outpost daria

is it just me, or does the picture of daria on the opening page of outpost daria make her look like baby kermit the frog? the expression on her face, it reminds me of the face that little kermit would make when he was upset about something. For those of you that may not know what muppet babies is (i'm assuming you've all heard of the muppets), it was a cartoon in the late 80's that had all of the muppet characters together in a nursery as babies. Very rugrats. anyhoo, what do you think?

CrtoonDude wrote:

I think it's just you, but I'll go have a look later. :)

I used to love the Muppet Babies!! I still would if it wasn't for that stupid 'young person' crap....<sulk>

Alli

endless, nameless wrote in message ...

Don't you mean "that stupid 'grown up' crap?" 8-)

Whisper it softly, but I've not yet met a grown up, and I've met some very old people indeed.

I had a bit of fun at a conference when I said I was reading _Cry, The Beloved Country_ and _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_, and I asked people from which book came the chapter heading, "The Family Begins to Starve." Still, what can you expect from someone who quoted the Narnia books and Star Trek in MA coursework, and used Officer Krupke's song from West Side Story to provide a structure for an answer in a Philosophy exam?

Never saw the Muppet Babies, but I still like the Rugrats, and it's a long time since I attained the age when I could legally enter a knacker's yard (never actually did so, though).

Martin.

Martin Sylvester wrote:

No, I'm a 'young person', I'm over fourteen but under eighteen. But either of the two pretty much sucks.

Hehehe. 'Grown ups' are, I find, often the most immature people. Like when you're 12 and you start thinking you're maturing so you stop doing kiddy stuff like eating jelly babies, and then when you're 15 you start watching Rugrats again because you actually *are* maturing, and you can admit that you aren't fully grown up.

LOL.

What *is* a knacker's yard?

Alli

endless, nameless wrote in message ...

Pay attention! It's a place that you cannot legally enter until you attain the age of 15. 8-)

You wanted more than that? Oh, all right, then, it's a yard where a knacker carries on their profession or calling.

Martin.

Martin Sylvester wrote:

And what is a knacker, other than someone who works in a knacker's yard and must be over 15?

Alli

It's where they dismantle horses.

In article , Shez wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't knackered a synonym for drunk in British slang?

Take care, --.\\<-H-- An ignorant Yank

Michelle Klein-Hass <[email] t> of Web Goddess/Animation Nerd/Troublemaker writes:

No it means exhausted, and comes from the same source. The knackers yard was where you sent worn out horses to have them recycled as glue or whatever they made out of them.

-Shez.

Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:

It means like tired, around here, anyways.

Alli

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 01:26:13 +0000, Shez wrote:

Slim-Jims and hot dogs for all.

endless, nameless wrote:

May I ask one question? Why, pray tell, *would* anyone want to enter a knacker's yard? I mean...unless you work there. Is this some twisted, perverse British fascination? %-{)>

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

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Progbear wrote in message ...

perverse

Well, we are known for our love of animals.

It would be fascinating to study the debates in Hansard that led up to Parliament legislating a minimum age for admission to a knacker's yard. Was there common outrage in the country, were there angry letters in the newspapers, over the number of 14-year-olds being traumatised by their admission to knackers' yards? Was it a pressure group, fearful that Britons' sentimental attitude to animals might be undermined? Did the knackers themelves lobby for it, because of the number of B&B-like youngsters getting in the way of their work? ("Huhuhuhuhu, look, I'm wearing a horse's head." "Huhuhhuhu, cool, but look what I'm wearing.") Or had knackers started charging kids a penny to come in and see the animals ("This way, sonny, to the horsies. Mwahahaha....")?

Presumably they legislated against under-15s being admitted because under-15s were being admitted; British legislation being reactive, rather than a continental-style criminal code.

Things you can do in the UK when you turn 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 at http://www.rainer.demon.co.uk/law.htm How many of them you'd want to do is entirely another matter!

(Happy birthday, Alli!)

Martin.

On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 10:38:22 -0000, "Martin Sylvester" wrote:

I don't recall ever hearing this. Of course, if it didn't happen in America, it didn't happen.

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Uh-oh, someone just put me in a position of responsibility! The day has suddenly turned sinister...

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Martin Sylvester wrote:

LOL. That's sick, it really is.

Thanks, but it wasn't very happy. I've already moaned about this in another post.....

Alli

Progbear wrote:

I'm still not even completely clear as to what one is....

Alli

Shez wrote:

Dismantle? I see. Uck...

Alli

CrtoonDude wrote:

Aaaand, featured American treasure Barbara "Mrs. Cleaver" Billingsley as the voice of their nanny. I still think she gave the performance of her life in "Airplane". "Oh stewardess...I speak jive." ;-{)>

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

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