Emsworth Mon Aug 30 23:08:48 2004
More comments from the Jihad....
gopher, expanding on his discussion of the blurb: "I just have a certain set of mockings for avant-garde music descriptions, and you can't talk about minimalist music without the descrption of the stark core of reality .... rather than distract the reader with senseless cartooning details, he [Michael] simply leaves the reader with an impression that a cartoon has occured. where or when is still unclear... so, basically it all comes down to that I really hate that show where they just play whirring noises."
And from Napoleon, when I told her the metacartyoonist had updated, twice!: "...... You lie. Or this is an alternate universe. For surely such a thing cannot be true!"
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Michael Mon Aug 30 23:28:09 2004
Re: More comments from the Jihad....
> rather than distract the reader with senseless cartooning
> details, he [Michael] simply leaves the reader with an impression that a
> cartoon has occured. where or when is still unclear...
That is *exactly* where I wanted to go with that post! Gopher's still the High Priest!
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gopher Mon Aug 30 23:43:31 2004
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> That is *exactly* where I wanted to go with that post! Gopher's still the
> High Priest!
Word.
In the spirit of totally ignoring such outmoded concepts like threading, your description of drivers in Ponce reminds me of Atlanta, but without the rage. The abandonment of reason is still there, though. It doesn't help that every time you say "Ponce" I think of the local section of highway 78. Stupid explorer, getting stuff named after him. He should have been more considerate to future generations and been less famous.
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mouse Tue Aug 31 17:02:25 2004
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> In the spirit of totally ignoring such outmoded concepts like threading,
> your description of drivers in Ponce reminds me of Atlanta, but without
> the rage. The abandonment of reason is still there, though. It doesn't
> help that every time you say "Ponce" I think of the local
> section of highway 78. Stupid explorer, getting stuff named after him. He
> should have been more considerate to future generations and been less
> famous.
....well....if it helps, my careful reading of the flashman papers has me convinced that 'ponce' is in the nature of an opprobrious epitaph.
which reminds me - i thought 'satori' was a sort of knife.
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Emsworth Tue Aug 31 17:57:26 2004
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> ....well....if it helps, my careful reading of the flashman papers has me
> convinced that 'ponce' is in the nature of an opprobrious epitaph.
So the new judicial appointee on the tropical island (in the age of British colonialism, of course) was faced with a knotty problem. He had a man before him, accused of operating a den of iniquity, but he was unsure of the sentence. Fortunately, the old lord justice had not yet departed, so a message was sent to him: "How much do you give a ponce?" The reply came that evening: "Never more than 2 and 6."
[Loosely recalled; probably an old saw, but first encountered in John Mortimer's Rumpole books.]
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spinclad the sage Wed Sep 1 00:13:52 2004
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> which reminds me - i thought 'satori' was a sort of knife.
satori is the lightning flash that cuts off thought.
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mouse Wed Sep 1 17:02:11 2004
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> satori is the lightning flash that cuts off thought.
well, i'm not usually _that_ clumsy with a knife....although i did manage to stab myself in the calf the other day. still, i was thinking the whole time.
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Emsworth the Sleep-Deprived Wed Sep 1 17:10:50 2004
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> well, i'm not usually _that_ clumsy with a knife....although i did manage
> to stab myself in the calf the other day.
Aww, poor baby cow.
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mouse Tue Aug 31 17:05:34 2004
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> And from Napoleon, when I told her the metacartyoonist had updated,
> twice!: "...... You lie. Or this is an alternate universe.
well, depending on where frances comes ashore, there is, indeed, a possibility of the metacartoonist could end up on one.
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mouse Tue Aug 31 17:06:24 2004
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... so, basically it
> all comes down to that I really hate that show where they just play
> whirring noises."
i've missed you people...
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