Joey's Sisters

Does anybody know all the names of Joey's sisters? Hope someone can help me. Thanks.

Deborah

Some of us are still fighting over hte number of sisters he has.

TTFN Miranda "Pinky, you've left the lenscap of your mind on again" "It is still a very sad thing when a member of the family has to be terminated." "May your performance be filled with cellofane crinklers and standbys!"

Miranda wrote in message ...

He can't have more than six, because in 111 (TOW Mrs. Bing) Joey tells Ross about his family.

Joey: "I'll have you know that Gloria Tribbiani was a handsome woman in her day. Let's see what you look like after you give birth to 7 kids!"

So....7 kids minus Joey = 6 daughters.

Marcel

But: 1. We've gotten seven different sister names 2. TOW the Jam:

Monica: "Okay, all right, how's this? 27. Italian-American guy. He's an actor, born in Queens. Wow, big family, seven sisters, and he's the only....boy. Oh my God, under personal comments: 'New York Knicks, rule!'"

JOEY: "Yeah, the Knicks rule!"

MONICA: "Joey, this is you!"

In article , The Devil wrote:

Joey wasn't counting himself. I have a friend who has three brothers & a sister and when we were talking about them growing up together, were they close etc, he said "well, it wasn't easy for her having three brothers".

Yep.

And in 311 "TOW Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister" there are several scenes where you can see there are seven sisters. The best one is at the end where Joey tells Chandler that he has one more apology to make, to Mary Angela, and the women obligingly line up to be counted.

BTW the way, some references wrongly give Mary Theresa (played by Mimi Lieber) as Marie Therese.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

What a strange way for your friend to exclude himself from the list of siblings.

I remember that. Even when they enter Joey's and Chandler's apartment we can actually see all seven of them. Ok....the puzzle has been solved. Finally! :-)

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

It happens a lot actually. Maybe someone here who's studied psychology knows the proper term for it. A different example was a colleague at the office who notably remarked that she had two sons, one of which was a boy.

I once asked my 9yo nephew who was the one person he would know for most of his life. Me - no. His mummy & daddy - sadly not. His best friend who lives up the street - no, their family only moved in 3 years before, and friendships rarely last that long... We got up to pop stars, footballers, and the baby Jesus, before I gave up and reminded him of his 12yo sister.

And if you notice, Mary Angela habitually dresses in a somewhat different colour, so that you can always pick her out.

Hehe :) While you have the episode out, here's a little quiz for you. How do we know that one of the sisters (probably the youngest) is named Tina?

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Maybe the other one was a tomboy?

Well in your nephew's defense it was a difficult question for a 9 year old. I always hated questions like that in school. Which train arrives first and stuff like that.

Really? I saw all of them dressed in black and red. I really have to open my eyes a little more when I watch the show.

Eeeeh....I'll get back to you on that.

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Hehe. Feminists have complained (and they might have a point) that a girl who acts like a boy is admiringly described as a tomboy, while a boy who acts like a girl is derided for being a cissy.

How do the Dutch terms translate to English?

Could be. It was an entertaining (for me) chat on a long walk home, though it was prompted by a big spat at dance class where he wouldn't co-operate with his sister, (which is why we weren't in the car).

My male colour vision is a bit iffy, and I saw it. :)

It's a little goodie, Marcel. :)

Tennant

girl

who

Not if he's Eddie Izzard. He's a male tomboy. :)

Jac

Jacqui wrote:

An excellent counter-example, Jacqui. :)

Tennant :):)

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Ofcourse feminists would complain about that. Most of them are dikes. :-)) Ok...that wasn't nice, I know, but you know what I mean. It's just common fact that a tomboy is a girl usually raised by a single father that likes to climb trees, play soccer (in your case football) and basically do things boys enjoy doing. Since she then doesn't behave like a girl, she really can't be called one. I have a niece who's a tomboy. She lives on a big ranch in Canada with 2 brothers, a cowboy dad and a farmer mom (my sister). She rides quads, chases pigs and plays touch football with the others. And there's nothing wrong with her.

Well we don't have a real term for a tomboy and we don't use it, but it translates to Robbedoes or Wildebras (according to the dictionary I have here). But those two words can be used for both boys and girls. Cissy would be translated to Mietje (pronounced mee-chuh) and it's used very often.

It's just a case of sibling rivalry. It happens even in the best of families, Tennant. They'll smarten up when they get older. It goes with the age.

I hardly ever watch for the little things, exept when I'm watching a movie made by Zucker/Abrahams.

Oh boy...it's one of those things I reeeeeally have to look for, right?

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

I wasn't saying there's anything wrong with being a tomboy, that's the whole point. A boy is still regarded by society as the more desirable gender. That might not seem to be the case these days, until you see the derision heaped upon a boy who is the slightest bit like a girl.

The fact that there's a direct translation for the insult proves the point.

Oh yeah, sure. It's just that he totally overlooked the existence of his sister, even though he did have many of them to count.

No comment. :)

Tennant

they say her name.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

If you mean during 311 "TOW Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister", please say exactly when, for that would be news to me. :)

Tennant

I dont remember which episode, but I know they say her name at one time. Who's the one that punched Chandler. Kitty?

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Cookie, who made Phoebe (!) uncomfortable after casually revealing that she had shot her husband.

Tennant

that's it.

~Act

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Well then I guess society bites. I'm not sure where that kind of stupidity came from. If we teach our children that they have to be like other children of their gender, then we are basically telling them that homosexuality is wrong too, which ofcourse is discrimination. Some boys play with dolls, some girls play with cars. Birds sing, water drips and dogs sometimes piss against your leg. It's the world as we know it.

I know. But it gets even worse. There are even translations for words that can get you beat up. (I won't use the actual words, because they're really degrading) One of them is a word some groups use to call black people and another is one used to call a homosexual male.

Sisters are always at the bottom of the list of important people. :-)

You almost had me. In 311, 6 of the seven names are revealed and they are: Gina, Dina (not Tina...I payed extra close attention), Cookie, Mary-Angela, Mary-Therese and Veronica. Dina was described by Monica (I think) as the one that always had her hair up.

How close am I? And what's the name of the seventh sister?

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

This was a typo, the word "not" is missing...

"It's just that he (my nephew) totally overlooked the existence of his sister, even though he did NOT have many of them to count."

..although funnily enough, as written it applied to Joey quite well.

Hence the occasion where Joey missed one. :)

Very close, it's Mary Angela and Mary Theresa. It was Rachel who described Gina as "dark, big hair, with the airplane earrings" but Monica told Rachel she was wrong, that was Dina. Gina was the sister that Monica incorrectly thought had fooled round with Chandler, while Veronica was the sister that Chandler mistook for Monica when he stuck his tongue down her throat, *and* Rachel, *A*N*D* Ross!!!

The seventh sister is named Tina, but how do we know?

Tennant

a shot in the dark without looking back. It's been awhile since I've seen these eps

Dina with a T they said at one time?

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Well of course, if we're mistaking the very similar names Dina & Tina then all bets are off, we just won't know. Sadly, the end credits for 311 "TOW Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister" are rather lacking. And I am fairly sure that "Cookie" is a nickname, so she might be Tina, in which case again we don't know the names of all seven. But the wise course is to put that thought to one side unless an *eighth* name comes up. :)

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

I already guessed that. It didn't make much sense, but you did make me read that sentence a few times.

Aaaah...the irony of it all. :-)

I'm anxiously awaiting his "Oh my God!" response. :-)

==pause== (check below for the explanation)

Bingo!! You mistook Tina for Dina, you whimp! :-)) You almost had me there! I win.....a simple victory. Now give me a second to wallow in my winnings.........

YES!!!! :-))

Couldn't they have thought of names less close to tripletts? Gina, Dina and Tina? Please!! It sounds like Huey, Duey and Luey! But ok....who the hell is Tina? Anyone?

Marcel

Tina is the sister not mentioned in TOW Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister.

She goes all the way back to 113 TOW the Boobies, where Joey says that his sister Tina can't see her husband because of a restraining order.

The Devil wrote in message ...

Tennant just gave me the same information, but thanks for the reply, Devil.

Marcel

It's because I sometimes get Tennant's posts several hours late. I hadn't received his post by the time I posted.

I have the same problem with his and sometimes they never come at all.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

It's a pain, isn't it? And then because of the time difference your replies to my posts come in *before* them, which is dead confusing.

Tennant

hmm my news reader doesnt have the time difference problem because it logs everything on my time, not what time zone the poster is in.

~Act

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

No, but lol.

I've wondered if Gina, Dina & Tina were fraternal triplets, but Joey describes Tina as his little sister. They still could be, though.

Okay, Tina came up in 113 "TOW the Boobies"...

JOEY: He's gonna keep cheating on my Ma like she wanted, she's gonna
      keep pretending she doesn't know, even though she does, and my
      little sister Tina can't see her husband any more because he got
      a restraining order... which has nothing to do with anything,
      except that I found out today.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

No? I just read a post between you and Act and in that one you thought Cookie was just a nickname and you weren't sure if Dina wasn't actually Tina.

We might find out some day. You're a lot further ahead than I am with the show and it obviously hasn't been made clear yet. But there is still hope. Then again we might never find out.

So she's his little sister....is she the youngest then? Mary Angela was small in size, so I thought SHE was the little sister. Then again my 2 sisters have two little brothers and I'm the youngest of the two, eventhough I'm almost 31. Same deal?

Marcel

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

Look, I'm *me*, okay?!?! :)

In article , Tina wrote:

Tee-hee, I've been waiting for absolutely *A*G*E*S* for this! :)

Tennant

Tina wrote in message ...

That's what I'm trying to tell Tennant, but he won't hear of it. :-)

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

No. I considered the *possibility* that we are mistaking Dina for Tina, and to be honest it can't be dismissed out of hand. However, if you want me to put my money where my mouth is then I'll bet 10 cents that no such confusion has taken place. This is a separate issue from whether or not Cookie is Tina - again I don't think so but there is a small possibility which this time is somewhat stronger. As with anything where we try to construct the background to the show, we have to make do with the best evidence we have so far, but always keep an open mind that a new script could change everything. Thus of Ross's many possible birthmonths I will take December since he said it explicitly and in the latest episode, but my mind is still open to May, October, or any of the other nine. In the same way I will give the scripts for 113 & 311 the benefit of the doubt, and assume that Cookie & Tina are two people who are very similar unless a future episode furnishes us with a new name - in which case *she* will be the seventh sister, and Cookie will be Tina's nickname. Gottit?

Well, this is it, we don't know what "little sister" means, it could be shorter than Joey, or the shortest of all eight, or younger than Joey, or the youngest of all eight, or simply that Joey feels protective towards her. My sister still calls me her baby brother, but that's understandable since she's ten years older than me, and she more or less looked after me while our mother was out at work.

Tennant

wow 10 cents, you are breaking the bank on that one.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Yep....he's Mr. Vegas. A real big spender.....

Marcel

In article , Activia wrote:

It's the principle that counts, Activia. :)

Tennant

ahh but if you want to get that hair on your spine you are going to have to risk some..

Speaking of principles, in TOW The Girl Who Hits Joey, Ross won't give the money because of hte principles yet. But in TOW Phoebe's Dad Ross was giving the money when Monica and Rachel were looking out for their principles. So uhh is this just another way that Ross changed in season 5?

~Act

That's not the same thing. In S5 Ross doesn't want to tip a guy he doesn't know. If he tipped anyone in S2 it would be someone he knew, that's ok.

Besides Monica and Rachel were broke in TOW Phoebe's Dad.

ahhhh That's true.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

No, not really. First of all, let's establish that we're talking about giving money to the janitor/handyman/caretaker/supervisor, yes?

In 209 "TOW Phoebe's Dad", Ross felt that Monica & Rachel should give more than brownies for Christmas to Mr.Treeger, who'd been their super for some years, if they wanted to get their radiator fixed quickly. In the end, he paid the money himself, hoping to prove a point to Rachel, but Mr.Treeger still wouldn't do the job, and yet Joey easily fixed it later on.

In 515 "TOW the Girl Who Hits Joey", Ross felt that it was unreasonable for a fellow tenant to demand money to give to the retiring handyman, when Ross had only just moved into the building, and had never met the man.

It seems to me that given the differing circumstances, Ross was consistent, especially as the radiator incident would have soured his attitude. Having said that, Phoebe was right that it would be better to pay up, rather than spend far more money on a party. What I want to know is, why didn't Monica, Rachel, Chandler, & Joey come to Ross's party?

Tennant

Chandler: "sounds like a fun party"

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Well, on other occasions they've been very supportive, with all six turning up for all sorts of dos (assuming that Barry & Mindy didn't invite Phoebe, Chandler & Joey to their wedding).

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Gottit. I think the writers screwed up a couple of scipts, because if we as fans review what we see as mistakes, then there has to be something wrong with a few scripts or entire episodes. We're the people that watch the show and some of us have it on video or dvd and watch them over and over. Sooner or later we're going to come across things that somehow don't fit. They never saw that coming. This sister-thing is one of the most obvious questionable mistakes. I never thought this thread would get so out of hand, though. But Cookie could well be a nickname. Joey's mom called him Cookie in 113. We, as the die hard fans, should be able to contact the writers if we come across stuff like this. What do you think? I never thought watching a show got get so complicated. :-)

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

I'm sticking by Cookie being the actual name of one sister, or at least the nickname of a sister who isn't named Tina, UNTIL we get an eighth name - and *then* I'll switch horses as fast as fast. :)

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Sounds like a solid plan. We'll probably have to wait for a really long time, but time is one luxury we have gotten for free. So wait we shall.

Marcel

I'm a tomboy also. My parents are divorced and I spent every other weekend with my father. He taught me to play poker, fish, played with matchbox cars. and rough housed with me a lot. I loved it. My mom never did many girly things with me and that's just not me. But I am definitly strait :o). THere is such a thing u know.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

When I was young, there were three boys and one girl in our little gang.

Janice Fearne was as good as any boy: as fast as any boy, as strong as any boy, as clever as any boy. But now I come to think about it, she wasn't like any of the boys, because she was the only one who would listen to my ideas.

If anyone was daft enough to call her a tomboy, she'd flatten them, while making it *very* clear that she was a girl, alright!?!

Then suddenly, Janice was taller and faster and stronger than all the boys for what seems like about five minutes, and then she was shorter and slower and weaker than all the boys - and stayed that way.

Her family moved house not long after. The separation was abysmal. Her mother wrote to my mother for a while, so I know that Janice eventually married & had children. You used to like all the same things that I did, Janice Whoeveryouarenow, is there a chance you're out there, lurking?

Meanwhile, Robert, the butch leader of our little gang, also grew up, and realised that he was gay. IIRC he's now living with a vicar in Shropshire.

And David, the other boy? He never had a chance to find out what he was, he never grew up. He was unzipped by a Jaguar mascot on the way to school.

Tennant

Almost completly OT

Sounds Familiar, I hung out with a lot of guys when I was younger. Mostly because well that's all that was around. I don't live in a neighborhood although my dad did. So I played with the guys there, and my mom's friends both had a boy, one that is the same age as me, and one that is 2 years younger. I played with them all the time. I never really had any girls to play with except for at school, never got into the whole hair, make up thing.. Now I do on occasion because well I'm older..

I felt so confortable around guys that I had a boyfriend in second grade taht I had for 3 years, I was getting so close to him and his best friend that my best friend was getting pissed at me because I wasn't spending much time with her. I never went through that phase where you are suppose to hate the oposite gender, think they have cooties. I would always say well they do this or that that I like..But that's just me. GOsh I remember in pre-school I used to tell everyone to sit every other person girl boy, and the real reason was because I wanted to sit next to the guys lol. I told everyone it was because we were punishing them.. yea right :o) of course the control part of it was good too.

I used to be as strong or stronger then other guys. Once guys hit puberty I think that is the defining moment that brings them a great advantage over me. Although I could always tackle them they are stronger.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Is that a meaning of the word "neighborhood" that is different from English English? To us, wherever you live, there is a neighbourhood around your house, but you say neighborhood as though it's a special sort of place. I was a bit worried about using the word "gang" as I think it only has the darker meaning in America than in Britain.

And what exactly *are* cooties? The same as what we call zits?

Hah! :)

I liked the reality in 309 "TOW the Football"...

MONICA: Come on, okay, come on, this is for all womankind.
        Let's kill 'em!
RACHEL: Yeah!!! Kill 'em!!!
PHOEBE: Alright, no, well, I want to kill them too, but they're
        boys, y'know? How are we gonna beat three boys?

..which just wasn't there in 617 "TOW Unagi" - unless of course you assume that Ross *lied* about attending karate class.

Tennant

a gang is a group of people that have common intrests or close friends. You can say the Friends Gang. Unforuntily it is more closely related to all the groups that get into trouble, like shooting and drugs. Well a neighborhood would be all your sorrounding houses. Usually if there is a small street there are several houses close to each other, t hat's a neighborhood. I live in a duplex on top of hte hill where it's a awhile to my neighbors house..there isn't a line of houses around me with other kids my age and stuff.

no actually it's lice. But it has more meanings as a child, actually I didnt know that it was lice till I was much older. Just something that boys/girls have that you don't want from them.. you know oh I have the cootie shield, double cootie shield, man all the things we made up wiht that lol.

:o)

genetics suck soemtimes :o)

It was 2 against one, and they did surprise Ross.

In article , Activia wrote:

Ah yes, the two words mean the same on both sides of the pond. Yeah, our gang was just friends hanging out. Okay, so our enemies were the Paper Shop Boys, but that's another story, no drugs or major violence or stuff like that. And of course in Britain, guns are what you see in the movies.

Ah - if you mean head lice, we call them nits, though strictly speaking that means their eggs. Yes, in Britain too head lice are a bigger problem than they should be due to self-righteous parents refusing to check their children's hair on the grounds that they're clean, which is *so* wrong.

Awwww. :)

414 "TOW Joey's Dirty Day"...

PHOEBE: Come on! Let us be guys! Maybe we want to be guys!

CHANDLER: You don't want to be guys, you'd be all hairy and wouldn't live as long.

Ross claimed to have been studying karate for a long time, and if he had Unagi as he alleged then they shouldn't have surprised him. If he'd been up against Chandler & Monica or Joey & Phoebe, then fair enough, but he's lithe & muscular so should've broken free. My bet is on poor writing. :)

Tennant

I am against guns..

yep

we call them nits, though strictly speaking

Yes they are because actually the cleaner the hair the more likely they will have lice. The lice actually like clean hair and don't like dirty. It's not a huge problem, just among the younger kids, especially carpeting because the eggs get into the carpet then they all sit on the carpet and it starts spreading like mad, and they share hats and stuff.. u get it.

The school checks for lice twice a year in elementry school.

thanks, I feel a little better.

I always loved that line.

Phoebe is extremely strong she lived on the streets and learned how to take care of herself so I am sure she learned some "moves". I don't think Ross has Unagi, and he only took Karatay for a year or so to truley learn it you need to take it for 15-20 years, you are pretty good after 7..

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Good for you. From watching Friends, you'd hardly think America had them.

Yep. Our mother always checked us after a bath, I loved it as it was *so* relaxing. I don't remember any problems with nits at all.

You'd be surprised by the protests sometimes when they do that. Some people are so stupid.

You're welcome. :)

Yes Activia. That's an excellent compromise explanation we can agree on. :)

Tennant

It really depends where you live. There aren't many guns up here in the North East, except there do seem to be more in the major cities, but probably more prevelent in the bronx, what gets me is they barely ever lock their door and they are living in the middle of manhattan.

I barely ever take baths anymore, maybe once a year. I used to take one with my cousin when I was little.

agreed

great :o)

~Act

Yeah, like Scooby Doo and the gang. :) , like Scooby Doo and a gang. :( , like Scooby Doo and the whole gang. :)

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Nope. I guess you've never seen Cow and Chicken? :-)

Cooties are things you don't want to catch from the opposite sex when you're a kid. Kind of like germs. Zits you can see, cooties you can't. Very childish, but that's what kids are like. Childish! :-)

Marcel

Activia wrote in message ...

== Now there's a newsflash!! == But at least I was right when I said that it usually has something to do with the upbringing, not that there is anything wrong with the upbringing. I know a girl that chooses to be more like her dad than her mom. Her older sister on the other hand goes the other way. So I guess his youngest daughter has become the son he never had. And they lived happily ever after. :-)

But you sure made a monkey out of me, though. I actually though you were a guy. I don't know why I thought that, so don't hate me.

Marcel (I'm the one that just got promoted to Monkey first-class!)

A lot of people do at first. I don't talk about the girly stuff cause it doesnt really intrest me :o). BUt I talk about Matthew Perry and his looks and other guys looks. all the time, you think you would get the hint, but then you would have to read a lot of posts.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

It's not always easy to tell in the newsgroup, but Activia, to me you were *so* a girl from the word go. Maybe because you were an "M&C fan"... ;)

Tennant

anywhere on the internet, chat rooms also.

but Activia, to me you were

:o) hmm but aren't there guys that are M&C fans?

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Remember Chandler chatting with Janice on the net? Phoebe and Joey reminded him that he might be chatting with a guy or an 80 year old woman. Same thing.

Right here. Eventhough it's a tv-show, they make a great couple from a fan's point of view.

Marcel

yes, but then to confirm things when you are in a relationship you usually use voice chat and you can definitly tell by that. Also, you can tell age by little hints here and there especially if they say they are 15 and they are 30, if they never talk about things a 15 year old would then.. if you lie and you talk to people for a long time and many hours back and forth there is no way you can hide some things and keep up the lie the entire time. But when you first start talking to someone on the internet it is impossible. It takes a long time to be sure and there is always a question.

yep :o)

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

I once chatted with a guy that said he was 40, but later on he used words like 'hmmzz' and 'cool hype'. That was a dead give away. The fact that he didn't know who Ron Wood was and that he had never heard of shows like The Brady Bunch and I dream of Jeannie, told me enough. I onced asked him if he remembered what color hair Lucille Ball had and he answered "Lucille who?" :-)) So I know what you mean. I hardly ever tell people how old I am. I let them guess. If you tell a person you're a certain age, they question it anyway. So I'm somewhere between 20 and 40. If you've followed the latest postings, you'll find out. :-) But then again age really doesn't matter in a newsgroup, does it? I don't expect too many teenagers to drop in here. Around here Friends isn't their thing. They go out and raise hell, listen to terrible music (allthough I like Limp Bizkit) and crawl all over the place on all fours puking their guts out because they had too much Bacardi. If I use the words Far Out, they look at me like I'm some kind of lost alien. It finally happened! I'm being regarded as "the pervious generation". Oh no! :-)

Marcel

I even know that because my mom loved that show and I watch it on Nick and Night

hehe I do the EXACT same thing. Let them figure it out, they never guess right though, they usually guess in the 30s unless I let out things about school which I'm really careful about until they know my age.

So I'm somewhere

ok I hate Bizkit I love pop music, I don't raise hell and I love friends so.. not all teens are like that.

hehe.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Lucy has never been re-run here, but we used to watch it when we still lived in Canada.

That's twice you fooled me, so the guessing stops right here. ;-) It's not easy to guess stuff like that. You really have to read between the lines and pay close attention to the remarks that seem insignificant. But you women are good at hiding this sort of info. It's almost like you're trained to do so.

I'm pretty much open to all sorts of music and since I grew up with rock, I like what Bizkit does with some of there songs. I don't care too much for the language though. And I know not all teens are the same, but here they pretty much form a large group when they go out and that's when the hellraising starts.

Shush!

Marcel

ohh well the reruns half suck anyway since they cut so much out. You know what pisses me off? They call it block summer party 3 hours of lucy, why do they need to play 6 cut episodes, why not 5 full GRR!!

hehehe, there's so much you don't know. But I always drop hints.

Yep

But you women are good

Done it my whole life.

la la la la

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Easy there, Act. Breathe.....breathe....breathe.... Wait a sec....this is the 21st century, right? They actually devote 3 hours in the summer to re-run Lucy? Which network does this? CBS?

I used to be able read a woman like a book. I was able to get all kinds of secrets out into the open. Shit....I'm losing my touch. Back to the drawingboard I guess....

Marcel

No Nicolodean (nick and night)

all women are different and some are just more difficult to read.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Never heard of it. The only Nicolodean I knows come from the Barbara Streisand song. But I guess there are a lot of networks in the States I've never heard of. Holland is a tiny country, but we have close to 12 networks.

Don't I know it.

Marcel

I spelled it wrong. But it's a network for kids and at night they play classic shows for the adults.

12 eh? We have about close to 100 channels on cable. I dont knwo what you would concider a network. Like the weather channel? the food network? the shopping network? Comedy Central? TBS? WB13? ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, Lifetime, The Preview Channel, WB, The Disney Channel, HBO, Pay Per View Channels.., and many more..

Those are just off the top of my head.

hehe

~Act

Activia wrote in message ... [-Nicolodean-]

Sort of like TNT here, but only classic American films from the 30's, 40's 50's and 60's.

Sure...go ahead and show off..... :-) I can only get Comedy Central via RealPlayer, we have our own version of FOX, we do get the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel and CNN, but the 12 I spoke of are our 12 national networks. And they constantly fight over airtime. To make things better, my cablecompany gives us Belgian channels, German channels, a Spanish Channel, an Italian channel, a French channel and 3 Turkish channel. Not that I speak Turkish or fluent Italian, French, German and Spanish, but it's the thought that counts. :-) It's a good thing there is such a thing as the internet to get the other channels. I once watched live programs from ABC, NBC and CBS via a Canadian website. But they quit for some reason.

Oh yeah...go and feel good about yourself.... :-)

Marcel

Zoepetier wrote...

Nickelodeon?

Adeline wrote in message ...

I don't know....it looks like the right spelling.

Marcel

that looks much closer!

~Act

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Actually, a great many of the people on ATF are teenagers. It just doesn't seem like it because they're so intelligent & articulate.

Tennant

Thanks!

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

What makes you think I'm talking about you? <g>

Tennant

you're on my list.

~Act

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

I guess so. In that case there is a huge difference between Dutch teens and teens from the UK and the US. The majority of Dutch teens are surprisingly stupid. They don't care about a lot of things, they're rude, foul-mouthed and spoiled.

Marcel

oh it depends on more then just location. There are plenty of them here too.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

There would have to be. I'd like to get all those kids, drop them on a remote island only populated with various species of carnivorous animals, point a few dozen cameras on them and just watch with a big bowl of fresh popcorn and a cold beer. Now THAT's entertainment! :-)

Marcel

lol kinda like survivors right?

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Yeah....but more predictable and without a big bag of cash waiting for the winner.

Marcel

I still have yet to watch that show.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

I saw a few bits and pieces on Letterman a week ago and they started showing it here. What a stupid show! We have this Big Brother thing here that started like a year ago and it's such a rip-off from MTV's Real World! And the producers still say they thought of it first! Now everyone wants in on it. Spain, Italy, Germany and now the USA. The producers here are claiming that Survivors has been stolen from them. Go figure!

Marcel

Explain it to me.

They do that all the time.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

[survivors]

Well...they dumped a bunch of people on a remote island and now they have to try and survive without all the comforts they are used to when they're home. But they don't have to hunt for food and they do have a place to sleep, there aren't any wild animals with big teeth lurking from the bushes, so how hard can it be?

Jealousy and big heaps of money never mix.

Marcel

yes but how do they get booted off the island>?

I woudlnt mind doing that!

nope

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

I think the viewers vote them off and the participants can vote against eachother. That's how it was done here.

Booting someone off the island or being a participant?

Marcel

being a participant.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

For the experience or the camera time?

Marcel

both

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Not me. I never liked being the centre of attention. And I can't understand the hype of it all.

Marcel

I've never been teh centre of attentine.

But I love being the CENTER of attenchine. I love acting period! It brings out this new source of energy and fire. I love it!

~Act

On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 20:41:58 +0200, "Zoepetier" wrote:

The participants vote out one person in each episode. But which country had the original version? Just wondering....

In article , Activia wrote:

Oh yes, me for starters. But you put the woman's initial first... :)

Tennant

I do?

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Yes, you did in the early days, and sometimes still do. :)

Tennant

wow I'm intrigued.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Well, as a matter of fact, the only people who've said "M&C" on more than the odd occasion are you & Claire Abraham. :)

Tennant

I started to look back at my first posts and the first 2 I said C&M and Chandler and Monica then I used M&C and Monica and Chandler for awhile.. and then I stopped looking lol. I know I switch them, I don't do it consiously. My format of how I post has changed too.

~Act ~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

What was the time & date of your first post?

Tennant

I'm pretty sure it was 2/22/00 2:33PM

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Oooh - in fact it was two hours earlier... :)

"I think that the show still has a lot of potential so dont be so quick to put in an end to it. I really enjoyed season 5 too and I dont think season 6 is that bad there has been some really funny episodes. I think the writers still do have some creativity for making TO that could have been. I've never seen a show like that done to another sitcom.. or maybe I just missed it. I think there is still a lot that can be done with the show and more dynamics of the characters to be explored. I think we should see what season 7 has to offer.. also the ratings are still incredibly high so it wouldnt make sense to end it now. Does anyone agree with me?" (Activia 2000222122824)

You started off at a run, didn't you? That's why I had to ask for the time & date, it didn't look like a first post. :)

Anyway - you wrote five more that day, two of which were about M&C. :)

Tennant

what's with the numbers?

yea lol, and did you know that I hadn't been a lurker first? I started posting the first day I read the group. What can I say I got guts sometimes.

ahh you see somehow those didn't get written to my sent folder..

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

It's the time-stamp, look - 2000 2 22 12 28 24 - Feb 22nd, 12:28:24

Although strictly speaking, the "2" is not a number... :)

Well yes, because your early posting style was a *little* confusing, but you wisely welcomed people's friendly suggestions as being helpful.

You certainly have, and your *content* was good straight off. :)

Oh dear, would you like me to send all 6 to you?

Or the first week (147)? First month (280)? All of them (1731)?

If you are able to generate a list of dates & times for the posts you do have, I can send you just the missing ones - if not, I can send you the full list first, for you to check off by hand.

Then with a little jiggery-pokery (don't ask me for details on a Windoze machine) you can fool your newsreader into thinking that they have just arrived after taking the scenic route... :)

Tennant

lol ok sounds good send me a list.

~Act

hmmmm, it couldnt have been because I was still at school then. ohhh wait a second there Tennant that wasn't my first post because when I first started posting I was at someone else's house using their name, dang you know it started with an N or an M.. Does anyone remember it? I said I was Activia and not that person several times in my posts.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Are you sure that you said "Activia" in the body of the post? If so, they have all been discarded. The first one I have that mentions your name is a reply from Rachel Young on 22nd Feb at 22:44:27, sorry. :(

But then I had a look for "~Act" and found two *earlier* posts, except the person's name began with an L...

Yes, "C&M" :)

(LCham58201 2000219183832)

And 2 days later you replied to me...

(LCham58201 2000221013723)

And a day after that you started posting under your own name. If there are any earlier posts where you didn't say "Activia" or "~Act" (case insensitive) then they remain to be found.

Tennant

eya that's it an L!!

That's the name I was using.

yep Lcham that's what I was using

just look for LCham58201 all the posts from that name are me guaranteed. It was on the weekend I was there saturday and sunday and maybe late friday. I know I had more then 2 posts from there.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

I've got seven on 19th Feb and one on the 21st, so I've added them to the list of proper Activia posts, and sent it off with a couple of samples.

Tennant

WoW Thanks!

~Act

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

That doesn't say much. I'm a guy, I'm straight and I like seeing them together. They make a good couple in the show. Your turn, Tennant. :-)

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Me too. :)

It was the order, Marcel. She didn't say "C&M". ;)

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

.....he said with a smile on his face.....

I saw it coming. Didn't you? Women always think they're the head of the house, but we know better, don't we? :-)

Marcel.

*clears throat*

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

You forgot to tap your foot. :-)

Marcel

I was about to slap you before, but I choose to get you back when you aren't expecting it.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

My dad once told me "When a woman threatens you, be very quiet, sit back, watch her work up a plan and prepare to defend yourself. It's worked before, so I'll try it again. :-)

Marcel

hehe try all you might.. *evil grin*

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Gonna go Xena on me? :-)

Marcel

I don't need to try that hard.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

So ya think you're bad, huh? Take your best shot....

Marcel

not when I'm half asleep. Plus I Gotta do it when you don't know it's coming.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

I'm a patient person.

Marcel

Patients won't help with this.

~act

Activia wrote in message ...

Oooooh....sounds nasty.

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Speak for yourself, Marcel, you're not dragging me into that. ;)

But I do much prefer intelligent women, so I don't mind losing arguments to them. I did have a girlfriend for a short while, who was very pretty, but she didn't know what China was, (the country not the porcelain)!

Tennant

LOL, how could she not know that?

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

She probably fried her brain with her hairdryer. :-)

Marcel

oh haha..

~Act (�)

In article , Activia wrote:

Yep - let's get something straight, shall we Marcel?

My friend was a girl who was rather dim.

She was *not* dim because she was a girl.

Tennant

Thank you!

~Act

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Ok.

I never said she was, but I'll think a little more before I type something. Sorry. Some spontanious wisecracks have a time and a place and I thought this was one of them.

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Okay.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

So I'm forgiven?

Marcel

I'm debating it.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Why are *you* debating it?

Marcel

because I"m still decieding.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

On?

Marcel

whether I should forgive you or not.

~Act

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Oh sure, Marcel. Fancy a beer? :)

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Thanks. I'll give you three guess to what it is I'm drinking right now, but I think you only need one guess. :-)

Marcel

beer.

~Act

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

How do you know the beer was for drinking?

Maybe it was to fill the gap in your six-pack...

Tennant <ijk>

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

That's what beer was invented for, wasn't it?

Aaaah....well that would have been a nice gesture.

Question: What's with the <ijk> ?

Marcel

Activia wrote in message ...

Cool! My very first fanclub of 1....

Marcel

I guess you missed that that was an unenthusastic fake laugh..

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

I know.....I could have chosen not to react, but that wouln't have been nice. So I chose a reaction that would cause a reaction. I'm like that. Call it 'looking for punishment'.

Marcel

lol that was funny now..

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

You've done it now....because now I don't believe you. I think I'm losing my marbles....I only have one porchlight on....I'm a few beers shy of a sixpack....

Marcel

That was sincere.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

It was? Oh....ok. I believe you.

Marcel

trust is very important.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

I know, but I always need time to learn to trust someone. My best friend, who I've know for 20 years, screwed me over last year, so I can't trust him anymore. Just an example.

Marcel

yea but you have to learn to forgive and rebuild trust.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

She said something about missing geography the day they did China...

Tennant

every year?

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Well, I saw it was just an excuse, but I was young, and she had a lovely big pair of - er, eyes; so as long as one of us knew where China was... :)

Tennant

yea but that's not the point. If she doesnt know where China is..think of all the things she could be clueless about....

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Indeed so Activia, you are 100% correct. :)

This is where we came in. I much prefer intelligent women...

Tennant

That's how I like it!

so that way you can have in depth conversations with them correct?

Well that could be one of many reasons.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Well yes, you need someone you can talk to, don't you?

Intelligent people are more fun. They're inventive. :)

Tennant

yep and it gets boring talking about the same things everyday.

ahh yes extremely.. Well in my case anyway.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

:)

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Chicken! :-) Naaah....I love it when women take charge once in a while and I'm all for running the household side by side.

LOL! Isn't it great when lines from the show can be used in real life? I've dated a girl just like at a few years ago. Attractive, but dumb as a rock. I've become more selective since then.

Marcel

sure..

yea it's so easy to do.

hehehe

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Oh but I do. I don't have enough time to do all the things I should do and I hate cleaning the oven.

I do it very often, but unfortunately I lose the punchline in the translation a lot. And there goes the joke....right out the window!

I think I know that "hehehe".....it means I should have gotten her a t-shirt that said "Lack of brains. Please speak slowly and spell out every word twice."

Marcel

thats why they have self cleaning ovens.

get an English version.

whatever you want to think.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Self cleaning ovens? Really? Since when? Really? Is there like a little robotarm with a rotating brush that pops out of the side or something? I bet there very expensive.

I have the English version....some phrases don't come out right in Dutch.

Marcel

lmao, I dont think there are even any ovens you can get that don't have self cleaning here in the states, they arent expensive. They don't have arms LOL LOL. I dont know how ti works it gets really hot in there and uhh.. it does something. Who knows..

*confused* is it dubbed?

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Ok....so there's a layer of goo that appears when you heat the oven and it cleans the inside of the oven? Does it also clean the meat that's in it?

you dont put the meat in tehre when you clean it

WHy are you trying to translate it into dutch if English is almost your first language?

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

That could turn out to be a useful tip. :-)

Because sometimes I like to throw in a line during a conversation with co-workers and most of them are poor when it comes to understanding English.

Marcel

yea, its called, common sense.

Ohh NOW I GET IT!

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

It is? Huh....my general knowledge just keeps on expanding....

It's about time. I was beginning to think I would need a decade to explain it....

Marcel

Activia wrote in message ...

I would have to read a lot of posts, but then again....if one doesn't have this sort of information, one might think.....you know. Either that or you would be one really open minded guy. :-) Never the less it makes no difference to me. I live Amsterdam, remember? We are used to lots of things here. But at least now I know that I shouldn't call you "dude". :-)

Marcel

ahh, ok..

You call people dude a lot?

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Sometimes. More like "Dude! You're a little off, there!" I guess I watched a little too much Simpsons and Beavis&Butthead. :-)

Marcel

My friends and I use dude for male's and female's

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Really? I always thought the word dude was only used on male's, where dudette would apply to female's.

Marcel

times are changing my friend..

Remember the next generation is taking a step up.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Even worse....it flew by me going about Mach 9...

For the best or the worst?

Marcel

wow I guess it is flying because I didnt even know they made up a new month!

ahh we'll see.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Funny....you should write scenes for the show..... :-)

Marcel

Thanks, I try. have you read my fanfic yet?

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

No, sorry. Where can I read it? Please don't tell me I overlooked it here.....

Marcel

my web site. I just finished my third one but I need someone to read it first before I put it up if that makes any sense.

http://www.nbcfriends.com/

without a redirect type the long one http://www.angelfire.com/tv/FriendsTV/

It's in the fanfic section

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

I just read the first one and I found it funny. It's hard trying to picture the characters while you read, but it's still funny enough. I think you should keep it up.

Marcel

I am the third one is already written.

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

And very good it is too. Can't wait for part 4. :)

Tennant

Activia wrote in message ...

[fanfic]

I'm going to need more time to read the others, but time is one thing I don't have much of right now.

Marcel

It takes less time then watching an episode.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

True....but to read I really need to focus and concentrate, watching an epsisode is just a question of looking and listening.

Marcel

oh so it's laziness

~Act

and thanks!

~Act

"Tennant Stuart" wrote in message news:[email]...

in

With the TOW the baby on the bus, doesn'y Joey say "I have seven catholic sisters" when Ross asks if he knows how to look after Ben?? Tenant can you check that for me Pleeeeeaaaasssssseee!!!

Thanks - Sunsoar

Sunsoar wrote in message news:FlI95.127$[email]...

I've just checked and he does say seven sisters:

ROSS: What about Ben? We can't bring a baby to a hospital.

CHANDLER: We'll watch him.

ROSS: I don't think tho.

JOEY: What? I have seven Catholic sisters. I've taken care of hundreds of kids. Come on, we wanna do it, don't we?

Deborah

In article , "Sunsoar" wrote:

You are spot-on, Sunsoar. :)

Tennant

On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Sunsoar stated this considered view. Waking from my doze, I hastily scrawled -

I'm not Tennant, but I can confirm that.

You can too, if you download Brent Tucker's Friends Database from http://www.teleport.com/~btucker/fdp

I use it all the time!

I went to download that "Friends" Database, and it said "FILE NOT FOUND."

Did you, by any chance, give the wrong address?

Thanks!

Hilfig8484 wrote in message news:[email]...

Try this: http://www.teleport.com/~btucker/fdb/

Deborah

On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Deborah stated this considered view. Waking from my doze, I hastily scrawled -

Didn't realise the last '/' would matter. Why does it?

Paul Hyett wrote in message news:[email]...

FOUND."

It's not that, you made a mistake in the last part you put a 'p' instead of a 'b'.

Deborah

On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Deborah stated this considered view. Waking from my doze, I hastily scrawled -

D'oh! Sorry about that!

The Devil wrote in message ...

Hmmmm....good point. I guess it possible they made a mistake in 111 and the line should have been "Let's see what you look like after you give birth to 8 kids."

Marcel

woman in her day. Let's

kids!"

Maybe she still looked good after seven, but the eighth really took wiped her out ?

Lauren

Lauren wrote in message ...

I guess anything is possible in the world of Friends. :-)

Marcel

On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Lauren stated this considered view. Waking from my doze, I hastily scrawled -

LOL - great explanation!

Wonder who was the 8th? :)

There's Tina, Mary-Angela, Mary-Theresa, Cookie, Gina, Dina and Veronica.

Does anybody else think that this should be added to the FAQ?