Subj : Re: August stats To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 04:14:12 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > Jim Larson wrote in > news:Xns96C4CCCF733313v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > >> weirdwolf wrote: >> >>> Tagger wrote in >>> news:kuifz2bakcec$.1d4iykz3ad7cx.dlg@40tude.net: >>> >>>> Just recently, weirdwolf told us: >>>> >>>>> Tagger wrote in >>>>> news:17rj28pdtcei1.1mksjow5jf12s$.dlg@40tude.net: >>>>> >>>>>> Just recently, weirdwolf told us: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Tagger wrote in news:4q5g94t47edd >>>>>>> $.zvn7n839fdla$.dlg@40tude.net: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Just recently, weirdwolf told us: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Nick wrote in >>>>>>>>> news:Xns96C458BD2C9D9ndtcm@ 204.153.244.170: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> RR wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1 2 weirdwolf......................... 511 67 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 67.0% 18.1% 27.6% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Whooo hooo I rule >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So what do I win for coming first? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nothing...however you don't have to eat the plate of >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cookies, >>>>>>>>> which >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is a good thing. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ahh, prole scum,biscuits a plate of biscuits, you have >>>>>>>>>>>>>> broken my first edict as ruler of this group. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your punishment shall be to wear one of Larsons hawaiian >>>>>>>>>>>>>> shirts all month.. Ok let it not be said I am not a just >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ruler that may have been a >>>>>>>>>>>>>> little harsh, I will downgrade your punishment to only >>>>>>>>>>>>>> posting in limerick form till futher notice. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> WOW If I had known it was this much fun I would have >>>>>>>>>>>>>> instigated a coup before now. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll meet you halfway >>>>>>>>>>>>> By posting only in haiku >>>>>>>>>>>>> You weird wolf. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> LOL, that was going to be my idea but I thought limericks >>>>>>>>>>>> might be fun. You have pleased your ruler, take North >>>>>>>>>>>> Carolina to be as your own and to do with as you wish. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Possibilities are endless >>>>>>>>>>> Iwan's home is a good start >>>>>>>>>>> Can't find the boat. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> These are not haikus >>>>>>>>>> You have the syllables wrong >>>>>>>>>> Five, seven, five, K? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You vigilance has has not gone unnoticed Nick, you shall be >>>>>>>>> head of the secret police charged with enforcing the correct >>>>>>>>> use of the Queens English. A black helicopter comes of course >>>>>>>>> as a standard perk. >>>>>>>>> Ted >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> pretty sure that whole haiku thing is japanese. >>>>>>>> also pretty sure that japan was never really a colony. >>>>>>>> so, shouldn't the haiku division be separated from the queens >>>>>>>> english division? >>>>>>> Only if it were written in Japanese. >>>>>>> Haiku is a Japanese art form, the syllable stuff is just the tip >>>>>>> of the iceberg when it comes to writing them in Japanese there >>>>>>> are all sorts of rules. >>>>>>> No Japan was never a British colony although we had favoured >>>>>>> trade links >>>>>>> for many years and fought as allies in the first world war. >>>>>>> Untill the allied invasion in the second world war probably the >>>>>>> two most famous invasion attempts were by the mongols. Most >>>>>>> people know the word kamikaze even if they don't know the >>>>>>> derivation. It is the devine (kami) wind (kaze) that blew away >>>>>>> the mongols ships. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I may be confused, but I've got a good start on my quote points >>>>>>>> for next month... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To which I can only say yokidekimashita! >>>>>> >>>>>> Why thank you! I do try... >>>>>> >>>>>>> Ted >>>>>> >>>>>> /me wonders if I get extra points for reading James Clavell? >>>>>> /me feels compelled to remind that they were some LONG damn >>>>>> books... >>>>> >>>>> No,in fact quite the opposite. If you wanted to find out about >>>>> Adams and the period around Sekigahara they are quite useless. Ok >>>>> stories but annoying if you know any history. If you enjoyed them >>>>> have you read Eiji Yoshikawa's Musashi books? >>>>> Ted >>>> >>>> This/these?: http://tinyurl.com/88ujp >>>> Yep thems the fellers. >>> >>>> No, I've not seen them. Actually, this is good timing. I've been >>>> completely hooked on e-books for the last two years or so, reading >>>> on my iPAQ. However I've wanted to grab a paper book recently, this >>>> looks like a worthy use of shelf space. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>> >>> My pleasure, i'ld be interesed to see what you thought of them. >>> Is now the time to admit that my typing in Japanese is as bad as in >>> English, good job was spelt incorrectly. It should be >>> yokudekimashita. >>> Boy is my face read now. >> >> Face reading...The palmistry of the 21st century or just plain >> odd...You Be The Judge! >> > > Damn it's even more beetroot coloured now, however in my defence can I > point out that it is like past 4 in the morning here. > Perhaps I should start practising a little retro-phrenology. Woohoo! Whack those heads! -- Jim .