session Start: Fri Apr 17 18:58:11 1998
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<SmellyHed> Bonjour teeboy
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<anon1> Howdy!
<SmellyHed> Et bonjour anon1
<anon1> Just a sec
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<cyril> freak tornado
<SmellyHed> Evening cyril
<SmellyHed> tornado?
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<anon1> hello everyone, it's getting busy already!
<SmellyHed> Hello Henry
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<teeboy> hi all
<cyril> that's really wierd, i thought i was freak tornado, but now i'm cyril
<anon1> hello slagbag
<teeboy> hey cyril
<SmellyHed> hello slagbag
<teeboy> you got my name i think
<teeboy> henry will be with us shortly
<anon1> anon2's not here yet eh? More trouble with buses maybe
<SmellyHed> It's awfully quiet
<teeboy> how are you all
<anon1> For those who weren't here last week they got very held up last wekk
<anon1> and I can't spell!
<SmellyHed> I'm just dandy teeboy
* SmellyHed lights up a cigarette
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<cyril> i'm in my new home tonight!
<anon1> I'm fine and feeling amzingly calm considerin git's the dinner tomorrow!
<teeboy> hi yaw
<cyril> hi y'all
<anon1> How is your new home cyril?
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<teeboy> ah
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<teeboy> hip hip
<cyril> nice but it smells of paint and i have a scary neighbour
<anon1> yaw didn't stay long?
<SmellyHed> Evening anon2
<anon2> Evening all...
<anon1> evening, how's it going?
<teeboy> slagbag: are you one from the north joining the meal tomorrow
<teeboy> ?
<anon2> Not too bad: still nervy!
<anon1> Don't worry I think we'll have a lot of fun
<slagbag> got any fags? I'm gasping!
<teeboy> I hope everyone shows up
* SmellyHed gives slagbag a fag
<anon1> I was just saying how calm I feel, don't knwo why
<anon2> I'm just about to roll one: maybe my nerves'll calm down
<SmellyHed> It'll be all those tranquilisers
<anon1> teeboy don't you worry either, I feel like it's under control
<cyril> err...
<slagbag> Gawd thanks, needed that, christ has anyone got any spare knicker eleastic but I think my draws are about to fall down!
<anon2> I'm gazing on a lovely sunset at the moment...
* SmellyHed ties up slagbags knickers with some string
<teeboy> can you see a lovely sunset anon1?
<anon1> I've got my curtains closed as i was just testing the projector
<teeboy> I can't
<anon1> smelly youa re a one!
<teeboy> just a monitor
<SmellyHed> A one what?
<anon2> Well, I can see the light cast by it to be precise
<anon1> sounds nice anon2
<cyril> a one two three four
<anon1> I can see a bit of sunshine through my curtains
<anon2> It's got a calming effect
<teeboy> are you ready for your dramatic entrance anon2?
<teeboy> everyone waiting for you
<anon1> I think I might open my curtains
<anon2> cyril: what are you on about?
<anon1> Oh teeboy you'll panic anon2
<anon2> teeboy: what dramatic entrance????
<SmellyHed> Is everyone here going to the dinner?
<teeboy> did s/he know we are all dressing as anon2
<anon1> I have light!
<teeboy> get your anon2 mask only 50p
<SmellyHed> Hey, my anon2 mask was 75p!
<slagbag> do we have to dress for dinner
<teeboy> it would be warmer
<anon2> teeboy continues his mischeivous ways...
<anon1> Yes, well
<cyril> boom boom !
<teeboy> another gag
<slagbag> hang on a minute we're just warming up
<teeboy> from the bottom of the pile
<teeboy> of gags
<anon1> Henry youre' awful quiet tonight
<slagbag> okay here we go
<teeboy> henry is having a fag
<teeboy> in the cafe
<cyril> teeboy is the king of the bad gag - tee us another, tb
<anon1> oh, okay
<teeboy> he will be here in a bit
<anon1> I'm looking forward to coming to Lancaster, is it nice?
<SmellyHed> What do you call a man with a banana in one ear and a cabbage in the other?
<anon1> Don't know?
<slagbag> si's gone he'll be in Edinburgh in an hour
<cyril> any thing you want!
<SmellyHed> Anything you want 'cos he won't hear you
<slagbag> teeboy can gees a gag
<teeboy> what was that
<teeboy> I missed that one
<teeboy> I have a cabage in my ear
<SmellyHed> Pardon?
<cyril> eh?
<slagbag> no
<anon1> You're all silly!!
<cyril> yee ha!
<slagbag> who's colin?
<teeboy> not me
<SmellyHed> ?
<anon2> Are we supposed to be serious, anon1?
<cyril> when i'm colin you
<slagbag> yes I can see a fine sunset
<anon1> I don't think it's possible in here
<teeboy> perhaps we can think up some pre arranged gags for
<teeboy> tomorrow night
<teeboy> some in jokes
<teeboy> and tricks
<teeboy> or maybe that is just me being childish
<SmellyHed> Will there be cake?
<cyril> err...
<teeboy> shall we have a competition who can type the fastest
<teeboy> and type the most rubbish
<teeboy> and stoop
<teeboy> everyone else
<anon1> I'll win
<teeboy> getting a word
<teeboy> in
<slagbag> tell teeboy that spontaneity is everything
<anon2> I wish you wouldn't...
<anon1> you just told him slagbag
<anon1> what anon2?
<anon2> ...keep typing a load of old crap, teeboy
<cyril> he loves it
<slagbag> no he doesn't
<anon1> How long since you saw your relative anon2?
<anon2> Too much tannin, obviously
<SmellyHed> 4 I can type in colours you know
<cyril> he's quite pale
<anon2> It's been a while
<anon1> and what relative are they?
<anon2> Have a guess
<slagbag> we'll smarty colours we can't read the yellow!!!
<slagbag> where's the meal tomorrow?
<teeboy> i am back
<teeboy> another scotish person just phone me
<anon1> It's at cafe no6
<anon2> slagbag, what are you a newbie to?
<anon1> anon2 are they your aunt?
<slagbag> what's a newbie?
<anon2> teeboy: it looks like the Scots hordes will be invading Lancaster again
<teeboy> yeh
<anon2> anon2: no
<SmellyHed> Oh flower of Scotland.....
<anon2> teeboy: apparently, before the Union, it used to happen quite a lot
<anon1> whne will we we crush those naughty scots, What is it in the national anthem again?
<anon2> Nowadays I guess it's mostly burglars and tourists...
<teeboy> so they say
<anon1> anon2 are they your cousin?
<anon2> anon1: no
<anon1> sister?
<anon1> brother?
<anon1> mother?
<anon1> father?
<anon1> uncle?
<SmellyHed> Great Uncle?
<anon1> nana?
<teeboy> join us Henry
<anon1> grandad?
<anon2> teeboy: certainly some of the Scots I've met in Lancaster have been.. how shall I put it... a bit dodgy!
<anon2> anon1: you may find out tomorrow...
<teeboy> yeh dodgy indeed
<teeboy> one of them is cooking your dinner tomorrow
<henry> i'm here just reading the previous
<anon2> teeboy: I forgot one category: FOLKIES!
<slagbag> Yes please
<anon1> what are yuu on about?
<teeboy> ah that one
<anon2> anon1: who?
<SmellyHed> More spam: <Linda17> !FREE! Pics of the SPICE GIRLS MASTURBATING!! http://www2.netcom.com/~d9085
<teeboy> yeh I just got that one
<henry> lets go
<teeboy> back in a bit
<anon1> yeah right, why do you two always get them
<henry> got some cleenex
<SmellyHed> Dunno
<anon1> are you on some list?
<teeboy> must be
<anon1> pervy list!
<henry> too right
<teeboy> lots of people use my computer while i am away
<anon1> Ahaaa I believe you!
<henry> don' t lie
<teeboy> must be one of them
<SmellyHed> I'm on lots of lists
<anon1> silence is golden
<anon1> I bet you are...
<anon1> on lots of lists, thta is
<anon1> anon2 what time do you get into lancaster?
<anon2> anon1: at some point before the meal
<teeboy> 3Can I make a quick announcement?
<henry> no
<anon1> yes, of course
<anon1> are you pregnant?
* SmellyHed is all ears
<henry> its not mine
* teeboy would like to appologise in advance for the disgraceful
<teeboy> state of his house
<teeboy> for all people
<teeboy> who may be staying there tomorrow
<henry> here here
<teeboy> It does not reflect my personality
<teeboy> and please don't hold it against me
<teeboy> as a reflection of my intelligence
<anon1> we won't you're such a worrier
<teeboy> :)
<teeboy> 6:)
<henry> you've not seen it yet
<teeboy> 8:)
<henry> all these lovely colours
<anon1> I can imagine very easily that I've stayed in worse
<teeboy> i hope so
<SmellyHed> I live in worse
<teeboy> just have a few drinks first
<SmellyHed> probably
<anon2> teeboy: what might reflect upon your intelligence?
<teeboy> the interior design
<anon2> of waht?
<teeboy> my house
<anon1> i've had soem awful places for interior design
<anon1> anon2, you knwo that place i was telling you about in prague?
<teeboy> it is made of ash trays and curry
<teeboy> that kind of thing
<anon2> anon1: yes?
<henry> and dead mice in the yard
<anon1> I took my parents there when they came to see me and told them about the very likely eviction
<anon1> can't believe I took them now as I'm sure you can imagine it wasn't very nice
<teeboy> alright there cyril
<anon1> teeboy i lived in a house with mice and cockroaches once
<SmellyHed> slagbag is very quiet, knickers fallen down again?
<teeboy> you'll be alright then
<teeboy> it is nice
<teeboy> to have friends
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<teeboy> in a strange house
<anon1> I heard soemone at a train station saying you couldn't get tehm together
<anon1> I knew better
<anon2> Sounds lovely
<anon2> Poor slagbag seems to have taken offence?
<anon1> Well it was a brilliant house though, a bit of a commune
<SmellyHed> I live in a commune
<SmellyHed> maybe
<SmellyHed> ...
<SmellyHed> ?
<SmellyHed> I'll be back in five minutes
-> [cyril] PING
<anon2> teeboy: how many folk are coming to the meal?
<teeboy> about 25-30
<teeboy> if they all show
<teeboy> I think they all should
<teeboy> I will cry if they don't
<teeboy> and run away
<anon2> And how many of those found out through the net?
<henry> more food for us
<teeboy> very few
<teeboy> maybe 8
<anon2> So, you know most of them, then?
<teeboy> a fair number
<anon1> sorry i just popped off there but am back now
<anon2> Have you been getting a lot of hits to the site?
<teeboy> yeh not bad really
<anon1> we have someone trying to get through who says...I don't knwo anon2, haven't been loggin them
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<teeboy> I will get some stats to you
<teeboy> at some stage
<anon2> Thanx
<cyril> hey, i just had a mad adventure!
<anon2> anon1: what was that?
<teeboy> cyril: with paint
<anon1> would people have a problem accessing efnet from another country for any reason?
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<henry> peering through curtains
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<anon1> smelly's back
<teeboy> 7hi smelly
<SmellyHed> My house guests wanted to order Pizza
<cyril> i locked myself out and had to go and ask Jan the mad polish man to let me in, earlier today he came home from holiday to find me painting his front door and redecorating his house
<anon1> anon2 do you knwo about access form other counries?
<anon2> anon1: perhaps if they were in the US, the traffic might snarl...
<teeboy> we missed you
<SmellyHed> awwww
<teeboy> anon2: this bloke has been having problems
<anon1> yeah so youu can't think of any reason why they wouldn't be able to access us?
<teeboy> and getting arsey about it
<anon1> I'll send you the message
<teeboy> I think he is behind a firewall and
<teeboy> doesn't know how to sort it out
<anon2> Perhaps their software is not properly configured...
<teeboy> I am behind a firwall system
<teeboy> but have no problem
<anon1> yes but THEy say maybe we don't know how to use irc!
<teeboy> but I am sure it is very different for him
<teeboy> I wouldn't know
<teeboy> beyond me
<anon2> A bad workman blames his tools, a terrible one blames his colleagues...
<anon1> Ahh poo we're having fun though eh?
<anon2> Who is "poo"?
<SmellyHed> A really bad one doesn't even bother to blame anyone
<anon2> Just makes excuses...
<anon1> no just poo you know like a nice version of shit that doesn't smell so much or soemthing
<anon2> anon1: Obviously the stress and isolation are beginning to tell
<anon1> It's a shame slagbag had to go,
<anon1> what do you mean, anon2?
<anon2> Yes, it's just us again now
<anon1> do yu think I seem sad and isolated?
<SmellyHed> We can have fun though
<anon2> anon1: "a nice version of shit that doesn't smell so much or soemthing" ??????
<anon1> the mind works in miraculous ways...
<SmellyHed> Horses shit, men crap and women merely poo
<anon2> anon2: don't be hard on yourself, I didn't mean to offend...
<anon1> no I'm just teasing anyway...hard to tell thugh isn't it
<anon2> Two can play at that game
<anon2> Indeed we both have
<SmellyHed> So, anons, ...how well do you know each other after this last month
<anon1> yes, because I've always been interested in how people hide so much in person and the miscommunciation person to person now it's in a whole new realm!
<anon2> Not that well
<SmellyHed> Are you boys or girls or girl/boy or boy/girl?
<anon2> We both know what we used to do for a living, but not our current occupations, for example
<anon1> defense mechanism's we have to disclose feelings and the like but in the virtual world it's...
<anon2> its... what?
<SmellyHed> virtual
<anon1> Well, you have to be really direct to get things accross if you want to be understood
<anon2> Are you saying I have been not direct enough?
<SmellyHed> 4I have a question
<anon1> although you can of course interpret... no no anon2
<anon2> Yes, Smelly?
<anon1> I don't mean that I'm talking generally, go on smells
<SmellyHed> Who is harder,....Charles Bronson, or Clint Eastwood?
<anon1> Clint!
<henry> clint
<anon2> Are we talking fighting, or erections?
<SmellyHed> Two votes for clint
<anon1> both
<henry> both i hope
<SmellyHed> Both are inextricably linked
<anon1> hey henry we're ona level here
<anon2> If the latter, probably Bronson, as he is younger
<cyril> clint definitely
<SmellyHed> three for clint
<SmellyHed> I think Charlie myself
<anon1> anon2 bronson's crap
<SmellyHed> for both
<henry> bronson maybe gets it
<henry> for better taste in women
<SmellyHed> Clint talks too much
<cyril> charles bronson is great as well, though, i like they way he only has one expression
<anon1> who, whihc women?
<anon1> I think bronson's crap
<anon1> he wouldn't scare me
<henry> i don't know but sondra locke:(
<anon2> Oh dear, here we are doing the usual net thing of discussing media celebs
<anon1> yeah she's a bit dodgy but i think clint knows thta now
<cyril> i think MR. Bronson was cooler, they way he picked on ant jones!
<henry> bit late after the fact
<anon1> anon2 what do you wan to talk about?
<anon1> Have you got any news to fill us in on?
<anon1> What do you do work wise?
<anon2> Let's face it, none of us REALLY knows anything about either actor, just what the PR hacks tell us
<henry> apart from clint being the cooler
<SmellyHed> I think charles in genuinley harder
<anon2> What, "cool" in the same way that Blair talks about "cool Britannia"?
<SmellyHed> Blair who?
<anon1> anon2 I was thinking maybe you should come at about 8.15
<cyril> they should make a hybris actor called clint charles, he'd be hard as nails
<anon2> Tony Blair?
<SmellyHed> I'd watch Clint Charles films
<henry> with 2 looks
<anon2> You know, the guy with the biggest majority in Parliament ever?
<anon1> It'll give teh rest of the guest time to arrive as I wan thtem to be there when you come
<henry> the steely eyed
<henry> and the steely eyed
<SmellyHed> Are you trying to say that Tony Blair is harder than Charles Bronson?
><anon2> anon1: What's with the drama? Are you videoing this or something?
<anon1> well yes, we will be but it's not a drama, but a little structure will be in place
<henry> but blair's satan so its stands to reason
<cyril> Clint Charles...Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime, zero tolerance god
<anon2> Smelly: No, I'm just hinting at the fact that "cool" and judgemental statements about things being "cool", can be used to bully people into taking a stand for or against a particular ideology
<SmellyHed> ?
<SmellyHed> I( wasn't talking about being cool, I was talking about being hard
<anon2> It's no co-incidence that Eastwood and Bronson are both right-wing Republicans
<henry> charles eastwood good wit the dishes
* teeboy is on the phone
<SmellyHed> Boy George is hard and he's not right wing
* teeboy appologises
<henry> so's george michael hurrah
<anon2> For example: Fashion press says something is cool, everybody must wear it or be very sad. Just a strategy to get you to spend more money on clothes
<SmellyHed> Ok, enough about silly media folks
<henry> i hope clints not silly
<SmellyHed> Lets talk about the meal
<henry> yes
<anon1> the chef's are supposed to be great
<anon2> Smelly, what's your favourite food?
<SmellyHed> Chips
<anon1> great fun and great cooks
<SmellyHed> Or Duck
<henry> and very hard
<anon1> henry are you coming tomorrow?
<henry> oh yes
<SmellyHed> I had frogs legs onece and they were quite nice too
<anon1> good
<anon2> Never tried them
<anon1> I had snails once but didn't realise at the time
<henry> lovely but i'm veggie now
<SmellyHed> They taste like chicken
<anon2> So I've heard
<SmellyHed> I know that's what everyone says, but they really do
<anon2> I quite like swordfish
<anon1> never had it
<anon2> It's expensive though
<henry> i agree
<henry> its v tasty
<anon1> I like vegetable more than most meat
<anon2> Quite partial to squid, to
<SmellyHed> What does swordfish taste of?
<henry> fish
<SmellyHed> Artichokes!
<anon1> I have just stunk the flat out with smoked fish
<anon2> It's quite flavoursome, somewhere between tuna and white fish
<anon2> anon1: that's funny, I was going to have smoked mackerel tonight
<anon1> I love seafood though
<anon1> spooky again!
<anon2> Mussels in white wine and garlic....
<anon2> Heaven
<anon1> I had a horrible dream about eating live fish the other night
<henry> hmmmmm'''
<anon1> mussels are lovely but absolutely disgusting if they're not right
<anon2> anon1: Doctor Freud would have had a theory about that one
<cyril> clement freud would have a recipe for it
<anon1> I hate when people sit and go urggh they look awful how can you eat them, when I'm eating mussels, really puts me off
<anon2> Yes, I had a gippy tummy on several occasions with mussels
<anon1> I got m & s one s the last time i had them and htey were yuk
<SmellyHed> Charles Bronson has mussels
<SmellyHed> sorry
<anon2> All this talk of food is making me hungry
<henry> only eat fresh
<anon2> Quite right, henry
<henry> lets get take out
<anon2> God, we're like a bunch of foodies, eh?
<anon1> well the m&s one's were supposed to be fresh
<SmellyHed> I like land-food
<cyril> mud pie?
<anon1> Do you mean you're a veg lover too?
<SmellyHed> I do love veg
<anon1> Hey it's nearly time to go...
<SmellyHed> But I love animals too, dead and cooked though
<anon2> Indeed
<anon1> well past time to go
<anon2> Indeed
<cyril> yeh, im off, sse youall tomorrow...
<henry> see you all tomorrow
<anon1> should we exit and get ourselves spruced up for tomorrow?
<henry> the house is not as bad
<SmellyHed> I'm willing to spruce
<anon2> I believe that is wise advice
<henry> as teeboy makes out
<anon1> Baths all round please
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<anon1> henry, that's good to know
<anon1> I thought he must be exaggereating
<henry> i'll make sure he tidies
<anon1> don't bother we're all used to mess
<henry> in his little pinny
<henry> quite fetching
<henry> little duster in his hand
<anon2> anon1: is it just me, or do you feel exhausted by our 30 day adventure?
<henry> watching richard and judy
<anon1> totally anon2!
<anon1> I don't think i could go on any longer
<anon1> I think I migth start to lose friends
<anon2> Endurance - it's a bit like when a friend stays, you know for a bit too long?
<anon2> You start running out of fresh topics of conversation
<anon1> I don't feel like that more I've been neglecting other people I already knwo
<anon2> There's that as well
<anon1> I am really looking forward to seeing you tomorrow night though
<anon2> Aw, I must admit I'm a bit trepidatious
<anon2> My friend is excited
<anon1> I think it's going to be fine..
<anon1> excellent
<anon2> Such a build up - you fear for an anti-climax
<anon2> Will anyone bother to look us up on the web, I wonder?
<anon1> The drink will eb free flowing it'll be a good night
<anon2> During the meal?
<anon1> there are peopl I know of who'll be looking
<anon2> Yes, maybe the answer is to get pissed!
<SmellyHed> Bye y'all
<anon2> Bye Smelly
<henry> see ya
<anon1> bye smelly...
<anon1> yes anon2 that's my paln
<anon1> plan..
<henry> i'm off too bye:)see you tommorow
<anon2> Bye henry
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<anon1> bye henry
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<anon2> Well, I suppose we'd better go, too
<anon1> yes, I think teeboy's still on the phone
<anon2> Hope I didn't offend with my comparison to friend who outstayed welcome
<anon1> nah
<anon2> Was just trying to find a near experience
<anon1> I'm not offended don't worry
<anon2> It's strange this enforced "getting to know you" stuff
<anon1> well it was the theme
<teeboy> be back in a sec
<anon2> Over such a time span: quite rigid
<anon1> we'll see tomorrow what we think when we see each other in person
<anon2> I am aware that I chose to join in
<anon1> if we think we know eac other at all
<anon1> I'm not being arsy
<anon1> again the problems of writing
<anon2> But somehow the daily routine/discipline has altered the process
<anon1> lets talk about it tomorrow, IN PERSON!!
<anon2> I'm not sure if we do know each other
<anon1> it'll be easier to get accross what each other means
<anon1> i'm not sure at all either
<anon2> Although we have a lot of anecdote and "circumstantial evidence"
<teeboy> I got to gt
<teeboy> see you both tomorrow
<anon1> yes, there'll be things we know but not so much personality
<teeboy> and i will try to play any
<teeboy> tricks
<teeboy> :)
<anon1> I think we should all hop off
<teeboy> not to
<teeboy> i meant
<anon2> Okay, see you tomorrow...
<teeboy> I have to go last
<teeboy> becasue of the log
<teeboy> bye
<anon1> bye until then, have a good journey and I'll see you both in Lancaster!!
<anon2> So, I shouldn't kick you then? :)
<anon1> bye I'm off
<teeboy> I will do the kicking
<teeboy> i give you ten seconds
<anon1> I'm off
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<teeboy> you're off
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