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20 minutes of Rod Serling

I am just finishing watching a documentary about Rod Serling.

It was cool, but after 20 minutes it got boring and all I wanted to do
is subscribe to Net Flix and rent the Twilight Zone episodes.

Some times the work is more interesting than the life.
Jul 21 '05 #1
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Dear rawrite:

"rawrite" <ra*****@dd.sci> wrote in message
news:zL*******************@newsread2.news.pas.eart hlink.net...
I am just finishing watching a documentary about Rod Serling.

It was cool, but after 20 minutes it got boring and all I wanted to do
is subscribe to Net Flix and rent the Twilight Zone episodes.

Some times the work is more interesting than the life.


Not if Serling had done the documentary. Sometimes the talent of the
person doing it is more important than the subject matter.

David A. Smith
Jul 21 '05 #2
rawrite wrote:
I am just finishing watching a documentary about Rod Serling.

It was cool, but after 20 minutes it got boring and all I wanted to do
is subscribe to Net Flix and rent the Twilight Zone episodes.

Some times the work is more interesting than the life.


Serling was a brilliant screenwriter. Probably the best around. If given a
choice between RS and Gene Rodenberry, I'd have to go with RS even though
classic Star Trek is awesome.
Jul 21 '05 #3
So what is the point of this post in dotnet newsgroup?
"rawrite" <ra*****@dd.sci> wrote in message
news:zL*******************@newsread2.news.pas.eart hlink.net...
I am just finishing watching a documentary about Rod Serling.

It was cool, but after 20 minutes it got boring and all I wanted to do
is subscribe to Net Flix and rent the Twilight Zone episodes.

Some times the work is more interesting than the life.

Jul 21 '05 #4
Person "Nick" <ne**@zigamorph.com> says...
So what is the point of this post in dotnet newsgroup?
do do do-do
do do do-do

You have just entered _The Twilight Zone_

Imagine a world, where posts do not relate to there newsgroups subject
matter...it's a world that you may find...*in the Twilight Zone* .
"rawrite" <ra*****@dd.sci> wrote in message
news:zL*******************@newsread2.news.pas.eart hlink.net...
I am just finishing watching a documentary about Rod Serling.

It was cool, but after 20 minutes it got boring and all I wanted to do
is subscribe to Net Flix and rent the Twilight Zone episodes.

Some times the work is more interesting than the life.


Jul 21 '05 #5
Hi J.A. Bailo [ a.k.a. rawrite ] ,
You say :
Your work is sometimes more interesting than your play .

I'm reminded of that ancient Chinese curse :
" My your life be interesting " .
Jul 21 '05 #6
Person Jeff Relf <Me@Privacy.NET> says...
Hi J.A. Bailo [ a.k.a. rawrite ] ,
You say :
Your work is sometimes more interesting than your play .

I'm reminded of that ancient Chinese curse :
" My your life be interesting " .


I just received my John Coltrane CD from Amazon Marketplace and listened
to "The Ultimate Blue Train" at work.

So yes, work is good.
Jul 21 '05 #7
Hi SARS ,
You say , " I just received my John Coltrane CD
from Amazon Marketplace
and listened to ' The Ultimate Blue Train ' at work .
So yes , work is good . "

Do you use big-ass open-air Sennheiser headphones for that ?

There's nothing better , Nothing better .
Jul 21 '05 #8
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:25:27 +0000, SARS wrote:
I just received my John Coltrane CD from Amazon Marketplace and listened
to "The Ultimate Blue Train" at work.

So yes, work is good.


*plonk*
Jul 21 '05 #9
Hi Chris V. , So nice to hear from you again .
How is everything ?

I was surprise that you used the word , " Plonk " .
I expected so much more from you .

Waitress :
... or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with
a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner
with shallots and aubergines garnished
with truffle pate ,
brandy and with a fried egg on top and Plonk .
Wife :
Have you got anything without Plonk ?
Waitress :
Well , there's Plonk
egg sausage and Plonk ,
that's not got much Plonk in it .
Wife :
I don't want ANY Plonk !
Man :
Why can't she have egg bacon Plonk and sausage ?
Wife :
THAT'S got Plonk in it !
Man :
Hasn't got as much Plonk in it as Plonk
egg sausage and Plonk , has it ?
Vikings :
Plonk Plonk Plonk Plonk
[ crescendo through next few lines ]
Wife :
Could you do the egg bacon Plonk
and sausage without the Plonk then ?
Waitress :
Urgghh !
Wife :
What do you mean ' Urgghh ' ? I don't like Plonk !
Vikings :
Lovely Plonk ! Wonderful Plonk !
Waitress :
Shut up !
Vikings :
Lovely Plonk ! Wonderful Plonk !
Waitress :
Shut up ! [ Vikings stop ] Bloody Vikings !
You can't have egg bacon Plonk and sausage
without the Plonk .
Wife [ shrieks ] :
I don't like Plonk !
Man :
Sshh , dear , don't cause a fuss .
I'll have your Plonk . I love it .
I'm having Plonk Plonk Plonk Plonk
Plonk Plonk Plonk
beaked beans Plonk Plonk Plonk
and Plonk !
Vikings [ singing ] :
Plonk Plonk Plonk Plonk .
Lovely Plonk ! Wonderful Plonk !
Waitress :
Shut up !! Baked beans are off .
Man :
Well could I have her Plonk
instead of the baked beans then ?
Waitress :
You mean Plonk Plonk
Plonk Plonk Plonk Plonk ...
[ but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words ]
Vikings [ singing elaborately ] :
Plonk Plonk Plonk Plonk .
Lovely Plonk ! Wonderful Plonk ! Plonk
Plo-o-o-o-o-onk ! Plonk
Plo-o-o-o-o-onk ! Plonk .
Lovely Plonk ! Lovely Plonk !
Lovely Plonk ! Lovely Plonk !
Lovely Plonk ! Plonk Plonk
Plonk Plonk !
Jul 21 '05 #10
Jeff Relf <Me@privacy.net> wrote:
Hi J.A. Bailo [ a.k.a. rawrite ] ,
You say :
Your work is sometimes more interesting than your play . I'm reminded of that ancient Chinese curse :
" My your life be interesting " .


It's "May you live in interesting times" to be precise.
Jul 21 '05 #11
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, sp****@freenet.co.uk
<sp****@freenet.co.uk>
wrote
on Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:15:21 +0000
<9r***********@freenet.co.uk>:
Jeff Relf <Me@privacy.net> wrote:
Hi J.A. Bailo [ a.k.a. rawrite ] ,
You say :
Your work is sometimes more interesting than your play .

I'm reminded of that ancient Chinese curse :
" My your life be interesting " .


It's "May you live in interesting times" to be precise.


It can't possibly be that. It's a Chinese curse. :-)
(I don't know what dialect.)

--
#191, ew****@earthlink.net -- insert random ancient Chinese secret
(We need more Calgon!) here
It's still legal to go .sigless.
Jul 21 '05 #12

"The Ghost In The Machine" <ew***@sirius.athghost7038suus.net> wrote in
message news:fk************@lexi2.athghost7038suus.net...


It's "May you live in interesting times" to be precise.


It can't possibly be that. It's a Chinese curse. :-)
(I don't know what dialect.)

--
#191, ew****@earthlink.net -- insert random ancient Chinese secret


You're right, here it is in chinese:
http://www.bilinguist.com/data/hy00/messages/13375.html

Only its not chinese:
http://www.bilinguist.com/data/hy02/messages/57838.html
Jul 21 '05 #13

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