Weekly Firesign Chat Cheese Log

A Firesign Chat
03/08/2007

Archive

||||||||| 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 March 01, 2007 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule...
||||||||| Catherwood enters with Firebroiled close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:34 AM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the anteroom.
Firebroiled: FLASH [coughing] : I’m all right, Roger. Just a little argument with my co-pilot. And guess what, Rog? The little needle pointing to “E”--and, while that’s always stood for Excellent in my Book, I guess it means I’m out of gas. You’ll have to sing me in, my friends. My favorite. Hymn 15--17. ........ Aghh . . . [fading]
||||||||| Firebroiled leaves at 8:35 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..."
||||||||| Catherwood ushers Firebroiled inside, makes a note of the time (7:38 AM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something.
||||||||| drilona sashays in at 9:36 AM carrying an obsidian door knocker.
||||||||| Catherwood ushers Firebroiled into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mutters something about 5:48 PM, then departs.
||||||||| A time machine materializes at 7:51 PM and HideoGumpaTweenya sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece.
||||||||| Catherwood ushers Tweeny inside, makes a note of the time (7:52 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something.
||||||||| Tweeny sneaks in around 7:53 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident."
||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:01 PM and Tweeny sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece.
||||||||| "8:01 PM? 8:01 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Tweeny should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Tweeny enters and sits at the bar.
||||||||| Outside, the 8:56 PM downtown bus from Minnesota pulls away, leaving Merlyn coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
||||||||| ah,clem steals in around 9:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident."
||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!"
||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Merlyn', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:06 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room...
||||||||| cease sneaks in around 9:09 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident."
||||||||| Harry's Hat enters at 9:10 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and rushes off to the Haberdashery Barn.
||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 9:12 PM, dragging Tweenus by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?"
Harry's Hat: Where's last Week's logs ? Gone with the eclipse? Daddy you've lost the Lincoln logs. Look under the towel!
||||||||| EmperorTweenusII sneaks in around 9:14 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident."
||||||||| 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 gets out at 9:15 PM.
Harry's Hat: Last Thursday was March 1st archive lovers. Not the 22 of Febru, Harry.
||||||||| Catherwood accompanies boney into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mumbles something about 9:22 PM, then departs.
||||||||| Catherwood enters with Bubba's Brain close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 9:23 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the Aviary.
||||||||| Catherwood escorts EmperorTweenusIIHideoGumpaTweenya inside, makes a note of the time (9:24 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something.
||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:25 PM and Lodestone :-( bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece.
||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and intones "Announcing 'dweezle', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:26 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom...
Harry's Hat: The last week's records are all screwy. Where's March 1st? Huh
||||||||| Harry's Hat leaves to catch the 9:26 PM train to Funfun Town.
||||||||| Catherwood leads Lodestone Thanks You into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mutters something about 9:26 PM, then departs.
||||||||| Catherwood ushers IRC Anyone? in through the front door at 9:28 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
||||||||| 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 Senatus Res Publicus disembarks at 9:28 PM.
||||||||| catherwydd waltzes in at 9:32 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker.
||||||||| Catherwood leads IRC #firesign into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mutters something about 9:33 PM, then departs.
IRC #firesign: test
||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:33 PM and Principalpoop waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece.
cease: this is quizical
Senatus Res Publicus: Last week is not importantus. The emperor W. Fredonia is away. Google it! Caldonia Caldonia why is your big head so hard? ICE POSSIBLE!?
||||||||| Outside, the 9:36 PM bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving try CNI IRC coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
||||||||| Tweeny sneaks in around 9:38 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident."
||||||||| Catherwood says "9:40 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Senatus Res Publicus by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door
||||||||| Outside, the 9:42 PM uptown bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving Elayne coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
||||||||| EEElayne enters at 9:43 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Hat Pack Annex.
||||||||| Catherwood enters with HELP close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 9:43 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the vestibule.
||||||||| Catherwood escorts H Stones into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mumbles something about 9:43 PM, then departs.
||||||||| Catherwood escorts cant find cni irc in through the front door at 9:46 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| 11:28 PM: Merlyn jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!"
Merlyn: Hoo boy
Merlyn: working now
||||||||| Catherwood leads Principalpoop in through the front door at 11:29 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
Principalpoop: hello
Principalpoop: fantastic, you are the man M
Principalpoop: applause!!!!
Merlyn: thanks PP
Principalpoop: I am impressed, Applause!
||||||||| Catherwood leads Its true! Its true! in through the front door at 11:31 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
Its true! Its true!: yea
Principalpoop: hi its true
Merlyn: the fix is in
Principalpoop: how are you catherwood?
||||||||| Catherwood strides over to Principalpoop and queries "Someone mention my name?"
||||||||| "11:32 PM? 11:32 PM!!" says Catherwood, "cease should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as cease enters and sits at the bar.
Its true! Its true!: Please pass anyone a toasted almond, Catherwood.
||||||||| Catherwood ignores Its true! Its true!
Its true! Its true!: Good to have you back.
cease: aha
Principalpoop: it is nice to had
Principalpoop: what was the problem M? if you can say in english lol
Merlyn: variables weren't always being passed, so I had to copy them manually
Principalpoop: hi cat
Merlyn: before using $name, I had to do $name=$_GET["name"]
Principalpoop: ??? ahh ok, if you say so
Principalpoop: on the server side? a new version of php or something like that?
Principalpoop: i have no idea what I am saying, nevermind lol
Merlyn: a buggy new server
Principalpoop: ok, but working now, fine :D
Merlyn: not sure of the reason, but I found what the problem is
Principalpoop: thanks so much
Merlyn: but that kind of thing is supposed to happen automagically
cease: so we'll be ok to come here next thurs?
Principalpoop: is there a forum or newsgroup of experts where this sort of problem is discussed?
Merlyn: yes cat, though I hope it's fixed properly, I added some workaround code to find the real variables
Principalpoop: somebody else might find the same problem, and not have your ingenuity
cease: thankfully there is a backup now
Principalpoop: icechat is easy to use, i don't use 3 percent of what it can do lol
||||||||| At 11:38 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Its true! Its true!!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on...
cease: i had to install it but that didnt take long
cease: what surprises will await us here next week?
Principalpoop: i installed it years ago, probably should update
||||||||| At 11:39 PM, cease dashes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..."
Merlyn: also, the reaper is broken, my scripts can't read the logfile
Merlyn: see you next week, here or there
Principalpoop: good luck M
Merlyn: byeee
Principalpoop: have a super week and night again
||||||||| Merlyn leaves at 11:40 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..."
Principalpoop: i thought fong might show up
||||||||| At 11:40 PM, Principalpoop vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted!
||||||||| Principalpoop waltzes in at 11:41 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker.
Principalpoop: trying this with firefox
||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Bambi into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, grumbles something about 11:41 PM, then departs.
Principalpoop: hi bambi
Bambi: Yep...it's working ... great job Merlyn
Bambi: hi PrinceP :-)
Principalpoop: this is working with firefox for me now also
Bambi: great job Merlyn!
Principalpoop: he just left, said the log is not working :(
Principalpoop: but yes, working again :)
Bambi: good deal ... Firefox here too
Principalpoop: cat was in and out too
Bambi: and cuz we aren't streaming, I can have a 10 count on refresh too
Principalpoop: it used to click at every refresh, that was horrible, I had to use IE
Bambi: well, just wanted to check everything was working and it is :-)
Bambi: works great now
Principalpoop: maybe it was my version 8 java, i missed a few updates lol
Bambi: see ya all next week...same bat channel...
Principalpoop: yes, glad it is back
Principalpoop: like you, when we wait for you to get home, or wait for cni to get back online
Bambi: see ya PrinceP :-)
Principalpoop: our lives are missing important parts
Principalpoop: night night, I thought fong might show up
Principalpoop: have a super week
Principalpoop D
Bambi: ah, that's sweet :-) Always glad to get home to chat with you guys!
Principalpoop: oops ::D
Bambi: you too PrinceP :-)
Principalpoop: my smileys have no noses lol
||||||||| At 11:45 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Bambi!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on...
Principalpoop: I give up
||||||||| 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..
||||||||| 12:10 AM: Eegy Beevy jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!"
Eegy Beevy: If there was an American Idol for comedy would they remember to update last week's archive?
||||||||| Eegy Beevy leaves to catch the 12:10 AM train to New York.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| Catherwood leads Moron le Subject in through the front door at 1:01 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
Moron le Subject: Daylight Savings time begins March 11, t 2:00 am will you be rlose an hour? check here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17517796
Moron le Subject: Nighty Night....
||||||||| Catherwood says "1:02 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Moron le Subject by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door
||||||||| 1:04 AM: Karen P jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!"
||||||||| Outside, the 1:04 AM crosstown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Moron le Subject coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
Moron le Subject: Catherwood, lose me an hour.
||||||||| Catherwood loses Moron le Subject an hour.
Karen P: Hey
Moron le Subject: Hey Hey Hi dee ho
Karen P: Whats up in here?
Karen P: no one chatting?
||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Ray Porter in through the front door at 1:08 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
Karen P: K, I will surf on and find another room then.
Ray Porter: George W. Fredonia Bush is in Sud America and Newt Gingrich has admitted to having an affair.
Karen P: all men have had one one time or another
Ray Porter: And I got 18 hours of overtime delivering pizzas in a blizzard. Where is global waming when you need it?
Karen P: Thats funny Ray
Karen P: People don't care if you die as long as they get their pizza
Ray Porter: et to dig the ecliipse Saturday night? The midwest saw the final half almost. Then the moon returned
Karen P: ah yes, the romantic moon
Karen P: and all of the warewolves
Ray Porter: In their werehouses
Karen P: ha ha
Karen P: unaware the next mourning
Karen P: ooh, sounds like underware
Karen P: underware, underwire, unter taker
Karen P: under
Karen P: undertaker sounds like a college prankster in a girls dorm
Ray Porter: last week some guy paid for his pizzas with 16 new gold George Washington dollars. No one will take them off my hands. I'm sitting here with a small box with george and an Indian named Sacajawea. Oh well pass the indian please.
||||||||| SexySandy sashays in at 1:19 AM carrying an obsidian door knocker.
SexySandy: ooh, late nighters
SexySandy: Helo Karen, Ray Moron and Princapal
SexySandy: They have to take money no matter what
Ray Porter: I get no respect. Even in my own house. My dog keeps barking at the door. He don't want to go out, he wants me to leave.
Ray Porter: Got to go since Saturday night will be shorter than I am. Catherwood, call me a cab..
||||||||| Catherwood calls Ray Porter a cab.
||||||||| "Hey Ray Porter!" ... Ray Porter turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 1:24 AM, I don't have to go yet!"...
||||||||| 1:24 AM -- Moron le Subject left for parts unknown. (Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow").
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| 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:
Bambi
cease
Eegy Beevy
Firebroiled
Harry's Hat
IRC #firesign
Its true! Its true!
Karen P
Merlyn
Moron le Subject
Principalpoop
Ray Porter
Senatus Res Publicus
SexySandy

URL References:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17517796

Rogue's Gallery:

PP and Cat(cease)	Bunnyboy	kend^/Dr. Headphones
Merlyn and Tirebiter	DocTech	LiliLamont
FreqMan	Rotonoto	LeatherG & SO
Nin0	Tonk	Ah, Clem and Bambi
Compañero Señor Yämamoto	Dexter Fong	Elayne
Bubba's Brain	Bightrethighrehighre	Boney
llanwydd	Tween	Porgie
Bob D Caterino	This space intentionally left blank	klokwkdog 404 - Not Found, Not Forgotten
Peggy Blisswhips	Audrey Farber	Tiny Dr. Tim Rest In Peace, Dear Friend

And, "The Home Team"