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[Looking back on the whole thing:]
Subject: Re: Ageless Look and the Oath Rod
From: julie@eddie.jpl.nasa.gov (Julie Kangas)
Date: 1996/08/16
Message-Id: <1996Aug16.184146.1717@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov>
Sender: news@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov
References: <4ut573$5ld@cegt201.brad <4v09cq$a55@knot.queensu.ca> <4v0pmn$169@cleon.cc.gatech.edu>
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-Jordan
In article <4v0pmn$169@cleon.cc.gatech.edu> erica@cc.gatech.edu
(Erica L. Sadun) writes:
>In article <4v09cq$a55@knot.queensu.ca>,
>Wilson Christopher H C <3chcw@qlink.queensu.ca> wrote:
>:John Novak (jsn@cegt201.bradley.edu) wrote:
>:: In <4ut0jo$nkb@knot.queensu.ca> 3chcw@qlink.queensu.ca (Wilson Christopher H C) writes: >::
>:: >Wilson Christopher H C (3chcw@qlink.queensu.ca) wrote:
>::
>:: >: Raise the battle cry
>:: >: "Ageless look by Oath Rod caused"
>:: >: Holy war begins
>::
>:: > Taim is Demandred
>:: > LTT wants to kill him
>:: > Lord of Chaos rules
>::
>:: Novak looks in awe
>:: At the monster he has made.
>:: Someone make it stop.
>
>Haikus never stop.
>Not Fish nor Taim nor Oathrod.
>Usenet marches on.
O fond memory.
Poetic fishes battling
Fisheating foe Rick.
-----------------------
Julie, Barracuda Sister <>< <>< /--------\ /
<>< <>< <>< <>< <>< /o)))))))))\-/
"I got tired of losing my gun." <>< >--)))))))))/-\
\---------/ \
[What brought that on, you may ask? Here's a late and
representative entry from the Great Haiku War, of fond memory:]
Subject: Re: TAN: Our neighbours (was: Re: QUESTIONS TO ASK Re: Robert Jordan Signing in NC!)
From: rick@ymir.imat.com (Rick Moen)
Date: 1995/10/27
Message-Id: <46rhvs$885@myrddin.imat.com>
References: <1995Oct18.174051.3124@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov> <4669kt$138@myrddin.imat.com> <1995Oct23.203931.26288@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov>
Organization: Utopia, Ltd.
Reply-To: rick@hugin.imat.com (Rick Moen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-Jordan
In <1995Oct23.203931.26288@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov>, julie@eddie.jpl.nasa.gov
(Julie Kangas) amp-ly provides provender:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>What's the friggin matter with fish, huh?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Give fish a chance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Barracuda sis
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Urges finny friends on us.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Good with wasabe.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rick the fisheater
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tastes tender finny morsel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Fugu; fish rejoice!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Toxin-laden chunks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Enhance spicy, yummy meal.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rickster dies happy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tetrodotoxin.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Puffers bridge science and myth.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A mindless zombie.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Blow-fish satiates;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Creates new couch-potato.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Likes Merkin football.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Barbaric feasting,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Fishy cabal avenges.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Piranha in bath.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Amazon taste-treat:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bath-water sauce not too bad,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>But shoyu better.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Diverse teleosts
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>conquer all environments.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Killer walking perch.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Spiny-finned dinner
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Thoughtfully walks shore to Rick.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Nature's take-out meal.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Air units attack
>>>>>>>>>>>>>while ground forces Rick distract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Flying hatchetfish.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Piscatory food
>>>>>>>>>>>>Outdoes Federal Express:
>>>>>>>>>>>>Air delivery.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>A swimming horror,
>>>>>>>>>>>hagfish crawls up anus. Feeds
>>>>>>>>>>>from the inside, out.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Vexed Rick contemplates
>>>>>>>>>>Disemboweled newbie corpse.
>>>>>>>>>>Marinade's not ready!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Shooting archerfish
>>>>>>>>>give up old-fashioned droplets.
>>>>>>>>>Now have tiny Glocks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Sagittaria:
>>>>>>>>Cute on plate with peacemakers.
>>>>>>>>Crunchy condiments.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A giant grouper
>>>>>>>spies bloated blob of protein.
>>>>>>>Snacker becomes snack.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Epinephelus,
>>>>>>Served Hong Kong style: Braised in sauce,
>>>>>>Spicily fetes clan.
>>>>>
>>>>>Grabs small helpless fish,
>>>>>but hunter becomes hunted.
>>>>>Camo'd anglerfish!
>>>>
>>>>Piscatorius
>>>>Goes nicely with tarragon.
>>>>Bulb is gourmet treat!
>>>
>>>Rick falls overboard,
>>>Eager jaws slice and dice flesh.
>>>Oooh barracuda.
>>
>>Pike-shaped aggressor's
>>Seppuku merits Rick's thanks!
>>Tasty fresh filets.
>
>Rick tries large eel, makes
>a shocking discovery!
>It's named Edison!
Rick's insulated:
"I dine again, Lews Therin!"
Tastes good with currants.
--
Cheers, My pid is Inigo Montoya. You kill -9 my
Rick Moen parent process. Prepare to vi.
rick@hugin.imat.com