(#2002-3179) - Topics this issue: 1) Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great, 2) Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great, 3) Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great, 4) An Explanation, 5) Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great, 6) Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great, 7) Ace of Base, 8) An Explanation, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:59:54 -0400 From: Debbie Howell Subject: Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great First, thank you, Patty, for being the first Words Woman to acknowledge my return. What a brave girl you are!! Second, Doug, I'm sure I would be PROUD to be your Flunkie! Go ahead and make your fame and fortune, then we'll talk! In the meantime, I'll just stay here with my billionaire boss because I know HIS money isn't going anywhere! And not to worry, Doug! If you knew me at all, you'd know that I have a lifelong history of being nice to everyone who doesn't treat me like dirt! I flunked the Turning The Other Cheek course in Sunday School though! Debbie The Un-Doormat Even when you're speculating, don't announce it. State your theory (or opinion) as though it were the truth. Half of us will assume it is so . . . just because. If you do it enough times, half of that half will acknowledge your expertise, and then before you know it . . . book deals, royalties, autograph signings, and Debbie Howell as your personal flunky. Artsy (may I call you "Artsy"? ) responds: Now if I had said that, Doug, you would have cyberslapped me and started gathering wood for the public execution by burning. Also, knowing your penchant for sarcasm, I'm guessing that what you really wanted to say was, "Nice to have to back with us, Debbie." I believe the term Deion Sanders used recently was "pimp-slapped", but then that's Deion . . . not me. At any rate, is your comment speculative or are you "convinced"? I was just letting Debbie know that, even though she put her "pleasure toys" away, someone was still paying attention to her posts. Since she referred to herself as "Professional Flunky to the Stars", I thought it a nice tie-in to the point I was making. But, I will say "Welcome Back, Debbie. Be nice to my friend Jean and her friend Ann and they'll be nice to you." (Look what Chris has started with just a passing reference to Barney and / or Mister Rogers). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:08:04 EDT From: Artsypooh@aol.com Subject: Re: Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great --part1_ce.2ee54e3f.2ae974e4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/24/02 11:03:00 AM Central Daylight Time, DHOWELL@LCIMEDIA.COM writes: > First, thank you, Patty, for being the first Words Woman to acknowledge my > return. What a brave girl you are!! > Hello, Debbie, You are quite welcome. Patty --part1_ce.2ee54e3f.2ae974e4_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:02:43 -0700 From: "Stanbery, Rhonda" Subject: RE: Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C27B7F.2AF864A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Debbie -- Let me welcome you back. I thoroughly enjoy your emails! -----Original Message----- From: Debbie Howell [mailto:DHOWELL@LCIMEDIA.COM] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:00 AM To: words List Member Subject: Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great First, thank you, Patty, for being the first Words Woman to acknowledge my return. What a brave girl you are!! Second, Doug, I'm sure I would be PROUD to be your Flunkie! Go ahead and make your fame and fortune, then we'll talk! In the meantime, I'll just stay here with my billionaire boss because I know HIS money isn't going anywhere! And not to worry, Doug! If you knew me at all, you'd know that I have a lifelong history of being nice to everyone who doesn't treat me like dirt! I flunked the Turning The Other Cheek course in Sunday School though! Debbie The Un-Doormat Even when you're speculating, don't announce it. State your theory (or opinion) as though it were the truth. Half of us will assume it is so . . . just because. If you do it enough times, half of that half will acknowledge your expertise, and then before you know it . . . book deals, royalties, autograph signings, and Debbie Howell as your personal flunky. Artsy (may I call you "Artsy"? ) responds: Now if I had said that, Doug, you would have cyberslapped me and started gathering wood for the public execution by burning. Also, knowing your penchant for sarcasm, I'm guessing that what you really wanted to say was, "Nice to have to back with us, Debbie." I believe the term Deion Sanders used recently was "pimp-slapped", but then that's Deion . . . not me. At any rate, is your comment speculative or are you "convinced"? I was just letting Debbie know that, even though she put her "pleasure toys" away, someone was still paying attention to her posts. Since she referred to herself as "Professional Flunky to the Stars", I thought it a nice tie-in to the point I was making. But, I will say "Welcome Back, Debbie. Be nice to my friend Jean and her friend Ann and they'll be nice to you." (Look what Chris has started with just a passing reference to Barney and / or Mister Rogers). "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb http://www.brothersgibb.com To change any of your list options, please go to website listed above. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C27B7F.2AF864A0-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:31:55 -0500 From: "Douglas E Wilson" Subject: An Explanation It has come to my attention that several, maybe even hundreds of you, might have been offended at one time or another by something I have written. While the first reaction of some, who are not as nice as I, would be to say "too ******** bad" . . . that's just not me. So as a public service, I thought I'd explain the process I go through when composing a post to the Words Mailing List. Hopefully, this explanation will help many of you put things into the proper context. (1) Think of my posts (or anyone's post, for that matter) as a Gibb composition. Specifically, despite what the words appear to say, the hope is that a reader will take them and apply meaning to them within the framework of their own life. My posts are meant to be more abstract as opposed to hard-hitting. In other words, they don't really mean a thing, unless you want them to. So, if you're upset at something that I've written . . . it's your own fault for choosing to interpret them the way you have. (2) Second, I never write anything until I've finalized the melody. Every post has words that fit the melody. In many cases, I've meant to write something other than I did, but the words just didn't fit the melody, so I had to change them. For instance, this entire post is meant to fit the melody of "Had A Lot Of Love Last Night". But since I fell asleep a bit earlier than anticipated, the words I wanted to write just didn't fit. Rather than switch to "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" (which I couldn't do because I'd already settled on "Had A Lot Of Love Last Night"), I had to change the words to fit the melody. Everyone got it now . . . it's not the words, it's the melody. So keep these points in mind the next time you find yourself offended: "It's your fault, not mine" and "Gee, that post was great. It had a good beat and you could dance to it." Doug (who wishes Jill Thompson would take the time to interpret this for me) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:31:54 -0500 From: "Douglas E Wilson" Subject: RE: Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great Well said, Patty! Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com]On > Behalf Of Artsypooh@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:08 AM > To: words List Member > Subject: Re: Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great > > > In a message dated 10/24/02 11:03:00 AM Central Daylight Time, > DHOWELL@LCIMEDIA.COM writes: > > > > First, thank you, Patty, for being the first Words Woman to > acknowledge my > > return. What a brave girl you are!! > > > > Hello, Debbie, > > You are quite welcome. > > Patty > > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 19:15:55 +0100 From: "Linda" Subject: Re: Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great Nice to see you back Debbie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanbery, Rhonda" To: "words List Member" Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:02 PM Subject: RE: Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great > Debbie -- Let me welcome you back. I thoroughly enjoy your emails! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Debbie Howell [mailto:DHOWELL@LCIMEDIA.COM] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:00 AM > To: words List Member > Subject: Feisty Handmaiden to The Great & The Near Great > > > First, thank you, Patty, for being the first Words Woman to acknowledge my > return. What a brave girl you are!! > > Second, Doug, I'm sure I would be PROUD to be your Flunkie! Go ahead and > make your fame and fortune, then we'll talk! In the meantime, I'll just > stay here with my billionaire boss because I know HIS money isn't going > anywhere! > > And not to worry, Doug! If you knew me at all, you'd know that I have a > lifelong history of being nice to everyone who doesn't treat me like dirt! > I flunked the Turning The Other Cheek course in Sunday School though! > > Debbie > The Un-Doormat > > Even when you're speculating, don't announce it. State your theory (or > opinion) as though it were the truth. Half of us will assume it is so . . . > just because. If you do it enough times, half of that > half will acknowledge your expertise, and then before you know it . . . book > deals, royalties, autograph signings, and Debbie Howell as your personal > flunky. > > Artsy (may I call you "Artsy"? ) responds: > Now if I had said that, Doug, you would have cyberslapped me and started > gathering wood for the public execution by burning. Also, knowing your > penchant for sarcasm, I'm guessing that what you really wanted to say was, > "Nice to have to back with us, Debbie." > > I believe the term Deion Sanders used recently was "pimp-slapped", but then > that's Deion . . . not me. At any rate, is your comment speculative or are > you "convinced"? I was just letting Debbie know that, even though she put > her "pleasure toys" away, someone was still paying attention to her posts. > Since she referred to herself as "Professional Flunky to the Stars", I > thought it a nice tie-in to the point I was making. But, I will say > "Welcome Back, Debbie. Be nice to my friend Jean and her friend Ann and > they'll be nice to you." (Look what Chris has started with just a passing > reference to Barney and / or Mister Rogers). > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. > > > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:28:23 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Ronnie=20Olsson?= Subject: Re: Ace of Base --- "jad.smith" skrev: > Hiya all, > > I'm with you, King Ronnie. Ace of Base - "All that > she wants is another baby....." > > TTFN > Laurie :-] Loyal subject of King Ronnie Ok, that's one... Now, where are the other 24.999.999 copies? :o) /Ronnie ...who just got home after spending 13 1/2 hours at work!!! Now chillin' on the couch listening to the Spirits album... I'll be reachin out, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! ===== The Omnipotent King of Scania ****************************************************** Homepage: http://hem.passagen.se/rool8206/ Wanted List: http://www.klippan.seths.se/~kl19082a/ ****************************************************** _____________________________________________________ Gratis e-mail resten av livet på www.yahoo.se/mail Busenkelt! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:32:01 -0700 From: som3 Subject: Re: An Explanation Doug, This explains why I never know WHAT you are talking about. Thanks for clarifying. Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas E Wilson" To: "words List Member" Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:31 AM Subject: An Explanation > It has come to my attention that several, maybe even hundreds of you, might > have been offended at one time or another by something I have written. > While the first reaction of some, who are not as nice as I, would be to say > "too ******** bad" . . . that's just not me. So as a public service, I > thought I'd explain the process I go through when composing a post to the > Words Mailing List. Hopefully, this explanation will help many of you put > things into the proper context. > > (1) Think of my posts (or anyone's post, for that matter) as a Gibb > composition. Specifically, despite what the words appear to say, the hope > is that a reader will take them and apply meaning to them within the > framework of their own life. My posts are meant to be more abstract as > opposed to hard-hitting. In other words, they don't really mean a thing, > unless you want them to. So, if you're upset at something that I've written > . . . it's your own fault for choosing to interpret them the way you have. > > (2) Second, I never write anything until I've finalized the melody. Every > post has words that fit the melody. In many cases, I've meant to write > something other than I did, but the words just didn't fit the melody, so I > had to change them. For instance, this entire post is meant to fit the > melody of "Had A Lot Of Love Last Night". But since I fell asleep a bit > earlier than anticipated, the words I wanted to write just didn't fit. > Rather than switch to "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" (which I couldn't do > because I'd already settled on "Had A Lot Of Love Last Night"), I had to > change the words to fit the melody. Everyone got it now . . . it's not the > words, it's the melody. > > So keep these points in mind the next time you find yourself offended: > "It's your fault, not mine" and "Gee, that post was great. It had a good > beat and you could dance to it." > > Doug > (who wishes Jill Thompson would take the time to interpret this for me) > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. > ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [10/24/2002 18:01] ----------------------------------------------------