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blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 269
Today's Topics:
Re[B7L] The B7 Ball
Re: Re [B7L] The B7 Ball
Re: [B7L] I'm sorry to have to announce...
[B7L] You know you're a B7 fan when...
[B7L] Battening Down the Hatches
Re: [B7L] You know you're a B7 fan when...
[B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
[B7L] The B7 Ball
Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
RE: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
RE: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
[B7L] OT Val Westall
[B7L] Servalan/Weapon
Re: [B7L] Mornington Crescent
Re: [B7L]The B7 Ball
Re: [B7L] Jarriere (Was : Servalan/Weapon)
Re: [B7L] OT Val Westall
[B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
[B7L] Re: Servalan
RE: [B7L] Desert Island Blake's
[B7L] Re: Desert Island Blakes
Re: [B7L] Desert Island Blake's
Re: [B7L] The B7 Ball
Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
Re: [B7L] OT Val Westall
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 07:12:50 +0100
From: "Neil Faulkner" <N.Faulkner@tesco.net>
To: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re[B7L] The B7 Ball
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Another boring night shift, so I slipped out to catch up on some of the
latest arrivals:
Mr and Mrs Emption, with their fanatically Communist son, 'Red' Emption.
Mr and Mrs Ance have also brought along their son, Del Ivor Ance.
Mr and Mrs Smith with their son Ronald, who has in turn brought along his
own eldest, a frighteningly cold-hearted child known to his grandparents as
the Chill Darren of Our Ron.
That shadowy figure in the corner must be Terry Nostra.
And the curvaceous bikini-clad figure with the meat cleaver has to be that
well known babe, Ann the Butcher.
The T'farls have just arrived with their daughter Bea T'farl.
The Liphs of Crandor with their daughter, Kay.
And Mr and Mrs Fication-Programme are rumoured to have used underhand
methods in ensuring the attendance of their own daughter, Patsy
Fication-Programme.
Mrs Did-Avon-really-think-of-Blake who is of course married to Watt
Did-Avon-really-think-of-Blake.
Lowering the tone somewhat, Mr and Mrs Sto wiv their young 'un, 'Arry.
From Goth, Mr and Mrs Tent with their adoring protegee Cher. Cher loves the
Tents of Goth.
And all the way from another galaxy, Mr and Mrs Dromeda with their daughter,
Janet. (And on the same lines, Mr and Mrs Vader with their evil Sith Lord
son, Eric.)
Will the canapes last, I wonder.
Neil
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 19:03:42 +0100
From: "Neil Faulkner" <N.Faulkner@tesco.net>
To: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: Re [B7L] The B7 Ball
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Kathryn wrote:
+AD4-Hey, I actually thought of one+ACE-
+AD4-
+AD4-Mr and Mrs Cell, and their three-year-old son, who had an unfortunate
+AD4-encounter with some roadworks, and the bitumen therefrom, tarry Al Cell.
I thought of that one myself (or at least something extremely similar), but
I'm quite happy to let someone else take the honours.
In the meantime, Mr and Mrs Plagueship, with their Kalashnikov-toting
daughter, Wanda 'AK-47' Plagueship
Neil
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 19:14:05 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] I'm sorry to have to announce...
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Rob wrote:
> ... that Sue PremeCommanderServalan will not, in fact, be attending the
> Ball. Tragically, she is in an advanced stage of Alzheimer's disease.
> Indeed, things are so bad that she no longer recognises her lifelong
friend
> Theo ThorityofthePresident.
A tragedy indeed. Let's hope that the mood can be lifted by the appearance
of those two Egyptian deities: first, the eight-legged god of goats, Cairo
Pan Spider, and with him the goddess who warms our hearts and hearths by
always raising a laugh: ha! Vesta Cairos.
Una
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:57:28 PDT
From: "Hellen Paskaleva" <hellen_pas@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] You know you're a B7 fan when...
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Hi, folks!
I was 'off' for about 10 days and now, wandering around my usual sites, I
found the disscussion, pointed in the 'subject' above. As it lasts more than
two weeks yet, maybe some of you have already seen it. Despite it, take a
look...
An example at random from the posts:
You know you�re a B7 fan when:
* Quarry pits and forests look like alien planets
* You stop worrying where Dayna keeps her explosives
* You wonder why cinema ushers seem to be carrying Liberator guns
* You think your shaving foam goes solid in seconds
* Your drinks take on a healthy green colour
...
* �Avon calling� takes on a whole different meaning
...
* You bother to freeze frame your video to see if Avon�s heels really are
taller than Cally�s (and just for the record, they are)
<http://www.blakes7.com/bbmat.cgi?getsubject=93&script=general&frames=N>
Ta, Hellen
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 14:34:43 EDT
From: Bizarro7@aol.com
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Subject: [B7L] Battening Down the Hatches
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Just finished securing everything around the property as Force 4 Hurricane
Floyd nears the horizon. Expect hurricane force winds tonight here in Central
Florida. It's going to be a wild ride. Mandatory evactuations from the coast
have gone on all day and all the hotels and motels inland are completely
booked. The supermarket shelves have been stripped, the gas stations are
closed and out of gas, the shelters are filling up. The first rain bands are
starting to come through. See you all on the backside of the storm!
Leah
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 19:54:55 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] You know you're a B7 fan when...
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Hellen posted:
> You know you're a B7 fan when:
you want to live forever, but die, trying.
Una
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:15:16 +0100
From: Steve Rogerson <steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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Playing against both the writer and editor of the Sevencyclopaedia is
going to be difficult, but I'll have a go.
Anyway, Judith has banned retrograde orbits, though I think they may be
allowed if you play the Picard Manoeuvre, but I could be wrong about
that. Anyway, Neil has declared Bayban's rules and gone for Kainessos. A
clever opening gambit, methinks, unless you do a red one mobilisation,
which I am doing:
Probus-4
Get out of that one if you can!
--
cheers
Steve Rogerson
http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson
Be inconsistent, but not all the time
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:57:49 EST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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Erm, sorry to sound like a complete ignoramus, but would someone might
telling me what this game is? That way, even if I don't play I will be able
to follow what in the world (or, rather, off it <smile>) the players are
doing.
Thanks in advance
Joanne
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 18:12:44 -0700
From: mistral@ptinet.net
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Subject: [B7L] The B7 Ball
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Say hello to:
Several generations of the Piri family: Moe the eighth, Moe the tenth,
Moe the eleventh; having recently recovered from Cancer, the one who
controls the dough, Moe the ninth, is attending as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Of-agitated-atoms, and their spineless son,
Hy 'wishy-washy' Claude
Of-agitated-atoms.
The Withycomb-Pewters, and their son Neville R. Q. Withycomb-Pewter.
Mr. and Mrs. N'heeros, and their son (who, in appreciation of his
multi-cultural ancestry, has been named after all four of his great-
grandfathers): Saddam Liam Hapu Deep N'heeros.
Mistral
--
"Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo. So little time! So much to know!"
--Jeremy Hilary Boob, Ph.D.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:10:10 EST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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>From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
>but would someone might
>telling me what this game is?
That "might" should, of course, be "mind", but it's more than likely that
software that has chosen to be user-unfriendly today is the cause of mental
sentence scrambling (or my trains of thought have collided horribly, one or
the other).
It's getting to the point where I want to carry out what a colleague refers
to as "percussive maintenance". Vila called it "kicking the living quartz
out of it", or words to that effect.
Regards
Joanne
(it isn't time to say "Aaarrrggghhh!!!" yet. Wait a little while)
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 18:14:25 -0700
From: mistral@ptinet.net
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Joanne MacQueen wrote:
> Erm, sorry to sound like a complete ignoramus, but would someone might
> telling me what this game is? That way, even if I don't play I will be able
> to follow what in the world (or, rather, off it <smile>) the players are
> doing.
I'll second that; do tell, somebody. Thanx.
Mistral
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--Jeremy Hilary Boob, Ph.D.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 03:42:05 +0200
From: Jacqueline Thijsen <jacqueline.thijsen@cmg.nl>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: RE: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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Joanne wrote:
> Erm, sorry to sound like a complete ignoramus, but would
> someone might
> telling me what this game is? That way, even if I don't play
> I will be able
> to follow what in the world (or, rather, off it <smile>) the
> players are doing.
I've got this sneaking suspicion that the object of the game is to see how
many obscure postings can be made before someone asks this question. I don't
know why I suspect this, although the fact that Neil is participating in the
game might have something to do with it.
Jacqueline
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:36:57 EST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: RE: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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>From: Jacqueline Thijsen <jacqueline.thijsen@cmg.nl>
>I've got this sneaking suspicion that the object of the game is to >see how
>many obscure postings can be made before someone asks this >question.
I hope not, for the players' sakes, as it's suddenly become an extremely
short game in that case.
>I don't know why I suspect this, although the fact that Neil is
> >participating in the game might have something to do with it.
Aw, don't you trust Neil? <very evil grin>
Regards
Joanne
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:00:38 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Carol & Gordon Burgess <storm@catchnet.com.au>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] OT Val Westall
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Could you Email me as your addy keeps bouncing everytime I send...
Sorry folks for this folks :-)
TTFN
Carol 'Hondo'
<storm@catchnet.com.au>
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:43:02 PDT
From: "Sally Manton" <smanton@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Servalan/Weapon
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Joanne wrote:
<Given the opinions of some listmembers, it could be either Arthur or
Martha, and he doesn't know which <grin> Regards, Joanne (listening
for a bludgeon-wielding Harriet)>
Harriet, do you want to distract her while I wield the bludgeon from
behind??
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 19:23:09 +0100
From: "Neil Faulkner" <N.Faulkner@tesco.net>
To: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Mornington Crescent
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Judith wrote:
>Playing tough I see. I'm fine, you forgot about the gravitational vortex.
That
>gives me an easy move to Kairos. Have fun with the spiders...
By all means do. Meanwhile I'll exploit the clear run through Sector 4
you've left me and make my way to Malodar.
Bayban's Rules, remember:)
Neil
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 19:33:16 +0100
From: "Neil Faulkner" <N.Faulkner@tesco.net>
To: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L]The B7 Ball
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Una wrote:
>Mistral wrote:
>
>> Famed research biologist Dr. Toothpick was too busy to find an
>> escort for the ball, but didn't wish to attend entirely alone, and
brought
>> his favorite pet, itsy-bitty lab rat Furry Toothpick.
>
>Oh, much respect!
Seconded. Meanwhile, the three Knot brothers, who each have a wife called
Jemima. One's thick as a brick, one's a waste of space, and the third can't
stand social occasions. That's Jemima Knot (stupid), Jemima Knot
(expendable), and Jemima Knot (going).
>Good God! Look at the dress Mrs Funnel is wearing! Here she is - tacky Ann
>Funnel.
And her best friend Imogen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Pack. Immy Pack.
Neil
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:42:11 PDT
From: "Sally Manton" <smanton@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Jarriere (Was : Servalan/Weapon)
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After I said:
<Harriet, do you want to distract her while I wield the bludgeon
from behind??>
Joanne wrote:
<Would whoever it was who suggested Jarriere was out of his depth in
a baby's bath (the inspiration for what I said) please come to my
assistance?>
I have bad news for you, dear. It was me.
That's part of the reason I adore him ;-)
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Date: 15 Sep 1999 09:47:24 +0200
From: Calle Dybedahl <calle@lysator.liu.se>
To: Carol & Gordon Burgess <storm@catchnet.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [B7L] OT Val Westall
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>>>>> "Gordon" == Gordon Burgess <Carol> writes:
> Could you Email me as your addy keeps bouncing everytime I send...
Val's adress bounced off the list almost a month ago, I'm sorry to say.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:55:29 +0100 (BST)
From: Judith Proctor <Judith@blakes-7.demon.co.uk>
To: Lysator List <Blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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On Wed 15 Sep, Jacqueline Thijsen wrote:
> Joanne wrote:
>
> > Erm, sorry to sound like a complete ignoramus, but would
> > someone might
> > telling me what this game is? That way, even if I don't play
> > I will be able
> > to follow what in the world (or, rather, off it <smile>) the
> > players are doing.
>
> I've got this sneaking suspicion that the object of the game is to see how
> many obscure postings can be made before someone asks this question. I don't
> know why I suspect this, although the fact that Neil is participating in the
> game might have something to do with it.
Oh ye of little faith!
I have in my kitchen a BBC cassette tape of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'. On
the box, it proudly proclaims "contains the rules for Mornington Crescent".
Now admittedly <grin> the BBC had a phone call the other week from a Mrs Trellis
complaining that her box appeared to be missing the rules, but anyone listening
to the radio show will soon be able to pick them up.
Mornington Crescent is a station on the London Underground and in the
traditional version the places visited are all underground stations. Until the
last year or so, Mornington Crescent was disused and it was actually impossible
to get there by underground. This is undoubtedly what makes the game so complex
and challenging to play.
Judith
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:16:20 +0100 (BST)
From: Judith Proctor <Judith@blakes-7.demon.co.uk>
To: Lysator List <Blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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On Wed 15 Sep, Steve Rogerson wrote:
> Playing against both the writer and editor of the Sevencyclopaedia is
> going to be difficult, but I'll have a go.
>
> Anyway, Judith has banned retrograde orbits, though I think they may be
> allowed if you play the Picard Manoeuvre, but I could be wrong about
> that. Anyway, Neil has declared Bayban's rules and gone for Kainessos. A
> clever opening gambit, methinks, unless you do a red one mobilisation,
> which I am doing:
>
> Probus-4
>
> Get out of that one if you can!
Drat, I was afraid this would happen. Playing on a list, you can never
determine the order of play properly. As your move is obviously superior to
mine, I'll ignore my move to Kairos (especially as I couldn't reach it from
Probus 4) and reply to your move. Neil can then respond to my move, and you
follow on from him.
That's an interesting point with regard to the Picard Manoeuvre and I have to
agree that it would supercede the rule about retrograde orbits, but do remember
that it won't work close to a gas giant.
Red one mobilisation this early in the game? That's a little desperate isn't
it? Still, I think I can work out a suitable response. Nobody's used the
teleport yet and given that you used the Picard Manoeuvre, I think I'm justified
in a one-off use of an LRT (long range transmat). I will therefore move from
Probus 4 to Goth. Don't forget your breathing aparatus - the atmosphere is
toxic if you're exposed for long.
JUdith
PS. Do you think we should have a game of Mornington Crescent at Redemption?
That would give con-goers a chance to discuss the rules with our panel of
experts.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:13:05 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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Jacqueline wrote:
> Joanne wrote:
>
> > Erm, sorry to sound like a complete ignoramus, but would someone might
> > telling me what this game is? That way, even if I don't play I will be
able
> > to follow what in the world (or, rather, off it <smile>) the players
are doing.
>
> I've got this sneaking suspicion that the object of the game is to see how
> many obscure postings can be made before someone asks this question. I
don't
> know why I suspect this, although the fact that Neil is participating in
the
> game might have something to do with it.
The very best thing is to learn by watching. You'll soon get the hang of it!
Una
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:27:19 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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Steve wrote:
> Anyway, Judith has banned retrograde orbits, though I think they may be
> allowed if you play the Picard Manoeuvre, but I could be wrong about
> that. Anyway, Neil has declared Bayban's rules and gone for Kainessos. A
> clever opening gambit, methinks, unless you do a red one mobilisation,
> which I am doing:
>
> Probus-4
Hmm. Hmm. Neat, but not inescapable. If we extend the scope of Bayban's
Rules to include the brilliantly-conceived Argus Exception, which I do
believe is acceptable under the Maryatt Convention, then I can hie me all
the way to:
Calipheron.
Una
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:56:05 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: "Lysator List" <Blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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Judith wrote:
> I have in my kitchen a BBC cassette tape of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'.
On
> the box, it proudly proclaims "contains the rules for Mornington
Crescent".
>
> Now admittedly <grin> the BBC had a phone call the other week from a Mrs
Trellis
> complaining that her box appeared to be missing the rules, but anyone
listening
> to the radio show will soon be able to pick them up.
The lovely Samantha could provide a High-Tech E-mail Mornington Superhighway
version of the rules, but she doesn't have a PC. Perhaps someone could give
her one?
Una
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:02:58 +0100
From: "Deborah Day" <d.day@ukgateway.net>
To: "blakes7" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L] Re: Servalan
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I had always thought that Servalan was her first name, and that she was
something like Servalan Smith (or McCluskey, or whatever). I guess I had
assumed this because women in Blakes 7 seem to be addressed by their first
names, such as Jenna. The similar thing now is people like Oprah who have a
distinctive name and are very well known, so that there is no need to
elaborate. Mind you, I like the thought of Ethel Servalan too. I used to
have an Aunt Ethel who could have given Servalan a run for her money!
>Re: Names for Servalan. Joan is too suitable. Like Joan of Arc, only her
>sensual, secular conterpart. A maiden leading an army, each one forever
>distant.
>
>Boopsie Servalan has its strange appeal.
>
Debbie Day
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:06:09 +0100
From: "David A McIntee" <master@sol.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: RE: [B7L] Desert Island Blake's
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Gambit
Star One
Rumours Of Death
Death Watch
Blake
--
"This path has been placed before you; the choice to take it is yours
alone."
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Mansion/4845
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:26:27 +0100
From: "David A McIntee" <master@sol.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L] Re: Desert Island Blakes
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Gambit
Star One
Rumours Of Death
Death Watch
Blake
--
"This path has been placed before you; the choice to take it is yours
alone."
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Mansion/4845
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:39:16 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Desert Island Blake's
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David A McIntee wrote:
> Death Watch
Yes, 'Deathwatch' is a much under-rated episode.
I wonder if you would have appeared on the hitherto unrevealed 6th account
on the Q-study, David. I discounted it as being noise on the grounds that
the only people loading on it were myself and Matthew, and we'd done our
sorts together, but we both rate 'Deathwatch' extremely highly, and that
basically its distinguishing feature.
Una
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:24:51 +0100
From: "Neil Faulkner" <N.Faulkner@tesco.net>
To: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] The B7 Ball
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Mistral wrote:
>Several generations of the Piri family: Moe the eighth, Moe the tenth,
>Moe the eleventh; having recently recovered from Cancer, the one who
>controls the dough, Moe the ninth, is attending as well.
Unnngghhhh!!!!
>Mr. and Mrs. Of-agitated-atoms, and their spineless son,
> Hy 'wishy-washy' Claude
>Of-agitated-atoms.
Hhhhnnnuurghhh...
>The Withycomb-Pewters, and their son Neville R. Q. Withycomb-Pewter.
<thonk thonk thonk>
>Mr. and Mrs. N'heeros, and their son (who, in appreciation of his
>multi-cultural ancestry, has been named after all four of his great-
>grandfathers): Saddam Liam Hapu Deep N'heeros.
Oh very well, officer, I'll come quietly....
Does anyone object to me collating all these and putting them up on my
website? All contributors would be cited unless they'd prefer to remain
anonymous.
Neil
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:12:04 +0100
From: "Neil Faulkner" <N.Faulkner@tesco.net>
To: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Re:Mornington Crescent
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Joanne asked:
>Erm, sorry to sound like a complete ignoramus, but would someone might
>telling me what this game is? That way, even if I don't play I will be able
>to follow what in the world (or, rather, off it <smile>) the players are
>doing.
Tempted as I am to respond with something glib like 'You mean you don't
KNOW?', I'll try and explain. Mornington Crescent is a London Underground
station. It is also the BBC Radio 4 version of a game that I first came
across under the guise of Finchley Central (another London Underground
station). There was an article about it in #26 of Imagine, the long-defunct
British role-games magazine. A few quotes to explain all to the
uninitiated:
'It is a game which can be played by any number of people, in any location
... Its originality lies not in its game mechanics or its victory criteria,
but in the singular concept that winning is nothing - indeed, winning is
childishly easy. The idea is to play with style.'
'The rules are simplicity itself, and are as follows:
1) Each player, in turn, names a London Underground station.
2) The winner is the first to say Finchley Central.'
'Let us take my experience teaching the game to a novice in the pub one
evening. He appeared puzzled by the rules, but I immediately started a
game, inviting him to name a station, any station, first. 'Finchley
Central', he said, and won the game. I challenged him to a secondand he
again opened 'Finchley Central', moving 2-0 ahead on the series. A third
time and his tactics were unaltered, 'Finchley Central' and an impressive
lead. But he looked troubled, confused as he realised he was missing
something. Another game, I demanded, and this time he pondered for a long
while. 'Turnham Green' he said, in a softer voice, then added, 'There's
more to this than I first thought'.
(Brian Creese, Imagine #26, May 1985)
Hopefully that's cleared up any confusion. Now I see Steve has entered the
fray, with a cunning opener that suggests he's not a player to be
dismissed lightly. However, I'll have to wait for Judith's next move before
I comit myself to anything rash. (Not that I'm quaking in my boots or
anything.)
Neil
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:18:09 +0100
From: Julia Jones <julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] OT Val Westall
Message-ID: <WN0iKBAhL+33Ewfa@jajones.demon.co.uk>
In message <us3dwg8vlf.fsf@sture.lysator.liu.se>, Calle Dybedahl
<calle@lysator.liu.se> writes
>>>>>> "Gordon" == Gordon Burgess <Carol> writes:
>
>> Could you Email me as your addy keeps bouncing everytime I send...
>
>Val's adress bounced off the list almost a month ago, I'm sorry to say.
Val's changed ISP from Zen to Freeserve. I shall remind her to *tell*
people this...
--
Julia Jones
"Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!"
The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon.
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