From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #219 Reply-To: ammf@smoe.org Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, August 6 1998 Volume 01 : Number 219 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Jian's Cool! [starfox@Bacon.Eggs.And.NOSPAM.nationwide.net (Starfox)] Re: Canadian Customs [jgilson@calvin.skidmore.edu (Fred the Eternal Snail] Did I miss this? ["Demetriou, Melanie" ] Fru-tripping [Caitlin ] Re: Canadian Customs [Ambush Bug ] Re: Did I miss this? [AngeHalo1@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 6 Aug 1998 15:51:18 GMT From: starfox@Bacon.Eggs.And.NOSPAM.nationwide.net (Starfox) Subject: Re: Jian's Cool! AngeHalo1@aol.com wrote: : Ceecee - there are plenty of us here holding that soapbx steady for ya... it : isn't a matter of wether you care or not about Jian' s preference or anything : else, it is really an issue of is it your business??? Personally, what he : does on his own time ( barring killing people and the like) doesn't change : the fact that he... they captivate me when they are on stage. And, here's the thing that gets me: Why do people want to know? Hmm? If he is gay, is it suddenly going to change the way you think of him or, if you're lucky enough, interact with him? If yes, then I say that's more a problem with the person asking the question. Change the subject, cuz this one is old. Starfox "How 'bout them Cowboys?" - -- Starfox starfox (at) nationwide dot net "We each pay a fabulous price, for our visions of paradise." - Rush "Mission" ------------------------------ Date: 6 Aug 1998 15:42:58 GMT From: jgilson@calvin.skidmore.edu (Fred the Eternal Snail) Subject: Re: Canadian Customs Loren Becker dazzled us with the following: : > When you eat your Smarties, : > Do you eat the red ones last? : > Do you suck them very slowly, : > Or crunch them very fast? : > Eat that candy-coated chocolate, : > But tell me when I ask, : > When you eat your Smarties, : > Do you eat the red ones last? : i'm confused. are the smarties mentioned here something entirely different : than the ones i grew up with in the states? my recollection of smarties does : not in any way shape or form involve chocolate. or the color red. would : someone please enlighten me...? For general elucidation, the American "smarties" are the hard version of pixi stix. :-} Seriously, they're pastel colored candies made out of compressed powdered sugar and a little (very little...) flavoring. They come in cellophane rolls with about twenty smarties in a roll. They're about 5/16 of an inch across, 1/8 deep, and concave on both sides. Man, am I anal retentive or something? 'later, jeff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And you see, there are all these words, nothing but words, nothing but words, what are these words, and there they are, so that's what you're faced with, words, words... -- Steven Millhauser, _Edwin_Mullhouse_ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 16:23:09 GMT From: "Demetriou, Melanie" Subject: Did I miss this? Jian said at SoNo that MF had taped a show for NPR. Did I miss him (or anyone) saying when that show would air? Or don't they know yet? Melanie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 16:29:27 GMT From: "Demetriou, Melanie" Subject: RE: Canadian Customs On Thursday, August 06, 1998 11:43 AM, jgilson@calvin.skidmore.edu [SMTP:jgilson@calvin.skidmore.edu] wrote: > For general elucidation, the American "smarties" are the hard version > of pixi stix. :-} Seriously, they're pastel colored candies made out > of compressed powdered sugar and a little (very little...) flavoring. > They come in cellophane rolls with about twenty smarties in a roll. > They're about 5/16 of an inch across, 1/8 deep, and concave on both > sides. > > Man, am I anal retentive or something? No more than I am, apparently. :-) Melanie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 16:28:01 GMT From: "Demetriou, Melanie" Subject: RE: Canadian Customs On Thursday, August 06, 1998 11:15 AM, Loren Becker [SMTP:lbecker@simons-rock.edu] wrote: > i'm confused. are the smarties mentioned here something entirely different > than the ones i grew up with in the states? my recollection of smarties does > not in any way shape or form involve chocolate. or the color red. would > someone please enlighten me...? Right, I remember the Smarties that you're talking about. They're more like Pez than M&M's. And there's a similar candy called Fizzies or something like that. They come in rolls of 10 or 15, and they're wrapped in clear plastic, so if you do it right, you can just slide 'em all into your mouth. Or divide them up by color and suck on 'em till your tongue hurts, the way you're *supposed* to! :-) I was confused at first, but then I caught on that they weren't talking about the American Smarties. I must say, I'm impressed by the Americans who knew the jingle! Melanie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 09:16:07 -0700 From: Caitlin Subject: Re: Canadian Customs > Crossing BACK into the US is another story. I've actually had my > luggage inspected by US customs officials *growl* OK, it really is just me... not only have I never been asked for ID by any customs agent in any country, I think the people in Buffalo got to recognize my car (not too many '79 yellow Volvos with 2 foot Chiquita banana stickers on them out there, I guess) and stopped asking me if I had anything to declare on my way back... "$80 worth of Smarties. Yes, really. They're so much better than American candy..." "Go back to your own country, you nutty american!" ____ \ /__ Caitlin Xantha Hazen \/ / caitlin@wayward-volvo.org \/ http://www.wayward-volvo.org/xanthe.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 09:02:29 -0700 From: Caitlin Subject: Fru-tripping Ya know, I remember being shocked the first time I met Colleen at a concert... she'd driven from Florida to Cleveland OH. *giggle* and less than a year later I thought nothing of flying from California to Philadelphia for a weekend... but as a starving art student (tm), I haven't had time to do many fru-trips this year... any word on who's ahead in the fru-miles collection? ____ \ /__ Caitlin Xantha Hazen \/ / caitlin@wayward-volvo.org \/ http://www.wayward-volvo.org/xanthe.html On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Colleen Campbell wrote: > On 22 Jul 1998 23:53:34 GMT, > starfox@Bacon.Eggs.And.NOSPAM.nationwide.net (Starfox) wrote: > > >Starfox "Methinks we will be going the farthest to see Fruvous." > > Piffle. I went from southern Florida to Sudbury, ON last summer. And > several people have crossed the continent--Caiti, Nikolai, Beth, > Larry, Doug, and Nicole, at least--from CA or Seattle for east coast > shows. You get honorable mention, though. :) > > cee > > ------------------------------ Date: 6 Aug 1998 16:45:22 GMT From: Ambush Bug Subject: Re: Canadian Customs It is my understanding that Smarties in England (and apparently Canada) are similar to M&Ms (candy covered choclate) in the United States. Smarties in the USA are as you have said. Mike Remember when Fred the Eternal Snail said: : For general elucidation, the American "smarties" are the hard version : of pixi stix. :-} Seriously, they're pastel colored candies made out : of compressed powdered sugar and a little (very little...) flavoring. : They come in cellophane rolls with about twenty smarties in a roll. : They're about 5/16 of an inch across, 1/8 deep, and concave on both : sides. - -- It's not not it's net. Try Koplio's Story! Get it at http://www.aliensoft.com. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 18:20:58 GMT From: AngeHalo1@aol.com Subject: Re: Did I miss this? I do not believe that they said an air date at the sono show. I thought he said to keep our ears open for that. Either that, or I missed it too ;) Angel ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #219 ********************************************