Subj : Re: Rescue Me To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 16:03:52 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote in news:Xns96CB64A2BFFBndtcm@ 68.1.17.6: > weirdwolf wrote: > >> Tagger wrote in news:xk0xa2cc74eb >> $.y0vp43ek7pz8$.dlg@40tude.net: >> >>> Just recently, weirdwolf told us: >>> >>>> Nick wrote in >>>> news:Xns96CB5E19F67BFndtcm@ 68.1.17.6: >>>> >>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns96CAD702C9503v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>> >>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>>>> news:Xns96CAD67E344D63v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Tyler Trafford wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>> news:Xns96CAD42C7D7443v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:Xns96CACA6FEBEB13v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tyler Trafford wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chaya wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> God DAMN this show is depressing. Good stuff, but >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dark, dark, dark, lately. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess that episode was supposed to balance out the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ultra-happy one. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But.. damn. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On a related note: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did they just sit around and make a list of every >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> non-PC topic imaginable, and then proceed to check it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> off one by one? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've seen what about 4/5 episodes now and have not >>>>>>>>>>>>>> really enjoyed them in the least. Weeds however rocks >>>>>>>>>>>>>> and rocks mightily. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 4/5 episodes of which? Rescue Me or Philadelphia? And >>>>>>>>>>>>> what are Weeds? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Well I was talking about Philly, but the same could be >>>>>>>>>>>> true of Rescue >>>>>>>>>>>> me. Weeds is a comedy, sort of, about a woman who's >>>>>>>>>>>> husband dies leaving her with two young boys and a lot >>>>>>>>>>>> of bills. In order to survive she starts selling pot to >>>>>>>>>>>> the people in her very nice obviously rich and >>>>>>>>>>>> definitely screwed up suburb. Really well worth a look. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Is this a Brit thing? Never heard of it. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It's a Showtime thing. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ah...I don't think I've watched any Showtime series since >>>>>>>>> DLM. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I was watching wonderfalls today, I finally managed to get >>>>>>>> my hands on the whole series, well 13 episodes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Whoohoo! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Effin' Fox bastards... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (How do you like it?) >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I saw the 4 they actually shoed before it was cancelled and >>>>>> loved it. Having seen them in the order on the dvd it >>>>>> A: Improves the ongoing story >>>>>> B: Is a wonderful little show never given a chance >>>>>> C: Makes me want to buy a gun and start cancelling a few TV >>>>>> execs. >>>>> >>>>> You are practically an american now. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Oh I've never been a hopolophobe, I know that for most women and >>>> people like me a weapon is the best chance for them to defend >>>> themselves. It annoys me no end that a citzen of this country >>>> who has never been in trouble with the law cannot take the >>>> required steps to look after both themselves and their >>>> families. >>> >>> You are practically an American now... >> >> Hardly, I rather fall short of American standards in that I also >> believe that a responable weapon owner, be it gun or knife, has to >> pass a test every year and that the exchange of weapons should be >> carefully monitered and registered. No gun shows for example where >> you can by various stuff both over and under the counter with >> little control. >> > > Every year is a bit much. There isn't much change in gun technology. Nope but you can see just how much people develop bad habits when they are not forced into constantly revising what they know every time you drive down the road. There is an old adage among swordsman that the longer you practice the more likely you are to cut yourself. Familiarity breeds contempt and all that. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .