||||||||| 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 January 09, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 7:03 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with DJTweeny close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:28 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the sitting room. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected) 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and announces "Presenting 'WhoDat?', just granted probation at 8:39 PM", then leaves hurriedly. DJTweeny: lo dere WhoDat DJTweeny: Music in a couple of minutes ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (The Iron Butterfly) Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Catherwood ushers lowlandr inside, makes a note of the time (8:46 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. lowlandr: Howdy seekers! I just wanted to stop by every few years and shake the cornstartch off of my mucklucks. Hope yall are all having a dandy future :) DJTweeny: Hilow lowlander DJTweeny: The Future Is Here. The Future Is Fun... lowlandr: And smells like breakfast! ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'C', just granted probation at 8:48 PM", then leaves hurriedly. DJTweeny: allo C lowlandr: IC what you did there DJTweeny: This sounds more like Blood Sweat & Tears than Iron Butterfly ||||||||| Catherwood enters and asks "Is there anythynge you want? By that I mean Anythynge You Want To, Shakespeare's Lost paperback Comedie in pre-electronic book form!" lowlandr: howdy C C: hi low lowlandr: main(*argv) DJTweeny: I C code C: hows it going, low lowlandr: weirdly cool these daze C: good for yoiu lowlandr: I think I got involuntarily retired a week or so ago DJTweeny: "Retirement, what a sweet word." C:http://seemreal.com/nealamid/index.htm lowlandr: But the missus has been planning for a rainy day so I have a new motto lowlandr: no hair don't care C: i just listented to this we shoul play this on chat some day, soon,tween DJTweeny: haha DJTweeny: Sure Cat C: are youi ok, low ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." DJTweeny: maybe after the Quadrilogy C: yeah ||||||||| It's 8:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| WhoDat? - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... C: gonna start recording voices on sat DJTweeny: kewl C: hi who C: you, ll;an etc shold do voices for this, eh DJTweeny: no problem, would be fun C: it willl be great fun C: maybe help selll some firesign stuff ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Beet', just granted probation at 8:57 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Beet: Hello Chatters. Happy New Decade! DJTweeny: that'd be cool DJTweeny: yo Beet lowlandr: Hey you guys, thanks for being here :) gotta run C: the beet man DJTweeny: Happy New Decade Beet: Hey Dr Tween C: by low ||||||||| "8:58 PM? 8:58 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Merlyn should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Merlyn enters and sits in the comfy chair. Beet: Hi Dr C C: come again DJTweeny: see you next time... DJTweeny: Hi Merlyn Beet: Evening Merlyn ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, January 09, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' Beet: The decades may change but there is a Firesign continuity. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre’s “WAITING FOR THE ELECTRICIAN OR SOMEONE LIKE HIM” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out ELECTRICIAN at firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=wfte-rv' ||||||||| Catherwood leads Cease into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mutters something about 9:03 PM, then departs. Cease: why am i in 2 places at omce" Beet: Dr Cease meet Dr C DJTweeny: I C Cease Cease: it wou;d be dificult to overestimate my intoxication now Beet: I am imagining what it would be like to see a nice CGI animation of these masterpieces. Cease: hey mer;. you wanaa be in my new thing? collage based on ossman riff Merlyn: Sure cat Cease: uh, no beet. use your ears Beet: I do. Cease: did do send you script? email me Cease: beet i want you too Cease: i need about 50 voices Beet: Just let me know details. Cease: one of which will be my daughters, and she's been deads for 22 years Cease: beet et all, do just sent me the script. i'm conceptualizing it now. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers llandfyll inside, makes a note of the time (9:09 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. llandfyll: evening folks Cease: got any paote? Cease: hey llany lad DJTweeny: Hi llan Cease: pmce again, i have need of our great voice Beet: Hi Llannd Cease: llanwas in my last play, CAST llandfyll: this is the album I heard after 2 Places Cease: posrt the link if you can, tween llandfyll: that was great fun, cat DJTweeny: for Cast, sure just a sec Cease: fun can stilll be had, llan llandfyll: COOl Cease: i'm going into production mode on sat. ossman;s notes on radio now llandfyll: I mean COOL!!! llandfyll: sounds interesting, cat Cease: it's kinda fuckin antarctica kinda cool Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s play CAST at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#PLAYS ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Not Ed', just granted probation at 9:14 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Not Ed: Pork? DJTweeny: Hi Not llandfyll: howdy Not Beet: Hey Not Cease: do just asked me and tween to promte him in memory of old firesign projects so i[m riffing here; Cease: notty man llandfyll: sounds like quite an honor to me, cat llandfyll: well, to you Cease: ok folks, if you can record yourselves, lets do this llandfyll: I have recording capability on my pc Cease: you were wonderful on Cease: CAST Not Ed: Hey everyone! Cease: i've done a LOT of collages in the past 5 years and wanted to re-orient my self into ore of visual tihing now. Not Ed:Tween you da man Cease:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zFfC24DuakAbRIRpbPnxQ?view_as=subscriber llandfyll: thanks, cat llandfyll: shes an oldie llandfyll: phone her in Not Ed: excellent cat Beet: I'm pretty sure I can manage recording. Cease: But Ossman's thing so invites my collsage ideas llandfyll: I first heard this in 1976 llandfyll: true, cat Cease: ive been a fan asl long as there was a friesign theatre llandfyll: you lucky dog Cease: 67 llandfyll: did you ever see them at the ash grove, cat? Cease: ya, lllan; i was lucky to be in la then Cease: yes llan llandfyll: fantastic llandfyll: I am lucky to have seen them at Town Hall in NYC llandfyll: april 2 1981 Cease: its in at least one of my collages. try Carleton Cease: new years eve, 1968-9 Cease: the origin of Dwarf llandfyll: a new years eve show! fantastic Cease: i was a dj in ottawa then and shared a joint with them before they went on stshe llandfyll: did they drop the doll? Cease: stage llandfyll: you lucky dog ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Beet: Can't imagine anything cooler than getting high with FST llandfyll: I met the two phils. missed the others ||||||||| Captain Equinox flies in through the transom, landing on the bearskin rug. "Attention, solstice squad! After working a 12-hour day, I like to kick back and swill some juice out of a genuine Firesign coffee mug or Bear Whiz Beer stein!" Cease: compared to previous musicians they kiinda suciked] Cease: 50 years ago llandfyll: this is an excellent vignette Cease: getting stoned with the firesgns is redundant. Cease: they are a stoned state in themselves llandfyll: for sure llandfyll: I am still tripping Cease: hows it giong, not ||||||||| "9:29 PM? 9:29 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Elayne should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Elayne enters and sits in front of the fireplace. Elayne: Evenin' all! Cease: hey it;s elayne Merlyn: hey E Cease: i am filled with happiness to see you here elayen Elayne: Thanks Cat! Elayne: Has DocTech or Lili shown up yet? llandfyll: Howdy Elayne Elayne: Hey llan! ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" DJTweeny: Hey Elayne Cease: did they tell you they'd be here? DJTweeny: Not yet Elayne Elayne: Hi Tween! Beet: Hi Elayne Elayne: Thanks Tween. Due to circumstances they'll be dropping out of their Thursday pool league, so that should give them time to visit the chat more often. Elayne: We saw them over the holiday break, treated them to the Bronx Zoo's Holiday Lights show. Cease: Elayne is the foundrer of this chat Cease: wonderful pix, el Elayne: The foundry indeed. Elayne: DocTech got much better pictures, Cat, but I don't know if he's posted any yet. Elayne: He got great video of the ice sculptors. Cease: Great things can be done with ice Cease: Vistied the Sapporo ice carving festivsl long ago I was stunned Not Ed: Sorry, distractionz Not Ed: Cheers Elayne Elayne: Hey NotEd!
Not Ed bows Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a super shot of third red eye ||||||||| Catherwood hands everyone a super shot of third red eye. Cease: How is Robin? llandfyll: ever had the plague? Not Ed: lol llandfyll: I was out of school for a week with the plague Elayne: Robin's fine. He's watching goodness-knows-what in the other room. Probably TCM. llandfyll: I'm joking Not Ed: whew
Elayne whispers "he has the plague.... the plague..." Not Ed: lol right Not Ed: fascinating conclusion still Cease: does he like fireogma' Cease: Firesign ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:43 PM and Mutt sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. DJTweeny: Hi Mutt Mutt: Where am I? Cease: hi mutt ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Elrod into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mutters something about 9:44 PM, then departs. llandfyll: great! Beet: Hey, Mutt Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net llandfyll: welcome, Elrod Cease: elrod DJTweeny: Hi Elrod Cease: are you visiiting from Middle Cease: Earth ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “THAT FIRESIGN FLAVOUR (Part 1)” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/' DJTweeny: Middle Earth? Cease: this is me Not Ed: Yeah ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesigns XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Beet: First of the year Mutt: The second best room in The Pink Hotel Beet: Welcome Elrod Not Ed: Mutt & Elrod Yo Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “THAT FIRESIGN FLAVOUR (Part 1)” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#flavour Cease: i think thid impotant Rufus_T_Firetween: ** The Dorito Effect >> https://www.markschatzker.com/doritoeffect-home-page/ ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and announces "Announcing 'Renny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:48 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... Rufus_T_Firetween: ** The Nature of Things >> https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/food-for-thought Cease: you still here, low DJTweeny: Hi Renny Cease: hi renny Not Ed: Rrenny Not Ed: rrrRRrrr Not Ed: this is so weird lol Beet: Hello Renny llandfyll: Welcome, Renny llandfyll: have you been with us before, Renny? ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "9:55 PM and late as usual, it's Cat, just back from Elmertown." Beet: Dr Cat, meet Drs Cease and C Cat: I only vaguelly exist ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." DJTweeny: lol ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cat: but iove doing these colle DJTweeny: surrealist exetentialism Cat: bummr llandfyll: cool Cat: almsost no one here llandfyll: yumami? llandfyll: yours and my mommy? llandfyll: dorito del gado Cat:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami Beet: My snack food ecperience changed forever. llandfyll: thanks, cat llandfyll: done este doriito? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “THAT FIRESIGN FLAVOUR (Part 1)” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#flavour Cat: i am from prr TV er Rufus_T_Firetween: ** The Dorito Effect >> https://www.markschatzker.com/doritoeffect-home-page/ Cat: thstd why i do radio llandfyll: sumtin like dat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** The Nature of Things >> https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/food-for-thought llandfyll: acid potatoes must be like acid rain Cat: have you taken acid, llan llandfyll: Dorita della Clappe llandfyll: yes I have cat llandfyll: maybe 10 15 times in my life llandfyll: how many times for you, cat? Cat: 5 llandfyll: very interesting! Cat: all good llandfyll: if all good, why only 5? llandfyll: you were in the middle of it back in the day llandfyll: I missed the 60s in a sense ||||||||| Captain Equinox flies in through the transom, landing on the bearskin rug. "Attention, solstice squad! After working a 12-hour day, I like to kick back and swill some juice out of a genuine Firesign coffee mug or Bear Whiz Beer stein!" Cat: dont know, lllsn justr doesnt interet me llandfyll: cool ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." Mutt: I relive the 60's while driving around listening to The Real Don Steele. Cat: i was with my girl friend when bat things happened to her on acid Cat: bad Mutt: I actually listened to his show from 1/8/70 yesterday. 50th anniversary! Cat: good for you mutt Not Ed: neato Mutt: But the truth is, the scene was already going downhill by mid-69. But airchecks from 66, 67 and 68 are sublime. ||||||||| Babe Boomer says Were Live On PBS! in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesigns Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cat: do you have access to tapes of that erwa/ Mutt: I was hip to those airchecks many years before Taratino copped them for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood DJTweeny: Cat: i was with my girl friend when bat things happened to her on acid << She started seeing bats? Well in Austin, they would be real ;) - http://www.batsinaustin.com/ Mutt: You can find those airchecks at reelradio.com. The first month is free and they don't require a credit card to register. Not Ed: Maybe Taylor would B interested Cat: this is from a great show Beet: Give me one of those tailor mades ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Cat: educatin canadisnd for decades Mutt: If you grew up in L.A., driving around listening to vintage KHJ is the closest thing to a Time Machine you'll find in this lifetime. Cat: i was on he radio in la in mid 60s llandfyll: you have to have your tomato with miracle whip on white toast with s&p Mutt: Really? What station? Cat: red objec6e Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." llandfyll: I have just described the best tasting sandwich of our time llandfyll: I bought a vine-ripened tomato just a couple of hours ago and I was about to eat it on a sandwich Not Ed: Pork? ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from the DOMM Let's Eat broadcast collection, “NEW YEARS IN MIXVILLE” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ' llandfyll: fantastic Not Ed: Excellent Cat - we get it lol ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" Cat: llan, tomstod are always grest llandfyll: for sure, cat Beet: That was a cool collage Cat: i hope you enjoyed new colllage Not Ed: fun & think provoking Cat: beet, that's the ides, eh? ||||||||| Babe Boomer says Were Live On PBS! in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesigns Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Not Ed: groovy firehedz I have to head out - great to see you all! happy new year! 2020 is going to be "amazing"!!
Not Ed waves Not Ed: Thanks Tweeny & co! Cat: yes it will, not Beet: Good to see you, Not Cat: let's all get together and dp this Mutt: bye all Beet: Bye Mutt Cat: by mutt llandfyll: lol ||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! ** Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast :) Be sure to join me (Kurt in Austin) for my live RADIO FREE ROADKILL show from 6-9pm EST every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign' Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: Enjoyed this first of 2020. Nice to see everyone. VERY interesting collage, Dr Cat. Thanks to our mentor Dr Tween. G'Nite all. llandfyll: yeah thanks tween and cat llandfyll: as always DJTweeny: Two Places next week llandfyll: Great DJTweeny: love the nick btw :) llandfyll: my fav fst album DJTweeny: Until last time, again... llandfyll: nite folks ||||||||| llandfyll rushes off, saying "10:59 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Cat - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Merlyn says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Merlyn exits at 11:12 PM. ||||||||| It's 11:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| C - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Renny - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| lowlandr - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| It's 12:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elrod - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Mutt - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elayne - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Cease - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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:
Beet
C
Cat
Cease
DJTweeny
Elayne
llandfyll
lowlandr
Merlyn
Mutt
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween