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Uber-Galic question —Jeremy H. Sproat

Todd, Quick question on the Uber-Galic pickle: Step 2 says to slice pickle spears or halves into 3/4" slices -- I just wanted to clarify whether this means lengthwise or into chunks. I'm caving in -- I'm gonna do it! :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Todd Lehman

(...) Oh, sorry -- chunks. To savor on. I should take pictures sometime. One other thing that's fun to do -- if you're serving them at a party -- is to stick each one with a toothpick (the cheesy kind with the colored cellophane :-) and color-code (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) :-D I've tried them after they've soaked two days. There was something elusive as I put the first chunk into my mouth. I could feel the diaphanous aura of the pickle as it crunched, followed by a blissfully eerie state of otherness as it slid (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) <snip> (...) Are you married? -Tom McD. when replying, Cry "Havoc!" And let slip the spamcakes of war! (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeff Stembel

(...) If he is, he won't be for long. One whiff of that breath... ;) Jeff - "Mmmm! Creamy Nuget Spamcake!" (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —John Neal

Sproat, you mean "craving in"? I hope it's you and not Bam-Bam, unless you were planning on expecting, in which case, Matzeltov;-) [1] -John [1] spell-checker has no idea how to spell it, either:-p (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) We could all use some Mazel... (1) Cheers, - jsproat 1. Name that play -- my #1 fave. (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) Hmm. I thought this thread had something to do with being overly-Gaelic but I guess not. Death of a Salesman? -Tom McD. when replying, so light, so flaky, so spamcake.. (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Nonono -- with all that pepper and vinegar and...stuff, it's overly gall-ic, as in the fashion of that bladder. (...) You know, I've never seen that. Neither have I read the book. (1) Is it any good? Actually, what a bad question about a play. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —John Neal

I love a challenge, I guess "Fiddler on the Roof". [1] -John [1] call me a sap, but I always get teary-eyed during "sunrise, sunset", but only since we had kids. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —James Brown

(...) only since we had kids. "Anatevka" is the one that always gets me.(1) James (URL) But, on the other hand, I'm a self-confessed sucker for schmultz. I love those sickening, emotion-laden films. And musicals, too. A good, schmultzy musical like (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) I (...) Ewwww. Bladder as in haggis? Not that again... (...) This here's the story of Willy Lomond: a man who's had too much haggis... (...) I can't say objectively. I had to do the play in high school. I was the doctor, but I caught the flu (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Gall bladder. For tiny haggis. (...) Is this a case of "Physician, conceal thyself"...? (...) POP is different. Quite. Gilbert and Sullivan are lyrical geniuses. And the show's a hoot, too. Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, and Angela Landsbury (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) Hors d'oeuvre d' haggis with the tacky cellophaned toothpicks right next to the Uber-Gaelic pickles. Now there's a study in gastronomy. (...) hehe I had gone to the trouble of getting props our school didn't have: a lab coat, lenseless (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) That's the one. (...) Which leads me to question the value of such songs. I mean, let's be realistic. Impossible dreams are impossible. Dreaming impossible dreams never got anyone anywhere; work and research and really huge grants have. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) Do- (...) 743 (...) I need to find someone who'll give me a really huge grant for studying Lego bricks. Or my navel, that'd work too. (...) to (...) hearing (...) that (...) Can't remember the exact month and date. This is one of things you (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —John Neal

(...) What's that?! Hugh Grant gave up acting to study Lego bricks or to join the navy? (...) ??!! Tom, really, family newsgroup, remember?;-) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) navy? No, Huge Grant - he's a body builder that lifts barrels full of old fireboat weights. (...) That was Sproaticus. I'm actually waiting for Darth Volvo and Darth Lexus. -Tom McD. when replying, celebrate Spamcake Day, every odd year on Feb (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —John Neal

(...) Wild West barrels, or the real kind? So Huge is joining the Navy. *That* auto [1] help with recruitment;-) (...) [1] (...) Oh, bummer, Spamcake Day doesn't come 'round too often... (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Darth Pinto had a traffic accident, and Darth Yugo couldn't make it. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) Darth Pinto blew up - there were little bits of black cape everywhere.. (...) I laughed when I saw the hood of a Yugo opened for my first itme: the spare tire was in the same compartment with the engine, and to remove the tire, you had to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Greg Majewski

(...) Where do you get your spamcake sayings? Do you have a spamcake randomizer, or do you put them in manually? Greg citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) No randomizer. I put them in manually. Each one has been different and I've tried not to make them too similar, or at the very least, separate similar ones by a fair amount of time. I don't really want to say where I get them (kind of a trade (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —John Neal

(...) And morally opposed to spell cheker (...) Is it me or are the spamcake directives taking on a life of their own? Are you still in control over there, Tom? (...) The workers are few... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Mark de Kock

(...) Well... if I can convince my boss NOT to look at my monitor...I think I might have a go at harvesting your spamcake... This could get ugly, though. As for paying me, just gimme all the paperclips you got! Mark "spamcake and paperclips...the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) lol No, you need to stay employed. It would be a tragic story if you got fired for spamcake. :-) I'll just either ask Todd about that like Terry offered, or do it myself. Besides, I don't have as many paperclips as I thought. I also don't have (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Mongo like Spam-a-gram. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Mark de Kock

(...) Oh well. You know, I could've pulled it of. My boss is not a bad person... Rubber bands? Hmmm... never thought about *those*. Lemme think about those. Mark "Oh no! Three months of therapy down the drain" de Kock (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —John Neal

(...) "You don't have a Spam-a-gram. You're that Land Shark!" "Candygram!" -John (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Todd Lehman

(...) Tom/Mark... I've got a 1.3 MB file here of all Tom's postings... Writing a harvester to parse all the sentences and figure out exactly what's part of Tom's sig and what's an official spamcake thingy is the tricky bit -- and I'll let you do (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) Please! That would be great! I've already started, just in case you happen to look at an activity log and utter, "Holy spamcake!" (or the equivalent :-) -Tom McD. (who's patiently awaiting a URL) when replying, note that this spamcake (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Todd, Can you fling a copy my way as well? I'll take a swig at it... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

spamcake collection —Todd Lehman

(...) Here's the file -- ftp://ftp.lugnet.com...g/spamcake (Note: This isn't necessarily only spamcake stuff -- it's anything that matched "^From:.*Tom McDonald", which may be a slight superset of pure spamcake stuff.) --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: spamcake collection —Tom McDonald

(...) of (...) You'll need a swig while doing it ;-) (...) Thanks! My mailbox is too full of junk to hold it so an ftp worked out great. (...) -Tom McD. when replying, stay away from the *pure* spamcake stuff... (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: spamcake collection —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) If Perl is the code of refreshment, swig on! :-, I'm not sure this will get all of them. It does introduce some non-sig text. BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom McD\b/ ) { while( $msgIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $msgIn =~ (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Tom McDonald

(...) Writing (...) part (...) and (...) <snipped code> How much? too much to throw out manually? Hmm (with an empty stare). Consider that spamcake directives never have parentheses surrounding them (but I've put some parenthetical lines after my (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Jeremy H. Sproat

<FEzILx.C5I@lugnet.com> <378FB99F.F46CAB87@io.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Here's a better version, which... ...handles naked, quoted lines; ...outputs one spamcake per line; ...but doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) ...but does remove duplicates: BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom McD\b/ ) { while( $msgIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $msgIn !~ m/^>/ && $msgIn =~ m/spamcake/i ) { chomp $msgIn; $spamcake = $msgIn; while( $sigIn = <STDIN> ) { (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Jeremy H. Sproat

<FEzILx.C5I@lugnet.com> <378FB99F.F46CAB87@io.com> <FEzKnJ.F9n@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Hardly any at all with the latest incantation. (1) (...) This is basically my strategy. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Tom McDonald

(...) <FEzKnJ.F9n@lugnet.com> (...) What about a footnote? I've used those too. Usually they are formatted, "(1) foo blah glorp". (...) download (...) I'm (...) Forget my pandering. Doesn't have to be free. (...) That would work. (...) I don't do (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Robert Munafo

That algorithm won't find the following (because "spamcake" appears two lines later not one line later): (URL) the following (because "spamcake" appears in the rare alternate form "spampucks"): (URL) like to also point out that you aren't matching (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Todd Lehman

(...) Sounds like quite a challenging problem in its extreme... :) Since there are only about 350 of 'em, and editing will probably be necessary on most of 'em anyway, I'll bet it's quicker just to pop the whole thing into an editor and delete stuff (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Tom McDonald

(...) That's what I was planning on doing. I can also delete lousier or message- content-reliant ones at the same time, as the latter don't stand by themselves for use in any old message. But I wasn't about to discourage anyone if they could do it. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) True -- I knowingly didn't take that into consideration. Yet. This should be fairly easy to fix -- just buffer all text after the signature /\bTom McD\b/ but before a ( blank line or a quoted line or a header line ) and grep that for "spam". (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Jeremy H. Sproat

<378FBB46.D26CC30B@io.com> <378FBCE8.8372AB28@io.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) ...and handles non-spamcake spam appearances: BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Larry Pieniazek

I'm pretty bored, please to put the "current best" output on an browsable or ftpable location every so often? Sproaticus wrote: (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) No free goods! ;-) Okay, how's this: when replying, peel back the spamcake to win! when replying, note the molecular complexity of spamcake. when replying, don't bid on the spamcake. when replying, spraypaint the spamcake. when replying, pop (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) NOT-SPAMCAKE: changing his email address (again) *sigh* tfn, radiotitan@It'sTheAm...00juno.com when replying, Easy-Bake Spamcake oven, new from Kenner (40 watt lightbulb not included) when replying, please disinfect the spamcake. NOT-SPAMCAKE: (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) ...and finally handles spam on not-the-first-line: BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom McD\b/ ) { while( $msgIn = <STDIN> ) { chomp $msgIn; $spamcake = $msgIn; if( $msgIn !~ m/^>/ ) { chomp $msgIn; while( $sigIn = (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) ...and starts spamcake sigs immediately after the /\bTom McD\b/ instead on the next line: BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom McD\b\.?\s*/ ) { $spamcake = $'; chomp $spamcake; while( $msgIn = <STDIN> ) { chomp $msgIn; (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: spamcake collection —Larry Pieniazek

<378FBF59.7B8E83D0@io.com> <FEznMB.K5z@lugnet.com> <FEzo55.KyI@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) For the sample set we have now. But what if EVERYONE starts doing the 'cake thing. This is (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Larry Pieniazek

<378FC233.F186DF41@io.com> <378FE4CF.D2247EDE@voyager.net> <FEzt0u.4ot@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Not free!!! You get paid in the coin of adulation, as we all admire your prowess (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) And how many Lego sets can that buy me? :-, (...) Got it. The colon in the next line fooled me into thinking it was a header. Oops. Gotta fix that. New script is at: (URL) forgot to comment that it now considers headers to be /^[^:\s]+:/ . (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Tom McDonald

(...) <FEzt0u.4ot@lugnet.com> (...) Now _there's_ a coin I can spend.. (...) Sproaticus may have prowess, but my prowess is my silliness. (...) in (...) Probably that parenthetical mark. A Lugnet n/d group search would work. Oddly enough, it would (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Larry Pieniazek

<378FEE80.48E1B0E8@voyager.net> <FEzvnp.8H7@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Not all rewards are monetary.(1) However, send me your snail. 1 - for a good take on this theme read _Voyage (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Aw, Lar -- you called my bluff. :-P My personal ethic set forbid me to take monetary reward for such a small application. But I am planning an ethics upgrade sometime soon... :-, (...) Sure, I could use a good read. What section of the library (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Larry Pieniazek

<378FF723.C72F88E6@voyager.net> <FEzw9F.9Hx@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) SF. (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Larry Pieniazek

<378FEE80.48E1B0E8@voyager.net> <FEzwDw.9uC@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) It wasn't me, it was the footnotes. And I have pictures of you in your negligee. (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection) —Tom McDonald

(...) Which one? The green one or the black one? John Neal said he'd never let those out.. dang. Oh wait.. my delete key ain't workin.. (...) Spamcake ingestion? You really should eat better when you're on the road. -Tom McD. when replying, never (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Terry Keller

(...) I bet Todd could whip up an automatic harvester. Prolly only take him 3.69 minutes or so. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

(canceled) —Jeremy H. Sproat

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) Hmm. I might ask him, if he's not too busy up on the mountain musing over divine guidance for Lugnet. I just searched for "spamcake" and Lugnet told me it's in 358 messages as of this moment, not including this one. But that doesn't mean I've (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Jeff Stembel

(...) When you finish the list, I'd like a copy. Good thing Lugnet doesn't search in the quoted text, or there'd be around 1000! :) Jeff - "Mmmm! Creamy Spamcake Centering!" (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> (...) is (...) in (...) Jeff, what I think what I'll do is maybe post them on my website and then make a file available for download. (...) hehe Don'tcha just love that formaldehyde aftertaste? -Tom McD. when (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Todd Lehman

(...) If you put in the text "+spamcake +tom +mcdonald" instead of "spamcake" it'll reduce the set of things returned somewhat (in this case 7, I think :) --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Neither could his factory. Seen pictures lately? Somebody tried to return it to its component bricks with a missile. (1) Why anyone thought Yugos were weapons is beyond me, they only can harm the driver (or bystanders who die of laughter)... 1 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Darth <name> (was Re: Uber-Galic question) —James Brown

(...) ^^^...^^^ My brother-in-law drives one of those... (...) Naw, Lucas doesn't want to risk his PG rating... We'll see them in a Dark Horse comic, though ;-) (...) "A dominant weapon, from a more sadistic time. Not as clumsy or random as a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Terry Keller

(...) Al Gore take a bow? I thought the joke was that he is to stiff to take a bow. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Thassok, I'll deb u here. It's a novel, not a philosophy tome, and I think it's more like 1000 pages. A good read if you give it a chance, although a bit daunting. (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Ed Jones

(...) Isn't "bad" discribing G&S redundant - talk about mindless drek. P'toooe Sorry, can't deal with the whiny tenors, the littelboy voiced sopranos, the buxom gravel voiced mezzos and the thin voiced frogs fillin in the bottom. I'd much rather see (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

Re: Uber-Galic question —Tom McDonald

(...) Death (...) He doesn't play the doctor does he? ;-) Well, I can't argue with fine upbringing and refined tastes, so I'll refrain from saying something was "good", and just state that "I was entertained" (or not) which reflects more on myself (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)