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From: elag <elag@cloud9.net>
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Subject: Re: 14 July 1789
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 22:34:04 -0400
Organization: Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose
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Paul Heslop wrote:
>
> elag wrote:
>
> > > > Perhaps It's Branson's grand scale self portrait.
> > >
> > > :O) It would have to resemble his ass and a voice would be coming out of
> > > it. The name was great fun when it first hit the highstreet though, the
> > > thought of a superstore where Warlocks could pop in and get themselves a
> > > couple of virgins for sacrifice was too funny. Now things are not so
> > > subtle... now we have shop front displays with "FCUK!" in huge letters.
> >
> > HEPL! Actually, my first thought upon seeing the big hole was of
> > Georges Bataille's "Solar Anus"... so it all sort of makes sense.
> >
> > "...a six pack of virgins, a roll of friction tape and the soundtrack to
> > 'The Wiz', please..."
>
> "And do i get a guarantee on those virgins?"
they're "Sealed For Your Protection".
>
> > > :O) We used to have a prog o ch4 where this guy went round skips (do
> > > they call those huge lozenge shaped bins skips over there?) collecting
> > > anything from furniture to cardboard tubes, which he would make better
> > > furniture out of. Basically you could refurnish your house for
> > > nothing... of course it would smell of cat pee and rotten vegetables.
> >
> > I don't think the term "skips" is common hereabouts. I love using
> > re-usind refuse myself, but it has to pass the sniff test. My best find
> > was a coil of copper tubing that I use as a bin for firewood.
> >
> > In fact my apartment is mainly furnished w/ rectified rubbish.
>
> Ah, we used to kind of 'save' furniture. We still have odd bits the
> family would have discarded. Plus ornaments. Being OCD makes it very
> hard for me to get rid of stuff so I could easily have the messiest
> place around if it weren't for my wife's steely determination.
She has the Salvation Army on speed dial?
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