I love this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7488573.stm

And the artist's responses are quite perfect.

And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).


-- 
Oh gosh, oh gosh
I'm Juliette Binoche

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:59:27 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe
 wrote:

>
>And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).

Is it bollocks.
-- 
JAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom
     Sapere Aude

"JAF"  wrote

>>And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).
>
> Is it bollocks.

Interesting interpretation of 'art' seeing as the public are not allowed to 
join in because of H&S reasons.

Crossbows are still legal in this country.

On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:55:16 +0100, JAF wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:59:27 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe
>  wrote:
> 
>>
>>And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).
> 
> Is it bollocks.

No, it's art.

And it's very good (IMHO).


-- 
Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

In article , 
anarchSPAMKILLER@ntlworld.com says...
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:59:27 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe
>  wrote:
> 
> >
> >And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).
> 
> Is it bollocks.
> 

Nope. Definitely art. I'd recognise bollocks. They are small, round and 
wrinkly. And green. Aren't they?

-- 
eric
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

"Number Two"  a écrit dans le message de 
news: 486d3dca$0$26076$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>
> "JAF"  wrote
>
>>>And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).
>>
>> Is it bollocks.
>
> Interesting interpretation of 'art' seeing as the public are not 
> allowed to join in because of H&S reasons.

What sort of argument is that? Are visitors given a paintbrush and paint 
to add their personal touch to paintings on show? Since when did 
participation have anything to do with it?

"John of Aix"  wrote

>>>>And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).
>>>
>>> Is it bollocks.
>>
>> Interesting interpretation of 'art' seeing as the public are not allowed 
>> to join in because of H&S reasons.
>
> What sort of argument is that? Are visitors given a paintbrush and paint 
> to add their personal touch to paintings on show? Since when did 
> participation have anything to do with it?

Ah, once again you have exposed me as the shallow twat that is the real me.

Or...

It's bollocks. It has fuck all to do with expression, beauty or even skill.

The fact that the public are not allowed to participate because of "Safety 
Reasons" suggests to me that this patronising display of crass fuckwittery 
contains an inherent element of danger. I don't consider a dangerous 
activity worthy of the public investment under the guise of Art.


I'm not proposing an argument, I'm expressing an opinion. Learn the 
difference, arsehole.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:48:31 +0200, John of Aix wrote:

> "Number Two"  a écrit dans le message de 
> news: 486d3dca$0$26076$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>>
>> "JAF"  wrote
>>
>>>>And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).
>>>
>>> Is it bollocks.
>>
>> Interesting interpretation of 'art' seeing as the public are not 
>> allowed to join in because of H&S reasons.
> 
> What sort of argument is that? Are visitors given a paintbrush and paint 
> to add their personal touch to paintings on show? Since when did 
> participation have anything to do with it?

<AOL>


-- 
You don't have to call it music if the term offends you.

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote

>> What sort of argument is that? Are visitors given a paintbrush and paint
>> to add their personal touch to paintings on show? Since when did
>> participation have anything to do with it?
>
> <AOL>

Fair enough, but chew on this:

If I produce a painting then I am entitled to submit it to a gallery and be 
judged by my peers regarding its worth.

If I run through an art gallery every 30 seconds then I am thrown out onto 
the street (rightly so) because I represent a danger to the patrons of the 
institute.

It's not art, by any stretch of the imagination, even yours.

"John of Aix"  wrote

> Since when did participation have anything to do with it?


http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/news/hirsts-sheep-gets-an-armed-guard-838889.html


Participation has got fuck all to do with it.

Money got has everything to do with it.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:59:32 +0100, Number Two wrote:

<snip>
> 
> It's bollocks. It has fuck all to do with expression, beauty or even skill.

Why should art have to conform with anyone's opinions?

Where does it say that art should have any specific properties?

There's plenty of art that I don't like. Tracy Emin may be eminently
shaggable, but her most interesting ideas (note the use of relativity) seem
to have been nicked from her former boyfriend, Billy Childish.

I don't care what anyone does in the name of art. It's their choice, not
mine. I remember with glee Dr. Jonathan Miller tearing Victoria Gillick a
new arsehole on the subject of art.

Where does it say that there have to be parameters?

Sorry for being a tad aggressive, but this _matters_ to me.

The freedom of expression is IMPORTANT. If I want to move my nail clippers
one centimetre to the right, and call it art, then why the fuck shouldn't
I? Under what law?

Deep breath.

This matters to me. A lot.

Deep breath.

Have a nice day...


-- 
Cool Britannia, Jesus Saves
Rupert Murdoch rules the waves
Richard Branson doesn't shave
and Joe Strummer's mouldering in his grave.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:07:27 +0100, Number Two wrote:

> It's not art

Define art.


-- 
In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that
nobody else has thought of.

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote

>> It's bollocks. It has fuck all to do with expression, beauty or even 
>> skill.
>
> Why should art have to conform with anyone's opinions?

It doesn't. That doesn't negate mine.

> I don't care what anyone does in the name of art. It's their choice, not
> mine. I remember with glee Dr. Jonathan Miller tearing Victoria Gillick a
> new arsehole on the subject of art.

So, I can go out and stab somebody and say "it's art"?

> Where does it say that there have to be parameters?

See above.

> Sorry for being a tad aggressive, but this _matters_ to me.
>
> The freedom of expression is IMPORTANT. If I want to move my nail clippers
> one centimetre to the right, and call it art, then why the fuck shouldn't
> I? Under what law?

Fine by me - no danger to anyone.

> Deep breath.
>
> This matters to me. A lot.
>
> Deep breath.
>
> Have a nice day...

It's been great!!

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote

>> It's not art
>
> Define art.

Sorry, I don't know much about it. But I know what I don't like.

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote

> Define art.

Hand up, I can't.

However, here's a question:

If a forgery is undetected for several years then why does it eventually 
lose its value?

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:03:18 +0100, Number Two wrote:

> "Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote
> 
>> Define art.
> 
> Hand up, I can't.
> 
> However, here's a question:
> 
> If a forgery is undetected for several years then why does it eventually 
> lose its value?

Value != quality.

Value is what someone thinks that they can get from selling a work of art.

The feelings that I got from hearing John Cage's Music Circus, or seeing
Christian Boltanski's Recompositions can't be priced. Ditto seeing Faust's
reunion gig, at the end of which, the singer carved the word "Rien" into
the backdrop with a chainsaw.

Ditto the steak tartar that I had in the hotel in Obergurgl, or a really
good pint of Guinness on a hot day.

Or, to be zen about it, "mu".

Mu means woof.

A student asked his master "can a dog have Buddha Nature?". His master
answered "woof".


-- 
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote in message 
news:a2098p9cxfaa.oa78uh1yjwph.dlg@40tude.net...
>I love this:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7488573.stm
>
> And the artist's responses are quite perfect.
>
> And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).

Is this?

http://www.b3ta.com/links/Aussie_Milk_Run

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:20:47 +0100, Number Two wrote:

> "Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote in message 
> news:a2098p9cxfaa.oa78uh1yjwph.dlg@40tude.net...
>>I love this:
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7488573.stm
>>
>> And the artist's responses are quite perfect.
>>
>> And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).
> 
> Is this?
> 
> http://www.b3ta.com/links/Aussie_Milk_Run

Woof.


-- 
Time does not exist.
What is memory?

In message <486e6987$0$26089$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, Number Two 
 writes
>
>"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote in message
>news:a2098p9cxfaa.oa78uh1yjwph.dlg@40tude.net...
>>I love this:
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7488573.stm
>>
>> And the artist's responses are quite perfect.
>>
>> And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).
>
>Is this?
>
>http://www.b3ta.com/links/Aussie_Milk_Run

Only in Australia, as they say.
>
>

-- 
bof at bof dot me dot uk

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:28:19 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

> Tracy Emin may be eminently shaggable, 

!?!

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

"Fevric J Glandules" <fevric@invalid.invalid> wrote

>> Tracy Emin may be eminently shaggable,
>
> !?!

When she takes her teeth out.

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:35:24 GMT, Fevric J Glandules wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:28:19 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
> 
>> Tracy Emin may be eminently shaggable, 
> 
> !?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/730000/images/_733702_tracy.150.jpg


-- 
Clarity has reared
its ugly head again

In article <486e5857$0$2531$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
> 
> "Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote
> 
> >> What sort of argument is that? Are visitors given a paintbrush and paint
> >> to add their personal touch to paintings on show? Since when did
> >> participation have anything to do with it?
> >
> > <AOL>
> 
> Fair enough, but chew on this:
> 
> If I produce a painting then I am entitled to submit it to a gallery and be 
> judged by my peers regarding its worth.
> 
> If I run through an art gallery every 30 seconds then I am thrown out onto 
> the street (rightly so) because I represent a danger to the patrons of the 
> institute.
> 
> It's not art, by any stretch of the imagination, even yours.
> 

If you simply run through the gallery every 30 seconds it isn't art. It's 
also a danger to the people you might run into. However, if you arrange 
specific routes through the gallery, take out insurance to deal with the 
possibility of anyone being hurt, etc etc, then it's art.

If I simply slap some paint on some canvas then it isn't art. Yet by your 
logic that's all the Mona Lisa is, some paint slapped on to a bit of 
canvas. It's not what you do that makes it art, it's how you do it.

-- 
eric
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

"Eric Jarvis"  wrote

>> It's not art, by any stretch of the imagination, even yours.

> If you simply run through the gallery every 30 seconds it isn't art. It's
> also a danger to the people you might run into. However, if you arrange
> specific routes through the gallery, take out insurance to deal with the
> possibility of anyone being hurt, etc etc, then it's art.

Please tell me you are being ironic.

> If I simply slap some paint on some canvas then it isn't art.

Unless your name is Jackson Pollock or you are dead or both.

> Yet by your
> logic that's all the Mona Lisa is, some paint slapped on to a bit of
> canvas. It's not what you do that makes it art, it's how you do it.

Bullshit.

How dare you compare Da Vinci to some prick running through an art gallery.

Bloody heathen, take more water with it.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:31:35 +0100, Number Two wrote:

<snip>

Pollock was a genius. Ditto Rothko.


And Boltanski is just outstanding:

http://tinyurl.com/6jrgge

<http://www.lyseo.edu.ouka.fi/kuvataide/albums/album02/Christian_Boltanski_macval_Monument_1986.jpg>

All of their stuff really needs to be seen in real life.


-- 
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote

> <snip>
>
> Pollock was a genius. Ditto Rothko.

<willywave>

When I was 17 years  of age, it was a toss up between a Physics degree at 
Exeter and a foundation course in fine art somewhere in Paris.

I chose the Physics, but not before trawling round most of the galleries in 
Europe.

My kid brother swent down the 'art' route and now earns more in a weekend 
than I can spend in a lifetime.

Life's hard. I'll be lucky to get out of it alive.

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:43 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:35:24 GMT, Fevric J Glandules wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:28:19 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
>> 
>>> Tracy Emin may be eminently shaggable, 
>> 
>> !?!
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/730000/images/_733702_tracy.150.jpg

I thought that was going to be a typical one-button-too-low Emin
photo, like this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2007/06/04/tracey.jpg
but it just shows her lop-sided face.

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

"Number Two"  writes:

> My kid brother swent down the 'art' route and now earns more in a
> weekend than I can spend in a lifetime.

Yeah, but what he now does isn't "art". 
Is it, 118?

-- 
the thrill is gone

"August West"  wrote

>> My kid brother swent down the 'art' route and now earns more in a
>> weekend than I can spend in a lifetime.
>
> Yeah, but what he now does isn't "art".
> Is it, 118?

What he does now would blow your fucking socks off.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:09:33 +0100, Eric Jarvis  wrote:

>It's not what you do that makes it art, it's how you do it.

What is the artist actually doing?
Paying some people to run about a bit.
That's not art, it's employment 
-- 
JAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom
     Sapere Aude

"JAF"  wrote

> What is the artist actually doing?
> Paying some people to run about a bit.
> That's not art, it's employment

It's fucking bollocks.

You know it, I know it, they know it.

Dress it up, stick a red rubber nose on it and call it Rudolph; it's still 
fucking twatting bollocks.

I think I've just come.

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:05:46 +0100, August West wrote:

> "Number Two"  writes:
> 
>> My kid brother swent down the 'art' route and now earns more in a
>> weekend than I can spend in a lifetime.
> 
> Yeah, but what he now does isn't "art". 
> Is it, 118?

I don't think Pidge has ever mentioned what his brother does,
unless it was during one of those years that I wasn't paying 
much attention.


-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:08:15 +0100, Number Two wrote:
<snip>

> What he does now would blow your fucking socks off.

Work round King's Cross, does he?


-- 
Reality is that which, when we cease to believe in it, still 
exists.

"Fevric J Glandules" <fevric@invalid.invalid> wrote

> I don't think Pidge has ever mentioned what his brother does,
> unless it was during one of those years that I wasn't paying
> much attention.

He takes the piss out of cunts like Huge.

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote

>> What he does now would blow your fucking socks off.
>
> Work round King's Cross, does he?

Used to - Wolf Olins.

Now freelance. Your point?

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:38:16 +0100, Number Two wrote:

> Your point?

No, it's just the way that I'm sitting.


-- 
Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn
than to think.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:36:50 +0100, Number Two wrote:

> "Fevric J Glandules" <fevric@invalid.invalid> wrote
> 
>> I don't think Pidge has ever mentioned what his brother does,
>> unless it was during one of those years that I wasn't paying
>> much attention.
> 
> He takes the piss out of cunts like Huge.

"takes the piss out of cunts". I see a flaw in that business plan...


-- 
The reason they pay you is because you'd rather be 
somewhere else, doing something else.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:23:12 +0100, "Number Two"
 wrote:

>
>"JAF"  wrote
>
>> What is the artist actually doing?
>> Paying some people to run about a bit.
>> That's not art, it's employment
>
>It's fucking bollocks.
>
>You know it, I know it, they know it.
>
>Dress it up, stick a red rubber nose on it and call it Rudolph; it's still 
>fucking twatting bollocks.
>
>I think I've just come.
>
Nah, you've been here ages.
-- 
JAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom
     Sapere Aude

"JAF"  wrote

>>I think I've just come.
>>
> Nah, you've been here ages.

Not as long as you, you wrinkly old fuck.

Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:

> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:05:46 +0100, August West wrote:
>
>> "Number Two"  writes:
>> 
>>> My kid brother swent down the 'art' route and now earns more in a
>>> weekend than I can spend in a lifetime.
>> 
>> Yeah, but what he now does isn't "art". 
>> Is it, 118?
>
> I don't think Pidge has ever mentioned what his brother does,
> unless it was during one of those years that I wasn't paying 
> much attention.

Ah, y'see, I've met his brother.

-- 
It's the same sky

"August West"  wrote

>> I don't think Pidge has ever mentioned what his brother does,
>> unless it was during one of those years that I wasn't paying
>> much attention.
>
> Ah, y'see, I've met his brother.

Now you should meet my doggie.

He's cute. Big, but cute.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:56:33 +0100, Number Two wrote:

> wrinkly old fuck.

I love it when you talk dirty.


-- 
Turn me on, dead man

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote

>> wrinkly old fuck.
>
> I love it when you talk dirty.

tit wank cunt Thatcher bollocks bum nicky nacky noo

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 23:08:32 +0100, Number Two wrote:

> Thatcher

Now that was uncalled for.


-- 
In order to appreciate England one has to have a certain
contempt for logic.

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote

>> Thatcher
>
> Now that was uncalled for.

Sorry.

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:56:13 +0100, August West wrote:

> Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:
> 
>> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:05:46 +0100, August West wrote:
>>
>>> "Number Two"  writes:
>>> 
>>>> My kid brother swent down the 'art' route and now earns more in a
>>>> weekend than I can spend in a lifetime.
>>> 
>>> Yeah, but what he now does isn't "art". 
>>> Is it, 118?
>>
>> I don't think Pidge has ever mentioned what his brother does,
>> unless it was during one of those years that I wasn't paying 
>> much attention.
> 
> Ah, y'see, I've met his brother.

And?

I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.  Fb gung
guvat V gbyq lbh nobhg gur grrantr yrfovnaf, gung'f cevingr, 
evtug?

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

"Fevric J Glandules" <fevric@invalid.invalid> wrote

> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.

Thanks, dude. I thought it was just me.

These days, ICGAF. Life's too short.

I would like to buy you a beer sometime.

Fevric J Glandules wrote (apparently) in uk.misc on Fri 04 Jul 2008
23:32:24: 

> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:56:13 +0100, August West wrote:
> 
>> Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:05:46 +0100, August West wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Number Two"  writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> My kid brother swent down the 'art' route and now earns more
>>>>> in a weekend than I can spend in a lifetime.
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah, but what he now does isn't "art". 
>>>> Is it, 118?
>>>
>>> I don't think Pidge has ever mentioned what his brother does,
>>> unless it was during one of those years that I wasn't paying 
>>> much attention.
>> 
>> Ah, y'see, I've met his brother.
> 
> And?
> 
> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.  Fb gung
> guvat V gbyq lbh nobhg gur grrantr yrfovnaf, gung'f cevingr, 
> evtug?
> 
I know nothing of the grrantr yrfovnaf, do they do tours?

I thought there was something mentioned about, "the future being 
bright, so [we should all] go get a contract with BT Cellnet and 
that would be great". Or perhaps I've remembered it wrong.

Unless Pidge has more than one brother...
-- 
MrGuest
Always, seemingly, on the road to nowhere

"Number Two"  writes:

> "Fevric J Glandules" <fevric@invalid.invalid> wrote
>
>> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
>> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.
>
> Thanks, dude. I thought it was just me.
>
> These days, ICGAF. Life's too short.
>
> I would like to buy you a beer sometime.

I think he still owes me one, you know.

-- 
Help me Rhonda

Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:

> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:56:13 +0100, August West wrote:
>
>> Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:
>> 
>>> I don't think Pidge has ever mentioned what his brother does,
>>> unless it was during one of those years that I wasn't paying 
>>> much attention.
>> 
>> Ah, y'see, I've met his brother.
>
> And?

Make me more likely to remember what has been said here about him, as I
hav a real person to hang it on. (He has been mentioned here, and what
he does, albeit elliptically.)

> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.

FSVO "public".

-- 
sometimes I'm overcome thinkin' 'bout it

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:47:13 +0000, Mr Guest wrote:

> Fevric J Glandules wrote (apparently) in uk.misc on Fri 04 Jul 2008
> 23:32:24: 
> 
>> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
>> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.  Fb gung
>> guvat V gbyq lbh nobhg gur grrantr yrfovnaf, gung'f cevingr, 
>> evtug?
>> 
> I know nothing of the grrantr yrfovnaf, do they do tours?

Get yer own grrantr yrfovnaf!

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

In article , 
anarchSPAMKILLER@ntlworld.com says...
> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:09:33 +0100, Eric Jarvis  wrote:
> 
> >It's not what you do that makes it art, it's how you do it.
> 
> What is the artist actually doing?
> Paying some people to run about a bit.
> That's not art, it's employment 
> 

As I already said. You can describe the Mona Lisa as just some paint 
slapped on a bit of canvas, that does not mean that it can't be anything 
else as well. Just because you've read that an artwork consists fo people 
running through an art gallery doesn't mean that it's any more complete a 
description of it.

Yeah I know it's fun to play at being cleverer than all those experts 
trying to pull the wool over our eyes. I know it's a kick to be able to 
feel superior without actually having to make any effort. However it's 
just bullshit unless you have seen the piece of art in question and made 
at least a token effort to see what it's about.

They used to make the same sort of stupid put down when artists first 
started painting and drawing using perspective. It's possible to describe 
pretty much anything in terms that make it seem ridiculous. The question 
is whether you want to be one of the sheep who let the media tell you 
what to think or not. If the former then carry on. If not then you have 
to deal with the thing, not a few sentences chosen to make the thing seem 
stupid.

Is Formula 1 just some blokes driving cars about? Is Amnesty 
International just some people who want some prisoners set free? Is the 
Pope just some old German bloke in funny clothes? Hang on. Scratch the 
last one.

-- 
eric
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

Fevric J Glandules wrote (apparently) in uk.misc on Sat 05 Jul 2008 
00:01:33:

> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:47:13 +0000, Mr Guest wrote:
> 
>> Fevric J Glandules wrote (apparently) in uk.misc on Fri 04 Jul 2008
>> 23:32:24: 
>> 
>>> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
>>> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.  Fb gung
>>> guvat V gbyq lbh nobhg gur grrantr yrfovnaf, gung'f cevingr, 
>>> evtug?
>>> 
>> I know nothing of the grrantr yrfovnaf, do they do tours?
> 
> Get yer own grrantr yrfovnaf!
> 
I take it we are talking about the ninja turtles and I'm not getting 
confused? That would be very embarassing...
-- 
MrGuest
Always, seemingly, on the road to nowhere

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:51:37 +0100, August West wrote:

> "Number Two"  writes:
> 
>> "Fevric J Glandules" <fevric@invalid.invalid> wrote
>>
>>> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
>>> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.
>>
>> Thanks, dude. I thought it was just me.
>>
>> These days, ICGAF. Life's too short.
>>
>> I would like to buy you a beer sometime.

And I would like to drink it.  Oh yes.  I do miss proper beer.

> I think he still owes me one, you know.

Prolly.  But then, I think you still owe me a home-cooked
dinner.  BICBW.

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:04:59 +0000, Mr Guest wrote:

> Fevric J Glandules wrote (apparently) in uk.misc on Sat 05 Jul 2008 
> 00:01:33:
> 
>> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:47:13 +0000, Mr Guest wrote:
>> 
>>> Fevric J Glandules wrote (apparently) in uk.misc on Fri 04 Jul 2008
>>> 23:32:24: 
>>> 
>>>> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
>>>> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.  Fb gung
>>>> guvat V gbyq lbh nobhg gur grrantr yrfovnaf, gung'f cevingr, 
>>>> evtug?
>>>> 
>>> I know nothing of the grrantr yrfovnaf, do they do tours?
>> 
>> Get yer own grrantr yrfovnaf!
>> 
> I take it we are talking about the ninja turtles and I'm not getting 
> confused? That would be very embarassing...

Your ROT-13 is broke, I reckon.

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:56:31 +0100, August West wrote:

> Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:
> 
>> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
>> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.
> 
> FSVO "public".

Indeed - public as in published worldwide and permanently archived [1]
for J. Random Axe-Murderer or any other good old fashioned net.loon to 
use as they see fit.

If someone chooses to minimise their "net footprint" then that should
be respected.

[1] oooh!  it rhymes!

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

"Mr Guest"  wrote

>>>> I don't think Pidge has ever mentioned what his brother does,
>>>> unless it was during one of those years that I wasn't paying
>>>> much attention.
>>>
>>> Ah, y'see, I've met his brother.
>>
>> And?
>>
>> I have this strange idea that unless someone has made something
>> public, it's not for someone else to do it for them.  Fb gung
>> guvat V gbyq lbh nobhg gur grrantr yrfovnaf, gung'f cevingr,
>> evtug?
>>
> I know nothing of the grrantr yrfovnaf, do they do tours?
>
> I thought there was something mentioned about, "the future being
> bright, so [we should all] go get a contract with BT Cellnet and
> that would be great". Or perhaps I've remembered it wrong.
>
> Unless Pidge has more than one brother...

I've two. I'm proud of both of 'em.

Hey, WTF. In the past, I've been somewhat sensitive to alcohol and 
information.

Fuck, I apologise if I've offended anybody.

I'm surprised if there's anyone that I haven't offended.

(Linz, I'm looking at you!)

Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:

> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:51:37 +0100, August West wrote:
>
>> "Number Two"  writes:
>> 
>>> I would like to buy you a beer sometime.
>
> And I would like to drink it.  Oh yes.  I do miss proper beer.

WIWIF, I mostly got by on pink label Guinness Export. But that's not as
good as it used to be, since it stopped being bottle conditioned.

>> I think he still owes me one, you know.
>
> Prolly.  But then, I think you still owe me a home-cooked
> dinner.  BICBW.

Like as not. Well, if you is ever in the Frozen Noerth again.

-- 
Bored now

"Number Two"  writes:

> I'm surprised if there's anyone that I haven't offended.

You can't have tired hard enough; I can't _remmeber_ you offending me.

-- 
it's not dark yet, but it's getting there

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 23:08:32 +0100, Number Two 
wrote the following to uk.misc:

>
> "Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote
>
>>> wrinkly old fuck.
>>
>> I love it when you talk dirty.
>
> tit wank cunt Thatcher bollocks bum nicky nacky noo 

Is that what he can expect if he gets sentenced for trying to destablise
that small African country?

mh.
-- 
http://www.nukesoft.co.uk
http://personal.nukesoft.co.uk

From address is a blackhole. Reply-to address is valid.

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:21:56 +0100, August West wrote:

> WIWIF, I mostly got by on pink label Guinness Export. But that's not as
> good as it used to be, since it stopped being bottle conditioned.

The place I go to to jam used to have it on draught, but then the
pipes stopped working or something.  They now have this new gizmo,
the Guinness Surger (JFGI).  It uses ultra-sound to make the bubbles 
do that Guinness Thang.

> Like as not. Well, if you is ever in the Frozen Noerth again.

Ta.  And the invite to Forrin still stands.

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:31:36 +0100, August West wrote:

> "Number Two"  writes:
> 
>> I'm surprised if there's anyone that I haven't offended.
> 
> You can't have tired hard enough; I can't _remmeber_ you offending me.

You were probably tired and emotional.

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:

> I love this:

I don't see what it has to do with Animal Rights Terrorists.

Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:

> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:21:56 +0100, August West wrote:
>
>> WIWIF, I mostly got by on pink label Guinness Export. But that's not as
>> good as it used to be, since it stopped being bottle conditioned.
>
> The place I go to to jam used to have it on draught, but then the
> pipes stopped working or something.

Nah, that'll have been Guinness Draught, a different brew.  Guinness
Export is a less bitter, stronger, brew, more like Entire Stout or
Imperial Stout. Lovely stuff. 

Actually, reading, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness#Varieties it
was probably _Original_ Export that kept me sane. The Guinness naming
scheme seems just a little confusing.

> They now have this new gizmo, the Guinness Surger (JFGI).  It uses
> ultra-sound to make the bubbles do that Guinness Thang.

Scientific beer? That can't be right.

>> Like as not. Well, if you is ever in the Frozen Noerth again.
>
> Ta.  And the invite to Forrin still stands.

This year's Forrin jaunt seems to be to Austria.

-- 
leaving me to dangle like a yo-yo in your hand

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 00:23:10 +0100, Number Two 
wrote the following to uk.misc:

> I'm surprised if there's anyone that I haven't offended.

I think *I'm* still waiting for an insult. 

I was going to say I'd probably just take it on the chin, but I'd be more
likely to side step it and follow through with a left cross and a knee.
Actually, as far as Thai boxing goes tonight I've finally dropped a weight
class, from super heavyweight to just heavyweight. I just got from 21 stone
to 14 stone 12 (or from 133 kg to 94 kg) in about 18 months.

mh.
-- 
http://www.nukesoft.co.uk
http://personal.nukesoft.co.uk

From address is a blackhole. Reply-to address is valid.

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:34:53 +0100, August West wrote:

> Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:
> 
>> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:21:56 +0100, August West wrote:
>>
>>> WIWIF, I mostly got by on pink label Guinness Export. But that's not as
>>> good as it used to be, since it stopped being bottle conditioned.
>>
>> The place I go to to jam used to have it on draught, but then the
>> pipes stopped working or something.
> 
> Nah, that'll have been Guinness Draught, a different brew.  Guinness

I meant, they had Guinness on draught.

> This year's Forrin jaunt seems to be to Austria.

Gesundheit, or something.

-- 
One way ticket from Mornington Crescent to Tannhauser Gate please.

Fevric J Glandules <fevric@invalid.invalid> writes:

>> This year's Forrin jaunt seems to be to Austria.
>
> Gesundheit, or something.

It was cheap. Well, cheaper than Orkney.

-- 
seems like a long time

In uk.misc,  (Fevric J Glandules) wrote in
<0Yubk.20824$E41.4396@text.news.virginmedia.com>::

>On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:28:19 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
>
>> Tracy Emin may be eminently shaggable, 
>
>!?!

Judging from her (in)famous tent, that's a concept that's been explored
a fair bit.
-- 
Marc

"Mr. Speaker, I said the honorable member was a liar it is true and I am
sorry for it. The honorable member may place the punctuation where he pleases."
  - Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) British dramatist, on being asked 
to apologize for calling a fellow MP a liar.

In uk.misc,  (Eric Jarvis) wrote in
::

>In article , 
>anarchSPAMKILLER@ntlworld.com says...
>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:59:27 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> >And it is art (de gustibus, etc.).
>> 
>> Is it bollocks.
>> 
>
>Nope. Definitely art. I'd recognise bollocks. They are small, round and 
>wrinkly. And green. Aren't they?

Walk, slowly and carefully, to your local GU clinic.
-- 
Marc

"We are the Borg. Your life, as it has been, is now over. 
We shall assimilate your cultural, biological, and technological
 distinctiveness into our own. Resistance is futile.
 Do you want fries with that?"

On 2008-07-04, Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:07:27 +0100, Number Two wrote:
>
>> It's not art
>
> Define art.

Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."


-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

On 4 Jul 2008 21:48:53 GMT, Huge wrote:

> On 2008-07-04, Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:07:27 +0100, Number Two wrote:
>>
>>> It's not art
>>
>> Define art.
> 
> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."

Exactly.

I must buy you a pint one day.


-- 
It is I, Leclerc.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:56:33 +0100, "Number Two"
 wrote:

>
>"JAF"  wrote
>
>>>I think I've just come.
>>>
>> Nah, you've been here ages.
>
>Not as long as you, you wrinkly old fuck.
>
Not so much of the wrinkly.  More pleated.
-- 
JAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom
     Sapere Aude

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 23:32:02 +0100, Eric Jarvis  wrote:

>The question 
>is whether you want to be one of the sheep who let the media tell you 
>what to think or not.

No, I don't.  That's why I'm not afraid to say that I think it's bollocks.
>
>Is Formula 1 just some blokes driving cars about?

Er, yes.  However you look at it.
>
> Is Amnesty International just some people who want some prisoners set free?

Er, yes.  However you look at it.
 Is the 

>Pope just some old German bloke in funny clothes? Hang on. Scratch the 
>last one.

Ditto.
-- 
JAF anarchatntlworldfullstopcom
     Sapere Aude

In article <g4m5s5$djt$2@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
says...
> On 2008-07-04, Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:07:27 +0100, Number Two wrote:
> >
> >> It's not art
> >
> > Define art.
> 
> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."
> 

Art is what I am pointing at when anyone says "what the fuck is that all 
about then?"

-- 
eric
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

In message <486eb0de$0$2929$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>, Number Two 
 writes:
>I'm surprised if there's anyone that I haven't offended.

I'm sure there are people who've never encountered you.

-- 
Miss Baltimore Crabs

On 2008-07-05, Eric Jarvis  wrote:
> In article <g4m5s5$djt$2@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
> says...
>> On 2008-07-04, Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
>> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:07:27 +0100, Number Two wrote:
>> >
>> >> It's not art
>> >
>> > Define art.
>> 
>> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."
>> 
>
> Art is what I am pointing at when anyone says "what the fuck is that all 
> about then?"

Coo. I was about to post to say that one of the functions of art should be to
make people go "WTF?"


-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

In article <g4nhef$2pu$1@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
says...
> On 2008-07-05, Eric Jarvis  wrote:
> > In article <g4m5s5$djt$2@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
> > says...
> >> On 2008-07-04, Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:07:27 +0100, Number Two wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> It's not art
> >> >
> >> > Define art.
> >> 
> >> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."
> >
> > Art is what I am pointing at when anyone says "what the fuck is that all 
> > about then?"
> 
> Coo. I was about to post to say that one of the functions of art should be to
> make people go "WTF?"
> 

Great minds etc etc.

It's why I wholeheartedly approve of lots of art that I don't actually 
like. If I can't work out why I don't like it then it's worked, ergo it 
must be good art. Whereas if it's just kind of vaguely pleasant then if I 
don't particularly like it then it's done nothing worthwhile at all, ergo 
it's crap art.

It's only when it's completely impossible to have any emotional 
interaction with it at all without a degree in the relevant artform that 
it becomes pretentious wank by self indulgent arrogant fuckwits who 
should be shot. Generally I only encounter that in contemporary dance.

-- 
eric
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:01:14 +0100, Eric Jarvis wrote:

> Generally I only encounter that in contemporary dance.

Pina Bausch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pina_Bausch

If you ever get the chance to see any of her stuff, do.


-- 
Call it what you want

In article <kknpc7c8b2gm$.1slvrqusbvgh0.dlg@40tude.net>, 
watercress@spamcop.org says...
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:01:14 +0100, Eric Jarvis wrote:
> 
> > Generally I only encounter that in contemporary dance.
> 
> Pina Bausch.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pina_Bausch
> 
> If you ever get the chance to see any of her stuff, do.
> 

Have a couple of times. Fabulous.

<http://www.sevensistersgroup.com/index.php>

Susanne Thomas. At times in the same league.

<http://www.sevensistersgroup.com/salome/> was absolutely amazing, as was 
<http://www.sevensistersgroup.com/trainstation/> and 
<http://www.sevensistersgroup.com/doubletake/>.

Company Skin were ace, Sean Tuan John still is pretty good.
<http://www.seantuanjohn.com/>. They did a piece (Lagerland) back in the 
90s that finished with the two performers walking regally (with the royal 
wave) to a pair of throne. "Crowning" each other with chamber pots, 
turning to face the audience, and just before the lights went out, 
dropping their trousers. Completely cracked the audience up both times I 
saw it.

Rui Horta does some brilliant stuff. Best thing I ever saw was a solo 
section in which as a group of performers left the stage, one of them 
casually pulled at the strap holding up the soloist's dress, leaving her 
to grab at it just as the music for her solo began. She then danced a 
hugely acrobatic solo without ever actually allowing the offending 
garment to drop away. Rivetting. In so many ways.

Next funniest piece I've ever seen I'm biased about as I had a share in 
devising it. It was part of a Contrived and Exaggerated show. We referred 
to it as the anti-strip. Which, backed by the obvious track by The 
Propellerheads (Better?), featured a dancer initially wearing a bikini 
and long gloves, and by removing garments,eventually leaving the stage 
completely clothed almost from head to toe. We were proudest of the 
"everlasting glove". The right glove being normal and removed slowlyssic 
stripper style, then the left glove turns out to be several metres long 
and thus somewhat slower than normal to tug off a centimetre or two at a 
time.

My absolute favourite of all time is Nikky Smedley 
<http://www.nikkysmedley.me.uk/> who at worst creates stuff that is 
moving and very funny.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyzGkx8wvkg> Not the best or most 
memorable of her Geographical Duvet pieces, but superb nonetheless.

-- 
eric
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

On 2008-07-05, Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:01:14 +0100, Eric Jarvis wrote:
>
>> Generally I only encounter that in contemporary dance.
>
> Pina Bausch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm70fMM3JAk

I find the Belsen Victim look rather distracting.




-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

On 2008-07-05, Eric Jarvis  wrote:
> In article <g4nhef$2pu$1@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
> says...
>> On 2008-07-05, Eric Jarvis  wrote:
>> > In article <g4m5s5$djt$2@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
>> > says...
>> >> On 2008-07-04, Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
>> >> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:07:27 +0100, Number Two wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> It's not art
>> >> >
>> >> > Define art.
>> >> 
>> >> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."
>> >
>> > Art is what I am pointing at when anyone says "what the fuck is that all 
>> > about then?"
>> 
>> Coo. I was about to post to say that one of the functions of art should be to
>> make people go "WTF?"
>> 
>
> Great minds etc etc.
>
> It's why I wholeheartedly approve of lots of art that I don't actually 
> like. If I can't work out why I don't like it then it's worked, ergo it 
> must be good art. Whereas if it's just kind of vaguely pleasant then if I 
> don't particularly like it then it's done nothing worthwhile at all, ergo 
> it's crap art.

Great minds etc etc.    :o)

> It's only when it's completely impossible to have any emotional 
> interaction with it at all without a degree in the relevant artform that 
> it becomes pretentious wank by self indulgent arrogant fuckwits who 
> should be shot. Generally I only encounter that in contemporary dance.

Try looking out some performances from 'La la la Human Steps';

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q876pJ0tWE


-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

In article <g4nvo1$34o$2@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
says...
> On 2008-07-05, Eric Jarvis  wrote:
> > In article <g4nhef$2pu$1@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
> > says...
> >> 
> > It's only when it's completely impossible to have any emotional 
> > interaction with it at all without a degree in the relevant artform that 
> > it becomes pretentious wank by self indulgent arrogant fuckwits who 
> > should be shot. Generally I only encounter that in contemporary dance.
> 
> Try looking out some performances from 'La la la Human Steps';
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q876pJ0tWE
> 

Been a big fan for ages. Likewise Candoco, Shobana Jeyasingh, Jamie 
Wattum, DV8, The Feathersonehaughs and The Cholmondeleys. OTOH I've tried 
a couple of times to stay awake during Siobhan Davies pieces and failed. 
Yet, scarily, there are people out there trying to emulate her.

-- 
eric
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

Number Two wrote (apparently) in uk.misc on Sat 05 Jul 2008 00:23:10:

> "Mr Guest"  wrote
> 
>> Unless Pidge has more than one brother...
> 
> I've two. I'm proud of both of 'em.

Good. Always best that that's the case.
> 
> Hey, WTF. In the past, I've been somewhat sensitive to alcohol and 
> information.
> 
> Fuck, I apologise if I've offended anybody.

Not me, not yet/ever.
> 
> I'm surprised if there's anyone that I haven't offended.
> 
Best to leave your options open. Some people are more deserving of it 
than others.

Cheers!
-- 
MrGuest
Always, seemingly, on the road to nowhere

"Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote

> Try looking out some performances from 'La la la Human Steps';
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q876pJ0tWE

What a load of fucking crap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvuJmwQquyM&feature=related

More like it.

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:36:35 +0100, Number Two wrote:

> "Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote
> 
>> Try looking out some performances from 'La la la Human Steps';
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q876pJ0tWE
> 
> What a load of fucking crap.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvuJmwQquyM&feature=related
> 
> More like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHRz8kDkNLk


-- 
People are like teabags, you never know how 
strong they'll be until they're in hot water.

"Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHRz8kDkNLk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3u9bVV6s4&feature=related

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:18:14 +0100, Number Two wrote:

> "Hot Badger Deluxe"  wrote
> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHRz8kDkNLk
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3u9bVV6s4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCyJlG8uRU


-- 
There are two kinds of fool.
One says, "This is old, and therefore good."
And one says, "This is new, and therefore better."

Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

> Ha ha ha;

ITYM Ra ra ra;
 
> http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9bq35vxXcu4

Nothing sadder than white folks trying to keep in time.

I still prefer this one:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/56404/naked_japanese_stomp/

or you can have it with a different sort of pron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM3cZfC0lk0

On 2008-07-07, Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Ha ha ha;
>
> ITYM Ra ra ra;
>  
>> http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9bq35vxXcu4
>
> Nothing sadder than white folks trying to keep in time.
>
> I still prefer this one:
>
> http://www.metacafe.com/watch/56404/naked_japanese_stomp/

Yeah, saw this a few days ago.

> or you can have it with a different sort of pron.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM3cZfC0lk0

We've seen the Kodo Drummers a couple of times now. Strongly recommended.


-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

"Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote

>> Define art.
>
> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."

No, that's a penis, Hugh.

A rather small one.

"Nine Cuts"  writes:

> "Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote
>
>>> Define art.
>>
>> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."
>
> No, that's a penis, Hugh.
>
> A rather small one.

That's because he's pointing at you, rasin nuts.

-- 
patterns in the rain

In uk.misc,  (Nine Cuts) wrote in
<4873ade1$0$2921$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>::

>
>"Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote
>
>>> Define art.
>>
>> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."
>
>No, that's a penis, Hugh.
>
>A rather small one.

"Change of Name

Arthur Penis will henceforth be known as Art Penis."

Was that Python, or NTNOCN?
-- 
Marc

If I'm supposed to live every day like it's my last, I want a gallon of morphine.  - Russ Wallace

"August West"  wrote

>>> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."
>>
>> No, that's a penis, Hugh.
>>
>> A rather small one.
>
> That's because he's pointing at you, rasin nuts.

At least it's plural, low ball.

"Marc Wilson"  wrote in message

> "Change of Name
>
> Arthur Penis will henceforth be known as Art Penis."
>
> Was that Python, or NTNOCN?

Ha! I'd almost forgoten that!

"Nine Cuts"  writes:

> "August West"  wrote
>
>>>> Art is what I am pointing at when I say "This is art."
>>>
>>> No, that's a penis, Hugh.
>>>
>>> A rather small one.
>>
>> That's because he's pointing at you, rasin nuts.
>
> At least it's plural, low ball.

The high balls are on me, said the giraffe...

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Guys like me are mad for turtle meat

The Massive Continuity of Ducks 
wrote:

> In message <486eb0de$0$2929$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>, Number Two 
>  writes:
> >I'm surprised if there's anyone that I haven't offended.
> 
> I'm sure there are people who've never encountered you.

I don't think that I've drawn fire yet, how offensively non-inclusive.

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