[Log started by inky Fri Mar 19 12:08:47 1999]

Spatch says (to iain), "no, just clever obfuscation on the scriptwriter's
  part"
Spatch says (to inky), "yes! IT LIED."
inky says (to Spatch), "also, scripts can't determine the syllable
  breakdown of words and stuff"
Jota asks (to dd), "Heh. Cats. Will we ever be as smart as they?"
Iain says (to Jota), "Only if they allow it."
ddyte says (to jota), "They are our alien masters."
Spatch says (to inky), "I've realized that NOW, only after being so naive"
Iain says (to ddyte), "No, _we_ are their alien slaves."
lpsmith says, "qv "The Cat From Outer Space""
(From inky) Spatch says "I feel so betrayed."
Jota asks (to Iain), "What's the difference?"
Jota asks (to Iain), "You mean we're not from Earth?"
Iain says (to Jota), "Yes."
Spatch says, "so what I need to do is create a dictionary database for
  emily"
Jota asks (to Iain), "Then... where are we from?"
Iain exclaims (to Jota), "Only the cats know!"
Jota says, "Alex doesn't know Emily."
Iain asks, "Emily?"
Spatch says, "what include the syllable count and the vowel sound at the
  end of the word"
ddyte says, "Alex doesn't really know Emily any more. Not since she started
  flirting with Floyd."
lurd asks, "Is putpbad on Floyd?"
lpsmith says (to Alex), "I feel like I hardly know you any more."
Alex exclaims (to lpsmith), "Awwwk! No parse found!"
inky says (to lurd), "yeah"
ddyte says (to lurd), "In a way, putpbad is everywhere, with us all."
lurd says, "I was checking out Spatch's web site, and now I have to try
  it."
Spatch asks (to alex), "Emily?"
Alex says (to Spatch), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Emily is a poet,
  yet she isn't sentient enough to know it."
lurd goes southwest to play with toys.
Iain asks (to Alex), "I sense a contradiction there. Also, I last my parse
  - do you know where it might be?"
Alex asks (to Iain), "Um, seven?"
ddyte says, "PUTPBAD is an IF universal. A true cultural icon."
Iain says, "Darn."
McKracken says, "see ya later"
ddyte asks, "Does 'pick up the phone booth and die' form a valid haiku
  line?"
Iain says (to ddyte), "If so, that brings the notion of 'culture' into
  question..."
Spatch says, "constant ANNOYANCE "PUTPBAD";"
Iain asks (to ddyte), "Middle line, yes. Why not?"
ddyte asks, "Whassa haiku rules again?"
Iain says, "5-7-5"
Spatch says, "constant ANNOYANCE "PUTPBAD";"
Jota says, "Spatch wrote an IF. Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die. I pushed
  it over."
Iain says (to ddyte), "Also, to be really pedantic you're supposed to
  mention a season somewhere in sach haiku."
ddyte says, "Yay!"
ddyte says, "And you're supposed to mention Barcelona in Sachs haiku."
Spatch says, "Pick Up The Phone Booth / I tried to warn you, buddy! / Stars
  - You Have Died - Stars"
ddyte laffs.
Jota exclaims, "It's full of stars!"
ddyte says, "There's a book in this."
Iain says, "No, Sachs haiku mention various brain injuries and stuff."
Iain says (to Spatch), "Heh."
McKracken has disconnected.
McKracken goes home.
<McKracken> McKracken has disconnected from ifMUD.
Jota says, "Phone Booth haiku rock. We made a mint on this book. See you in
  the fall."
ddyte says, "Hee."
ddyte says, "Man, I must be tr, er, tired. I just found myself doing the
  Conan O'Brien groovy dance thing."
Gunther says, "that is no excuse."
Spatch blinks
inky says, "I like a monkey / no pants -- an ifmud lesion / is eating my
  brain"
Gunther asks, "lesion?"
Spatch says (to inky), "YAY!"
mamster says, "OK, I'm ordering this: 
  http://www.editions-oreilly.fr/graphics/2841770419.gif"
mamster says, "And picking up on my French tech terms."
inky | 2 : an abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to
inky | injury or disease; esp : one that is circumscribed
inky | and well defined
lpsmith says (to mamster), "Pick up the French Tech Terms and Die."
mamster says, "Speaking of tech terms."
<thylacine> thylacine has disconnected from ifMUD.
ddyte says, "I have a corn husk / yet I must inanimate / and be harvested"
Spatch says, "Perl Pour Les Imbeciles"
Iain exclaims, "pick up the phone booth? no, try kicking it instead. See it
  fall over!"
Gunther says, "fr: it's short for FROG"
lurd arrives from the Toyshop, pants full of Monopoly money.
Iain was delayed.
schep says (to Iain), "Spoiler!"
inky says, "monkey monkey mon / key monkey monkey monkey / please god let
  me die"
Iain asks (to schep), "I thought of it 5 minutes ago, but waited. Isn't
  that enough spoiler space?"
Spatch says, "Eeeagh! Iron bird! / Your hands are SO SOFT, LADY / Wait,
  that's not funny"
ddyte falls over.
Iain says, "Hee."
Spatch says (to inky), "that one ruled"
inky says, "hee hee"
mamster says (to Spatch), "Ha!"
Jota says, "Not a haiku / each line of this poem / lacks syllables."
Iain says, "nekkid teenage chyx? / monopoly money pants? / I'll have summer
  that"
mamster says, "My sweet simian / I whisper you sweet nothings: / 'I like a
  monkey'"
Gunther says, "this / is / not one"
ddyte says, "That was so quintessentially mamster."
Iain says (to mamster), "Yaay."
quintessentiallymamster asks (to ddyte), "Why do you say that?"
Gunther says, "O'Reilly's THE QUINTESSENTIAL MAMSTER"
Iain doesn't point out that his haiku mention seasons.
Spatch says, "No cork nut for you / Alex is wrong, "Um, seven?" /
  Pie-switching bastards!"
Alex awwwks. "Want cork nut!"
PollBoy hollers, "ddyte has changed the poll! Some day, all this will be
  yours."
inky laughs.
mamster says, "In the wintertime / I dream of my monkey / He's so
  prehensile"
ddyte says, "Ooops."
Gunther says (to mams), "TMI"
mamster laughs.
lpsmith says, "Tuesdays at 7 / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Hot girl-girl
  action."
Iain exclaims (to mamster), "Yaay!"
ddyte says (to lps), "Yes!"
Gunther says, "Last week's Outer Limits had HOT GIRL-GIRL ACTION"
Iain says (to lps), "Whooo."
<Doe> Doe has connected to ifMUD.
Doe arrives from the east.
Doe says, "yo"
lpsmith exclaims (to Doe), "Wave!"
Iain says (to Doe), "'Allo."
Gunther says, "s/week's/weeks'/ I think"
inky says, "mornin' doe"
ddyte says, "Hey Doe."
Doe says, "procastinating on going to work again"
Jota greets Doe.
Doe says, "hehehe"
mamster says (to Gunther), "Only if week is plural."
Iain says (to mamster), "The week shall inherit the earth, remember."
mamster asks (to Iain), "Can we put that off until next week?"
Rob says, "Uh oh, I lurked and missed the haiku storm"
Jota asks (to Doe), "Hi. It's haiku time. / Seasons and in-jokes abound. /
  What is your entry?"
Gunther says, "/bin/bash Iain"
Iain says (to Gunther), "That's the first line."
lurd says, "Today I have played / pick up the phone booth and die /
  transcendental death"
Spatch says, "Your gourmet kitchen / Put the baby in blender /
  Congratulations!"
Iain exclaims, "Hah!"
lpsmith laughs.
ddyte says, "The spring of my life / was when I owned a monkey / it ate all
  my corn"
Iain says, "Hah again."
mamster says (to ddyte), "YM 'Twas the only boy.'"
Iain fails to think of haiku due to laughing at other haiku.
Spatch says, "I so hope alex is logging this"
ddyte says (to mamster), "You quintessential primate, you."
inky says (to Alex), "log haiku 150"
Alex exclaims, "Awwk! Log started!"
Doe says, "computer edge magazine contacted me to offer a prize for the art
  show"
Gunther says, "we saw it"
Gunther says, "I did, that is"
ddyte says, "five syllables here / seven in the second line / five more to
  finish"
Spatch says (to doe), "cool"
inky asks, "did they say what kind of prize they were thinking of?"
Iain says, "quintessential ma'am / stir crazy, all these monkeys / driving
  me insane"
Doe says, "well they just sent me a list   let's see"
mamster says, "This wild marmoset / Tethered up to my fireplace / Is my
  only son"
ddyte says (to doe), "Excellent!"
lpsmith asks, "Teddy bear roaming / broke answering machine / what is this
  Z-chip?"
Gunther asks (to doe), "What's on it?"
Iain says (to Doe), "Computer edge magazine? Wow, excellent."
Spatch says, "Five, seven, then five! / Get it through your thick skull,
  man! / Five, seven, then five!"
lpsmith says, "Whoops, 'broken'."
mamster says, "How can one remove / Monkey saliva from hair? / Lather,
  rinse, repeat."
ddyte says, "I waylayed a rock / it knew I was ddyte then / Edifice likes
  me"
inky says, "a bear's night out is / enlightening: Oz bathroom != / American
  bathroom"
Spatch says, "Answering machine / Lives each day without money / or so lp
  says"
lpsmith exclaims (to ddyte), "Yay!"
Doe says, "an Olympus color photo printer or Corel 8 or 56K PC modem or
  wireless keyboard or visual C++ books"
Jota says, "Floyd likes playing games / Hukka-Bukka-Beanstalk please? / No,
  always Werewolf"
lurd says, "you ask him questions/ feathers fall from a high perch  / a
  grey bird corks nuts"
Gunther says (to Doe), "WHOA"
Doe says, "stuff they have laying around they said"
mamster says, "Wireless Jeyboaard."
inky says (to Doe), "that's not bad"
Gunther says, "jaybird"
Doe says (to mamster), "yeah that sounds good"
mamster says, "Hey, I offered a free 56K PC modem and no one wanted it."
Doe says, "but they are a commercial enterprise"
inky says (to mamster), "PC acklash"
Gunther says (to mams), "ME"
inky says, "er, backlash"
Iain asks, "in a game, type 'score' / it is then clear who wrote it: /
  Plotkin or Cadre?"
Doe says, "I am unsure about that part"
Spatch says, "I kissed a stranger / Paul McCartney was singing / Then I
  went through time"
mamster says, "Ack!  Lash!"
Gunther says, "*b*y*e*"
Gunther waves.
Iain says, "Bye."
Jota waves to Gunther.
Doe says, "bye"
ddyte says, "ths lne has no eyes / the mddle one s as bad / jeyboaard
  problema (ack- problema)"
Doe says, "my j keeps going belly up"
Jota waves to Gunth. / Gunther has disconnected. / Will he be back soon?
Iain says, "PING to mover 5 / you must report your status / er - I am Go@D
  M4CH!NE"
lpsmith says (to Doe), "Hey, that's cool."
inky laughs.
ddyte says (to doe), "That'll get you every time."
Doe asks (to lpsmith), "so the fact they are commerical doesn't matter?"
lpsmith blinks.
lpsmith asks, "What do you mean?"
Iain asks (to Doe), "They can't really take it over, could they?"
Doe says, "yeah, i have to find out if it is a no strings attached
  donation"
Doe says (to iain), "nope"
Jota wonders if IF-A-Minute should be supplemented with IF-A-Haiku.
lpsmith says (to Doe), "I assume that thanking them for providing the prize
  would be enough. (like in the announcements, etc.)"
Doe says, "I guess i am just the suspicious type :-)"
ddyte says, "I am very tempted to write a micro game where every desc and
  response is a haiku."
Doe says (to lpsmith), "yep that is what I would presume  but emailed to
  ask"
lpsmith says, "Activision has sponsored many of the IF comps as far as
  donating prizes."
Jota says, "Cave in Kentucky / It's Bedquilt not Colossal / But still
  Adventure."
Iain exclaims (to Jota), "far too many rooms / but it is pretty scary... /
  Aaargh! God, no - LIONS!"
Doe says (to lpsmith), "aha didn't know that"
Doe says (to lpsmith), "thanks"
lpsmith nods.
Spatch says (to jota), "good idea"
mamster says, "I was improving / Strikes and spares, even turkeys / Now I
  have niblets"
inky says, "yay"
Iain asks, "?"
mamster says, "Wait, 'now I wear the husk'."
Iain asks, "??"
Jota says (to dd), "Time passes slowly. You wait but nothing happens. Stop
  typing Z. Z."
Iain says, "Heh."
mamster asks (to Iain), "Have you played my game?"
ddyte says, "mamster and Adam / rock our world with their cool songs / port
  4000 rules"
Iain asks (to mamster), "Which game?"
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!
lurd turns on the cork nut dispenser, which proceeds to hum for several
  moments.
A cork nut materializes in the middle of the room. It's not entirely clear
  where it came from.
schep says, "That should have been: Cthulhu, you're so great / Oh, boo hoo,
  please don'"
schep says, "shoot, enter key."
Iain says (to schep), "Yes."
Jota shoots the enter key.
schep says, "don't eat me / Please vanquish my foes"
Iain says, "chtulhu worship / is bad for the sanity / and the underwear"
Rob says, "autumn turns to spring/ I will never get a life/ this is ifMUD"
ddyte says, "You guys are too funny."
mamster asks, "Does 'usually' have three syllables or four?"
lurd exclaims, "You ask a question /  seeking the meaning of life / Then
  Awwwk! No Parse Found!"
inky laughs.
mamster asks, "The way I say it it's three, but technically...?"
Iain says (to mamster), "Three, usually."
Iain asks (to mamster), "Four, occasionally. How about 'occasionally'?"
Rob says, "When I'm counting syllables for poems I get pedantic and say
  four, but..."
Doe says, "well, think i blew it"
Jota says, "I want to fsck her / I got my big gun. *honk* *honk* / Whoops,
  dropped my penis."
lpsmith exclaims, "Playing werewolf's fun! / Hey, I get to be the seer. /
  Aaack!  Dead the first night!"
Doe says, "lol"
ddyte says, "Of course, mamster pronounces it "Ook! Ook! Ook!""
Iain says (to Rob), "The classic one is 'this plain announcement, nicely
  read, iambically runs'."
Iain says, "It only works if you pronounce the 'ally' correctly."
Doe says, "no one should try to talk to me early in the morning"
Rob asks (to Iain), "I can't get it to work even like that.  huh?"
Doe says, "probably going to withdraw the offer now    hehehe"
lpsmith says, "i AM bic AL ly RUNS."
Iain says (to Rob), "This plain ann-ounce-ment, nice-ly read,
  i-am-bi-cal-ly runs."
Iain says, "Emphasis on plain, nice and am."
mamster says, "I think occasionally has five syllables."
ddyte says, "I am plain nice."
mamster says, "That's the way I pronounce it."
Doe says, ">thwap< self kick"
Iain asks (to mamster), "And we should follow your every pronouncment,
  huh?"
schep asks (to ddyte), "Do you like plain?"
mamster says (to Iain), "That's the way I see it."
Rob says, "never mind, for a second I couldn't tell my iamb from my
  pentameter"
Iain says (to mamster), "Well, okay then."
lpsmith says (to Rob), "Heh."
Iain asks (to Rob), "Pant-a-meter?"
Doe says, "boy i am stupid"
ddyte says, "Pentasyllabic / pentasyllabic plus two / you get the idea"
Jota says, "If you're not wearing any Pant-a-meter, you should at at least
  wear a spondee over your dactyl."
Iain says (to ddyte), "Ha."
Doe asks, "huh?"
schep asks, "spondee?"
Iain asks, "wearing?"
Jota says, "A spondee is two longs."
Jota says, "But that's irrelevant."
schep says, "oh."
Jota says, "It wasn't supposed to make sense."
Spatch has disconnected.
Spatch goes home.
<Spatch> After the subversion, can we get ice cream?
Iain says (to Jota), "Two longs is a long long."
Jota asks (to Iain), "Pardon?"
Iain asks (to Jota), "In C...?"
Jota says (to Iain), "Bah."
lpsmith says, "And vaguely sounds like 'spandex'.  While 'dactyl' could
  refer to fingers.  the moral is:  Wear spandex gloves."
Iain says, "Oh, forget it. Make mine a long double."
Doe says, "i wonder if i should start talking about clitorises"
Jota says (to lps), "Right."
ddyte says, "Long double down the left field lie. line. Damn."
Jota says (to lps), "Except that wasn't the finger I was thinking of
  exactly."
Iain asks (to Doe), "Uh, is that the correct plural?"
Jota says (to Doe), "Please do."
schep says (to Doe), "Not directly."
Iain says, "I've learned one thing already."
Doe says (to iain), "actually i am not sure"
ddyte says (to doe), "It's way too early for me to think about that topic
  today."
Iain says, "Oh. Maybe I haven't then."
Doe says (to ddyte), "well it way to early for me to think about your
  topic"
Rob asks, "Is this like the ultimate non sequitur or did I miss
  something?"
<Spatch> If Ricky Schroder and Gary Coleman had a fight on television with
  pool cues, who would win? 1) Ricky Schroder 2) Gary Coleman 3) The
  television viewing public
Spatch here now!
ddyte says, "What was my topic? I hadn't discerned one."
Iain says (to Rob), "YES! You MISSED IT ALL again."
Rob says (to Iain), "EGAD!"
Jota says (to Rob), "ifMUD is a non-sequitur."
Doe says, "...pants et all"
Spatch says, "strange and beezare. It appears I do not even get login
  messages on teh CGI gateway"
Rob lives in a swamp and becomes three-dimensional.
ddyte says (to doe), "I deny ever mentioning pants. Jota is to blame."
Iain says, "I like a non-sequiter, and the bus to the town centre is only
  90p."
Doe says (to ddyte), "okay"
Doe says, "(not really buying it)"
Jota says (to dd), "No, Iain brought ou 'Pant-a-meter'"
Iain says, "Okay, it's all my fault."
Doe says, "aha"
Iain says, "Not even a very good pun in the first place. You're all just
  obsessed with pants."
Doe says (to iain), "should be obessed with skirts"
Rob says, "a non sequitur / expect nothing less from here / also, plum
  pudding"
lpsmith says, "True story:  Some friends of mine in college were once
  trying to remember what the phrase was that meant 'something unrelated to
  what's going on'.  Later that day, in the middle of class, one of said
  group blurted out, "Non-sequitur!""
ddyte says (to rob), "Hee!"
Iain exclaims (to Rob), "Hah!"
ddyte says (to lpsmith), "Hee also!"
Doe says (to lpsmith), "hehehe"

[Log finished Fri Mar 19 12:30:43 1999]