||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:32 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for July 08, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween enters at 2:31 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Chapeau Manger. ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween leaves to catch the 2:35 PM train to Billville. ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Rufus_T_Firetween', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 2:36 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... ||||||||| 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 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. ||||||||| It's 4:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Rufus_T_Firetween in through the front door at 7:49 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'DJTweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 7:50 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – CHICAGO VII 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 strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'llanwydd', just granted probation at 8:47 PM", then leaves hurriedly. llanwydd: bon soir ce soir DJTweeny: Hey llan DJTweeny: Did you get hit by the hurricaine? llanwydd: grazed DJTweeny: grazed is good llanwydd: my cable went out for a few minutes this afternoon llanwydd: shortly after lightning struck nearby DJTweeny: If that's all, consider yourself lucky llanwydd: this album doesnt sound familiar Rufus_T_Firetween: Chicago 7 Rufus_T_Firetween: I don't know it myself ||||||||| Cease enters at 8:52 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Haberdashery Barn. DJTweeny: allo Cease, cooling down there? llanwydd: chicago used to do that rambling sort of improvisation a lot but those songs didnt hit the charts llanwydd: HI Cease Cease: yeah, i'm wearing a long sleeve shirt again. DJTweeny: sure Cease: last week it was so hot i was not just shirtless, i wished i could remove my skin DJTweeny: kewl Cease llanwydd: i rarely wear long sleeves DJTweeny: yipes Cease: you dont need to in florida Cease: north van is usually rather cool DJTweeny: air conditioning not a big thing in your part of the world ||||||||| Catherwood leads Beet inside, makes a note of the time (8:55 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. llanwydd: well sometimes but I lived in ticonderoga for 18 years Beet: Hello and good evening my Dear Friends. We have another glorious Thursday evening ahead. DJTweeny: Yo Beet Cease: and my basement is always cool Cease: hey beet Beet: Hi Dr Tween Cease: this is nice and jazzy llanwydd: sure as surely, beet Cease: cool music for a cool north van DJTweeny: Bride and Two Places tonight Beet: Greetings Dr Cease llanwydd: Cool! DJTweeny: (at Cat's suggestion) Beet: Hey Mr Llan Cease: we listened to various versions of Radio Now earlier and BDB last week so BRide was the natural completion of the trilogy Cease: Ossie does consider it a trilogy, eh? Beet: Ima big Chicago fan. llanwydd: most would consider that a trilogy I think Cease: I had a wonderful 4 days in Chicago in 08. Rufus_T_Firetween: They called it the Millinnium Trilogy llanwydd: I have been there llanwydd: used to have relatives in deerfiled but they moved Beet: Nice drumming Cease: Saw a Cub's game at Wrigley, saw lots of great art and architecture and ate as well as a person can eat llanwydd: deerfield Rufus_T_Firetween: Immortality/BDB/Bride Beet: That sounds like great fun, Cease. ||||||||| 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)' llanwydd: immortality was IIMM wasnt it? llanwydd: or however you spell it Cease:https://seemrealland.blogspot.com/search?q=Chicago Cease: it was one of the high lights of my life. llanwydd: Ive forgotten my roman numerals Beet: Chi town is such a great place. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, July 08, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Cease: I hadn't been there since 55 so it was wonderful Rufus_T_Firetween: This is from Doc's Dear Friends Too Beet: I just had a delicious sandwich. Rufus_T_Firetween: 'Watching TV' llanwydd: I saw a barbershop quartet playing in the street when I was in chicago. they were fantastic. never forgot them Cease: i went to the Field Museum which I vaguely recall visiiting in 55 and was able to talk to them about what was there then. Cease: made a vid of it, starring Firesign of course. llanwydd: not playing. singing, I meant Rufus_T_Firetween: Chicago these days is a good place to go if you want to get shot :( llanwydd: a vid.. I would love to see it Beet: me too llanwydd: has been since the days of capone Cease: Fuck. I can't find my own vids on youtube.I have to keep better e-files llanwydd: didnt know you had vids on youtube, cat Beet: Catherwood bring everyone a salt pancake. ||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone a salt pancake. llanwydd: just lay it on the body politic and put it on the side table Rufus_T_Firetween: this is somewhat different than the Valentine's Day Massacre, llan ;) llanwydd: I know, tween just saying. maybe karma? Rufus_T_Firetween: More than 180 people killed by gun violence on holiday weekend - https://news.yahoo.com/more-180-people-killed-gun-161800858.html Rufus_T_Firetween: bad truckma, man... ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'CptButton', just granted probation at 9:04 PM", then leaves hurriedly. llanwydd: I mean the aspect of karma in which the same things keep happening over and over to the same person Cease: almost as many as died of hear in vancouver DJTweeny: Hi CptButton Beet: Hey Cpt llanwydd: never heard about that, tween. thanks for the link. llanwydd: Hey Cappy! Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah I heard the death toll from the heat in BC was pretty serious CptButton: Hi JDT, Beet CptButton: hi ll ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's “THE BRIDE OF FIRESIGN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out BRIDE at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bof-rv' Beet: That's a good combo Cease: HI Cap llanwydd: that sounds almost freaky, tween. just because they werent prepared, I would have to guess CptButton: Hi Cease Rufus_T_Firetween: as Cat will tell you, lots of people up there don't have air conditioning Rufus_T_Firetween: Phoenix temps in BC don't happen Cease: we were as bad as Vegas. and without all the good food! llanwydd: kind of like the way north carolina is prepared for snow flurries. Good God Look out!!! Cease: and texas for your recent cold spelll Rufus_T_Firetween: The Jet Stream went way north and fried them, just like it went way south in Februrary in Texas and froze the place with arctic temps Rufus_T_Firetween: no fun for anybody Cease: we've returned to normal temps here now, but is another heat dome in the near future? Cease: no one predicted the last one so who can predict the next one? llanwydd: someday the earth is going to turn into another venus Beet: I'm hearing that nothing has changed with the way the grid is managed in Texas. Is that right Dr Tween? Cease:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/07/03/Historic-Western-Canada-Heat-Wave/ llanwydd: funny things happen above the artic circle I hear llanwydd: the sun goes down so late that vegetables grow to a humongous sie llanwydd: size Rufus_T_Firetween: I have a new web domain kurtericson.net, so all the links have changed Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Archives For The FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign Beet: Have we heard anything more about upcoming new releases from Firesign? Cease: my raspberrry crop is coming on nicely just as the donut peaches hit the market. Cease: one of my favourite things is fresh raspberries and donut peaches llanwydd: lol, cat llanwydd: donut peaches? Beet: Raspberries are wonderful. Cease: peas were majorly frieed by the dome of doom, but stilll edible, with a glass of ice water Rufus_T_Firetween: Beet: I'm hearing that nothing has changed with the way the grid is managed in Texas. Is that right Dr Tween? << They're working on it. The Gov just announced a new plan to upgrade. Still lots of generating plants offline Rufus_T_Firetween: Beet: Raspberries are wonderful << 'Please Go All The Way'? Cease: my friends took me to a good restaurant last month. i began with a great raspberry cocktail and ended with a great raspberry desert Rufus_T_Firetween: nice llanwydd: what spirit was the cocktail made with, cat? llanwydd: sounds delicious Rufus_T_Firetween: Beet:Beet: Have we heard anything more about upcoming new releases from Firesign? << I have not, but you can always check out the Download Store Beet: One of the best desserts I ever had in my life was prepared by this nice Dutch lady living in Canada. Cease: don't recall. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new FIRESIGN THEATRE DOWNLOAD STORE at >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases Beet: She made it with fresh raspberries from her garden. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN ALBUM!! ** - DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES >> https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl llanwydd: I heard somebody say Eyeball this. wonder if that has to to with eyeball hats llanwydd: havent heard this in years Cease:https://www.lecrocodilerestaurant.com/menu Cease: it was the house cocktail. it's not on the menu but i can ask them llanwydd: now that I think of it I must have heard it here in the meantime Cease: a 3 year old friend was over last week and i was able to introduce her to picking fresh raspberries and peas, which i did when i was her age in saskatchewan llanwydd: a friend of mine makes an unbelieveable watermelon cocktail llanwydd: I remember getting 60 cents a quart for strawberries. Rufus_T_Firetween: Very vool, Cease :) llanwydd: long, long ago Cease: i love watermelon with Malibu. the coconut and the watermelon are a wonderful hot weather antidote CptButton: Is that the missing shoe ringing? llanwydd: does sound good, cat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about THE BRIDE OF FIRESIGN at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bof-ln Rufus_T_Firetween: Their last album together, and what a swan song Cease:https://www.yelp.com/biz/le-crocodile-restaurant-vancouver Cease: I'm Cat I Cease: not my 3rd eye though llanwydd: afk for bonghit Beet: Crocodile looks like an amazing restaurant. Beet: Just went to an amazing place in Virginis Beach called Captain George's. Beet:https://www.yelp.com/biz/captain-georges-seafood-restaurant-virginia-beach Cease: it was a lot better when i went there 13 years ago, but i was paying then. CptButton: I thought his name was George Cease: what's a job to a dog? Rufus_T_Firetween: so many great refs to old characters on this album llanwydd: I noticed that,tween Rufus_T_Firetween: a great goodbye llanwydd: good to see porgie again Rufus_T_Firetween: "Of their many albums, this is Firesign's most self-referential work. A introductory rumination about some guy named Dick segues into a labyrinthine plot wherein many characters from past Firesign albums cross and double-cross paths, leading to a climactic encounter with the mysterious Dr. Firesign." Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about THE BRIDE OF FIRESIGN at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bof-ln Cease: relentlessly self referential Beet: So, Cease, you have actually been to Capt George's? ||||||||| 9:31 PM: Deputy Dang jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Beet: Hey, Deputy Deputy Dang: Sorry I'm late--what did I miss? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about THE BRIDE OF FIRESIGN at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bof-ln Rufus_T_Firetween: Two Places up next Cease: i used that piece in my collage about ferlenghetti last week Cease: hey tween, i mentioned the field museum vid on chat in the past. can one search the chat archives for that ref? Rufus_T_Firetween: There are chat logs, but as far as I know no general across-log search Cease: hi dang Rufus_T_Firetween: might mention that to Merl as a feature to add Cease: i dont know why i can't find it on youtube or in any of the computer fliles. it's as if it never existed, and i spent a lot of time making it last year Rufus_T_Firetween: each chat has a URL list of course Rufus_T_Firetween: but there's no general search engine Cease: designer genomes Cease: the usual proctor brilliance Rufus_T_Firetween: do email Merl, Cat, it would be a great feature to have Cease: will do Cease: WC Fileds Museum Forever ||||||||| 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 Not Ed gets out at 9:41 PM. DJTweeny: Hey Not Ed Not Ed: Pork? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about THE BRIDE OF FIRESIGN at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bof-ln ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Cease: HI Not Beet: Howdy Not Not Ed: Rufus_T, DJTweeny, llan, Cease, Beet, CptB, DDang hey! Deputy Dang: Howdy Pardners! Cease: ha ha ha ||||||||| 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: 2 sides Cease: reminds me of a Borges story about a coin with only one side llanwydd: Howdy Not Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN ALBUM!! ** - DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES >> https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl Not Ed: unctual lol Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Archives For The FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign Cease: doesnt this song sound like the Patty Duke Show theme song? Rufus_T_Firetween: new link for the archive ^^ Deputy Dang: mobius coin Not Ed: Cousins Just Cousins Rufus_T_Firetween: we are of an age ||||||||| buhBarney sashays in at 9:49 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. DJTweeny: Hi Barney Cease: Barn Not Ed: indeed rufus Not Ed: hey Barn Cease: yes we can Beet: Hey Barney ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Rufus_T_Firetween: What a great parody of PBS's Antiques Roadshow Beet: This album works better if I'm wearing my eyeball hat. Cease: just in time for my canadian sunset Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show. If you'd like to make a small contribution to help with the server fees, there's a PayPal link to donate here >> http://dishnuts.net Beet: Cool ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's “HOW CAN YOU BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE WHEN YOU'RE NOT ANYWHERE AT ALL” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out TWO PLACES at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=hcyb-rv' Cease: this is the album that made them famous, and commercially viablbe Cease: nick gave them a recurring audiience Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about TWO PLACES at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=hcyb-ln Cease: i have a connection to this. Cease: ralph was a competitor of my dad's ford dealership at the time of this album Rufus_T_Firetween: fiber or wi-fi? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: That's cool, Cease CptButton: /me waits for Steve Reeves. Cease: both my dad an i could enjoy this parody of his competitor llanwydd: this is my favorite fst album Beet: It's fun to remember the first hearing of Two Places. A magical and mysterious consciousness expansion. DJTweeny: The new Ford Mustang Mach-E EV car was just declared Car Of The Year by Motor Trend (they panned Tesla) llanwydd: I remember the first time I heard fst one of my high school english teachers played nick danger for the class on one of the last days of school ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Cease: first cars i ever drove were mustangs. wonderful cars Rufus_T_Firetween: nice Rufus_T_Firetween: a sports car for the masses Beet: great cars Not Ed: what can I say, I had Impalas llanwydd: I learned to drive on a vw beetle Not Ed: cool llan! Not Ed: nothing like a beetle with manual Cease: first car i ever bought was in 88. a used toyota. i was driving with my daughter a couple of miles from our house to see the movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids. The car suddenly caught on fire. Not Ed: omg! Cease: we got out and pushed it to a service station a few meterrs away but that was fucking scary Not Ed: that's nuts man Cease: it doesn't make me hate toyotas, per se Not Ed: lol right Beet: A toasted Toyota Not Ed: I drove a cute Tercel in the 80's - loved that car Rufus_T_Firetween: The car suddenly caught on fire. << Sure it wasn't a Tesla? Cease: love the fact bergman was fired from a very early radio show for saying, instead of put your hands on a toyota, and you'll never let go Cease: pete said, "put your hands up the skirt of a toyota, and you'll never let go" Cease: yes. tercel. that was it. Not Ed: hahaha Cease: almost incinerated my daughter and myself Rufus_T_Firetween: a fun Japanese car we had was the Mazda RX-2 rotary Cease: we have an Impreza now. pretty good car Rufus_T_Firetween: pretty fast for a little Corolla-looking car Cease: we drove it all the way down the coast right after we bought it. performed wonderfully Not Ed: nice Cease: and it came with satellite radio for a while so we were well entertained Rufus_T_Firetween: Japanese quality these days even surpasses Mercedes Not Ed: indeed Cease: have you driven down the coast to the bottom of cal, not? Rufus_T_Firetween: a little Honda CVCC can last over 200,000 miles ||||||||| 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!" Cease: not much a driver any more, but i'm glad i did it. Rufus_T_Firetween: You've done the Pacific Coast Highway, Cat? Rufus_T_Firetween: Route 1, right? Cease: i remember when there was only the pacific coast highway Beet: I'm driving an ancient 1997 Camry. Runs like a top. Cease: myh dad had 2 brothers in northern california. they are both characters in my play CAST which you star in. Cease: so i was in cal from the early 50s on Rufus_T_Firetween: California State Route 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_1 Rufus_T_Firetween: that's the one I'm thinking about ^^ Cease: my collage Death Takes a Holliday is about me being bitten by a rabid chinchillla in january, 1956 at my uncles's place in Lodi, Cal Beet: The most beautiful road I have ever driven. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/ Cease: he's the main guy in CAST, carpenter who helped rebuild SF after the 06 earthquake Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the New Live Concert Collection “FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD” at Firesign's new Download Store >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases Not Ed: Boing ||||||||| 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!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s play CAST at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#PLAYS Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Cease: there are lots of beautiful roads Not Ed: I needed this link http://www.seemreal.com/nealamid/index.htm thanks Rufus Rufus_T_Firetween: yw Not Ed: they're all wearing who's face? BILL!!! Cease: i think Nairobi is my favourite firesign line Not Ed: doesn't everyone? Not Ed: wink Not Ed: yeah that's a classic Cease: the discovery of Zinjanthropus inspired me to write my first musical in I think late 50s CptButton: Is Grid a oil reference? I recognize the others. Not Ed: Could be Cease:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OH_5 Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a fabulous lid ||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone a fabulous lid. Cease: thanks, catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood answers "You're very welcome!" Cease: is there such a thing as yucatan blue? Not Ed: I always hoped so.... Beet: Smoke all night Rufus_T_Firetween: Catherwood, split it with the sound effects man ||||||||| Catherwood strides alongside Rufus_T_Firetween and mumbles "Someone mention my name?" Cease: i think i read Ulysses the same year this album came out Not Ed: this always reminded me of acid...LSD Not Ed: great ending Deputy Dang: Agreed Rufus_T_Firetween: that goes with the dog in Bride CptButton: 13 steps, like on a gallows? Rufus_T_Firetween: hah, could be Cease: For those interested in such things, I musrt reccommend Lemon Berry Cease: the tastiest i've tasted in a long long time ||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| buhBarney - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: buh bye Cease: cpt, you know the mild davis score to that french flick? Rufus_T_Firetween: "Did the gallows really have a stairway with 13 steps? No. Several newspaper accounts describing the 1886 gallows specifically state that the stairway had 12 steps." Rufus_T_Firetween:https://www.nps.gov/fosm/learn/historyculture/gallowsfaqs.htm Cease: stairway to heaven? Cease: slipped the ring into my nose Deputy Dang:https://lemonberrydancewear.com/ Rufus_T_Firetween: 13 Steps to the Gallows - https://findery.com/MadameSpooky/notes/13-steps-to-the-gallows Rufus_T_Firetween: "If you look closely at old photos of public hangings, you will often count 13 steps to the gallows. This allows for a good average drop distance and a cleanly broken neck as well as ease of body removal, which hangs close to the ground." Cease: African stereotype from the, what, 40s? probably much earlier Rufus_T_Firetween: looks like it might be a reference after all Cease: i grew up in the san fernandino valley. my high school was on sepulveda llanwydd: got to be going, folks. see you next week ||||||||| At 10:33 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, llanwydd!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... Cease: the pronuncations are hiilaroius for those of us from there Deputy Dang: Have a good time! See you around. Rufus_T_Firetween: later gator Cease: b y llan Beet: See ya Llan Not Ed: llater llan Cease: Colllage about democracy next week Not Ed: nice Cease: workikng title is Imprerriled Democracy ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Beet: Looking forward to it, Cease. Cease: well, put a lot of work into the collages Cease: great education for me Cease: iyt' Cease: it's like being a teacher, a student and a dj all at the same time Cease: paradise Deputy Dang: should hit him over the head with a bag of sugar! Cease: lol Cease: thius explaimns how you can be in 2 places at once Rufus_T_Firetween: 'the japanese imperial navy and our forces' Rufus_T_Firetween: about right, from some people's take on what happened ||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! ** Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast :) Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign' Cease: my uncle's imperial russian navy fought the imperial japanese navy and that's what led him to jump ship in san francisco Rufus_T_Firetween: wow Beet: This was a lot of fun as usual. Thanks to all of you. Looking forward to next week's collage, Dr Cease. Thanks to the ever-reliable Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Cease: thanks again, tween CptButton: Thanks! Rufus_T_Firetween: Imagine a time when a Russian warship could berth in SF Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Deputy Dang: Thanks for the fun! Good night all! Until next week, I wish you all the best. Cease: delivering russina wheat to starving americans ||||||||| Around 10:56 PM, Deputy Dang walks off into the sunset... DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Cease hurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Cease?! It's 10:58 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Beet - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| CptButton - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:00 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... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:31 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
Cease
CptButton
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
