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       A-M00SE-ING ANECDOTES AND ILLUMINATION BY AND FOR THE PAWNS OF THE
                                M00SE ILLUMINATI
 
 Issue #3 |  Disclaimer:  The Editor will place almost anything  |  July 6, 1988
 ----------  in this newsletter out of a frantic desire to fill  ---------------
 the issue, so don't  blame him for the  quality or  content of the submissions.
 Excepting those  he may have written  himself, the enclosed items do not in any
 way represent the Editor's opinions.  In fact, let's be real safe, and say that
 as far as this newsletter is concerned, he has no opinions at all.  Okay? Good.
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                           EDITORIALS AND LETTERS
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Yet another editorial by Pickle.
 
        Well, fellow m00ses, it seems to have been decided.  We are going
to use CSNEWS for banter and discussion, but M00se Droppings will be
distributed by m00ses, starting with me and branching out in a path that
Kamikaze is working on.  He is arranging things (so I hear) so that nobody
will have to send more than 5-10 pieces of mail.
        In the meantime, those of you who haven't subscribed to CSBB M00se
Discussion on CSNEWS do so!  I sent the command a few days ago, if you forgot
it let me know and I'll tell you again.
        Some of you may have noticed that this newsletter is late.  As I
said, this is because GuS, my computer, is sick.  Now that I'm back in a
VAX lab, I'm all set, except GuS is still sick.  Hopefully it'll be all
better soon.
        And now, since I haven't much to say, on with the newsletter.
 
 
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                            EVENTS AND NEWS
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        Wolverine and Kamikaze hosted a few other chapters in the world's
first Fourth of July Thr0ng-a-Thon.  Here is their report.
 
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     On July 1, Starfire, Hobgoblin, and Scamp arrived in the Philadelphia area
to meet with Wolverine and Kamikaze for the first-ever "Fourth of July
Thr0ng-A-Th0n".  This is their story.
 
Kamikaze> Friday....why does everything always happen on Friday?  First, I
          get to go to work from 8am til noon (meaning I have to get up at 6am),
          then ride to my physical therapy (for my bum shoulder) (that's an 11
          mile ride), then get back home and *try* to get cleaned up before the
          expected 4pm-5pm invasion.  Well, I got showered, dressed, then
          realized my shirt needed ironing *sigh*, then my mother tells me to
          do some vacuuming, so I do that while the shirt cools, and just as I
          put the vacuum away, I see a familiar car go driving right past my
          house and on up the hill.  So I rush to put my shirt on and stand at
          the door, waiting to see how long it would take for them to realize
          they missed something.  Mere moments later, they arrived...I called
          Wolvie, told him they were there (all right, so he had to beat it out
          of me...I do like to be difficult with him sometimes  ;-)
 
Wolverine> After I got done work, my room-mate and I headed to Kamikaze's
           house where I was raped by his dog (as usual).  You have to under-
           stand that Kami's dog loves sticking her nose into my private areas,
           and while I love animals, I don't LOVE animals, if you get my
           meaning.  [don't you believe it...he really likes it, otherwise he
           wouldn't keep coming back for more, right?....Kami]  We then had
           dinner curtesy of Kami's mom, and departed to see Roger Rabbit!  A
           magnificent movie!  Some kids were throwing popcorn up in the air,
           so I joined 'em.  *devious grin*  I got to rumage through Stacey's
           purse until the movie started.  She had some of the wierdest things
           in there, including one VERY old jellybean.
 
Kamikaze> Well, the movie was great, but *I* really enjoyed the first feature
          that they showed prior to WFRR.  Let's all reach deep down and give
          from the heart to the Will Roger's Institute....sorry folks, I like
          charity events and whatnot, but not when I've already been milked
          $5.00 to see a movie...I want to see the movie, not a bunch of out-of-
          work stars doing a charity bit....
 
Wolverine> We then headed back to my apartment, where we watched movies until
           late in the night.  Kamikaze and Scamp then left for his house,
           where Scamp was going to be staying in a guest room.  (Starfire and
           Hobgbolin had to settle for my floor.)  Those of us staying at my
           apartment stayed up until 3 am or so.  Oh, and the superintendant
           came down and complained that Starfire was laughing too loudly.  At
           3 a.m. I went to bed, leaving Star and Hob to stay up until 4 a.m.
           talking.
 
Kamikaze>  Humph...and they complained about being tired....Scamp went right to
           bed (and I assume right to sleep, I didn't look)...I got lucky enough
           to be hit with insomnia that night, so I didn't bother to sleep at
           all...and was actually more awake than anyone else the next day.
 
Wolverine> Saturday morning we all woke up, watched "The Real Ghostbusters" on
           TV and ate home-made eggrolls until it was time to depart to the
           Philadelphia Zoo.  I actually made money from the deal.  (It was a
           3.50 entry charge, handed the cashier a 10, and got 11.50 back in
           change 8*)  Then i started howling at the wolves, who were already
           howling.  Wandered the Zoo for several hours, and then got lost
           coming home thanks to some lousy detours.
 
Kamikaze>  Now wait a minute....we did not get lost, just took a brief,
           unscheduled local tour.  I knew where I was the whole time, as
           evidence by the fact that we did not have to turn around at any time.
           Anyway, the Zoo was more or less well enjoyed, most down time being
           from tired and hot folks...the Large Cats house and white tiger
           seemed to be one of the overall favorites, along with the primate
           house.
 
Wolverine> That night we played D&D, and I actually had a woman sleep in my
           bed!  At last!
 
Kamikaze> Now before you all think he got lucky or that one of the girls was
          blind drunk (just kidding Wolvie...put those claws away)...Hob was
          one of the more exhausted members of the weekend, and we all told
          to do herself a favor and stop falling asleep in the chair and go
          crash in the bedroom, and Wolvie offered his bed to her.  Sorry big
          guy, but nice try anyway  ;-)
 
Wolverine> Okay! So her and I are only friends and I slept in the other room!
           Details, Details!  Anyway, we all crashed rather late that night,
           and subsequently slept late Sunday morning.  (Actually, Hob had
           been up earlier than any of us.)  We then sat around, watched
           _The_Untouchables_, until it was time for The Gals From Up North
           to depart.  (And then my room-mate and I spent several days cleaning
           up.)
 
Kamikaze> Hey, don't look at me like that...I helped with some of the cleanup
          to...but after all, I spent the whole weekend chauffering everyone
          around, because there wasn't any comfortable way to fit the six of
          us into Scamp's car...my mother was a bit worried when she found out
          that over 175 miles got put on her car over the weekend, and we never
          left town...
 
Wolverine>  So all in all, it was an enjoyable experience, and we are looking
            forward to the next Thr0ng-A-Th0n, wherever and whenever it may be.
 
Bl00p forever!
 
Wolverine & Kamikaze
 
 
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                           FICTION AND POETRY
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                        >>Fiction from Wolverine<<
 
     "I'm a M00se," he thought.  "I know it...they don't.  That's not the
problem.  I like it that way.  The problem is keeping them from knowing it."
He thought this while walking the wrong way down a busy sidewalk, constantly
jostling people due to the fact that he was going in the opposite direction
of everyone else.  They were annoyed; he didn't mind.  He liked it like that.
"Fucking plebs," he thought.  "Get a life."
     Pushing his cart through the Acme, he looked around at the people
surrounding him.  "More plebs," he thought disgustedly as he tossed a package
of Devil Dogs into his cart.  Walking down the next aisle, he grabbed a
jar of peanut butter and tossed it into the cart.  The jar hit the package
of Devil Dogs and crushed it.  "I gotta get away from these plebs," he
thought.  They're makin' me sick.  Look at 'em!  Brainless cattle trodding
through the dulldrum of their common, everyday lives.  Suckers."
     Waiting in the check-out line, he saw a little kid in the next line
throwing a temper tantrum as his mother tried get hom out of a cart.  Kicking
and screaming, he flailed out and knocked over a display of Tupperware as she
lifted him out of the cart.  "That's it kid," he thought.  "Fight 'em.  It's
the only way."  He was brought out of the reverie of his thoughts by the
teenage girl at his cash register.
     "Hey mista'!  Yer Devil Dawgs're crushed!  Ya' want another box?" she
asked, cracking the huge wad of gum in her mouth.
     "No," he replied.  "I like it that way."
 
     Walking back to his apartment, he saw a car accident on 49th Avenue.
A car making a left turn from Sussex Avenue onto 49th slammed into a
'79 Caddy.  A little guy in polyester suit got out of the Caddy and started
shouting at the guy who hit him.  The other guy was a little guy in a
polyester suit too.  "Both of them'll probably call 'Lawyers-R-Us tonight,"
he thought.  "What a joke."
     Getting home, he dumped his Acme bag on the kitchen table and plopped
down in his easy chair.  Grabbing the remote control, he started flipping
through TV channels until he came across The Oprah Winfrey Show.  Orca's
special guest today was Morton Downey Jr.   They were supposed to have
a slug-fest, with the winner getting the chance to punch Johnny Carson in
the face.  "This oughta' be interesting," he thought.  He had already placed
a fifty dollar bet on Morton earlier that day with his bookie.  "Let's just
hope this one last longer than the Tyson-Spinx fiasco," he had told his
bookie.  "I had to go to the john and wound up missing the entire fight."
After the opening credits rolled, Oprah stepped into the ring area that had
been specially set up for the event.  In another minute, Morton stepped into
the ring, brandishing a 2-by-4 with a mouth painted on one end.  He swung
it at Oprah`s head, but it bounced harmlessly off of Oprah's hair, which
had been styled earlier by Don King himself.  "This should be really
interesting," he thought, reaching for the crushed box of Devil Dogs.
 
co. Frank Orzechowicz  June 30, 1988
 
(P.S.  Blame it on last night's full moon.)
 
 
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                           MISCELLANEOUS NONSENSE
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(Here is a shamelessly pirated Monty Python excerpt sent by Beez and altered
                      by your friendly editor.)
 
Subject:  Rocky vs. Rambo on Friday the 13th at Elm Street IV:This
          time its personal
 
 
        Good evening. Here is the news for m00ses. No m00ses were involved
        in an accident on the M1 today when a lorry carrying high octane
        fuel was in collision with a bollard...that is a bollard and not a
        m00se. A spokesman for m00ses said he was glad that no m00ses
        were involved. The Minister of Technology today met the three
        Russian leaders to discuss a $4 million airliner deal. None of
        them went in the woods or practiced passive resistance against
        hunters with large guns by staring at them with big, soulful eyes.
        And now for part three of `A tale of Two Cities', adapted for m00ses
        by Joey Boy.
 
 
 
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And last but not least, an update on the list of m00ses on Bitnet.  Please
inform me if anything is incorrect!
 
 
Bryn Mawr chapter               M_PETTIT     @ BRYNMAWR   Midland Maniac
 
Boston University chapter       CLXLAUC      @ BUACCA     Rorshach
 
Cornell chapter                 CBRY         @ CORNELLA   Ladykate
 
Lansing, NY chapter             B45J         @ CRNLVAX5   Half-Elf
 
Connecticut State U thr0ng      CEBELENS_CHR @ CTSTATEU   The Red Mage
                                CLAFFEY_JOR  @ CTSTATEU   Indiana Joe
                                WITHALL      @ CTSTATEU   Hobgoblin
 
Hartford thr0ng                 DICKSON      @ HARTFORD   Pickle/MOON ROACH!
                                SZIMMERM     @ HARTFORD   Greymalkin
 
Haverford thr0ng                K_KRAVITZ    @ HVRFORD    Q.
                                S_BLINN      @ HVRFORD    Sean Blinn
 
Loyola thr0ng                   STASA        @ LOYVAX     Phoenix
                                PAMELA       @ LOYVAX     Mommydammit
                                SETH         @ LOYVAX     Seth
 
Maine thr0ng                    BURNS        @ MAINE      Sabre
                                IO80222      @ MAINE      RainMaker
                                RFK350B      @ MAINE      Guardian Angel
 
Michigan Tech chapter           WJB          @ MTUS5      Sindex
 
Penn State chapter              WCF          @ PSUECL     Bill Fenner
 
Stony Brook thr0ng              CHOBBIE      @ SBCCVM     Admiral Lord Nelson
                                RRKHAN       @ SBCCVM     Romel
                                WALL         @ SBCCVM     Wall
 
Sweden chapter                  ICE          @ SEQZ51     Ice
 
Siberacuse thr0ng               EBLIVING     @ SUNRISE    Eric Livingstone (sp?)
                                JBANKERT     @ SUNRISE    CHAOS Engineer
                                RABEELER     @ SUNRISE    Beez
                                RETANTS      @ SUNRISE    Scamp
                                LIBLJR       @ SUVM       Niniane
 
Towson State U. chapter         S76NING      @ TOWSONVX   Paul
 
Trinity thr0ng                  FANTASYG     @ TRINCC     Trinity Fantasy Guild
                                OPER3        @ TRINCC     Razz
 
Governor's School chapter       GSRHAMBY     @ UTKVX3     Cocker
 
Villanova thr0ng                188622462    @ VUVAXCOM   Kamikaze
                                193588131    @ VUVAXCOM   Wolverine
 
Wesleyan thr0ng                 JBLUESTEIN   @ WESLEYAN   WabeWalker
                                JVINCENT     @ WESLEYAN   Lord Rassilon
                                RSIMON       @ WESLEYAN   Roanic
 
Washington State U. thr0ng      24945863     @ WSUVM1     Bard
                                23480853     @ WSUVM1     Ishtar
 
Xavier chapter                  BRUGGMNJ     @ XAVIER     John

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