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Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall
Date	2015-09-04 11:53 -0400
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On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, Scott Lurndal wrote:

> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes:
>> On 2015-09-03, Charles Richmond <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've *never* understood the attraction, but U.S. baseball games are
>>> broadcast on the radio!!!  In fact, there are cases of a person taking
>>> the transcript of a baseball game, and *faking* the entire broadcast...
>>> complete with fake crown noise.
>>
>> I suppose we shouldn't be surprised.  After all, sports is entertainment,
>> and things played on the radio (except for ads) are entertainment.
>> It wouldn't be the first time something has been distorted to make
>> it more entertaining.  Consider the news, for example.
>>
>> But if you want a different example of how to fake a baseball
>> game, try Peter Schickele's rendition of the first movement of
>> Beethoven's 5th Symphony, complete with color commentary as if
>> it were a baseball game.  Hilarious.
>>
>
> Or Phil Rizzuto calling the game in the middle of _Paradise by the Dashboard Light_?
>
I suspect that varies with age, I certainly haven't heard the Peter 
Schickele, but have heard Meatloaf.

   Michael

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100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-08-29 19:21 -0600
  Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-30 01:37 +0000
    Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-08-29 19:56 -0600
  Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-02 11:06 -0700
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      Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-02 19:05 +0000
    Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-02 19:12 +0000
      Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-02 16:25 -0400
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-02 13:40 -0700
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-02 17:55 -0500
            Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-02 18:00 -0500
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              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-02 23:18 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-03 10:05 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-03 17:18 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-03 17:41 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 18:00 -0500
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-03 20:01 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-04 02:42 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-03 23:51 -0400
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 13:37 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 13:36 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-03 23:18 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 13:41 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-04 11:53 -0400
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-04 18:17 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-03 23:56 -0400
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-04 10:42 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-04 12:33 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-04 13:04 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-04 18:17 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-04 18:41 -0700
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      Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-02 17:35 -0400
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-02 21:58 +0000
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-03 01:12 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-04 16:15 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-04 16:25 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-05 15:36 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-05 18:52 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-05 23:49 -0500
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-06 09:20 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-07 12:37 -0400
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-07 18:05 +0000
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                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 18:11 +0000
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