Article: 164297 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
From: adam@princeton.edu (Adam J. Thornton)
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Subject: Re: Kook of the week
Date: 8 Oct 2000 16:23:52 GMT
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In article <sv7stsk5fpnp7p99f96a12d0go6e2aijr5@4ax.com>,
Jasper Janssen  <jasper@insaneoc.com> wrote:
>From memory, the beginning of Lesson One:
>
>Marcus et Cornelia ambulant in horto. Subito, Cornelia clamat: "Marce!
>Marce! Serpentem video!"
>
>And the story goes on a bit, about how the snake disappears off into
>the wild without hurting anyone.

Look, you bastard.

I've spent *FIFTEEN FSCKING YEARS* forgetting _Lingua Latina_.

And now it all comes rushing back, like the hot sparrow at the end of a
wet fist.  All because of your damn snake-in-the-grass tactics.

Marcus Iuliam pulsat!

Don't *MAKE* me sing the JCL song, in its *ENITRETY*, with the
accompanying *GESTURES*.

Adam
-- 
adam@princeton.edu 
"My eyes say their prayers to her / Sailors ring her bell / Like a moth
mistakes a light bulb / For the moon and goes to hell."  -- Tom Waits


Article: 164386 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
From: adam@princeton.edu (Adam J. Thornton)
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Subject: Re: Kook of the week
Date: 9 Oct 2000 14:33:10 GMT
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In article <8rs89e$v5i$5@f1node01.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>,
Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>In article <8rq72o$1ll$1@cnn.princeton.edu>,
>	adam@princeton.edu (Adam J. Thornton) writes:
>
>> Don't *MAKE* me sing the JCL song, in its *ENITRETY*, with the
>> accompanying *GESTURES*.
>
>JCL song? Please!

Warning.  The following post contains scenes of gratuitous dorkiness and
extreme dweebitude.

And JCL means "Junior Classical League", not "Job Control Language."

<ahem>

<andante>
Seeking the best, the highest our goal.
Working for greatness through glories of old.
Searching the realms of the golden past,
We follow the classics' <rit.> truths-that-last.

<allegro, begin swaying side to side with the music>
In knowledge, truth, and fellowship, we're growing every day
The friendly hand of <pump fist three times with next bit> J! C! L! aids
    in ev'ry way.
In Rome's proud steps, we're marching on, with <molto rit.> ev'ry true
    colleague. 
And forever we'll hold <pregnant pause> to the purple and gold <another
    one> of ... the ... <shouting> Junior Classical League!

This is what my brain cells do.

Adam
-- 
adam@princeton.edu 
"My eyes say their prayers to her / Sailors ring her bell / Like a moth
mistakes a light bulb / For the moon and goes to hell."  -- Tom Waits


Article: 164429 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
From: ptomblin@xcski.com (Paul Tomblin)
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Subject: Re: Kook of the week
Date: 9 Oct 2000 23:43:12 GMT
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In a previous article, adam@princeton.edu (Adam J. Thornton) said:
>Warning.  The following post contains scenes of gratuitous dorkiness and
>extreme dweebitude.

You're not kidding.  And I thought being in the chess club was the
dorkiest it was possible to be.


-- 
Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com>, not speaking for anybody
"I didn't know it was impossible when I did it."


Article: 164495 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
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In article <8rtl6g$k72$1@allhats.xcski.com>,
Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com> wrote:
>
>You're not kidding.  And I thought being in the chess club was the
>dorkiest it was possible to be.

Hey, I _lettered_ in chess.  Never wore the letter, though.  Still have it.
-- 
Jeff Woolsey {woolsey,jlw}@{jlw,jxh}.com
"Tried working once.  Didn't work out.  Too much like work."  -Steed
Helping people move:  Never again.  For anyone.  Ever.



Article: 164483 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
From: matt+usenet@boggle.org (Matt McLeod)
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Subject: Re: Kook of the week
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In <ug0m4dena.fsf@weirdness.com>, Paul R. Joslin wrote:
>ryumo@merit.edu (Marc Bowden) writes:
>> In article <8rtl6g$k72$1@allhats.xcski.com>, ptomblin@xcski.com (Paul
>> Tomblin) wrote:
>> > You're not kidding.  And I thought being in the chess club was the
>> > dorkiest it was possible to be.
>> 
>>   Drama club. Prop monkey. Four years.
>
>Not even close.  Your chances of getting laid are much higher in the
>Drama club than the chess club.

Depends on the chess club.

One of the schools I went to included chess in the annual
sports-festival-trip-thing where they'd send a whole bunch of
sports teams off to compete against two schools in western
Sydney.  I'm fairly sure that one of the chess club guys did
indeed find himself a chess-playing girl to spend rather a lot
of time with one year.

-- 
                  "Awooga!  Awooga!  Someone put my clothes back on!"


Article: 162113 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
From: "Ben Coleman" <oloryn@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Kook of the week
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On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 20:59:33 GMT, Jonathan Dursi wrote:

>On 20 Sep 2000 16:26:54 -0400, Lurking Girl <tori@cugc.org> wrote:

>>No.  I just point out to troublemakers that I have an English degree,
>>which means that I am allowed to make changes to the English language.
>>(What _else_ could it possibly be for?)
>
>Wow; in that case, my physics degree is *WAY* more useful than I 
>had thought.

Y'know, I'd never before realized just how lucrative a Bible degree
could be.

Ben
-- 
Ben Coleman NJ8J       http://oloryn.home.mindspring.com/ 
'using Outlook is like hanging a sign on your back that reads 
"PLEASE MESS WITH MY COMPUTER."'  --Scott Rosenberg





Article: 164497 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
From: djc@cc.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton)
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Subject: Re: Kook of the week
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In the last exciting episode, Matt McLeod <matt+usenet@boggle.org> wrote:
}In <ryumo-1010000833240001@mactheknife.merit.edu>, Marc Bowden wrote:
}>In article <8rtl6g$k72$1@allhats.xcski.com>, ptomblin@xcski.com (Paul
}>Tomblin) wrote:
}>> In a previous article, adam@princeton.edu (Adam J. Thornton) said:
}>> >Warning.  The following post contains scenes of gratuitous dorkiness and
}>> >extreme dweebitude.
}>> 
}>> You're not kidding.  And I thought being in the chess club was the
}>> dorkiest it was possible to be.
}>
}>  Drama club. Prop monkey. Four years.
}
}Chess club, drama club, *and* "science club".  Oh, and I ran
}the school newspaper for a few years, was the official video
}camera guy for a bit, and did typing classes in lieu of sports.

Chess, drama (presuming this involves stage productions as well), science,
and yearbook "clubs".  In fact, a friend and I *founded* the chess club.

}OK, why are we having a dorkiness-DSW?

Because then we're all winn^wlose^wparticipants?
-- 
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling
 down the highway." - A. Tannenbaum
D. Joseph Creighton [ESTP] | Programmer Analyst, Database Technologies, IST
Joe_Creighton@UManitoba.CA | University of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB, Canada, eh?


Article: 164556 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
From: ryumo@merit.edu (Marc Bowden)
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Subject: Re: Kook of the week
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In article <slrn8u664i.9fm.matt+usenet@equilibrium.org>,
matt+usenet@boggle.org wrote:

> In <ryumo-1010000833240001@mactheknife.merit.edu>, Marc Bowden wrote:
> >In article <8rtl6g$k72$1@allhats.xcski.com>, ptomblin@xcski.com (Paul
> >Tomblin) wrote:
> >
> >> In a previous article, adam@princeton.edu (Adam J. Thornton) said:
> >> >Warning.  The following post contains scenes of gratuitous dorkiness and
> >> >extreme dweebitude.
> >> 
> >> You're not kidding.  And I thought being in the chess club was the
> >> dorkiest it was possible to be.
> >
> >  Drama club. Prop monkey. Four years.
> 
> Chess club, drama club, *and* "science club".  Oh, and I ran
> the school newspaper for a few years, was the official video
> camera guy for a bit, and did typing classes in lieu of sports.
>

  I see your A/V experience and raise you six years of Civil Air Patrol.


> 
> OK, why are we having a dorkiness-DSW?
> 

  Because we *can*. Is there any other reason?

-- 
Marc Bowden - Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

The MERIT Systeam, "Where grown men cry themselves to sleep."
KEkKt lWdmp EHd++ m4 CPEIVc B-x Olm Lbm SsC++ T+++ A6T H6omenp b3 D1


Article: 164585 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
From: mikea@mikea.ath.cx (Mike Andrews)
Subject: Re: Kook of the week
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Scripsit Marc Bowden <ryumo@merit.edu>:
: In article <slrn8u664i.9fm.matt+usenet@equilibrium.org>,
: matt+usenet@boggle.org wrote:

:> In <ryumo-1010000833240001@mactheknife.merit.edu>, Marc Bowden wrote:
:> >In article <8rtl6g$k72$1@allhats.xcski.com>, ptomblin@xcski.com (Paul
:> >Tomblin) wrote:
:> >
:> >> In a previous article, adam@princeton.edu (Adam J. Thornton) said:
:> >> >Warning.  The following post contains scenes of gratuitous dorkiness and
:> >> >extreme dweebitude.
:> >> 
:> >> You're not kidding.  And I thought being in the chess club was the
:> >> dorkiest it was possible to be.
:> >
:> >  Drama club. Prop monkey. Four years.
:> 
:> Chess club, drama club, *and* "science club".  Oh, and I ran
:> the school newspaper for a few years, was the official video
:> camera guy for a bit, and did typing classes in lieu of sports.
:>

:   I see your A/V experience and raise you six years of Civil Air Patrol.

Six years of the Silverware Patrol (went into the Air Farce as an 
E-2), _and_ The Sound Guy for the high school, and rode a bicycle 
to school from fourth grade through high school. And wore thick 
glasses and liked classical music and played classical guitar. And,
of course, the obligatory face full of acne.

C'mon! Any takers?

-- 
Any site should be designed so that it's usable as a dead file tree with
no server-side smarts. Any sort of active pages or search engines should
be an add-on, not essential.
			-- Peter da Silva, in a.s.r.	


Article: 164559 of alt.sysadmin.recovery
From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
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Subject: Re: Kook of the week
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Kai Henningsen <kaih=7n$VXjg1w-B@khms.westfalen.de> wrote:
: woolsey@jlw.com (Jeff Woolsey)  wrote on 10.10.00 in <39e33570$1@news.meer.net>:

:> In article <8rtl6g$k72$1@allhats.xcski.com>,
:> Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com> wrote:
:> >
:> >You're not kidding.  And I thought being in the chess club was the
:> >dorkiest it was possible to be.
:>
:> Hey, I _lettered_ in chess.  Never wore the letter, though.  Still have it.

: This is where my knowledge of English lets me down.

High schools in US have this thing called a letter jacket.  It's normally a
leather and wool thing, in the school colors.  You get a letter (the first
letter in your school's name, usually) for doing things like playing on the
football[1] team.  To get one for something dweebish like chess club is
quite amusing.  

David 'lettered in other random academic competition' Scheidt

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Scripsit David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>:
: Kai Henningsen <kaih=7n$VXjg1w-B@khms.westfalen.de> wrote:
: : woolsey@jlw.com (Jeff Woolsey)  wrote on 10.10.00 in <39e33570$1@news.meer.net>:

: :> In article <8rtl6g$k72$1@allhats.xcski.com>,
: :> Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com> wrote:
: :> >
: :> >You're not kidding.  And I thought being in the chess club was the
: :> >dorkiest it was possible to be.
: :>
: :> Hey, I _lettered_ in chess.  Never wore the letter, though.  Still have it.

: : This is where my knowledge of English lets me down.

: High schools in US have this thing called a letter jacket.  It's normally a
: leather and wool thing, in the school colors.  You get a letter (the first
: letter in your school's name, usually) for doing things like playing on the
: football[1] team.  To get one for something dweebish like chess club is
: quite amusing.  

: David 'lettered in other random academic competition' Scheidt

Lettered in fencing, and won spelling bees from third grade on, in 
addition to the dorkish activities proclaimed in a previous post.

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