Encore! Encore!
 

After so long away, I'm watching spellbound the kaleidoscopic DT
and the associated bloodsports. Please, guys, don't stop now!
Keep those fudge-packing iguanas, italianate families, and the
venomous bowl movements coming! A great idea for a B-grade
schlock-horror film/musical set in the Adelaide pie cart or
Sydney's Cafe-de-Wheels, where they serve pie floaters!
Bobsprit, are you still watching? You do the flick, I'll write
the score, and we'll offer the mastering to Danny, hmmm?

Encore! Encore!
 

The civilized world would never believe it.

"A morbid and fantastic invention, created by the mind of a sociopath," they
'd say.

Scout



"Flying Tadpole" wrote
Please, guys, don't stop now!

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Nono--it's a pie floater. A dense green pea soup (sludge
consistency) with a meat pie (mainly gravy rather than meat)
floating upside down in it with a blurt of tomato sauce (ketchup)
on the pie. Given that disgusting sludgy green pea soup was a
genuine delicacy in the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic era, despite
its appearance, and that the local meat pies are one of those
disgusting things that everybody consumes in private but never
admits to, it porbably tastes quite good, but I've never plucked
up the courage. (Why should I, when our other main traditional
fast food is the Cornish pastie with nary a pea in sight?)

http://www.lard.net/piefloat.html for a photo
http://www.dennislist.net/floaters.html for the ambience

Flying Tadpole


katysails wrote:

And what the heck is a floating pie?

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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No! I'm in competition with honoria! I'm going to get produced
first! (if Katysails would hurry up with the demos that is) No
bloody gondolas in MY opera, just manly men, female women and
REAL virtual sailors. All doomed of course.

Flying Tadpole

Scout wrote:

Are you a contributor? Anything at honoria in ciberspazio?
If so, I'd like to see more!
Scout

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
But that's what all the assessors are already saying about The
Internet Opera....

Scout wrote:

The civilized world would never believe it.

"A morbid and fantastic invention, created by the mind of a sociopath,"
they
'd say.

Scout

"Flying Tadpole" wrote
Please, guys, don't stop now!

Encore! Encore!
 

Of course!
And if you could include some references to "Yellow Beard," we MP fans would
be much appeased. Some suggestions would be:
1. "You'll never kill anyone if you go 'round thinkin'!"
2. "Where's my piratin' outfit?"
3. "If you say you don't know where my treasure map is, I'll nail your tits
to the table!"
4. "Don't worry mate, I'll spend your share!"
5. "It'll do the boy good to have a bit of senseless violence in his life!"
And of course,
6. "Read! Read! The last time I read a book, I was raped!"
Scout


"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
All doomed of course.

Encore! Encore!
 

GOOD LORD!

"Oz1" wrote
Before proceeding further with your enquiries I suggest you make a
detour here http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/asapo.htm#start
for a glimpse into the void!

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NOooooo!!! Oz not being cultured other than in a bacterial sense
is unaware of the other pretender to the Internet Opera crown
(hon. in cyb.) Do NOT confuse the Internet Opera aka The Cedar
Bucket with honoria in cyberspazio. No wimpish searches for
peace love and understanding and assorted warm furry feelings in
MY internet opera (other than the warm furry feeling of egos
flaming and pubes igniting in the miasmia arising from the
sanitary arrangements). No! No gondolas either!! No! and no
cyborgs either!!! the Cyborg wouldn't last one verse with
Bobsprit's Ghost Girls!!!! Nor does the script look like it was
written by a committee (why oh why do the oil companies,
philanthropic megamillionaires and cultural foundations fail to
see the genius and the potential profits in this searing expose
of virtual reality????)

Flying Tadpole

Scout wrote:

GOOD LORD!

"Oz1" wrote
Before proceeding further with your enquiries I suggest you make a
detour here http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/asapo.htm#start
for a glimpse into the void!

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There is a current outline at
http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/opera.htm

Scout wrote:

Yes, I understood the difference. After reading more, my response was in
recognition of the volume of your work, and all a consistent and commendable
quality. I believe Goethe would have enjoyed your work - well done!
Scout

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
NOooooo!!! Oz not being cultured other than in a bacterial sense
is unaware of the other pretender to the Internet Opera crown
(hon. in cyb.) Do NOT confuse the Internet Opera aka The Cedar
Bucket with honoria in cyberspazio. No wimpish searches for
peace love and understanding remainder of rant snipped

Encore! Encore!
 

Scout,

Is he a contributor!! He is THE POET LAURETE of the ASA!

As an English Teacher, You are about to be introduced to a Master User
of Words

And; "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!"

Ole Thom

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No! I'm in competition with honoria! I'm going to get produced
first! (if Katysails would hurry up with the demos that is)\

Katysails is in the throes of half of Korea descending on her household in the matter of days...we've had three college
graduations since June...plus i've been working long hours...and then we HAD to get the boat in the water before I went stark
raving bonkers...(oh...I forgot...I already WAS stark raving bonkers...)...and then there was the matter of the ceremonial rite
of preparing the voodoo doll of neal for proper action....finding a Portuguese Man-o-War in Michigan, though, was quite a
trick....katysails PROMISES she will get to it ASAP....(barring death....)
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

3. "If you say you don't know where my treasure map is, I'll nail your tits
to the table!"

YO! Where's the whip? Where's the boots? Them's fightin words!

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

Contributor?
He's the psychopath wot wrote it.

And we all love him very much.....birds of a feather....

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

honoria in cyberspazio.

Piece of trash....
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

Scout,
Being rather new, what you won't know is that Timmy's poems and opera are an accurate reflection of what this ng used to be.
Neal has now mellowed into the latter days of life and the spark has flown (away) from his vulgar tongue. Gilligan has retired
the flying monkeys and MC found out that his cholesterol levels were rising much too rapiudly with every meal I prepared. BS
was much more fun when he ahd Ghost girls instead of ALiens on his boat. We always assumed he was the Alien. And then there
are those that we have lost along the way...the sock puppets that were buried and have not been resurrected (except for the
occasional appearance of Babs...but that's mostly for my benefit...and I'm grateful to the hand that propels her for thinking
enough of me to resurrect her now and again). If you can find archives from 2-4 years ago, read through and enjoy. It was a
much different place then.

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

hehe, I'm quoting Monte Python's "Yellow Beard" That line was taken from a
hilarious scene with Graham Chapman and Madeline Kahn. A must see for
anyone considering a life of piratin' and treasure huntin'!
Scout

"katysails" wrote in message
...
3. "If you say you don't know where my treasure map is, I'll nail your
tits
to the table!"

YO! Where's the whip? Where's the boots? Them's fightin words!

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

Thanks Katy,
This group is certainly one of the more prolific I've seen. I'm enjoying the
characters immensely and may even use some of this material with my class in
the Fall (with permission of course). At first I didn't realize how much of
the banter was tongue-in-cheek, and I was apprehensive about asking even the
simplest of questions. Now I see that it's ok to jump in, even to razz a
bit, so long as one can take it as well. All in good fun.
I'll take your advice and read more of the archives (I actually lurked for
quite a while before writing in). Right now I'm laughing too hard at
Taddy's material to do much else!
Scout

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Scout,
Being rather new, what you won't know is that Timmy's poems and opera are
an accurate reflection of what this ng used to be.
Neal has now mellowed into the latter days of life and the spark has flown
(away) from his vulgar tongue. Gilligan has retired
the flying monkeys and MC found out that his cholesterol levels were
rising much too rapiudly with every meal I prepared. BS
was much more fun when he ahd Ghost girls instead of ALiens on his boat.
We always assumed he was the Alien. And then there
are those that we have lost along the way...the sock puppets that were
buried and have not been resurrected (except for the
occasional appearance of Babs...but that's mostly for my benefit...and I'm
grateful to the hand that propels her for thinking
enough of me to resurrect her now and again). If you can find archives
from 2-4 years ago, read through and enjoy. It was a
much different place then.

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

"Scout" wrote in message
...
Thanks Katy,
This group is certainly one of the more prolific I've seen. I'm enjoying
the
characters immensely and may even use some of this material with my class
in
the Fall (with permission of course). At first I didn't realize how much
of
the banter was tongue-in-cheek

Did you see Bobsprit's post where he said that I actually liked him?


Talk about "tongue in cheek"?????



Regards


Donal
--

Encore! Encore!
 

Mea culpa! Mea culpa! How many times to I hafta say it?!! I
fergot the Korean invasion, dint I? I'm sorry! I'm
soooooooorrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
FT

katysails wrote:

No! I'm in competition with honoria! I'm going to get produced
first! (if Katysails would hurry up with the demos that is)\

Katysails is in the throes of half of Korea descending on her household in the matter of days...we've had three college
graduations since June...plus i've been working long hours...and then we HAD to get the boat in the water before I went stark
raving bonkers...(oh...I forgot...I already WAS stark raving bonkers...)...and then there was the matter of the ceremonial rite
of preparing the voodoo doll of neal for proper action....finding a Portuguese Man-o-War in Michigan, though, was quite a
trick....katysails PROMISES she will get to it ASAP....(barring death....)
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

Like this? http://www.twirlygirl.net/
Scotty

"katysails" wrote
BTW, we have excellent pastie
shops in the UP here in Michigan.

Encore! Encore!
 

Tad,

You'll never,ever know how good your return has made this Old Man feel.
AND;
"By God. I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!!"

Ole Thom/ Without a boat in the water on the 4th of July

Encore! Encore!
 

"Donal" wrote in message

| Did you see Bobsprit's post where he said that I actually liked him?
|
|
| Talk about "tongue in cheek"?????


Gag!!!!

CM

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Thank'ee Thom, life's been a little, er, tedious at my end...

Thomas Stewart wrote:

Tad,

You'll never,ever know how good your return has made this Old Man feel.
AND;
"By God. I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!!"

Ole Thom/ Without a boat in the water on the 4th of July

Encore! Encore!
 

.....but we use turnips in them...no peas....

BbbYack!! Turnips?

Pasty Recipe...

Filling:
ground round (you choose how much)
dice up a bunch of carrots, turnips, and potato and mix with ground round, salt and pepper (needs a LOT) NOTE: There are NO
onions or garlic in pasties!!!!

crust:
1/2 again as much solid shortening as flour and 2 tsps. of chilled apple vinegar.
Use a fork or a pie dough thingy (if you cook you know what I'm talking about) and thoroughly mix the dough ingredients...divide
into two round balls, wrap in cellophane wrap and refrigerate for several hours...roll out each ball on a pie sheet or whatever
you use so that you have two circles....mound a bunch of the raw meat/vegetable mixture on one side of each circle of
dough...fold the other side over and pinch the edges together...bake in 375 oven on a cast iron griddle or skillet or on an oak
plank until the dough is golden brown and flaky...if you want, you can brush the crust with milk or egg white to make it
shiny....some people like shiny crust...
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

(BTW Katy, SA had the biggest Cornish influx, for the copper
mines:

Cu: major export of the UP in the last 2 centuries...

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

Cu: major export of South Australia in the last 2 centuries...

Look up world's biggest copper mines (say, top 10) over the last
200 years :)

Flying Tadpole, but the coppery glow comes from U not Cu...

katysails wrote:

(BTW Katy, SA had the biggest Cornish influx, for the copper
mines:

Cu: major export of the UP in the last 2 centuries...

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

Peas be with _you_, Oz.

More years ago than I care to remember, we hosted the Region 2
Firefighting COmpetitions. The Station Officer was a baker by
trade, and we made and baked '000s of pasties for the hungry
crowds on the day. made a lot of Social Club and equipment money
on the day! The recipe was almost exactly Katysails'. AND to
stay awake at 3am before the competitions, one would take a slug
of the juice appearing from all those chopping vegetables.

(Alas, we were all so zonked we didn't win or place in any
event. Any fire would have been attended by crews of zombies.)

Flying Tadpole

Oz1 wrote:

On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 00:11:59 -0400, "katysails"
wrote:


....but we use turnips in them...no peas....

BbbYack!! Turnips?

Pasty Recipe...

Filling:
ground round (you choose how much)
dice up a bunch of carrots, turnips, and potato and mix with ground round, salt and pepper (needs a LOT) NOTE: There are NO
onions or garlic in pasties!!!!

turnips..yaack, and no peas!

Oz1...of the 3 twins.
I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Encore! Encore!
 

really? how so? I don't know much about her.
Scout

"katysails" wrote in message
...

Madeline Kahn.

Great singer, great comic ability...too bad she was such a wretched
person....
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

Oz1 wrote:



Great, but I still like peas in my pasties snip

Ah sh*t, why do we even _try_ teaching you social graces....

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really? how so? I don't know much about her.

She was very difficult to work with "Diva'prima donna" arrirude and abusive to the other cast members she worked with.

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Encore! Encore!
 

Oz1 wrote:

Great, but I still like peas in my pasties snip
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 23:01:28 +0930, Flying Tadpole
wrote:

Ah sh*t, why do we even _try_ teaching you social graces....

Oz1 wrote:
Because you enjoy the challenge?


No, it's the masochist in me.

Encore! Encore!
 

Oz1 wrote:

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 01:11:53 +0930, Flying Tadpole
wrote:


Oz1 wrote:

Great, but I still like peas in my pasties snip
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 23:01:28 +0930, Flying Tadpole
wrote:

Ah sh*t, why do we even _try_ teaching you social graces....

Oz1 wrote:
Because you enjoy the challenge?


No, it's the masochist in me.

Masochist?
Try Gorter Schnapps at 1am!



Hmmm...no, Cointreau

Encore! Encore!
 

No, it's the masochist in me.

Oh, goody...where's the whip? Where's the boots?
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein