Subject: ackanomic Digest V4 #156
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:00 EDT

ackanomic Digest	Monday, June 14 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 156

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Treasure 259
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:51:56 -0400 (EDT)

At 11:09 PM 6/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>
>>      #3
>>      -She'll live.
>>      -Thank god!
>>      -I can tell you now, I thought she wouldn't.
>>      -Nonsense!  The child's...
>> 
>>      -I have written them only that a suitable governess has been found
>> here in Boston and will come...
>> 
>>      -It hurts, Annie, it hurts.
>>      -Jimmy.
>
>Little Women
>
>**two-star
> 

Nope.

      #3
      -She'll live.
      -Thank god!
      -I can tell you now, I thought she wouldn't.
      -Nonsense!  The child's a Keller.  She has the constitution of a
goat.  She'll outlive us all.
 
      -I have written them only that a suitable governess has been found
 here in Boston and will come...
 
      -It hurts, Annie, it hurts.
      -Jimmy.

-- Ai! Pedrito!
DeeJay * Harfmeister * Wrangler

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From: David Scheidt <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Treasure 259
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:56:24 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>  
>       -It hurts, Annie, it hurts.
>       -Jimmy.

The Mircle worker.

rufus
> 
> 
> 

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From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Treasure 259
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 01:01:26 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>       #3
>       -She'll live.
>       -Thank god!
>       -I can tell you now, I thought she wouldn't.
>       -Nonsense!  The child's a Keller.  She has the constitution of a
> goat.  She'll outlive us all.
>  
>       -I have written them only that a suitable governess has been found
>  here in Boston and will come...
>  
>       -It hurts, Annie, it hurts.
>       -Jimmy.

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

--Dragon Mage

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From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Treasure 259
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 01:01:51 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, David Scheidt wrote:

> The Mircle worker.
> 
> rufus

Dang you huberted me!!!

--Dragon Mage

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Treasure 259
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 01:12:28 -0400 (EDT)

At 12:56 AM 6/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>>  
>>       -It hurts, Annie, it hurts.
>>       -Jimmy.
>
>
>The Mircle worker.
>
>rufus
>> 

I will take this as an unambiguous reference to The Miracle Worker, which
is correct.  The past/present drama critic list is now:

rufus (Miracle Worker)
/dev/joe (Equus)
Alfvaen (Camelot)
JT (She Stoops to Conquer)

The new Quote 3 is as follows:

     -did they... uh... know each other?
     -the two guys?
     -yeah.
     -no.  i mean, not that i know of.  why?
     -just wondering
     -what?
     -nothing.
     -...people don't just wonder nothing...
     -no, no, i was just wondering... you know, was it a pattern?  That's all
     -No!
     -I mean, don't get upset, you asked me.
     -I was trying to tell you something else entirely.
     -I'm aware absolutely of what you were trying to tell me.  And I heard
it.  But am I supposed to just censor out all my perceptions, just filter
out everything that doesn't support your intention?  I made an association.
 And it was not an unreasonable association.
     -It was totally off-the-wall, and hostile.
     -Hostile!?
     -And you know it.

-- Ai! Pedrito!
DeeJay * Harfmeister * Wrangler

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From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Treasure 259
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 01:51:06 -0400 (EDT)

>      #1 
> 
> 	-Well, I'm not giving up, Algy, or my name's not Captain...
> 	...
> 	-It's all right, Rosemary.  You see, there was one thing Von Brunno hadn't
> counted on-that you would be wearing your fur wrap.  As you entered, the
> static electricity in it temporarily neutralized the force field...
> 	...
> 	-Knowing my body well, as I do, I know exactly when to administer the
> antidote. In precisely three qwertioup scoobie doozle tut
> 	...

I believe this might be from a play called 'Bullshot Crummond'

--Dragon Mage

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Treasure 259
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 01:55:34 -0400 (EDT)

At 01:51 AM 6/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>      #1 
>> 
>> 	-Well, I'm not giving up, Algy, or my name's not Captain...
>> 	...
>> 	-It's all right, Rosemary.  You see, there was one thing Von Brunno hadn't
>> counted on-that you would be wearing your fur wrap.  As you entered, the
>> static electricity in it temporarily neutralized the force field...
>> 	...
>> 	-Knowing my body well, as I do, I know exactly when to administer the
>> antidote. In precisely three qwertioup scoobie doozle tut
>> 	...
>
>
>I believe this might be from a play called 'Bullshot Crummond'
>

JT is now Drama Critic.  The new Quote #1 is:

   -Really good.
   -I'm glad you liked it.
   -I mean, you did a good job.  You really fixed it.
   -Uh-huh
   -It's the most life you've shown in a long time
   -Well, you bring out the best in me, baby.
   -Yeah?  Pigmy hunting!

-- Ai! Pedrito!
DeeJay * Harfmeister * Wrangler

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From: Towsner <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Returning
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 09:43:41 -0400 (EDT)

	I happened to check the list of current proposals, and, to my
immense surprise, there were some.  Since I have far, far too much time on
my hands anyway, I thought I'd see what's going on.  Anyway, I hereby
return to Ackanomic.

--
-Henry Towsner

	<[email-masked]>

	Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and
enjoy it.
		-Logan Pearsall Smith

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From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Returning
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:20:25 -0400 (EDT)

Towsner wrote:

>         I happened to check the list of current proposals, and, to my
> immense surprise, there were some.  Since I have far, far too much time on
> my hands anyway, I thought I'd see what's going on.  Anyway, I hereby
> return to Ackanomic.

WB :-)

If we get a few more payers with a presence on the q we'll almost be back to
'normal' - presuming someone pluus off a big scam soon :-)

K 2

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Otzma Card (Attn Slakko)
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:56:13 -0400 (EDT)

I convert 20 points into a random otzma card.

Slakko: just in case you didnt realize, you are Acting Speaker.

-- Ai! Pedrito!
DeeJay * Wrangler

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From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Runemaker 
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:04:58 -0400 (EDT)

Just in case I'm still RuneMaker, I believe that I might be,
I resign from the office of RuneMaker.

--Dragon Mage

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: ACka: RBBT
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:57:44 -0400 (EDT)

I am pointing the Really Big Blue Thing at Euphrates
I am pressing the button marked Energize
I am supplying the anagram 'Pure Haste'

-- Ai! Pedrito!
DeeJay * Wrangler

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CSR
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:27:59 -0400 (EDT)

The Literature List is pitifully empty.

I author a CSR (162, i believe)

{{Add the following to the Literature List:

Artist: Douglas Adams ; Novelist
Artist: David Bowie ; British Songwriter
Artist: William Shakespeare ; Playwright
Artist: Kurt Vonnegut ; Novelist
Work: The Tick ; Humorous Television Series

}}
-- Ai! Pedrito!
DeeJay * Wrangler

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Subject: Re: Acka: CSR
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:51:47 -0400 (EDT)

Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
> 
> The Literature List is pitifully empty.
> 
> I author a CSR (162, i believe)
> 
> {{Add the following to the Literature List:
> 
> Artist: Douglas Adams ; Novelist
> Artist: David Bowie ; British Songwriter
> Artist: William Shakespeare ; Playwright
> Artist: Kurt Vonnegut ; Novelist
> Work: The Tick ; Humorous Television Series
> 
> }}

I object to this CSR, because it reflects exactly the reason the Lit List
was so out-of-control before -- including artists' entire work, when only
one or two works need be listed.  The lit list that got slashed had so
many artists on it that I doubt anybody could even *find* all of it, much
less *read* all of it, or worse yet, find a quotation in it (of something
you don't already specifically know).

/dev/joe

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From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: CSR
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:53:32 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Joseph DeVincentis wrote:
> > I author a CSR (162, i believe)
> > 
> > {{Add the following to the Literature List:
> > 
> > Artist: Douglas Adams ; Novelist
> > Artist: David Bowie ; British Songwriter
> > Artist: William Shakespeare ; Playwright
> > Artist: Kurt Vonnegut ; Novelist
> > Work: The Tick ; Humorous Television Series
> > 
> > }}
> 
> I object to this CSR, because it reflects exactly the reason the Lit List
> was so out-of-control before -- including artists' entire work, when only
> one or two works need be listed.  The lit list that got slashed had so
> many artists on it that I doubt anybody could even *find* all of it, much
> less *read* all of it, or worse yet, find a quotation in it (of something
> you don't already specifically know).

I object to this CSR because I don't consider 'The Tick' to be worthy of
inclusion.  Different reason, same effect.

--Dragon Mage

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Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 4202
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:10:52 -0400 (EDT)

#retract 4202
#end

[email-masked] wrote:
> 
> Proposal 4202
> Can you say "grab for power"?
> Laa Laa
> Due: Mon Jun 21 14:04:16 1999
> Sphere: Wombles of Wibbledon

This proposal's text is identical to that of the previous one and
thus the proposal is removed from consideration automatically.

/dev/joe
Promoter

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Runemaker (Attn Slakko)
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:09:24 -0400 (EDT)

I call for an election to fill the office of RuneMaker.

It is a political office, so Acting Count Tabula Slakko, do your thing.

-- Ai! Pedrito!
DeeJay * Wrangler

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