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27 Oct 2004 10:39:41 AM |
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Boaty |
Whatever happened to Boaty?
~Iain
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| User: "Clayton Insert Pop Culture Pun Here" |
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27 Oct 2004 06:50:50 PM |
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6feb9a89.0410270739.325a7e48@posting.google.com...
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to politicians to
have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a year If he keeps it
up he won't even get a nomination for Loony Theist of the Year!
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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27 Oct 2004 06:58:39 PM |
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"Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com>
wrote in message news:4180348f$0$24865$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6feb9a89.0410270739.325a7e48@posting.google.com...
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to politicians to
have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a year If he keeps it
up he won't even get a nomination for Loony Theist of the Year!
Actually, wasn't it about warning labels on booze?
--
__________
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
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| User: "Clayton Insert Pop Culture Pun Here" |
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28 Oct 2004 01:40:22 AM |
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"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in message
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"Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com>
wrote in message news:4180348f$0$24865$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6feb9a89.0410270739.325a7e48@posting.google.com...
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to politicians
to
have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a year If he keeps
it
up he won't even get a nomination for Loony Theist of the Year!
Actually, wasn't it about warning labels on booze?
Maybe I was too drunk to remember!
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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27 Oct 2004 07:03:29 PM |
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:50:50 +1000, Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>
wrote:
"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6feb9a89.0410270739.325a7e48@posting.google.com...
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to politicians to
have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a year If he keeps it
up he won't even get a nomination for Loony Theist of the Year!
I thought he wanted warning labels on alcohol...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
-- Douglas Adams
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| User: "Clayton Insert Pop Culture Pun Here" |
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28 Oct 2004 01:39:51 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:n4mdncD2ze24qh3cRVn-pA@megapath.net...
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:50:50 +1000, Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>
wrote:
"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6feb9a89.0410270739.325a7e48@posting.google.com...
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to politicians
to
have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a year If he keeps
it
up he won't even get a nomination for Loony Theist of the Year!
I thought he wanted warning labels on alcohol...
That's right...I knew it was something like that.
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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| Title: Re: Boaty |
27 Oct 2004 07:26:32 PM |
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Mark K. Bilbo <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here> wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to politicians to
have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a year If he keeps it
up he won't even get a nomination for Loony Theist of the Year!
I thought he wanted warning labels on alcohol...
<grabs beer can sitting beside me>
"GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the surgeon general,
women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of
the risk of birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages
impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may
cause health problems."
Please Recycle.
Damn him, he got his wish!
--
Elroy Willis
EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
http://www.eapnews.com
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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27 Oct 2004 07:32:10 PM |
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:26:32 +0000, Elroy Willis wrote:
Mark K. Bilbo <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here> wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to politicians
to have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a year If he
keeps it up he won't even get a nomination for Loony Theist of the
Year!
I thought he wanted warning labels on alcohol...
<grabs beer can sitting beside me>
"GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the surgeon general, women should
not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of
birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your
ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health
problems."
Please Recycle.
Damn him, he got his wish!
No, he wanted to be warned alcohol can KILL YOU DEAD!!!!!!!!
Because, apparently, he's just now discovered there's such a thing as
alcohol poisoning...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
-----------------------------------------------------------
"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
-- Douglas Adams
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| User: "Phÿltêr" |
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28 Oct 2004 05:54:03 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> astounded us with:
news:GdmdnV2NZ-lDoB3cRVn-uA@megapath.net:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:26:32 +0000, Elroy Willis wrote:
Mark K. Bilbo <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here> wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to politicians
to have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a year If he
keeps it up he won't even get a nomination for Loony Theist of the
Year!
I thought he wanted warning labels on alcohol...
<grabs beer can sitting beside me>
"GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the surgeon general, women should
not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of
birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your
ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health
problems."
Please Recycle.
Damn him, he got his wish!
No, he wanted to be warned alcohol can KILL YOU DEAD!!!!!!!!
Because, apparently, he's just now discovered there's such a thing as
alcohol poisoning...
And he made no mention of methanol, THAT'll kill ya, or make you blind
--
Phÿltêr
AA#1938
Denizen of Darkness #44 & AFJC Antipodean Attaché
http://forums.clickhalah.com/index.php
Remove "s" to respond
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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| Title: Re: Boaty |
27 Oct 2004 10:02:28 PM |
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Mark K. Bilbo <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis wrote:
Mark K. Bilbo <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here> wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to politicians
to have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a year If he
keeps it up he won't even get a nomination for Loony Theist of the
Year!
I thought he wanted warning labels on alcohol...
<grabs beer can sitting beside me>
"GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the surgeon general, women
should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of
birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your
ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health
problems."
Please Recycle.
Damn him, he got his wish!
No, he wanted to be warned alcohol can KILL YOU DEAD!!!!!!!!
Well, so can becoming a suicide martyr for your religion...
Because, apparently, he's just now discovered there's such a thing as
alcohol poisoning...
I wonder if he knows you can die by drinking too much water as well?
Too much water, especially salt water, will kill you, you know...
--
Elroy Willis
EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
http://www.eapnews.com
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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28 Oct 2004 06:43:38 AM |
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 03:02:28 +0000, Elroy Willis wrote:
Mark K. Bilbo <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis wrote:
Mark K. Bilbo <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here> wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
He showed up a month or so ago wanting everyone to write to
politicians to have drugs banned. That's pretty much it for over a
year If he keeps it up he won't even get a nomination for Loony
Theist of the Year!
I thought he wanted warning labels on alcohol...
<grabs beer can sitting beside me>
"GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the surgeon general, women should
not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of
birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your
ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health
problems."
Please Recycle.
Damn him, he got his wish!
No, he wanted to be warned alcohol can KILL YOU DEAD!!!!!!!!
Well, so can becoming a suicide martyr for your religion...
Because, apparently, he's just now discovered there's such a thing as
alcohol poisoning...
I wonder if he knows you can die by drinking too much water as well? Too
much water, especially salt water, will kill you, you know...
Slap a label on *him.
"Willful stupidity kills."
(And be done with it <g>)
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
-----------------------------------------------------------
"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
-- Douglas Adams
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: Boaty |
27 Oct 2004 10:42:36 AM |
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6feb9a89.0410270739.325a7e48@posting.google.com...
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
--
__________
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: Boaty |
27 Oct 2004 12:52:30 PM |
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Robibnikoff wrote:
"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6feb9a89.0410270739.325a7e48@posting.google.com...
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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27 Oct 2004 03:48:41 PM |
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Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
--
Elroy Willis
EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
http://www.eapnews.com
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| User: "Clayton Insert Pop Culture Pun Here" |
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27 Oct 2004 06:51:37 PM |
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"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:2b20o0p32ftdk6m5itgptj66endfbul3e6@4ax.com...
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a while.
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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27 Oct 2004 07:31:27 PM |
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Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
--
Elroy Willis
EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
http://www.eapnews.com
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| User: "Clayton Insert Pop Culture Pun Here" |
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28 Oct 2004 01:38:44 AM |
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"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:69f0o0l1jk7s6b3g4sj65trjtdu6945vqm@4ax.com...
Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
I remember him from when I first got here because I couldn't work out how
the hell you would pronounce his name.
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| User: "Daniel Kolle" |
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| Title: Re: Boaty |
28 Oct 2004 11:56:01 AM |
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:38:44 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun
Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:69f0o0l1jk7s6b3g4sj65trjtdu6945vqm@4ax.com...
Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
I remember him from when I first got here because I couldn't work out how
the hell you would pronounce his name.
Iain is another form of Ian, right?
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| User: "Clayton Insert Pop Culture Pun Here" |
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28 Oct 2004 08:50:42 PM |
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"Daniel Kolle" <DKolle@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:n392o0da6m4o3lcj5ghv9j1h27d854vrs2@4ax.com...
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:38:44 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun
Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:69f0o0l1jk7s6b3g4sj65trjtdu6945vqm@4ax.com...
Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a
while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
I remember him from when I first got here because I couldn't work out how
the hell you would pronounce his name.
Iain is another form of Ian, right?
I think there's some kind of Gaelic twist in the pronunciation.
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| User: "Iain" |
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29 Oct 2004 09:08:32 AM |
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"Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote in message news:<4181a205$0$32547$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
"Daniel Kolle" <DKolle@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:n392o0da6m4o3lcj5ghv9j1h27d854vrs2@4ax.com...
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:38:44 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun
Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:69f0o0l1jk7s6b3g4sj65trjtdu6945vqm@4ax.com...
Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a
while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
I remember him from when I first got here because I couldn't work out how
the hell you would pronounce his name.
Iain is another form of Ian, right?
I think there's some kind of Gaelic twist in the pronunciation.
A dictionary says:
IAIN m
Usage: Scottish
Scottish form of JOHN
And:
IAN m
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: EE-an
Modern Scottish form of JOHN
So Ian is derived from Iain.
~Iain
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| User: "Clayton Insert Pop Culture Pun Here" |
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29 Oct 2004 05:43:10 PM |
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6feb9a89.0410290608.1998df24@posting.google.com...
"Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com>
wrote in message news:<4181a205$0$32547$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
"Daniel Kolle" <DKolle@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:n392o0da6m4o3lcj5ghv9j1h27d854vrs2@4ax.com...
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:38:44 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun
Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:69f0o0l1jk7s6b3g4sj65trjtdu6945vqm@4ax.com...
Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a
while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or
less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
I remember him from when I first got here because I couldn't work out
how
the hell you would pronounce his name.
Iain is another form of Ian, right?
I think there's some kind of Gaelic twist in the pronunciation.
A dictionary says:
IAIN m
Usage: Scottish
Scottish form of JOHN
And:
IAN m
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: EE-an
Modern Scottish form of JOHN
So Ian is derived from Iain.
~Iain
Clayton...a town built on a clay bed.
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| User: "Iain" |
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| Title: Re: Boaty |
30 Oct 2004 12:06:07 PM |
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"Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote in message news:<4182c79f$0$21945$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com>
wrote in message news:<4181a205$0$32547$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
"Daniel Kolle" <DKolle@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:n392o0da6m4o3lcj5ghv9j1h27d854vrs2@4ax.com...
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:38:44 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun
Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:69f0o0l1jk7s6b3g4sj65trjtdu6945vqm@4ax.com...
Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a
while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or
less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
I remember him from when I first got here because I couldn't work out
how
the hell you would pronounce his name.
Iain is another form of Ian, right?
I think there's some kind of Gaelic twist in the pronunciation.
A dictionary says:
IAIN m
Usage: Scottish
Scottish form of JOHN
And:
IAN m
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: EE-an
Modern Scottish form of JOHN
So Ian is derived from Iain.
~Iain
Clayton...a town built on a clay bed.
The surname Carr means "ditch".
~Iain
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| User: "Apostate" |
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| Title: Re: Boaty |
30 Oct 2004 01:12:06 PM |
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On 30 Oct 2004 10:06:07 -0700, (Iain) wrote:
"Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote in message news:<4182c79f$0$21945$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
"Iain" < > wrote in message
news:6feb9a89.0410290608.1998df24@posting.google.com...
"Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com>
wrote in message news:<4181a205$0$32547$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
"Daniel Kolle" <DKolle@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:n392o0da6m4o3lcj5ghv9j1h27d854vrs2@4ax.com...
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:38:44 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun
Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
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Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain < > wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a
while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or
less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
I remember him from when I first got here because I couldn't work out
how
the hell you would pronounce his name.
Iain is another form of Ian, right?
I think there's some kind of Gaelic twist in the pronunciation.
A dictionary says:
IAIN m
Usage: Scottish
Scottish form of JOHN
And:
IAN m
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: EE-an
Modern Scottish form of JOHN
So Ian is derived from Iain.
~Iain
Clayton...a town built on a clay bed.
The surname Carr means "ditch".
~Iain
So, do cars go into Carrs much, rainy days?
--
/Apostate
atheist #1931 I've found it!
BAAWA Knife AND SMASHer
EAC Supernumerary Deputy Director, Department of Redundancy Department
plonked by Lani_girl, first post; Billions Served!
I doubt, therefore I might be.
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28 Oct 2004 12:16:16 PM |
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Daniel Kolle <DKolle@Hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Clayton The Magnificient wrote:
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
I remember him from when I first got here because I couldn't work out
how the hell you would pronounce his name.
I also asked him how to pronounce his name when I first saw his
name come up a few months ago.
Iain is another form of Ian, right?
That's what he said when I asked him, iirc. Ian is two
syllables in English, at least my version of it, which sounds like
eeee-unnn. But Iain looks like it might sound different, and if
pronounced like "pain" could end up being one syllable if you try
hard enough
--
Elroy Willis
EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
http://www.eapnews.com
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| User: "Iain" |
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29 Oct 2004 08:29:56 AM |
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Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message news:<ag92o0l8torgcvjpr1vbnjgqf8v2pkq5d8@4ax.com>...
Daniel Kolle <DKolle@Hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Clayton The Magnificient wrote:
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Clayton the automaton wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a while.
I don't remember him from earlier on, but then I only read 10% or less
of the posts around here, so I probably missed him before.
I remember him from when I first got here because I couldn't work out
how the hell you would pronounce his name.
I also asked him how to pronounce his name when I first saw his
name come up a few months ago.
Iain is another form of Ian, right?
That's what he said when I asked him, iirc. Ian is two
syllables in English, at least my version of it, which sounds like
eeee-unnn. But Iain looks like it might sound different, and if
pronounced like "pain" could end up being one syllable if you try
hard enough
It's EE-AIN.
It is from Hebrew "Yon", like John. In normal speech it just sounds
like "Ian". I don't mind if you want to make the "I" consonantal like
Iuluis Caesar and Iesus (I suspect therefore my name is related to
Jane, but I'm not sure).
Like the other poster says, it's a gaelic varient of "John".
I had a classmate called Eon[sic].
~Iain
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29 Oct 2004 05:42:25 PM |
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I had a classmate called Eon[sic].
Imagine all that teasing...
I bet it got old!
*boom tish*
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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29 Oct 2004 12:07:40 PM |
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(Iain) wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
Daniel Kolle <DKolle@Hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Iain is another form of Ian, right?
That's what he said when I asked him, iirc. Ian is two
syllables in English, at least my version of it, which sounds like
eeee-unnn. But Iain looks like it might sound different, and if
pronounced like "pain" could end up being one syllable if you try
hard enough
It's EE-AIN.
So it's two syllables after all, instead of one, like in John
or Jane.
It is from Hebrew "Yon", like John.
Why did the Hebrews leave out the vowels, in your opinion? To save
space, or simply to confuse other people?
In normal speech it just sounds like "Ian".
Same as Yawn, without the J?
I don't mind if you want to make the "I" consonantal like Iuluis Caesar
and Iesus (I suspect therefore my name is related to Jane, but I'm not
sure).
Like the other poster says, it's a gaelic varient of "John".
You should wonder if it's related to Jack and Jill as well, don't you
think? They went up the hill for some reason...
--
Elroy Willis
EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
http://www.eapnews.com
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28 Oct 2004 03:15:20 AM |
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:51:37 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun Here>"
<cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
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Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left.
Then we could apply it to Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a while.
He became a Loki, by the name of manny - remember him?
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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28 Oct 2004 06:45:01 AM |
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:15:20 +0100, JPG wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:51:37 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun
Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:2b20o0p32ftdk6m5itgptj66endfbul3e6@4ax.com...
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left. Then we could apply it to
Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a while.
He became a Loki, by the name of manny - remember him?
That was *him?
That's it, he's goin' in the duck pond!
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
-- Douglas Adams
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| User: "Iain" |
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29 Oct 2004 08:59:41 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message news:<Y7ydnZVBOtgNRh3cRVn-hQ@megapath.net>...
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:15:20 +0100, JPG wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:51:37 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun
Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:2b20o0p32ftdk6m5itgptj66endfbul3e6@4ax.com...
Mike Painter <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Robibnikoff wrote:
Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Whatever happened to Boaty?
What? You want him back here?
Maybe for a day to tell us why he left. Then we could apply it to
Earl.
I thought Iain was a newbie. How could he know about Boaty?
Iain's been around longer than I have...he just dissapeared for a while.
He became a Loki, by the name of manny - remember him?
That was *him?
That's it, he's goin' in the duck pond!
Manny's author is called The Captain - yeah I was in on it. I think it
was an obvious troll from the start but that changed nothing.
Manny was born with no hands or feet in 1975 in Northern Ireland, to
Catholic parents. By the time he was five, they thought their son was
a banshee, so they put him in a cardboard box and posted him to
Mexico, where he spent ten years living as a goat. He returned to
Britain to work a servant's wage, but instead got a part-time job as a
chandelier. He soon suffered from repetative strain injury and was
taken down. Out of work again, he spent another ten years living under
the ***** of a local pervert called Graham, a youth minister in charge
of tea and biscuits at a village church. It was he who taught manny
everything about "the god of flow" and "the runnie runnie river of bad
race relations" and about why "breastfeeding leads to immorality and
basin".
~Iain
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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29 Oct 2004 12:10:34 PM |
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(Iain) wrote in alt.atheism
Manny was born with no hands or feet in 1975 in Northern Ireland, to
Catholic parents. By the time he was five, they thought their son was
a banshee, so they put him in a cardboard box and posted him to
Mexico, where he spent ten years living as a goat.
I'll bet it was hard to post usenet messages from inside that little
cardboard box, eh?
--
Elroy Willis
EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
http://www.eapnews.com
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