sauron@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Patrick Ryan) (05/12/91)
Sorry if this is a) a repeat of already-brought-up information, or b)inappropriate, but has anybody got a copy of the lyrics of "Deeper Understanding" on the Sensual World CD? And, since this is the first time I realized that this group existed, can anybody enlighten me as to WHAT THE HELL "GAFFA" IS? And how does one get suspended in it? :v)
jondr@sco.COM ("Jonathan S. Drukman") (05/17/91)
No one yet knows why sauron@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Patrick Ryan) said: >Sorry if this is a) a repeat of already-brought-up information, or >b)inappropriate, but has anybody got a copy of the lyrics of "Deeper >Understanding" on the Sensual World CD? They're in the CD booklet, unless you've got some new edition which doesn't include the lyrics sheet... >And, since this is the first time I realized that this group existed, >can anybody enlighten me as to WHAT THE HELL "GAFFA" IS? And how does >one get suspended in it? :v) Oh dear lord, grant me the strength... Cast your minds back with me, fellow Love-Hounders, to when I was living in Boston... On one occasion, I was moved to ask |>ear old |>oug "why the hell did you name the newsgroup rec.music.gaffa, all it ever does is provoke endless discussions of what the hell `gaffa' really is." He got into his infuriated-at-the-injustice-of-it-all mode, as he is wont to do when someone poses a particularly irksome question and then revealed to me that it wasn't his choice - he originally wanted rec.music.love-hounds but was told that it was "too long." Bah! They've got "sci.physics.edward-teller.boom.boom.boom" and they've got the gall to complain about r.m.love-hounds! I suspect they just thought having the name "love-hounds" on the rec hierarchy would get some of the stuffed shirts at Big Corporations up in arms. "Love-Hounds? Why couldn't they just stick to alt.sex.bestiality?" So, to answer the original question: gaffa is a form of chocolate bar that Kate is particularly fond of and one can easily be suspended in it if one melts enough of them in a large galvanized steel tub. I find it a particularly refreshing way to relax after a long day slaving in front of a hot CRT. This is all revealed on Kate's award-winning album "Hounds Of Chocolate." Actually, I lied. It's a kind of gaffer's tape which is like duct tape only she couldn't just come out and say "duct tape" because then we wouldn't have endless arguments on L-H that run like this: L-H 1: "It's duct tape!" L-H 2: "No it isn't!!" L-H 1: "Well what is it, then?" L-H 2: "I don't know, maybe it's a form of chocolate bar?" L-H 1: "I thought that moron Drukman made that up?" L-H 2: "Did he? Oh, I believe everything he says cos he's so cute and clever." L-H 3: "Me too! Let's elect him president of the universe!" L-H 4: "It's duct tape!" Also, imagine how it would sound on record: Suddenly my feet are feet of mud It all goes slo-mo I don't know why I'm crying Am I suspended in duct tape? OK. Who put the phenobarbitol in my herbal tea? -- Jon Drukman (extended remix) uunet!sco!jondr jondr@sco.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always note the sequencer - this will never let us down.
sauron@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Patrick Ryan) (05/20/91)
jondr@sco.COM ("Jonathan S. Drukman") writes: >No one yet knows why sauron@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Patrick Ryan) said: >>Sorry if this is a) a repeat of already-brought-up information, or >>b)inappropriate, but has anybody got a copy of the lyrics of "Deeper >>Understanding" on the Sensual World CD? >They're in the CD booklet, unless you've got some new edition which doesn't >include the lyrics sheet... I had heard the song *without* owning the CD. Difficult concept, I know... >>And, since this is the first time I realized that this group existed, >>can anybody enlighten me as to WHAT THE HELL "GAFFA" IS? And how does >>one get suspended in it? :v) >Oh dear lord, grant me the strength... Sorry. As I said, I was previously unaware of this group's existence. I (apparently mistakenly) thought I could get some of my questions about my favorite female singer answered. I thought, since everyone here is a fan, such a question, while probably repetetive, would not be totally inappropriate. <Wads of strange stuff (constituting roughly 10 times more verbal diarrhea than my original posting) deleted.> >Actually, I lied. It's a kind of gaffer's tape which is like duct tape >only she couldn't just come out and say "duct tape" because then we >wouldn't have endless arguments on L-H that run like this: I already know that. Somebody less uptight answered. >OK. Who put the phenobarbitol in my herbal tea? I dunno... same person who pissed in your cornflakes? >-- >Jon Drukman (extended remix) uunet!sco!jondr jondr@sco.com >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Always note the sequencer - this will never let us down. -- |D. Patrick Ryan |"As the people here grow colder| Support freedom of | |Faculty of Engineering| I turn to my computer | expression! Protest | |Memorial University | And spend my evenings with it | the censorship of | |St. John's, NF | Like a friend." | "X-rated" GIFs! |
ed@DAS.LLNL.GOV (Edward J. Suranyi) (05/21/91)
>Sorry. As I said, I was previously unaware of this group's existence. >I (apparently mistakenly) thought I could get some of my questions about >my favorite female singer answered. I thought, since everyone here is a >fan, such a question, while probably repetetive, would not be totally >inappropriate. >|D. Patrick Ryan |"As the people here grow colder| Support freedom of | Don't mind Jon Drukman -- he's the group's resident curmudgeon. If I had seen your questions, I would have answered them more straightforwardly. I daresay a lot of people would not have been as amused, however. Ed ed@das.llnl.gov
kyrlidis@athena.mit.EDU (Agathagelos Kyrlidis) (05/22/91)
In article <16976@scorn.sco.COM> "Jonathan S. Drukman" <fscott!jondr@uunet.UU.NET> writes: >Also, imagine how it would sound on record: > > Suddenly my feet are feet of mud > It all goes slo-mo > I don't know why I'm crying > Am I suspended in duct tape? > >OK. Who put the phenobarbitol in my herbal tea? I just heard SiG on my walkman, and almost burst out laughing...Do you have any other good ones? :-) Angelos BTW In Greek 'gafa' means blunder...Could it be that THAT is what gaffa really means? -------------------------- 'Cuyahoga cuyahoga'-REM