Have I Made it yet

Okay, I'm totally prepared for this post to be ignored or slammed or whatever, but I feel the time has come to ask of you a question.

This NG has totally become something I could never have imagined. I feel like I have friends to talk to 24/7, somewhere where people don't get fed up when I talk constantly about Daria. I totally thought when I joined this NG That you know, 'Hey I'll check it once a day, talk to people or whatever' but now I find myself reading and responding to posts whenever I have the time. And I'm not only 'talking to people or whatever' I'm sharing my veiws and learning a hell of a lot from people who intelligently challenge me, make me laugh out loud (to the extent where my roomates are getting scared), and are just great people I am too fortunate to meet.

but now the question: Am I 'one of you' yet? Have I been accepted into the holiness that is alt.tv.daria?

just wondering...

wicka_chick

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 04:00:13 GMT, [email] wrote:

Nooooo! Run away!!!! Run away!!!!!!!!

That's pretty much the same feeling I have, especially with all the Net.Friends I've made in the #Daria+ IRC channel. Them's, and you's, is good folks.

Have you paid your dues? Five whole pizza pies and a case of pore refiner? Oh, and don't forget the cherry soda... or is that cranberry juice... or maybe strawberry syrup? Whatever. :-)

Martin
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[email] (Martin J. Pollard) wrote:

Did you know tha "pore refiner" spelled backwards is "renifer erop?" ;-)

rich.

Jane: You're a twisted little cruller, ain't'cha?

wrote in message news:7pt5c8$84p$[email]...

And Nicole Lee wrote in message news:[email]...

Yes, you will both have the right to apply for a place on the International DariaCon. Start saving now!

Maybe we should start a not-for-profit organisation to subsidise tickets for less-well-off Darianites?

I'm not sure whether we should be expecting to book a few rooms in a pub, or a conference centre!

And furthermore, Bob Ohler wrote in message news:7ptmfj$g92$[email]...

you

mine)

I'll go for option two, please. But the International DariaCon has been set for England: though IDC2 could be in Pittsburgh, I suppose, or USDC1!

The problem will be getting out of channel five the date of the final screening. Anyone got access to wild horses? They could practice their interview technique...

<smirk>

Martin.

Martin wrote:

Well, since there are at least two of us here already...

Peace Kevin

[email] wrote in message ...

I wasn't sure if I wanted to respond but here goes:

I have to ask the same question myself. For two years, I've been here, in this big city we call Dariaville in the state of the internet. I've done a lot to contribute to everyone from here and beyond the newsgroup. Fanfics, makeovers, sounds, songlists, a few tidbits here and there, and even a fantasy pro-wrestling league where the cast can beat each other senseless (One year and counting), but eventually, even the nicest guy has a few dozen fits here and there. I can see why I was banned from #Daria+. If I was some other OP who was there, I'd probably have banned me too. For several months now, I've got on the ball and got my act together. But as strange as it sounds, I can't move on until I can finally turn the page on this chapter.

Buds (you know who you are), if you can hear me. I'm sorry about everything. I know I've done wrong, but I want to make things right again. Please let me come home.

Before it all started, I made a promise. I promised that I would try to make the first Daria video game. In a way, I've fulfilled that promise. It's not exactly a commercial-style game, but it's a good enough start. So far, I've made a Tileset for Kyodai Mahjongg 9.4 (The game is free to download at www.kyodai.com), as soon as I can find the time to do so, I'll provide a link. I also made a theme for a Tetris/mIRC client called Tetrinet. It's a 6-player Tetris client for windows and linux. The theme is already available for download (Along with the actual program) at www.tetrinet.net . Last but not least, for those with a Sony Playstation and/or a Nintendo 64, check out the Daria wrestling site I mentioned earlier at http://www.wvinter.net/~cws/LHWF/Enter.html. You might be surprised as to what I've done. :-)

I'm experimenting with some source code at the moment, but when I'm done, I'll have a fighitng game with Daria and crew inside. I know it's not what Matthais has been working on, but it'll a good enough alternative.

I'm sorry I don't get to say much here, but I've been pretty busy and all. Juggling a few fanfics, two jobs, a Computer Programming course, a website, and a few pet projects have been leaving me with little time for chit-chat. :-) I'll see you later.

[email] writes:

If your IQ is over 150, and you have $3125.00 (plus handling), you *might* be eligible for a trial membership in ATD. If you think you qualify, put the money in a cigar box and bury it in your backyard. One of our Underground Agents will contact you shortly.

Shez wrote in message ...

Yay! I know where that's from :) That's like the fourth reference I've got ever :) Well, not ever, but I always miss references, and more so, puns. Like, in "I Dream Of Jeannie" the TV show, Jeannie was a Genie. And she was called Jeanie. It took me a month of watching once a day (Tennis course, on at lunch hour, and no-one knew how to change the channel) to crack this "joke".

online

Thankies to all for the nice replies, I feel very happy now... I have found my place in the sun! Errr um, something like that. Well, on another note, I'm bored sooooo, I'll sign with my real name this time to change things a little. If I don't do something different I might resort to drastic measures. Like, make a dainty garland for my head and sing...or have a dainty hurricane *above* my head and sing. I haven't decided which one yet.

Cheryl

Helen- You know I used to wear miniskirts...but life goes on.

Omigosh -- an ATD poster with the same name as mine! Same spelling & everything. I wasn't going to post using my real name, mainly because after 30+ years I am tired of having it mangled, misspelled, & mispronounced. But now, like Gene Simmons, I will briefly unmask myself (and then put the mask back on before I completely repulse everyone).

And I think once you've received your baptism by fish (love ya, Kyle honey!) you're definitely in. (And you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.)

[Diabolical laughter follows]

Chirping (& cackling) through the night,

Cricket (aka the Lawyer Currently Known as Cheryl)

On the mountaintop, [email] (Cricket) spake thusly: <clip>

But... I never got my baptism! *sniffles* You hate me, you really hate me! (And they wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say...)

-Mindy Owner and Operator, Bates Motel

On Tue, 24 Aug 99 23:40:09 GMT, some letters randomly coalesced from individual pixels, claiming to be from [email] (Mindy), and it said:

Ahh, but you see, the "baptism" isn't required for acceptance in atd. I simply crept into the group unannounced much as you did, IIRC. Indeed, I tend to think introduction messages are a bit... corny.

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 02:50:40 GMT, [email] (Tarvok) wrote:

I know what you mean. Introductions make me feel like I'm in a... cocktail party instead of discussion group.

Oh what the hell. Pass me the shrimp cocktail please :)

ps: Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Fall 99 semester. Wish me luck people!

Nicole Lee wrote:

Ah, I see. So introductions are bad, eh? Hm. :(

Pleased to do so. (passes Nicole a shrimp cocktail)

Luck! My semester began, btw, on Tuesday. Yup, yesterday. Already hate one professor, too. I'm one of the lucky ones, though...all the area grade schools and high school started two weeks ago.

Diane

i just found out i have another week before going back to school. i thought i went back next tuesday. i don't, it's the tuesday after. but i'm horribly confused now.

endless, nameless wrote in message ...

one

schools and

I'm going back this tuesday, and my GSCE results are coming back, like today. No fear. None at a.. [Is eaten by monster that had lurked up behind]

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:33:56 -0500, Hallucinating Elvis Lady wrote:

Poor girl. MY fall semester starts November (I got 3 months summer break to spend completely on Daria, and maybe getting a driver's license) and all profs I have met so far are nice (mathematicians are just nice people). MSB

On the mountaintop, [email] (Nicole Lee) spake thusly:

Good luck! And remember: the perception of sanity is subjective. Jumping up and down screaming "THE DUCKS ARE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY!" may be perfectly acceptable in some quarters. The only way to find them is to try it. ;-P

-Mindy Who doesn't have to go back for another week *grin, duck, and run from the flying binders, notebooks, pencils, folders, etc.*

<<A few good snips...>>

Yes, good luck!

And Mindy, I can beat that. The first day of my school's fall quarter is September 27th. :-D

--Jess. (anyway, I did summer term full time for 8 weeks, so I deserve a break, dammit!)

On the mountaintop, "Jessica L." spake thusly:

<<A few better ones, so there!>>

*frown* Gloryhog. ;-P

And I didn't have to do anything this summer, except for three weeks of academic hell. So I think I win. :-P

-Mindy

In article ,

I think that's how I did it; insinuated myself in slowly. Still doing it too.

Thinking of which; is Kyle on holiday? I hast not seen him in the wicinage the last few days or soo. L'il dollin'...

Luck

good luck! i get my exam results tomorrow, i think. errr that depends on whether today is tuesday or wednesday. exam results are on thursday. i never established whether yesterday was monday or tuesday. i think i missed out monday somewhere along the line... maybe i slept through it.

endless, nameless wrote in message news:[email]...

Watch out, ee cummings, 'cos Alli's in poetic mood! 8-)

It's taking all my self-control not to start another haiku or limerick thread.

Martin.

PS Yes, Good luck, Nicole, and everyone else who's new semester, or term, or school or college year, or whatever, starts soon. M.

On the mountaintop, "Martin Sylvester" spake thusly:

Your control is good But useless, for merely by Saying words, it begins.

-Mindy *chuckling evilly in the Fortress of Solitude*

Mindy wrote in message news:[email]...

spake thusly:

limerick

Did I forget to mention how much I hate haiku?

In article , "R. K. Henry" wrote:

Haikus are funny They make even trivia Seem profound and stuff.

Sarra

Sarra's Rich Inner Life Code G-1 VIIPA's-4 IOTB-6 90p D+CL+LK+JG+AG HSSPIM

[email] wrote:

i can't do haikus i'm no good at poetry la la la la la.

Sticky bubble gum On the bottom of my shoe. What am I to do?

Jess "Morgendorfer" [email]

Daria: "NOW do you think I'm timid?"

Daria code thingy A D+ T0 W1 Q+ FN^FR O+ Ow+OH+Os M+ C++ MV-- C5X F:308, 105, 210 BB+++ FCD -DT+ q+ fT

i have just recieved elastica's new ep it is really good

Could someone explain what this haiku stuff's about? I just don't get it.

-Shez.

First line has just five Syllables, then seven more Five more to wrap up.

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:48:54 -0400, some letters randomly coalesced from individual pixels, claiming to be from Jeg7777 , and it said:

This is getting just A bit rediculous, so, Let's stop now, ok?

endless, nameless wrote:

I have today heard That Duran Duran are signed Oh what intense joy!

Hollywood Records Is their new home frontier land Hope they treat them well.

Diane :)

endless, nameless wrote in message ...

Jangly indie plus ancient shouty bloke makes work of genius.

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:36:38 +0100, "Greg Pallis" wrote:

Ev'ry fool can do A silly pointless haiku So I write one, too

MSB

p.s.: If you pronounce Haiku as 3 syllables (as a Japanese would probably do, replace pointless with "dumb")

Matthias Benkmann wrote:

I have tried, but I Just can't write this silly thing. Oh well, woe is me.

Marty Charter Member, Underground Bummer Culture Silver Grove, KY Chapter

In article ,

...

I had one on the way to work, It had such lovely verse. But threw it in my bag did I, And now I've lost my purse!

cheryl

Insert Brilliant and Humorous Daria quote Here: " "

Bob Ohler wrote in message ...

Now, I'm almost certain we don't have pixie stix in this country, else, being a conneseur (How on earth does one spelll this?) of hi-sugar foodstuffs, I would no doubt have tried one. I like Bis and Kenickie, therefore I like Sherbert Lollipops. Logic. However, I will try Mountain Dew and Sherbert. It sounds.... intriguing.

On the mountaintop, "Greg Pallis" spake thusly:

*shrug* Just dump some sugar in there. It works the same, but doesn't taste as good.

-Mindy

On Fri, 27 Aug 99 20:59:25 GMT, some letters randomly coalesced from individual pixels, claiming to be from [email] (Mindy), and it said:

You don't even need to do that. All you need to do is get some mountain dew from a tap when it's running out and spurting foam, or maybe is improperly configured. I once had some incredibly sweet stuff... I think I could literally feel suger crystals forming in it.

It's funny, I'd never heard of sugar highs or candy hangovers until I watched My So-Called Life and Beavis & Butthead. I wonder if this is a purely American phenomenon. If so perhaps it's a psychological thing.

My understanding was that increased energy levels due to sugar consumption were negated within minutes by the production of insulin which brought blood sugar levels back to normal. In fact I'd heard that you could actually end up with depressed blood sugar levels from eating sugar due to the sudden influx causing an over-reaction by the body. Hence athletes tend to eat something that gives a sugar/carbohydrate mix such as bananas for maximum instant energy, and then only in small quantities at a time.

Or does sugar have some psychedelic effect that I'm unaware of?

-Shez.

Shez asks:

Only the 60's cubed form. :)

[email] wrote:

Hey, stay away from the brown acid... or is it brown sugar? ;-)

rich.

"Joseph Stalin, grab my armored muu-muu and together we will leave this foul Earth behind." -- Toon-La.

[email] wrote:

Wilted acid is no good, but there's nothing wrong with brown sugar. ;)

you have such good musical taste. :)

yeuukk.

well done. ;)

yes, probably.

i have stopped drinking coffee. makes me too nervous.

that was drinking chocolate or something, wasn't it? i have a mug of chocolate right now. doesn't make me nervous, but it's in danger of making me fat. <sigh>

On the mountaintop, [email] spake thusly:

I don't think you could be fat if you ate all your life.

-Mindy

On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 21:42:32 +0100, some letters randomly coalesced from individual pixels, claiming to be from "endless, nameless" , and it said:

I started drinking coffee when I was very young (in fact drinking coffee is one of my earliest memories. I still drink it in the winter. It's some weird family thing. Everyone in my family drinks tons of coffee. It also stunts you growth. I'm only 6' 6"! (What is that? about 3 meters? &%#$# metric system!)I coulda' been in the NBA. (if I wasn't so unoordinated)

"does this dress make me look fat?" "You're not friggin' fat OK!!"

no, I'm NOT quoting Tiffany and Quinn from "Gifted". This exchange was between me and my wife. EVERY SINGLE DAY!! GAH!

venting feels good

i don't care if i look fat in an item of clothing, so long as i'm NOT fat. i'm not a "does my bum look big in this?" type of person, despite having insecurities about my weight.

endless, nameless wrote:

Well you're only REALLY obsesive if you weigh yourself before and after you 'visit the restroom'. Not that I know anyone who does that!

On Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:42:19 -0400, "Bob Ohler" wrote:

If Usenet counts, you know at least one who does that sometimes. MSB

p.s.: Control is the Key.

"Bob Ohler" wrote:

Eww!

rich.

Quinn: People are so weird!

Daria: Some are weird. Some are just astonishingly self-centered and deceitful.

i do actually do that sometimes. lol.

R. K. Henry wrote:

Could you please express your hatred in haiku form? ;-{)>

MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

make GEORYN disappear to reply

"'Thin Thighs For Your Man.' But I don't *like* men with thin thighs" --Daria

N.P.:"Jesse James Symphony"- P r e f a b S p r o u t / J o r d a n : T h e C o m e b a c k

Mindy wrote in message news:[email]...

LOL! There once w-- no, I *will* resist!

Martin.

On the mountaintop, "Martin Sylvester" spake thusly:

Join us, dear Martin, You can write sarcastic poems And show off your wit.

-Mindy Who hasn't any wit to show off

Mindy wrote in message news:[email]... On the mountaintop, "Martin Sylvester" spake thusly:

limerick

Join us, dear Martin, You can write sarcastic poems And show off your wit.

-Mindy Who hasn't any wit to show off

Oh yeah, sure, Mindy, get a load of the wits on this fabulous babe.

<nitpick mode> that's 8 syllables. ;^) </nitpick mode>

I think maybe Americans pronounce it "pomes".

Shez wrote in message news:[email]...

I think maybe Americans pronounce it "pomes".

I always thought "pomes" was what they used to make those greasy fries out of.

R. K. Henry wrote:

I guess I'm just weird I pronounce the word "poh-EMS" I'm American.

Diane

On the mountaintop, [email] spake thusly:

Only if you're British. ;^P

-Mindy

Mindy wrote in message news:[email]...

Oh, all right, then. <g>

A scheduler's meeting in Britain, Divined, by gutting a kitten, That this was the time To quit reason or rhyme And hide Series Three in a mitten.

Back to "Esteemsters." The rest of the third series lost, 'til who knows when?

Martin.

Mindy wrote in message news:[email]...

Oh, all right, then. <g>

A scheduler's meeting in Britain, Divined, by gutting a kitten, That this was the time To quit reason or rhyme And hide Series Three in a mitten.

Back to "Esteemsters." The rest of the third series? Lost, 'til who knows when.

Martin.

(Apologies to anyone who saw an earlier, badly punctuated draft that crept out of my PC when my mind was elsewhere. You saw it 'cos your newsfeed is not honouring "Cancel" messages.)

Martin Sylvester wrote in message ...

A superb example from Daria-land. Of how, without the slighest hand, We can be happy And dancey and clappy And pull out our heads from the sand.

To say it again: Ha! Damn Funny. Clever too. Have a big cookie.

policy

books/video;

In article , "Martin Sylvester" wrote:

I entered a competition a few months back, in which you had to, in this case, describe a role-playing character [1] in exactly 100 words [2].

I got ambitious and my entry was composed of 12 haiku; exactly 100 words (plus 15 words allowed for titles and foot notes).

I won first prize.

[1] It was run by Marcus Rowlands, the RPG columnist for the Sci-Fi magazine Odyssey.

[2] The Drabble Project: short stories of exactly 100 words.

post 'em! :)

well done. i won first prize in a fancy dress contest when i was 4. i think that's all i've ever won first prize in.

In article , [email] wrote:

You asked for it. See below.

Well, turned out there were only about a dozen entries, and a couple of them had an incorrect word count...

So. Here 'tis. I'd either say how great I thought it was, or how re-reading it makes me cringe, but... Ehhh... [shrug]

All I will say is, after playing this character for a long time, they've become my favourite so far, and it doesn't do them justice.

* * * * * * * * * *

Junji "Abunai" Agatamori,  Bodyguard.
-------------------------------------

Genetically he is Nihonjin, but his outlook is Western.

As a child, healthy. In his youth, a yakuza. Now, a bodyguard.

A windfall gets him the best body that money can buy! Maito Gai!

In his cyborg shell harder, faster, stronger than mere human flesh!

Synthetic coating of vat grown skin means Junji looks young forever.

World is full auto. But a revolver has class; magnum is stylish.

Vices: two. See him drink Sukotchi-Rokusu while smoking Camels.

A sullen loner, but as nominal leader he protects his team.

Depression hits him. What place for Junji in this Cyberpunk future?

* * * * * * * * * *

Notes: Maito Gai = lit. "Dynamite Guy" Sukotchi-Rokusu = Scotch on the Rocks.

endless, nameless wrote in message ...

Winning stuff kicks ass at the time, but then it gradually feeds parental ambition, to the point where you go into a self destructive cycle of epic proportions, figuring that if you're trying really hard and you can't live up to expectations, what what happen if you didn't work at all..... I did that last year :P Oh, do I seem to be going on about this? No, I've just finally got something to be REALLY pissed off about - To whit my dad saying he'll be "quite pleased" if I get 2 A*s in the 2 subjects I'm taking a year early (One of which I'm not even good at) and "bloody pissed off" If I don't. I mean, it's not like he's given me ANY support :P So, I'm taking the oppunity to post a really bitchy annoyed post :)

Nicole Lee wrote:

OK. Hope you get the luck people.

Peace Kevin

wrote in message news:7pt5c8$84p$[email]...

feel

people

Ah! You noticed that, did you?

If you've realized the previously mentioned point then you've passed the test.

Wonder no longer.

[email] wrote:

Well, there really isn't a committee to handlle these sorts of questions. Hm... how would one go about setting up a test for "one of us-ness?" I know! We could vote on it! (Grins, ducks, and runs.) (ATD old fogeys will know what I mean... old fogeys being anyone who's been posting here since January. Ain't the net wild? <g>)

Seriously, though, you've been here long enough and contributed enough to the good weirdness that is ATD, that I'd sure consider you to be "one of us," whatever that entails.

I know what you mean about ATD, though-- it's hard to skip a day of it-- not only because you have to read another 100 messages, but also because so many of the messages are well-reasoned and insightful. ;-)

rich.

Jane: All I want is to make beautiful things!

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 04:00:13 GMT, [email] wrote:

Hey, I wanna know if I'm "one of you" too! Considering that I've only made my debut fairly recently :) And not to mention I haven't received any fresh fish either! Well.. that might be a good thing.

Don't worry wicka, you're in good hands here :) Plenty of good folks in this here NG :) And I myself check the NG several times a day. For example, I check frantically every Monday morning to see if Mike Quinn has posted his review yet. IMO, season 3 wasn't officially over until he posted that final post.

And if someone will sponsor my tickets, I'll join the group who's going over to England for the final airing of Daria :)

May alt.tv.daria live beyond that final episode, and forever in our hearts.

Did I gross anyone out yet? :)

Yes, you've made it. Your trophy & secret decoder ring will arive in 3-5 bussiness days.

(Being sarcastic, I haven't recieved my secret decoder ring yet, either)

Hmm no way could I afford to do that. You could all come to Pittsburgh, then I would take you to a point High atop MT. Washington and promise you that all you see will be yours if you only fall down and worship me. Or you could just crash in our basement (tell my wife your some relatives of mine)

(The nice thing about Biblical humor on this NG is that at least 2 people will get the joke. The dreaded "Dennis Miller factor" sets in!)

In article ,

I could ask the same thing, being a long time member (November?), but infrequent poster (and usually adding little of value (note to self: turn off radio when posting to usenet, it doesn't help when trying to construct coherent sentences. Wicky wicky wah wah west.))

Nicole Lee asked:

Oh, yes. Definitely :)

Sincerely Yours, Jordan

"Man is a god in ruins" (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Dear Wicka Chick

Yes, we like you :)

Sincerely Yours, Jordan

"Man is a god in ruins" (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

You were accepted into the fold many moons ago. At least that's the case with me.

And...*you* think *you'd* get this message ignored? Ha! I probably have twice as many messages ignored than you do!

Back from Dallas where she met Duran Duran (OMG!),

Diane

[email] wrote:

i think so, yes. not to the same extent as the ones who've been here for ages, like kyle or someone, but if you stick around for ever then people will be forced to accept you. ;)

On the mountaintop, [email] spake thusly:

Must... resist.. urge... to be mean... ;-)

For me, if you show up and you are not The Three-Lettered One, you're accepted. Bonus points for liking Cake, Monty Python, Daria (or course!), and just being an altogether geek. ;-)

-Mindy (Insert Mindy's overly long sig file here)

In article , [email] wrote:

Shoot.

That is awesome that you feel that way and except for a few weird looks from your roomies, you don't have a problem.

All you need is a love of Daria and the will to read every message that graces this newsgroup to be "accepted into the holiness."

Mike you know where to reach me

In article ,

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Now I've got that warm fuzzy feeling again, Aww. FYI, there will be one more Review of Season Three, it's just going to be a while before it is done (and it will be very long ;)

Send a check to me here's my address...

Mikey Poo Resident Review Miester

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 04:00:13 GMT, [email] wrote:

Yes, but can we haze you?

Kyle The Manny Alexander of alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs

Ap D- T4 Ww Q++ Fn^FR O- Ow+OH+OO+Or+Od m- C--- MV! C5X F303 BB FCU! -DT--

Kyle wrote in message news:7q1v98$d3e$[email]...

Um, "Haze" is a brand of air freshener here. So...

A puzzled, Martin

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:29:59 +0100, some letters randomly coalesced from individual pixels, claiming to be from "Martin Sylvester" , and it said:

I think hazing can also be referred to as "initiation," that thing which really "exclusive clubs" do to torture new initiates, to test them, I suppose. Making them drink huge amounts of alcohol (occasionally resulting in alcohol poisining, unfortunately) is something many of the greek fraternities do. A certain group of US Marines had a particularly nasty form of "hazing" which made the national media a few years ago.

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 04:00:13 GMT, [email] wrote:

Just for the record -- and I think I speak for all of the atd newbies/lurkers when I say this -- you are definitely one of 'them'. Erm. Which, uh, counts for something, yes? <cough> I'll be off, then, shall I? Right. <bowing, groveling and scraping, backs out of the Hall of the Mighty>

Jordan Dellar wrote in message

Woo! Well said, that man. Who was I to boldly say, "Yes, of course you are!"

I hope the regulars don't come across as an exclusive clique, but Jordan's post, in true Daria spirit, shakes up my complacency. Please, lurkers, you're welcome to post. No introductions required. I'm not claiming say this on anyone else's behalf, but it's a given: this is a usenet newsgroup, not a private forum!

Martin.

"Martin Sylvester" wrote:

Hm... You know, I never thought that anyone would actually read this group without posting-- I mean, who could resist posting their favorite haiku attempts? ;-) I also hope that the regular posters don't come across as an exclusive clique as well-- it would sort of run counter to the spirit of a.t.d. -- a community of cynical souls who are sometimes too smart for our own good, if you will. ;-)

rich.

"Unethical is only two letters away from ethical..." -- Paul Michael Mercurio

Ha! I can top that -- I will post my whole response in full haiku form!

Sorry about that -- I though that my post might seem a little bitter.

Really, it was meant as a sign of my respect for the people here.

what I think is great is that respect is returned in equal measure.

You will not be flamed if you're not delib'rately inflammatory.

Heed the noble sir! It's like a funky hot tub! Hop in! Don't be shy!

Oh, is my face red... I sent in an intro post -- it was pretty lame :L

Jordan Dellar -- who likes manipulation of syllabic structures.

(I found out today they don't even have to rhyme! How easy is that?)

  ____    _________________________________________________________
 /\\\\\  ( and from the darkness came the spot; and from the spot (
[]--3\\\  )came the earth; and from the earth came the nude wizard.)
<    //= ( can you see him? he is looking at you. over there..... (
 __/ / |\ ) - 'art', regurgitator                                  )
 "\  \ ""(________________________________________________________(
          Jordan Dellar               [email]

And you did just that! Have too much time on your hands? Nay, I say! Superb!

Jeg7777 wrote:

That was too funny It really made me smile After this bad day.

I needed the laugh Worse than you could ever know -- For it I thank you.

This newsgroup is great, Better than any other Forum I've been in.

Now if you'll pardon Me I'd like to go and read The other posts now.

Diane

In article , [email] wrote:

What is it, say I, That made it so unbearable as to depress thee, dear Diane?

Cheryl

Such great syllabic manipulation makes me want to run and hide!

(thank god it doesn't have to rhyme...)

DJ Lurker on the lunatic fringe