398 lines
17 KiB
Plaintext
398 lines
17 KiB
Plaintext
_ /\ _ _ /\ _
|
|
/ \_/\_/ \_/\_/ \ M M 0000 0000 SSSSS EEEEEEE / \_/\_/ \_/\_/ \
|
|
\_____/ () \_____/ MM MM 0 //0 0 //0 S E \_____/ () \_____/
|
|
/ \ M M M M 0 // 0 0 // 0 SSSS EEEEE / \
|
|
/ \__/ \ M M M 0// 0 0// 0 S E / \__/ \
|
|
/__________\ M M 0000 0000 SSSSS EEEEEEE /__________\
|
|
|
|
DDDD RRRR OOOO PPPPP PPPPP IIIII N N GGGGG SSSSS
|
|
D D R R O O P P P P I NN N G S
|
|
D D RRRR O O PPPPP PPPPP I N N N G GGG SSSS
|
|
D D R R O O P P I N NN G G S
|
|
DDDD R R OOOO P P IIIII N N GGGG SSSSS
|
|
|
|
A-M00SE-ING ANECDOTES AND ILLUMINATION BY AND FOR THE PAWNS OF THE
|
|
M00SE ILLUMINATI
|
|
|
|
Issue #19| Disclaimer: The Editor will place almost anything | Nov. 28, 1988
|
|
---------- in this newsletter out of a frantic desire to fill ---------------
|
|
the issue, so don't blame him for the quality or content of the submissions.
|
|
Excepting those he may have written himself, the enclosed items do not in any
|
|
way represent the Editor's opinions. In fact, let's be real safe, and say that
|
|
as far as this newsletter is concerned, he has no opinions at all. Okay? Good.
|
|
================================================================================
|
|
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
**************************** EDITORIALS AND LETTERS ****************************
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Hello all! Bl00p! Welcome to Issue #19. There is much discussion of the
|
|
coming MegaThr0ng-a-thon in this issue; it being important, I suggest you read
|
|
it and get back to me or the csbb.m00se discussion.
|
|
Also, the list owner at Yale turned down my request to use his listserv
|
|
for Droppings distribution, so we're still working from one listserv only. If
|
|
anyone can get a list elsewhere, please do! We need to spread this thing out a
|
|
little.
|
|
Lastly, the listserv does not like off-bitnet addresses. The only
|
|
off-bitnet chapter it can send to is Larry at B.U. So would those of you near
|
|
the other other-network chapters please continue to forward mail to them.
|
|
Hmm. That's it for this editorial. On with the issue!
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
<< A note from Jonathan >>
|
|
|
|
BTW: could you put a query in M00se Droppings about how many M00ses are on the
|
|
internet, and how many of them would like to expand operations to there?
|
|
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
******************************* EVENTS AND NEWS ********************************
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
<< There has been much discussion about the MegaThr0ng-a-thon on the M00se
|
|
discussion list on CSNEWS. For those of you who are not subscribed, and
|
|
for those of you who have forgotten what's been said, a recap of the
|
|
highlights. >>
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
On this Mega-Thr0ng-a-thon...
|
|
I was recently in a Thr0ng of chapters from the Buffalo SUPER THR0NG,
|
|
(about 6 of us), and one of the m00ses sugeested holding either THE M-T-a-T, or
|
|
at least *A* M-T-a-T here in Buffalo, as we have almost 20 chapters right here.
|
|
What say? Anyone interested?
|
|
DangerM00se
|
|
Pat
|
|
et. al.
|
|
:^>
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
Hey! Help!
|
|
|
|
What about us lower-in-the-corner-on-in-the-out-of-the-way people? There are a
|
|
lot of m00se fans here, a lot that don't have id's that would like to
|
|
participate in this M-T-a-T. I just cant lift off and fly to Buffalo. I know
|
|
there are a lot of chapters there, but I think you could get a better
|
|
participation if you hold it closer to the middle of the US. Like Indiana for
|
|
instance. You could get all us Southerners (AR,OK,TX,MO) ppl along with
|
|
yourselves. I think the event is cool and everything, but I think we should
|
|
pick a spot that will have more participation than Buffalo.
|
|
|
|
M00seMan
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
C'mon David, what about us in the north and west? The Alaska thr0ng? We've
|
|
pretty much resigned ourselves to not going, because even if you guys held it
|
|
in Seattle, it would still cost us a grand to get there and back.
|
|
|
|
Jonathan Clemens
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
Right on, I mean, what *true* m00se is going to want to trek *all the way to
|
|
CT*? And when we all get there? Have you people looked at a map lately? CT is
|
|
small...we'd never fit all the chapters in the state without destroying it in
|
|
the process. So, I propose we hold the Thr0ng-a-Thon in a nice, big state with
|
|
plently of wide open spaces. It's winter, the farmers aren't using their wheat
|
|
fields for anything, we can just move in and take over. Just think, Washington
|
|
State's Whitman County (the proposed site) is probably bigger than the *entire*
|
|
state of CT, and Washington has *plently* of counties to chose from.
|
|
|
|
So, what do you say? Give chilly Pullman, Wa a try, it's not quite the last
|
|
place on Earth, but darn close!
|
|
|
|
BardM00se
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
Greetings all,
|
|
|
|
CT might be small...It might be only a two hour drive from one end to the other
|
|
but..but Washington is dullsville USA ( ;^) sorry bard )...
|
|
|
|
We of the Central CT State U thr0ng support our state..( 'Oh connecticut ...
|
|
(break into song..) our lovely sewer pit..)
|
|
|
|
Connecticut: If you can't spell it FAKE IT!
|
|
Bigger isn't nessarily better..
|
|
Its not the size that counts..
|
|
|
|
Vegi-m00se..(sometime goblin)
|
|
Salmon m00se..(sometimes awake)
|
|
|
|
( President skippy? )
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
Reasons to have it in Buffal0:
|
|
|
|
1) Largest thr0ng in the world is in Buffal0
|
|
2) It's not in the east, not in the south, and not in Alaska.
|
|
3) It's near canada
|
|
4) I have a m00se(made by Gund)
|
|
5) I said so!
|
|
6) I'm too poor to travel south
|
|
7) I'm too tired to find Connecticut
|
|
8) I'm employed and can't leave my job to go Bl00p!(unreasonable of them, isn't
|
|
it?)
|
|
9) It's near Niagara Falls
|
|
10) It's near my house(this is NOT an invitation to use my house!!!!!!)
|
|
11) It's near sibericuse
|
|
12) It's near Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
|
|
13) Most of you have never been to Buffal0
|
|
14) If the buffal0 thr0ng fails to attend, 1/5 of all m00ses wouldn't make it.
|
|
15) It's cheaper than going to Alaska.
|
|
|
|
That concludes my list of 15 reasons to have it here.
|
|
Well, I hope you all have a m00sey day.....Bl00p!
|
|
|
|
aloha.
|
|
|
|
Valerie. :)
|
|
whose name doesn't lend itself
|
|
to anything m00sey.
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
I have a solution. How about all m00ses having their own parties,
|
|
inviting those chapters and thr0ngs in the area to a common place, and hold all
|
|
these thr0ng-a-thons at the same moment, maybe even sending out updates via
|
|
this very conference to all m00ses nationwide? That way, no one place has to
|
|
be picked. Sort of like a major national m00se convention day, eh? We just
|
|
have to pick a time and date, that way!
|
|
|
|
hciR the inbl00pable...
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
Like Thr0ng-a-th0n day idea. Maybe the day Bush is sworn in, to add to the
|
|
confusion...?? Seems to be the best compromise among the much divided m00ses.
|
|
|
|
Din0m00se
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
I like the idea of simultaneous M00se-a-th0ns in varying parts of the
|
|
country. Obviously a single location is going to be inaccessible to many, if
|
|
not most m00ses. In addition to the possibility of phone communications
|
|
between the gatherings, may I suggest that one m00se at each Thr0nging place be
|
|
appointed official PhotoM00se? The idea would be for everyone at each
|
|
Thr0ng-a-th0n to chip in to cover the costs of film and processing; then the
|
|
prints could be snail-mailed around to all the m00se chapters, preferably with
|
|
the photos labeled.
|
|
Another possibility for a Grand Thr0ng-a-th0n would be to hold it in
|
|
conjunction with the annual bizarreness known as NetCon(tm). No, I don't know
|
|
yet where next May's edition of NetCon(tm) will be held, but I suspect it will
|
|
be somewhere on the east coast.
|
|
|
|
Niniane
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
<< In response to the above.. >>
|
|
|
|
Hey, that sounds like a great idea! One question, though... Would people
|
|
want colour photos or black & white? Some of the advantages of B&W are:
|
|
|
|
1) If any m00ses have the facilities, prints could be developed
|
|
cheaper than sending them away. (Many schools have darkrooms
|
|
which students can use.)
|
|
|
|
2) We could make the prints bigger, (say, 8x10,) and make duplicates
|
|
of only the ones we want to send out.
|
|
|
|
- SalmonM00se
|
|
(Godfrey)
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
<< Well, there you have it. Personally, I support the many thr0ng-a-thons at
|
|
once idea, and I think the photos are an excellent idea. However, the cost
|
|
of 130 or so copies of as many sets of pictures as there are parties would be
|
|
prohibitive, so I suggest that only a large group shot of each thr0ng-a-thon
|
|
be distributed to all the m00ses. If anybody wants more pictures than that,
|
|
they can send money to the photographer. That way, each party can buy the
|
|
film, and each chapter can put in enough money for one large print from each
|
|
thr0ng-a-thon.
|
|
All that remains, then, unless there is strong objection to this idea, is
|
|
to arrange a time and date for the parties. Since we want them to happen at
|
|
the same time, of course, we must account for time zones. We shall continue
|
|
this discussion on CSBB.M00se. >>
|
|
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
***************************** FICTION AND POETRY *******************************
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
<< A filksong by three employees of Steve Jackson Games; honorary m00ses all.
|
|
A song not about the M00se Illuminati in particular, but about all such
|
|
organizations. >>
|
|
|
|
|
|
ILLUMINATI
|
|
(to the tune of "Eleanor Rigby")
|
|
Steve Jackson, Joe Vail, Creede Lambard
|
|
|
|
|
|
Illuminati . . .
|
|
They put a thing made of tinfoil on top of my door . . .
|
|
What is it for?
|
|
Illuminati . . .
|
|
Shooting a ray at my cornflakes to make them turn green . . .
|
|
What does it mean?
|
|
The Illuminati . . . They're watching me, I know.
|
|
The Illuminati . . . They're everywhere I go.
|
|
|
|
Illuminati . . .
|
|
Doing unspeakable things in the night to a cow . . .
|
|
Where are they now?
|
|
Illuminati . . .
|
|
Sent an impostor in place of the Popsicle man . . .
|
|
What is their plan?
|
|
The Illuminati . . . They're watching me, I know.
|
|
The Illuminati . . . They're everywhere I go.
|
|
|
|
Illuminati . . .
|
|
They cancelled Star Trek, The Fonz, and My Mother, the Car . . .
|
|
Are they bizarre?
|
|
You can't escape them;
|
|
Even if you take a plane to Nepal or Peru . . .
|
|
They'll be there, too . . .
|
|
The Illuminati . . . They're watching me, I know.
|
|
The Illuminati . . . They're everywhere I go.
|
|
|
|
I know that they know all about me . . .
|
|
They know that I know all about them . . .
|
|
|
|
Illuminati . . .
|
|
Hide their assassins' instructions in newspaper text . . .
|
|
Who will be next?
|
|
They're all around us . . .
|
|
Underline every third word in the Times and you'll see . . .
|
|
How can it be?
|
|
The Illuminati . . . They're watching me, I know.
|
|
The Illuminati . . . They're everywhere I go.
|
|
|
|
They're in the attic and the cellar . . .
|
|
Bigger than Hunt or Rockefeller . . .
|
|
|
|
Illuminati . . .
|
|
Go through my garbage and count all the pop bottles there . . .
|
|
Why do they care?
|
|
They're out to get me . . .
|
|
They're fluoridating my water from their UFO . . .
|
|
What do they know?
|
|
The Illuminati . . . They're everywhere, I see.
|
|
The Illuminati . . . And no one knows but me.
|
|
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
*************************** MISCELLANEOUS NONSENSE *****************************
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
<< A suggestion from GypsyLynx >>
|
|
|
|
Why can't we have a M00se Day? I mean, really -- isn't it more than a
|
|
little ridiculous to have a day for Turkeys and not for the majestic m00se??
|
|
Let's hear it for staring our own M00se day and turning it into a national
|
|
holiday? (and there will be much rejoicing)
|
|
|
|
Bl00p!!
|
|
More later....
|
|
GypsyLynx
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
<< From Mr. Sparebuttonssuppliedwithhisshirt, a new feature! >>
|
|
|
|
It has come to my attention span (albeit short) that our fine newletter lacks
|
|
that which makes any and all newspapers worthwhile...a comic section.
|
|
|
|
It is for this reason that I send this, my first ever comic approach on a
|
|
computer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
M00SET00NS
|
|
|
|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| O |
|
|
| '|' ________ |
|
|
| < \ / \____ |
|
|
| | | |
|
|
| --O--------O---| |
|
|
| |--XO |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
------------------------------------------|
|
|
|
|
M00setakes # 1...how not to perform a hit-n-run...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thank you...
|
|
|
|
Mr. S.
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
<< Interesting stuff from Din0m00se >>
|
|
|
|
Has anyone noticed there's an 'airheads' club on UMNews?? They exist solely to
|
|
make their club larger. THEY HAVE NO PURPOSE!! THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A
|
|
PORPIOSE!!
|
|
|
|
WE at least stand for something, and I for one plan to give them a piece of my
|
|
mind (and a little of Proust's spittle, perhaps)!! Let's start a mail wars, by
|
|
submitting like crazy to AIRHEADS DIGEST c/o CSNEWS@MAINE. Just put '/append
|
|
airheads' as the first words in your posting.
|
|
|
|
I have inducted a few more m00ses lately, but forgot their names. Just want
|
|
you to know the Trinity thr0ng is growing... (and another reason to have one of
|
|
the parties here in CT...)
|
|
|
|
Din0m00se
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
<< M00se Sightings Continue >>
|
|
|
|
This reporter has just seen photographic evidence that there is an
|
|
unrecorded m00se chapter wandering the wilds of Newfoundland. What can we do
|
|
to bring this poor soul out of the wilderness into the bizarreness of m00sedom?
|
|
|
|
Niniane
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|
|
Unconfirmed Scamp sighting!!!!.....Alacrity and GypsyLynx are still not sure if
|
|
their eyes were playing tricks on them, or if it was actually Scamp logged on
|
|
in the SU Aid center Tuesday night. The witnesses in question state that she
|
|
was buried in over 200 mail messages that had piled up in the 3 weeks that she
|
|
has not been logged on.
|
|
|
|
GypsyLynx
|
|
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
*************** AND, OF COURSE, THE UBIQUITOUS M00SE LIST UPDATE ***************
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
ADD:
|
|
|
|
Alaska thr0ng FSDEM2 @ ALASKA Mugwump
|
|
|
|
Loyola thr0ng FRANK @ LOYVAX Spank
|
|
|
|
Siberacuse thr0ng DPFLINT @ SUNRISE Sandman
|
|
|
|
University of Missouri chapter C482529 @ UMCVMB Count_Zero
|
|
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
CHANGE:
|
|
|
|
from: HABiT DB06103 @ UAFSYSB David Boddie
|
|
to: HABiT DB06103 @ UAFSYSB M00se Man
|
|
|
|
from: KEVIN @ LOYVAX Kev
|
|
to: KEVIN @ LOYVAX Mr. Sparebuttonssuppliedwithhisshirt
|