The Moon was red, making Rai ask Moebius, "Is this a bad sign?"

 ctn> M >> Who /are/ you talking to? 
 ctn> R >> We go through this every year or so don't we... I'm talking to
 ctn> the
 ctn> R >> reflection in _YOUR_ monitor 
 M>>  All right, I'll stop.
 ctn>  OOOOOOHHHHHHH!!! 

Do I win? 

 >> ... [loss of another echo]...
 R>>> BTW FWIW I lit a candle for it's loss. 
 M>> It's okay.  Apparently when 'Lhu and Azraeal left, that was it.

 ctn> I was going to ask where the old crowd went. I had no one (.. OK OK a
 ctn> reducing number of old mates ...) to gloat to about finishing the
 ctn> degree
 ctn> (even if the kid graduated from pre-school before her mom did from
 ctn> Uni) 

The kids have to feel superior to the parents at least once.  After that,
well...

 M>> If the lurkers had bleeding /tried/...
 ctn> Oh yea there is that... A local pagan list we've got only has a
 ctn> handful of punsters active & the rest are lurkers - & as O-pun
 ctn> warfare is _not_ a spectator sport these are the ones complaining
 ctn> about the efforts to keep the puns on topic 

Puns being on topic?  That's like fishing being mistaken for a spectator
sport.

 >> ...Dr Who...
 ctn> Woooo Woooo.... a rumor. Dr Who Telly movie with a female Dr. They've
 ctn> named .. goddess I can never remember her name .. it's Patty from
 ctn> Ab-Fab. & I think she's got the talent to pull it off - more in a Tom
 ctn> Baker-esque way than some of the more serious goes... It'll be
 ctn> interesting.

It should.  I do hope they manage to keep the quality up.  The TV movie was
all right...for a partly-American production.

 ctn> & there's another rumor about another attempt & HHGTTG but it names
 ctn> that gormless Mr Grant as Arther Dent ...

Not /Hugh/ Grant.  I don't know if he has the ability to look harried
enough.

 M>>>> Moebius, the most cynical person you've met...so far.
 R>>>  One of the top 10 I'd admit but that's
about the closest
 R>>> I'd admit... );-)
 M>> Why, thank you.
 M>> Moebius, who feels slightly flattered.

 ctn>  Better than slightly battered - although I'd be careful of
 ctn> the quality (& quantity ??? ) of eggs in
the batter or
 ctn> the yoke'll be on you..

All right, it's CODDLING TIME!!

Moebius, whose punishments are known for their unreasoning cruelty.

... "I've been put in my proper place..._again_..." - Danny

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