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Conference govt02::basingstoke

Title: * BASINGSTOKE - Gateway to Wessex *
Notice:BASINGSTOKE - John Arlott lived here - then left, I wonder why
Moderator:COMICS::CORNEJ
Created:Wed Jul 27 1988
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:925
Total number of notes:5875

738.0. "Bat for sale" by COMICS::WOOD (Pathos and satire 'is' me) Wed Mar 30 1994 10:54

I have a brand new County Clipper bat for sale. Any offers ?

Rich
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738.1COMICS::FISCHERLife's a big banana sandwichWed Mar 30 1994 11:041
What does it like to eat? Mice? Blood? Fruit Pastilles?
738.2Going..going.. GONEMARVEL::MCGAUGHRINWhat a Marvelous DeliveryWed Mar 30 1994 11:4311
    
    
    I'll offer 60 pounds, payable in monthly contributions to the sum of
    50p. Do you want to bulid in an index linked benefit to this scheme ?
    Something like 24.4% APR ? This would of course mature when you reach
    retirement at 65 or earlier if you die. 
    
    But then if you die would wouldn't be able to spend the money !
    
    	
    Ian
738.3KERNEL::BOWEOTelepathy, means never having to say ...Wed Mar 30 1994 13:182
Do you need a belfry in which to keep it or will any old loft do?

738.4Sold for cash moneyCOMICS::WOODPathos and satire 'is' meWed Mar 30 1994 13:477
Sold to reply number 2, thankyou for your interest gentlemen,
obviously bats don't appear to be of interest to the ladies.

What about Note 736 ??

Rich
738.5COMICS::PARRYTrevor ParryWed Mar 30 1994 16:365
    >I have a brand new County Clipper bat for sale. Any offers 
    
    I assume that 'County Clipper' is the pedigree name for when you are
    doing bat shows at the bat equivalent of Crufts, do you call him
    'Count' for short.
738.6Silent majority...COMICS::MACLEANA Pure Dear in a Wicked WorldThu Mar 31 1994 10:5816
                                                                  
    RE: .4 
    
    Richard , I feel I must  reply on  behalf of the  silent bat  loving 
    women/girls/females/ladies/nuns etc.   :-  

    Two nuns driving through a cemetery one night when all of a sudden a
    Vampire Bat lands  on the bonnet of the car. One nun panics and asks 
    the other what she should do. "Quick , wind down the window and show 
    it your cross" replies the second nun.... 

    "Oh ,OK !"  says the first nun, and winds down the window and shouts 

    "GET OFF THE ******* BONNET!!!"

    
738.7I laughed until I stoppedCOMICS::WOODPathos and satire 'is' meThu Mar 31 1994 13:188
Re: .6

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha..................................HA !

I think you owe all noters a drink for that one Sandie !

Richie
738.8Mais Oui ! COMICS::MACLEANA Pure Dear in a Wicked WorldThu Mar 31 1994 16:079
    
    No problem ! ,
    
    Just as soon as I get my annual grossly huge payrise Ricardo
    (.... Was that more laughter I heard ???!!!  )
    
    S.                      
    
    
738.9COMICS::FISCHERLife's a big banana sandwichThu Mar 31 1994 16:217
Perhaps Oliver can tell us what the difference is between
women/girls/females/ladies/nuns mentioned in .6 and
women girls females ladies nuns?

Thank you

	Ian/Fischer
738.11all this touching of women could ruin my reputation!KERNEL::COFFEYJThe Uk CSC Unix Girlie.Wed Apr 06 1994 16:5227
>>>women/girls/females/ladies/nuns mentioned in .6 and
>>>women girls females ladies nuns?
>    The first is a valid unix filename, the second is not.


Or more accurately the first is a directory structure and file 
name the second just an irritating file name with spaces, or a bunch 
of files:

jc@decuk> touch "women girls females ladies nuns"
jc@decuk> ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 jc              0 Apr  6 15:50 women girls females ladies nuns
jc@decuk>


jc@decuk> touch women girls females ladies nuns
jc@decuk> ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 jc              0 Apr  6 15:51 females
-rw-r--r--  1 jc              0 Apr  6 15:51 girls
-rw-r--r--  1 jc              0 Apr  6 15:51 ladies
-rw-r--r--  1 jc              0 Apr  6 15:51 nuns
-rw-r--r--  1 jc              0 Apr  6 15:51 women
jc@decuk>


738.12COMICS::FISCHERLife's a big banana sandwichWed Apr 06 1994 17:141
Thanks Jo. I'm glad we squared that one up!
738.14KERNEL::BOWEOTelepathy, means never having to say ...Tue Apr 12 1994 11:094
I just remembered a quote from "Major League"

"Hats for bats - keep bats warm"

738.15COMICS::FISCHERLife's a big banana sandwichTue Apr 12 1994 17:011
What's "Major League"?
738.16COMICS::PARRYTrevor ParryTue Apr 12 1994 18:281
    He's "General Union"'s brother.
738.17KERNEL::BOWEOTelepathy means never having to say...Tue Apr 12 1994 19:145
No, and it isn't Corporal Punishment's Uncle either

Its a film about the Cleveland Indian baseball team whose owner wants to 
relocate the club in florida by finishing dead last in the league

738.18R2ME2::HINXMANThese are mulberry daysTue Apr 12 1994 23:4311
	re .13

>    Ah well, UNIX is dead anyway. I'm glad I never learned about it.

	Don't bank on it. I understand that the Unix(tm) branding of
	Digital(tm)'s OSF/1(tm) is well in hand.

	Of course, this may beg the question of whether any DEC product has
	a future :-)

	Tony
738.19TableKERNEL::BOWEOTelepathy means never having to say...Wed Apr 13 1994 13:3510
Talking of Bats :

Anyone got a table or desk they don't need?

And what has this got to do with Bats you ask

Well its for one of the people I share a house with (Who plays cricket) to
do his homework for the council.

Oliver 
738.20COMICS::FISCHERLife's a big banana sandwichWed Apr 13 1994 15:072
You should find lots of spare desks in the Comms area
of Viables. 
738.21YKERNEL::BOWEOTelepathy means never having to say...Wed Apr 13 1994 18:394
Yeah but I can't take them home, can I?