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Anagram Arithmetic (a bit oddball) -- Mike Torr, 23:13:14 09/18/02 Wed

Human penned 'two wishes': a somewhat cohesive anarchy of letters.
=
Pattern revealed: O, how shifty mosaics can enmesh when he was out!


AND:

Human penned 'two wishes': a somewhat cohesive anarchy of letters.

+

Pattern revealed: O, how shifty mosaics can enmesh when he was out!

=

The whole is more than the sum of its parts,
As even a moron can see;
So why, when we have such peachy old arts,
Can we not define what is 'me'?
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[> Re: Anagram Arithmetic (re-phrased) -- Mike Torr, 01:58:46 09/21/02 Sat

I think I wrote this badly, so here's a better version (same anagrams, just expressed more clearly!)

--------------------

A = B
A + B = C

where...

A=
Human penned 'two wishes': a somewhat cohesive anarchy of letters.

B=
Pattern revealed: O, how shifty mosaics can enmesh when he was out!

C=
The whole is more than the sum of its parts,
As even a moron can see;
So why, when we have such peachy old arts,
Can we not define what is 'me'?

--------------------

Hopefully that's a little better.
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[> [> Re: Tentative Self-NOM! -- Mike Torr, 01:29:01 09/25/02 Wed

I'm extremely unsure about using a self-NOM, especially in the SPECIAL category, which is where I assume this belongs. However, upon reflection, I decided that I put so much work into this that it would be a crime not to :)

I'm working on a better version, but it certainly won't be ready for September, so...

>--------------------
>
>A = B
>A + B = C
>
>where...
>
>A=
>Human penned 'two wishes': a somewhat cohesive anarchy
>of letters.
>
>B=
>Pattern revealed: O, how shifty mosaics can enmesh
>when he was out!
>
>C=
>The whole is more than the sum of its parts,
>As even a moron can see;
>So why, when we have such peachy old arts,
>Can we not define what is 'me'?
>
>--------------------
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[> [> [> Re: Tentative Self-NOM! -- Richard G, 02:00:19 09/25/02 Wed

>I'm extremely unsure about using a self-NOM,
>especially in the SPECIAL category, which is where I
>assume this belongs. However, upon reflection, I
>decided that I put so much work into this that it
>would be a crime not to :)

The structure is quite ingenious, you're right Mike, and I nearly nommed it on those grounds alone. However (IMO) the constraints you imposed upon yourself were perhaps *too* tight, and the finished product suffered a bit as a result. I tried something very similar once (attempting to 'gram two anagrammed haikus into a limerick) and it never even got off the ground, so you're not alone. :)

Anyway, what do you think of this format for the set?

Human penned 'two wishes': a somewhat cohesive anarchy of letters. =
Pattern revealed: O, how shifty mosaics can enmesh when he was out!

=

The whole is more than the sum of its parts,
As even a moron can see;
So why, when we have such peachy old arts,
Can we not define what is 'me'?


---
RG
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[> [> [> [> Re: Tentative Self-NOM retracted... -- Mike Torr, 02:42:08 09/25/02 Wed

>>I'm extremely unsure about using a self-NOM,
>>especially in the SPECIAL category, which is where I
>>assume this belongs. However, upon reflection, I
>>decided that I put so much work into this that it
>>would be a crime not to :)
>
>The structure is quite ingenious, you're right Mike,
>and I nearly nommed it on those grounds alone. However
>(IMO) the constraints you imposed upon yourself were
>perhaps *too* tight, and the finished product suffered
>a bit as a result.
I can see what you mean. Perhaps I should retract the self-nomination and try again with my new version next month. It's often hard to judge your own work, and because no-one had commented on it I wasn't totally sure of the quality. Anyway, attempting this gave me a lot of good practice, so I don't consider it a waste of time, by any means; I'll have another go next month.

>what do you think of this format for the set?
>
>Human penned 'two wishes': a somewhat cohesive anarchy
>of letters. =
>Pattern revealed: O, how shifty mosaics can enmesh
>when he was out!
>
>=
>
>The whole is more than the sum of its parts,
>As even a moron can see;
>So why, when we have such peachy old arts,
>Can we not define what is 'me'?

I must admit that looks clearer, although less satisfying to a mathematician(!)
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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Tentative Self-NOM retracted... -- Richard G, 03:31:08 09/25/02 Wed

>>The structure is quite ingenious, you're right Mike,
>>and I nearly nommed it on those grounds alone. However
>>(IMO) the constraints you imposed upon yourself were
>>perhaps *too* tight, and the finished product suffered
>>a bit as a result.
>I can see what you mean.

A damn sight better than some of my more tightly-constrained efforts, I should add.... at one point I took two existing sonnets and made them into anagrams by adding a short commentary to each, *without* adding any letters to the leftover piles (one of which would therefore have no Es, the other lacking As and so on). One of them turned out as:

"Why, if thy life felt petty, LIVE thy life! The hive! the web! the level view! Vive l'T.V.! (q.v.)"

[shudder]

>Perhaps I should retract the self-nomination and try
>again with my new version next month.

OK, if you're sure.

RG
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The following post is rated RG (Rude and Gross) -- Richard G, 18:50:14 09/21/02 Sat

There was a sweet old couple that had been happily married for nearly forty years. The only friction in this marriage was due to the husband's habit of breaking wind every morning as he woke up. The noise would always wake up his wife and the smell would cause her eyes to flood like swimming pools as she choked and gasped for air. Nearly every morning she would plead with him to stop it, but he told her that he couldn't help it. She begged him to see a specialist to see if anything could be done but he would not hear of it. He replied that it was just a natural bodily function, and then he would smirk and laugh at her as she tried to wave all the fumes away quickly with her hands. She told him that there was nothing natural about it and if he didn't stop soon, one day he was going to "fart his guts out".

Years went by, the wife continued to suffer and the husband continued to ignore all her testy warnings about "farting his guts out" until one Christmas morning. Before dawn, the wife went downstairs to prepare the family feast. She prepared Christmas puddings, mashed potatoes, gravy and (naturally) a turkey. While she was taking out the turkey's innards, a thought occurred to her as to how she might solve her husband's problem once and for all.

=

With a mischievous grin on her face, she put the raw turkey guts into a bowl and quietly went upstairs an hour before her husband would awake. While he was still sound asleep, she drew back the covers and then gently removed his jocks. She then put the guts into his underwear, pulled them up, replaced the covers with a smirk and tiptoed downstairs again to finish preparing the family's main meal.

An hour or two later she heard her husband awake with his usual rectal trumpeting. This was followed by a blood-curdling cry and a sound of frantic footsteps as he ran to their bathroom. The wife couldn't control herself and her eyes began to tear up as she rolled on the floor guffawing. After years of putting up with him she had gotten even at last.

About twenty minutes later, her husband came downstairs in his bloodstained undies with a look of horror in his eyes. She had to bite her lip to stop herself giggling and then asked him what was the matter.

He said, "Honey, you were right - all those years you warned me and I didn't listen to you."

"What do you mean?" she said.

"You always told me that I would end up farting my guts out one of these days, and today it finally happened. But by the grace of God and these two fingers, I think I got them all back in."


---
RG
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[> Long NOM, you sick bastard! Great work. -- Joe F., 00:44:09 09/22/02 Sun
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[> [> Thanks Joe! -- Richard G, 12:05:13 09/22/02 Sun
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[> Re:[ The following post is rated RG (Rude and Gross)] and very funny :)) -- Ellie, 20:57:05 09/22/02 Sun
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[> [> Thanks Ellie! Good to see you're still around. -- Richard G, 01:32:23 09/25/02 Wed
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[> Re: The following post is rated RG (Rude and Gross) You bastard :-) I thought I had LONG tied up! -- Larry (Still in with a chance) Brash, 00:53:59 09/24/02 Tue
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Heavy metal music = It may have muscle. -- Richard G, 14:28:30 09/22/02 Sun
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[> Re: Heavy metal music = It may have muscle. ENT *NOM* -- Mike Torr, 21:46:46 09/24/02 Tue
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[> [> [ENT *NOM*] Thanks, Mike. Not the most direct of 'grams, though. -- Richard G, 01:26:15 09/25/02 Wed
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A local beer 'gram! -- Mike Torr, 21:43:37 09/24/02 Tue

This is a bit minority-interest, but in Hampshire, England there is an ale called 'Digger's Gold'.

Digger's Gold
=
Odd gigglers

It's true, too! :)
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[> Re: A local beer 'gram! -- Mike Torr, 21:50:33 09/24/02 Tue

>This is a bit minority-interest, but in Hampshire,
>England there is an ale called 'Digger's Gold'.
>
>Digger's Gold
>=
>Odd gigglers
>
>It's true, too! :)

Oh, as I'm posting this, I might as well include the other one that I found at the same time...

Digger's Gold
=
Grog 'did' legs.
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[> Re:[ A local beer 'gram!] Digger's Gold = Odd gigglers: O/Names NOM, Mike! -- Jaybur, 00:19:47 09/25/02 Wed
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[> [> Re:Digger's Gold = Odd gigglers: O/Names NOM, Mike! -- Thanks! -- Mike Torr, 01:22:30 09/25/02 Wed
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Foolish in cape? ~ Fashion police! -- Paul Pan, 23:17:01 09/24/02 Tue
[2761]

[> Re: Foolish in cape? ~ Fashion police! NOM for Fashion police = Foolish in cape! -- Jaybur, 23:59:47 09/24/02 Tue
[2763]

[> [> Thanks, Janet :) -- Paul Pan, 00:31:09 09/25/02 Wed
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Rude ones... -- Paul Pan, 00:30:07 09/25/02 Wed

Lethargic penis? ~ Agile sphincter!
An incestuous mother ~ mouths erect Ainu son
Commune = Cum on me
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Adonis = Said no! -- Jaybur, 00:01:41 09/25/02 Wed
[2764]
Anna Nicole Smith = In an ache, not slim -- Paul Pan, 23:43:12 09/24/02 Tue
[2762]
Jennifer Aniston wins Emmy = Feminists jeer ninny woman -- Paul Pan, 23:11:27 09/24/02 Tue
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Campaign for the Serbian president -- Zoran, 22:38:42 09/23/02 Mon

These days are going campaign for the new president of Serbia.A lot of dirtiness,as usual.

Elections in Serbia = I learn obscenities !

Cheers,
Zoran
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[> Elections in Serbia = Siberian selection :) -- Pavlos, 23:36:04 09/23/02 Mon
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[> Re: Campaign for the Serbian president TOPICAL NOM, Zoran -- Larry Brash, 00:44:17 09/24/02 Tue
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[> [> Re: Campaign for the Serbian president TOPICAL NOM, Zoran *Thanks,Larry,I am glad you like it* -- Zoran, 21:25:48 09/24/02 Tue
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PriceWaterhouseCoopers = Rue, poor, owe cash receipts. ... -- Paul Pan, 21:10:39 09/24/02 Tue
[2755]
Light a candle = Death calling! -- Paul Pan, 01:35:18 09/24/02 Tue
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[> Re: Light a candle = Death calling! - I like it! Gen NOM! -- Allan Morley, 14:58:52 09/24/02 Tue
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[> [> Thanks :) Too bad there is no "macabre" category... -- Pavlos, 18:09:47 09/24/02 Tue
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Closed set (e.g. for a nude scene) -- Allan Morley, 15:24:04 09/24/02 Tue

A closed set =
Coated less.

:-)
Allan
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A couple more (one is rude) -- Allan Morley, 17:52:45 09/19/02 Thu

The meaning of life =
Feel hint of enigma.

Erect penis =
Epicentres. ;-)

Allan
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[> Re: A couple more (one is rude) -- a Gen NOM for The Meaning Of Life! -- Mike Torr, 21:23:20 09/19/02 Thu

>The meaning of life =
>Feel hint of enigma.

I made about a dozen 'grams out of this source a few years ago, and I can't believe I missed that one! Well done.
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[> [> Thanks Mike! -- Allan Morley, 15:03:27 09/24/02 Tue
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Last night of the Proms = That simple song-froth -- Mattias Inghe, 08:00:55 09/24/02 Tue

Also,
Last night of the proms = Lips that form the song.
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[> Re: Last night of the Proms = That simple song-froth -- Outstanding! ENT NOM. -- Mike Torr, 09:36:31 09/24/02 Tue
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The Mystery Writers of America, Inc -- David A. Green, 03:10:59 09/23/02 Mon

The Mystery Writers of America, Inc =
Crafty crime stories may win there.

(The MWA sponsors the annual Edgar awards for excellence in all areas of mystery and crime writing.)
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[> Re: The Mystery Writers of America, Inc OTHER NAMES NOM -- Larry Brash, 08:14:03 09/24/02 Tue
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Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England -- David A. Green, 08:14:10 09/23/02 Mon

Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England =
Many a ghostly-old encounter bothered us in there.

(Borley Rectory in Sudbury, Suffolk, became popularly known as "the most haunted house in England" after a book of that title was published by paranormal investigator Harry Price in 1940. The whole affair has subsequently been exposed as fraudulent - just like the Amityville Horror house in New York.)
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[> Re: Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England -- Mike Torr, 23:21:55 09/23/02 Mon

>Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England =
>Many a ghostly-old encounter bothered us in there.

Definitely one of your best effort, David! I assume it will be automatically Special-Nommed, so I won't bother to do so...
[2728]

[> [> Re: Borley Rectory: OTHER NAMES NOM, David -- Larry Brash, 00:46:47 09/24/02 Tue
[2734]
Brussels, Belgium ~ 's grim! Blues, blues... -- Paul Pan, 23:52:30 09/23/02 Mon
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Erno Rubik, inventor of the Cube = I be keen - contrive rotor-hub fun! -- Mike Torr, 23:39:05 09/23/02 Mon
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U.S. astronomer Carl Sagan = Natural arranges "Cosmos" -- Adrian H, 22:23:54 09/23/02 Mon
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Cream and sugar = Crude anagrams -- Paul Pan, 21:21:46 09/23/02 Mon
[2725]
Madonna Louise Ciccone = Iconic cones? A loud amen! -- Wayne Baisley, 14:29:02 09/23/02 Mon
[2724]
'The Island of Doctor Moreau' by H.G. Wells -- David A. Green, 05:34:17 09/23/02 Mon

'The Island of Doctor Moreau' by H.G. Wells =
He ogled at awful hybrid monsters. Cool!

If you remember the story, Dr Moreau uses surgery to give animals human form... A visitor to the island records his reaction upon seeing the Beast-Men for the first time:

"I saw only their faces, yet there was something in their faces - I knew not what- that gave me a spasm of disgust.... They seemed to me then brown men, but their limbs were oddly swathed in some thin dirty white stuff down even to the fingers and feet....there under peered out their elfin faces at me, faces with protruding lower jaws and bright eyes. They had lank black hair almost like horse hair, and seemed, as they sat, to exceed in stature any race of men I have seen....their bodies were abnormally long and the thigh-part of the leg short and curiously twisted. At any rate they were an amazingly ugly gang...."
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Great Britain = Tag: Rain tribe. -- Hans-Peter, 15:05:12 09/21/02 Sat
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[> Re: Great Britain = Tag: Rain tribe. *NOM* -- Mike Torr, 22:52:40 09/22/02 Sun

The 'Tag:' is slightly awkward, but this 'gram is so apt (I live in Britain, I should know) that I think it deserves a NOM!

Other Names?
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[> [> [Re: Great Britain = Tag: Rain tribe. *NOM*] Oh, Thanks Mike... -- Hans-Peter, 23:42:36 09/22/02 Sun

>The 'Tag:' is slightly awkward, but this 'gram is so
>apt (I live in Britain, I should know) that I think it
>deserves a NOM!
>
>Other Names?

Youīre right, but there is no other use for this letters. (I couldnīt find it so to speak) The word simply relates as a connection to the subject. Pity.
Other Names is ok, I think.
Hans-Peter

PS: did you know that the overall rain amount in Britain is LOWER than in Germany? It rains more often but shorter...
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[> [> [> Re: German Rainfall -- Mike Torr, 00:17:28 09/23/02 Mon

>PS: did you know that the overall rain amount in
>Britain is LOWER than in Germany? It rains more often
>but shorter...

Actually, I believe you; I've been to Germany a few times, and I do remember the light rain showers going on a lot longer than in Britain -- particularly in Hanover.

ObAnagram: German Rainfall = Elf rang in alarm (??)
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My first Spamagram! Please be gentle... -- Mike Torr, 04:31:27 09/04/02 Wed

Easy! Use Call Safe! Rather than handing out your real phone number to someone you don't really know, get a free, anonymous, temporary number from us!

The way it works is that you go onto our website - http://www.call-safe.com - enter your real phone number on our 'Get a number' page, book the length of time you want it to last for and you instantly get an anonymous number you can give your cyber friends to call you on which will route through to your phone without them getting your real number until you're ready to give it to them.

Call Safe has loads of uses... Going out clubbing? Book a Call Safe number before you go out and hand that out to people you want to talk to! Want to talk to someone without their real number appearing on your phone bill? Use Call Safe!

It won't cost you a penny to get a number and the person who calls you will only pay 10p a minute! It's quick, easy, free and a lot less hassle than having to change your phone number because you've given it to the wrong person....

--

[We have researched this email list ourselves, and have not purchased it from a third party. We will not pass this list onto anyone else. If you wish to never hear from us again, please email csinfo@freeneasy.net with the text REMOVE in the subject line, and we are sorry for disturbing you]



=



Wanna stalk someone good? Here's how!

If you're unpopular and wish to remain anonymous, or just wish to poke around grubbily in female people's private affairs, please look at our site!

Worryingly, we gull German people regularly with this crap, notably those who want to relieve the monotony of solitude and get calls from so-called 'telephone sex gods' ("I phone a honey dishonestly!"). These boobs never learn that it's all bought for our huge evil profit!

These automata outnumber you cunning types, which means that we can loot and steal with no bounds.

Also, if you think you'll be anonymous, think again. We give your raw information out to tattlers with goatees, roustabouts, layabouts, youths and evil auctioneers who sell the booty, idiot!

The buoyancy of the e-market remunerates us, accentuating our inveterate fatuity. The bottom line: We grab money promptly, roughly and untruthfully!

10 (TEN!) times an hour, abhorrent young reps with unfettered access will nauseate by phoning your new number, yearning to undertake commerce....

--

[As for our list, it's clearly a rogue's ploy to buy our lease on new offices, as we never, ever remove anyone! Ha ha! Thorough combatting of our naughty pronouncement, by the way, can't conquer this daft manure - we operate meanly.]
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[> Re: My first Spamagram! Please be gentle...*SPAM NOM*, Mike! -- Jaybur, 08:44:22 09/04/02 Wed
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[> [> Re: My first Spamagram! Please be gentle...*SPAM NOM*, Mike! -- Wow, Thanks! -- Mike Torr, 09:25:57 09/04/02 Wed
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[> [> [> Re: My first Spamagram! Please be gentle...*SPAM NOM*, Mike! -- Wow, Thanks! -- Mike Torr, 22:59:42 09/22/02 Sun

I was just wondering - can I please submit a modification to this one? I've simply moved the word "Idiot", but I think it's a significant improvement. Cheers!
-------------------------------------

"Wanna stalk someone good? Here's how!

If you're unpopular and wish to remain anonymous, or just wish to poke around grubbily in female people's private affairs, please look at our site!

Worryingly, we gull German people regularly with this crap, notably those who want to relieve the monotony of solitude and get calls from so-called 'telephone sex gods' (""I phone a honey dishonestly!""). These boobs never learn that it's all bought for our huge evil profit!

These automata outnumber you cunning types, which means that we can loot and steal with no bounds.

Also, if you think you'll be anonymous, think again, idiot! We give your raw information out to tattlers with goatees, roustabouts, layabouts, youths and evil auctioneers who sell the booty.

The buoyancy of the e-market remunerates us, accentuating our inveterate fatuity. The bottom line: We grab money promptly, roughly and untruthfully!

10 (TEN!) times an hour, abhorrent young reps with unfettered access will nauseate by phoning your new number, yearning to undertake commerce....

--

[As for our list, it's clearly a rogue's ploy to buy our lease on new offices, as we never, ever remove anyone! Ha ha! Thorough combatting of our naughty pronouncement, by the way, can't conquer this daft manure - we operate meanly.]"
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[> [Please be gentle...] Seconded! Excellent work, Mike. -- Richard G, 15:09:40 09/04/02 Wed
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[> [> Re: [Please be gentle...] Thanks RG! -- Mike Torr, 18:51:57 09/04/02 Wed
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The supermodel Claudia Schiffer = Pictures made of her dullish face. -- Richard G, 14:34:29 09/22/02 Sun
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[> Re: The supermodel Claudia Schiffer = Pictures made of her dullish face. * NOM * -- David A. Green, 22:19:31 09/22/02 Sun

Very good. Possibly an antigram, though? PEOPLES NAMES NOM.

The supermodel Elle Macpherson is apparently pregnant with her second child, which gives rise to:

The supermodel Elle Macpherson = Mere plump leaden clotheshorse.
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Escape detection = Neatest codpiece? -- Ellie, 20:59:15 09/22/02 Sun
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Alan Myatt, the loudest town crier in the world -- David A. Green, 09:08:19 09/22/02 Sun

Alan Myatt, the loudest town crier in the world =
My, what a din! The content will torture old ears.
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[> Welcome back, David! Automatic nom for both of these and any more you come up with - Walton is particularly fine. -- Richard G, 12:16:26 09/22/02 Sun
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September nom update -- Richard G, 12:13:42 09/22/02 Sun

CURRENT NOMS

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RG
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GNVQs (Highly non-PC) -- Joe F., 00:52:21 09/20/02 Fri

For the non-brits, GNVQs were introduced here a few years ago as a less academic alternative to A-Levels.

The General National Vocational Qualifications = Call "Too unintelligent", as I have an IQ of a raincoat.

;)
JF
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[> Re: GNVQs (Highly non-PC) Hilarious! Other names nom, Joe. -- Richard G, 18:39:06 09/21/02 Sat
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[> [> Re: GNVQs (Highly non-PC) Hilarious! Other names nom, Joe. -- Joe F., 00:48:32 09/22/02 Sun

Thanks Richard. I count it as 42 letters - please could you allow it in Other Names as you first said?

Cheers,
JF
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[> [> [> [42 letters] Yep, Other Names it is. [+more] -- Richard G, 11:57:38 09/22/02 Sun

>Thanks Richard. I count it as 42 letters - please
>could you allow it in Other Names as you first said?

Sure thing, Joe. I usually check ones of about this length to see if they are indeed past 40, but this one amused me too much for me to remember. Love your turn of phrase. :)

To clarify, 40 letters isn't a hard cutoff point - we allow people to go a couple of letters over if they have to.

---
RG
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Robson Walton, the richest man in the world -- David A. Green, 09:05:13 09/22/02 Sun

Robson Walton, the richest man in the world =
Shrewd merchant has billion or two nett, no?

(Infact, his wealth is estimated at $65 billion, enough to dethrone Bill Gates from the number one spot.)
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Christina Aguilera = Uglier Satanic hair -- Joe F., 07:37:12 09/22/02 Sun
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Nunc Dimittis -- Adrian H, 22:07:39 09/20/02 Fri

[First posted in Feb 2002, as an immediate follow-up to my 'Magnificat' anagram. I wonder if anyone will take the bait this time...]

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.

=

Hello again, God

Thy Son (aged thirty) has developed a few strange traits into adulthood:
When cleaning His loincloth, the water happens to end as if it were wine.
Then people follow whenever he sets foot in the open. Anybody! The blind! Lepers, too!
He then hastens to tell everyone that Thou art "the lovely, big baby-faced Creator."

Christ! Bugger that!

Mary

P.S. Don't let Him go too far

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Adrian
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[> Re: Nunc Dimittis -- Long NOM! -- Mike Torr, 00:44:11 09/21/02 Sat

Bravo! An excellent piece. I can't think why no-one nominated it last time.
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[> [> [Nunc Dimittis -- Long NOM!] I caught one! Cheers, Mike! -- Adrian H, 00:46:01 09/21/02 Sat
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[> [> Re: Nunc Dimittis -- Long NOM! -- Richard G, 18:44:52 09/21/02 Sat

>Bravo! An excellent piece. I can't think why no-one
>nominated it last time.

I can't remember seeing this one at all, it might not have got to my server. At least, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. :) Great work Adrian!

RG
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[> Re: Nunc Dimittis - *NOM* seconed! -- Mattias Inghe, 02:40:08 09/21/02 Sat

Actually funny as...
Well...as hell. :)
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Royal Army Service Corps = Very special carry 'rooms'. -- Hans-Peter, 03:19:26 09/21/02 Sat
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Monteverdi's Vespers -- Adrian H, 21:18:14 09/19/02 Thu

Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers =
Musical devotion preserved
Avid composer delivers tune
Ever provided musical notes

---
Adrian
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[> Re: Monteverdi's Vespers *ENT NOM* -- Richard G, 19:50:09 09/20/02 Fri

>Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers =
>Musical devotion preserved
>Avid composer delivers tune

You've made it very difficult to choose between these, Adrian. On balance I'll go with the former, as "devotion" is Vespers-specific.

RG
[2691]

[> [> [Monteverdi's Vespers *ENT NOM*] Thanks Richard. I agree with your choice :) -- Adrian H, 20:49:00 09/20/02 Fri
[2692]
Web hosting = Big net show. -- Matjaz P., 02:21:33 09/19/02 Thu
[2661]

[> Re: Web hosting = Big net show. (ENT?) NOM! -- Mike Torr, 06:15:58 09/19/02 Thu
[2671]

[> [> Re: Web hosting : thanks Mike. -- Matjaz P., 04:51:49 09/20/02 Fri
[2688]
David Soul = Odd visual -- Mike Torr, 19:58:30 09/18/02 Wed
[2657]

[> Re: David Soul = Odd visual (Entertainment *NOM* and biography of this actor) -- Zoran, 01:41:02 09/20/02 Fri

David Soul
Born: August 28, 1943
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois
Nationality: American

Biography:
A tall, blond actor who has played heroes who are masculine yet soft and whose eyes express a pain yet uncovered, David Soul used ingenuity to break into show business, sending out glossy photos of himself with his head covered as the "mystery singer." Merv Griffin took the bite and put Soul on his syndicated talk show, thus breaking the ice. Soul then made his acting debut on an episode of "Star Trek" in 1967, and from 1968-70 played Joshua Bolt, the middle brother of three who bring 100 women to Seattle in "Here Come the Brides" on ABC. In 1974, he replaced Lee Majors as the associate attorney on "Owen Marshall, Counsellor at Law" (ABC). Finally, came TV stardom, when Soul played Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson on the cop drama "Starsky & Hutch" (ABC, 1975-79). He was well cast as the soft-spoken, educated cop, but was miscast as Rick (the Humphrey Bogart character) in his 1983 return to series TV, the short-lived "Casablanca" (NBC). Later that year, Soul was in the cast of another short-lived NBC series, the primetime serial "The Yellow Rose". 5Soul first worked in TV-movies in "The Disappearance of Flight 412" (NBC, 1974). He had his first miniseries lead with "Salem's Lot" (CBS, 1979), in which he returns to his home town and finds it infected by vampires and must become a vampire killer to save the community. In 1980, Soul played a convicted rapist who undergoes intense therapy in prison to find the root cause of his impulses in "Rage" (NBC). He also starred in Agnes Nixon's "Manions of America" miniseries for ABC in 1981, based on her Irish immigrant heritage, and has continued working in TV-movies into the 90s. 5Soul first appeared in feature films in a supporting role in "Johnny Got His Gun" (1971), and lent support to Clint Eastwood in "Magnum Force" (1973). After his TV series work waned, he returned to feature film work in the 80s in "The Hanoi Hilton" (1987), playing a gung-ho military prisoner in North Vietnam who decides he has had enough degradation and turns over in his bunk, practically willing himself to die. Soul co-wrote the 1994 feature "Tides of War", in which he played a Nazi trying to build a missile sight on a remote British outpost in order to attack America. He was a vengeful East German Olympics coach in "Pentathlon" (1995). Dedicated to the causes of workers, Soul made the documentary "Fighting Ministers" in 1986, which detailed the efforts by clergy in Pittsburgh to aid workers during a strike, leading to many arrests. He has also been a director, commencing with episodes of "Starsky & Hutch" and including episodes of other series, such as "Miami Vice" and "Hunter". 5Soul has also never abandoned the singing career which first brought him TV attention. He has performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York City as well as the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
[2686]

[> [> Re: David Soul = Odd visual (Entertainment *NOM* and biography of this actor) Thanks! -- Mike Torr, 02:05:36 09/20/02 Fri

...and thanks for the info, too. I didn't know he'd been in Star Trek!
[2687]
Anagram from pub -- Zoran, 10:27:35 09/18/02 Wed



One brew = Beer,now !!


Zoran
[2641]

[> Re: Anagram from pub -- I think it's original - if so, Gen *NOM* -- Mike Torr, 18:52:08 09/18/02 Wed
[2653]

[> [> I think it's original - if so, Gen *NOM* - Thanks,Mike ! -- Zoran, 01:32:39 09/20/02 Fri
[2685]
Antihydrogen = Nothing ready (+more) -- Mattias Inghe, 00:18:20 09/20/02 Fri

Antihydrogen = Nothing ready
Antihydrogen = Ready?...nothing.

Antimatter created = Tried at a CERN team.
Antimatter created = Terminated at crate?

Create antimatter - attract an eremite!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/2266503.stm
[2683]
Overt Net hypes = They never stop. -- Matjaz P., 21:20:58 09/16/02 Mon
[2616]

[> How did I miss this one. Itīs a NOM! -- Ghud Sariffian, 08:22:13 09/19/02 Thu
[2674]

[> [> Re: Thanks, Ghud, i like it too. -- Matjaz P., 21:05:05 09/19/02 Thu
[2680]
Diego Forlan -- Adrian H, 20:12:48 09/19/02 Thu

Sir Alex Ferguson paid tribute to Diego Forlan after he scores his first goal for Man Utd in last night's win against Maccabi Haifa.

Diego Forlan ~ fired on goal

(It's an oldie of mine - from when he first signed for the club)

---
Adrian
[2679]
A short geography lesson :-) -- Mattias Inghe, 03:25:26 09/19/02 Thu

Or just a buch of anagrammed countries:

Great Britain = Giant arbiter

Pakistan = Akin past

Afghanistan = Anti Afghans (?)

Germany = Angry me

Russia = USA, sir

South Africa = Safari touch

Singapore = Sap region

Faroe Islands = Sails for Dane

The Vatican = Hint, Vacate!
[2667]

[> [Re: A short geography lesson :-)] At least one oldie... -- Hans-Peter, 03:58:15 09/19/02 Thu

>Or just a buch of anagrammed countries:
>
>Great Britain = Giant arbiter

Thats one of mine, NOMmed in May or June or so...
Sorry, Hans-Peter
[2668]

[> [> Couldnīt check the archive - strike Germany too. The rest seems new. -- Mattias Inghe, 05:03:57 09/19/02 Thu

>>Or just a buch of anagrammed countries:
>>
>>Great Britain = Giant arbiter
>
>Thats one of mine, NOMmed in May or June or so...
>Sorry, Hans-Peter

Doh! I couldn't check for prior art since the search was on strike. It seems Gemany was old too. Kinda. "Angry? Me?" Is way too similar
[2669]

[> Afghanistan = As in 'hang aft' -- Wayne Baisley, 05:30:59 09/19/02 Thu
[2670]

[> Re: A short geography lesson :-) -- Ghud Sariffian, 08:15:53 09/19/02 Thu

>Pakistan = Akin past
More clever than I first thought. Once a part of India, now on the brink of war with then.

>Afghanistan = Anti Afghans
Afghanistan = Itīs an Afghan!

>Russia = USA, sir
Creative punctuation makes it better: Russia? ~ USA, sir!

>South Africa = Safari touch
South Africa = Oi! Such a fart! ;)

>Faroe Islands = Sails for Dane
The Faroe Islands = Later Danish foes


And finally, one from my roots...
Kashmir, India = Mad Irani sikh
[2673]

[> [> Re: A short geography lesson :-) -- Mattias, 19:18:39 09/19/02 Thu

>>Pakistan = Akin past
>More clever than I first thought. Once a part of
>India, now on the brink of war with then.

Honestly, I didnīt think that far. But then this is better:
Pakistan = A past kin

>>Afghanistan = Anti Afghans
>Afghanistan = Itīs an Afghan!
>
>>Russia = USA, sir
>Creative punctuation makes it better: Russia? ~ USA, sir!
>
>>Faroe Islands = Sails for Dane
>The Faroe Islands = Later Danish foes

Three major improvements. :)

>And finally, one from my roots...
>Kashmir, India = Mad Irani sikh

Kashmir, India = I harm said kin
[2678]
Striptease -- Mattias Inghe, 03:12:11 09/19/02 Thu

Exotic dancer = Certain codex

Striptease dancer = Red panties caster

Striptease dancer ~ escaped restraint!

Striptease? = Tape sister!
(What?!)
[2663]

[> Re: Striptease -- 1 *NOM* for you -- Mike Torr, 06:19:10 09/19/02 Thu

>Striptease dancer = Red panties caster

NOM for this one, Mattias! Very good.
[2672]

[> [> Re: Striptease -- 1 *NOM* for you - Thanks, Mike! -- Mattias Inghe, 18:39:16 09/19/02 Thu
[2677]
A bunch -- Allan Morley, 14:46:00 09/18/02 Wed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki =
Oh, harm Asian kids again.

There is no God but Allah =
Death to lone liar, G. Bush!

A sporting chance =
Catching a person. [neat but I don't know what it means]

To drop acid =
Poor addict.

"Death of a Salesman" =
Loman's fate's ahead.

Anglophiles =
O, English pal.

Flower arrangement =
Ornament grew feral.

To tame a wife's ~ a waste of time! ;-)

and a non-PC one to finish...
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Thalidomide baby =
Hey, a limb a bit odd!

Allan
[2646]

[> Re: A bunch 2 NOMS -- Richard G, 18:01:20 09/18/02 Wed

The best of a very good bunch:

>To drop acid =
>Poor addict.

*GEN NOM*

>"Death of a Salesman" =
>Loman's fate's ahead.

*ENT NOM*

Good to see you back, Allan.

RG
[2649]

[> Re: A bunch -- another NOM -- Mike Torr, 18:55:13 09/18/02 Wed

>To tame a wife's ~ a waste of time! ;-)

This one gets my vote!
[2654]

[> [> Thankyou, Richard and Mike! -- Allan Morley, 17:42:12 09/19/02 Thu
[2675]
Patron Saint of animals! -- Mike Torr, 03:19:05 09/19/02 Thu

Saint Francis of Asissi
=
Is no sin; fact is, safaris!
[2664]

[> [Oops! Please ignore this one.] -- Mike Torr, 03:25:22 09/19/02 Thu
[2666]
Patron Saint of animals! -- Mike Torr, 03:22:36 09/19/02 Thu

Saint Francis of Asissi
=
Is no sin; fact is, safaris!
[2665]
Two names (bit rude) -- Matjaz P., 03:35:39 09/17/02 Tue


David Letterman=
Trade? I vend malt.
TV: admired 'n' late.

(she is an adult queen, if you know what i mean;))
Teresa Orlowski=
Wits? Er, look - arse!


cheers
[2624]

[> Re: Two names (bit rude) - *NOM* -- Mike Torr, 18:49:41 09/18/02 Wed

>David Letterman=
>TV: admired 'n' late.

I'd NOM this, but I'd prefer it this way:
Admired 'n' late TV.
[2652]

[> [> Re: Two names (bit rude) - *NOM* [...maybe not] -- Richard G, 19:04:33 09/18/02 Wed

>>David Letterman=
>>TV: admired 'n' late.
>
>I'd NOM this, but I'd prefer it this way:
>Admired 'n' late TV.

There's a famous old one that's quite similar to this: "Nerd amid late TV" (not in our Hall of Fame but ought to be). Whether or not this one is too similar for a nom I'll leave up to Matjaz and Larry.

RG
[2655]

[> [> [> Re: Two names (bit rude) - *NOM* [...maybe not] -- Matjaz P., 20:32:03 09/18/02 Wed

I am sure that anybody that tried anagramming D. Letterman
found the 'late TV' keyword.
I don't care for a nom for this, thanks Mike.
Instead, I will post more grams.

David Letterman=
A red, late TV mind.
Late TV ad minder.
Late TV, damn dire!
I'm late TV dander.
I'm darned late TV.
I'm red and late TV.
I'd late TV, darn me.


Matjaz.
[2659]
After-effects of high speed pursuit... -- Mike Torr, 20:00:39 09/18/02 Wed

Starsky And Hutch
=
Hydrant has stuck!
[2658]
Spike Milligan = A simple liking -- Mike Torr, 19:54:36 09/18/02 Wed
[2656]
Bob Dylan -- Mattias Inghe, 18:21:30 09/18/02 Wed

Bob Dylan = Nobly bad

Bob Dylan, the poet = Notable depth, boy.
Bob Dylan, the poet = Bedtable typhoon

And an anti-gram...
Bob Dylan, artist <> Starlit boy band
[2650]

[> And from the headlines... -- Mattias Inghe, 18:24:31 09/18/02 Wed

The artist Bob Dylan ~ hit boy band starlet!
[2651]
United Nations Weapons Inspectors = NATO war spies up tensions, I contend. -- Joe F., 12:38:31 09/18/02 Wed
[2644]

[> NATO war spies up tensions, I contend. - Topical (or Cynical?) NOM, Joe! -- Allan Morley, 14:09:38 09/18/02 Wed
[2645]

[> Seconded, Joe! [+more] -- Richard G, 17:56:47 09/18/02 Wed

United Nations Weapons Inspectors =
Appoint us to renew snide sanctions.

RG
[2648]
Robert Zimmerman = Mmm, bizarre tenor -- Wayne Baisley, 16:12:52 09/18/02 Wed
[2647]
Dot pays retail = Stop it already -- Wayne Baisley, 12:27:12 09/18/02 Wed
[2643]
A random bunch -- Mattias Inghe, 10:37:14 09/18/02 Wed

Meatballs = Blast meal!

Til death do us part = That's adult, period.

Swedish election = I select who I send
Election day was on Sunday - got me inspired :)

Naturalist beaches = A substantial cheer

Eugene Cernan, last man on the moon ~ announce he's a gentleman, not more.
Eugene Cernan, last man on the moon = Mean content, Luna hero's name gone!

Eugene Cernan, astronaut = Guarantees an encounter.
Neil Armstrong, astronaut = Nation's rare glamor stunt
[2642]
Internet cafe = 'net interface -- Paul Pan, 22:42:51 09/16/02 Mon
[2617]

[> Re: Internet cafe = 'net interface -- Santi, 21:01:19 09/17/02 Tue

The internet cafes=
Reset fine net chat.
[2630]

[> Re: Internet cafe = 'net interface - Almost like musician~in a music ;-) -- Zoran, 10:06:28 09/18/02 Wed
[2640]
The worm in the wild = Wow, helminth tried. -- Wayne Baisley, 06:16:22 09/18/02 Wed

... inspired by a recent OpenSSL attack.

Weird helminth, wot?

Cheers,
Wayne
[2639]
Yosemite National Park = Patrimonial to Yankees ! -- Zoran, 06:44:43 09/16/02 Mon
[2606]

[> Re: Yosemite National Park = Patrimonial to Yankees ! Definitely a *NOM*! -- Mattias Inghe, 19:31:22 09/16/02 Mon
[2615]

[> [> Re: Yosemite National Park = Patrimonial to Yankees ! Definitely a *NOM*! Thanks,Mattias ! :-) -- Zoran, 01:48:42 09/17/02 Tue
[2622]

[> Re: Yosemite National Park = To paint, like so many are -- Wayne Baisley, 04:32:22 09/18/02 Wed
[2638]
Committing adultery = My moral-cutting diet -- Mattias Inghe, 02:13:35 09/18/02 Wed
[2636]

[> Thou shalt not commit adultery -- Richard G, 03:16:52 09/18/02 Wed

Thou shalt not commit adultery =
Ideally, must not root that much.

RG
[2637]
This doesn't make a great deal of sense but it made me laugh.... -- Joe F., 11:52:46 09/16/02 Mon

Stealing ~ genitals!
[2612]

[> Re: This doesn't make a great deal of sense SURREALISTIC NOM!! -- Santi, 03:48:14 09/17/02 Tue

>Stealing ~ genitals!
[2625]

[> [> Well, I didn't think it was really worth it but thanks anyway! -- Joe F., 08:49:15 09/17/02 Tue
[2627]

[> [> [> No, I was jokin'. Or maybe just proposing a new category for the anagrammy awards. -- Santi, 20:44:23 09/17/02 Tue
[2629]

[> [> [> [> Re: No, I was jokin'. Or maybe just proposing a new category for the anagrammy awards. -- Joe F., 01:07:10 09/18/02 Wed

Yeah, agreed, don't include this one. I'm not so sure about your new category though Santi! Possibly the non-existanct Cynical category, mentioned by Richard, could become reality one day - at least there'd then be one category I'd dominate ;)
[2633]

[> [> [> [> [> Proposing a new category -- Richard G, 02:04:49 09/18/02 Wed

>Yeah, agreed, don't include this one.

OK. It's an oldy in any case, I posted it in late 1999 and even then I doubt I was the first.

>I'm not so sure about your new category though Santi!
>Possibly the non-existanct Cynical category, mentioned
>by Richard, could become reality one day - at least
>there'd then be one category I'd dominate ;)

Apart from Other Names, that is. :)

Surreal Category =
Erase ugly carrot.

RG
[2635]
A nasty one for y'all -- Mattias Inghe, 02:03:57 09/18/02 Wed

Committing sodomy = It cost doing mommy
[2634]
Re: Neutrogena's Visibly Young anti-age night cream -- margaret haley, 05:31:32 09/15/02 Sun

>Neutrogena's Visibly Young anti-age night cream =
>I guess you mightn't be a (inactive) gran any longer!
let me have details of this product
[2598]

[> Re: Neutrogena's Visibly Young anti-age night cream **SICK REPLY** -- Larry The Gross, 21:58:36 09/17/02 Tue

>>Neutrogena's Visibly Young anti-age night cream =
>>I guess you mightn't be a (inactive) gran any longer!

>let me have details of this product
=
Four selected vomit dips that heal.

Margaret Haley =
Gay, rather lame.
Hey! Great alarm!
Rather gay male.
Mega-hate Larry.

Larry
[2632]
Spam (a bit rude) -- Larry Brash, 21:25:16 09/17/02 Tue

I wish to share this information with you. We offer 'bullet proof hosting' that hosts any site that sends mail without the risk of being shut down. You can send millions of messages a day, and market your products and services. Does anybody want to know more about it ? Let me know. Thanks.
=

Welcome into the Spammers' Club.

Today, I want you shrewd folks to annoy the shit out of most of the World's Internet users. No risks in it. For those bastards who have whinged about your kinky emails, simply fuck them in the ass. Don't be afraid to do it again and again. So, why not test us now?

---

Larry
[2631]
Boys favourite sight (rude-ish) -- Myles, 23:35:38 09/16/02 Mon

Erect nipples ~ cripple teens
[2619]

[> Re: Boys favourite sight (rude-ish) LOL, very true! Rude NOM. -- Joe F., 01:08:17 09/17/02 Tue
[2621]

[> [> Re: Boys favourite sight - Thanks for the first ever NOM Joe. (n/t) -- Myles, 19:36:37 09/17/02 Tue
[2628]
Fetish model ~ Does the film ! -- Zoran, 03:49:02 09/17/02 Tue
[2626]
Elegant ladies = As gentle ideal -- Zoran, 01:52:21 09/17/02 Tue
[2623]
George Bush and Saddam Hussein = He's bad, dangerous, US man sighed. -- Jaybur, 07:49:11 09/16/02 Mon
[2609]

[> George Bush and Saddam Hussein = Sure,Bagdhad madness is enough ! -- Zoran, 09:00:21 09/16/02 Mon
[2610]

[> [> George Bush and Saddam Hussein = US shuns one sad Baghdad regime. -- Richard G, 23:37:14 09/16/02 Mon
[2620]
Thighmaster (slightly rude) -- Mattias Inghe, 23:05:42 09/16/02 Mon

Thighmaster = H.M Tight-arse
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