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Badass flowers

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First post2015-08-23 09:42 -0400
Last post2015-09-03 16:55 -0700
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  Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 09:42 -0400
    Re: Badass flowers "Mike Dworetsky" <platinum198@pants.btinternet.com> - 2015-08-23 14:54 +0100
      Re: Badass flowers djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-23 15:44 +0000
        Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 12:27 -0400
          Re: Badass flowers Bill Dugan <wkdugan@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-08-23 10:39 -0700
            Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 15:01 -0400
          Re: Badass flowers David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2015-08-23 12:55 -0600
      Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 12:18 -0400
      Re: Badass flowers Wolffan <AKWolffan@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 12:48 -0400
        Re: Badass flowers David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-23 12:57 -0500
          Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 15:02 -0400
            Re: Badass flowers David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-23 22:30 -0500
              Re: Badass flowers ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2015-08-24 03:43 +0000
                Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 06:59 -0400
                Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-24 18:41 -0400
                Re: Badass flowers Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-08-25 11:18 +0800
              Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-25 19:42 -0400
        Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 15:00 -0400
          Re: Badass flowers Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-08-23 15:42 -0700
            Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 19:19 -0400
              Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 19:29 -0400
                Re: Badass flowers Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2015-08-23 23:27 -0700
              Re: Badass flowers Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-08-23 17:39 -0700
                Re: Badass flowers Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> - 2015-08-24 15:07 -0400
                  Re: Badass flowers Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-08-24 13:00 -0700
                    Re: Badass flowers Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-08-25 11:20 +0800
                  Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 18:01 -0400
              Re: Badass flowers Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2015-08-23 23:24 -0700
                Re: Badass flowers Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2015-08-24 22:37 -0700
              Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-24 18:44 -0400
                Re: Badass flowers Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-08-24 18:19 -0700
                  Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 00:31 -0400
                    Re: Badass flowers "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 23:11 -0700
                      Re: Badass flowers Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2015-08-26 16:59 -0700
                Re: Badass flowers Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-08-24 18:27 -0700
                  Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 00:33 -0400
                    Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-25 06:17 -0700
                    Re: Badass flowers petertrei@gmail.com - 2015-08-25 06:53 -0700
                      Re: Badass flowers Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-08-26 11:53 +0800
                        Re: Badass flowers nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) - 2015-08-26 18:44 +0000
                          Re: Badass flowers Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-08-26 12:43 -0700
                          Re: Badass flowers Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-08-27 10:34 +0800
                    Re: Badass flowers Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-08-25 07:42 -0700
                  Re: Badass flowers Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2015-08-24 22:46 -0700
                    Re: Badass flowers Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-08-25 19:43 -0700
          Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-24 02:26 -0600
            Re: Badass flowers Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 15:19 -0700
              Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-24 18:51 -0400
                Re: Badass flowers Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 06:43 -0700
                  Re: Badass flowers "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 09:53 -0700
                  Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-25 19:46 -0400
        Re: Badass flowers Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2015-08-23 13:37 -0700
          Re: Badass flowers ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2015-08-23 21:00 +0000
            Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 18:28 -0400
          Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 18:23 -0400
          Re: Badass flowers Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 18:34 -0500
        Re: Badass flowers lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-24 08:24 -0700
          Re: Badass flowers Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-24 16:04 +0000
            Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-24 12:51 -0600
      Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-24 02:05 -0600
        Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-24 02:09 -0600
    Re: Badass flowers ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2015-08-23 17:11 +0000
      Re: Badass flowers David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-23 13:01 -0500
      Re: Badass flowers Butch Malahide <fred.galvin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 15:44 -0700
        Re: Badass flowers Butch Malahide <fred.galvin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 16:03 -0700
    Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-23 10:24 -0700
    Re: Badass flowers David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-23 12:55 -0500
    Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-23 14:33 -0400
      Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 15:04 -0400
      Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-25 16:25 -0400
    Re: Badass flowers patmpowers@gmail.com - 2015-08-23 12:14 -0700
      Re: Badass flowers Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-08-23 16:24 -0700
      Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-24 13:39 -0700
        Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-24 13:57 -0700
          Re: Badass flowers William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 13:11 -0400
    Re: Badass flowers Shawn Wilson <ikonoqlast@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 16:33 -0700
      Re: Badass flowers David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2015-08-24 10:16 -0600
    Re: Badass flowers Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-24 01:29 +0000
      Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-24 01:04 -0400
        Re: Badass flowers Stephen Harker <sjharker@netspace.net.au> - 2015-08-24 17:56 +1000
          Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 17:56 -0400
        Re: Badass flowers Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-25 15:28 +0000
          Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-25 19:57 -0400
            Re: Badass flowers Butch Malahide <fred.galvin@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 18:19 -0700
              Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-25 21:17 -0700
                Re: Badass flowers ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2015-08-26 04:24 +0000
                  Re: Badass flowers petertrei@gmail.com - 2015-08-26 06:12 -0700
                    Re: Badass flowers Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-08-26 06:44 -0700
                      Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-26 08:58 -0600
                      Re: Badass flowers Mike M <mike@xenocyte.com> - 2015-08-26 15:38 +0000
                        Re: Badass flowers Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-08-26 09:27 -0700
                          Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-09-01 06:20 -0700
                        Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-26 12:54 -0400
                          Re: Badass flowers Mike M <mike@xenocyte.com> - 2015-08-26 17:11 +0000
                            Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-26 18:19 -0400
                              Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-26 16:46 -0600
                                Re: Badass flowers Mike M <mike@xenocyte.com> - 2015-08-26 22:59 +0000
                                Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-26 19:01 -0400
                                  Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-27 14:20 -0600
                                    Re: Badass flowers Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2015-08-27 17:28 -0400
                                      Re: Badass flowers Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-08-27 16:53 -0700
                                        Re: Badass flowers Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-08-27 17:17 -0700
                                      Re: Badass flowers "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-08-27 23:07 -0700
                                        Re: Badass flowers ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2015-08-28 06:20 +0000
                                          Re: Badass flowers Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2015-08-28 04:07 -0400
                                            Re: Badass flowers ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2015-08-28 15:32 +0000
                                          Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-28 10:35 -0400
                                      Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-28 03:46 -0700
                                        Re: Badass flowers Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-08-28 06:47 -0700
                                        Re: Badass flowers Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-08-28 17:23 -0700
                                      Re: Badass flowers petertrei@gmail.com - 2015-08-28 06:19 -0700
                                        Re: Badass flowers David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-28 22:33 -0500
                                          Re: Badass flowers Torbjorn Lindgren <tl@none.invalid> - 2015-08-30 22:01 +0000
                                            Re: Badass flowers David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-31 05:07 -0500
                                    Re: Badass flowers "John F. Eldredge" <john@jfeldredge.com> - 2015-09-03 01:50 +0000
                                      Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-09-02 19:21 -0700
                                        Re: Badass flowers David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-09-03 19:45 -0500
                                          Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-09-04 02:56 -0700
                              Re: Badass flowers Mike M <mike@xenocyte.com> - 2015-08-26 22:52 +0000
                                Re: Badass flowers Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2015-08-27 02:53 -0400
                                Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-27 08:06 -0400
                                  Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-27 20:10 -0600
                          Re: Badass flowers "Robert A. Woodward" <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2015-08-26 22:10 -0700
                            Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-27 01:18 -0400
                              Re: Badass flowers William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 12:42 -0400
                                Re: Badass flowers "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 10:54 -0700
                                  Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-09-01 06:08 -0700
                                    Re: Badass flowers Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-09-02 11:19 +0800
                                      Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-09-01 21:35 -0700
                                        Re: Badass flowers William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 01:12 -0400
                                        Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-09-02 06:53 -0700
                                          Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-09-02 11:04 -0700
                                            Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-09-02 11:39 -0700
                                              Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-09-03 02:56 -0700
                                          Re: Badass flowers David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-09-02 19:25 -0500
                                        Re: Badass flowers Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-09-03 11:27 +0800
                                Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-29 13:10 -0700
                                  Re: Badass flowers William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 17:41 -0400
                                    Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-31 04:09 -0700
                                      Re: Badass flowers William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 13:43 -0400
                                        Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-09-01 07:38 -0700
                                          Re: Badass flowers Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-09-01 08:08 -0700
                                      Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-31 14:14 -0400
                                        Re: Badass flowers Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2015-08-31 14:55 -0700
                                      Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-09-02 17:17 -0400
                                  Re: Badass flowers "John F. Eldredge" <john@jfeldredge.com> - 2015-09-03 01:56 +0000
                                    Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-09-03 15:25 -0400
                                Re: Badass flowers Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2015-08-31 14:46 -0700
                            Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-08-30 16:58 -0700
                              Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-08-30 17:09 -0700
                                Re: Badass flowers lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-30 18:01 -0700
                                  Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-08-30 19:26 -0700
                              Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-30 20:12 -0400
                                Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-31 04:10 -0700
                                  Re: Badass flowers William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 13:53 -0400
                                    Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-09-02 17:20 -0400
                                      Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-09-02 17:35 -0400
                                  Re: Badass flowers Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2015-08-31 22:38 -0700
                                  Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-09-01 05:11 -0700
                                    Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-09-01 14:07 -0400
                                    Re: Badass flowers goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2015-09-02 05:18 +0000
                                      Re: Badass flowers William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 02:44 -0400
                              Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-30 21:18 -0400
                                Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-08-30 19:25 -0700
                                  Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-31 03:25 -0400
                      Re: Badass flowers Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-08-27 11:11 +0200
                  Re: Badass flowers Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-26 09:01 -0700
                    Re: Badass flowers Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2015-08-26 15:01 -0400
                      Re: Badass flowers Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-30 03:37 +0000
                    Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-08-26 14:59 -0700
            Re: Badass flowers Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2015-08-26 03:25 +0000
    Re: Badass flowers Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2015-08-23 23:31 -0700
      Re: Badass flowers "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 07:09 -0400
    Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-24 02:02 -0600
    Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-24 02:59 -0600
    Re: Badass flowers Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-24 03:14 -0600
    Re: Badass flowers nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) - 2015-08-24 12:11 +0000
    Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-08-24 18:50 -0700
      Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-24 22:06 -0400
        Re: Badass flowers wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-24 22:27 -0400
          Re: Badass flowers "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-24 22:54 -0400
          Re: Badass flowers Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2015-08-24 22:42 -0700
    Re: Badass flowers Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-08-24 19:01 -0700
    Re: Badass flowers nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) - 2015-08-26 18:47 +0000
    Re: Badass flowers JRStern <JRStern@foobar.invalid> - 2015-08-26 16:36 -0700
    Re: Badass flowers "John F. Eldredge" <john@jfeldredge.com> - 2015-09-03 01:34 +0000
    Re: Badass flowers JRStern <JRStern@foobar.invalid> - 2015-09-03 16:55 -0700

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#421769

Fromgoldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb)
Date2015-09-02 05:18 +0000
Message-ID<nu1Aqt.n18@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421696
In article <1b4ad97e-74a0-4a3b-8548-f0d56fe118a6@googlegroups.com>,
Quadibloc  <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>With names like Gringnr, Agafnd, Fmirk... 

That's "Grignr" and "Mrifk".  (Don't recognize what the middle
one ought to be.)  I'll grant that he needed to buy a couple of
vowels, but I agree with Brian:  there's not the least trace
of unseriousness in the story.

-- 
   David Goldfarb          |"It is curious that a dog runs already 
goldfarbdj@gmail.com       | on the escalator."
goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu  |               -- Bella Abzug

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#421770

FromWilliam Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com>
Date2015-09-02 02:44 -0400
Message-ID<ms65p9$a9p$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#421769
David Goldfarb wrote:
> In article <1b4ad97e-74a0-4a3b-8548-f0d56fe118a6@googlegroups.com>,
> Quadibloc  <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>> With names like Gringnr, Agafnd, Fmirk... 
>
> That's "Grignr" and "Mrifk".  (Don't recognize what the middle
> one ought to be.)  I'll grant that he needed to buy a couple of
> vowels, but I agree with Brian:  there's not the least trace
> of unseriousness in the story.

When people write novelty slush stories, they will incorporate one of 
every mistake they've seen in workshops (one Tom Swiftly, one hero with 
2 arms who wields 3 weapons, one ridiculous technobabble, one Jewish 
Princess joke in a world with no Jews, one unintentional rhyme, etc.), 
not have the same problems throughout.  It will be like one of those 
puzzles where you circle the hidden words.

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#421593

From"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu>
Date2015-08-30 21:18 -0400
Message-ID<ilt6m3inebqm.1g4vkj39yqm41$.dlg@40tude.net>
In reply to#421587
On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:58:39 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote
in<news:1a63a659-ede1-4110-addf-cf80f113700d@googlegroups.com>
in rec.arts.sf.written:

[...]

> An animated science-fiction outer-space show patterned
> after a Western. To try to cover the two different
> personality types of little boys?

THE two?!

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#421600

FromQuadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca>
Date2015-08-30 19:25 -0700
Message-ID<8da181c8-9301-490d-a674-ee732c6824a0@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#421593
On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 7:18:39 PM UTC-6, Brian M. Scott wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:58:39 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
> <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote

> > An animated science-fiction outer-space show patterned
> > after a Western. To try to cover the two different
> > personality types of little boys?

> THE two?!

I'm not saying that little boys aren't unique human individuals.

I was just oversimplifying in referring to two major groups in one particular 
area: the ones who are attracted to stuff about space, science-fiction, and so 
on, and the ones who like Westerns more.

John Savard

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#421615

From"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu>
Date2015-08-31 03:25 -0400
Message-ID<yqwcr1pr8hj5$.1wgg28lldbmc1$.dlg@40tude.net>
In reply to#421600
On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:25:30 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote
in<news:8da181c8-9301-490d-a674-ee732c6824a0@googlegroups.com>
in rec.arts.sf.written:

> On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 7:18:39 PM UTC-6, Brian M.
> Scott wrote:

>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:58:39 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
>> <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote

>>> An animated science-fiction outer-space show patterned
>>> after a Western. To try to cover the two different
>>> personality types of little boys?

>> THE two?!

> I'm not saying that little boys aren't unique human
> individuals.

I didn’t say that you were.  You did, however, clearly
imply that there are only two basic types, which is
ridiculous.

> I was just oversimplifying in referring to two major
> groups in one particular area: the ones who are
> attracted to stuff about space, science-fiction, and so
> on, and the ones who like Westerns more.

And what on earth leads you to suppose that these two
categories come anywhere near either being exhaustive or
being disjoint?

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#421192

FromMart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-27 11:11 +0200
Message-ID<867foh3xl2.fsf@gaheris.avalon.lan>
In reply to#421135
Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> writes:

>
> What's the official measurement of bad writing?  The Ecordian?
>
The Wright?
-- 
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    --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.

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#421142

FromRobert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com>
Date2015-08-26 09:01 -0700
Message-ID<e12548b7-8b6d-44f0-83b2-9508a89be53e@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#421122
On Wednesday, 26 August 2015 05:24:10 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
> In article <b3a8e40e-a395-4e97-973a-a4b427687f3e@googlegroups.com>,
> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
> >On Wednesday, 26 August 2015 02:20:02 UTC+1, Butch Malahide  wrote:
> >> On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 6:58:02 PM UTC-5, William December Starr wrote:
> >> > -----------
> >> >  *1: The last time I looked, about four years ago, the Hugo
> >> >      awards rules said:
> >> > 
> >> >         Novel: 40,000 words or more
> >> >         Novella: between 17,500 and 40,000 words
> >> >         Novelette: between 7,500 and 17,500 words
> >> >         Short story: less than 7,500 words
> >> > 
> >> >      I find it amusing that the shorter a story, the longer
> >> >      the name of its category.
> >> 
> >> Too bad they don't have one for best short short story.
> >
> >But you'd have to think of a longer way to say it.
> >Well, what you have might do, but "Micro Hugo" wouldn't.
> >And would that be "anterior" or "posterior"?
> 
> Hmm. "Micro Hugo" would be a unit of measurement, no?
> 
> If a Hugo Winning SF bestseller is a book that sells 
> a million copies, then a micro hugo is the amount of
> SF goodness required to sell one copy..

And now I'm trying to remember whether anyone besides 
me thought it would be funny if an author's /name/ is
anything like "Hugo Winner".  (Wikipedia doesn't, yet.)

Or maybe it was "A. Ward Winning" or something.

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#421159

FromLawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net>
Date2015-08-26 15:01 -0400
Message-ID<383sta1l3nvs9darelqtt7hhpm5qtjl2hs@reader80.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#421142
On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:01:46 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:

>On Wednesday, 26 August 2015 05:24:10 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
>> In article <b3a8e40e-a395-4e97-973a-a4b427687f3e@googlegroups.com>,
>> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>> >On Wednesday, 26 August 2015 02:20:02 UTC+1, Butch Malahide  wrote:
>> >> On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 6:58:02 PM UTC-5, William December Starr wrote:
>> >> > -----------
>> >> >  *1: The last time I looked, about four years ago, the Hugo
>> >> >      awards rules said:
>> >> > 
>> >> >         Novel: 40,000 words or more
>> >> >         Novella: between 17,500 and 40,000 words
>> >> >         Novelette: between 7,500 and 17,500 words
>> >> >         Short story: less than 7,500 words
>> >> > 
>> >> >      I find it amusing that the shorter a story, the longer
>> >> >      the name of its category.
>> >> 
>> >> Too bad they don't have one for best short short story.
>> >
>> >But you'd have to think of a longer way to say it.
>> >Well, what you have might do, but "Micro Hugo" wouldn't.
>> >And would that be "anterior" or "posterior"?
>> 
>> Hmm. "Micro Hugo" would be a unit of measurement, no?
>> 
>> If a Hugo Winning SF bestseller is a book that sells 
>> a million copies, then a micro hugo is the amount of
>> SF goodness required to sell one copy..
>
>And now I'm trying to remember whether anyone besides 
>me thought it would be funny if an author's /name/ is
>anything like "Hugo Winner".  (Wikipedia doesn't, yet.)
>
>Or maybe it was "A. Ward Winning" or something.

There's "Noah Ward."  He's shown up many times.




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#421525

FromDon Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
Date2015-08-30 03:37 +0000
Message-ID<20150827c@crcomp.net>
In reply to#421159
Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:01:46 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
> <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wednesday, 26 August 2015 05:24:10 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
>>> In article <b3a8e40e-a395-4e97-973a-a4b427687f3e@googlegroups.com>,
>>> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>> >On Wednesday, 26 August 2015 02:20:02 UTC+1, Butch Malahide  wrote:
>>> >> On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 6:58:02 PM UTC-5, William December Starr wrote:
>>> >> > -----------
>>> >> >  *1: The last time I looked, about four years ago, the Hugo
>>> >> >      awards rules said:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >         Novel: 40,000 words or more
>>> >> >         Novella: between 17,500 and 40,000 words
>>> >> >         Novelette: between 7,500 and 17,500 words
>>> >> >         Short story: less than 7,500 words
>>> >> >
>>> >> >      I find it amusing that the shorter a story, the longer
>>> >> >      the name of its category.
>>> >>
>>> >> Too bad they don't have one for best short short story.
>>> >
>>> >But you'd have to think of a longer way to say it.
>>> >Well, what you have might do, but "Micro Hugo" wouldn't.
>>> >And would that be "anterior" or "posterior"?
>>>
>>> Hmm. "Micro Hugo" would be a unit of measurement, no?
>>>
>>> If a Hugo Winning SF bestseller is a book that sells
>>> a million copies, then a micro hugo is the amount of
>>> SF goodness required to sell one copy..
>>
>>And now I'm trying to remember whether anyone besides
>>me thought it would be funny if an author's /name/ is
>>anything like "Hugo Winner".  (Wikipedia doesn't, yet.)
>>
>>Or maybe it was "A. Ward Winning" or something.
>
> There's "Noah Ward."  He's shown up many times.

Well said! It's just this sort of thing the separates the pros from the
wannabes.

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 ,-.                              There was a young lady named Bright
 \_/                              Whose speed was far faster than light;
{|||)<   Don Kuenz KB7RPU            She set out one day
 / \                                 In a relative way
 `-'                              And returned on the previous night.

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#421167

FromQuadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca>
Date2015-08-26 14:59 -0700
Message-ID<f1ef1b3f-4d18-496c-b436-067d15c553ef@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#421142
On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 10:01:49 AM UTC-6, Robert Carnegie wrote:
 
> And now I'm trying to remember whether anyone besides 
> me thought it would be funny if an author's /name/ is
> anything like "Hugo Winner".  (Wikipedia doesn't, yet.)

And one would think that such a name might be possible. Although the closest I've encountered is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XUR8vX9_aM

John Savard

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#421115

FromDon Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
Date2015-08-26 03:25 +0000
Message-ID<20150825b@crcomp.net>
In reply to#421100
William December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <20150825a@crcomp.net>,
> Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> said:
>
>> Did anyone mention the deadly flora from _Minority
>> Report_, the movie?  The venomous vine of anger only
>> appears in the Hollywood treatment, not the novel.
>>
>>    GARDENS
>>
>>    Wild and out of control. A small ivy-covered STONE HOUSE is
>>    nestled into a corner of the property. Smoke rises from the
>>    chimney. Anderton starts down the other side of the wall.
>>
>>    EXT. THE GARDENS - DAY
>>
>>    As Anderton jumps to the ground. His shirt is ripped; his
>>    arms scratched from what he realizes are THORNS embedded in
>>    the vines.
>>
>>    We hear RUSTLING as, behind Anderton, several of the plants
>>    unfurl to their full dimensions of eight feet and wrap their
>>    vines around Anderton's neck and torso.
>>
>>    He breaks free. We hear CLASSICAL MUSIC O.S. and Anderton
>>    moves through the gardens towards it. He stops, dizzy,
>>    touches his forehead and then looks off at...
>
> etc.
>
> I don't remember that scene from the movie as it was released to
> theaters, but I don't absolutely trust my non-memory on that.
>
> (Also, the 1956 Philip K. Dick story "The Minority Report"
> was a novelette[1], and I don't think there was any novelization
> of the movie.)

Stills from the movie show the garden scene. [1] The garden scene
*as filmed* differs from the earlier Hollywood treatment shown above.
The eight foot venomous vines still appear, but the cane bit got left on
the cutting room floor. The dialogue is more compact in the movie.

The second sentence of my original post should say:

    The venomous vine of anger only appears in the Hollywood
    treatment, not the 1956 story.

Note.

1. https://www.google.com/search?q=dr+hineman+minority+report&tbm=isch

--
 ,-.                              There was a young lady named Bright
 \_/                              Whose speed was far faster than light;
{|||)<   Don Kuenz KB7RPU            She set out one day
 / \                                 In a relative way
 `-'                              And returned on the previous night.

What you do speaks so loud that I can not hear what you say. - Emerson.

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#420948

FromKay Shapero <kay@invalid.net>
Date2015-08-23 23:31 -0700
Message-ID<MPG.30445a217b9e470798991f@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#420864
In article <MPG.304397bec2bcfc88989ace@news.eternal-september.org>, 
j.clarke.873638@gmail.com says...
> 

> 
> So, far as I'm concerned, the roses are flowers in flowerbeds and if the 
> damned lawn police don't like it they're welcome to discuss the matter 
> with the roses and bad cess to them.
> 
> Now, that led me to wonder, what truly badass SFanal flowers are there?  
> I know about the Triffids, and 
> Audrey, but are there any others?

Well, they don't come out and chase you, but if you attempt to pass 
through a thicket of Barrayarran Roses (Lois Bujold's Vorkosigan 
series),  you may never be seen again...  Though actually they may BE 
Rugosas - they're a terrestrial version that mutated dramatically on 
Barrayar

-- 

Kay Shapero
Address munged, try my first name at kayshapero dot net.

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#420963

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-24 07:09 -0400
Message-ID<MPG.3044c58c2ed9b7fa989ade@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#420948
In article <MPG.30445a217b9e470798991f@news.eternal-september.org>, 
kay@invalid.net says...
> 
> In article <MPG.304397bec2bcfc88989ace@news.eternal-september.org>, 
> j.clarke.873638@gmail.com says...
> > 
> 
> > 
> > So, far as I'm concerned, the roses are flowers in flowerbeds and if the 
> > damned lawn police don't like it they're welcome to discuss the matter 
> > with the roses and bad cess to them.
> > 
> > Now, that led me to wonder, what truly badass SFanal flowers are there?  
> > I know about the Triffids, and 
> > Audrey, but are there any others?
> 
> Well, they don't come out and chase you, but if you attempt to pass 
> through a thicket of Barrayarran Roses (Lois Bujold's Vorkosigan 
> series),  you may never be seen again...  Though actually they may BE 
> Rugosas - they're a terrestrial version that mutated dramatically on 
> Barrayar

These ones are kind of like that--the ends of the grownth have very, 
very, sharp thorns that grab at the slightest touch, and if you do 
anything but stop and detach them then movement not only tears but pulls 
increasingly longer thorns on increasingly thick stalk--I can see 
someone who panics at first attack getting caught badly enough to 
require intervention to escape.

I've been bitten by a nonvenomous snake.  Detaching a rose-stem feels 
much the same as snake-teeth pulling out.

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#420950

FromGreg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Date2015-08-24 02:02 -0600
Message-ID<d401coFdejdU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#420864
"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:

>Now, that led me to wonder, what truly badass SFanal flowers are there?  
>I know about the Triffids, and 
>Audrey, but are there any others?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathworld

I don't know if Asimov's "Green Patches" counts as plant life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Patches


-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#420956

FromGreg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Date2015-08-24 02:59 -0600
Message-ID<d404nnFe98uU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#420864
I find amusing that a google search for "alien plants" is dominated by
rather ordinary plants growing wildly in new places.  A search for
"alien plants SF" gave me the TV Tropes link I previously cited, but
also had a bunch of articles about rather ordinary plants growing
wildly in San Francisco.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#420957

FromGreg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Date2015-08-24 03:14 -0600
Message-ID<d405kkFego9U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#420864
Per http://io9.com/5102036/science-fictions-deadliest-plants ,

I suddenly realize that nobody's mentioned tomatoes yet.

From the comments of the above link, El Seed from The Tick.

Elsewhere in  the comments, was a mention of Poison Ivy from the
Batman universe.  I grew up on the DC side of the comics divide, but
never encountered her.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#420967

Fromnance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance)
Date2015-08-24 12:11 +0000
Message-ID<mrf1le$51d$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#420864
J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Incentivized by the threat of a $127,000 a year fine from the lawn 
> police (no, I am not joking) and enabled by my new job although it meant 
> spending money that I had intended for something that to anyone other 
> than the lawn police would be more urgent, I obtained a large powerful 
> new lawnmower and started doing battle with the yard.
> 
> All was going well until I discovered, to my joy and dismay, that I have 
> been invaded by Rugosa Roses, aka Killer Attack Roses.
> 
> Joy because they have always fascinated me.  Dismay because I have to 
> deal with them.
> 
> I had read about them but never encountered them personally.  There was 
> an innocuous looking clump of brambles in the middle of the yard.  I 
> drove my charger, all 900 pounds of it (including me) at the beast, 22 
> horses screaming defiance, and stalled.  I restarted, backed up, hit it 
> again, stalled.  So I tried going at it incrementally.  It hooked onto 
> the drive belt for the mower, pulled that off, grabbed me, and hauled me 
> out of the saddle, missing blinding me by a half inch in the process.  
> Once I detached myself I took inventory and realized that I looked like 
> I had gone a couple of rounds with this cat 
> <https://catmacros.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/this-cat/>.
> 
> So, far as I'm concerned, the roses are flowers in flowerbeds and if the 
> damned lawn police don't like it they're welcome to discuss the matter 
> with the roses and bad cess to them.
> 
> Now, that led me to wonder, what truly badass SFanal flowers are there?  
> I know about the Triffids, and 
> Audrey, but are there any others?

Darn near everything on Trenco?  Hopefully more later once the 
caffeine gets more distributed.
- Tony

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#421032

FromQuadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca>
Date2015-08-24 18:50 -0700
Message-ID<76ac6849-02e4-47c5-91f8-0ef88a0d8833@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#420864
On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 7:37:30 AM UTC-6, J. Clarke wrote:

> All was going well until I discovered, to my joy and dismay, that I have 
> been invaded by Rugosa Roses, aka Killer Attack Roses.

The adjective "rugose" describes part of the anatomy of members of the Great Race in Lovecraft's "The Shadow Out of Time".

John Savard

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#421034

From"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu>
Date2015-08-24 22:06 -0400
Message-ID<19tgkys3irv9.thm2ibn4296u.dlg@40tude.net>
In reply to#421032
On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:50:49 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote
in<news:76ac6849-02e4-47c5-91f8-0ef88a0d8833@googlegroups.com>
in rec.arts.sf.written:

> On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 7:37:30 AM UTC-6, J. Clarke
> wrote:

>> All was going well until I discovered, to my joy and
>> dismay, that I have been invaded by Rugosa Roses, aka
>> Killer Attack Roses.

> The adjective "rugose" describes part of the anatomy of
> members of the Great Race in Lovecraft's "The Shadow Out
> of Time".

Which is simply to say that they were wrinkled.

Brian
-- 
It was the neap tide, when the baga venture out of their
holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered
rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,
haggisss.

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#421036

Fromwdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr)
Date2015-08-24 22:27 -0400
Message-ID<mrgjqn$5kl$1@panix2.panix.com>
In reply to#421034
In article <19tgkys3irv9.thm2ibn4296u.dlg@40tude.net>,
"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> said:

> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote
>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>
>>> All was going well until I discovered, to my joy and
>>> dismay, that I have been invaded by Rugosa Roses, aka
>>> Killer Attack Roses.
>>
>> The adjective "rugose" describes part of the anatomy of
>> members of the Great Race in Lovecraft's "The Shadow Out
>> of Time".
>
> Which is simply to say that they were wrinkled.

But are they also squamous?

-- wds

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