[3183] in Central_America
New quotes for Tue Feb 5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Tue Feb 5 01:31:39 1991
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 91 01:31:10 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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batman (Kohta Ueno--Die Fledermaus):
Me? Having a plan? Yikes. Maybe becoming a carpenter, piano tuner, an
electrician, a locksmith, a cabinetmaker, a mechanic or an HVAC repairman
But not a plumber. Plumbing sucks and is really messy and nasty and dull.
So why am I at mit? "I'm in it for the angst."
When I was a young child, I liked to dismantle, modify, and fix mechanical
things. Adults saw this and said,"You should become a scientist or an
engineer." Well, now that's I'm learning about these things, I think that
maybe I don't want to become a scientist or an engineer.
Maybe liking to dismantle, modify, and fix things just means that I like to
dismantle, modify, and fix things.
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eichin (Mark W. Eichin):
[Ozan Yigit vs. Dan Bernstein on 4bsd-bugs]
db>... and I wish you would stop putting words into my mouth.
I couldn't possibly do that. Your foot is in there.
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irfan (Irfan A Essa):
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jcbourne (Juliet C Bourne):
Waiting (Reprise)
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Listen Without Prejudice
George Michael
Well there ain't no point in moving on / Until you've got somewhere to go
And the road that I have walked upon / Well it filled my pockets
And emptied out my soul
All those insecurities / That have held me down for so long
I can't say that I've found a cure for these / But at least I know them
So they're not so strong
You look for your dreams in heaven / But what the hell are you supposed to do
When they come true?
Well there's one year of my life in these songs
And some of them are about you
Now I know there's no way to write those wrongs
Believe me / I would not lie you've hurt my pride
And I guess there's a road without you
But you once said / There's a way back for every man
So here I am / Don't people change, here I am
Is it too late to try again / Here I am
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jefft (Jeff Tang):
"The Valar Must Be Crazy"
A Film Review by Malcolm L. Carlock
This delightful film takes an interesting twist on the idea of the
"heroic quest", making us perhaps take a closer look at ourselves,
as well as throwing in a bit of philosophy (and a certain amount of
moralization) along the way.
The story opens onto an idyllic setting, introducing us to a group of
small, brown, curly-haired people who live in what we would consider
unusual happiness and peace, and in relatively quiet harmony with nature.
One day, into their midst comes a powerful and seemingly magical new
object. At first it seems to be quite useful, but ultimately is seen
as a source of discord and unhappiness, if not outright evil, in the
community. A decision is made that one of the members of the community
must take the object away and dispose of it.
The member of the community to whom this task has fallen leaves his home
with a certain amount of sorrow and trepidation, embarking on an arduous
quest for the place where he believes this object can safely be disposed of.
During this journey he encounters quite a number of large, loud and dangerous
people, and more or less constantly risks injury and death.
Eventually, the goal is reached (though not without many setbacks), thanks
to the considerable wisdom of an old bearded fellow whose presence and
assistance proves crucial to the quest, as well as some of the abovementioned
large and loud people, at least two of whom, in a pleasing instance of
romantic justice, end up living happily ever after.
The journey is completed, the troublesome object is disposed of, and
following another long journey, the protagonist returns home to a life
of peace, though a certain shadow remains (possibly the viewer's strong
suspicion that the film is soon to be followed by an inferior sequel.)
Producer/director Barry Took is to be commended for his vision and
originality in creating this thoughtful and colorful film.
Four stars.
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Malcolm Carlock
The new Joe Campbell
From: adeboer@gjetor.geac.com (Anthony DeBoer)
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
Subject: Wacky Whirly Birds
Keywords: funny
Date: 2 Feb 91 00:30:16 GMT
I heard this from my brother, who is a Search and Rescue pilot at Canadian
Forces Base Bagotville, Quebec. It's an apocryphal story that allegedly
happened late one night during bad weather, as heard over the tower radio:
Helicopter Pilot: "Roger, I'm holding at 3000 over <such-and-such> beacon".
Second voice: "NO! You can't be doing that! _I'm_ holding at 3000 over
that beacon!"
(brief pause, then first voice again): "You idiot, you're my co-pilot."
--
Anthony DeBoer, Programmer, GEAC J&E Systems Ltd. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
--
Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL your jokes (jokes ONLY) to funny@looking.ON.CA
If you post instead of mailing, it screws up the reply-address sometimes.
Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply.
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kin (Kin Lam):
Elementary School: St. Mary's Church Primary School
High School: St. Paul's Co-ed College
College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
School: Sloan School of Management
Year: Sophomore
Major: Management Science (Course 15)
Minor: Economics (Course 14)
Concentrations: Information Technologies and Finance
Graduate School: ??? [Who knows?]
*** BIRTHDAY: 14 MAY 1971 ***
*** YOU CAN'T MISS IT ***
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lnp (Lisa N Paradis):
This week:
get some *REAL* work done for Athena
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Thoughts for the day:
Warning: tires from Shell can be hazardous to your health. On
Wednesday night, the tire on my car blew while I was traveling
home on 93. I managed to get home using the spare tire. On
Friday, I was preparing to visit my sister in Maine. Since
I did not want to travel the 1.5 hours on the spare tire, I
went to Magazine Beach Shell to purchase a new tire. For
$68 + change, I got a new tire that blew out 30 miles down
the road (with a hole the size of a softball in the sidewall
of that steelbelted tire). Well, I ended up using the spare
to get to Maine. The next day, I got two tires for $79 from
Montgomery Ward. Those tires have lated 100 miles so far...
Today's secret word is extent.
ex.tent \ik-'stent\ n [ME, fr. AF & MF; AF extente land valuation fr. MF,
area, surveying of la]nd, fr. extendre to extend archaic 1: valuation (as
of land) in Great Britain esp. for taxation 2a: seizure in execution of a
writ of extent in Great Britain or the condition of being so seized 2b: a
writ giving to a creditor temporary possession of his debtor's property
3a1: the range or distance over which something extends 3a2: the point,
degree, or limit to which something extends 3b: the amount of space which
something occupies 3c: an extended tract or region
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norm (Wayne M Miller):
"Isn't my hair marvelous? Peter did it, you know."
"Didn't we meet in Caen? Or was it Bora Bora?"
"So let's talk about you, darling. What do you think of my dress?"
"So I said, let's go over to Mick's house."
"Both my Ferrarris are in the shop. I hate that."
"So I see modeling..."
"Mm-hmm."
"...as a stepping stone..."
"Sure."
"...but what I really want to do..."
"Sure."
"...is direct."
"Oh, you're right. Hi."
If it's out there, it's in here. The NYNEX Yellow Pages.
Why bother with anything else?
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pmhalupt (Patrick M Haluptzok):
No Plan.
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therese (Suntioinen Therese M.):
Three Rings for Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the
Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men
doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One
Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In
the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
- Tolkien
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wchuang (Mithrandir):
Rhymes:
I was born the day I met you
Lived a while when you loved me
Died a little when we broke apart...
Yesterday it would have mattered
Now today it doesn't mean a thing
All my hopes and dreams are shattered...
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and an obligatory long palindrome for y'all to chew on:
A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heroes, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe,
percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again,
(or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats,
a peon, a canal--Panama!
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6.004, 1.00, 21.503, 21.780, 7.29, 7.06
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