Sirius - Police - Cartland - Rude Questions - Prezzie - Fanfic - Cheese

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Meril Lady Nymphaea wrote:
> who is looking for Sirius Black sites...anyone?

Long ago (in HPfGU, that means more than a month), someone recommended a
Sirius site (and I just checked that it is still there)
http://www.redrival.com/dogstar/

Abbie Starling wrote:
> Would you rather the cops be there, or not be there?
>  Whatever they're there  for, they'll get it done and get
> gone, that's what they've been trained to do.

I shouldn't try to speak for Simon, but the impression that I got from
his post was not that he was scared of the police officers, but that he
was scared (actually, just a little bit concerned, but that doesn't have
the same rhythm) that the REASON the police were there was to some deal
with some wrongdoer who might be a danger to him, I mean like 'are the
police here because there is a crazy sniper in the area who might shoot
me?"

Jim Ferer wrote:
> An author crosses the line from success to crass commericalism
> when he or she churns out "product" of lesser quality just
> because it's their best shot of making big bucks. (See
> "Hollywood.") Cartland is an example, and quite a few others.

Actually, I think those dreadfully written, implausible, and politically
incorrect books (of which I read my share when I was in college) are the
BEST quality of product that Barbara Cartland had the ability to turn
out.

Doreen nera wrote:
> What to say to someone who asks you, when you are very
> obviously STILL PREGNANT:
> 1) "Are you still here?"
No, I'm somewhere else.

> 2) "Are you still pregnant?"
I postponed the baby until I get the RFP for the new warranty system
approved.

> 3) "Haven't you had that baby, yet?"
Oh, yes, I decided to use this newly available space to carry earthquake
preparedness supplies.

Scott asked:
> Suppose that I, erm Harry wanted to buy a gift for
> erm, Hermione for her birthday. What do you think she'd like?

I suspect that if the girl was actually *Hermione*, she actually (but
secretly) would really like to be given girly things for her prezzie.
However, if the two of you aren't dating, you would be taking a big risk
by giving her lace underwear or a ruffley nightie.

Jen Faulkner wrote:
> Let's take Star Wars as an example, here.  Of all the
> movies, books, etc., with a large fan base, I think this one
> is the one that comes closest to having been appropriated
> into the culture at large as mythology.

STAR WARS was 'appropriated' from the culture as mythology, except that
appropriation with a multi-million dollar budget is called 'homage'.
People who know from movies can tell you from which British WWII movie
of heroic pilots trying to bomb a bridge or railway track was copied the
footage of Luke bombing the Death Star, etc.

Jennifer Piersol wrote:
> Okay, someone (hopefully a moderator) PLEASE tell me
> that this is  some very weird error - I did NOT send this
> message today, I sent it weeks ago.

The same thing happened to one of Yael's messages on the HPff egroup
this week. The same thing happened to a message on a totally different
e-mail-list months ago, and I wish I could exactly quote the fabulouse
explanation one member offered, about how the Internet routes packets
(which is what e-mail is made of) according to the path that is more
efficient at the exact instant, bla bla bla, and some router calculated
that the most efficient path for your post was thru a planet orbitting
Alpha Centauri....

It just happens, every once in a while the Internet throws an e-mail
into the bit bucket (/dev/null or DD DUMMY) and every once in a while,
it pulls an e-mail OUT of the bit bucket and sends it on its belated
way.
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