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- Bob Powell & Gears 1994
-
-
- THE Z=A=M AGONY COLUMN !!
- -----------------------------
-
-
- Oh yes, it's back.... This idea has been copied many times by other
- disk-mags, but we're still the daftest ! Actually, I copied this idea
- from a girlie mag which was lying about in our 6th form area......
- WELL I WAS BORED - OKAY ?!?! Any-"public high"-way, this time Bob Powell
- (The Masked Artist) from Computer and Design Services came into the
- article (yes, he did make a bit of a mess) with his crazy questions !
- Enjoy !
-
-
-
- FROM:
-
- BOB POWELL (THE MASKED ARTIST)
- COMPUTER & DESIGN SERVICES
-
- My Amiga's getting old now, it's a Kickstart 0.1 Amiga 250. I bought
- it back in the long hot summer of 1976 and up until now its never given
- me any problems. Recently, though, its furry dice keep locking up on
- me ! The twin exhausts no longer give me the full 3k extra RAM. The
- printer I am using originally came with a Speccy 48 and the goldfish
- on the printing head sometimes miss-fire. So so you think if I updated
- my thin Agnus chip, I could get the fluff out of my belly button
- easier ? Aswell as multi-tasking with a Bambleweeny Spreadsheet V3
- (that's the one with the optional strawberry body lotion and the
- overhead camshaft) ?
- My friend offered to swap an Atari STE with 8 Meg and a 40 Meg
- hard-drive for my set-up. I told him to shove it, and being an artist
- could draw him diagrams on just what way was the best to achieve it,
- after all I'm insane not stupid !
-
- GEARS REPLIES:
-
- Hmmm...... I don't know about the belly-button problem, but a
- Cadbury's Boost (it's slightly rippled with a flat underside) could
- help you shade small insects from light rainfall. If you were using
- version 5 of the bambleweeny spreadsheet (it has chocolate flavour
- body lotion and cruise-control) then you could multi-task with several
- scantily-clad buxom-blondes. Updating your Agnus could be fatal, I
- mean...look what happened to James Bond when that new bloke came
- in......it's just not the same, is it ?
- Well, at least you didn't swap it for an Atari STE !! Tell me, how
- much does it cost to see your friend with an Atari STE up his
- orifice ?!
-
-
- FROM:
-
- I.M.INNOCENT
- H.M. PRISON.
-
- HELP !!! Let me outta here !!! They've locked me up !!! I'm
- innocent !! I keep telling them, "Someone planted that
- thermo-nuclear warhead on me !" but they don't believe me !! They
- forced my confession !!! Help me please !! I want to get out of
- here !!! HEEEEEELLLLP !!!
-
- GEARS REPLIES:
-
- If you can't get an appeal hearing, then plead insanity by telling
- them you regularly eat several types of dog droppings. If that
- doesn't work, tell them that you drive an escort XR3I........no,
- that would just make your situation worse. Your best bet is to get
- beaten up by the police and then get your solicitor to go to the
- judge and shout :-
-
- "POLICE BRUTALITY !!!! RODNEY KING !!!!! POLICE BRUTALITY !!!!!"
-
- That should do the trick.
-
-
- FROM:
-
- J. MAJOR
- 10, DOWNING STREET,
-
- I can't control the Government ! And I can't believe that I
- actually did it with Norma !! Oh no !! And I keep dreaming about
- that blonde one from Abba ! Help me Gears ! I can't do it any
- more !
-
- GEARS REPLIES:
-
- I'd get the Monster Raving Looney Party to take over. They seem
- to have more sanity than any of the present partys do. As for
- Norma...... I don't know what you could do.... you really are a sad
- man. Erm... The blonde one from Abba... Well, I hope you're talking
- about the blonde GIRL and not the blonde bloke !
-
-
-
- FROM:
-
- MARY WHITEHOUSE
- EX-HEAD OF THE GROUP FOR DECENT AND PROPER BROADCASTING WHICH
- DOESN'T HAVE ANY RUDE BITS OR SWEARING IN IT.
-
- I find your "mag" most vulgar. You hold biased, opinionated views
- which are warping the minds of your readers. If you do not stop this
- disgusting behaviour I will have to murder you most violently. I also
- hope that you do not change or edit my letter. Buttocks! Please reply
- in a sensible way which will not offend. Thank you.
-
- GEARS REPLIES:
-
- Suck on this Mary ! I hate you, and people like you. You try to
- ban programmes on TV which contain 1 or 2 swear words, and you're a
- boring twerp aswell. You're not going to stop me or this mag so nerr.
- The PD scene is alive but if people like you get their way, it won't
- be. Go and watch Rainbow ya big sweaty wulrus.
-
-
-
-
- FROM:
-
- TIDDLES
- SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD
-
- Meeeoooow... meeeeoooww.....meow.......meeewwww......hissssss.....
- hissss.....meow.....meeeeeeuuuuwwww.....mewowowoiwowowwww.....
-
-
- GEARS REPLIES:
-
- I see... Well, you could try rotating the mouse on a stick......
- this will ensure that it is cooked evenly. As for the problem with
- the multi-plexing trans-warp drive, you could isolate the tritanium
- and do a level 3 ship-wide diagnostic.
-
-
-
-
- FROM:
-
- THE EDITOR
- ANOTHER DISK-MAG
-
- You stupid little tight-arsed git ! Can't you get your own
- friggin` ideas ? We started the agony column in 1584 A.D. so nerr.
- Why don't you shove your "ZAM" right up your fat hairy ...
- (LET'S HAVE LESS OF THAT ! - ED)
-
-
- GEARS REPLIES:
-
- Do you know how much money I would have to spend just to buy a years
- worth of disk-mags from the "Licenceware" catalogues ? Loads... Too
- much money in my opinion. Why do disk-mags have to argue anyway ?
- Can't we all live in the same world and share things ? All we need is
- love.... la la la laaaar... Oh no, I think I'm going to be sick.....
- BLLLLLLLLLEEEEERRRGGGGHHH....
-
-
-
-
- FROM:
-
- Mr. S. ERIOUS.
- LONDON.
-
- I recently got your journal from a local PD library. I want to know
- why you seem to dislike the Government and the Monarchy so much. I
- voted Conservative in the last election and I have not regretted it,
- I love the Queen and I refuse to get another issue of your magazine
- if you continue to bad-mouth them.
-
-
- GEARS REPLIES:
-
- Oh fuck you. Sorry, but I have to say it. What have the Tories done ?
- They've closed down nearly every coal mine in the UK so they can
- import more expensive coal from Germany and elsewhere. This government
- is crooked, and they must be getting "back-handers" from certain
- companies for doing this. Nearly 3 million people are unemployed and
- the education system is up the swanney. Take the EuroTunnel as an
- example - it's nearly complete, and so are the French rail links,
- stations, lines etc. Look at the english end, sweet Fanny Addams. The
- direct link from London the the EuroTunnel won't be finished until
- 2004 ! And what about the link to Birmingham ? They estimate it'll be
- finished in 2013 ! And as for the royal family ! What the fuck have
- they ever done for me ? Bugger all, that's what. They nab my taxes to
- restore their house, and they even charge people 8 quid just to walk
- round it ! Piffle... Go suck a lolly.
-
- Send us your problems ! Just hit that REPLY button and get typing !!
- Complete confidentiality is NOT given (unless you're a very gorgeous
- female)
-