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    Re: Question about 7101 —Larry Pieniazek
    (...) Nope. Decision was just taken to keep it as a major, not minor, planet. (...) Larry Pieniazek (URL) Know your Customer is wounded, thanks to you, but not dead... See (URL) for details For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Chris Moseley
     Larry Pieniazek wrote (...) That's "Major Planet" to you sonny? Moz (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —John Neal
      (...) "Major Planet, SIR!" (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Michael Ulring
   (...) When was the decision made(1)? The word just is a vague term, was it this week, last week or sometime in May? I had not heard a final word either way, not that I've been keeping close tabs on the matter. I wonder if Disney had anything to do (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Not sure, misremembering something I read (in Wired???). (...) You're not a consultant. We take decisions all the time, or failing that, calendarize a status meeting to discuss why the exeutive didn't take one yet and identify an alignment (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Matthew D. Schie
     I have a copy of Astronomy around here somewhere... (...) -- "Ceterum, censeo Cathaginem esse delendam." --- Cato the Elder --- www.tir.com/~mschie (25 years ago, 13-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Jasper Janssen
   (...) Now there's a grand source. Jasper (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Larry Pieniazek
    (...) Hey hey now... It's a fun rag. Think of it as "People" for the digerati. And just because it's trashy doesn't mean it isn't right a fair bit of the time. I like Wired, I like Fast Company, I like Worth, I like National Geographic, I like (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Jasper Janssen
   On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 12:29:10 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote: <about WiReD> (...) I don't much like "People" either. But hey, whatever floats your boat. It just may not be a great idea to cite it as an authorative source on anything ;) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Larry Pieniazek
   Agree to disagree, please. I think it's been right enough that I'm comfortable citing it. And as you know, I rarely make misteaks. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Jeff Stembel
   (...) Customer: "So, what kind of steak do you have?" Waiter: "We have Flank Steak, Sirloin Steak, Strip Steak, and Misteak." Customer: "Well, let's just say the Chef mistook one of the customers for a cow." :) Jeff P.S. I'll take my misteak rare, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Jeremy H. Sproat
     (...) Well done, Jeff. Definitely not lame. Is there any way you can beef it up? Or perhaps it would be best to not milk it to death. Let's not beat a dead horse... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Michael Huffman
      (...) I think I came unglued at that remark... that's what you do with beaten dead horses, right? ...or was that ravioli? --Mike. (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Jeff Stembel
     (...) You're such a ham! Don't get me wrong, I don't have a cow with you, but those puns were rather cheesy. I'd steak my next meal on it. From the Udderly Confused Sir Loin of Steak, er, Jeff :) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Jeff Stembel
     (...) I screwed up slightly here. The passage should read: Customer: "So, what kind of steak do you have?" Waiter: "We have Flank Steak, Sirloin Steak, Strip Steak, and Misteak." Customer: "What is Misteak?" Waiter: "Well, let's just say the Chef (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Tom McDonald
     (...) Couldn't it also be said "type faster than you think"? :) "I'll have the Skirt Steak." That way I can skirt the misteak entirely ;) -Tom McD. when replying, note that in low-pressure environments spamcake has an extremely elastic quality. (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Jeremy H. Sproat
     (...) Hemmm... Sounds like you'd just re-dress the issue. But it's okay if you have it all covered. Just don't let it slip. That would really sock. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Tom McDonald
      (...) With an off-the-cuff remark like that, you're a shoe-in for lugnet.potd. Have you been belting out puns for a long time or are you an early bloomer? (...) Just sleeve me alone. Next thing you know, you'll be branding me a name- collar. -Tom (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Jeff Stembel
      (...) That's snot funny! (...) I'll probably regret this, but what the heck is a mu-mu?? Jeff (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
     
          Re: Question about 7101 —Tom McDonald
      (...) You won't regret knowing about one, but probably about seeing one :) If my spelling is correct (and I was almost (but not quite) loathe to spell it "moo- moo") a mu-mu or mumu is a rather single dress-length piece of brightly colored womens's (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Jeremy H. Sproat
       <FE3ArA.MHz@lugnet.com> <FE3Hy7.8zG@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) *ahem* muu-muu or mu'u mu'u :-, (...) Yes, yes, yes. Well, thank you Tom. There are some who say that a pattern for the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
     
          Re: Question about 7101 —Tom McDonald
      (...) "moo- (...) Encyclopedia Sproaticus comes through again. (Those double-u'ed words really get me. The only ones I really have to remember are vacuum and continuum.) I've never worn one and never seen it spelt. Remember though: any garment, once (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Jeremy H. Sproat
      <3778ED41.9E590386@g...ities.com> <FE3MD3.EEq@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) And the crowd goes wild. (...) You couldn't cotton the thought of going off-topic, neh? (...) I dunno, I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Tom McDonald
     (...) Not and be brief about it anyway. (...) Poi-sonally, I think you could come up with more. (...) Sorry about that. There's a word missing in my question. I think Todd has installed a program that randomly steals words from posts. (...) Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Jeff Stembel
     (...) Wool-d you mind explaining your obsession with these types of puns? It's not healthy, ya know. Well, I suppose it isn't really all that bad, unless you start flaxing poetic about 'em. (...) Or maybe You think faster than you type. (Yes!! Full (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Tom McDonald
     (...) Only about Rapunzel. (...) Hehe "The circle is now complete..." (...) You're invited over for cigars, BTW. (...) And times were lean after that. -Tom McD. when replying, never go rafting down the Colorado river on a spamcake. (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Larry Pieniazek
   I'm really touched that so MANY puns have been spawned by my deliberate t7po. But I think what's best about it is how VERY BAD many of them are. Aloha (not to be confused with a-hola).... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Jeremy H. Sproat
     (...) And how re-pun-gnant they are. Really, from puny minds. So many people want to take the punt. The result is quite punitive. And what a can of worms which has opuned. (...) A-hola lotta puns. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —Tom McDonald
     (...) It would seam sew. (...) Calling them VERY BAD is just repundant. Besides, no one calls them good. (...) Hola, estoy muy bien, gracias. Los symbolicos de las accentas no son presentan en este contrapcion. -Tom McD. when replying, note that (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
    
         Re: Question about 7101 —Jasper Janssen
     (...) Alors, switch to eine karakter-tabell die sie wohl hat. Jasper (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
   
        Re: Question about 7101 —John Neal
    (...) BTW, Lar, please note that this entire thread was compleately devoid of my addresses....just some food for thought. But look out, cuz I'M BAACK!!;-) -John (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 

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