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- From: Not_Al_Crawford@ed.ac.uk (Not Al Crawford)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: Re: Chimpanzees/Olympic Games
- Message-ID: <40391@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 08:46:35 GMT
- References: <40075@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk> <24266@castle.ed.ac.uk> <ATAYLOR.92Jul30112708@gauss.nmsu.edu>
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- Reply-To: Not_Al_Crawford@ed.ac.uk (Not Al Crawford)
- Organization: Penicuik People's Revolutionary Sheepdog Liberation Front
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- And lo, ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy) spake unto the masses saying:
- >
- > Eh, he's just saying that to try to fit in with the
- > rest of the tv-hating peevers.
-
- Peeve: the way the supposed "tv-hating peevers" (who despite declaring
- their aversion to it seem quite up to date on exactly what's on
- it at any particular moment in time) seem to class anyone who
- admits to watching *any* TV whatsoever as a couch potato.
-
- > Akshooly, Not Al prolly has several TV sets, each
- > tuned to a different channel (cricket, rugby, US
- > cop shows, CNN) with a different remote control
- > for each in his lap.
-
- Akshooly, Not Al has exactly *one* television, a small colour portable
- which...
-
- a) doesn't have a remote control at all.
- b) is switched on from 6.40am-7.25am and 10.00pm-10.15pm each weekday.
- c) is only actually *watched* for about 20 minutes of that time, usually
- whilst doing something else.
-
- The *reason* it is watched is because there is *news* on at those times.
- Which allows me to keep abreast of events in the outside world, such as who
- has *died* during the day, who is fighting who etc.
-
- Different channels? Even if I was a couch potato, this is the UK, where
- unless you feel like investing in a satellite dish, you've got four
- channels and that's it. At the time of the morning I usually watch it I
- have a choice of the test card or a blank screen on one station, the BBC
- news on the other station, or the inaninity of the breakfast "news" on ITV
- or Channel 4.
-
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- Not Al Crawford - Not_Al_Crawford@ed.ac.uk
- "The water shines/A sheepdog skips across the face/A dozen times"
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