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Steve Parry3

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(Msg. 16) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:40 pm
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In news:5ckqj.2613$XI.1357@text.news.virginmedia.com,
platypus <monotreme.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wibbled
> Big fat one, happily droning around in the sunshine...

I thought they were'nt supposed to be able to fly, theoretically that is Wink

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platypus2

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(Msg. 17) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:55 pm
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Steve Parry wrote:
> In news:5ckqj.2613$XI.1357@text.news.virginmedia.com,
> platypus <monotreme DeleteThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wibbled
>> Big fat one, happily droning around in the sunshine...
>
> I thought they were'nt supposed to be able to fly, theoretically that
> is Wink

That was an apochryphal aerodynamicist who wasn't as smart as he thought.

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Pip Luscher

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(Msg. 18) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:08 pm
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:17:21 GMT, "platypus"
<monotreme.RemoveThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>Big fat one, happily droning around in the sunshine...

Droning around? It's a honey-bee wanna-bee?

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(Msg. 19) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:10 pm
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Pip Luscher wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:17:21 GMT, "platypus"
> <monotreme.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Big fat one, happily droning around in the sunshine...
>
> Droning around? It's a honey-bee wanna-bee?

It was big, it was fuzzy.

Its hopes and dreams were unclear.
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:10 pm
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:12:41 +0000, totallydeadmailbox RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk (The
Older Gentleman) wrote:

>Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE RemoveThis @REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>
>> These are not bumblebees. They are a nasty aggressive wild bee; I
>> wouldn't be at all surprised if there's a strain of African in them.
>
>Depends. Have they told you that they need your help to move 1000 tonnes
>of honey to a safe location of your choice?

Heh.

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Pip Luscher

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(Msg. 21) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:11 pm
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:15:40 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun RemoveThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
><neal RemoveThis @champ.org.uk> typed
>>On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:58:38 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>><wun RemoveThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>>Still can't imagine why he'd want to kill them, tho. I find them
>>>>quite comforting.
>>>
>>>Some people just like to kill stuff. Imagine!
>>
>>Even weirder, some people like to watch movies of people pretending to
>>kill stuff!
>
>Bizarro.

Have you been watching bloke chick-flicks?

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(Msg. 22) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:12 pm
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:21:14 -0000, "Doki" <mrdoki.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>platypus wrote:
>> Big fat one, happily droning around in the sunshine...
>
>Dunno, but I was very surprised to see a Pipistrelle bat hunting for insects
>outside my mate's window at half four this afternoon.

Hunting for nightdresses, more like. May have been a bit early - or
is your 'mate' a bit strange?

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Wicked Uncle Nigel

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(Msg. 23) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:30 pm
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
<pips.computer.TakeThisOut@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:15:40 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
><wun.TakeThisOut@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
>><neal.TakeThisOut@champ.org.uk> typed
>>>On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:58:38 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>>><wun.TakeThisOut@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>Still can't imagine why he'd want to kill them, tho. I find them
>>>>>quite comforting.
>>>>
>>>>Some people just like to kill stuff. Imagine!
>>>
>>>Even weirder, some people like to watch movies of people pretending to
>>>kill stuff!
>>
>>Bizarro.
>
>Have you been watching bloke chick-flicks?

Not knowingly.

Enlighten me, what bit of the zeitgeist have I inadvertently absorbed
now?

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My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.
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Pip Luscher

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(Msg. 24) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:44 pm
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:30:47 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun.RemoveThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
><pips.computer.RemoveThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>>On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:15:40 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>><wun.RemoveThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Bizarro.
>>
>>Have you been watching bloke chick-flicks?
>
>Not knowingly.
>
>Enlighten me, what bit of the zeitgeist have I inadvertently absorbed
>now?

'bizarro' used in err, <mumblemumble>Miss Congeniality<mumblemumble>

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Wicked Uncle Nigel

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(Msg. 25) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:51 pm
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
<pips.computer.DeleteThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:30:47 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
><wun.DeleteThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
>><pips.computer.DeleteThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>>>On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:15:40 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>>><wun.DeleteThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Bizarro.
>>>
>>>Have you been watching bloke chick-flicks?
>>
>>Not knowingly.
>>
>>Enlighten me, what bit of the zeitgeist have I inadvertently absorbed
>>now?
>
>'bizarro' used in err, <mumblemumble>Miss Congeniality<mumblemumble>

Ah.

I see.

I shall kill myself.

After I have hunted you down and killed you.

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My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.
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(Msg. 26) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:42 pm
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:51:19 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun RemoveThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

>>>>>Bizarro.
>>>>
>>>>Have you been watching bloke chick-flicks?
>>>
>>>Not knowingly.
>>>
>>>Enlighten me, what bit of the zeitgeist have I inadvertently absorbed
>>>now?
>>
>>'bizarro' used in err, <mumblemumble>Miss Congeniality<mumblemumble>
>
>Ah.
>
>I see.
>
>I shall kill myself.
>
>After I have hunted you down and killed you.

Every prospect pleases.
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(Msg. 27) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:43 pm
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember totallydeadmailbox RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk (The
Older Gentleman) saying something like:

>>I wouldn't be at all surprised if there's a strain of African in them.
>
>Depends. Have they told you that they need your help to move 1000 tonnes
>of honey to a safe location of your choice?

Ah, 419erzzzzz.
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(Msg. 28) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:44 pm
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Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
> <pips.computer RemoveThis @spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:30:47 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>> <wun RemoveThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
>>> <pips.computer RemoveThis @spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:15:40 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>>>> <wun RemoveThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bizarro.
>>>>
>>>> Have you been watching bloke chick-flicks?
>>>
>>> Not knowingly.
>>>
>>> Enlighten me, what bit of the zeitgeist have I inadvertently
>>> absorbed now?
>>
>> 'bizarro' used in err, <mumblemumble>Miss Congeniality<mumblemumble>
>
> Ah.
>
> I see.
>
> I shall kill myself.
>
> After I have hunted you down and killed you.

Hold hard, ould hand!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro

I think the Lone Groover may also have used the term.
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(Msg. 29) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:07 am
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus
<monotreme.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> typed
>Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
>> <pips.computer.DeleteThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:30:47 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>>> <wun.DeleteThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
>>>> <pips.computer.DeleteThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>>>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:15:40 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>>>>> <wun.DeleteThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bizarro.
>>>>> Have you been watching bloke chick-flicks?
>>>> Not knowingly.
>>>> Enlighten me, what bit of the zeitgeist have I inadvertently
>>>> absorbed now?
>>> 'bizarro' used in err, <mumblemumble>Miss
>>>Congeniality<mumblemumble>
>> Ah.
>> I see.
>> I shall kill myself.
>> After I have hunted you down and killed you.
>
>Hold hard, ould hand!
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro
>
>I think the Lone Groover may also have used the term.

<genuflects>

<reflects>

<straightens up, smartish>

You are (as ever) my saviour.

Shall I smite the cunt Champion, or will you?

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(Msg. 30) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:19 am
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Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus
> <monotreme.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> typed
>> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
>>> <pips.computer.DeleteThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:30:47 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>>>> <wun.DeleteThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher
>>>>> <pips.computer.DeleteThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> typed
>>>>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:15:40 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>>>>>> <wun.DeleteThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bizarro.
>>>>>> Have you been watching bloke chick-flicks?
>>>>> Not knowingly.
>>>>> Enlighten me, what bit of the zeitgeist have I inadvertently
>>>>> absorbed now?
>>>> 'bizarro' used in err, <mumblemumble>Miss
>>>> Congeniality<mumblemumble>
>>> Ah.
>>> I see.
>>> I shall kill myself.
>>> After I have hunted you down and killed you.
>>
>> Hold hard, ould hand!
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro
>>
>> I think the Lone Groover may also have used the term.
>
> <genuflects>
>
> <reflects>
>
> <straightens up, smartish>
>
> You are (as ever) my saviour.
>
> Shall I smite the cunt Champion, or will you?

YM "How shall I smite him?", to which the answer can only be, "Vewwy
wuffly."
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