends on the translation. i applaud your initiative - this time of year, i'll be lucky if i actually manage to tackle 'through the looking glass'

mouse Tue Dec 11 00:20:04 2001 hark, the herald messenger zings > (what was the name of the Herald in that book....it started with an 'H' - > i think he was the one with the anglo-saxon attitudes.....drat, now i have > something _else_ to reread) in 'through the looking glass' there were two of them, hatta and haigha (rhymes with 'mayor'), but they were messengers, not heralds. haigha was the one i was thinking of, with the anglo-saxon attitudes (and there are some wonderful non-sequiters-of-meaning in _that_ section) - doubtless i called him a herald because he reminded me of the white rabbit, who _acted_ as herald in the knave's trial in 'wonderland' (although for that, i tend to remember walt kelly's illustrations, rather than tenniel's - so i see bun rabbit's dramatic reading of the verses) (and now i'll spend the evening singing 'deck us all with boston charlie' (to which, i am proud to say, i know both verses)) gad, no wonder i can never find anything with all this jumbled up in my brain - i should take a weekend and clean it all out (along with the junkroom) anyway, knew you all were probably worrying about that.

Michael Mon Dec 10 20:46:43 2001 Re: mouse v1.0 > [altho, eric, i must tell you -- you do keep me wondering about the > _outside_ world. did a search for penfold and got: penfold music, penfold > golf balls, penfold motor sports, penfold scottish fold cattery, and > penfold books (homeopathy, charismatic movements and calvinism). so to: > i must reply: huh? I got the Dangermouse reference! I loved Dangermouse -- it played on MTV back when (1) MTV was interesting and (2) I watched TV; the year 1986, it was. That and the Young Ones. That's television!