[Log started by inky Mon Mar 22 15:47:28 1999]

inky says (to ddyte), "yay"
mamster says, "I used to live a few miles from the 45th."
Gunther says, "yay! in MDN now!"
andyf says (to Adam), "I helped with some grunt work on a big field
  project. Watson Lake, Ross River, and Faro in the Yukon (plus a bunch of
  countryside in between); Forts Providence, Simpson and Liard in the NWT."
liza returns from new Nudemarket office.
andyf raises an eyebrow.
Adam asks (to andyf), "This wasn't a Katimavik thing or anything, was it?"
Wildman asks, "nudemarket?"
Jota sees the eyebrow, and raises a left ear.
Wildman asks, "is this where you shop nude or buy nudes?"
inky asks (to liza), "this one is built over a stable?"
mamster asks (to liza), "How's the m00v going?"
liza says (to Alex), "Nudemarket is where Liza works -
  http://www.newmarket.net/"
Alex says (to liza), "Okay, Nudemarket is where Liza works -
  http://www.newmarket.net/."
andyf says (to Adam), "No, a big seismic project (Lithoprobe). They grabbed
  every available geophysics grad student from Canadian universities."
Gunther asks, "you cause quakes?"
Jota would be more interested in seeing a Nude Newmarket office than a New
  Nudemarket office.
liza says (to mamster), "We still have no T1, but the new office is
  fantasmacktoric."
Grocible asks, "liza: mezzanines?"
mamster says (to liza), "Cool.  Bring it along when you meet us in
  Providence."
liza says (to Groc), "Your office is still way cooler."
andyf says (to Gunther), "Well, this was an active seismic project: set off
  explosions, record the resulting seismic waves, hopefully find something
  out about the structure of the crust."
Grocible says, "liza: ah well"
Grocible says, "liza: ah well for you; yay for me"
inky asks, "big explosions??"
Adam says, "Blowing Up the Yukon for Fun and Profit"
liza says, "However, our front reception area is all corrigated metal and
  exposed brick and random stuff hanging from the ceiling."
mamster says, "Excellent."
andyf says (to Gunther), "My own work is passive seismic: record
  earthquakes, analyze them, try to figure out stuff about earth structure."
[Alex] Jota hmms, "Alex doesn't know the new address for the HoS."
(From Grocible) liza says, "The dangling metal bits are from the terrorist
  attack."
Kiz says, "Ha! Entertainment Weekly ariticle about new, 25-and-under
  writers: 'The Kids Are All Write.'"
[Alex] inky asks, "so teach it?"
inky asks, "All Write Again?"
Kiz says, "'xactly"
liza says (to Groc), "Close - it's in downtown Kosovo."
mamster says (to andyf), "Don't be so passive.  Grab the caribou of life by
  the horns!"
[Alex] inky asks, "or do you not know either?"
[Alex] Jota says (to inky), "Well, the way I found out he didn't know was
  by asking him. If I knew, why would I be asking? :)"
ddyte says, "Hey, leave caribou alone."
andyf says (to inky), "I attended two 3000-kilogram explosions. Not much
  effect at the surface, ideally, because the explosive is put in 50-meter
  drill holes."
Grocible says, "I read an article that the old Woodwards store in downtown
  vancouver is becoming a popular location shoot for people to film
  yugoslavia-type scenes. chris carter is shooting some millenium ep that's
  supposed to be in sarajevo or somewhere in it"
inky says, "nice"
ddyte says, "Grab the cob of life by the niblets. Hmm, maybe not..."
mamster laughs.
andyf says, "The biggest bang on the project was some 15,000 kilos."
[Alex] Gunther says, "http://onramp.uscom.com/~glasser/ifmud/ifhos/"
Grocible asks, "andyf: kilos of what? tnt?"
[Alex] Jota says (to Alex), "HoS is the Hall of Shame"
[Alex] Alex says (to Jota), "Okay, HoS is the Hall of Shame."
Grocible asks, "fertilizer and diesel oil?"
[Alex] Jota says (to Alex), "the Hall of Shame is at
  http://onramp.uscom.com/~glasser/ifmud/ifhos/"
[Alex] Alex says (to Jota), "Okay, the Hall of Shame is at
  http://onramp.uscom.com/~glasser/ifmud/ifhos/."
Grocible says, "eeeagh! millennium I mean"
andyf says (to Grocible), "They were using the fertilizer-and-diesel stuff.
  It's stable, safe to handle, and can be poured right into the holes."
[Alex] Jota says, "Now, if Alex could cross-reference, you could just ask
  him for 'HoS?'.."
inky says, "heh"
[Alex] inky says, "yeah, yeah."
Grocible says, "really? they actually used fertilizer and diesel? you're
  putting me on"
[Alex] inky says, "feel free to hack the source yourself, man."
[Alex] Jota grins.
[Alex] Gunther says, "xref('hos')"
andyf says (to Grocible), "Nope. It's a commonly-used mining explosive."
Wildman says, "why not? fertilizer and diesel is a good explosive"
ddyte says, "Chlorine and brake fluid is the way to go. Safe and stable."
Grocible says, "well there you go"
(From mamster) Wildman says, "It's also great on fries, if you throw in a
  few cheese curds as a detonator."
andyf says (to Grocible), "The stuff they buy is labelled as explosive, but
  it's chemically the same."
Grocible says, "personally I would've gone for primer cord and magnesium.
  way cooler looking explosions"
andyf says (to Grocible), "You need that too. This stuff won't go bang
  without a booster explosive and a blasting cap. That's why it's safe to
  handle."
Grocible says, "like geeks at burning man setting Porsche engine blocks on
  fire"
andyf says (to Grocible), "Remember that mine explosion up in Yellowknife?
  They knew it was murder because that stuff just doesn't go off by
  accident."
Grocible says, "my boy scout handbook as a kid had a couple pages on
  blasting caps. explaining why you shouldn't touch one if you see one lying
  around and stuff"
andyf says (to Grocible), "Yeah, they can take your hand off."
Grocible says, "well yeah I know"
Gunther says, "Also instructions on how to DIY"
Grocible says, "it was just the idea of blasting caps being common things
  lying around that was funny to me"
(From ddyte) Encyclopedia_Brown says, "Bugs Meany set off that explosion
  deliberately!"
andyf says (to ddyte), "Heh."
Wildman says (to groc), "boy scout handbook and anarchist's handbook are
  similar in many ways"
Grocible says, "I guess in the 60s when there was more trans-canada highway
  construction, people living in mining towns, etc. it was more of an issue"
Adam says, "Hey, I haven't seen any girl scouts lately"
Adam says, "And I'm fresh out of Samoas"
Grocible says, "but for a kid growing up in a burb of calgary blasting caps
  weren't exactly part of my daily life thankfully"
andyf says (to Adam), "They all blew themselves up with blasting caps."
Grocible says, "at least I know what a blasting cap looks like"
(From Caoif) Warner Bros. Sues Donald Sobol for Defamation of Their
  Chacracter.
andyf says (to Grocible), "When I was a kid in D.C., I remember a bunch of
  us finding a gun lying around in the gutter."
Gunther says, "Damn. I thought 'ac' was 'Ascension'..."
andyf says (to Grocible), "Fortunately, we moved to Montreal when I was
  5."
Grocible says, "hey. I know that yukon college logo - the one linked back
  from mamster's cafeteria page. I had to put a web page together for them"
Grocible says, "andyf; good move"
Kiz shakes her head sadly. "Our handbook just has stuff on shopping badges.
   How were we to know to avoid blasting caps?"
Wildman says, "i thought ac was academy"
Wildman says, "or academic - something like that"
Gunther says (to Wildman), "only in combination with a country code"
Gunther says (to Wildman), "like .ac.at"
Grocible says, "ac.uk is"
Wildman nods.
mamster says, "ac.uk is a gagging noise."
Gunther says, "adamcadre.ac.ac"
liza says (to mamster), "The point of @gag is to avoid noise."
Jota exclaims, "You too can attend the Adam Cadre school of IF!"
Wildman says, "ok, explain that domain name, adam"
Gunther says, "www.ack!.ac"
mamster asks, "Dang, I have a whois entry with an incorrect email address. 
  How can I fix this?"
liza says, "www.stop.we.are.you.friends.nak.nak.ac."
Gunther says, "www.liza.ld"
liza pushes the button on the typo tally.  Bing!
Caoif says (to Jota), "Yes, learn how to make two work of IF be as
  different as possible from each other, yet later claim that they're in the
  same universe."
Wildman says, "www.gratuitously.long.domain.name.com"
liza asks (to mamster), "Fill out an Internic form, no? And shouldn't you
  know this?"
Jota says (to Caoif), "No, that's Zarf. Except he didn't actually claim it,
  we did."
mamster says (to liza), "Yeah, I should."
liza says (to mamster), "You're fired!"
andyf says (to Wildman), "This could be a variant of
  alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb"
Jota asks, "What about aanvvv?"
liza says, "I used to post to aanvvv."
Jota used to read that group, before it was too spammed to be worthwhile.
andyf used to read waaaaaaay too many newsgroups.
mamster says, "I used to read alt.culture.electric-midget."
andyf says, "Fave newsgroup name: alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup"
Caoif says, "I used to read several newsgroups, but many of them became too
  spammed to be worthwhile. Raif and rgif are among the very few I still read
  occasionally."
Gunther reads r.*.i-f and unilinz, and that's it.-
Jota reads ahbou, rho, and rhf (in addition to r*if).
andyf says, "Inciedntally, I finished correcting my 140 assignments."
Gunther reads aaa (alt.avoid.acronyms)
Wildman says, "how to avoid spam in your ng - choose a non-provocative
  name... alt.kinky.sex would be a bad choice"
andyf reads r*if, peeves, and sometimes comp.risks and asr. Eclectic, eh?
ddyte says, "phone"
Wildman says, "hmmm... in rgma - new mud based on secret of monkey island"
neild says, "I only read monkey.monkey.monkey.monkey."
Jota asks (to Wildman), "You think aanvvv is provocative?"
inky says, "I have 24 newsgroups subscribed, it looks like"
liza says (to neild), "DO NOT!"
neild says (to liza), "FUCK YOU"
inky says, "a bunch of them are fairly low-volume, though"
Caoif washes out neild's mouth with soap.
liza asks (to neild), "Where were you when I needed that said in France?"
neild asks (to liza), "Also, how come you weren't at the m.m.m.m f2f?"
mamster says (to Caoif), "It's good to have you back."
mamster says (to neild), "Mmmm...f2f."
neild says (to Caoif), "FUCK YOU AND YOUR SOAP"
inky says, "f2f sks CGI lps"
liza says, "Yay sopa!"
neild asks (to liza), "When were you in France?"
Caoif asks (to neild), "Are you one of those people who needs to swear to
  live the way most people need to breathe to live?"
neild says (to Caoif), "Fuck no."
liza says (to neild), "I drove to fucking France this weekend. Okay,
  fucking Montreal."
andyf asks (to liza), "How did you fucking like it?"
neild exclaims (to liza), "Yay surrogate France!"
mamster says, "France is the shit."
Caoif asks (to neild), "Then why are you gratuitously using the F word all
  the time?"
liza says (to andyf), "Shit, it was great. Food was fanfuckingtastic."
iVan says, "Fuckin' A."
inky says (to Caoif), "please stop being provocative."
neild asks (to Caoif), "You mean 'fantabulous'?"
iVan says, "We really used to talk like that in college in NY."
Wildman says (to caoif), "it's not fucking gratuitous"
Gunther says, "fuck you."
Grocible says, "this article is interesting.
  http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/18625.html"
mamster says, "Poopyhead."
andyf laughs.
neild says (to mamster), "Hamsterbrain."
liza asks (to inky), "Provocative == sultry, no?"
Caoif says, "You know, it's language like this that drives NORMAL people
  away from here..."
Grocible says, "stop being unfair to fucking hamsters"
neild says (to Caoif), "Please, god, I hope so."
mamster says (to Caoif), "Is that what does it?  I thought it was the
  monkey jokes."
Gunther says, "fucking doesn't."
andyf says (to Caoif), "We don't want NORMAL people."
iVan says (to Caoif), "And yet, here you still are."
inky says (to liza), "yeah, I don't appreciate him muscling in on my turf"
Grocible says, "we don't like normal people here"
Wildman asks, "and who says we WANT normal people here?"
neild exclaims, "Meta-timing!"
liza says, "Yay NORML people."
Gunther says, "VRML people, now..."
neild smokes a fucking bowl.
mamster says, "Jorma Ollila is a great name."
(From Adam) Riki Rachman smokes a TV Guide.
Wildman smokes a monkey. The monkey appears to be upset.
liza says (to Adam), "I don't get that, but man is it funny."
(From iVan) Foobler says, "I don't know about NORMAL people, but it sure
  does drive away us fucking IMPs."
Grocible asks, "mamster: related to jeyyboard problemaa?"
mamster says (to Groc), "Indeed."
neild asks, "So, what the fuck were we talking about?"
liza says (to neild), "France."
Caoif says, "Well, it drives away people who are embarrassed by such
  things, anyway."
Gunther says, "wait, fuck this!"
iVan says (to liza), "YM "Fucking France" HTH"
liza says (to Caoif), "That's really too bad."
mamster | "We may be dependent on Nokia, but this
mamster |                      is what we have been aiming at --
mamster |                      getting a third foot for the economy
neild asks (to liza), "And why the fuck were you there?"
Gunther says, "stop fucking using "fucking" all the fucking time, you
  mofos."
liza says (to neild), "The fucking, naturally."
Adam says (to liza), "When Riki Rachman was the host of Loveline he
  occasionally mentioned the time that he was eight years old, had no pot,
  had no cigarettes, and was so desperate for something to smoke that he lit
  up the TV Guide"
mamster says, "MAN ENJOYS NEW FOOT WHILE DOCTORS WATCH"
Gunther says, "TMI TMI"
liza says (to mamster), "HA HA HA"
neild says (to liza), "YM 'le fucking.'"
DorianX asks, "Hear about the ill-fated attempt to blwo up a whale
  carcass?"
liza says (to Adam), "Wait, I knew this. But I forget if I knew it from
  here."
Gunther says (to DorianX), "YM 'fucked up'"
DorianX says, "In oregon"
iVan says (to DorianX), "Many times."
Grocible says, "caoif: I hate to have to say it, but you know... very few
  people these days under the age of 40 have problems with words like
  "fuck"."
mamster says (to DX), "Yeah, there's a video of it online."
Adam says (to liza), "Also, he once mixed up some shampoo and toothpaste to
  get superpowers"
liza says (to neild), "Right. I'd never gone, and it's only a few hours
  away. So we drove up for the weekend."
Adam says (to liza), "No, wait, that was Ellison"
Gunther asks (to Adam), "Did he fuck people mercilessly?"
inky says, "savagely"
Wildman says (to groc), "YM "under the age of 50""
Gunther says (to inky), "right."
(From mamster) Elia Kazan says, "YM 'under the age of 112.'"
Gunther asks, "Also, where the fuck is Ellison when you need him, dammit?"
Grocible says, "wild: I'm being generous"
Caoif says (to Grocible), "There is the prevailing opinion that some words
  HAVE to be bad words, and NOT be used all the time, or else they lose their
  shock value."
(From Gunther) Marilyn Manson says, "I am the God of Fuck."
iVan asks, "Anyone remember the mob boss from Midnight Run ?"
neild says (to Caoif), "Well, fuck that."
(From inky) Grocible says (to Caoif) "So you must be .. Old Jim, the
  caretaker!"
Gunther says (to neild), "YAY"
Wildman says, "in fact, my mom is the only person under the age of 50 i
  know who has a problem with the word fuck"
Adam asks (to Caoif), "Prevailing among whom?"
andyf has been laughing hard for the last five minutes.
neild says, "I mean, I don't know where the fuck we'd be if fuck lost its
  shock value."
Grocible says, "caoif: okay. we don't find words like "fuck" to be
  shocking. So there you go."
Adam says, "or, as they would say on rsbp, 'LIE! CITE IT!!'"
schep says (to Wildman), "Well, I do. So fsck off."
(From mamster) Civilization collapses.
neild exclaims (to mamster), "Yay!"
andyf finds electricity to be shocking.
ddyte asks (to neild), "Up the fuckin creek, fuckface. Where do you fuckin
  think we'd be?"
Gunther says, "the shit creek. w/o paddle."
neild says (to dd), "Fuck off, fuck-ass."
liza says (to ddyte), "Shut up, Aussiefuc... Damn."
Adam says (to Caoif), "Basically, it seems that most people here don't find
  that theory to be worth a cunt-full of cold water"
mamster says (to neild&ddyte), "OK, I'm laughing."
ddyte says (to neild), "Fuck you and your whole fuckin lifestyle."
neild falls the fuck over.
Gunther tries to decide whether to turn on logging...
Caoif says, "An effective use of the 'f' word can"
andyf waits for Gunther to work in a little German cussing.
Gunther says (to neild), "YM 'God falls the fuck over.'"
Grocible says, "eeeagh! women swimming in cold lakes!"
Gunther says (to andyf), "Leck mich am Arsch."
neild says (to Gunther), "YM 'God says fuck you!'"
iVan asks (to Adam), "Exactly how much cold water can a cunt hold?"
Gunther says, "Also (from Terminator), "Fick dich selbst, Arschloch.""
mamster says, "So, like, the prevailing opinion is that if you all give me
  wads of cash, it'll lose its shock value."
liza says, "Are You There, God? Well, Fuck You. - Margaret"
Gunther says (to iVan), "ouch"
mamster says (to liza), "HA HA HA"
Caoif says, "The 'f' word can be used very effectively to shock people in
  both comedy and dramea, but if EVERYONE used it all the time, it wouldn't
  be as effective."
neild exclaims (to liza), "Hee!"
Wildman says (to liza), "hahahaha"
Gunther asks (to andyf), "ok?"
mamster says (to Caoif), "They said that about the word 'monkey,' too."
andyf asks (to Gunther), "Lemme guess. 'Lick my arse'?"
neild says (to Caoif), "The same could be said of cattle prods. Wait, no it
  couldn't."
Gunther says (to andyf), "yes. and 'fuck yourself, asshole'"
(From Caoif) neild drops dead because he went too long without using the
  'f' word.
Gunther says (to neild), "It could, the batteries would run down."
neild exclaims (to Caoif), "Now that's comedy!"
Grocible says, "caoif: you seem to be taking the view that shocking is a
  good thing for a start"
Adam says (to Caoif), "Also, he went 20 turns without eating"
liza giggles.
andyf says (to Gunther), "Apparently German cussing is pretty similar to
  English."
Kiz says, "someone better be getting this in a log.  and linking it to the
  faq."
Gunther says (to andyf), "Fuck yeah"
Wildman asks, "why MUST fuck be a shock word? why *is* fuck a shock word to
  begin with?"
neild asks, "So basically, we need to ration the use of 'fuck' in order to
  ensure that George Carlin routines are still funny for future
  generations?"
liza asks (to neild), "Wait, George Carlin is funny?"
andyf could work in a little Quebec-style swearing, but it really doesn't
  translate.
neild says (to alex), "log"
Alex exclaims (to neild), "Awwwk! No parse found!"
Grocible asks, "curse conservationsists?"
Gunther looks at his log file names... 'sex.txt', 'fuck.txt'... hmm...
Grocible says, "cursevationists"
Wildman says, "george carlin - unlike eddie murphy - is funny without the
  word fuck"
Caoif says (to grocible), "It is a good thing. At least in fiction. Getting
  the readyer/veiwer/player..."
neild says (to alex), "log fuck -300"
Alex exclaims, "Awwk! Log started!"
iVan exclaims (to neild), "According to George Carlin there won't BE any
  future generations,... FUCK ALL YOU WANT!"
Caoif says, "'s attention."
Gunther says (to neild), "I am fucking logging, you fuckhead."
ddyte says, "Someone was trying to tell me that use of teh word fuck means
  you are demonstrating you have run out of words. I disagree, it has many
  and subtle variations. Fuck can be both poetic and savage- soothing and
  searing."
neild says (to Gunther), "Fuckin-A."
Gunther says (to ddyte), "_fuck_ that."
inky says, "hmm"
mamster says (to ddyte), "I'll have the soothing seared sea bass, please."
ddyte says (to mamster), "HAHAHA!"
inky says (to Alex), "log off"
Alex says, "Awwwk! Log over! File is
  http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~dbs/ifmud/fuck.txt"
Wildman says, "it can be used in many ways to mean many things"
inky says (to Alex), "log fuck2 300"
Alex exclaims, "Awwk! Log started!"
Gunther says, "The G400 supports full environmental bump mapping, as
  opposed to multi-pass alpha-blended embossed bump mapping that many
  next-generation video accelerators are limited to."
Gunther asks, "WHAT?"
inky says, "I'm not exactly sure what -300 would do."
neild says (to inky), "Thanks."
inky says, "probably ought to add it"
mamster says (to Gunther), "TSD."
Gunther says, "it logs the NEXT 300 lines only"
Caoif wonders how much web space inky has.
thumper asks (to inky), "Log backwards in time?"
Wildman says, "for example, famous last words:"
Gunther says (to thumper), "YM 'forwards'"
(From liza) Wildman has disconnected.
Gunther says (to liza), "YAY"
(From mamster) Wildman says, "Eeagh!  Iron fuckin' bird!"
neild says (to Gunther), "YM 'foreplay.'"
Wildman asks, "the captain of the titanic: deckhand, where's all this
  fucking water coming from?"
Gunther says (to neild), "No fucking way."
mamster says (to Alex), "Log foreskin."
Grocible says, "tom stoppard is a sir? wacky"
Gunther says (to Wildman), "Wait, I know this from a shirt."
mamster says (to Groc), "That reminds me of something."
Caoif says, "I think the 'f' word is more effective if it's only used when
  you're really pissed off."
liza says (to Caoif), "Feel free to use it that way."
neild says (to mamster), "That's not funny. Log foreskin is an extremely
  painful condition."
Gunther says, "wait, fuck all that."
mamster laughs.
Adam says (to Caoif), "I find the same to be true about my trusty Tex-9"
Adam says, "Tek-9"
Adam says, "GRR"
mamster falls over.
andyf says (to neild), "Log foreskin is a primitive circumcision
  technique."
Adam pushes the button on the typo tally.  Bing!
Wildman says, "why should fuck be a pissed off word? i use much more
  colorful expressions when i'm pissed off"
liza says, "I find the same to be true about my delicious vegetarian
  Tex-Mex."
Caoif asks (to Wildman), "Such as?"
Gunther says, "(yay)"
Adam says (to liza), "Mmmm"
mamster says, "Tex-9 is my favorite space cowboy."
Gunther asks (to liza), "FUCK YOU AND YOUR TEX-MEX! WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?"
Wildman says (to caoif), "son of a motherless goat comes to mind"
Adam says, "OKAY, SO I MESSED UP"
ddyte says, "So this kid was born with no eyelids. The doctor said to his
  mum, when we circumcise him, we'll graft the skin onto his eyes. She said,
  but he'll be cockeyed! He said, yeah but think of the foresight he'll
  have."
neild exclaims (to Adam), "Yeah, FUCK YOU!"
Gunther says (to ddyte), "EEEAGH!!"
Wildman says (to dd), "LOL"
liza says (to Adam), "There's a great pay-by-the-kilo chain of veggie
  restaurants in Montreal."
neild falls over and dies. Caoif cheers!
Kiz says (to dd), "ack!"
mamster asks (to liza), "'Veggie' is a euphemism for marijuana, right?"
ddyte says, "(Rodney Rude, circa 1984)"
mamster says, "Wait, TWF."
Gunther says (to mamster), "no, for 'penis'"
andyf asks (to liza), "I might've been to one. Don't remember the name.
  Corner of COte des Neiges and QUeen Mary?"
Adam says (to liza), "Kewl.  Yeah, I'm planning to get from here to Boston
  via Montreal, but was also planning on just driving through and not
  stopping"
Wildman asks (to caoif), "so WHY is fuck a bad thing?"
Gunther asks, "TWF?"
mamster says (to alex), "TWF is That Wasn't Funny."
neild asks, "'Cote des Neiges' is French for 'Road of Fucking,' right?"
Alex says (to mamster), "Okay, TWF is That Wasn't Funny."
Caoif says (to Wildman), "It's only a bad thing oif it's used casually."
liza says (to andy), "I saw one on St. Denis, and one on St. Laurent."
Gunther says (to Caoif), "it's fucking not used CASUALLY here."
Gunther says (to Caoif), "more like ALL THE FUCKING TIME."
neild says (to Gunther), "We put on our tuxes first."
mamster says, "There is nothing casual about ifMUD except the pants-free
  dress code."
Gunther says (to neild), "Hee hee"
Wildman asks, "ah... is the problem with casually saying fuck, or with
  casually fucking?"
Gunther says, "both"
Caoif says (to Wildman), "If it's used casually, it loses its impact.
  People who seldom use the 'f' word get more attention on the rate occasions
  they DO use it, then people who use the 'f' word every day..."
PollBoy hollers, "Gunther has changed the poll! Up and block and then a
  high kick is my fatality move!"
 User        On     Idle   Welcome to ifMUD. Now FOAD.
liza asks (to Caoif), "So what?"
Wildman asks (to caoif), "AND?"
Adam asks (to Caoif), "Couldn't you make the same argument about the word
  'rutabega'?"
Gunther says (to liza), "'So FUCKING what' HTH HAND"
Wildman gasps.
Gunther says (to Adam), "That was a step TOO FAR, young man."
Caoif says (to Adam), "Don't blame me. I'm not the one who decided 'fuck'
  was a bad word and 'rutabaga' wasn't..."
mamster says (to Caoif), "The same people could change their
  attention-getting tactic to dropping their pants.  I find it effective."
Grocible asks, "caoif: please consider giving up. nobody here seems to
  share your opinion about the use of the word fuck. So. let's move on,
  okay?"
Wildman can't believe Adam actually said "rutabega".
PollBoy hollers, "neild has changed the poll! Call 1-900-POLLBOY for steamy
  @poll chat!"
 User        On     Idle   Rutabaga rutabaga rutabaga
Gunther says (to Wildman), "YOU SAID IT!"
Grocible says, "caoif: I mean, this harping on and on just makes you look
  silly"
mamster says, "Snugglebunnies snugglebunnies snu--"
<Guest> You all know our next guest -- let's have a big hand for TV's
  "Fish", Abe Vigoda!
Caoif says, "Okay, let's drop the subject."
Gunther says (to mamster), "Gaah!"
liza says (to mamster), "Yay!"
Guest arrives from the east.
neild exclaims (to Caoif), "But it was just getting fun!"
Wildman asks, "snugglebunnies?!?"
andyf says, "Hey Guest."
Guest says, "hi"
iVan exclaims (to mamster), "Hey, BINK YOU, pal!"
mamster says (to Wildman), "Bloom County."
neild says, "Really, it's not fun until someone looks silly."
andyf says (to Wildman), "From Bloom County."
Caoif says (to neild), "Maybe you're not tired of it, but Grocible is."
Gunther looks silly.
Caoif says, "And to tell the truth, I'm getting tired of it too."
andyf says, "It's all in good fun until somebody loses an eye. Then it's
  hilarious."
neild says (to Caoif), "That's only because of the time difference."
Gunther says, "just shut the fuck up."
Wildman asks, "the time difference?"
neld loses an i.
andyf says, "Well, that was an enjoyable bit of mudding. Now it's
  lunchtime."
mamster says, "Wow, it's practically quittin' time."
andyf says (to neld), "Heh."
Guest has disconnected.
Guest goes home.
<Guest> We'd like to take a short break now. Our next guest will be Nipsey
  Russell, so stay tuned!
neld asks (to mamster), "You're quttin' today?"
Caoif groans.
andyf has disconnected.
andyf goes home.
<andyf> andyf has left the building.
Gunther says (to Ellison), "CONNECT ALREADY!!"
Grocible says, "caoif: I was trying to be helpful, is all. if you enjoy
  coming across as a silly person, please go right ahead"
Wildman says, "oh, yes, please go ahead"
Gunther says, "Yay thief!"
Gunther asks, "does he still work?"
Jota comes back from idling to find quite the conversation in his backlog.
mamster says (to Jota), "If you keep using the word 'backlog' like that,
  it'll lose its impact."
Jota says, "Um..."
Gunther says, "Also, fzck you"
mamster says, "OK, I'm taking the term 'quitting time' to heart and
  quitting.  Well, for today, at least."
<devil> You hear the faintest whisper of a droning chant from somewhere far
  away.
Grocible says, "mamster: I *hate* an impact on my backlog"
Jota says, "Please tell me I can safely conculde that Caoif was joking too,
  right? It's hard to tell from the log."
devil arrives from the east.
Grocible says, "mamster: I mean..."
Caoif asks, "Fzck? Is that some kind of racial slur?"
inky says (to mamster), "if you keep using the phrase "a giant asteroid is
  going to collide with earth" it'll lose its impact"
devil says, "heh"
Jota would greet devil, but thinks it might annoy him.
mamster says (to inky), "YM 'its deep impact.'"
neld says, "It's what Poles call the people from Fuckland."
devil exclaims (to Jota), "Ha!"
inky says (to mamster), "yeah, I think that worked better"
Gunther says, ">POLISH POPE (thanks neild)"
devil says, "And pronouncing it is even worse."
mamster says, "Bye now."
mamster has disconnected.
mamster has been seen around the monkey house with a ratchet.
neld exclaims (to Gunther), "Your pope is SO FUCKING SHINY!"
Adam asks, "'neld'?"
liza asks, "There's already been a pr0n film called 'Deep Impact', right?"
neld says (to Adam), "I had an i put out."
Gunther says, "It's alarming that you can pronounce FZCK just as you write
  it in German"
Adam says, "Oh, right"
liza says (to neild), "'FUCK YOU', but imagine the phrase had an 'i' and I
  took it out so it was funny."
schep says (to Gunther), "Well, you can in English too. It's just dumb."
neld exclaims (to liza), "Ha!"
neld says (to liza), "That being a 'Ha!' in the alternate universe where
  'FUCK YOU' has an 'i', of course."
Gunther says, "FUCKI YOU"
inky says, "Hai!"
inky says, "oh, wait."
Gunther says (to neild), "Take 'FICK DICH' where it DOES have an 'i'"
Caoif looks bored.
Jota says, "It's not 'I FUCK YOU!'? That sounds like an interesting open
  offer, depending on who's saying it."
Caoif heads west.
(From Jota) Caoif712 is BORED!
Gunther says, "hee hee"
neld exclaims (to Jota), "Yay!"
liza says (to Jota), "Hee!"
Gunther asks, "he's easily upset and made fun of, no?"
neld exclaims, "Also: Yay driving off the 'normal' people!"
Gunther says, "like the pseudo thief-bot..."
Adam says, "Yes, NORMAL people play with Floyd alone for eight hours a
  day"
devil coughs
liza says (to Adam), "Floyd only uses the word 'fuck' when he's really
  pissed off."
Jota asks (to Adam), "Hey, I p-- oh wait, you meant he Bot, don't you?"
Caoif arrives from the east.
Gunther says, "SHIT!!"
schep says, "HA ha. \ again."
liza says (to Gunther), "HA ha."
Gunther says, "I *always* forget the \s"
thumper says (to gunther), "You're now allowed to use .."
Gunther says, "FUCK!!!"
Gunther says (to thumper), "Thanks."
<McKracken> McKracken has connected to ifMUD.
McKracken will make you - jump! jump! Mack Daddy'll make you - jump! jump!
<Steve> As a child I had wanted to become an automobile, but then I grew up
  to be 30 years old.
Steve suspects a dog has eaten his underpants by now.  That's what usually
  happens.
Steve says, "Just dropping by to say 'Roberto Benigni' a couple times."
Jota greets Steve.
schep says, "I'll leave then."
Jota greets Zak, too.
Gunther says (to schep), "Yeah, fuck off."
iVan says (to Steve), "Yaay."
neld exclaims (to Steve), "Buon giorno!"
McKracken says, "Hello, J"
liza says, "Prego!"
<Ghogg> *** Your score has been divided by zero ***
Ghogg arrives from the east.
Ghogg waves.
liza says, "5pm join/leave fest."
Gunther asks (to schep), "Also consider coming here. We have Tanzanians,
  Nigerians, Cape-Verde-ians etc, so why not an American, too?"
Adam says (to liza), "Ragu!"
Steve says (to Adam), "5 Brothers!"
neld asks, "So did anyone see if Roberto sat or stood for Kazan?"
Ghogg says (to Gunther), "Ick. Americans will drip green goo all over the
  place. :)"
iVan says (to Steve), "Pfft. They're not even Italian."
neld asks, "Or, more like, did pushups?"
Adam says (to neild), "He made love to him in the firmament like Jupiter."
neld says, "likely"
iVan says (to neild), "Robert..."
iVan says (to Adam), "Damn."
neld says, "Also, Adam's was funnier."
iVan exclaims (to neild), "I wasn't even finished typing it!"
Ghogg says (to Adam), "It was worth watching the Oscars for that one
  line."
neld says (to Ivan), "Than *mine*."
iVan says (to neild), "Oh."
devil says, "I liked Jim Carrey's bit."
iVan exclaims (to neild), "Well FUCK YOU!"
Gunther says (to devil), "TSD"
devil asks (to iVan), "Who are you talking to?"
neld exclaims (to Ivan), "It's lost its shock value. HA ha!"
devil asks (to Gunther), "Huh?"
iVan says (to neld), "Oh shut up."
Gunther says (to devil), "'...bit'"
Ghogg asks (to neld), "Where did your 'i' go?"
iVan exclaims (to neld), "And open your i, man!"
liza asks, "I was driving 5mph through a blizzard in the mountains during
  the Oscars. Did anything SOY BOMB-esque happen?"
devil asks, "No, what's TSD mean?"
neild says (to Ghogg), "We were having fun until I lost it. But it's better
  now."
Ghogg says, "I'd like to sell a vowel, please."
Gunther says (to devil), "Ask Alex"
neild says (to liza), "Just Benigni being a wacko."
Adam says (to liza), "Roberto Benigni jumped on chairs and made love to
  everybody in the firmament like Jupiter and stuff"
Gunther says (to devil), "'That Sounded Dirty'"
neild asks, "Is his speech online somewhere?"
liza says (to Adam), "That's more or less what I thought."
neild says, "The one for Best Actor, I mean."
Adam says, "Also, apparently Whoopi Goldberg said 'shit' a few times, but
  it lost its shock value."
devil says (to Gunther), "Thanks. I was whispering to Alex. Yes, yes,
  TASD."
Ghogg says (to Adam), "Hm. I missed that."
Adam says (to neild), "mrshowbiz.go.com had a transcript, but it was
  incorrect"
DorianX asks, "Anyone klnow where to get a 16 character, 2-line backlit LCD
  panel with a hd44780 chip for cheap?"
Kiz says, "Mere words couldn't upstage her dresses for shock value."
neild says (to Adam), "Also, her name was 'Whoopi,' but it lost its shock
  value."
Gunther says, "http://www.orf.at/orfon/990322-16146/16138txt_story.html"
Adam says, "I say 'apparently' because I never heard her say it"
<Dilbon> Unfortunately, there's a radio connected to my brain.
Dilbon shines!
Gunther says, "of course, that's Germa"
Gunther says, "n"
Adam says, "But the various reports said she did"
Ghogg says, "Heh."
devil says, "She said enough baudy stuff right at the beginning tho."
Steve says, "Speech is at http://www.oscar.com/winners/w_acl.html"
neild asks (to Gunther), "How do you say, 'I don't have enough English!' in
  German?"
Adam says, "I missed the first several minutes, though"
devil says, "Not a child-friendly show. Or very child-friendly, depending
  on if you're talking to an adult or a child."
ddyte says, "When you've lived in a 240V power supply area, the USA loses
  its shock value."
Ghogg says, "Maybe one of the people who lost was talking."
neild says (to Steve), "Thanks."
Gunther says (to neild), "The speech autoloads tho"
Gunther says, "Ich habe nicht genug Englisch"
devil exclaims (to ddyte), "Groan!"
neild says (to Gunther), "Right, but it's sort of meaningless to say in
  German."
liza says, "Okay Whoopi Goldberg as Queen Elizabeth is scary."
devil says (to neild), "Like what we 're saying in English has lotsa
  meaning."
Steve | I would like to be Jupiter and kidnap everybody
Steve | and lie down in the (inaudible) making love to everybody
Steve | because I don't know how to express - it's a question of
Steve | love.
Caoif says (to liza), "You're right about that. I shudder at the thought."
ddyte says, "Boy, would I like to lie down in the inaudible."
<Gordy> Gordy has connected to ifMUD.
Jota asks, "So he wants to turn into a swan?"
Gordy arrives from the east.
Jota greets Gordy.
devil asks (to ddyte), "WHAT?"
Gordy waves.
Ghogg asks (to Jota), "Doesn't everybody?"
ddyte says (to devil), "Read steve's paste."
neild says (to Caoif), "You mean because she's black? I thought that had
  lost its shock value."
inky says, "ai"
devil says (to ddyte), "Duh."
Steve says (to ddyte), "You'll have to speak up."
inky says, "five-page scroll"
liza says, "I meant the photo on CNN."
devil says (to Steve), "Thank you."
neild says (to liza), "Well, there is that."
liza says, "http://www.oscar.com/winners/w_acl.html"
devil asks (to neild), "Now can I have the 'e'?"
Adam says, "'Actors without the female, the actress, they are like a
  butterfly without fly. They are worm.'"
liza says, "Oh, what Steve just quoted."
neild says (to devil), "That'll be $250."
devil pays neild
Caoif says (to neild), "Okay, so it IS non-traditional casting. But I don't
  think Whoopi Goldberg would make a good Elizabeth I."
Caoif says (to neild), "I base it on acting ability, not on race."
deevil asks, "Now, where were we?"
Steve says, "'But, I hope to win some other (inaudible).'"
(From neild) Vanna White says, "There are no e's."
neild says (to Steve), "His said 'some others Oscars.'"
neild says, "He said"
(From Caoif) Tom Lehrer says, "There are those who do not love their fellow
  human beings, and I hate people like that!"
deevil says, "I believe we have a dual-purpose e floating about."
neild says (to Caoif), "Well, she would have been awfully young at the
  time, sure."
Wildman asks, "eeeagh! wasn't queen elizabeth rather attractive? not to
  mention white?"
Gunther says, "lost shock value"
Caoif says (to Wildman), "Yes. To both."
devil says, "She may have been attractive in those times."
Adam says, "The first 'inaudible' was 'firmament'"
Ghogg says, "Queen Elizabeth was green with a light pastel."
devil says, "Her pictures may her look ghastly today."
neild exclaims (to devil), "Booo!"
Wildman says, "whoopi goldberg isn't the former, and certainly isn't the
  latter"
Jota notes that he would make a rather poor Elizabeth I. "But I base that
  not on acting, but on gender. So I guess I'm just being sexist."
neild asks (to devil), "Wait, who did you mean?"
Adam asks, "I thought Elizabeth I was rather sepulchral, no?"
Steve says (to devil), "No, her outfits made her look ghastly."
inky would make a poor Elizabeth I because he doesn't have a lot of money.
devil says, "Whoopi's okay. Elizabeth looked bad because of all that
  forehead."
neild would make a lousy bird because he can't fly.
neild says (to devil), "YM 'foreskin'."
Ghogg says, "It's sort of hard to tell. Paintings of royals don't usually
  reflect reality."
Jota exclaims (to neidl), "You da worm!"
neild says (to devil), "Oh wait."
ddyte would make a great Elizabeth I if he had access to the right body
  parts, and a large quantity of electricity.
inky laughs.
Ghogg says (to ddyte), "And some Jell-O."
(From Caoif) The ghost of Graham Chapman says, "This conversation is
  becoming too silly."
Wildman says, "whoopi looks... well... alien"
neild says (to dd), "I am laughing SO HARD."
Steve says (to ddyte), "I got this diseased brain, if you're interested."
devil exclaims, "Queen Elizabeth jello wrestling!"
Jota asks (to Steve), "Abby normaly?"
Steve says, "Well, I'm using it right now."
Jota says, "Erm..."
Jota pushes the button on the typo tally.  Bing!
inky says (to ddyte), "and you can have neild's i"
neild says, "And Elia Kazan's heart! Oh, wait."
Jota hmms. "I could give you my beard if it'd help, Dd.
Steve says (to neild), "Joe McCarthy, I think I'll miss you most of all."
devil offers his horns.
devil says (to neild), "Just take his 'i'."
neild says (to Steve), "You are truly demented. And I mean that in the best
  possible way."
Steve read that as 'cemented'.
Wildman says (to steve), "yes - you have a solid foundation"
iVan asks (to neild), "There's a bad way to mean it?"
inky asks (to Steve), "did you read that in the best possible way?"
neild says, "Q: Roberto, we enjoyed your reaction to winning the award, but
  on                                        a serious note, what does it mean
  to you to be only the second                                       
  performer in a foreign language film ever to win an Oscar? It's only       
                                  happened once before; that was Sophia
  Loren."
Adam says, "Okay, time for food and stuff"
Adam has disconnected.
Adam always lets you know where he's been. Just look for the stuff on
  fire.
<Adam> My god, something vitally important is happening in Zanzibar! I do
  hope nothing comes up while I'm away.
neild asks, "Benigni: Yes, thank you very much for the question. Now, I
  would like to answer                                        to you, but not
  so easy to answer immediately to a dream like this. Although               
                          dreams are Ð they are reality for artists, you
  know; it's so real. It's dream, you know.                                  
       But now I forgot the question. About Sophia Loren. I like Sophia
  Loren. If it was                                        the first time I
  saw Sophia Loren? Only the second time in history, you said,               
                          somebody meet Sophia Loren?"
(From Steve) Pangloss says (to inky), "We all read in the best possible
  way."
iVan says (to neild), "Heehee"
inky says, "woo"
Ghogg says, "'What does it mean to you?' Ick."
devil says, "He should get a translator."
devil says, "Even just a palm pilot with Babelfish."
iVan says (to devil), "He doesn't need one."
Ghogg says, "Silly interview questions deserve silly answers."
Wildman says (to neild), "that's called skating the issue"
iVan asks, "How could he possibly answer any better than that?"
Steve says, "He needs no translator.  He is Roberto Benigni!"
neild says, "'actors without the female, the actress, they are like a      
                                   butterfly without fly. They are worm. '"
Kiz has disconnected.
Kiz goes home.
<Kiz> "I put the nut on a rock, and I hit it with the modem," Ndeti said.
  "The modem did not break. It is a good modem."
<Kiz> When I grow up, I wanna wrangle celebrities.
<Kiz> "I put the nut on a rock, and I hit it with the modem," Ndeti said.
  "The modem did not break. It is a good modem."
Steve says, "Ok, must go to schoolin'."
inky says, "byebye"
Steve says, "L8R, worms."
Steve has disconnected.
Steve slips away on the newly waxed floor.
<Steve> The goal of Professor Knight's research in lubrication is to
  develop reliable and efficient methods of determining the temperatures and
  pressures in a lubricant film in order to predict the forces contributed by
  the film to the dynamics of a rotating shaft.
<Kiz> When I grow up, I wanna wrangle celebrities.
Kiz arrives from the east.
ddyte asks, "Modem hassles?"
Wildman asks, "anybody ever try st. john's wort?"
Kiz says, "sucky computer hassels--programs keep crashing :("
Caoif says, "St. John used Compuound W long ago..."
Jota says (to Wildman), "I heard it was benign(i)."
Wildman says, "this is good stuff - better buzz than with beer"
Jota gives Kiz a pillow to put under the computer, to break the programs'
  fall.
McKracken leaves
Jota waves to Zak.
McKracken has disconnected.
McKracken goes home.
<McKracken> McKracken has disconnected from ifMUD.
<zarf> Zarf has connected to ifMUD.
zarf walks in through the wall. Behind him, light shines briefly through,
  vivid gold this time of day.
zarf asks, "What'd I miss?"
ddyte says, "Hey z."
Jota asks, "Zak/Zarf: Are they really just *one in the same*?"
Gunther says, "bye"
Jota greets Zarf.
Gunther waves.
Jota waves to Gunther.
Caoif says (to zarf), "You missed an ordgy or two..."
inky blinks.
iVan says (to Caoif), "I love a good ordgy."
zarf says, "Typoes, mostly, i see."
Jota asks (to Caoif), "That like an orgy, but more ordered?"
Kiz says, "Yeah, we were having a grand ol' fucking time."
Caoif pushes the button on the typo tally.  Bing!
neild says, "Ordgy is my favorite Ukranian dessert."
ddyte says, "Language! And don't pick your nose!"
Gunther has disconnected.
Gunther votes to just kill everyone and let God sort them out.
<Gunther> Oh, Cthulhu, you're so great!  Oh, boo hoo, please don't eat me! 
  Oh, please vanquish my enemies, pwetty pwease!
Grocible says, "I thought the US was threatening military action in the
  village of Ordgy"
Caoif says (to Jota), "It's just a joke. Just trying to make him feel like
  he missed out on something REALLY exciting."
Jota says (to Caoif), "And it worked like a charm."
iVan says (to Caoif), "Impossible. This is zarf you're talking to."
Wildman says, "bbl"
Wildman has disconnected.
Wildman goes home.
<Wildman> Isn't it time we segregated privy drainage from our drinking
  water, again?
Grocible says, "a lucky charm!"
thumper | Some upstarts in
thumper | orthographic gerrymander have in very recent times come up with
thumper | new-fangled, exotic spelling versions, like: ORJI, ORGI, ORJIH,
thumper | ORDGY.
inky asks, "from where?"
Caoif smiles.
thumper says (to inky), "http://x12.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=309348638.1"
neild asks, "Orthographic Gerrymander was one of the signers of the
  Declaration of Independence, no?"
Jota suggests that 'ordgy' be pronounced with a hard G. (Yes, T was
  supposed to SD))
iVan says (to neild), "Tom Jefferson spilled ink over his name though."
neild says (to Ivan), "Bastard."
ddyte says (to neild), "No, that was Orthopedic Sandal."
iVan says (to neild), "That's what Gerrymander always said."
Caoif is amused at how typos can turn into  long serieses of jokes.
inky says (to thumper), "nice"
neild says (to Ivan), "I hear Tom Jefferson 'spilled' a lot of 'ink' in his
  day."
iVan says (to neild), "S'what all the slaves used to say."
neild says, "Okay, I better go. I had a fucking great time."
iVan says, "What a rapscallion, that Tom."
thumper waves.
neild says, "wave"
iVan says (to neild), "Fucking bye."
inky says, "bye"
zarf says, "yo"
ddyte says, "Fuck off neild."
Jota waves to neldi.
neild has disconnected.
neild is a mountain of snow!
<neild> You kids are left alone for five minutes and it's just penis penis
  penis everywhere.
Grocible says, "you know what I love best about ifMUD? it's the feeling of
  family. the feeling of... love!"
iVan exclaims (to Grocible), "FUCK YOU!"
ddyte says, "Group hug!!!"
Grocible asks, "you see?"
Grocible sighs happily
Jota was waiting for that.
Grocible says, "fucking wonderful"
iVan says (to ddyte), "Group fuck."
iVan says, "Didn't mean that the way it sounded."
ddyte says (to ivan), "That was the correct response. Five points."
devil tries to get that image out of his head.
devil asks, "How did the whole fuck thread get started?"
Jota thinks that wouldn't be some a bothersome image if it weren't for the
  unfortunate gender ratio here.
iVan asks (to devil), "How does anything ever get started?"
iVan says (to devil), "It's probably all mamster's fault."
devil says, "Well, yes. I actually don't know what most of you look like.
  Though I have my doubts."
Grocible says, "so much for the great powers of the devil"
Grocible says, "pah"
ddyte asks (to alex), "fuck?"
Alex says (to ddyte), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that fuck is the most
  expressive word in the English language, and then some, for fuck's sake."
iVan says, "hah"
Jota says (to iVan), "i think it started when Caoif washed neild's mouth
  out with soap."
inky says (to Alex), "log off"

[Log finished Mon Mar 22 16:32:02 1999]