[Log started by Spatch Fri Sep  3 10:59:51 1999]

Miseri says, "Hello Rob"
markm zones out to go rite some code.
Rob downloads java runtime for windows
Spatch says, "RITE GUD KOD"
lurd exclaims (to Spatch), "FRY GUD KOD, MAK FISH AND CHIPS!"
Ellison would prefer to be called 'Kookaburra Boy' from now on...  You may
  also refer to him as the Laughing Jackass.
Ellison says, "heyas"
lurd says, "hello ellison"
Jota greets Ell.
Spatch says (to lurd), "I LUV FRY DAZE"
lurd exclaims (to Spatch), "Yay!"
schep is reminded of something weird:
Jota says, "I like traffic lights."
Ellison asks (to Jota), "are you singing that song?"
Jota says (to Ell), "But only if they're green."
Spatch says, "cow orker now just told me to leave at 3 but bill timesheet
  for a whole day. I like Compaq and three-day weekends."
Ellison says, "yay"
schep says, "'My friend wrote "FishandChips" on a sign, but I told him he
  needed more space between "Fish" and "and," and "and" and "Chips."'"
schep says, "This is not the actual thing, which was more complicated."
(From Earendil) schep says, "Actually it was written in minoan linear-A
  script."
Psmith says, "I like a boustrephodon."
schep says, "It was also a puzzle, printed without punctuation, like the
  more famous 'had' puzzle."
Jota says, "My friend schep made a sentence that referred to 'more space
  between "Fish" and "and," and "and" and "Chips."', but I told him that I
  could make a sentence with more conjunctions between '"and,"' and '"and,",
  '"and," and 'and', 'and' and '"and"' and '"and"' and 'and.'"
schep exclaims, "Yay!!"
Earendil laughs.
schep says, "Jota just told us about .... nah."
Spatch says, "Jota, where Spatch had had 'had had', had had 'had had had
  had had had had had had had poop'."
schep exclaims, "HA!"
Jota says (to schep), "ITYM 'HAD!'. HTH. HADN."
schep falls out of his chair.
Ellison says, "I don't know anything about Powerman 5000, but this article
  is pretty funny
  http://www.sonicnet.com/news/;$sessionid$AXNLSQIAABGP3UID1AKCFEQ"
schep says (to Spatch), "...; 'had had had had had had had had had had
  poop' had had a better effect on the monkey."
mamster enterd the room and screemed, "I had sheesh to lose, but you are
  not going to get the Monka."
mamster says, "Goood morning  flappypants!"
Jota greets mamster.
lurd says (to mamster), "hello"
Ellison says, "heya mamster"
mamster says, "Hey, I have toaster strudel."
Jota says (to mamster), "The yellow bird flies at midnight."
mamster asks (to alex), "Are you a yellow bird?"
Alex exclaims (to mamster), "Awwwk! Am not! Am not!"
Jota asks (to Alex), "Can you give me the correct counter-phrase?"
Alex asks (to Jota), "Um, seven?"
Jota nods, "Correct.
devil laughs
devil says, "spyMUD"
Psmith asks (to Alex), "Are you a KGB agent?"
Alex exclaims (to Psmith), "Awwwk! Am not! Am not!"
devil says, "They always say that."
Psmith says, "Damn. That's a good cover he's got there."
Jota says (to ALex), "the microfilm is hidden in the Statue of Liberty's
  left nostril. Go alone, and bring an umbrella. You will be watched."
Alex says (to Jota), "Okay, the microfilm is that long thing you just
  said."
Miseri asks (to alex), "are you aware of the social ramifications of
  modernist architecture in the urban fabric of the twentieth century?"
Alex exclaims (to Miseri), "Awwwk! Am not! Am not!"
devil asks (to Alex), "microfilm?"
Alex says (to devil), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that the microfilm is
  hidden in the Statue of Liberty's left nostril. Go alone, and bring an
  umbrella. You will be watched."
Jota exclaims (to Alex), "That was a secret!"
Alex says (to Jota), "Okay, That was a secret."
Earendil asks (to alex), "that?"
Alex says (to Earendil), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that That was a
  secret."
Psmith didn't know Alex handled past tense.
Spatch asks (to alex), "What is the password?"
Alex says (to Spatch), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that the password is
  "Swordfish"."
schep asks (to Alex), "Is that a secret?"
Alex exclaims (to schep), "Awwwk! You betcha!"
Spatch says, "YES!!"
schep asks, "Swordfish? RTZ?"
Alex says (to schep), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that RTZ is Return to
  Zork, which is a graphic adventure that is almost, but not quite, entirely
  unlike Zork."
Spatch says, "Alex, The Tremendously Not-Secure Parrot Bot."
Spatch asks (to rob), "Did you tell him the password was 'swordfish'?"
PollBoy hollers, "devil has changed the poll! Daddy, what's Vietnam?"
Alex hollers (to PollBoy), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Vietnam is
  ... well, I'll explain when you're older, honey."
lurd asks (to alex), "are you secure?"
Alex exclaims (to lurd), "Awwwk! Am not! Am not!"
Spatch says, "A childish question, but a question a Pollboy would ask."
Ellison says, "Alex roolz"
Ellison says, "also, I should go... bbl"
Ellison has disconnected.
Ellison spontaneously bursts into flame...  After several painful minutes,
  all that's left is ash, which blows away in a gentle, magical breeze.
lurd asks (to alex), "your security?"
Alex says (to lurd), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that my security is
  better than hotmail."
mamster asks, "Does anybody else have relatives who keep asking things
  like, 'Is there any place on the web where I can do X?' and the only
  reasonable answer is 'Yeah, it's called the web'?"
Spatch asks, "Is there any place on the web where I can browse hyperlinked
  documents?"
mamster says, "Basically, that's the question."
Jota asks (to Alex), "What is hotmail?"
mamster says, "Also, 'is there any place on the web I can find gobs and
  gobs of porn?'"
Alex says (to Jota), "Awwwk! Sorry, Alex doesn't know anything about it.
  (Teach me with "..Alex hotmail is funny.")"
Jota isn't sure he wants to know what 'gobs' means in this context.
mamster says (to Jota), "Er, it just slipped out."
Jota says (to mamster), "Don't worry, a lot of guys have that problem."
liza says (to mamster), "MONKEYFRUIT."
mamster says (to Jota), "Eep."
mamster says (to liza), "Awwwk!"
mamster says, "THE BEAST AWAKENS."
Jota searches Alta Vista, and the first link: 'Howlin' Halloween Party -
  Great Gobs of Gooey Things to Eat'
Jota says, "And I'm sure that's not how they meant it..."
Spatch says, "Monkeyfruit: The Beast Awakens is my favorite Gabriel Knight
  game."
liza says, "So we had a guy come in and look at our stove. 'If I turn this
  on, I'll have to charge you 95 bucks.' 'Should it be turned on?' 'Er,
  no.'"
Jota says, "However, no matches on 'gobs of porn'."
Spatch asks, "gobsmacked?"
Alex says (to Spatch), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Gobsmacked is the
  early favorite for Best Musical I-F Game of 1999."
mamster says (to liza), "And he wasn't talking about the stove, either."
Spatch asks (to liza), "How much will he charge to let you go behind the
  stove while he stands away, going "Getting warmer, warmer, colder, warmer,
  yes, turn that one." ?"
(From mamster) liza bursts into flames.  "Getting really warm now."
Spatch says, "hee!"
liza asks (to mamster), "Did I tell you my perl_hottie story?"
mamster says (to liza), "No, but hang on a sec."
mamster says (to liza), "I'm reading a white paper about the renaming of
  Fatbrain.com."
liza says, "This actually occurred to me as I walked home from work
  yesterday. 'Wait, did I tell mamster my perl_hottie story?'"
liza asks (to mamster), "To something else or from something else?"
mamster says, "And right here they almost went with the slogan 'UPGRADE
  YOUR HEAD'."
mamster says (to liza), "From."
Spatch says (to mamster), "Oh no! Not another renaming."
<Limax> Limax has connected to ifMUD.
mamster asks, "Man, how could they have chosen any slogan over that?"
mamster says (to Spatch), "No, just once."
mamster asks (to liza), "Did you hcatch my bus-crazies story yesterday?"
liza says (to mamster), "Nope."
Limax enters from the west.
lurd says, "hey li"
Limax says, "Yello."
liza asks, "Wait, why did Ebert write an article about evolution?"
Jota greets Limax.
lurd says (to liza), "yes"
schep asks, "We've got a bid of one bus-crazies for a perl_hottie. Any
  other story offers?"
Limax asks, "One question... why am I up so early on a vacation day?"
mamster says (to liza), "Because he's the Ebert-king and he can do
  everything."
mamster says (to liza), "You tell hottie story and I'll tell bus story. 
  You show me yours first."
Jota asks (to Limax), "Because your pet and/or children woke you?"
mamster says (to liza), "The thing about the bus story is that it's totally
  a story you would tell, not me."
Limax says (to Jota), "Good point."
Spatch says (to liza), "That's no essay, that was the first draft for
  "Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls'!"
liza says (to mamster), "Hee."
liza says (to Spatch), "HEE."
Limax says, "I have no stories here."
mamster says (to Spatch), "You win with capital-HEE."
mamster says, "The Ebert evolution column was totally lame, I htought."
Spatch says (to mamster), "I don't get that joke. But I don't play
  Bridge."
mamster laughs.
liza says (to mamster), "Yeah, but I guess that's because I thought
  everything he said was completely obvious."
mamster says (to liza), "In fact, I did hear *a* perl_hottie story, but I
  don't know if it's this one."
mamster says, "So tell a goddamn story or something."
devil asks (to Alex), "perl_hottie?"
Alex asks (to devil), "Um, seven?"
mamster says, "Before I have to upgrade your head."
liza says (to mamster), "I thought you were still reading your whitey
  paper."
Limax asks, "There's seven perl_hottie stories?"
mamster says (to liza), "Oh, no I just meant wait until I say 'upgrade your
  head'."
liza says, "Anyway, story.  Some people heard this, and it's really more of
  an anecdote."
liza says, "So I was at the Perl Conference, looking for a way to not have
  to stay in the Motel 8 I'd reserved which was 20 minutes away."
mamster says, "OK, I did hear this."
Limax exclaims, "Yay Super 8!"
schep says, "I haven't."
liza says (to mamster), "BLEH."
Rob awakes from work stuff
Limax says, "Neither have I."
mamster says, "Well, tell schep.  Then I will retell bus story peple have
  heard."
liza says, "mamster's really the only one who'd appreciate it, though."
Jota asks, "If the perl_hottie was being followed by another perl_hottie
  with a note ont he back of a business card, it would have been a story?"
Rob says, "Heh! My story is famous."
Limax doesn't get it.
liza says, "Punch line is that I asked someone to find me a perl hottie,
  and he produced the guy I always say is a perl hottie.  Although I didn't
  end up in the hottie's hotel, so."
(From mamster) liza says, "I did end up in the hottie's lap, so."
Jota asks (to liza), "Has mamster heard quiz question?"
schep is amazed at how mamster and liza have so many stories, and wonders
  whether he needs to watch for stories happening, or get into more crazy
  situations.
mamster says (to schep), "I don't feel like I have all that many."
schep says, "Oop, need to eat."
liza asks (to Jota), "Quiz question?"
mamster says (to schep), "That's the key to having good stories:  eat lots
  of food."
Jota says (to liza), "Er.. tell me I didn't dreamt his."
Limax has no stories to tell because his life is *that* boring.
Jota asks (to liza), "They did a quiz-show thing? And you told us about
  it?"
liza says, "Oh, quiz question!  Yeah."
devil asks, "Where the hell is Iain, btw?"
Rob says, "dunno, really"
Jota says (to devil), "England. Or Scotland. or somewhere near there."
Limax says, "I haven't seen him lately... of course, I haven't seen anyone
  lately, except IRL."
mamster asks, "OK, bus story time?"
Rob says, "It's friday afternoon. maybe he sagged off"
Limax says, "Could be."
liza says (to mamster), "Yes please."
Jota says, "Last connect was yesterday at one pm, MUDtime."
devil says (to Jota), "I actually visited his city, but can't remember the
  name of it right now."
mamster says, "Yesterday I was coming home from downtown, a pretty short
  bus ride."
mamster says, "I was sitting near the back of the bus."
Jota says (to devil), "York, Yorkshire, England."
liza says, "Yay weird Seattle busses."
Jota says, "According to the map."
mamster says (to liza), "One of those, yes."
Spatch says (to liza), "You gotta admit, for being a lame-ass essayist,
  Ebert's "Chill Factor" review is priceless."
Miseri says, "Okay. Must be on my way."
mamster says, "This guy was holding forth with his friend about this big
  party he'd been to in SF."
Miseri says, "see you later, all."
Limax says, "Bye, Mis."
Miseri isn't here. That's odd. You must have missed him leaving. Or maybe
  he was never here to begin with.
<Miseri> To find oneself, one must first lose one's self. So far, I've only
  managed to lose my way.
mamster says, "And at one point in the story, the guy is drunk and
  wandering the streets in a G-string."
mamster says, "And he says, 'Even in San Francisco, that threw a few
  people.'"
mamster says, "Suddenly this middle-aged guy sitting nearby pipes up."
Limax says, "He must have been in the wrong part of SF."
(From Spatch) liza says (to mamster), "jna told me a similar story, but he
  wa ... oh, my."
mamster says, "He's an extremely homely individual, and I realize I am no
  Fiennes here myself."
mamster says, "He starts up in this loud, high voice: 'MAN, DON'T YOU WISH
  THE US WAS MORE LIKE SWEDEN?'"
liza laughs.
Limax laughs.
mamster says, "'IN SWEDEN THEY DON'T GET ALL CONCERNED ABOUT MEN'S BODIES,
  GIRL'S BODIES, WHATEVER.'"
mamster says, "Then, before he can get any farther, another crazy starts in
  from the *front* of the bus:"
mamster says, "'ARE YOU A MEXICAN?  ARE YOU ONE OF THEM GODDAMN MEXICAN
  SPIES?'"
Limax asks, "On a short bus trip?"
liza falls over.
mamster says (to Limax), "Yes.  Seattle is full of weirdos."
Limax says (to mamster), "I thought we had a coup on that in SF."
mamster says, "So then the SF guy says, 'Isn't it too cold in Sweden to go
  around naked all the time?'"
liza asks (to mamster), "How did you not crack up?"
mamster says, "'THEY DON'T CARE!  SUMMER, WINTER, THEY'RE FREE ABOUT THEIR
  BODIES.  WE COULD LEARN A THING OR TWO.'"
Jota asks, "So did the friend of SF guy pretend to not know him at this
  point?"
Spatch says, "Seattle Bus Crazies are the best bus crazies in the world!
  Goodnight, everybody!"
mamster says, "Other guy:  'YOU'RE NO MEXICAN!  YOU'RE A FUCKIN'
  COLOMBIAN!'"
liza is dying.
mamster says (to liza), "I did, completely."
Limax wishes that he'd started logging.
mamster says, "So everyone's laughing it up, including Sweden guy who
  doesn't know we're laughing *at* him, but not Mexican guy."
Spatch says, "oh my god."
mamster says, "Because he's too far away and more belligerent."
mamster says, "Anyway, both crazies get off.  I get off at the following
  stop and go to the QFC."
mamster says, "I'm shopping for a little while, until I hear a familiar
  voice."
Limax says, "oh, no..."
mamster says, "It's Sweden-dude, getting really excited about all the
  products QFC offers.  Unfortunately, I can't remember anythign specific he
  said."
(From Spatch) mamster says, "THIS ISN'T COLOMBIAN COFFEE! IT'S FUCKIN
  MEXICAN!"
mamster says, "But he'd, like, take a package of cookies up to the customer
  service desk and say, 'YOU SELL THESE?  I LOVE THESE THINGS.'"
<Marvin> If I mention my game, just kill me.
mamster says (to Spatch), "Yay!"
liza says, "'IN SWEDEN, THEY SHOP IN THE NUDE.  LIKE ME, RIGHT NOW.'"
Marvin don't want your love, don't want your money. All he wants is the
  keys to your Ferrari.
mamster says, "Eeeew."
Limax says, "Um."
Jota says, "LOOK! IT'S SWEDISH CLOTHING! YOU CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S
  INVISIBLE. I LIKE SWEDISH BODIES. YOU CAN FIND SWEDISH CLOTHES HERE."
mamster says, "The end."
Spatch says (to liza), "Words fail to describe my mirthful reaction to your
  statement!"
mamster giggles.
Jota greets Marvin.
Marvin says, "I'm pissed off with Inform."
Limax says, "Hey marvin."
liza says (to mamster), "That's the best story I've heard in forever."
lurd is looking for you in Adventurer's Language.
Limax asks (to Marvin), "What did it do to you?"
Marvin says, "Inform has pissed me off."
Limax exclaims (to mamster), "Great story!"
Jota asks (to Limax), "Aren't you glad you asked?"
Marvin says (to Limax), "I'm trying to add up scores in a strange way, and
  it doesn't work."
Limax says (to Jota), "I am."
Spatch says, "also, the words of bus crazies are exponentially funnier when
  said IN ALL CAPS!"
Limax says (to Marvin), "Try not using pi."
(From devil) Marvin says, "Two plus two keeps equaling 4, damn it!"
Jota says (to Spatch), "That's why I always quote you in all caps."
liza says, "THIS ISN'T TADS. IT'S FUCKING INFORM!"
mamster says (to Spatch), "Of course."
Spatch says, "That's Spatch's Law of Mentally-Unstable Conversation."
lurd says (to alex), "log 300"
Spatch asks (to liza), "ARE YOU ONE OF THEM GODDAMN AGT SPIES?"
mamster says (to Spatch), "The law of conversation of blather."
lurd says (to alex), "log bus_story.txt 300"
Jota asks (to liza), "TADS *is* fucking Inform. Where do you think all the
  new IF design systems keep coming from?"
lurd says, "bah"
mamster says (to Jota), "Hee!"
Earendil says (to alex), "log 300 is 5.703783"
lurd exclaims (to jota), "ha!"
Limax copies the bus story to Notepad.
Marvin says, "I'm trying to make the points random, until the last time
  they go up, when they should equal the difference between the maximum score
  possible, and the current scfore."
mamster says, "And the thing is, normally I would think a guy talking
  loudly about how he was wandering the streets of SF in a g-string was the
  crazy guy.  But ohhh now."
mamster says, "now = no"
Marvin exclaims, "And I know you probably don't care, but it FUCKING PISSED
  ME OFF!"
Limax asks, "Is Alex lagging?"
Jota asks (to Marvin), "Are the points assigned ranomly, or are they
  determined when the player types 'score'?"
Jota says (to Marvin), "Also, you could probably get help on #inform."
Spatch says (to marvin), "You're 100% correct."
Marvin says (to Jota), "They're assigned randomly, and stuck into the array
  of scores, then read out of that. That bit works fine."
devil says, "bbl"
devil disappears in a burst of flame
<devil> pack up your sins and go home!
Limax looks for something to do.
Jota asks (to Marvin), "What part is the bit that doesn't work then?"
Jota says (to Marvin), "Also, you could probably get help on #inform."
mamster reads teh Chill Factor review and laughs and laughs.
Marvin says (to Jota), "But it won't let me make the score go up but the
  differnece between max_score and score."
liza says (to mamster), "Yes."
liza says, "In fact, I'm going to read it again."
Jota says (to Marvin), "score = max_score;"
Jota says (to Marvin), "Also, you could probably get help on #inform."
Marvin says, "BASTARDISED PIECEF FUCKING SHIT!OP"
Spatch says (to marvin), "Please settle down."
Marvin says, "OK, sorry."
Jota says (to Marvin), "Also, you could probably be better liked if you
  stop swearing and shouting."
mamster says (to Marvin), "Take this to #inform right now."
<thumper> hellos Alex, Spatch, markm, mamster, Earendil, K-Y, Limax, schep,
  Jota, Psmith, liza, lurd, Cyclone, Rob, and anyone he might have
  forgotten.
thumper says, "Hiyas."
Marvin says, "I normally wouldn't but I'm more annyed now than I have been
  in 5 years and about 6 months."
Jota greets thumper.
Limax says, "Hey thumper"
lurd says (to thumper), "hey"
liza says (to mamster), "The Cuba Gooding Jr. joke is outstanding."
Marvin says, "No, I'm just going to shut up about it."
Alex exclaims, "Awwk! Log started!"
mamster laughs.
Limax says, "Whoah."
mamster says (to liza), "Yeah, but then it got even better."

[Log finished Fri Sep  3 11:00:38 1999]