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- <P> That's me, Didier from Belgium (of The Answer Gang fame) and Mick from
- Ireland (of News Bytes fame) in Chester, England during my UK trip in July. We
- spent the day in Chester walking on the medieval wall, looking at Roman
- columns, and visiting the Roman amphitheater and the Chester Cathedral. More
- pictures from my trip are at
- <A HREF="http://iron.cx/pix/">http://iron.cx/pix/</A> in the 2002 section.
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- <P> I went to the UK in July and met Didier (of The Answer Gang fame) and Mick
- (of News Bytes fame)
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- WACKO TOPIC OF THE MONTH
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- <P> All this talk about England reminded Ben of a pseudo-<EM>Beowulf</EM>
- quote his <CODE>fortune</CODE> program doth said once:
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- Meanehwael, baccat meaddehaele, monstaer lurccen;
- Fulle few too many drincce, hie luccen for fyht.
- [D]en Hreorfneorht[d]hwr, son of Hrwaerow[p]heororthwl,
- AEsccen aewful jeork to steop outsyd.
- [P]hud! Bashe! Crasch! Beoom! [D]e bigge gye
- Eallum his bon brak, byt his nose offe;
- Wicced Godsylla waeld on his asse.
- Monstaer moppe fleor wy[p] eallum men in haelle.
- Beowulf in bacceroome fonecall bemaccen waes;
- Hearen sond of ruccus saed, "Hwaet [d]e helle?"
- Graben sheold strang ond swich-blaed scharp
- Sond feorth to fyht [d]e grimlic foe.
- "Me," Godsylla saed, "mac [d]e minsemete."
- Heoro cwyc geten heold wi[p] faemed half-nelson
- Ond flyng him lic frisbe bac to fen.
- Beowulf belly up to meaddehaele bar,
- Saed, "Ne foe beaten mie faersom cung-fu."
- Eorderen cocca-colha yce-coeld, [d]e reol [p]yng.
- -- Not Chaucer, for certain
- </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-
- <P> If that's not wacko enough, see this
- <A HREF="http://www.gilchriststudios.com/nancy/images/061802.gif">Nancy cartoon</A>.
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