alt.tv.friends Awards 1999 - Nominations

Category nominations for the ATF 1999 Awards are in! Now it's time to nominate who you think would be best for each of the categories.

Anyone who has posted in alt.tv.friends during 1999 is eligible to be nominated, so he/she doesn't still need to be a member, and anyone who wants to (come on, lurkers!) can nominate people. Please try to base your nominations on posts from January 1999 through December 1999, disregarding posts so far in 2000. And it would be extremely helpful if you could include a few short explanations of why you think people should be nominated. It's not absolutely necessary, but this would help us out a lot when we have to post a review of all the nominees before the actual voting.

Nominations will be kept confidential, so please send them to me at [email] . Voting closes on Monday, January 31, 2000, so... "Do it! Do it now!" :)

Best On-topic Poster: Best Off-topic Poster: Best On-topic Thread: Best Off-topic Thread: Best Overall Poster: ATF Lifetime Achievement Award (the person you think has contributed the most to the newsgroup over the years, not just 1999): Most Improved Poster: Best Newcomer: Most Missed Poster: Poster Most likely to be in ATF 10 years after the show has been cancelled: Poster Most likely to be arrested for stalking a member of the "Friends" cast: Poster Most likely to threaten a "Friends" writer's life: Funniest Poster: Friendliest Poster: Poster Most dedicated to Ross & Rachel: Poster Most dedicated to Monica & Chandler: Poster who spoils us the most: Poster who wants to be spoiled the most: Most Tactless Poster: Worst Poster:

Remember, these are just the nominations to narrow it down to a few people per category. Once they're all in, you'll be able to vote for the actual winners. And once *those* are in, Tina will be writing a wonderful awards ceremony. :) Thanks for voting!

Larissa

I have this terrifying feeling I'm going to win this category. :-)

Hellooooo!!! After getting drunk in Vegas, Claire Abraham doodled cat whiskers on his/her face and miaowed this little lot at a statue...

No no no, trust me, I think I'll win this one. :) (Do we count for nominations, Larissa?)

Tina

Ooh, competitive attitudes already. ;)

Well, I'm hoping so, because we already have been... Does anyone object to that?

Larissa

Hellooooo!!! After getting drunk in Vegas, PeachLilli doodled cat whiskers on his/her face and miaowed this little lot at a statue...

/me has her fingers crossed

But how is it that I can already *guess* at least one thing I've been nominated for?! :)

Tina

Hee hee... Because it's *so* obvious? :)

Larissa

I hearby declare that I did NOT nominate myself in this category. Oh, how mortifying. Oh, the humanity! :-)

Hellooooo!!! After getting drunk in Vegas, Claire Abraham doodled cat whiskers on his/her face and miaowed this little lot at a statue...

I hereby declare that I honestly have no idea who I'm going to nominate for this category, if I even can, and as a result will probably therefore end up nominating myself. Ditto the 'oh, the humanity!' :)

Tina

Hellooooo!!! After getting drunk in Vegas, I doodled cat whiskers on my face and miaowed this little lot at a statue...

You know, Claire, I really don't think this conversation has helped our chances of not being nominated one iota. :) (Just coincidentally, I did *not* nominate myself either. Noooooooooo.)

Tina

Hmm, I wonder if anyone else will get nominated for that category. Wanna guess whose idea that one was? ;) (Well, Lora and I thought it was funny!)

Larissa

That's OK. We deserve the ribbing, I guess.

I like the "I guess" tacked on there. It's sorta like, "no we don't, damn the writers." ;) Btw, have you seen TOW Ross Got High yet?

Larissa

And I thought I'd be the one who walked away with that one. Well I've probably got one of the other ones bagged if lots people here actually remember me.

Jonathan (Who's glad the awards are carrying on.)

I heard Jonathan's cries on the wind...

Don't flatter yourself. You didn't make my list.

So am I, as it happens. There are a lot of good posters who deserve to be recognised.

I think so too. Which reminds me, did you get my email from a couple of days ago?

Larissa

Hellooooo!!! After getting drunk in Vegas, PeachLilli doodled cat whiskers on his/her face and miaowed this little lot at a statue...

Larissa, we agreed to share awards responsibilities - I demand to know what this so-called 'email' was about! :^)

Tina

Tina, I already *told* you I was emailing him about it! :) I'll remind you on ICQ since I'm talking to you on that right now anyway. (Aren't some posts pointless?)

Larissa

I heard PeachLilli's cries on the wind...

Yes, I did. My apologies for my ineptitude in replying, and be assured that I'll get to it forthwith. I've just been soooooooooooo busy... (I was at a Goldman Sachs presentation tonight. It's good to be out of the suit and into normal clothes again...)

That's okay, you can take your time if you want. I was just making sure you got it. :)

Larissa

Yep, knew I could count on ya.

Jonathan (Who wonders if anyone wants to have a few bets on the outcome of the awards.)

If I did, I'd probably be accused of cheating, so I can't help you there.

Larissa

of

Yeah I remember what happened last year with the nominations, still I bet you can bet (This'll teach me for seeing a lot Bet Middler films. :) on the outcome of the awards.

Jon

The thing where people were upset about the nominations? That isn't going to happen this year because anyone can nominate anyone, even themselves, and I'm taking it all. If someone's mad that they didn't get nominated this year, it's their own fault for not nominating themself. ;)

I still bet it wouldn't go over well with people since I can kind of predict the winners already since I've seen nominations.

Larissa

I heard Jonathan's cries on the wind...

What were you expecting, gratitude? You've done plenty for ATF. I just don't think it should be rewarded.

Not really. I'll just be placing my votes like everyone else.

Nope.

Come on show you're loyalty, vote me worst poster or tactless one!

Jon

I heard Jonathan's cries on the wind...

That's lucky.

One of the x-post trolls got my vote for the former, and Lee for the latter - although I mean that in a good-natured way. You don't rate my list.

I went with your x-post troll for worst poster, and MNL for most tactless - also in a good-natured way. Tough choice there... Jon should be happy to know, though, that he did help get someone else altogether nominated for most tactless.

Larissa

Whoohoo!

Jon

In article , "Jonathan" wrote:

That's not sarcasm I sense, is it? But don't get *too* excited; it might not be what you're thinking.

Larissa

Lar

No that'd be a 'half-hearted yay'.

I'm excited, I know something now!

The female members of S Club 7 covered in just chocolate sauce, right?

Jon

In article , "Jonathan" wrote:

Hmm... Nope, not mean enough to say it. ;)

Ew, what is your weird fascination with women covered in edible substances? Don't think I forgot the jam. And the honey.

Larissa (who's relieved that at least it isn't *her* this time)

Well with a little more coaching. :)

Well I did. :)

Well I can't think of you all the time, I am a bloke. :)

Jon (Who's off to Deja to un-jam his memory.)

In article , "Jonathan" wrote:

I could do it, I just don't want to. :P

right?

Thanks, that's nice of you to say.

Yeah, just keep helping guys' reputations; you're doing well. ;)

Did you find it? (Do you say stuff like that a lot or something? Most guys I know in real life aren't quite blunt enough to say that in my presence. Maybe that's why I remember.)

Larissa

Rebelious attitude as well. :)

My pleasure dear lady. :)

Whoohoo!

Oh yeah.

No, I tend to run a mile at the prospect of saying something normal to beautiful girl. It was just something that popped out while my legs were warming up. :)

So you know a lot of guys who fantasise about you covered in honey? :)

Jon (Who thinks we're even, he doesn't know many girls who've actually said they wanted to cover me in concrete. :)

In article , "Jonathan" wrote:

I'm taking that as a good thing.

I know.

Okay, not *really*.

were

Alright, so what were you going to say, if it hadn't just popped out like that? ;)

in my

If they do, I certainly don't know it 'cause they're a little more polite!

You don't know many, but there are *some*? Interesting. :) But fine, we're even.

Larissa

That'd be a good idea. I think the expression might be 'you've got Moxie baby'. :)

You're not being sarcastic? :)

Not even going to answer that because I don't know and I 'd rather not get down to that level of puns. :)

But your coment implied that you knew they had these thoughts even though they hadn't said it to your face. Now talking about it behind your back might be considered as rude. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. :)

But none so impolite to say it to my face. :)

Now we are. :)

Jon

In article , "Jonathan" wrote:

Moxie

And this came from my *not* wanting to be mean? Okay.

Sorry to disappoint you. :)

not get

Ew, me neither. Moving on...

that

honey? :)

though

back

That's true, it's hard to know what would be more rude. (And I can be really good at those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" things.)

At least it wasn't crass. :P It's not like cement is edible.

Uh huh. :)

Larissa

Uh-huh.

So I'm helping guys reputations then, whoohoo! :)

We're agreeing on something? :)

When the raining days are dyin' You gotta keep on keep on tryin' Are the bees and birds are flyin' Aahhh Never let go got a hold on and Non-stop till the break of dawn and Keep movin' don't stop rockin' Aahhh Get on up When you're down Baby take a good look around I know it's not much But it's okay Keep on movin' on anyway

If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned, dancing through the night with you. :)

It's not like chocolate is an insult, more a compliment

Yeah. [Throws mud. :)]

Jon

In article , "Jonathan" wrote:

well. ;)

Nooo, read it again!

Yeah, enjoy it while it lasts. ;)

It has gotten to my head Permeates the path I tread But I tread, I'm moving on In a new and happy song...

be

things.)

night

I'm hoping that's a song?

But the chocolate wasn't even for *me*! That was the S Club 7 girls.

<Throws wet cement, realizes cement sticks to hands, and yells "Look what you've done!"> :)

Larissa

Yeah I do, I'll give it a 5.

Jon

I heard Jonathan's cries on the wind...

Sorry, this must be more Jon humour. I'm still not laughing.

Let's not try for such high goals. We'll start with just a smile. Take the corners of your mouth and raise them upwards and outwards. Feel the strain in those cheek muscles!

Jon

[Pulls Lar with him as the recliner topples backwards.]

debt)

went

band?)

I have a head for lyrics. (I keep it in a safe place in case I need a spare. :)

they?

Well it was, about being damned, the rest of it was just from the same song since you don't seem to know one of the great anthems, Bat Out Of Hell.

You don't want chocolate? :)

risk

would be

That idea give you a bad taste? :)

Jon

<Gets up, notices Jon's hand is pinned under the recliner> Ooh, that must hurt. So sorry.

But that song is kind of rare... they *never* play it on the radio over here. It's weird that you'd know it.

Nope, and I didn't recognize it with the second part, either. :)

Yeah right, like I want someone *else's* chocolate. It clearly wasn't meant for me. :P

Very. (Don't attempt puns - I always end up cringing. Unless that's your goal.)

Larissa

Don't worry they're lighter than they look., how do you think you were able to knock it over? :) [Tosses recliner away.]

spare.

here.

SNTR had hits over here with Kiss Me and There She Goes and was at that point I went out and found out more about them. Now if anybody's got Michelle Gayle's - Sweetness on mp3 I'd like to know.

song

A somewhat repeating trend. :) Mr Loaf would not be happy. :)

meant

In what way? :)

You were saved from a cringe filled madness since I removed most of the tongue ones.

No, my goal is white a rectangular shape and has a net like the ones in football. :)

Jon

over

There She Goes was much better by the La's. (yes the apostrophe *should* be there). :) SNTR played here before Christmas but to be honest I wasn't impressed.

Jac

I saw them on Leno the other night. Some bands sound *much* better on their CD's than they do live.

Larissa

Knocking you over seemed fun, and it just happened to be there? :)

So you just *tossed* a recliner? Uh huh.

Did you get their CD? "The Lines of My Earth" is the best.

Have you tried getting mp3's on IRC? You just connect through DALnet, go into #cablemp3, and people there have lots to share.

Your sick, twisted way. ;)

Thanks very much, that doesn't sound like a good pun topic. Not that *any* are.

Yeah, like that's really football. ;)

Larissa

It's easy to lift. :)

Nah, I only buy CDs these days if I really like them. The last album I bought was the Dixie Chick's Fly which has got one of the greatest tracks lyrics wise on it called Goodbye Earl.

into

I should do although I tend to get possessed when I use IRC, nobody seems to be sharing it on the Napster servers so it's probably going to be hard to get.

Sick, cute, twisted way thank you very much. :)

We invented it, not our fault if you can't call things by their propper name. Besides I hear your wonderful American Football is now going to be fake with the introduction of the XFL.

Jon

With *what*?!

How are you supposed to know if you like a CD if you haven't bought it?

Haven't heard that. I don't really like country.

Try IRC. I think you'll be fine and unpossessed if you stay on DALnet and in the mp3 room only.

Oh you're very welcome, clearly what I said. :P

Soccer would be its proper name (here) because it's short for "association football." First there was football (our soccer), then rugby football, which allowed handling the ball, and association football, which banned handling the ball, and which was shortened to soccer.

Don't ask me, I really pay no attention to it...

Larissa

In article , [email] (PeachLilli) wrote:

Well put Larissa, and there's also Australian Rules Football.

What did the gang play in 309? Is it properly described as Touch Football?

Tennant

I guess so, until they started tackling each other, anyway. :)

Larissa

In article ,

Ahhh, so that would be Gellerball? ;-)

BTW, super nickpicketty time, is it Superbowl, SuperBowl, or Super Bowl ?

Tennant

The one and only. :)

I'm pretty sure it's Super Bowl.

Larissa

In article ,

"association

football,

banned

Football was the first code in Australia before the other handling games such as packielackey (rugby league) and tiddleywimps (Victorian Rules) adopted the term.

Later in the 1940s, football began using the term 'Soccer Football' to distinguish it from those other pretend codes. By the early 1960s the term football was dropped.

Today most real football fans refer to soccer as football. It does create an element of confusion to those non-football fans but never to the football fan or player.

The Olympics will rekindle the proper usage of the term football here in Australia.

Football?

With a *, well it lifts the exclamation of a word. :)

Video promos, airplay, liking the artitst's previous work and the wonderful things known as MP3s.

It's about a wife and friend murdering her abusing husband. :)

I'm not a big fan but I like the Chicks a lot and Shania.

in

Besides I use a different username these days.

Not the normal response I get, but thank you. :)

No you missed out cute, possibly loveable and absolutely shattered. :)

Read - incorrect. :)

which

Hence not really being football at all, giving up all rights to be known as just plain football.

ie. football. :)

Jon

I heard Jonathan's cries on the wind...

This thread is utterly nauseating. Anyone know how to set up a killfile in Pine?

Hmm, shouldn't it be kind of similar to the way you block out spoiler posts? Or do you just not read those? I can't remember. Anyway, if you can't killfile me, there's always that handy "delete" key.

Larissa

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Raven wrote:

Sorry, it can't be done. I'm using Pine myself, and not having much fun either.

Sorry to ruin everyone's fun. To put things in perspective a little, I think there are other newsgroup matters more worthy of "not having fun" about.

Larissa

I heard PeachLilli's cries on the wind...

Hey, I have no complaint with you. And you're right in the latter part of your statement. Hence my scorefiling query elsewhere.

I heard James Squire's cries on the wind...

Maybe I could switch to tin? I've heard that, while it doesn't have a killfile, I could at least scorefile posts. Stick Lee-related stuff right up to the top and some people right down at the bottom...

On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Raven wrote:

You can do that in Pine by telling it how to sort articles in Setup, can't you?

I don't remember, does tin do threading?

I heard James Squire's cries on the wind...

Ooh, I think I may have found a killfile! Which Pine are you running? In 4.21, from Setup, there's a "Rules" option, one of which is Filters; it appears that I should be able to set it up to delete all posts by certain people or with certain subject lines.

As I recall, yes, but don't hold me to that since I couldn't get it working since this terminal it set up oddly.

I heard James Squire's cries on the wind...

:( That's a pity. 4.21 is a big improvement over 4.10, in my opinion.

Hmm. I've just tried trn, but I think I'll have to man it before i can use it. I got all the articles on so forth to appear, but it lacks Pine's idiot-proof interface.

Thanks for the clarification. (...will not subject myself to puns...)

Hmm, should I attach my favorite SNTR song to your next email, or are you not allowed to get such huge files through email?

Yup, sounds like a country song.

Shania I like - she's not *too* country.

Yeah, just what I was hoping. ;)

What do you usually get? "Get away from me"?

And for that I apologize *profusely*. (Sense the sarcasm in the air.)

Proper = correct. :P

Except for the fact that they could still use their feet.

Sure, in *your* country. :)

Larissa

That was bad.

Aww. :)

wonderful

not

I could but it'd take ages to download, shove it on a website on a resumable download server.

But it, like, *so* takes the mickey out of country songs. :)

Well she finally got the nerve to file for divorce She let the law take it from there But Earl walked right through that restraining order And put her in intensive care

She's even less country over here, Come On Over was remixed for the UK.

All to do with a popular carbonated drink made out of vegetable extracts.

No comments about 'How to do I make a killfile so I can filter out this thread' when they just simply don't have to read the message, which they obviously do. Hi people who can't stand me! :)

No apology necessary. :)

[wets the end of finger and holds it up] :)

as

Only on special plays though where they bring out a whole different team. :P

The country that gave it the correct name and speak the Queen's English not some butchered 'we're independent so we have to be different' English. :)

Jon

In article , "Jonathan" wrote:

I noticed. As I always do...

puns...)

Yeah, wasn't I being strangely nice?

are you

resumable

Nah, that would take ages for me to figure out how to do. :)

Are you trying to say that's different from most country songs?

extracts.

Umm... No, not sure if I want to know.

this

they

Hi, people who can't stand him!

shattered. :)

Okay, because there really *wasn't*.

known

team. :P

Alright, have you ever *seen* American football? :P

English not

English. :)

Hmm, to offend or not to offend. I'm gonna leave it alone so I don't get Brits mad at me!

Larissa

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

must

able

into

*any*

Larissa.. football rules.. its the sport that actually uses the "feet".. hence it is called "foot-ball" (the world is coming to an end.. Helena said "hence".. no.. woops.. that Joey !!)