I think the slash argument illustrates nicely the complete social ineptitude of the English.
At the Shipping round table we were told that s- was banned as a topic from panel, that obviously the panel couldn't stop people raising it from the floor, but that people shouldn't be surprised if the panel asked them to stop.
Any other nationality would have immediately understood that the message was "Please talk as much as you like about slash while we make an ineffectual show of asking you to stop." The English, however, obey the literal demand, and then form a huddle afterwards to complain to each other about the oppressive atmosphere.
A Goat! A veritable Goat!tabouliAugust 4 2005, 14:40:39 UTC
Excellent! After catching you in the YM pastures twice in the last three years or thereabouts, it's good to see you've joined the torrents of oldtimer HPFGU folk on LJ. Looking forward to further cloven hoofprints on my Friends page...
I agree on the wonderful hospitality shown by Catherine and Mickey. Before I went to their place for the book launch weekend, I weighed a mere five ounces. Now look at me!
I also agree on the moniker point. I'm expecting WB to make me a car that dare not speak its name any day now. More to the point, why did no one at Accio explore evidence for vehicular lifestyles in HP? Why no papers on mechanising the text or theorising on animate/inanimate ship pairings? It must have been down to WB all the time. Simply outrageous!
"mechandsing the text "aberforths_goatAugust 5 2005, 15:59:09 UTC
Tutt, tutt, Niel.
Some things really are just a bit too outré for folks as sensitive as those Warner Brothers. Honestly. Next thing I hear, I'll find out there's gambling at a nightclub in Casablanca. I am shocked, shocked.
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But seriously ... folks are going to have to show a little more nerve, or verve, or something if they want to get a proper uproar going.
Please don't complain after the fact! We didn't have one single submission on "evidence for vehicular lifestyles in HP". Or on "mechanising the text". Or even theorising on "animate/inanimate ship pairings".
I can assure you, however, that any such proposals would have been treated with the consideration they deserved. Please feel free to submit something for 2007. You are, after all, the person best qualified to do so.
Ahoy there! Catherine's kitchen is legendary, but of course you biked it all off, right? Be glad you weren't there when she canned plum dipping sauce.
When I get home and have more internet leisure (not that 10 pesos an hour is a prohibitively steep rate), I look forward to perusing the Accio photos for glimpses of a scholarly goat. In the meantime, if you're looking for topics, tell those of us who didn't make it how your presentation went!
BTW, I loved the sermon and thought 99% of it would go over beautifully at my church. Writing in English suits you--you'd think it was your native tongue, instead of Goat. More on the sermon when I'm home, as well.
No, if I were JRK I would have figured out how to turn all the above into adverbs, but still!
I can't say how much I missed not meeting you guys at Accio - but the nutty story just about made up for it. It's so nice to know that I'm not the ony person who does this stuff ...
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I think the slash argument illustrates nicely the complete social ineptitude of the English.
At the Shipping round table we were told that s- was banned as a topic from panel, that obviously the panel couldn't stop people raising it from the floor, but that people shouldn't be surprised if the panel asked them to stop.
Any other nationality would have immediately understood that the message was "Please talk as much as you like about slash while we make an ineffectual show of asking you to stop." The English, however, obey the literal demand, and then form a huddle afterwards to complain to each other about the oppressive atmosphere.
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I agree on the wonderful hospitality shown by Catherine and Mickey. Before I went to their place for the book launch weekend, I weighed a mere five ounces. Now look at me!
I also agree on the moniker point. I'm expecting WB to make me a car that dare not speak its name any day now. More to the point, why did no one at Accio explore evidence for vehicular lifestyles in HP? Why no papers on mechanising the text or theorising on animate/inanimate ship pairings? It must have been down to WB all the time. Simply outrageous!
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Some things really are just a bit too outré for folks as sensitive as those Warner Brothers. Honestly. Next thing I hear, I'll find out there's gambling at a nightclub in Casablanca. I am shocked, shocked.
* * * *
But seriously ... folks are going to have to show a little more nerve, or verve, or something if they want to get a proper uproar going.
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I can assure you, however, that any such proposals would have been treated with the consideration they deserved. Please feel free to submit something for 2007. You are, after all, the person best qualified to do so.
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When I get home and have more internet leisure (not that 10 pesos an hour is a prohibitively steep rate), I look forward to perusing the Accio photos for glimpses of a scholarly goat. In the meantime, if you're looking for topics, tell those of us who didn't make it how your presentation went!
BTW, I loved the sermon and thought 99% of it would go over beautifully at my church. Writing in English suits you--you'd think it was your native tongue, instead of Goat. More on the sermon when I'm home, as well.
It's great to see you in LJ-land!
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Aaaaaammmmmyyyy!!!
You dirty, rotten, lovely, terrific, unforgivable, wonderful, already forgiven, ridiculous -
eh?
No, if I were JRK I would have figured out how to turn all the above into adverbs, but still!
I can't say how much I missed not meeting you guys at Accio - but the nutty story just about made up for it. It's so nice to know that I'm not the ony person who does this stuff ...
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