[5962] in Central_America
New quotes for Sat Jul 22
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Central America)
Sat Jul 22 04:16:29 1995
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 04:16:13 -0400
From: Central America <root@charon.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@charon.MIT.EDU
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lopes (Christopher E Lopes):
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rjbarbal (Richard J. P. Barbalace):
Richard J. Barbalace
26 Fairmont Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 497-2189
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The last really good party I attended, the hostess had arranged for us to
see a preview copy of a movie we'd all contributed material to, but her
VCR/projector was very crudely aligned. So the bunch of us tore it down,
matched the adjustments, and did a *proper* convergence on it before we
watched the video tape. There was a moment of acute panic on the part of the
hostess when she came back down to the screening room to see how we were
getting along, and found twenty kilobucks' worth of Home Theater System
spread all over the floor in pieces.
Hostess' Husband: "I *TOLD* you not to leave any tools out, with
this bunch in the house!"
Hostess: "I didn't! They all had Swiss Army Knives and
Little Screwdrivers!"
Hostess' Husband: "God, look at this mess. Can't they just drink
and bust things, like normal party guests?"
... The front-projection unit was at better-than-factory alignment when
we were done with it. It really was the best sixty-inch projection TV
display I'd ever seen, after it was properly degaussed, compensated, and
converged. (And our movie looked great, thank you very much.) However,
at the next party at that house, the butler requested that we check
"weapons and tools" at the door. (We ignored him.)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"You must never forget the cardinal rule, Buffy:
One vampire is much easier to kill than ten."
+ "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
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GRIP-TOP SOCK
Give me the gift of a grip-top sock,
A clip-drake shipshape tip-top sock;
Not your spin-slick, slapstick, slip-shod stock,
But a plastic, elastic grip-top sock.
None of your fantastic slack swap slop
From a slapdash, flash-cash haberdash shop;
Not a knick-knack, knitlock, knock-kneed knickerbocker sock,
With a mock-shot, blob-mottled trick-ticker-tock clock;
Not a rucked-up, puckered-up flop-top sock;
Not a super-sheer, seersucker rucksack sock;
Not a spotspeckled, frog-freckled cheap sheik's sock
Off a hodge-podge, moss-blotched, scotch-botched block;
Nothing slip-shod, drip-drop, flip-flop or glip-glop:
Tip me to a tip-top, grip-top sock!
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