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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: Citizen Bob actual
Date: Dec 28, 2006 07:14

On 27 Dec 2006 16:15:26 -0500, wdstarr@panix.com (William December
Starr) wrote:
>> I know what a gyroscope is, fer fuck sake. And I know what fucking
>> precession is.
>> I want to know what a "humugus" is.
>He's The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!

That's Road Warrior's "Humongous"

Humugus is made out of legumes.

--

"You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
--Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: Mike Schilling
Date: Dec 28, 2006 20:33

"Citizen Bob actual" uce.gov> wrote in message
news:45940faf.130151078@news-server.houston.rr.com...
>
> There are two books that have only one page - and it's blank:
>
> "Famous Jewish Athletes"

Sandy Koufax?
Hank Greenberg?
Mark Spitz?
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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: Wayne Throop
Date: Dec 28, 2006 23:01

:: There are two books that have only one page - and it's blank:
:: "Famous Jewish Athletes" and "Famous British Cuisine"

: George Peatty copper.net>
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Koufax

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zishe_Breitbart

(Well, OK, not *famous* exactly, but not completely unknown either.)

Wayne Throop throopw@sheol.org http://sheol.org/throopw
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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: Joe Pfeiffer
Date: Dec 29, 2006 07:09

spam@uce.gov (Citizen Bob actual) writes:
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:40:38 -0500, Bob Kolker nowhere.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> Now how about Famous British Cuisine?
>
>>Fish and chips. Bangers and Eggs. Kidney Pie. Roast Mutton. And
>>Christmas Goose.
>
> You call that greasy crap "cuisine"?

Not having had most of those, I'll just comment that the last time you
had fish and chips, the oil wasn't hot enough. And how, exactly,
would you make roast *anything* greasy?
--
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer
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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: Ken from Chicago
Date: Dec 29, 2006 13:38

"George Peatty" copper.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:16:31 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Citizen Bob actual) wrote:
>
>>There are two books that have only one page - and it's blank:
>
>>"Famous Jewish Athletes" and "Famous British Cuisine"
>
> Well, I don't know about the cuisine, but there is at least one Jewish
> athlete who is one of the greatest of all time at what he did.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Koufax

He was a mutant super-healing adamantium-laced ninja?

-- Ken from Chicago
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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: Victor Velazquez
Date: Dec 29, 2006 16:21

"Clell Harmon" mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:rEZkh.195205$aJ.181533@attbi_s21...
> Bob Kolker wrote:
>> Greg Bryant wrote:
>>>
>>> I thought that was the Scottish food made out of sheep's intestines.
>>
>> Hagis. The Poet Robbie Burns loved hagis, so it is not to be despised.
>
> Unless tasted. Yech.

Good haggis is delicious! Mediocre haggis is horrible. Bad haggis is
toxic.
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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: Michael Alan Chary
Date: Dec 29, 2006 22:33

In article text-west.newsfeeds.com>,
John Reiher Narf.mac.com> wrote:
(Haggis recipe deleted)

And you'll duck soup for months...
--
The All-New, All-Different Howling Curmudgeons!
http://www.whiterose.org/howlingcurmudgeons
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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: William December Starr
Date: Dec 30, 2006 06:22

In article comcast.com>,
"Ken from Chicago" comcast.net> said:
> "George Peatty" copper.net> wrote in message
> news:ph98p2l92rlt1qf9pojlv32jjdg9ce3qpi@4ax.com...
>
>> Well, I don't know about the cuisine, but there is at least one
>> Jewish athlete who is one of the greatest of all time at what he
>> did.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Koufax
>
> He was a mutant super-healing adamantium-laced ninja?

The guys who batted against him probably thought so.

--
William December Starr panix.com>
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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: Sean O'Hara
Date: Dec 30, 2006 18:21

In the Year of the Dog, the Great and Powerful Greg Bryant declared:
>
> I thought that was the Scottish food made out of sheep's intestines.
>

No, those are kosher hot dogs.

--
Sean O'Hara | http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com
Firefighter: This is Canada. We only have one road.
-South Park
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Re: Faster Than Light         


Author: Clell Harmon
Date: Dec 31, 2006 01:58

Kweeg wrote:
> "Clell Harmon" mchsi.com> wrote in message
> news:QGjlh.287118$FQ1.1007@attbi_s71...
>>>>>> I thought that was the Scottish food made out of sheep's intestines.
>>>>> Hagis. The Poet Robbie Burns loved hagis, so it is not to be despised.
>>>> Unless tasted. Yech.
>>> Good haggis is delicious! Mediocre haggis is horrible. Bad haggis is
>>> toxic.
>>>
>> Good Haggis is a myth. Mediocre haggis is transformed into good
>> haggis by applying several gil of scotch whiskey to the eater.
>
> Heretic!
>
No, just someone who has had haggis. And only managed to eat it after
most of a gil of a fine single malt.
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