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Started on Thu Jan 29 03:43:39 1998
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NORM
Don't be so away.
Come here!!
Need discussion
Need chat
!justin!
What is this?
NORM
Hi!
Same...
Don't bother replying to my message.
!justin!
Hi! Please wait up...
NORM
REUINION!!
REUNION!!
REUNION!!
What is happening with the other chat?
OK, you'd better come and come quickly.
!justin!
I'm trying to figure out what to do with the other chat...
I'm HERE!!
NORM
So what happened to the other chat?
No worries.
!justin!
Be back in 20 seconds!!
Hi!
We have a surprise guest waiting in the wings, NORM!
NORM
Howdy!
Jolz
Hi!
!justin!
Hi!
This is sort of mean.
NORM
Shall I reply to your message, Jolene?
Jolz
So, why did we start another room?
Yes please
NORM
Well, ][ started the new chat, actually.
Menage a trois
Menage a trois
Menage a trois
Menage a trois
Menage a trois
Menage a trois
!justin!
Because we want to have a menage a trois, but the other two aren't really fond of orgical behaviour.
NORM
][ is !justin!'s extremely devious way of emphasising I
Jolz
What's a menageatrois
NORM
Can I tell her, !justin!?
Can I?
!justin!
Oh, okay.
Jolz
go on Norm
NORM
Because you always get to tell it.
Jolz
I'm waiting
NORM
Well, if you did French, then you'd know that a menage a trois meant a household of three!
!justin!
Did I ever!!
Jolz
Did !j! just get kicked off
!justin!
No, can't you see me anymore, Jolene?
NORM
Anyway, a menage a trois in modern terms has come to mean...
drumroll...
the crash of a cymbal...
!justin!
NORM, can you ask Jolene if she can see me?
Jolz
Well i don't learn French but a treesome sounds exciting
NORM
melodromatic pause...
Jolz
I can see you perfect and clear
NORM
Why didn't you ask her yourself, !justin!?
!justin!
Then why did you ask if I was kicked off?
Jolz
Once again, you're on my offline list
NORM
melodromatic pause for suspense...
Jolz
drum roll.................
NORM
a threesome!!
Anyway, if you had a threesome, would you rather be on the team of one or the team of two?
NORM
Of course, both have their advantages, but one must be better!
(sorry, I digress)
Jolz
Team of one........
!justin!
Oh, that's because I have to pretend that I'm offline. Because, even though I AM being mean by pretending to go to sleep so I don't have to keep the Mamie chat going, I don't want her to know I'm mean.
NORM
And why is that?
!justin!
I'd actually prefer the team of two.
NORM
The team of one would get more action, but then again, you have to do twice the work.
!justin!
Well, I think I do. I'm always on the two team in my dreams.
Jolz
But then it'll be you and Norm......?
NORM
Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable if you were on the team of two? I mean, wouldn't you?
!justin!
Except for that one with Snowflake the rabbit... that one was... interesting.
Jolz
NO......
NORM
If you were on the team of one, then you'd feel perfectly comfortable.
Jolz
Yes.........
!justin!
I'm NEVER uncomfortable in any menage of any sort!
Jolz
But of-course, team of two sounds much more exciting and adventurous
NORM
Adventurous because both of your companions are on differeing teams?
More variety, you mean?
I suppose, but I think that I'd be uncomfortable.
Jolz
You read my mind
!justin!
But I'm more a thinking type than an action type - thus I rather the team of two.
Jolz
Wow go !j!!
NORM
But the team of one has to do more thinking to be able to synchronise two different actions at the same time for two different people.
!justin!
No, I think it's the two people who have to make sure they
're cooperating properly.
NORM
But they can be working on different parts of the team of one.
!justin!
:( why do you want me to go?
NORM
They don't even have to be in the same room!
Jolz
lol
NORM
So what is the final verdict? I myself must admit that the team of one sounds preferable, but that's just me.
Jolz
Oh Norman...did i ever conference call you at NMSS
NORM
No, you made me a loner!!
!justin!
BUT don't you see that the team of two HAVE to synchronise WHATEVER they're doing if they want to make it a pleasurable experience for the one-team?
NORM
What was your number at NMSS?
Jolz
Oh...i'm sorry
4143
NORM
OK. I'll remember that. Mine was 4207
Jolz
I had this really weird conversation with Duane
NORM
I think of sex more than 3 times a minute!
Jolz
I told him that (on average) males think of sex atleast 3 times a day....is it treu
!justin!
I think of sex at least every 7+7/24 seconds.
Jolz
Can you read what i'm typing before i type it
NORM
Yes, it definitely is. Don't you? (as a girl)
No, but we can interpolate and extrapolate your sentences for you.
!justin!
I heard that we think of sex every five minutes.
Jolz
I don't think we think of it the same way as guys do....but yes, i do>
NORM
But don't you think of it three times a day?
!justin!
How do we think of it? And how do you think of it?
NORM
AHA!! So the truth comes out. Everyone's going to hear about this!!
Jolene thinks of sex at least three times a day, everyone!
Yeah, how do YOU think of sex?
!justin!
I will now send that to everyone on my contact list.
NORM
Do you think of birds and bees, or something?
Jolz
I don't think of sex but i do think of someone.........
NORM
Do you have graceful violin music floating in the breeze?
!justin!
But what are you thinking ABOUT him/her/it/them?
NORM
And this someone is...? (!justin!)
Jolz
That we're lying in bed....cuddling and kissing.........
!justin!
Are you lying placidly or vigorously?
NORM
Are you lying flaccidly or rigorously?
Jolz
The former
!justin!
Placid and flaccid?
NORM
Or vigorous and rigorous?
Jolz
placid
!justin!
FLACCID?
NORM
We're going to definitely have to save this conversation!!
Jolz
So what about you Norm? Who do you think of?
NORM
I think of a certain someone on certain occasions.
!justin!
I'm saving it right now!
I think of VIGOROUS AND RIGOROUS SEX!!!
NORM
But I also think about what it's like to be a SPICE GIRL!
Jolz
I see !j! has had plenty of experience...........
!justin!
Mais bien sur!
Jolz
I don't speak French!
NORM
Ask !justin! who HE thinks about...
!justin!
I know.
Jolz
Who do you think about !j!
!justin!
Do you want to know who I'm thinking about right now?
Jolz
No!
!justin!
Aw!
NORM
YES!
!justin!
No fair!
NORM
I want to know.
Jolz
Give me a hint!
NORM
And I'll forward it to Jolene.
(If you don't mind, that is.)
!justin!
Since Jolene doesn't want to know, I'll message it to NORM.
NORM
You're extremely egotistical, !justin!
Jolz
No i do want to know..........
NORM
egocentric
Like an egocentric person.
Jolz
SHould that be ego-testacle?
NORM
Yes!! Funny. Me like.
(I don't like testicles, I like the comment!!)
(Just to clarify, I don't mind... Don't worry)
Jolz
okay!
!justin!
I'm eating pancakes for a while, don't say anything TOO interesting while I'm gone!
NORM
This is such a deep and meaningless conversation. So penetrating!!
Jolz
It's like that "i like" and "i don't like" game......
NORM
YES!! It works too. You're so brilliant, Jolene.
I like deep conversations but I don't like dumb ones.
Jolz
Well you want a deep conversation.........
NORM
Stimulating?
Jolz
Denise and i asked Craigh how he masturbated and he explained in full detail......
NORM
Even what his mind was doing at the time?
Jolz
Everything.....
NORM
Even how his heart rate jumped up to an unhealthy level?
NORM
Even how he curled his toes just after the big splash?
Jolz
Everything............
NORM
Even how he dresses up in women's clothing?
Jolz
lol
OH, opps not that though..........
NORM
Well, we all saw him do it finally.
Jolz
It was a great conversation..............
NORM
Why didn't you ever conference me?
Meanies.
Jolz
Did we?
NORM
No, I'm sure I would have recalled!
Jolz
I didn't know your number.........i didn't know you for that matter........
NORM
Exactly!! Then that was incentive for you to call me!
Jolz
What?
I knew you as THE Melbourne Brammar Guy
Is !justin! still there..........
NORM
Anyway, Jolene. So how well do you know Tracy?
OK, if !justin! disappeared then he is silly.
Jolz
Tell you the truth....i didn't know her very well before NMSS.
NORM
Were you sitting next to her on the plane or something?
I thought so.
Jolz
Yeah, they put me next to her and Sarah was next to her
NORM
Yeah, I remember you three (making all that racket!)
Jolz
Like on the way back
NORM
But it was a different story on the way back...
Jolz
What racket?
NORM
I don't know. I just remember racket.
Jolz
I remember seeing you at the airport.......
In red....
NORM
Red's lucky!
Jolz
That's why i'm wearing red pyjamas..
NORM
You wear pyjamas?
(Hey! No Threesome!)
Jolz
We have to invite !j! back
WHy....do you think i bed in the nude?
NORM
I don't think I can.
Well, to be honest, I never imagined you bedding at all!
(I mean, I'm sure you DO sleep, but I just never tried to picture it, before)
Jolz
That's true...
Picture it now...
NORM
I don't know how to get him back, though!
Jolz
Um !j! wants to get back but i don't know how...
NORM
I can't do it unless he goes online!
Jolz
He is online
NORM
Is he?
Jolz
yep
NORM
Then do you know what to do?
Jolz
no
NORM
You just hold down on the mouse thing and drag him over to the chat window.
(Hold down on his name on the ICQ thing)
Jolz
I've done that
NORM
Is anything happening?
Jolz
no
!justin!
Hi!!
Jolz
It's waiting for a response from him
!justin!
So are we still talking about my favouritest subject?
NORM
Jolz
oh there you are
NORM
SEX, SEX and MORE SEX!
Jolz
Yeah
NORM
What game?
Jolz
Strip poker
!justin!
I'm SO angry! I had almost finished downloading a game and then, when my back was turned and my mouth full of pancakes, I was disconnected!! I've been downloading that for hours!
NORM
I downloaded Leisure LArry 5!!
!justin!
Worms 2!
!justin!
Are we really still talking about my favouritest subject?
NORM
Does everyone remember Leisure Larry?
What is your favouritest subject?
Yep.
!justin!
Leisure SUIT Larry, am I right?
Jolz
Duh
NORM
Hey, !j!, do you remember on the last morning of NMSS 97 when we were in my room and I was about to fall asleep and Leigh suddenly asked you a certain personal question!!
!justin!
YES!!!!
NORM
And that question was.. (for the folks at home)?
Jolz
come on....
!justin!
Why do you wish me to reveal that at this time?
NORM
Because it follows on from what was said.
!justin!
NORM you can say it if you wish.
NORM
I don't actually remember what it was (which is another reason why I ask).
Jolz
one of you say it....
!justin!
I definitely know what the subject was. But I don't want to embarrasingly get it wrong!
NORM
But you spelt embarrassingly wrong anyway!
Jolz
!justin! ...?
!justin!
What?! How embarrassing!
NORM
Can you just say it? It's just a question which someone ELSE asked YOU.
!justin!
I'm just checking with NORM if I've got it right...
Jolz
okay
NORM
YES! That's the one, !justin!
Yes you have!! I'll prove it to you.
Jolz
this is not fair
!justin!
WHAT?! But I haven't even sent you the question yet! But then why do I still have the little box saying, "Send Online Message"?
NORM
Dunno.
!justin!
What are the initials of each word?
NORM
wiqtfoach
!justin!
Oh okay.
Leigh asked!!!
"How often do you masturbate?"
(Or something along those lines.)
Jolz
And what did you say?
Jolz
100 times a day?
NORM
I wish!
Jolz
That's right guys can't do that!
Girls can!
NORM
What do you mean? I did it just yesterday!
!justin!
Why can't guys do that?
Jolz
100 times?
!justin!
100 times a day...
That's about 4 times an hour...
That's VERY possible!
What's impossible about that?
Jolz
Okay i agree
NORM
Well, let's see how many times you can do it tomorrow and I'll do my thing and we'll compare to see who does better?
Jolz
Sure
BUt that's not fair cos i'll be at school
NORM
It hasn't stopped you before!!
!justin!
[Side question: does anyone know how to set the internet connection so it doesn't automatically disconnect after a certain period of inactivity?]
NORM
No, sorry.
!justin!
NORM
Did you hear the one about the girl who "you know what" with a test tube?
(She didn't have a test tube baby, by the way)
And it broke?
NO, it's a story.
!justin!
Is that a joke? It doesn't seem very funny.
Jolz
No i didn't hear about that
NORM
It's a top tale from Tom.
!justin!
Oh, okay. Did you hear the one about the woman who's face was ripped off by some machine?
NORM
NO.
Jolz
Email it to me
!justin!
That's yucky.
NORM
What is this favouritest subject which you so often mention?
Don't you hate when people stop mid-sentence and then they
Hello? Anybody home? The lights are on.
!justin!
Hey! Let's not deviate from my favouritest topic!
NORM
Australian Lighting?
!justin!
WHERE DID SHE GO?!?!
NORM
I don't know!
I tried to message her, but something is wrong!
!justin!
No, did she just disappear?
NORM
Yes. She was mid-sentence when ...
!justin!
Yucky!
NORM
...
Tell me about it.
!justin!
I really want to know, was that really exactly what Leigh said?
NORM
I think it was something along those lines.
Anyway. Do you want to talk about REUNION?!
!justin!
You KNOW what ][ want to talk about. But if you'd prefer to talk REUNION. then okay.
NORM
No, I want to talk about what you want to talk about (just don't be away)
!justin!
Okay. So...
NORM
No, I'm only kidding. Let's REUNITE!
!justin!
D'oh! I was going to ask an unbeLEIGHvable question!
NORM
Ask your Leigh question if you want.
!justin!
"How often do you masturbate?"
NORM
How often? How often DON'T I masturbate would be easier to answer!
!justin!
Quite often, I would imagine.
NORM
Yes, very often.
Any more questions for me?
Or can we REUNITE!
!justin!
I find this chat amusing.
Please fill me in on what I missed during my pancake/disconnection thing.
NORM
I don't know.
NORM
Do you know who Jolene likes to dream of?
!justin!
Step!
NORM
Do you know who ][ like to dream of?
!justin!
Step!
NORM
(No, really)
Or who I supposedly like to dream of? (according to Jolene)
!justin!
Jolene?
Kim?
NORM
That's good.
!justin!
Is it a female?
NORM
YES!
!justin!
Is it Kim?
NORM
(Don't be ridicurous)
Close.
But no cigar.
!justin!
Philippa?
NORM
Close.
!justin!
A NMSS 98 female?
NORM
You'll have to ask Jolene when I'm not around.
!justin!
GLADYS?
NORM
Anyway, let's REUNITE!!
NO.
No reunite?
!justin!
Let me send her the message now, please? yep!
NORM
OK, as long as we reunite afterwords.
!justin!
Does Jolene really like to dream of Step? (LAST QUESTION ON THIS TOPIC!)
NORM
I shouldn't say really (you know what THAT means, though).
!justin!
And vice versa?
NORM
Most probably.
(that is, if the answer to the previous question is in the affirmative)
!justin!
This isn't fair! I'll probably never meet Jolene!
NORM
I'm sure you will.
!justin!
Maybe in July, actually.
NORM
Why wouldn't you?
Next time you come to Melbourne and visit me.
Or perhaps at our REUNION!
(If she decides to come along)
You DO know that Jolene comes from Melbourne, do you not?
!justin!
Osh kosh! (bgosh).
NORM
B'gosh
Remind me to save this conversation before we leave, OK?
!justin!
Did I tell you the OSH KOSH story about my dumb cousins?
NORM
No, you did not, but please grace me with this tale.
Said about what?
!justin!
But even if you save it, I don't think you'll have any of Jolene's words.
NORM
Why not?
!justin!
It only saves what you are able to access right now.
NORM
Well, I saved it before she left anyway.
OK, wait a minute.
!justin!
Can you send it to me?
YAYA!
NORM
It's coming.
!justin!
Thank you!
NORM
But I think that you're wrong about it saving only what you are able to access (not that I'd know)
Just let me try and save it and access it.
!justin!
HEY! it has everything and why did my H go weird just then?
NORM
So is it true that it saves EVERYTHING?
!justin!
WOW!!
I suspect...
IT HAS EVERYTHING!!!
NORM
I told you so...
Anyway, let's REUNION time.
!justin!
So, are we thinking January after NMSS in Sydney is the best plan?
Can I come too?
NORM
Well, that depends on whether any of us actually get into NMSS. You see, if I go to Sydney, I plan to go to Canberra and Wollongong as well (these may be optional). To Wollongong AND Canberra?
Why of course.
Yes!
NORM
!justin!
I am certain that, at the bare minimum, Step will be invited as an EG to NeMeSiS.
WHAT?!
NORM
I'm not so sure. But I'd say that Step certainly has at least a 90 percent chance of coming back.
!justin!
I find you hard to believe.
NORM
But 25% right, mind you.
Sorry.
!justin!
Remember, you didn't think any of you, James, Thos and I would be invited back. And you were 75% wrong!! That's a lot. Yes, I DO mind!
NORM
Anyway, we could at least go during NMSS (to Canberra and Wollongong, perhaps) before meeting up with everyone else in Sydney.
Tiggy?
Murder in the dark?
I don't know.
pilgrimage?
Canberra's closer than wollongong.
!justin!
We should have a (what's that game similar to Hide and Seek where everyone squeezes together?) yeah thing where I go to Melbourne, then the Melbourners and I continue to Wollongong, then we all go to Canberra, and with the NeMeSiSians we go to Sydney!
NORM
And easier to get to.
!justin!
Hmmm.
NORM
How about accommodation?
!justin!
I was talking to Step about this the other night.
NORM
And?
!justin!
Do you think an apartment type hotel would be best?
NORM
Like a motel type place?
Like a hostel?
kitchenette?
Maybe.
It wouldn't cost a lot if we had LOTS of people sleeping in sleeping bags or on the balcony.
They usually have rules that you can't have people sleep over and stuff, I think. (They did in Fawlty Towers, anyway)
!justin!
Um, I'm not sure. You know, it has two bedrooms maybe, kitchen, living room and stuff, yeah. But not intended for long term use. Yeah, but do they bill you per bed or what?
NORM
Anyway, we just sleep on the ground and everything will be fine.
Actually, I can pretty easily arrange FREE accommodation in wollongong.
And if I went to Canberra by myself, I could stay with some family friends (but I wouldn't want to, so you'd better come along)
How would you get to Melbourne?
OK.
!justin!
But I think we should be concentrating on the crux of the reunion. Actually I doubt I'll be able to make such a grand tour of all these cities. Id' probably just go to Sydney for the reunion then return to Adelaide.
NORM
How about Wollongong? I can easily arrange a free trip.
And free accommodation.
!justin!
How come you get everything free at Wollongong? Have you got a REALLY good voucher?
NORM
I'm just saying that I know someone (not very well, mind you) who would be very willing to put up with me for a while. Like when I went to April camps, he wanted to come and visit (he's mum and dad's friend)
!justin!
For a while I thought you were talking about Nick.
NORM
No, but we could go and meet him and Bec and the other one.
!justin!
The other irrevlant one who nobody likes.
NORM
(If you are that way inclined)
!justin!
Menage a cinq!
NORM
OOhhh, exotic.
!justin!
Would you be flying or what?
NORM
OK, so I for one, want to go to Canberra. Otherwise we all meet in Sydney.
I'll probably bus or train it. It costs $104 (oops) return from Melbourne to Canberra.
And about the same to Sydney.
I forgot to ask Dan about this the other day when I saw him, so I don't know what he thinks.
!justin!
So we should have city organisers, who organise how everyone's travelling. Can I be the Adelaide organiser?
NORM
Well, I don't see anyone else jumping up and down begging for the task.
NORM
May I peruse?
!justin!
Step and I came up with a list of people... hang on...
!justin!
Step!
NORM
Etheral
eal
NORM
!justin!
!justin!
Justin
NORM
Step!
NORM
!justin!
David
NORM
Ethereal
Justin
David
!justin!
Prasad
NORM
Prasad
!justin!
James
Dan
NORM
James
Dan
!justin!
Jon
NORM
Jon
!justin!
Hiroshi
Damian
NORM
Hiroshi
NORM
Damian
Gladys
!justin!
Gladys
NORM
(is that all?)
!justin!
We thought less was better. Well, not really.
NORM
Well, I actually thought that you'd be a LOT more selective than that, from what I heard you say previously. But this list I like.
!justin!
We estimated about eight of those would actually come, though.
NORM
I don't think Damian, nor Hiroshi would come.
!justin!
Why not Hiroshi?
NORM
I just don't think.
That's right.
!justin!
James, since he's Melbourning for Uni, would probably spend his whole holidays back home, do you think?
Yeah...
NORM
Do you think late January is good? I mean, you'll be getting your scholarship offers, course offers, university information days, interviews, etc. at about this time.
!justin!
The alternative is December, which would be quite yummy.
NORM
You know, you break up oretty early, don't you?
!justin!
And it would be SUCH A SURPRISE for everyone at the maths camps if 10 or so ex-olympians showed up at the doorstep begging for food or money!
NORM
What do you mean?
In Melbourne?
!justin!
If we went in December, we could surprise the December maths campers!
My typing just then was abysmal.
NORM
But not everyone would come to Melbourne!
Ha.
Maybe.
!justin!
Oh yeah. Actually, this wasn't my idea, it was Step's. But his was actually better. He said in Jan 99 we should go to Sydney and in Dec 99 we should go to Melbourne.
NORM
I was actually planning on going to Sydney in my semester break (I can't wait!!)
!justin!
When's that? How long?
NORM
It's from June 24 unti July 27, so I'd be able to wish you luck for the IMO!
!justin!
Yay! I'm in Sydney (hopefully) from about June 7 to 12? I thunk.
NORM
But why is that good? If you are going a few weeks before me.
!justin!
It's good, because I ACTUALLY mean July.
NORM
I thought as much.
That way, I'd be able to see the whole IMO team without them having to go to any trouble to prepare accommodation and stuff like that.
!justin!
I really am scared of Cheeseman. This is so mean but I don't want him to be in the team, especially if I am too!
NORM
Well don't worry, I'm sure that you WON'T get into the team.
!justin!
Thanks for the reassurance. But I'd still feel sorry for the rest.
NORM
But at least if you don't like it THAT much, you have the option of failing all of the exams (the first one being very soon, I believe!)
When is it?
That's pretty late.
!justin!
Yes, February 10 & 11 I think. Yeah, I'm glad it's not in the first week of school as usual. I hate that!
NORM
Yeah, last year we had to come to school a day early just to do it!
Shame on them.
!justin!
Oooh!
NORM
Gumma!
!justin!
Umma! (Is that how you would spell um-ma?)
NORM
Probably.
But it would be good if you could fit in more a's to emphasise the long release.
!justin!
Um-maaaah!
NORM
But it doesn't quite work, anyway!
!justin!
Ummmaaaah!
NORM
Not bad.
!justin!
Let's stop this tomfoolery!
NORM
It was you who concocted these shenanigans!
OK. We really need a telephone conversation to figure out this reunion. But at least we have our ideas straight.
!justin!
What, you don't think we'd get as sidetracked on the phone as we are now?
NORM
Not just sidetracking, but it's just that there's just so much you can do in an ICQ chat.
Should I come to Sydney in July?
!justin!
I would desperately love to see you in Sydney!
NORM
I could come from July 11 onwards (Seeing that the World Cup ends on July 10, I think)
But it costs a lot of money. A trip like that would cost at least a few hundred dollars.
And I wouldn't want to be taking one every six months.
Thanks.
!justin!
-k <--- that was to signal my return.
NORM
I have an idea.
It's actually George's idea.
Wanna hear it?
!justin!
The training school is actually 7th to the 12th. So you'd only see us two days. :( And I'd cry.
Oui, madame.
NORM
When we go to Sydney...
We should get tickets to...
GOOD NEWS WEEK!!
Thanks for the response.
!justin!
wow. good idea.
NORM
Really? I was pretty excited about it.
!justin!
Are you talking reunion here?
NORM
They say that the show goes for something like two or three hours!
Well, no.
Seeing that the show would not be running in January.
!justin!
What time would it be though? Don't they do it in the evening?
NORM
I think they start in about the second week of Feb.
In the evening, of course.
!justin!
But shouldn't we be doing maths like good little IMOers?
NORM
You could come to thingy early (Seeing that you'll be on holiday!)
Sydney, I mean.
Your typing seems a bit off today.
!justin!
Wait while I get various diaries and calendars.
NORM
Oh, OK.
!justin!
I think it's no worse than usual. I'm just excited and careless tonight.
NORM
Cool bananas in warm pyjamas.
!justin!
That would be okay, my holidays begin July 4th.
NORM
However, this July trip sounds very unlikely, so we should really be planning the end of year/start of year outing.
!justin!
I don't know about you but I'm saving this conversation every five minutes.
NORM
Same here!
!justin!
Yeah.
NORM
I don't know why, seeing that I could just save it at the end!
!justin!
But I think I'm only saving from when I came in the second time, let me check.
This time I'm right, I'll get you to send the complete and unabridged chat to me.
NORM
Can't you edit it yourself?
!justin!
Yes, but I'm too smart.
NORM
OK.
!justin!
Whatever that means.
NORM
So are you sure about January 99? Because Christmas 98 sounds good as well. but some people would want to be with their families. And you really might have commitments in January 99. Like you'll definitely miss out on newspaper interviews and things (like Thomas did) (and like I did, for that matter). What do you mean?
NORM
To do Sydney?
Yes, how.
And now my statement above "To do Sydney?" is completely dumb.
!justin!
Well, I haven't discussed this with my family. My sister is having SO MUCH trouble with everything! It's annoying. Well, now she MIGHT be going to UNSW to do Medicine! How embarrassing! (The problem is typos like that aren't recorded, no fair.) Yes, so it matches all your other statements.
NORM
Menage a trois.
Menage a trois.
!justin!
Stop now!
NOW!
NORM
Menage a trois.
Sorry, I digress.
Go on.
!justin!
But today we discovered all the on campus colleges are full to their chinny chin brim!
NORM
Yes, you have to get in early to go to college.
So?
!justin!
:(
I hope she stays at home.
NORM
So do I. Actually, I hope that she comes to Melbourne, but that's not going to happen.
!justin!
It might!
NORM
Really?
I hope that the whole Ghan family comes to Melbourne.
!justin!
I don't know. I don't understand all these first round and second round things.
NORM
!justin!
Step REALLY wants me to come to Melbourne with him for Uni.
NORM
You really should, though, and I'm not kidding.
!justin!
BUT if Mel does end up going to Sydney, then I'll either do Uni at Sydney or here in Adelaide.
NORM
I wouldn't bother going to Sydney.
Stay in Adelaide.
!justin!
I hate this.
NORM
actually go to Sydney!
!justin!
?!
NORM
Just saved! Did you?
!justin!
I thought so!
NORM
Come back!!
!justin!
No, I didn't.
Sorry, saving.
NORM
Well, I have all my uni stuff sorted out.
Do you know what you want to do?
!justin!
Nopy!
NORM
You should do Science. Because if you do, then you'll finish your degree before me.
!justin!
Why?
NORM
Because a Science degree takes three years, and Sci/eng takes five.
(And if you go to Monash, you can do your Science degree in two years)
No, not likely.
!justin!
Oh. Are you still doing Vietnamese?
But you COULD do it as an extra subject?
NORM
Not really. I'd have to go and fill in heaps of forms and go and speak to heaps of people and stuff like that and in the end, I'm not sure if it's worth doing.
!justin!
If it was easy to organise, would you do Viet? Or is it too much work?
NORM
Probably not now that I'm doing Sci/Eng. I have a lot of hours (30, in fact).
!justin!
I hope you're not angry at my mum in many years time because you can't speak Vietnamese.
NORM
Most definitely not. How could I be angry at your mum?
!justin!
I think you should have learned Viet. I REALLY want to be able to speak another language when I'm older.
NORM
So do I! But it can wait. And I think that I can go to summer schools and learn languages if I really want to.
!justin!
I suppose.
NORM
Back to REUNION!!
!justin!
Okay!
NORM
What do you want to do?
How long?
You should aske ME questions as well.
!justin!
Hey! That was my question! (How long?)
NORM
Just so that we get our ideas in synch (not that we need to, seeing that we are idea bros.)
!justin!
Step thought a week was too long, I don't think so.
NORM
I think that a week is DEFINITELY too short.
A week is probably long enough to spend together, but if I was going to take a trip, then it would probably take at least ten to fourteen days.
!justin!
Yes.
NORM
I suppose a week together is as much as we need, though.
!justin!
I want to do the invitations in exactly the same format as the maths camp invitations!
NORM
Cool!
And what will we call our little venture?
!justin!
The National Meeting of the Secret Squirrels?
NORM
Very, very clever!!
Me like.
Did you come up with that just then?
NORM
Good stuff.
!justin!
Yes! Why doesn't my shift key work often today?!
NORM
Because you're supposed to hold it down while you press the other key, rather than releasing it.
!justin!
Ooooooooh! I see a strangely offwhite light hovering to my right!
NORM
Is it mother-of-pearl in colour?
!justin!
I think so.
(I love that ad!!)
NORM
So do I!!
Anyway, one week together, say in an apartment or something like that.
!justin!
And us die hard fans can stay longer if we wish.
NORM
Yes, I mean, us die hard fans such as you and I can remain to our heart's content.
!justin!
But me and you and Dan are probably the only one's not from Sydney!
NORM
The only ones?
as opposed to the only one's?
!justin!
Oh, I get you.
NORM
So?
NORM
!justin!
So, nothing, I guess.
NORM
So here's the deal.
Are you going to come to Melbourne?
!justin!
Coming to Melbourne when?
NORM
before Sydney?
OK. What activities can we have?
!justin!
MAYBE. But if we're all going to Sydney, maybe not. Depends whether it's Dec 98 or Jan 99. To me, Dec 98 is sounding better and better. What thinks YOU?
NORM
Methinks the same.
What activites, then?
Any?
!justin!
Methink but menocomeup with anything.
NORM
Bushwalking?
We can SERIOUSLY get lost, this time!! And not come out alive to tell the tale.
!justin!
Yes, BUT a hike isn't a hike without lots of stuff to carry.
NORM
Picnics?
So you WANT stuff to carry or NOT?
!justin!
Sort of...
I don't know.
It seems weird otherwise!
NORM
Yeah, of course we can take packs if need be.
!justin!
The whole point of a hike is to transport the camping stuff. But we're not camping!
NORM
I will definitely be willing to carry a pack if it makes it more challenging and enjoyable.
We could have a one night camp or perhaps a two nighter?
!justin!
Yeah, but then what happens with the accomodation? That's sort of wasty.
NORM
No, I mean just before. Then when we come back, we can ensconce ourselves in the luxurious settings of an apartment fit for a king and several queens.
!justin!
You mean just before what?!
NORM
Just before we get the accommodation. At the very START of the whole camp.
!justin!
Oooooooh!!
NORM
I like to be ensconsced!!
dumb?
!justin!
We can dumb everything (luggage) somewhere.
NORM
Like at someone's house?
!justin!
Dump. I have to take a dumb now!
NORM
Why not you?
!justin!
Yeah. Well, only you and I and Dan will have to. And other possible non Sydney siders.
NORM
(very oops.)
!justin!
Extremely oops!
NORM
Thanks, !justin!
!justin!
(For the record, NORM typed, "Why not you?" then deleted it.)
NORM
That's very clever.
!justin!
Well, I want to remember these type of things!
NORM
We should do this all the time, for every single typo that we make!!!
!justin!
Or maybe we could once again forbid the BACKSPACE key.
NORM
There should be some way of disabling the backspace key during chats.
!justin!
HAHA!
NORM
And everytime you hit the backspace key, an asterisk or something funny comes up instead, just to show that the idiot actually hit the backspace key, well aware that it would not work!)
Strange desert.
!justin!
(In Terry Pratchett newsgroups, instead of using backspace they use ^H for some reason. As in eigh^H^H^H^H2+6.)
Sounds amusing!
NORM
OK. So we have a one night trek? I don't think any longer than one night is good because we'll have nothing to do on that middle day unless there is something cool located conveniently close by.
!justin!
We should also have a mathscamp like timetable, and we should organise our sleep patterns in advance!
NORM
YEAH!
What sleep patterns?
We could stay up around the campfire!
!justin!
This follows on from the previous topic, because I thought a campy thing would be a good night to stay up late on (Yeah!) and then sleep heaps in our luxurious hotel.
NORM
And have marshmallows (without having to use a lighter to toast them)!
!justin!
Yeah, that was so idiotic!
NORM
It kinda worked, though.
Saved it before you.
!justin!
YES!! I worked out how to not auto-disconnect!!!
NORM
How?
!justin!
Um, click on "Don't use Auto-Disconnect."
NORM
OK. Why do they have to make these computer things so damn tricky?
!justin!
I don't know. I simply don't know.
NORM
That's enough about computers, I'm getting excited about NMSS 99!!
And on the last night, we can party like it's 1999!
!justin!
Yeah, rub it in my face then lick it off, why don't you!
NORM
Agreed?
!justin!
Okay!
NORM
What rubbing are you on about?
!justin!
If we stay extra, is it BEFORE or AFTER?
NORM
Yes. I did.
!justin!
(NMSS. Then I realised you meant the other type of NMSS. But I'm not allowed to delete!)
B or A?
Buenos or Aires?
NORM
Bachelor of Arts?
I don't know, it depends.
Probably after, so that we can tell Nick and co of our marvellous time and he'll envy us!
!justin!
Yeah!
I hate my capitals not working!
Yeah!
I'm sick of yeah! as opposed to Yeah!
NORM
We could have the whole thing just before Christmas and then everyone can go home if they want, but people like me will stay for the New Year's celebrations!! (The good thing about the timing of this is that I'll be 18 by then)
!justin!
Yeah, and I'll be, um, almost 17. :(
NORM
We can even stay for your birthday!! (but that's quite a long time to stay)
!justin!
Could we stay for the Olympics?
NORM
And then, for the World Cup in 2002?
(Which is not where the World Cup is in 2002!)
!justin!
Then for the slow but steady downfall of humankind?
NORM
And then, we can see the Big Crunch!!
!justin!
Yes, followed by the spectacular creation of a whole new universe!
NORM
However, at Mt Stromlo, we were told that the chances of a Big Crunch are very remote.
!justin!
Damn! I was really looking forward to that!
NORM
And then we'll stop these charades, for fear of looking like fools when in the future we read what we've written!
!justin!
I REALLY wish I'd kept every e-mail I'd ever received and sent!
NORM
Why? Would you read them all?
!justin!
I would read many.
NORM
I have my whole ndo@mgs.schnet.edu.au mailbox on my uncle's computer (hope he doesn't read them)
Which reminds me that I will have to go over to his house and copy them on to disk!
!justin!
I love rereading letters I've received.
NORM
Yeah, I don't mind it.
!justin!
I read your letters the other day.
NORM
All two of them?
!justin!
And Step's and Thos's.
I'm not sure!
NORM
Are Thos's really dumb?
I'm sure Step's are the best!!
I love his style.
!justin!
You mean, "Is Thos's really dumb?"
It's a bit dumb.
NORM
That's soooo cool!!
!justin!
My favourite quote from Step's correspondence is on his postcard: "And what mum gets!" So facetiously nonsensical!
NORM
I laugh quietly for fear of waking up all and sundry.
!justin!
I didn't understand that.
NORM
Don't worry, be happy now.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doooooooo
!justin!
Is it NONSENSICAL or NONSENSICLE?
NORM
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doooooooo
Doo doo doo doo doooooooo
Nonsensical, of course, my dear !justin!
!justin!
Okay. I guess NONSENSICLE was a bit unsensible.
NORM
Yeah.
Anyway, back to reunion.
But just before I reunite with you, don't you think it was weird how Jolene had heard so much about you and yet you maintained that you had never heard her mentioned at all? Totally rebuffed was she to the maximal capacity.
!justin!
I don't like to lie in that way.
NORM
No, you shouldn't like, but neither should you rebuff to such an extent.
!justin!
Do you know about Prasad's scheme in my honour?
NORM
No, do tell.
That looks SOOOO funny!!
!justin!
(This is very rele (CAN'T TYPE!!!) vant so bear with me!)
NORM
OK, go on.
!justin!
I'm lauyghing too much!
NORM
lauyghing?
!justin!
yes!
D'oh! No capital Y!#
NORM
I don't often lauygh, but I will just this once.
!justin!
!justin! is caliming down
NO HE'S not he just burst out laughing again.
You think I'm silly.
NORM
Hurry up and calime down.
Well...
Menage a trois
Menage a trois
Menage a trois
!justin!
STOP IT!!!
NORM
Sorry, I digress.
(We should try and back-track our chats, just like when we do it on the phone!)
!justin!
I've never laughed out loud during a chat before, I don't think. Well, not as loudly as this over such an unfunny thing.
NORM
Just type me the damn story.
No way.
!justin!
Prasad is creating (not a WORD of this to Justin or David, okay?) a fictional character named Frederick Shade, who has just come back from Switzerland and is e-mailing all his friends who he hasn't corresponded with for such a long time!
So Prasad is e-mailing Justin and David and a few others from fshade@hotmail.com as if he were a long lost friend to see what their reaction is.
Frederick Shade is supposed to be Curt-esque.
Speak!
NORM
That's tres spiffy.
!justin!
Do you want to see Frederick's first e-mail?
NORM
Not now, but maybe soon.
!justin!
Okay.
NORM
I know not.
No, it's not at all.
!justin!
Anyway, he was telling Step and I about this during a NMSS Conference Call (Why did that require valuable capitalS?) and he said, "They'll HAVE to pretend they know him. You can't be so rude not to." And then I admitted that, just within a month ago, two people had e-mailed me claiming to be past e-mailers with me, and I told them straight that I couldn't remember them at ALL. So that's sort of like my rebuffment of Jolene.
Is so!
You're to little to be a dinosaur!
NORM
OK, maybe there's a TINY (I don't know why tiny is in capital letters) resemblance.
Am not!
!justin!
Okay, okay! Are so!
NORM
Let's reunite!!
I like to reunite!
Reunites are good.
Yep
!justin!
Save Buffer?
NORM
Beat you!
!justin!
Yaya!
No you didn't, I was WAY before you!
NORM
Were not!
!justin!
WERE TOO!!
NORM
Were not x 3!
!justin!
Were too chicken infinity!!
NORM
Were not! plus one times whatever you say!!
I know!!
!justin!
That's very ambiguous. That could mean, "Were not!" Plus "Were too chicken infinity!!" which would equal "Were too (chicken infinity minus one)!!" I think.
NORM
Yes, but I meant it the other way.
NORM
Nor can I.
!justin!
Actually, I can't think of any other way which makes sense.
NORM
So let's just pretend this never happened (I'm going to delete this later!)
!justin!
Can't!
!justin!
-------
!justin!
Were not x 3!
!justin!
Were not! plus one times whatever you say!!
!justin!
I know!!
!justin!
Yes, but I meant it the other way.
!justin!
Nor can I.
!justin!
So let's just pretend this never happened (I'm going to delete this later!)
!justin!
-------
!justin!
HAHA!!!
NORM
Don't be so silly.
!justin!
¡Gano!
NORM
Anyway, let's talk reunion.
NORM
Talk REUNION, damn you!!
!justin!
¿Gano?
NORM
Any other plans? We have camp, we have vegetation. We need day trips
NORM
And night trips.
!justin!
Well, is there anyone else I've forgotten to consider to invite?
NORM
Not really.
NORM
Unless you want NMSS people.
!justin!
I don't think more people would be good.
NORM
Nor me.
NORM
So any ideas for dayd and/or night trips.
NORM
Yeah, like university offers.
!justin!
I thought we could have second round invitations depending on response to first round. Yeah!
NORM
And you need to have an interview for second round invitations as well.
!justin!
Do you think 8-10 is a good number? Or less?
NORM
Yep.
NORM
Probably less, but inviting 8-10 is good.
!justin!
But I have 13!
NORM
So?
NORM
It doesn't matter anyway. People can choose what they want to do when the time comes. Hiking is optional but for the truly faithful, it's a must.
!justin!
We're such good little boys for planning so far ahead!
NORM
Yes, we are. But I just want to have ideas.
NORM
I don't think that we should go ahead and book train/plane tickets just yet, agreed?
NORM
ya.
!justin!
Okayt(may I delete that? I don't want to.)
!justin!
Sydney contains:
NORM
What can we do for five days in a room?
!justin!
Beady eye birds. At the place near the mandatory art gallery.
NORM
We can always go to the art gallery.
NORM
We can visit KIM!!
!justin!
We'll have a NMSS people inviting day at the art gallery?
NORM
Yeah. (Even though we only know two NMSS people)
!justin!
YAY!! Travellator!
NORM
Unless you want to meet the NMSS 98 people.
!justin!
Kim and?
NORM
Nick?
NORM
However, we know quite a few NMSS 98 people (including Elizabeth Pender who appeared earlier in another conversation)
!justin!
Yeah, well ... yeah, that's what I was going to type.
NORM
So we have one day planned!!
NORM
YAY!
!justin!
And also an optional day planned for the hike thingy!
NORM
That takes two days, though.
NORM
Yeah, but we don't have to plan the second day.
NORM
It's a reunion day.
!justin!
Yes... but on the second day it's also a sort of another starting day for those who don't want to hike. Yeah, we want to sleep.
NORM
It's a restful day.
NORM
Its serenity personified.
!justin!
I think I should use YES instead of YEAH in chats.
!justin!
Oui, madame.
NORM
Seeing that it's easier to type? (even though harder to say)
NORM
What else to do?
NORM
Yep.
NORM
A movie day?
!justin!
A shopping day in the city.
!justin!
Okay.
NORM
(even though you know I don't particularly like to see movies)
!justin!
Even though you saw an extraordinarily large amount of movies Nov/Dec last year!!
NORM
But we really should, seeing that we've got so much time.
NORM
That's because that was during and after exams and stuff.
NORM
I needed to unwind, decompress.
NORM
How about ten-pin bowling?
NORM
That doesn't matter.
NORM
We should also go ice skating!!
!justin!
Okay, you know, I've only ever bowled two balls in my life in ten-pin bowling. We were going to go on Sunday in Brisbane but it was extremely expensive!
NORM
Gladys really wants to go ice skating!!
NORM
(Not really, but after I told her that I had never been before, she forced me to.)
!justin!
She wants you to experience the same ordeal she went through so she'll be able to get some sympathy.
NORM
How many times have you skated before?
!justin!
Er let me count...
!justin!
None.
NORM
Not exactly, just a round about number!!
NORM
OK, what's the error on that figure.
NORM
?
!justin!
Plus or minus 7/24 times.
NORM
OK, so we can learn together!!
!justin!
Yeah! But I've never roller skated or bladed either.
NORM
Nor me!!
!justin!
Have you engaged in any similar activities?
NORM
No, I have not.
!justin!
Good. But you know you'll still be better than I.
NORM
I slip and slide on the oval when it's wet, sometimes.
NORM
How could I possibly be better than you, !justin!?
!justin!
The name !justin! poses more than a few punctuational difficulties.
NORM
But you don't really have to ice skate. It's like bowling. You can just sit there and watch OTHERS embarrass themselves.
!justin!
I guess.
NORM
Tell me about it.
NORM
Any other activities?
!justin!
Well, for one,...
!justin!
Fine, don't hear all about the punctuational difficulties related to !justin!.
NORM
I won't then.
NORM
We can have BATTLE NIBBLES day!!
!justin!
You thought of that at EXACTLY the same time as me! (Approximately.)
NORM
WOW! How cool?!
!justin!
About 7+7/24 cool.
NORM
Or simply a games day.
NORM
Any maths?
!justin!
Yeah.
!justin!
A MATHS RELAY!!!!!
NORM
YEAH!!
NORM
How good would that be?
!justin!
Quite good, but we'd probably have two or three teams only.
NORM
And someone would have to organise it.
!justin!
And who would do the questions?
!justin!
STEP.
NORM
Zigackly.
NORM
Yeah!
!justin!
How about we choose random numbers and then use those numbered questions in certain books which no one has seen before so everyone can participate?! (I'm hoping this makes sense.)
!justin!
YES!!
!justin!
OR A HUNDRED RELAYS!!!!!
NORM
Or we could have ten relays, each one with a different organiser.
NORM
No need to get excited!! (Well, there is a need, but not THAT excited!)
!justin!
Why is my school friend always up so late like me?
NORM
Maybe because he is alays up so late like you.
!justin!
Yes, thoes two things could be related.
!justin!
Shut up about the thoes.
NORM
Sorry, I didn't mean to.
NORM
I probably wouldn't have even realised had you not pointed it out, actually.
!justin!
Sure. I'm sure you were just waiting for the perfect chastisement opportunity. Waiting for the moment of maximal chastising capacity.
NORM
Yes, you're right.
NORM
Yep.
!justin!
Save buffer!
!justin!
HEEHEE!
NORM
Give me an R
NORM
Give me an E
NORM
Give me a UNION
NORM
What does it spell?
!justin!
R E UNION!
NORM
YAY!
!justin!
AY!
NORM
We seem to have this all under control, now.
!justin!
Yep.
NORM
We just have to work out WHEN it's going to happen and WHERE and HOW.
!justin!
We need official names for ourselves to put on the invitations so we look cooler than we actually are.
NORM
I will be the TEAM LEADER.
NORM
You can be my DEPUTY (who is more popular with the students)
!justin!
Are you bringing your LOVELY wife?
NORM
She might be busy counselling some students but if they go insane by the end of the year, I'm sure she'd love to.
!justin!
Great! I'm dying to have an affair with her!
NORM
So if you lose anything, she'll be there to help.
!justin!
If you don't mind, that is.
NORM
Why would I mind?
!justin!
Because of facetious acorns, and nothing else.
NORM
Did we think of this reunion thing independently?
!justin!
I've had it in the back of my mind for a very long time...
!justin!
What about you?
NORM
I suppose it was always coming, we just thought of it.
!justin!
I'm not sure if I ever mentioned it outside me head before Step told me you had the same idea.
NORM
Yeah, it was destined to happen.
!justin!
We're so good!
NORM
Tell me aboutit.
NORM
it.
!justin!
Well, we're just really fantastic, fabulous, terrific, orgasmic (by that I mean S.O.S.esque), excellent and everything else!
NORM
Cool bananas.
!justin!
What are you doing tomorrow?
NORM
So keep your December free, please.
NORM
Tomorrow?
NORM
I don't know. I was planning on taking a day off for vegetation tomorrow.
NORM
And you?
!justin!
Good, I'm glad you don't have to get up in the morning or anything.
NORM
What are you doing?
!justin!
Oh, I'm having lunch with a friend on the city then we're seeing Scream 2 then we're coming back to my place to play the Curse of Monkey Island. Fun!
NORM
Cool. Thanks for inviting ME!
!justin!
So what was the thing you had that you first saw Leigh at again?
NORM
You mean Welcome Day?
!justin!
That questions sounds very terrible!
!justin!
Yes, that's it. So is it just one day, but uni actually starts long long away?
NORM
Uni lectures actually start first week of March but before that, there's orientation week in the last week of Feb and just before that on the weekend, there's Science Camp which I may or may not go on.
!justin!
Explain further Science Camp please?
NORM
Science Camp is a camp held at a country resort or something like that and is organised by the Science Students' Society or something. It is held over the weekend and is open to all first year undergraduate students at the University of Melbourne. The camp has been advertised to us via science students and they seem to imply that they main activity there is self-intoxication although there are other options available.
NORM
Is that explanation enough?
!justin!
Almost TOO much.
NORM
Sorry.
!justin!
Were you saving?
NORM
No, but do you want to do it now?
NORM
Beat you!
!justin!
YES!
NORM
How come you take so long to save?
NORM
OK.
!justin!
I was checking what it actually looks like. (The .txt file.)
NORM
What do you think of the format?
NORM
It's not THAT bad.
!justin!
It's okay... but it would be hard to actually reconstruct later the order of typing.
NORM
It's actually pretty good, considering.
!justin!
Yeah.
NORM
Really?
NORM
Prolly not.
!justin!
Yeah... actually, I'm not sure, but I thought that in the first ICQ version when you saved it, it just saved my whole chunk, then underneath your whole chunk! Which is terrible! Am I hallucinating? I don't know.
!justin!
Did you think it was hilarious how the Camtech person used "prolly"?
NORM
Yes. Hilarity to the maximal capacity, compadre.
!justin!
I really should have begun redownloading Worms 2 if I knew we were going to talk so longg!
NORM
Where were you downloading it from?
!justin!
You mean you want a URL?
!justin!
It was only a demo.
NORM
OK. Do you have any non-demo downloading places?
NORM
Same here.
!justin!
No, besides, Mamie's brother who is apparently an expert on "warez" (I hate that word) says that any big games usually won't work.
NORM
Well, you can download Leisure Suit Larry 5 if that's your fancy!!
!justin!
Where?
NORM
From www.warezrus.com
NORM
And they even have this really, really dumb air hockey game which will take about three seconds to download.
!justin!
Should I bother?
NORM
With air hockey?
!justin!
Yes!
NORM
It doesn't have THAT many games. There's about thirty or so.
!justin!
Have you downloaded anything worthwhile?
NORM
Larry?
!justin!
Oh.
NORM
Prolly not.
!justin!
Is Ben ever going to get you MI2?
!justin!
Kill him!
NORM
I'll ask him tomorrow.
!justin!
Okay.
NORM
But he's a lazy boy. Lazy, lazy boy.
!justin!
I just got myself a very cozy blanket!
NORM
NORM
cosy?
!justin!
Ready for the numerous hours of chatting yet to come!!
NORM
Cool!
NORM
How come Jolene complained about my f*** size?
!justin!
I don't know. I simply don't know.
NORM
Not many people have told me that it was too big, before.
NORM
But doesn't my f*** look smaller than yours at the moment?
!justin!
Maybe she has a low resolution screen which means maybe each word is taking up your whole box.
NORM
Really?
!justin!
Um, I THINK they're exactly the same on my screen.
!justin!
What is your font called?
NORM
NORM
Kidprint.
NORM
I dont' see how, when they look completely different.
!justin!
Your font looks identical to mine in every manner, and I'm NOT overriding format.
!justin!
I don't have Kidprint, but you have Comic Sans.
NORM
Would you like me to send it to you?
NORM
Now?
NORM
Please hold on.
!justin!
Okay! But I won't be ab (yes) le to see it during this chat session, I don't think.
!justin!
Okay!
!justin!
D'oh! Notepad does not have a good enough memory to hold the complete chat session!
NORM
Sorry that took so long. I had to find it.
!justin!
When you return, could you also send me your buffer? I'm not sure what a buffer is, too.
NORM
What buffer?
NORM
Where's yours?
!justin!
The chat transcript! (Kidprint is cute.)
NORM
Why don't you do it in another program, then?
!justin!
Well, I tried to paste the two halves together and Notepad was silly.
!justin!
I'll try when we've finished chatting.
NORM
OK, I'll send the file to you now. Hold on.
NORM
It's coming your way.
NORM
No worries.
!justin!
Thanky!
NORM
You should put this conversation on your homepage.
!justin!
I want everyone to play CMI!
!justin!
I'm sure that people will only be interested in the first part.
NORM
Yeah, I s'pose.
NORM
When can I play CMI?
!justin!
That's what I want to know!
NORM
That's what I want to know! (seeing that I asked the question, this is bleeding obvious)
!justin!
Is bleeding a less rude synonym of bloody?
NORM
I knew you'd comment on my use of the word "bleeding"? I just knew it.
!justin!
You did not.
NORM
I think so.
!justin!
:)
!justin!
Faces and things are the only form of weird computer geek language that I like.
NORM
I really like when other people smiley face me but I don't use them myself (not ever!) because it's a computerism and I don't use computerisms.
NORM
I only saw rotfl very recently and was very bemused by it.
!justin!
!) is a really forcefully winking smiley face.
NORM
Looks more like a pirate to me (I don't know why, though).
!justin!
You accidentally computerismised!
!justin!
-ised is the wrong ending to use there.
NORM
Did not!
NORM
Should we end this discussion, soon?
!justin!
You mean this chat? Or this topic?
NORM
Yeah, I like to call this a discussion, seeing that it is so mature!!
!justin!
And "chat" is quickly becoming a computerism.
NORM
Zigackly.
NORM
Anyway, I'd at least like to get off the subject.
!justin!
Okay!
NORM
Which totally ruins our train of discussion.
NORM
Sorry.
!justin!
It's weird to see how many levels of self-referentialism you can get to.
NORM
Is it?
!justin!
Probably not.
NORM
What on earth brought that subject into this discussion?
!justin!
I'm not sure if my terminology is correct.
!justin!
But by talking about subjects and chats and things we affect the course of it.
!justin!
And then now by discussing how we do that we're affecting how we BLAH I can't be bothered thinking.
NORM
I derstand not.
!justin!
I was also wondering if my line ends on my screen when it does on yours. My line ends here --------------!
NORM
You take up one and nine twenty-fourths lines on my screen.
!justin!
Oh, sorry.
NORM
That's OK. I just don't get why things look different on different screens!
!justin!
My resolution is 800x600 I think.
NORM
I don't know mine.
!justin!
You can check in Display Properties if you want to be bothered.
!justin!
But it doesn't matter.
!justin!
I wonder if you're doing it now while you're away. I can think of now other explanation for your awayity.
NORM
Mine's 640x480.
!justin!
Explanation expalined?!
!justin!
Hoops, I spelt Whoops wrong.
NORM
That's silly.
!justin!
I apologise for thinking up such a stupidity.
NORM
That's OK.
NORM
Did you by any chance tell Tom that I was angry because he didn't call me back?
NORM
OK, that's a different story, then.
NORM
And he seemed pretty bemused by the fact that I was going to university this year, as if you had done him harm by not revealing the fact to him.
!justin!
No, I told him you cried.
NORM
Probably.
!justin!
Did he think you were a silly year 11er going into year 12er?
NORM
Tell me about it.
!justin!
He's silly! He's a silly year 11er going into year 12er!
NORM
Don't worry about telling me about it anymore.
NORM
Are you getting tired, by any chance?
!justin!
I was on the phone with another friend today and we were being very mean to Tom.
NORM
Why?
!justin!
Because we felt like it.
NORM
That's mean!
!justin!
I'll say YES to that previous question even though I don't really.
NORM
OK.
NORM
Have you noticed my sentences getting shorter and shorter?
NORM
(On average, that is)
!justin!
I just scrolled upwards heaps and now I do sort of notice.
!justin!
We were very mean.
NORM
In what way?
!justin!
Wow, we're having two different conversations here!
!justin!
Okay, I guess this should end quite soon.
NORM
You got it.
!justin!
Well, we were just talking about him and then we started talking about his faults and then simply started bashing him.
NORM
Funny.
!justin!
I don't know why.
NORM
I hope you don't do this to me!
!justin!
Me too! I don't want to be a mean person.
NORM
Why would YOU do this to yourself?!
NORM
You're not quite THAT dumb are you?
!justin!
No, I didn't mean I hope I don't do this to me, I mean I hope you don't... I mean I hope I don't do this to you!
NORM
Cool bananas. Well rest assured. I'm quite positive that neither of us bashes the other.
!justin!
How positive? Positive infinity?
NORM
seven and seven twenty-fourths times chicken infinity?
!justin!
Okay!
!justin!
(You MUST be tired! You didn't use a capital S!!!!)
NORM
I know.
NORM
Will you call me soon?
NORM
Is the $3 deal still on?
!justin!
MAYBE tomorrow...
!justin!
Probably Monday or something.
NORM
Well, if you call me, tell me whether the $3 deal is still on because there are a couple of people I wish to converse with on the phone. I might even ring Nick.
!justin!
While you're vegatating (I think it is still on for Telstra, it isn't for Optus) how would you like to finish writing half an e-mail?
NORM
Would I ever!
!justin!
And would you also like a rug of some sort?
NORM
Yes, please.
!justin!
(Before we go, do you laugh always loudly at the add with a frill necked lizard running and screaming?)
NORM
No, not always.
!justin!
I ALWAYS. Even if I just hear it from downstairs. It's so funny!
NORM
I'm glad you think so.
!justin!
I'm laughing right now!
NORM
Stop it! I tell you to stop!
!justin!
Sorry!
!justin!
It's so funny!
NORM
Have you heard from KIM recently?
!justin!
No. And I'm not very happy about not having heard from KIM recently.
!justin!
Have you?
NORM
No. Not since about when I can't remember.
NORM
I know it off the top of my head. It's (02) 9587 1249
!justin!
And do you have her phone number close?
!justin!
And yours is (03) 9563 1968
NORM
Go on.
NORM
Yes.
!justin!
Yay!
NORM
And Step's is (02) 9876 5395
!justin!
The first five numbers is almost like an orgy!
NORM
And Tom's is (08) 8431 6240
!justin!
Are all these off the top of your head?
NORM
Yes. Of course.
!justin!
Have you ever rung Tom?
NORM
And Nick's is (042) 849 226
!justin!
That's weird. I'm scared.
NORM
No, I haven't. But he told me his phone number and I said that if he came back in a year's time, I would still remember it because I have a good head for phone numbers usually.
NORM
Like mine?
!justin!
I don't. I'm terrible, especially when they're DUMB phone numbers!
!justin!
Yes!
NORM
How about Thos?
!justin!
It's only the capital Y which never works!
!justin!
(when I'm not concentrating).
!justin!
What about him?
!justin!
You mean what's his phone ...?
NORM
His phone number. Do you approve of it?
!justin!
No, it's a GOOD phone number! So many doubles!!
NORM
Lots of doubles!!
NORM
I'm glad we are Cevians.
!justin!
I don't have many friends with good phone numbers.
NORM
Nor me.
NORM
Step is my FAVOURITEST.
NORM
I love Step.
!justin!
Step and Thomas are my BESTEST phone number friends, I think.
!justin!
Step, is the person he know with the 987654** phone number one of his friends?
NORM
I don't know.
NORM
Step's phone number is soooo cool. The first five numbers are simply a joy to remember and the last four correspond to my PIN number!
!justin!
I liked my OLD phone number only because it had a triple (3330119).
NORM
That's pretty nice.
NORM
Nor me.
NORM
Maybe.
!justin!
So THAT'S why your secretnorm password was (I can't remember it!!) norm5395?
NORM
Do you remember my university e-mail address?
!justin!
n.do@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au
!justin!
Yay! I did remember!
NORM
I have to telnet to the university to get it.
!justin!
Is it hard?
NORM
What do you mean?
!justin!
Tedious to get through?
NORM
Not really, but it's not very user-friendly and stuff.
!justin!
But will you bother using it, since you have two happy e-mail addresses (and more) already?
NORM
Well, I have to, seeing that the only correspondence with the university is via our e-mail accounts.
NORM
So everyone gets one and everyone has to use it to some extent.
!justin!
Really? Annoying.
NORM
Yes.
!justin!
(for people who don't have stuff at home).
NORM
Yeah. The only way to get your results is via the internet.
NORM
So it's pretty inconvenient for non-geeks.
!justin!
You can't even ring up or anything?
NORM
No, I don't think so.
!justin!
Waah!
!justin!
I'm glad I'm a geek.
NORM
I'm glad you're a geek. Do you want me to nominate you again?
!justin!
If you have too much spare time. But finish your e-mail to me first!
NORM
Should I spend as many words as I did for your last nomination?
NORM
Or can it just be a dodgy, makeshift one.
!justin!
If you're in a whimsical mood. I don't mind, since I'm not going to try very hard to get everyone to nominate me again.
NORM
OK. I'm just happy that I managed to score for myself a segment in your illustrious homepage!
!justin!
I hope that one day I will feature in yours.
NORM
Mine? When I can be bothered learning HTML again and writing it.
!justin!
When I teach you.
NORM
What is my third lesson?
!justin!
NOW!
!justin!
is a line break.
NORM
Repeat after you...
NORM
is a line break.
!justin!
Don't use because !justin! doesn't like it.
NORM
What is the diff?
!justin!
I think
puts lines in between, AND technically they should be used differently.
!justin!
Paragraph 1
!justin!
!justin!
Paragraph 2
!justin!
BUT
!justin!
Paragraph 1
!justin!
Paragraph 2
NORM
OK, I understand.
!justin!
but no one bothers.
NORM
Wouldn't it help, though, if you were perhaps doing something paragraphy? And you had different styles for different paragraphs or something?
!justin!
Um, I don't get it.
NORM
Nor me. But it COULD be useful to have the
things couldn't it?
!justin!
I think so.
!justin!
I don't know very much html. Just enough for an amateur homepage like mine.
!justin!
Ask the {potato} for help!
NORM
I should really be going soon, sorry to say.
!justin!
Yes, I keep wanting to bring that up but get distracted.
NORM
Sorry, that's my fault.
!justin!
So shall we call it a night?
!justin!
Or shall we give it a more appealing name?
NORM
Let's call it a soirée/
NORM
.
!justin!
Very well.
!justin!
"Soirée".
NORM
"Hello, you. You shall be a soirée!"
!justin!
You're good at this calling stuff!
NORM
Thanks. Do you really mean it?
!justin!
Of course I do. I'm horribly embarrassed in my pathetic attempt to call it a soirée.
NORM
I never take part in any half-hearted calling of stuff. If it's to be called, then I call it all the way, baby. All the way.
NORM
Don't worry, you'll learn.
NORM
You'll learn, all right.
!justin!
(BTW There were bits in the Scream 2 movie trailer I downloaded which weren't in the movie!)
NORM
So, here we are, at the end of yet another chat.
!justin!
Yes, I didn't mean to bring up another subject. IGNORE!!
NORM
Like sands through the hourglass...
!justin!
If you want to ignore.
NORM
These are...
!justin!
So, dream of me?
!justin!
Dream of me!
!justin!
Dream of me sometimes!
NORM
The days...
NORM
Of our lives...
!justin!
When we've said goodbye!
!justin!
Remember me!
!justin!
Once in a while!
!justin!
Please promise me you'll try!
NORM
OK, will do. I bet Jolz is all asleep now and comfy in bed, dreaming of you though. And you can't be in two dreams at once.
NORM
I will. If you call me once in a while.
NORM
I'll try. I promise.
!justin!
I hope we're both in her dream!
NORM
And vice versa?
!justin!
Mnage a trois!
!justin!
Menage a trois!
!justin!
Menage a trois!
!justin!
Menage a trois!
NORM
I hope you're not trying to do a NORM.
NORM
STOP IT!!
!justin!
Menage a trois!
NORM
I don't want amateurs interfering where professionals fear to tread!
!justin!
Okay, j'arette. I spell french tres bad.
NORM
Tres bad.
NORM
OK. Are we off yet?
NORM
Shall we count down?
!justin!
Okay, I will think of you till I fall asleep, thus resulting in a dream of you.
NORM
(Remember to save the buffer before we finish!!)
!justin!
I'll try. But don't be too harsh if I accidentally count up.
!justin!
7^2
!justin!
I thought you were starting with that L!!
NORM
Let's give each other three seconds after someone counts the number 0 to save the buffer before we part forever.
!justin!
Okay.
!justin!
IC
NORM
10003539...
!justin!
?!
NORM
(it's your turn to count)
!justin!
(I was using roman numbers.)
NORM
NORM
(I thought you meant, "I see!")
!justin!
(As if I would use a computerism! And suddenly this has become VERY beef jerky!)
NORM
86.363
NORM
Yes, it has.
!justin!
6^2.1
NORM
5^2.1
NORM
1
!justin!
7*pi
NORM
(what?)
NORM
(I see)
!justin!
(Seven times pi? Have I oopsidaisied again?)
NORM
6e
!justin!
(Oh good, I haven't. I'll use x though in future.)
NORM
(hurry...)
!justin!
(45, 105)
NORM
(gcd?)
!justin!
(Is that the wrong bracket?)
!justin!
(Yes.)
NORM
NO, that's right.
NORM
[3, 4]
!justin!
lim (as x->10) x
!justin!
(That's soooo stupid!)
NORM
(Tell me about it)
NORM
3+3+3=
NORM
(three trees)
!justin!
(Was that a SICK joke?)
!justin!
e^2
NORM
abs[5e^(i*pi)]
!justin!
2!!!!!x2!!!
NORM
2.9999....
!justin!
2.9999..........999899999......
!justin!
NORM
1x10^0
!justin!
Im((cis 40)^2)
NORM
NORM
IM((cis 30)^2)
NORM
m((cis 30)^2)
!justin!
.3
!justin!
(I'm really tired!!)
NORM
0
NORM
.1
!justin!
(Wait a minute... Did I just increase?)
!justin!
D'oh!
!justin!
Did you purposely trick me?
NORM
Yes! I knew that you would type .3 as the number had been imprinted in your mind from the little kid in the car ad who says, "And I'm the .3!"
NORM
OK, let's just get outta here!
NORM
bye
!justin!
It's too jerky!
!justin!
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