||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for June 15, 2006 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Firebroiled sneaks in around 8:23 AM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Firebroiled: But aren’t you The True White Brother who’s supposed to come and live with us in peace? Firebroiled: Maybe, tomorrow..?? ||||||||| Firebroiled departs at 8:23 AM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies alex1327 inside, makes a note of the time (11:44 AM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| At 11:44 AM, alex1327 vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| alex1327 bounds in at 11:45 AM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes some tones on a small xylophone and says "It is noon in New York this day of June 15, 2006 "- then a trapdoor opens up and swallows him. ||||||||| It's 12:01 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| alex1327 - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "3:29 PM and late as usual, it's Funy gamms, just back from Hellmouth." ||||||||| It's 3:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Funy gamms - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" -- then he looks around at the empty room, looks at his watch, and mumbles "...am I early?" ||||||||| "9:14 PM? 9:14 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Hemlock Stones should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Hemlock Stones enters and sits in front of the fireplace. Hemlock Stones: Hmm its not like me to be early Hemlock Stones: Twiddles thumbs, decides not to drink poisonouse diet coke and goes for invigoration walk. ||||||||| Honey Sanchez enters at 9:18 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Haberdashery Barn. Hemlock Stones: I wonder how i arrived in Hackettstown, New Jersey ||||||||| "9:18 PM? 9:18 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Merlyn should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Merlyn enters and sits in front of the fireplace. Hemlock Stones: Hi Honey Hemlock Stones: Greetings Merlyn Honey Sanchez: heh you land up in the strangest places, Hemz, hunny Merlyn: hello Honey Sanchez: hola merlyn :) Merlyn: Nino thinks he knows all, stones Hemlock Stones: Yes the last thing i remember was someone hit me from behind Honey Sanchez: oh my gawdess was it rocky rococo? Hemlock Stones: I know it was Behind it said so on the luggate ticket he dropped Honey Sanchez: wait nah hes on vacation Hemlock Stones: luggage Honey Sanchez: hmmmmmmmmm Hemlock Stones: Hows tricks Merlyn my good fellow, are you responsible for the stepping down of Bill Gates or is it just good luck ?? Merlyn: the dancing aztecs invented the vacation Merlyn: I bribed him Hemlock Stones: So thats where he gets his dosh from ! Honey Sanchez: that works, yup Merlyn: the bribe of firesign Honey Sanchez: they also invented the macarena it was lost for centuries, merlyn Hemlock Stones: was that the one with Boris Karloff ||||||||| "9:23 PM? 9:23 PM!!" says Catherwood, "klokwkdog should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as klokwkdog enters and sits in the comfy chair. Merlyn: macarena and cheese ||||||||| klokwkdog departs at 9:23 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" Honey Sanchez: mmmmmmmmm ||||||||| 9:23 PM: klokwkdog jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" Honey Sanchez: hola klok klokwkdog: hey, Honey Hemlock Stones: i treid playing the Macarena but i prefer bass guitar or keyboards due to my arthritis Hemlock Stones: hi Klok klokwkdog: I take it CNI is currently on autopilot, replaying a "Jimmy Lee and Bambi" tech show klokwkdog: hey HS Honey Sanchez: be right back i need my glasses (of booze) brb Hemlock Stones: i guess so Klok ||||||||| cease sneaks in around 9:25 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Hemlock Stones: Hi cease
klokwkdog lays into a mini-sub, turkey and asagio, and sips at ice tea with the juice of a lime the size of a peach in it cease: hey klokwkdog: howdy cat Merlyn: hey cat ||||||||| llanwydd sneaks in around 9:25 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." cease: lime the size of a peach? llanwydd: is this the AA support group? cease: sounds like My kinda lime Honey Sanchez: hey cease hi llan cease: any firenews, merl? klokwkdog: at 50¢ each, it oughta be! klokwkdog: howdy cat Hemlock Stones: dont choke on that lime Klok, look at the trouble Bush had with a pretzel cease: llan klokwkdog: lemme see if JL or Bambi is in equnet chat klokwkdog: HS -- we can always send more pretzels Hemlock Stones: hello llan, i am from AA heres your truss Honey Sanchez: boy howdee i will chip in for more pretzels Hemlock Stones: Pretzels, buy buy buy !!! llanwydd: I'm taping "Rashomon" on TCM. Seen it before. Very good film
Honey Sanchez giggles cease: great flick cease: i'm not surte if its my fave kurosawa, but certainly his most influencial klokwkdog: llan -- it's a rip-off of one of Sergio Leone's 'Dollar' movies with Clint Eastwood Hemlock Stones: new to me cease, must be one of those foreign films, has it got subtitles in English llanwydd: yeah it's one of those, stones klokwkdog: and then Bruce Willis ripped Sergio off again in /Last Man Standing/ ||||||||| Outside, the 9:29 PM downtown bus from Louisville pulls away, leaving Bubba's Brain coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. cease: in terms of the flick name becoming a part of the language, its like catch 22 and 1984 were to lit llanwydd: I think I liked "Seven Samurai" better Hemlock Stones: Japanese subtitles are a little confusing ||||||||| MayorTweenusNose tiptoes in around 9:30 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Honey Sanchez: hi bubba Bubba's Brain: Hey all! MayorTweenusNose: Hey! What are they doing with that flagpole? Hemlock Stones: Hi Bubba cease: i loathed 7 samurai MayorTweenusNose: Evenin' all... Hemlock Stones: Greetings Tween llanwydd: hey tween, hey bub MayorTweenusNose: Hey Bubba Honey Sanchez: hi tweeny Bubba's Brain: Hey HS, HS, Tween, and all cease: even 1 samura is too many ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Dexter Fong disembarks at 9:31 PM. klokwkdog: but /Seven Samurai/ was a rip-off of /The Magnificent Seven/ , set in Japan, as was /Battle Beyond the Stars/ , set somewhere in another Galaxy cease: have sword, will bore MayorTweenusNose: Howdy, Dex... llanwydd: howdy dex ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Mr. Motion in through the front door at 9:31 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
Honey Sanchez hangs on to her beehive hairdo and greets dex cease: dex Mr. Motion: G'day Y'all cease: mr m Dexter Fong: Howdy all MayorTweenusNose: We be a'movin now... Honey Sanchez: hello mr llanwydd: no klok, 7 samurai came first Hemlock Stones: Hi Dex Greetings from the Garden State ! Dexter Fong: What!!:?? No Clem and Bambi tonight? cease: is it the bees and spiders again, honey? klokwkdog: llan --- no, I saw Magnificent Seven first Mr. Motion: Hey Cease Bubba's Brain: Gettin ready to head off to MO for the Audio Theatre Festival... llanwydd: aha Hemlock Stones: dont worry Dex you cant keep a good Clem down klokwkdog: not so far Dex. howdy. they aren't in Equnet chat, either Honey Sanchez: its been crickets this week, cease Dexter Fong: KLok: LLan is right, Seven Samurai was first cease: maybe they're out tongiht llanwydd: 7S was 1954, MS was 1960 MayorTweenusNose: He broke the President! Mr. Motion: What's with Ah Clem and Bambi? klokwkdog: Dex -- I think I ought to *know* which one I saw first, and it was Magnificent Seven! Honey Sanchez: lol llanwydd: I'll take your word, klok Dexter Fong: Klok: YOu ought to know is correct Hemlock Stones: I saw it before you did Klok so there ! Dexter Fong: Thought you were saying which was made and released first klokwkdog: Just like that Kikoman or whatever it is. I saw A Fistful of Dollars long before that. And then Bruce Willis ripped it off for a gangster movie klokwkdog: you look at the IMDB and all those foreigners fill it up with propaganda. The Russians say they made all those movies first, etc. Honey Sanchez: kiko and the man i remember that cease: i used to work for kikkoman owners cease: they leant the emperor money to kick out the shogun in the meiji restoration llanwydd: reminds me, I was in a western version of "Taming of the Shrew" long ago Hemlock Stones: i remember Fistfull of Dollars when it was just a few cents klokwkdog: Mr. M -- Jimmy Lee and Bambi are AWOL so far tonight Honey Sanchez: inflation, stones Hemlock Stones: yes i guess so Honey Mr. Motion: Klock so I noticed, I need my FST fix! Hemlock Stones: mind you in those days, rainbows were still monochrome cease: they must have something better to do klokwkdog: CNI Radio is running its normal tech fare, currently a re-run of some Sat. episode of "The Jimmy Lee & Bambi Show", which comes on 7-10PM EDT and precedes another block of rare FST offerings at 10PM until ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and principalpoop disembarks at 9:36 PM. klokwkdog: hey, poop cease: poop Dexter Fong: ppp Hemlock Stones: Hi PP MayorTweenusNose: Yo P... principalpoop: evening Honey Sanchez: hola poop Mr. Motion: Poop What is reality? principalpoop: you bet llanwydd: gavrilo princip MayorTweenusNose: Reality, what a concept... Hemlock Stones: Reality you say, i think you have the wrong address principalpoop: zip file type icon cease: i thought it was abandoned in bush's america klokwkdog: Merlyn, can you post a topic for the chat saying that CNI is temporarily not broadcasting FST (duh) klokwkdog: ? principalpoop: western taming of the shrew? where was the stinger? Honey Sanchez: or America's Bush
Honey Sanchez ponders klokwkdog: I checked equnet.org IRC chat #cni and they' llanwydd: don't remember. it was back in '98 klokwkdog: re not signed on there, either
principalpoop wonders
Dexter Fong ponders Rosa
Dexter Fong wonders where little Joe is
principalpoop gropes Mr. Motion: Back to my advertising, keep'em flying http://www.issuesandalibis.org/ Peace Y'all! MayorTweenusNose: Bush just declared a huge new marine preserve. Must have gone off his meds.
principalpoop wanders klokwkdog: didn't she work on one of those tour submarines? Dexter Fong: Peace out MM ||||||||| Mr. Motion departs at 9:40 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" cease: another place to put marines? cease: sounds typical of bush klokwkdog: Tween -- they are going to dump shredded documents from the last 6 years there; don't want snoops principalpoop: I 2nd that motion llanwydd: someday the hollywood tours will be in submarines Hemlock Stones: Marine Preserve, is that some kind of wildlife haven ? Hemlock Stones: or possibly a Jam Dexter Fong: HS: That's where Cheney can shoot fishermen in a barrel Honey Sanchez: undoubtedly a jam i would think klokwkdog: HS -- it's some kind of majority preseve, with an election coming up in Nov. and Hawaii heavily Democratic llanwydd: san simeon would be spectacular under 100 feet of water MayorTweenusNose: That's what they told him, cease, which is why he signed the bill ;) principalpoop: Marine p reserve, clean p for the yourinalysis testing cease: lol Honey Sanchez: heh MayorTweenusNose: Yeah, 140,000 acres or sumething like that Stones. Near Hawaii. Hemlock Stones: i will try to remember not to P in it PP klokwkdog: the operative term is _near Hawaii_ folks principalpoop: the made a signing statement, but he made it in hand language this time, he cross his fingers behind his back while he signed it Hemlock Stones: sounds good Tweenus cease: i think i read of it in huffington principalpoop: he
klokwkdog exits CNI radio for fallingstars.co.kr principalpoop: I will huufing and puffington and blow down your hausington Hemlock Stones: Stones turns on BBC world news and takes vallium MayorTweenusNose: Woould you buy a used fish from this man? principalpoop: 140,000 acres in the pacific ocean, wow, the ordinary people of america can enjoy that cease: oh its on the lehrer report now Bubba's Brain: Oops... had a visitor. Back from the grey. Dexter Fong: If it was gently used llanwydd: I don't think I'd buy a used fish from anyone cease: not unless it was working for scale Bubba's Brain: The Tom Lehrer report? Honey Sanchez: lol cease ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Bunnyboy inside, makes a note of the time (9:44 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Bunnyboy: lo dere Hemlock Stones: those Pisceans are everywhere i fear cease: hey bunny MayorTweenusNose: Since it's preserved like ANWR, they can try to get drilling rights... llanwydd: evenin bunn Dexter Fong: Hi Bunny] MayorTweenusNose: Hey Bun... Honey Sanchez: lo bunny Hemlock Stones: Hi again Bunny Bubba's Brain: Hey Bb. principalpoop: lo bro klokwkdog: hey, bunny Bunnyboy: Right-sided by Bub...again! cease: you know cartoonist Ben Katchor? cease: maybe dex knows him. ny guy Bunnyboy: Oh, well. Guess we can both be out here in the left field margin... cease: just got his book The Beauty Supply District out of library principalpoop: tween has got their number Dexter Fong: Cat: What kind of cartoonist? llanwydd: absolutely everybody said hi to bunnyboy. He must be a VIP cease: funniest comic i've read in years. VERY firesonian Bubba's Brain: Bub... Bun.... what's a third letter bewen friends? Bunnyboy: Fish? Gemini here. Both barrels, and no fish! MayorTweenusNose: Werry important wabbit cease: he was or still is in a bunch of newspapers cease: nyc based Bubba's Brain: Only BugMan can come between Bun. Dexter Fong: Name doesn't sound familiar cease: imagine if mutt and smutt were a weekly comic Hemlock Stones: did he write Katchor in the Wry ?
principalpoop proposes constitutional amendment banning 3rd letters between friends, only married people Bunnyboy: llan: Actually, that's a clever piece of script "someone" wrote, to ellicit response. llanwydd: mutt and smutt would confuse the average reader cease: i should post this to a firesign chat site principalpoop: I am confused Bubba's Brain: Alphabetically, Dex, alphabetically. Bunnyboy: I call it "the call". cease: yahoo or google or whatever it is Bunnyboy: "lo dere" llanwydd: clever piece of script? over my head MayorTweenusNose: Katchor's site looks pretty interestingm cease: http://www.katchor.com/ Bubba's Brain: ( that should have been between "us", BTW) principalpoop: who said hello dere? the fat guy with funny black hair klokwkdog: depends on whether my hands are hovering near the keyboard when new character enter; if gripping dinner, maybe not Bunnyboy: Bub: Bum and Bujesus could too, theoretically. ||||||||| Elayne steals in around 9:49 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Bubba's Brain: Catherwood, save me from myself. ||||||||| Catherwood saves Bubba's Brain from myself. principalpoop: ahh how is your better half bubba? Elayne: Evenin' all! principalpoop: hello E llanwydd: hi elayne Honey Sanchez: hello elayne
Bunnyboy raises his buckly musket, for "B" defense. Bubba's Brain: Yep, but that's the only thing I could think of. Bunnyboy: And don't get me started on Atlas or Acme. MayorTweenusNose: Hey, E... klokwkdog: already, we're at Plan B Merlyn: hi E Bubba's Brain: Bud, you're right. principalpoop: plan B already? Bunnyboy: hi El! Honey Sanchez: plan b from outer space cease: hey el cease: you know ben katchor? Bubba's Brain: pp - she's good. Bunnyboy: See, llan? Elayne used another ingenious "call" script. Elayne: Not to my knowledge, Cat. Bubba's Brain: She's out having dinner with friends. Bunnyboy: Elayne: Evenin' all! Elayne: Call script? principalpoop: ahh super, ok, you have broken her in, send her over llanwydd: don't get you at all, bb ||||||||| New CNI streaming notice: 'A Few Minutes With Firesign Theatre' Bunnyboy: And then, the response. cease: a nyc cartoonist. i'm reading his The Beauty Supply District graphic "novel" now principalpoop: jimmy lee and bambi ok? cease: the morst firesignian comic i've ever encountered Elayne: Ah, the old call-response. Second time I've fallen for that this month! Bunnyboy: llan: That's all right. llanwydd: my favorite cartoonist was kliban Bubba's Brain: Doc got the new and improved Lodestone shopping cart up and running this week. I'm happy like a little schoolgirl..... llanwydd: I believe he was nyc as well Bunnyboy: llan: OK, one last time. You try it. Say "hi everybody" or somesuch. Hemlock Stones: I was a big fan of Don Martin principalpoop: klibian? sounds islambist, I accuse you of being a terrorist sympithizer cease: i hope youlre paying him Lots O Money, bubb principalpoop: don martin was wonderfullll Bunnyboy: (sings) Love to eat them little mousies...
Honey Sanchez was a real fan of R. Crumb llanwydd: ok let's give it a shot. Hi Everybody! cease: i know a woman in vancouver who looks more like crumb's female characters than anyone should MayorTweenusNose: Hello, Mr. Llanwydd... principalpoop: loved his comics, disturbed watching he documentary of his homelife Honey Sanchez: lol cease: crumb still drools for the new yorker occasionally Bubba's Brain: I don't have lots of money, Cat. I wish I did... I would pay him more of it. Bunnyboy: llan: I have a framed Kliban panel (just one from a book, nothing special) that a friend bequeathed me. principalpoop: llan, stop pulling on my sleeve, what do you want? cease: ths is not firesign on cni Bunnyboy: It shows an old geezer, and the caption is: IT WAS HELL, RECALLS FORMER CHILD. llanwydd: what the hell is going on?! I'm in the dark Honey Sanchez: somebody turn on the lights! Bubba's Brain: Hell Recalls Former Child. Bunnyboy: It's on one of my studio shelves. I'm looking at it right now. principalpoop: turn on the light, and we will follow it anywhere Bubba's Brain: Was he defective? Dexter Fong: Hey Elayne llanwydd: you guys are trying to befuddle me, aren't you? ||||||||| New topic: 'No Firesign on CNI tonight' Elayne: Hey Unca Dex! Bunnyboy: Honey: No longer a Crumb fan. He still lives, in Paris, if you call that living. principalpoop: taming of the stew llan? Elayne: My mission in life is to UNfuddle people. MayorTweenusNose: You can be fuddled if you like, LL... Elayne: Just fuddlin' about... Bunnyboy: Hiya llanwydd! Bunnyboy: A little late, but you get the idea. klokwkdog: bubba -- didn't you see /The Omen/ ? Bunnyboy: Call and response. Sorta like music, innit? MayorTweenusNose: Just hope everything's cool with Moose & Squirrel llanwydd: no, I don't get the idea, but I've given up trying principalpoop: no fuddling? ahh come on, just one little fuddle? please Bubba's Brain: Hell, June 6, 06. ----- For Immediate Relesase --- Today Satan announced the immediate recall of several former children. A defect in their genes apparently caused them to grow up..... klokwkdog: Merlyn -- topic didn't stick! cease: hows it going, el? ||||||||| Boney bounds in at 9:57 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. klokwkdog: hey, B Bunnyboy: Aw! The new topic stinks! MayorTweenusNose: Evenin' Bone cease: bone principalpoop: hello boney Bubba's Brain: The orgiinal, yes, Klok. Nto this new POS. Honey Sanchez: hello boney Bunnyboy: lo Boney! Dexter Fong: Boney you boundder Bunnyboy: Hey! Shouldn't Boney be to the left of Bubba? llanwydd: new topic: the pope's karma Elayne: Hi Boney! Bubba's Brain: Bb, seems someone suceeded in coming between us. Bunnyboy: Catherwood! You moved the place settings again! ||||||||| Catherwood steps over to Bunnyboy and inquires "Something I can help with?" principalpoop: boneybone, meet bubba'sbrain, bunnyboy and fong Boney: Hi Honey. Hi Bunnyboy. Hi Dexter. Is it really true that the Radio Free Oz website is defunct? Bubba's Brain: O before U except when followed by jew.... wait a minute. Boney: Hi Elayne. Hi Principalpoop. principalpoop: ahh kachoo Dexter Fong: Boney: Yes it's true Bubba's Brain: Oh Bunny Boy, the pipes the pipes are calling.... cease: hookahs are better Bunnyboy: brb. Spouse arrival. Dexter Fong: ..the pipes are calling "sit on me" Merlyn: Yes, www.rfo.net is no longer MayorTweenusNose: Molly Ivins & Calvin Trillin are on KPFT Houston: http://stream.kpft.org:8000/live principalpoop: kah kah who kahs? Boney: I'm looking for a website with content about Peter Bergman to replace RFO on my fan links webpage. Boney: Hi Merlyn. cease: it was never even shorter, merl llanwydd: If this "Hi So and So" is supposed to do something, it's not working on my msntv2 Bubba's Brain: someone has it up for sale.... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. klokwkdog: thanks, Tweeny llanwydd: at least somebody knows what time it is Bubba's Brain: Does anybody really care? Honey Sanchez: thats not the right time .... klokwkdog: does anybody really know? Catherwood don't know ||||||||| Catherwood strides over to klokwkdog and mumbles "Would you like something?" llanwydd: about time? klokwkdog: yes, it's about time Bubba's Brain: I can't imagine why. principalpoop: what time is it the chicago? the whole world is watching klokwkdog: OK folks, any more and we have to pay a royalty... Bubba's Brain: Ask the transit authority, pp. principalpoop: i mentioned them, they must pay us for free publicity Merlyn: hey catherwood, shoot me a Dr. Pepper ||||||||| Catherwood shoots Merlyn a dr pepper. llanwydd: anybody remember a tv show called "it's about time"? I was just a kid. I think it had something to do with cavemen MayorTweenusNose: Man, that's an old one, LL. klokwkdog: IMDB it principalpoop: imogene coco, too, nope, never heard of it Bubba's Brain: Vaguely, Il Merlyn:"It's about time, it's about space, about to friends in a very strange place..." cease: vaguely MayorTweenusNose: Early 60's I do believe. llanwydd: merlyn. shooting dr. pepper? coke not good enough? Merlyn: two Hemlock Stones: yes its old the caves were still new principalpoop: also klokwkdog: "the president is going to pardon himself before he leaves office" Honey Sanchez: hahaha Bubba's Brain: Pardon me... llanwydd: I'm having a blast from the past MayorTweenusNose: Ivins is a funny lady. Bubba's Brain: There's a cure for that, now. Honey Sanchez: livin the life of riley, eh llan?? Dexter Fong: ; llanwydd: I HATED william bendix cease: austin has a great story about "cavemen" on his audio book llanwydd: he was the lousiest actor on tv cease: its called Yesteday's News cease: beautiful tale Merlyn: you hated william bendix? Honey Sanchez: i cannot disagree with ya, llan Hemlock Stones: his washing machines were good though llan Dexter Fong: Them's the brakes llanwydd: you actually liked life of riley? Honey Sanchez: he was hollywood mediocre klokwkdog: gang pluck llanwydd: mediocre is the word klokwkdog: i love this story Hemlock Stones: probably had plenty of colleagues then Honey principalpoop: he was super in treasure island Boney: I haven't been able to find squat representing Peter Bergman on the web. Elayne: Yikes, I'm fading again... sorry about that... Merlyn: I liked his bicycles Boney: I think I'll just remove the URL and leave the RFO link there. MayorTweenusNose: A heck of a day for the chickens ;) principalpoop: brakes klokwkdog: boney -- he's not in IMDB and Wikipedia? Honey Sanchez: idont think he ever did a guest walk on on the twilight zone Merlyn: boney, there's some on firesigntheatrelegacy.com llanwydd: yeah about PB, I've noticed that too. There is apparently another Peter Bergman besides him Bubba's Brain: Soap actor... Boney: Yes, but I'm not looking for reference data. Dexter Fong: Peter Bergman an actor principalpoop: his sister ingrid always got all the attention Honey Sanchez: gee i just got a call from the B Room :| of course I didn't answer it llanwydd: I can't stand some of everbody's favorite actors. Rod Steiger is another one I can't stand to watch principalpoop: I do not ignore calls from that room at my age Bubba's Brain: Gotta head out. See y'all later. llanwydd: nite bb klokwkdog: nite Bubba! Dexter Fong: Night Bubbaa principalpoop: twilight zone was super llan Honey Sanchez: lol poop i can understand why MayorTweenusNose: Pacifica Radio in Houston... who'd a thunk it.. principalpoop: night married man Bubba's Brain: Nytol Boney: What I've got there now is Radio Free Oz, Planet Proctor, Phil Austin's Blog, and George Tirebiter. cease: make lots of money and pay doc, bub Elayne: Anyone in NYC (Unca Dex?) interested in seeing my friend Kate's comedy show on Sunday evening? Only $5. ||||||||| "10:10 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Bubba's Brain, who then hurries out through the french doors and down through the garden. llanwydd: yeah I like TZ. I liked the old Outer Limits better principalpoop: both were good Dexter Fong: Elayne: Got out of town company this weekend Elayne:http://cruellablog.blogspot.com/2006/06/adrenaline-in-new-york.html MayorTweenusNose: Opposite here, LL. Just a matter of taste, I guess... Elayne: Bring 'em along, Dex. ;) Honey Sanchez: yeh me too they always had a nice outlook on aliens (outer limits) Merlyn: you could try http://firesigntheater.com/bergman/ boney llanwydd: $5 sounds inviting. but it would cost about $50 to get there. Elayne: Dex, do you know anything about the venue? It's a place called Rafifi, on 11th Street. Dexter Fong: E: Nope Elayne: Only $2 for me, Llan, but a fair bit of walking and changing between bus and subway(s)... llanwydd: rafifi was a good film Elayne: But I promised her I'd be there, because we couldn't hook up when I was in London. Bunnyboy: Jump Boney: Yeah, that'll have to do. Thnx, Merlyn. Bunnyboy: Oh, bye Bub! Elayne: I hope they have seats, but I'm bringing my walking (and leaning-on) stick just in case. cease: more fun in nyc, el? Bunnyboy: Proc has some lovely non-FST links in his latest Planet.
principalpoop stiffles a hehe Elayne: Never enough fun in NYC for me, Cat. I don't get into Manhattan, well, hardly ever any more. Boney: brb cease: havent seen the latest. i dont seem to be on his list anymore Elayne: I miss working there, it's so easy to just hang around the city for an hour or so after work if I want to do something interesting. Dexter Fong: ok llanwydd: there's nothing to do in new york city cease: you get there more often than me, el Bunnyboy: Hey, El! Peter Parker outted hisself! MayorTweenusNose: Proc's newsletter is great. I love the links he put on the bottom. Some really fun stuff. llanwydd: ticonderoga is where the fun is Elayne: Yes, BBoy, I know. klokwkdog: back to fallingstars.co.kr pop channel. thanks for the pointer. Tweeny. Greg Palast has a dynamite new book out. There was an excerpt I read somewhere, about "Mission Accomplished" that is sobering llanwydd: peter parker? that was spiderman wasn't it? Dexter Fong: still is cease: yes i msut read that llanwydd: there's another blast from the past Elayne: Still is, Llan. In the current Marvel continuity he makes his formerly-secret identity public, but I don't think he retires. principalpoop: that is dexters alter ego each night Elayne: I don't much care unless and until Marvel hires Robin for something. :) Bunnyboy: llan: Yup. In present Marvel continuity, he revealed his secret identity, in accordance with the Superhero Registration Act. Dexter Fong: PP: Nope , Charlie parker Bunnyboy: llan: You doing any theatre these days? Elayne: I really should have included that in my "Ask a Comics Geek" post on my blog. klokwkdog: is that some kind of political commentary, BB? principalpoop: blues getar yowzah Boney: This is another link that I'll be adding to my website, although not on the Firesign page. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/ llanwydd: no peter was a spider, charlie was a bird MayorTweenusNose: Greg Palast is very good, Klok... Elayne: But I'm not really following Marvel's "Big Event" that much. ||||||||| ah,clem enters at 10:16 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn. Elayne: Oh klok, it's usually some sort of political commentary. principalpoop: ahhh, clem :D Elayne: That's one of the things that Marvel does a lot. Hemlock Stones: good to see you clem was kind of worried Dexter Fong: Hey Clem cease: its ah MayorTweenusNose: I enjoy reading his stuff on the Alternet site. ah,clem: hi all, sorry no CNI tonight, had to build a new dialup server Elayne: Here's some spit and wire you can use! Honey Sanchez: hi hi clem ah,clem: fan died killing power supply Elayne: And I talked to my uncle and we can use his barn! MayorTweenusNose: Clem, buddy... Whass happenin? Elayne: Come on, kids, let's put on that show! llanwydd: bunn, I was turned down for a role in Midsummer Night's Dream with a company that rarely turns me down Dexter Fong: Clem: Due to last week's problms? principalpoop: I asked if you were ok, I was ignored, I cried and cried and stomped my feet, I am better now llanwydd: I don't know what to think Elayne: Look at it this way, Llan, at least you won't have to be on the Bottom. Hemlock Stones: i brought a saxaphone ! Elayne ah,clem: no, this is all new problem, lol, all fixed now, but I am exausted... Bunnyboy: Yeah, the "Big Event" that El mentioned is called CIVIL WAR. There are thems that comply with the Act, and thems that don't (i.e. Captain America, Daredevil, etc.). Elayne: Excellent, Hemlock! We have the sax, now we just need the violins, annnnnd.... Cue Busby Berkley! MayorTweenusNose: That's a drag, LL... llanwydd: I actually asked for that role, elayne principalpoop: ahhh super ah, clem, good job Elayne: That's the hammy role, Llan. (He does make something of a pig out of himself, doesn't he?) Elayne: Much harder to play, say, Oberon... ah,clem: at least we should have JL&Bam show on Sat...and a little fst after that MayorTweenusNose: Your efforts are always much appreciated, Clem. Elayne: I used to love reciting Helena's lines, she was such a masochist... Honey Sanchez: hear hear!! principalpoop: that they are :D ah,clem: thank you Mr. Nose llanwydd: I could have done both, elayne. I memorized most of each character's lines in preparation Elayne: Speaking of "Let's put on a show," I saw Mickey Rooney playing Bottom in an NJ production of Midsummer Night's Dream. Hemlock Stones: Oh well Clem, Bill Gates is standing down so its not all bad news Elayne: My GOD, he hammed it up! It was soooo all about him! Bunnyboy: El: (in Shrek voice): Thass DONKEY, innit? llanwydd: was she the one who said, "we were meant to be wooed and not to woo"? Elayne: He was way too long in the tooth by that time to play Puck. Elayne: Yes, BBoy, he made quite the ass of himself. MayorTweenusNose: Think it'll cange anything Stones? He's still chairman of the board. Bunnyboy: "Oh dainty duck, oh dear!" ah,clem: ok, well off to cool off a bit, just wated to let ya know what was happening, see ya later... llanwydd: I loved the 1935 film version klokwkdog: nite, clem! MayorTweenusNose: Best to you and Bambi... Dexter Fong: Night Clem ||||||||| ah,clem rushes off, saying "10:21 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Elayne: Bye Clem! Hemlock Stones: byee Clem Honey Sanchez: bye clem Bunnyboy: nite Clem cease: thanks clem principalpoop: glad you are ok and you were to get things fixed :D love to bambi damn fat JL llanwydd: that "fair" again unsay principalpoop: able Bunnyboy: I played Lysander, when I had hair. Which was a LONG time ago. 1980, to be exact. MayorTweenusNose: Klok, you'll be interested in this next bit. MayorTweenusNose: I came across a really good Frontline episode called "How The Music Died" which can be viewed online at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/music/view/ It features an interview with David Crosby, and how the record industry has changed over the years. Highly recommended if you're interested in such matters. principalpoop: is that the villian who kidnapped pickard? llanwydd: a sweet athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youth Elayne: I'm probably much more of a Hermia type, but I really don't identify with any of the mortal fools by this point. MayorTweenusNose: Capt. Pickard of the Enterprise? Elayne: Well Tweeny, that's 'cause he almost cut his hair, man... happened just the other day... Dexter Fong: I identify with the immortal fools Bunnyboy: Cult film fans, rejoice! BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is back on video! llanwydd: only matter of time before I do Midsummer principalpoop: yes, egbert is his first name Dexter Fong: afk for refill MayorTweenusNose: Great to see people of that era still goin' at it strong. llanwydd: egbert was the first king of england principalpoop: is that a valley of bots or androids or what? Hemlock Stones: I cut mine in 76 Elayne so i could get in the Punk clubs unnoticed llanwydd: I don't remember him Bunnyboy: Did everybody hear the big "huh?" news re: the SWEENEY TODD film project? principalpoop: oops, not him then cease: i thjought it was chickenbert MayorTweenusNose: Which came first? The king or the egbert? klokwkdog: thanks, Tween Bunnyboy: SWEENEY will be directed by Tim Burton, and will star... Bunnyboy: ...Johnny Depp. ||||||||| Mudhead tiptoes in around 10:25 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." Bunnyboy: lo Mud! MayorTweenusNose: Sounds like quite a combination, Bun... Elayne: A Tim Burton movie starring Johnny Depp is about as surprising as the sun rising in the east. principalpoop: turn avant guard llan, no more of the moldy oldy shakes-spear stuff, do something in the nude MayorTweenusNose: Hey Mud... llanwydd: hey mudhead. been a while Hemlock Stones: Hi Mudd Mudhead: Im BACK Dear Freinds, Im Back in all my glory Elayne: Hi Mudhead! principalpoop: hello mud klokwkdog: didn't egbert write script for "Beyond..."? Mudhead: and Im hungry principalpoop: are you worldwide? Honey Sanchez: hiho mudhead Mudhead: LETS EAT! klokwkdog: hey, M cease: glory, eh? principalpoop: hehe honey said hiho hehe Bunnyboy: On the surface, that seems like recasting HIGHWAY PATROL with Christian Slater. MayorTweenusNose: No FST radio tonight, Mud. Clem's doing server work. llanwydd: anyone named egbert would have a hard time getting a job these days Bunnyboy: Or KING LEAR with Conrad Janis. Mudhead: Tell him to liberate the electrons principalpoop: wasn't his real name engleburt egbert humpledink? Bunnyboy: Roger Ebert did indeed write the screenplay for BEYOND. Mudhead: It'd be harder if his name was Adolf MayorTweenusNose: Or G.W. ;) principalpoop: wait what about matzo, oops smallnoff? something like that Bunnyboy: BEYOND is a silly, fun film. And the music is great! llanwydd: I wonder how many Osamas have been turned down for employment Mudhead: Adolf Tirebiter anyone? Honey Sanchez: never work, mudhead Dexter Fong: Gibt mir zwei Bunnyboy: Schickelgruber Otto Supply. principalpoop: no more beer for dexter Mudhead: been tryin that my whole life Honey llanwydd: nur eine tube fur der familie principalpoop: guten abend, danke, volkswagon, mercedes Dexter Fong: Diesen tube ist in your familie? Elayne: Futbol, jah! Bunnyboy: To be fair, Depp or Pacino could act the hell outta SWEENEY. But...the music? Elayne: Sorry, been watching too much Nuremburgian World Cup... llanwydd: nein, hier! Mudhead: "Workin hard?" they'd ask. Hardly workin Id reply. ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies El Diablo Yamamoto into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mutters something about 10:31 PM, then departs. Bunnyboy: I think Depp has played in a band or two, but Sweeney has to sing a wide range of styles. Bunnyboy: lo Yammie cease: it's Yammy principalpoop: speak of the devil.... Dexter Fong: OI! Yam llanwydd: hey Yam. been a while Honey Sanchez: hi moto hello diablo Mudhead: ahh, welcome back incrutable Yammamiotto MayorTweenusNose: The new album with Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler a really great, if you haven't heard it yet. MayorTweenusNose: Yam man... Merlyn: Maybe Depp just played the razor El Diablo Yamamoto: Bizzare, my last chat name came up, yet this is a totally new box... Mudhead: Whats the title Mayor? llanwydd: I always thought knopfler was trying to imitate bob dylan principalpoop: M has control of all of our computers yam llanwydd: I have an imagination Mudhead: no, knopfler can play and sing Merlyn: I control everything Bunnyboy: "This is my happening, and it freaks me out!" El Diablo Yamamoto: Oh Merlyn: even bill's gates El Diablo Yamamoto: But I just set this one up Bunnyboy: "I'd like to strap you on, sometime." principalpoop: that is what you think yam Dexter Fong: Talk in quotes to me BB El Diablo Yamamoto: Nino has me in Da Bronx. nly like 100 mi off this time principalpoop: what do you imagine llan? nothing to live or die for? MayorTweenusNose: "All The Road Running" is the new collaboration. Hemlock Stones: wanders off looking for food.... El Diablo Yamamoto: Bills Gates? No windows on this machine Dexter Fong: Nino doesn't show where you are, he shows where he'd like you to be Bunnyboy: "Do you know who I am? I'm Charle Foster Kane!" Merlyn: it keeps track of the name that came from the same IP address, yammy llanwydd: no, no possessions. and for me that isn't difficult Honey Sanchez: whispers Rosebud El Diablo Yamamoto: Oh, no cookies then principalpoop: you are not the only one Dexter Fong: ...but there can only be one principalpoop: maybe 2, on a good day Bunnyboy: AFI's latest Top 100 list was on last night. Reminded me of all the damn films I still have to see. principalpoop: 4 when I was younger Merlyn: nope, no cookies, except for the entrenching tool page: http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/tools.html llanwydd: there are a few I've missed Mudhead: have to? principalpoop: many in the top twenty I have not seen llanwydd: there were a few they left off principalpoop: I only caught the last hour ||||||||| Elayne is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 10:37 PM. llanwydd: they missed "Napoleon" and "Metropolis", my two favorite films Bunnyboy: Mud: Yes, HAVE to! The little man in my brain says so! llanwydd: Napoleon is arguably one of the best films ever made Bunnyboy: "My whole LIFE is 'Have To' !" principalpoop: steve and don and dick martin
Honey Sanchez wishes she had a "Napoleon" right now, yummmmm klokwkdog: Bunny -- I have one word for you: "Netflix" cease: bunny did you know about the air america even in seattle last weeek? cease: take back democracy or something Bunnyboy: llan: Didja ever get a chance to see NAPOLEON with it's "side-screen" presentation, from a few years back? Bunnyboy: Fonebone for Mr. Martin. cease: heard rachel madow, laura flaunders and sam seder broacasts from there llanwydd: I saw it on a very large video screen which faithfully reproduced the triple screen effect MayorTweenusNose: Laura Flanders is cool. Also like Randi Rhodes. cease: i'm listening to rachel maddows show from this morning now Bunnyboy: And, while we're free-associating, Dick Martin was (and is) married to Dolly Read, one of the stars of BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS! Bunnyboy: Coincidence? Maybe...maybe.. cease: most of air america is good. only one i cant listen to is malloy principalpoop: I did not know that MayorTweenusNose: That ain't free... that's expensive! cease: i likle marc maron's show the best, and i guess so does proctor MayorTweenusNose: Malloy gets a bit preachy. Bunnyboy: I think they did the full NAPOLEON setup at the Seattle Film Festival, several years ago. El Diablo Yamamoto: I listen on occasion via XM, it tends to be tedious for me cease: you know what i'm talking about, bun? cease: it ouwld have been somehitng i would have come down from vancouver for cease: if that were doable these days klokwkdog: wasn't the restored /Napoleon/ a present from Coppola to his dad? llanwydd: I'm still hoping to see Metropolis on a big screen klokwkdog: wow, Yam is here! whatta nite cease: when theyre tlaknig to callers, thats usally boring. but when they ahve interesting guests, its really interestring llanwydd: those are two of the films that you absolutely have to see on a big screen klokwkdog: Bambi says she'll be in chat shortly Bunnyboy: Marc Maron is on Air America? I've heard his name, never heard him, though. cease: aclu dude is being interviewed now on maddow Dexter Fong: llan: YOu can see Metropolis this week end, Supe 3 opens MayorTweenusNose: The Shape Of Things To Come is pretty good for 1936. Raymond Massey. cease: very funny. child of firesign, kinda Bunnyboy: klok: Yeah, Coppola's dad scored the restoration. cease: maron's show isnt broadcast on air america but his show can be heard through their website cease: he's just local in la now llanwydd: supe 3? I'll have to look it up on the web Merlyn: Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Chuch & State is in town, I saw him on Wednesday Dexter Fong: llan: Not on the web, that's Peter Parker llanwydd: two others I need to see on a big screen are "2001" and "Yellow Submarine" principalpoop: I applaud lynn Bunnyboy: llan: I'm sure you must have the most recent METROPOLIS DVD, the one put out by Kino, and lovingly restored by a German consortium. cease: i usually listen to the la live broadcast every night. thats how i found proctor on it
Honey Sanchez listens vacuously Bunnyboy: There are segments of that print that look like they could have been filmed yesterday. MayorTweenusNose: If you DO like Air America, don't forget to check out The Radio Power Network. Similar: http://pri.kts-af.net/redir/index.pls?esid=dcfba0a075bd3ce6bedccf361b3869dd&url_no=1&client_id=7&uid=68efed4d03ec7e45fd3978262c107180&clicksrc=xml principalpoop: hehe vacuously hehe cease: honey are you in new mexico? llanwydd: don't have a dvd player yet cease: maron makes a lot of albuquerque refs Merlyn: Nino is never wrogn! Honey Sanchez: yes i am, cease MayorTweenusNose: A Hoover or a Singer, Honey? Honey Sanchez: well not actually IN albuquerque Merlyn: llan, not even a PS2? Boney: I was thinking about replacing RFO.org with a link to Le Show on my FST links webpage. llanwydd: by the way if you like old silent films you've got to get "The Phantom of the Opera" with the score by Rick Wakeman cease: yo familiar with marc maron, honey? Merlyn: Is the spanish-language version El Show? Bunnyboy: llan: What? You can get 'em free, with a bowl of soup, practically! llanwydd: sounds corny the first time you hear it but it grows on you Honey Sanchez: ya Boney: Harry Shearer is the only crazy guy who was never a crazy guy. MayorTweenusNose: Wow, LL... didn't know that. Big Rick fan cease: wast larry saunders from new mexico? maybe arizona cease: well put, bone llanwydd: just a matter of time, bb Mudhead: I dont want anythin growin on me
principalpoop scared by that phantom guy though Honey Sanchez: i think nm cease at KOB Honey Sanchez: back in the day Bunnyboy: llan: I still have to get through the 2 versions (3, if you listen to both scores on one of them) of PHANTOM that I have on my shelf. principalpoop: do these pants make my ass look big? Dexter Fong: Yes!! Honey Sanchez: your ass makes your pants look big, PP llanwydd: I'm a Chaney collector principalpoop: good, I sit alot and need a bigger ass Bunnyboy: That set includes a creaky, rudimentary sound and vocal track, from a 1927 reissue. Merlyn: I got a pack mule MayorTweenusNose: Your donkey looks OK to me... Have you fed him recently? Boney: no, your ass makes the pants look big Bunnyboy: llan: Good on you! Chaney rocks! Dexter Fong: I gotta pack, Mule Honey Sanchez: boney are you really in west covina? Boney: Honey beat me to the unnecessary insult Mudhead: Sam made de pants too long principalpoop: ok ok, that is quite enough talking about my ass, you will give me a big ahhh ass llanwydd: sounds fantastic, bb. I'm fascinated with the earliest talking pictures Honey Sanchez: lol boney El Diablo Yamamoto: Who's scarier Chaney or Cheney? Bunnyboy: I actually had to hunt the shops for a public domain copy of THE SHOCK. principalpoop: they both are morphine addicts llanwydd: haven't seen The Shock yet Merlyn: the last Busch/Chaney ticket was The Unholy Three in 1929 klokwkdog: Chaney is dead; Cheney is re-animated or something Bunnyboy: I received THE DICK CHENEY CODE as a gift. It's a cute read. Boney: Riverside, California, Honey. Not too far from West Covina llanwydd: as an actor I emulate Chaney MayorTweenusNose: No contest, Yam. Was that you he and Rove signed the deal with? Honey Sanchez: ahhhhh my gramma lived in west covina principalpoop: you should channel oliverai Boney: Have you ever acted with Rob Bartlett, llanwydd? llanwydd: still haven't visited CA yet MayorTweenusNose: He has deep, dark secret, Bun? Bunnyboy: llan: Both versions of THE UNHOLY THREE are going to be in TCM's next Chaney DVD set, the silent, and Chaney's only talkie (and last film). llanwydd: don't even know him, bone El Diablo Yamamoto: Me? I may be evil, but am not involved with the low class likes of them principalpoop: without low class, I would have no class at all Boney: Rob Bartlett should play Sauncho Panza ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Bambi disembarks at 10:53 PM. llanwydd: thanks for the heads up bunn, but I don't have a dvd player. I tape movies off tcm or buy discount VHS MayorTweenusNose: Even the devil wouldn't sign with them lol Honey Sanchez: hi bambi :) principalpoop: ahhh bambi mmmmm Bambi: Hello!!!! Boney Bunnyboy Dexter Fong El Diablo Yamamoto Honey Sanchez klokwkdog llanwydd MayorTweenusNose Merlyn Mudhead principalpoop cease Hemlock Stones MayorTweenusNose: Hey Deer person. How ya holdin' up? llanwydd: who is bartlett? Dexter Fong: Hey Bambi
Bambi smiles El Diablo Yamamoto: I got middle management to deal w/republicans, nazis and other lower life forms Mudhead: wwelcome Bambi principalpoop: that is so 1900s llan, get hip groovy dude Honey Sanchez: bartlett isn't he heir to the pear empire? Bunnyboy: Tween: It's a shorthand, very faithful parody of DA VINCI CODE, except the creepy organization is Skull and Bones, instead of Opus Dei. Bambi: holding up great now .. Clem is a genius ... just not enough time to get it done in time for FST tonight MayorTweenusNose: lol Yam llanwydd: that's a familiar quotation Mudhead: He's Imus's nemesis and foil? principalpoop: missed you live, passionate on cni about freedom, applaud Bambi: thanks :-) glad to be here Bunnyboy: And if there are any members here....you know what you have to do! MayorTweenusNose: I'll bet it's funny, Bun.
Bunnyboy folds arms, waits Boney: Does Imus cause toxic shock syndrome? Honey Sanchez: yes! llanwydd: members of what? Mudhead: Only taken internally Bambi: had to check my spam before I could get here ... and there was a ton of it just since the hardware failure earlier Mudhead: I usually shower Boney: Is Bartlett the innoculation? Bunnyboy: Tween: It's by Henry Beard, one of the original Harvard Lampoon and National Lampoon editors. llanwydd: the only radio host I like is art bell MayorTweenusNose: Don Imus? He might Bone... llanwydd: used to like dr demento long ago Boney: the vaccine, as it were? Bunnyboy: llan: Skull and Bones. No Yalies in the house? MayorTweenusNose: I'll have to remember it, Bun. Boney: Anyway, Bartlett is a FST fan and he does appear on Imus... In his face klokwkdog: hey, Bambi (closing out of equnet) llanwydd: I'm not exactly ivy league, bunn cease: ive never heard bell but heard enough abvout him cease: inspiratio for eykiw i believe MayorTweenusNose: More poison oak ;) cease: hey bambi cease: hows it bambing? llanwydd: I thought he was, cat, but wikipedia suggests bell came later Boney: Doctor Demento is the bridge betwixt Spike Jones and Frank Zappa. It's as easy as... Dexter Fong: Gotta park my car later and uhhh later dear friends cease: aha llanwydd: but happy harry is AMAZINGLY like bell cease: dex principalpoop: hair rita charlie parker Bunnyboy: Skull and Bones is a Yale secret society. If the name Skull and Bones is invoked, and any of it's members are present, they must all leave the room. principalpoop: l Bunnyboy: Theoretically, at least. Bambi: it's a bamb'ng well LOL ... not sure what that means exactly ... somehow it sounds ... nevermind lol Bambi: brb ... need to get something to drink Mudhead: What? I just came back in Boney: Someone should mention Skull & Bones at a White House press conference klokwkdog: lotsa rattle & hum in NYT on Dweezil's tribute tour principalpoop: I had the same hehe image hehe llanwydd: there must be a seattle station you could listen to art bell on, cat Bunnyboy: Garry Trudeau (Yale alum) used to have some wicked fun with Skull and Bones. Duhbya and Kerry are purportedly both members. klokwkdog: happy park, Dex cease: i suppose. just doesnt sound like something i'd care to listen to Boney: Mr President, we've heard a lot about your involvement in Skull & Bones at Yale cease: back n the late 60s, the firesign theatree were REally into that kinda shit, but then it was the Firesign Theatre klokwkdog: I thought he was in Thailand or Phillipines or something Honey Sanchez: lol Bunnyboy: Bone: That's the last place Wubblyew would be, these days. cease: bergman got into these long riffs on velikovsky's theories of venus Boney: Yale is the last place the Dubster should ever be cease: d cuz it was the great BergVoice, you had to belive every word Bunnyboy: The Resident is on tour! Bunnyboy: Next stop: Tiera Del Fuego! Bambi: ah, back again klokwkdog: velikovsky was villified, like willhelm reich llanwydd: unlike happy harry, bell doesn't believe everything his callers talk about. he just treats them nice principalpoop: wb ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Honey Sanchez: wb bambi MayorTweenusNose: Noticed Shrub didn't have the Mission Accomplished banner in back of him this time ;) klokwkdog: he said Venus was 800º and everyone laffed at him. guess what? Boney: I'd have more respect for the Dubster if he were an honors student at his local city college Honey Sanchez: velikovsky WAS villified Bunnyboy: hi agin, Bamber principalpoop: I liked bush asking the blind guy about wearing sunglasses, that is our president Bambi: thanks :-) Boney: Crawford City College llanwydd: guess what? venus is different temperatures in different seasons principalpoop: velikovsky is a russian name, it was the cold war... Bambi: Catherwood please pour me a double toasted almond ||||||||| Catherwood gets Bambi a double toasted almond. llanwydd: on a nice day it gets down to about 600 MayorTweenusNose: That book on Economic Hit Men really shed some light on the Bush family, Cat. cease: venus was the comet in the old testament, ad nauseum? no thanks klokwkdog: llan -- velikovsky wasn't too detailed about it; he was into more cosmic details Mudhead: Get me the right time catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood gets Mudhead the right time. cease: indeed, tween klokwkdog: the Halton Arp of his time Bambi: LOL cease: everyone should read that book MayorTweenusNose: That's the same guy who waved to Stevie Wonder, P. El Diablo Yamamoto: speaking of the Economy...http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20060615103119409 Bunnyboy: Catherwood get a life ||||||||| Catherwood brings a life. Boney: MIT should give the Dubster an honorary degree in Martian Studies principalpoop: loool no no oh no lol klokwkdog: "Worlds in Collision"? Bunnyboy: What is this, blood? Bambi: how've you all been this past week? llanwydd: now mercury is a planet you could cook on. plenty of heat and no poisonous gasses MayorTweenusNose: Doesn't make ya real proud of what America's done since WWII. Bunnyboy: The BLOOD is the LIFE! Hemlock Stones: a good read Klok
Bunnyboy eats a spider klokwkdog: the other side of Mercury is right cold... Bambi: nice to see Mudhead and Honey ... missed ya last week or so principalpoop: ahh gloom and doom, what should I stock up on? klokwkdog: I've been...fine, Bambi (to a first approximation) Bambi: Yammy! great to see you too ... been awhile klokwkdog: signs of life green klokwkdog: barely Honey Sanchez: ty bambi :) El Diablo Yamamoto: yeah cease: i loved sagan's deconstruction of that llanwydd: venus is pizza cooking temperature but you wouldn't want to. you'd get an amonia taste El Diablo Yamamoto: Been busy Bambi: cool :-) Bambi: mmmmm, pizza! Bunnyboy: I better go barb a Q. See ya next week, folks! Hemlock Stones: and you would be crushed to sauce llan MayorTweenusNose: Circus circuit... Bambi: see ya Bunny! Honey Sanchez: bye bun Boney: Catherwood get lots of experience to the table. ||||||||| Catherwood gives lots of experience to the table. klokwkdog: Sagan was cool, but he could be something of a wet blanket principalpoop: yum bunny hiphop MayorTweenusNose: Bye, Bun... El Diablo Yamamoto: laterz Hemlock Stones: byee Bunny Bambi: we had my homemade creamy mac and cheese (PA Dutch recipe) klokwkdog: nite Bunny principalpoop: carson was fun with sagan on Honey Sanchez: something of a wet blanket.............. soggy even MayorTweenusNose: With OS X sauce? Bambi: lol cease: inded poop llanwydd: what kind of cheese do the PA dutch use? klokwkdog: one more mini-sub to go, turkey and asagio cease: thats where sagfan got his audience Boney: Catherwood get a certain something ||||||||| Catherwood gives a certain something. principalpoop: apples and macaroni and chees, sounds good cease: thanks to johnny's fondness for astronomy klokwkdog: llan -- now, we talked about this /last/ time... Hemlock Stones: but where did he get his accent from Cease ? klokwkdog: go get some *plain* cheese from Lancaster llanwydd: I forgot, klok llanwydd: oh, now I remember Boney: Catherwood bring ||||||||| Catherwood walks alongside Boney and inquires "Would you like something?" cease: upstate new yhork? ||||||||| 11:07 PM -- Bunnyboy left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow").
Honey Sanchez hands llan a bottle of focus factor its free :) Bambi: yep very true about Johnny ... he made every guest appearance great though ... even ones you wouldn't think you'd like. Boney: Catherwood get some *plain* cheese from Lancaster ||||||||| Catherwood brings some *plain* cheese from lancaster. MayorTweenusNose: New York, New Orc, you gotta chooose one.... klokwkdog: no, Lancaster, PA, home of the best-known Amish (and not a few Mennonites) and 50,000 tourist trap places Bambi: Orca? llanwydd: there is such a thing as NY cheddar cease: i loved carson's show. i was fond of paar too MayorTweenusNose: Killer Snail!
Bambi nods to Cat cease: carson very consciously copied jack benny llanwydd: I'm too young to remember parr. except his occasional talk show appearances klokwkdog: NY State Extra Sharp, aged 180 days or more, one of my faves. Wrinkles your nose, delights your belly, costs $$ principalpoop: I was a little young to appreciate parr, johnny was one of a kind Boney: Catherwood get some Tillamook extra sharp cheddar ||||||||| Catherwood gives some tillamook extra sharp cheddar. cease: he used to cry a lot, take his duaghter to africa, and have amazing guests who'd babble away cease: think jfk announced his candidacy on the show Bambi: Catherwood get me some hard green sap saga cheese in foil ||||||||| Catherwood gets Bambi some hard green sap saga cheese in foil. klokwkdog: yeah, Steve Allen was better cease: i loved oscar levant cease: i like steve the person more than steve the tv guy Bambi: finally! now I can grate some for spaghetti! cease: i found him annoying on tv principalpoop: ewww bambi cease: then i found out about his maother llanwydd: I had a recording of "Rhapsody in Blue" by levant. I considered it the definitive cease: pparently the funiest woman in vaudeville, according to that pbs show MayorTweenusNose: Well folks, time to deflate. Be well and happy, all... cease: he had to grow up on stage under her wing ||||||||| Catherwood says "11:10 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs MayorTweenusNose by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door principalpoop: cool cease: tween Bambi: ads wonderful taste to spaghetti ... klokwkdog: Catherwood, bring Bambi a toasted bagel covered in shredded asagio ||||||||| Catherwood gives bambi a toasted bagel covered in shredded asagio. Honey Sanchez: adios tweenus principalpoop: night tween llanwydd: nite, tween Bambi: where'd Tweeny go??! cease: levant wrote some great books too klokwkdog: nite Tweeny klokwkdog: back to Austin, Bambi cease: made movies with benchley. how cool was that? principalpoop: what is your favorite cheese in NM honey Bambi: sounds good Klok ... don't think I've ever had that Boney: Catherwood bring Phil Austin ||||||||| Catherwood gives phil austin. principalpoop: father or the son? Bambi: night Tweenster! Mudhead: im afraid its late for me also klokwkdog: specialty of the local grocery. I thought they'd be awful Mudhead: I must go Honey Sanchez: gee some kind of goat cheese queso del goat klokwkdog: have a good one, Mud llanwydd: I was surprised to see him in a movie. I had thought he was such a great pianist he wouldn't have to do films but he could act too principalpoop: the son wrote jaws, the father was hilarious Mudhead: nite all Bambi: night Mudhead ... great to see ya cease: one of my fave comedians. robert benchley ||||||||| "11:12 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Mudhead, who then hurries out through the french doors and down through the garden. Merlyn: you must flea llanwydd: nite muddy principalpoop: goat cheese is good on pizza Honey Sanchez: ya Merlyn: oscar levant killed himself, you know cease: pizza is good. period Hemlock Stones: Honey, do they still do the Blue Moss extra mature cheddar at Roswell ? principalpoop: yes almost firesigny llanwydd: I didn't know that merl Honey Sanchez: mozarella is goat cheese methinks Bambi: if you have time to stop by Saturday evening for CNI Radio's JimmyLee and Bambi Show (7-10PM ET), it will be followed by FST at 10PM ET Boney: so did Hunter S. Thompson principalpoop: oscar the grouch did suicide? klokwkdog: Honey -- can be cease: he spent al his aperances and books bitching. i guess he finally agreed with himself Bambi: hey Stones! llanwydd: why would such a multitalented man want to do that? principalpoop: thanks B Honey Sanchez: yes its delightfully rare, stones Bambi:http://www.cniradio.com Hemlock Stones: Hi Bambi, good to see you, was worried about you and clem earlier El Diablo Yamamoto: Glows in the dark, I hear klokwkdog: Honey -- there is a great story about Mozarilla in NY Times. Swiss and Italians cease: what may be viewed as talent from without maybe torture from within Hemlock Stones: i heard its so rare they arrest any one who claims to have seen it, Honey El Diablo Yamamoto: Mozarella, Horror of Milan! Honey Sanchez: and hovers too depending on the time of month Boney: Oscar Levant killed himself because he realized that he was a latent hetereosexual El Diablo Yamamoto: Ah, Lunacy, I see. Merlyn: Levant: "Now that Marilyn Monroe is kosher, Arthur Miller can eat her." El Diablo Yamamoto: The moon really IS made of Cheese! llanwydd: that smacks of urban legend, boney Bambi: we definitely had a hardware failure ... Clem worked very hard to try to get done by FST time ... Boney: heterosexual Honey Sanchez: shhhhhhhh principalpoop: my latency increases when the net is busy llanwydd: oh, it was a joke Bambi: he did great though ... it was another tough steak ... well done :-) Merlyn: oops, I'm wrong, wikipedia says Levant died of a heart attack ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Rotonoto in through the front door at 11:15 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. klokwkdog: Buffalo Milk in Swiss Mozzarella Adds Italian Accent http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/world/europe/12swiss.html principalpoop: reward JL bambi hehe klokwkdog: hey, Roto! llanwydd: ha ha ha cease: he was a hero to my circle in junior high cease: kennedy era principalpoop: hi roto
Bambi smiles Bambi: Hey Roto! Honey Sanchez: hola roto Boney: He had a heart attack because he realized that he was a latent heterosexual cease: hey roto El Diablo Yamamoto: Buffalos in itally, I'd give a nickle to see that llanwydd: didn't think he had much reason to commit suicide klokwkdog: the latent homosexual inside killed him El Diablo Yamamoto: Boredom or inadequate health insurance Honey Sanchez: all the above cease: hows it goin, yammy? klokwkdog: Yam -- nothing like Water Buffalos in Switzerland! principalpoop: I thought it was caused by excessively low serotan levels Boney: But it took its own sweet time doing so principalpoop: serrotan principalpoop: serottan llanwydd: not as many people have heart attacks these days. not that their hearts don't stop El Diablo Yamamoto: Ice Buffalos, ratherLow speed suicide klokwkdog: his heart attacked the latent homosexual and it fought back? Bambi: serotonin? Merlyn: he have heart attack and fall out of window onto exploding bomb principalpoop: thanks bambi principalpoop: yes Bambi: hey Merlyn ... you are back klokwkdog: llan -- they still have heart attacks; they just get re-animated. They shoot green stuff into them and they start running again. Like Cheney llanwydd: It's amazingly easy to take care of your heart these days. for example I've been taking an aspirin a day for many years Boney: and a notorious hypochondriac, Levant was also in his later life addicted to prescription drugs and was frequently committed to mental hospitals by his wife Merlyn: I'm back, my back has been bothering me llanwydd: It works wonders. for real Hemlock Stones: i take aspirin too llan klokwkdog: One year, I took 10 asprin a day to make up for all the years I didn't... Bambi: heard that Merlyn .. hope it gets better soon Hemlock Stones: lol principalpoop: I never heard of oscar levant Boney: Open about his neuroses... The conformist. Merlyn: about 2000 people in the US manage to overdose on aspirin and die
klokwkdog tries to knock back at least 5 beers a week (running behind this week) llanwydd: more than one a day might be bad for your stomach cease: are you doing your oscar levant imimtation, merl? Boney: Sorry, I was thinking of Oscar Wilde. klokwkdog: let the stomach fend for itself principalpoop: I need to get out in the sun, I dropped an asprin on my chest and it looked like a liver spot Merlyn: I can't play the sabre dance on the piano, cat Hemlock Stones: paracetamol is even worse llan cease: he was hilarious and profound on the jack paar show, early 60s cease: wrote some funny books too llanwydd: never heard of it, stones cease: lukcy for the piano, merl
Honey Sanchez sticks to Vicodin and Valium klokwkdog: about 18 million people in the US manage to overdose on food principalpoop: ahh ok, thanks, and multi-talented apparently cease: maddow is tlaking aoubt the new marine park Honey Sanchez: and verve, baby verve! Hemlock Stones: its commonly used instead of aspirin for headaches etc but it destroys the kidneys i believe Bambi: ah, yes...valley of the dolls llanwydd: that definitely is a problem, klok principalpoop: a ballpeen hammer calms me and stops pain Bambi: course they didn't have vicodin then did they? Honey Sanchez: lol ppp Hemlock Stones: lets face it though, life is bad for you klokwkdog: yeah, it is. I need to make my other sub shortly and have some more chips... Honey Sanchez: no clue, bambi El Diablo Yamamoto: I'm OD'd on kittens Bambi: lol Yammy
klokwkdog used to take APCs, which turned out to be especially bad for the kidneys. Empirin was the canonical brand APC llanwydd: never took kittens principalpoop: change the litter yam klokwkdog: sure did a good job on headaches, though Boney: If you're living in an apartment where pets aren't allowed, you can OD on Elayne's cats at her blog llanwydd: I swear by excedrin for headaches. but not everyone is the same llanwydd: better living through chemistry Bambi: well, ibuprofen is also hard on the kidneys from what I hear ... seems you can't get rid of pain without giving yourself some other life threatening problems... Hemlock Stones: you are very observant llan Honey Sanchez: ain't that the truth, bambi ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Otonotor disembarks at 11:24 PM. Bambi: excedrin works great on headaches for me ... or a couple asperin and a couple ibuprofen lol klokwkdog: I take ½ or 1 regular aspirin now and wait awhile. If it works, but not enough, I take another. otherwise, I just suffer, as it prolly won't respond llanwydd: hey roto Bambi: and a cup of coffee principalpoop: hello oto Merlyn: came in the back door? Honey Sanchez: hi oto cease: otto the bus driver? Bambi: hi wb Roto principalpoop: oops good by otonotor principalpoop: we are not in bizarro reverse world now Merlyn: yes we are not Hemlock Stones: i think i am PP Boney: Sounds like eton-a-etorw sort of Bambi: I have been beginning to wonder myself, Stones cease: only pp is pp cease: thankfully Merlyn: P is not Q principalpoop: no, you are right no Hemlock Stones: yes Bambi its those movements out of the corner of the eye isnt it ? Bambi: or M for that matter klokwkdog: bambi -- yeah, that was the APC thing, aspirin, phenacetin, caffine = Emprin, until they made them change it or take off market llanwydd: soon as something works for you they take it off the market Bambi: LOL good one Stones klokwkdog: water buffalo mozzarilla cheese in flight to bambi, roto FYI principalpoop: wait, didn't I say that on the other side? Where am I? I better check. Its ok, they're speaking chinese Bambi: for a tiny look at that corner of the eye: http://www.bambismusings.com Bambi: yummmmmm klokwkdog: as long as we aren't speaking chinese ||||||||| It's 11:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rotonoto - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies SomeOtherBozo into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mutters something about 11:30 PM, then departs. llanwydd: there can't be a more difficult language than chinese ||||||||| SomeOtherBozo leaves at 11:30 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." klokwkdog: I can't find it at the moment, but was wow'ed by palast's new book in excerpt principalpoop: I hear they drop silverware on the floor to name children, cling clang dong cling llanwydd: roto died again ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 11:30 PM and SomeOtherBozo sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. cease: languages are difficult for some, me for example, but easy for others Hemlock Stones: check out Chines Basic code llan ||||||||| SomeOtherBozo rushes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's SomeOtherBozo?! It's 11:30 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Bambi: hmmmm, some other Bozo ...wonder who that could be ;-) principalpoop: heyhey, I think we are all bozos on this bus cease: i grandfather spoke 10 languages klokwkdog: he builds on the "Mission Accomplished" thing and says 2 days before, Rumsfeld announced withdrawal of US forces from Saudi cease: many europeans are multilingual principalpoop: wow cat llanwydd: that's true, pp. I knew a guy named Splash. He was born on a leaky junk principalpoop: lol klokwkdog: and Palast says Osama's website at the time said, in English, what Al Quaeda wanted: US forces out of the holy territory of Saudi klokwkdog: so very concisely, Bush indeed had mission accomplished to celebrate. But it was Osama's... Honey Sanchez: ..... Hemlock Stones: in Saudi you get tortured if you happen to be blown up Honey Sanchez: i heard that, stones! its true Bambi: good thing you got blown up first then ... less painful to be tortured that way .... klokwkdog: yeah, HS, I've been reading about those poor British guys who just got told they couldn't sue Honey Sanchez: that totally sucks, klok Hemlock Stones: Saudi Arabia, Tony Blair, , Bush, whats the difference ??? ||||||||| Catherwood ushers YetAnotherBozo in through the front door at 11:33 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. klokwkdog: usually, it's just about some dippy african diplomat refusing to pay their NYC parking tickets principalpoop: the death of that al zahwthatquada guy had over 9,000 results for a while in google new, how and why was that story talked about so much? principalpoop: some bozo yanking our chains llanwydd: good evening YAB principalpoop: news Bambi: sounds like a movie I saw once ... diplomatic immunity was the resounding theme Hemlock Stones: it sounds like success to war mongers i guess PP Honey Sanchez: hello yeta principalpoop: I think so hemlock klokwkdog: HS -- Saudi Arabia just tortures a few citizens and the occasional foreigner. They don't have a prison camp in a third country full of unknown prisoners treated in an unknown way for crimes that most now say they didn't commit Boney: Catherwood get some electric anal coitus ||||||||| Catherwood gives some electric anal coitus. llanwydd: you know why islam is the fastest growing religion don't you? Polygamy cease: not a lot of countries globalize their felonies Bambi: Catherwood please get some Jalapena Poppers for everyone ||||||||| Catherwood gives some jalapena poppers for everyone. Boney: Merlyn, have you heard of the Qbone? cease: but the us figures anytihg it does is legal, cuz its from the land of freedom llanwydd: makes me think seriously about the future cease: hey, you're george bernard shaw Honey Sanchez: the future is NOW principalpoop: hot bambi hot, I need something to drink quick Merlyn: no, just the mbone Bambi: The US doesn't think that Cat ... just some in power Boney: The goal of the QBone is to test and deploy scalable QoS mechanisms in the Internet2 environment. principalpoop: now is already gone, you mean this now, or the now coming up? Bambi: Catherwood please get a cold brew for Princep ||||||||| Catherwood gives a cold brew for princep. cease: the us means those actring in its name, with its power, bam klokwkdog: bambi -- not even them Hemlock Stones: I tried living in the Now, Honey, but it didnt last long. cease: our current pm is a bushie principalpoop: hey might makes right, you got a problem with that? Merlyn: see you next week, people cease: would do just as evil, if only he had the powerf Honey Sanchez: nite merlyn klokwkdog: nite Merlyn
Merlyn waves klokwkdog: great chat client! cease: merl principalpoop: thanks bambi, ahh quenches llanwydd: princep is the guy that started WWI isn't he? klokwkdog: (when's it going Net 2.0 - AJAX?) principalpoop: get those orcs M and thanks again Bambi: princep ... yes, I do ... right makes right ... might thinks they make right. ||||||||| Merlyn scurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Merlyn?! It's 11:39 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Bambi: you're welcome princep :-) principalpoop: in sarejavo klokwkdog: oderint dum metuant Hemlock Stones: Make Tea Not War ! Bambi: night Merlyn ... take care of that back! Boney: I didn't have the chance to thank him. klokwkdog: Typhoo! El Diablo Yamamoto: Aieee there are two of me! Hemlock Stones: good night Merlyn El Diablo Yamamoto: nite principalpoop: ahhhhheeeeeee ||||||||| It's 11:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Otonotor - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Hemlock Stones: gesundheit ! klok cease: what have you been up to, yammy? El Diablo Yamamoto: I'm off too Boney: the QBone connected to the BackBone klokwkdog: Catherwood, make me a tall chilled iced Darjeeling with crushed mint! ||||||||| Catherwood gives klokwkdog a tall chilled iced darjeeling with crushed mint. Bambi: night Yammy! llanwydd: nite yam Honey Sanchez: nite moto Bambi: may I have one of those too Klok? principalpoop: I dated darjeelings sister, a sweet girl cease: oh, youre off klokwkdog: Catherwood, make Bambi a tall chilled iced Darjeeling with crushed mint and a few drops of burbon ||||||||| Catherwood brings bambi a tall chilled iced darjeeling with crushed mint and a few drops of burbon. Bambi: sounds like a great iced tea ... I think ... or maybe just then mint made it sound like it lol principalpoop: backbone connected to the tailbone Bambi: hmmmmmmmm thanks Boney: oolong llanwydd: what's too long? principalpoop: yes ooo a long tailbone Boney: bang the gone klokwkdog: Darjeeling is a little delicate to ice; it looks like dishwater to begin with and you can't steep it to get it any darker. But it tastes...divine! Boney: gonz Hemlock Stones: just a needle in a haystack, oolong oolong ... Boney: gong Dexter Fong: Braack!! principalpoop: I said no no no no I don't smoke it no more llanwydd: so what's the point of drinking tea anyway? Caffeine klokwkdog: oolong is another of my faves and does well iced, thankfully Bambi: hey Dex! principalpoop: ahh wb fong cease: dex principalpoop: fast tonight little fong who parks car in dark klokwkdog: llan -- it's a social thing, even with yourself. Coffee is by comparison coarse and brutal Hemlock Stones: it fills in the embarrasing silences in conversations llan Dexter Fong: Dear Friends
Boney pats Dexter on the back vigorously Bambi: I enjoy green tea iced ... I have even taken mint and put it in boiling water and made a 'tea' out of it ||||||||| 11:43 PM: Rotonoto jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!"
Dexter Fong coughs violently cease: just given some mint plants today cease: will do that soon, bambi Bambi: we have fresh mint in our yard Boney: phlegmatic
principalpoop hits dexter in shoulder and shouts your it, no tag backs Rotonoto: that was painful...
klokwkdog doesn't fool with green tea outside Chinese restaurants, but has a little gunpowder green on hand for visitors cease: revolving rotos? Dexter Fong: Oh Rooto, you out of closet and looking good cease: harder to not grow than to grow Bambi: wb Roto Rotonoto: tat tap tap- is this thing on? principalpoop: mint grows like a weed in the right conditions, careful Dexter Fong: On wha? cease: whos that tap tap taping at your back door? Rotonoto: my browser appears to be hosed in main computer... Boney: why does this remind me of multiplayer 3D pong? principalpoop: ouch, turn it down roto Bambi: ouch! yes, it is Roto!
Bambi smiles klokwkdog: neat NYT articles about Plaquemines Parish still being devastated and the few residents remaining digging nightshade vine out of their yards and using as a veggie cease: tlake off, you hosers Rotonoto: "...he says he can't shout, don't hear you..." Boney: the pong cube Boney: oxygon principalpoop: ahh pong, 25 cents a shot Rotonoto: painful to wait on 266MHz AMD K6 to boot, absolute rubbish klokwkdog: only 14,000 people lived there, mostly shrimpers, and Washington decided not to spend $1.6 billion repairing levees on something fronting on the Gulf principalpoop: we paid for the internet with those quarters Hemlock Stones: i raise your pong two pings PP Rotonoto: I was too lazy to go upstairs and get 2,4GHz P4 spare Hemlock Stones: Rotonoto, here, have one of mine Rotonoto: OK, I'll split it with the sound man... principalpoop: I see your pings and say whoohoooo, nice pings stones cease: laziness is next to goldliness Bambi: you are giving Roto some rubbish Stones ;-) Bambi: that was a question actually LOL Boney: obtuse
klokwkdog is coming to you from nelson-mandela, his spare PC. the jimmy-carter box is in tatters still llanwydd: I'm growing rubbish in my garden principalpoop: obtuse? Hemlock Stones: ssshhh ! Bambi, been trying to get rid of these pings for ages ! Rotonoto: oblate? klokwkdog: watch out for tracerts, HS Dexter Fong: Spreroid? Rotonoto: rotund? llanwydd: yeah we're up late klokwkdog: oh, and beware badnasty jump-jump Dexter Fong: Spheroid?!! principalpoop: obfusticate? Bambi: have you all seen the http://del.icio.us/tag/DRMtrainwrecks yet? Boney: is an oxygon obtuse? How would this affect 3D multiplayer pong? Hemlock Stones: are they poisonous Klok ? Rotonoto: mastifuse? Boney: Multiplayer spheroidal pong principalpoop: oxygon, that is made with orange peel oil right? Boney: the inside of a spheroid llanwydd: king pong Hemlock Stones: if its rubbish you want this takes some beating .. http://derelictlondon.com/ Dexter Fong: King FOng Bambi: I am ambivalent about those spheroids ... I think ... ||||||||| It's 11:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| El Diablo Yamamoto - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... principalpoop: pinging, MARCO Honey Sanchez: lol that is a great site Hemlock Stones: it dont mean a thing if it aint got that ping Boney: boop boop boop bleeep boop Dexter Fong: ponging, POLO principalpoop: don't be cruel stones Hemlock Stones: its my little contribution to the british tourist trade llanwydd: how can you guys joke when yammy just died? klokwkdog: Hemlock: decide for yourself - http://www.zark.com/pages/az1.html cease: was there a scroll function on thatr site?
Honey Sanchez laughs
principalpoop swims towards last sound of fong cease: he dies every night principalpoop: Pinging, MARCO Hemlock Stones: i was no where near the place llan i have an alibi llanwydd: that's true, stones Boney: anybody got a Mac? iPong rocks
Dexter Fong submerges with his self-contained breather tube and fires a torpedo at poop principalpoop: damn he must be underwater principalpoop: Pinging, MARCO Honey Sanchez: ipong haha llanwydd: you were in the outer islands with a small theatrical company Bambi: well, that is something completely different Stones ;-) principalpoop: ouch, the proctologist will never believe this klokwkdog: HS -- well, more to the point, maybe the badnasty part: http://www.zark.com/pages/az12.html Dexter Fong: Naval exercise completed cease: did you sit on your pipe again? principalpoop: Pinging, MEDIC Boney: klok, you're an Arkon Zark fan principalpoop: you sank my battleship fong
klokwkdog more accurately considers himself a Zeta Fairlight fan, but that's just being too specific... Bambi: MEDIC! Wow, it feels like Duke Nukem3D! Hemlock Stones: run away run away Bambi: or was that Blake Stone Boney: Pyst Bambi: lol klokwkdog: i myst that one principalpoop: duke nukem made me dizzy, I could not play it Bambi: depends on your computer ... I had more problems with Quake than DN3D principalpoop: all those things like that, no luck for pp Dexter Fong: FPS's can have that affect poop Hemlock Stones: Which Quake do you play Bambi, ??? cease: was myst better thsn pyst? Bambi: I used to play the original Quake Dexter Fong: Yes but not as good as fyst Bambi: haven't played since my computer won't play the new ones :-( Hemlock Stones: me too now Quake two and three and before these the Dooms too Honey Sanchez: lol dex Boney: Aw, I've got to clean up my room cease: i bought pyst just to support firesign porduct Bambi: the first and second one but it's been quite a while ... second one was too much for my computer at that time ... now I could probably play it, but not the fun network ones... klokwkdog: OK, folks, I think it's time to fade back into the shadoz Hemlock Stones: my comp wont play Doom 3 of course it needs the NASA inplant cease: utg as i never played myst i could hardly appreciate it Dexter Fong: Boney: You've got your own room? principalpoop: and take out the trash young man, don't make me remind you again Bambi: Doom another one I really enjoyed Boney: I've got to do laundry principalpoop: click klok Boney: Water the front yard Dexter Fong: Night klok, be well cease: bergman was heavily into gaming, maybe still is klokwkdog: Enjoyed it tonight; thanks for your cheer, everyone Hemlock Stones: when i had a bad day dealing with politicians it was a good way of winding down principalpoop: chores cease: eat or be eaten, both flick and disc Bambi: I actually purchased Duke Nukem 3D though and Clem made his own map which is lots of fun to play klokwkdog: good-night all! llanwydd: nite klok cease: klok Hemlock Stones: see you soon klok have a good week Bambi: well, actually he modified an existing map klokwkdog: zip! beep! Honey Sanchez: g'nite klok Bambi: night Klok :-) klokwkdog: /leave principalpoop: reep reep reep klokwkdog: darn klokwkdog: wrong chat ||||||||| At 11:58 PM, klokwkdog hurries out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Bambi: there he goes ... after the ice cream truck ;-) principalpoop: I liked rogue maybe called hack Dexter Fong: and he took all the chat with him, too principalpoop: I finished it one time Dexter Fong: I loved Diablo llanwydd: wonder if it was the Good Humor man Bambi: I still play Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure and a few other of the old DOS games too Boney: Actually, Dexter Fong, I'm AI. I have no moving parts and did not exist in physical space. I'm here to artificially inseminate your brain Honey Sanchez: it was the nice dreams truck i think Hemlock Stones: i thinks thats HOneys poison Dex ||||||||| It's 12:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| YetAnotherBozo - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... principalpoop: bryers needs a truck, and ben and jerry Dexter Fong: How's that HS? Honey Sanchez: yeah diablo was fun Bambi: I enjoy tile games as well like mahjonng principalpoop: lots of girls like diablo, I have never even tried it ||||||||| Catherwood walks in wearing his pyjamas, yawns, and mumbles "It's midnight here in New York city"...then he falls over and starts snoring loudly.. Dexter Fong: Hoeny: Did you play on line? Bambi: Kyodai Mahjonng is the best Honey Sanchez: lol ppp Hemlock Stones: i love games with chain saws and rocket launchers, just call me a romantic Bambi: haven't had the pleasure of play diablo principalpoop: what other tiles games are there? mahjong and dominos... Honey Sanchez: no first on playstation where two could team up cease: kyodai means sibling in japanese Honey Sanchez: then on my old win 98
Dexter Fong eviscerates poop with his Kings Sword of Swiftness Bambi: you'd be surprised princep Hemlock Stones: Stones, primes his BFG ! principalpoop: ouch again fong
Honey Sanchez snuggles up to stones llanwydd: I only like games you play to the death. but I usually lose Honey Sanchez: you ARE a romantic Bambi: well, there are like 6 different tile type games in Kyodai Mahjonng Hemlock Stones: do any of them have rocket launchers Bambi ? Honey Sanchez: mahjonng gives me a whopping headache Dexter Fong: hmm, bathroom, kitchen, floor, ceiling, wall and uh , I forget llanwydd: mahjonng sounds like one of those exotic black teas principalpoop: pool Dexter Fong: Right, pool tiles Honey Sanchez: mosaic tile too ppp Bambi: LOL ... OOOO, gotta get my Shotgun ... rocket launchers in Duke Nukem 3D are cool Dexter Fong: Seven not six principalpoop: everybody was mahjong fighting Bambi: but be careful ... the Devastator is cool too lol principalpoop: mosaic is cool, and spelled cool llanwydd: you just reminded me of an unpleasant sound of the 70s pp Dexter Fong: pronounced kkkkeeeewwwwllll!!!! Bambi: there are no real people in Duke Nukem 3D so you don't have to feel guilty for hurting anyone LOL Rotonoto: back to life... Honey Sanchez: ya dex totallyyyyyyyyyyyyy Bambi: KKKEWLLLLLL principalpoop: I think violent games are cathartic Honey Sanchez: beats beating the neighbors Hemlock Stones: same applies to british government Bambi, be my guest, (hands Bambi primed BFG) Dexter Fong: I think violence is cathartic Bambi: and a freeze ray and a chain gun .... I collect the whole set of course to get the big boss at the end llanwydd: catheters? principalpoop: if you disagree, I will tear off your arm and beat you with the bloody stump Bambi: LOL Rotonoto: went upstairs to call Bozoette- lines all messed up in computer snafu Dexter Fong: Catheterwood Bambi: thanks Stones ... will add it to my RPG Hemlock Stones: hear PP have one of my spare chainsaws llanwydd: LOL Honey Sanchez: hahaha Rotonoto: I think violence is cathodic- or anodic of you reverse polarity Hemlock Stones: i love it when a plant comes together Bambi: LOL principalpoop: no thanks, I prefer my own, it fits my hand perfectly Hemlock Stones: wiat a minute llanwydd: I think violence is catholic Honey Sanchez: it is universal llan Rotonoto: heh! Dexter Fong: The Universal soldier is a catholic? Hemlock Stones: (atttempts to immobilise scrambler ) principalpoop: the pope will get you for saying that llan Hemlock Stones: Benny, he no like that ! Dexter Fong: Opus Pocus, Bambi: Duke Nukem 3D was particularly therapeutic when I worked in the corporate world ... let off some pent up hostility in the game and go back and deal with REAL bozos the next day more relaxed Honey Sanchez: indeed bambi Honey Sanchez: same with diablo llanwydd: no I was talking about my sister. I have five sisters named cathy. Cathleen, Catherine, Catholic, Cathode and Catheter Honey Sanchez: lol llan Hemlock Stones: in the end i just used to take a chainsaw to the office principalpoop: like crushing heads with your fingers for the boys in the corridor Bambi: LOL llanwydd cease: sounds like a pavillion in hell, llan principalpoop: chainsaws do inspire respect at the office Dexter Fong: poop: You a fan of "The Kids in the Hall"? Hemlock Stones: Question, Why do people take an instant dislike to Tony Blair ? Rotonoto: and your dog is named Bingo? Honey Sanchez: uzi's do too principalpoop: that was a super show principalpoop: ahh uzi's can jam just when you need them most Dexter Fong: PP:Yes it was..and chicken girl? or whatever was sooooo strange Bambi: there was one day Stones ... but I said, it's not worth it ... and just quit. Walked out and never went back. It was the ONLY time I ever quit a job without proper notice in my entire working life. It was also the last time I ever worked for someone else. Rotonoto: dex- was that the canadian production back about 20 years ago? Honey Sanchez: sounds like you have some experience with them ppp Hemlock Stones: Answer... because it saves time ! principalpoop: I can neither confirm or deny that honey Dexter Fong: Roto: Yeah, not sure it was twenty years ago but a while back, still airing on the comedy channel I believe Hemlock Stones: i once did that too, Bambi principalpoop: it is on the comedy channel again? I must find it Honey Sanchez: heh ppp said deny Bambi: I will never work for idiots again Rotonoto: I loved that one, and a lot of soon to be greats were on there principalpoop: like early snl, some silly among many gems Hemlock Stones: over here Bambi, you either work for idiots or you dont work llanwydd: silly is best Dexter Fong: Roto: But kinda like SCTV, not a lot of them made it to other things Bambi: you can't work for yourself in the UK? Rotonoto: poopster- yes 'zactly! was a great preview of SNL, one could say principalpoop: deny, deknee, delovely honey Rotonoto: dex, yes, very much like SCTV, which I also adored Bambi: once the kids were grown, no need to worry about how little I got paid LOL
Honey Sanchez smiles at ppp Dexter Fong: IMHO SCTV was the absolutely best ever TV sketch comedy show Honey Sanchez: it was i agree dex principalpoop: sctv was a little more plot organized, new sketches of ongoing stories, but yes great Rotonoto: Rick Moranes (sp?), maybe John Candy... llanwydd: I remember watching SCTV on cable in the early 70s. I liked python better Rotonoto: Maybe Akroyd? Dexter Fong: Absolutely amazing continuety and incredible economy, they never threw anything away, always found a use for it principalpoop: akroyd was snl cease: pythohn had more concentrated brilliance, sctv more american parody, and often not funny cease: but both wre capable of gerat heights llanwydd: I think I remember a skit called The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes Rotonoto: I'm glad at least a few good careers got launched from those two excellent platforms principalpoop: yes they did principalpoop: all three platforms cease: old mad magagine tv guise, firesign and finally sctv did about as good tv parodeis as tv parodies are gonna be done Dexter Fong: It would seem sketch comics are so versatile they have a problem moving on to sit coms and movies etc Rotonoto: for sure Akroyd was snl, but thought maybe I remembered him on one of those earlier ones cease: more a fireworks show than a rocket launch, roto Hemlock Stones: I used to enjoy the Mad magazine parodies they should have got onto TV principalpoop: right, don rickles was hilarious, but hard to find a sitcom that allowed him to be him cease: its a pity they never did, hem llanwydd: I used to spend my lunch money on Mad magazine when I was in middle school Dexter Fong: Well..Rickles was stand up, not sketch comic cease: i was in elementary school. mad was subversive Hemlock Stones: i think it made me what i am, whatever that is llan principalpoop: I feel old looking at the new mad magazine, many unfamilar references Bambi: Mad magazine was fun to read principalpoop: funny is funny, they made robin williams an alien so he could be him in a sitcom lol Rotonoto: Rickles: 'catch and return hand grenades' cease: one of paul krassner's many contributions Hemlock Stones: like Private Eye magazine in the UK maybe the best times are behind them Dexter Fong: PP: RIght, no more SPY vs SPY, now it's Homeland Security agent VS Homeland Security Agent Rotonoto: (catch and release) cease: theresd a proctro pirec called catch and release whaling cease: from the digital diner shows Rotonoto: there ya go: new olympic event, catch and release hand grenades principalpoop: lol cease: i should send them to bambi if bergman is cool with that Hemlock Stones: Mad mag seems sane compared with the real world now llanwydd: I think Mad magazine was the first entertainment form I ever had an obsession with. I used to buy them all, including the paperbacks Dexter Fong: Cat: Bergman is always cool, just send 'em =)) Bambi: cool! if he is would love that! Hemlock Stones: me too llan Rotonoto: cat- they would have thought of that, eh? LOL principalpoop: yes hemlock, reality is strange than fiction llanwydd: Stones, you're the English guy arent you? They had Mad in England? Rotonoto: reservations are more discrete than friction principalpoop: the paperbacks were just reprints, I had all the old issues already from my brother Dexter Fong: Well, dear friends....see you all next week Hemlock Stones: Remember the Mad book, Don Martin Drops Thirteen Stories, i laughed till i was in pain llanwydd: good night, dex cease: reality, fiction. both strange principalpoop: night fong, enjoy your company cease: off you dex Hemlock Stones: yes Mad was popular in the UK llan Honey Sanchez: g'nite dex have a good week Bambi: night Dex! Bambi: see ya next week Dexter Fong: Thanks Poop, I enjoyed yours =)) Hemlock Stones: have a good week Dexter Rotonoto: nite dex... Bambi: a Few Minutes with Firesign Theatre will be back next week :-) cease: yeah i gotta go see a dog about a man Dexter Fong: Thank Grid Bambi: actually Saturday night too cease: good to hear bam principalpoop: wait until you get the bill for the torpedo damage fong cease: we'd u-d without it Bambi: have a great night Cat cease: underdose llanwydd: nite cat cease: you too b, c, e, f, uh, d? ||||||||| Catherwood says "12:23 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs cease by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Hemlock Stones: i know a good lawyer PP well not good but certainly bent
Bambi smiles principalpoop: oops, my lawyer is in jail, again Honey Sanchez: mine too im glad he stopped sending me a bill Hemlock Stones: this 3D monopoly game is very convincing isnt it PP Bambi: hmmm, that doesn't sound good princep Boney: I'm out to lunch. Nite. principalpoop: nothing serious, just a misunderstanding, the owner of the goat is going to send a letter to the judge Bambi: night Boney Bambi: have a great week Hemlock Stones: g'night Boney llanwydd: nite boney Honey Sanchez: nite boney enjoy lunch :) llanwydd: sounds like a late lunch Rotonoto: nite... principalpoop: I will go too, all have a super week, night night Bambi: LOL princep Boney: I'm surprised no one has taken the name Dr Whiplash Honey Sanchez: nitey poop c ya next week Hemlock Stones: we had a Miss Whiplash in London a few years back Boney Bambi: night princep have a great one llanwydd: nite pp
Boney looks for that other guy who is also out to lunch. Hemlock Stones: ran a high class whore house Bambi: or maybe Professor Plum? ||||||||| Boney leaves at 12:26 AM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." Hemlock Stones: hey, this is where i come to lunch when i am out llanwydd: in the library with a candlestick? Bambi: LOL Bambi: not there again! LOL Hemlock Stones: llan is doing his Liberace impersonation, llanwydd: where again? I haven't a clue Bambi: me either ... no clue a'tol Hemlock Stones: nowadays i only use the baby grand for skateboarding llanwydd: no, I was refering to bambi's reference to an old board game llanwydd: or a bored game Hemlock Stones: mine was only an oblique reference Honey Sanchez: bored game thats right i remember it well Bambi: lol llanwydd: ah yes the oblique spheroids again ||||||||| It's 12:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dexter Fong - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Bambi: well, hate to do it but gotta get some sleep here ... so see ya all next week or saturday hopefully ... I don't know how you stay up so late Stones! Hemlock Stones: in my case its Hemspheroids, very itchy llanwydd: I knew fong wouldn't make it out alive Rotonoto: nite, me going too- gotta repair computer... Bambi: LOL llanwydd: good night bambi Honey Sanchez: niters, bambi Hemlock Stones: its called power napping i think, Bambi llanwydd: is it something I said Rotonoto: stand on yellow rubber line... llanwydd: everybody's leaving at once Hemlock Stones: sweet dreams Bambi, see you and clem next week Rotonoto: please keep your hands to yourself- thank you! Bambi: night llanwydd, Honey, Stones, princep, Roto ... Bambi: ah, power napping ... yes that helps alot! Rotonoto: adios amigos bozotos... llanwydd: nite bambi see you next week Hemlock Stones: TTFN Rotonoto: get your hands off me- I'm a newsman- I gotta find out- Reeeebusssss!! ||||||||| Around 12:32 AM, Rotonoto walks off into the sunset... Hemlock Stones: Pat Hat has fallen in the hole again i think llanwydd: we never needed the sun at the center of the earth anyway Hemlock Stones: do you think he can smell breakfast down there ? llanwydd: If he can he's not saying llanwydd: well, I'm not tired but I must take my sleeping pill as usual Hemlock Stones: well the clock says its half past something or other here too so i better call it a night till next week Hemlock Stones: Thanks all for the fun Hemlock Stones: ee you next week, same time same channel Honey Sanchez: same here i need to stir the crockpot llanwydd: nite stones! Honey Sanchez: it has been fun :) Hemlock Stones: have a Kewwwllllll !! week Hemlock Stones: i agree Honey Honey Sanchez: nytol llanwydd: hello, I must be going. I cannot stay, I came to say I must be going Hemlock Stones: i cannot say you must be going llan its up to you Honey Sanchez: Bambi Hemlock Stones llanwydd principalpoop goodnight llanwydd: good niggit Hemlock Stones: good night all ||||||||| It's 12:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| principalpoop - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Hemlock Stones: walks off towards Hackettstown Station ||||||||| It's 12:50 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bambi - dead from measles ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Honey Sanchez - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Hemlock Stones - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants: ah,clem
Bambi
Boney
Bubba's Brain
Bunnyboy
cease
Dexter Fong
El Diablo Yamamoto
Elayne
Firebroiled
Hemlock Stones
Honey Sanchez
klokwkdog
llanwydd
MayorTweenusNose
Merlyn
Mr. Motion
Mudhead
principalpoop
Rotonoto
