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Skriven 2006-07-30 20:32:00 av Robert E Starr JR (5858.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: I'm Gone
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Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Amy
Guskin of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain: 

>>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:49:27 -0400, Methuselah Jones wrote
> (in article <Xns981063EFF7A86methuselahaltgeekorg@216.196.97.131>):
> 
>> Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
>> Amy Guskin of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain: 
>> 
>>>>> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:36:08 -0400, Wendy of NJ wrote
>>> (in article <k89hc29r6patmkf136t2rsm41lmob0ig9u@4ax.com>):
>>> 
>>>> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:24:39 GMT, Amy Guskin
>>>> <aisling@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:00:54 -0400, Josh Hill wrote
>>>>> (in article <ke0gc252bsk21uitk4f1o767qm1j8usi1a@4ax.com>):
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:44:14 GMT, Amy Guskin
>>>>>> <aisling@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:28:19 -0400, Josh Hill wrote
>>>>>>> (in article <lmddc2hgcpcita6qdrfdf2bi1ob6khd2t9@4ax.com>):
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:43:03 GMT, Wendy of NJ
>>>>>>>> <voxwoman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:19:49 -0400, Josh Hill
>>>>>>>>> <usereplyto@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> making personal criticisms that are inappropriate
>>>>>>>>>> to a moderated group: I did some of that myself a few weeks
>>>>>>>>>> ago, to the discomfiture of the moderators.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Oooh, Josh... do you need a spanking? or just a visit from the
>>>>>>>>> Narn Bat Squad?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Already handled. And I assure you that the Offical Moderator
>>>>>>>> Outfit has /very/ painful studs. <<
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Josh, Josh, Josh.  Don't you remember the first rule of
>>>>>>> Moderated Club?  Never talk about Moderated Club.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And after I read this post, my computer crashed and my steak fell
>>>>>> in the sink. I give! <<
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bwah!  Next thing you need to look out for: don't say "Moderator
>>>>> Mary" three 
>>>>> times in front of a mirror...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Amy (hoping I'm not the only one who went to slumber parties and
>>>>> heard that tale)
>>>> 
>>>> I thought it was "Hastur" you weren't supposed to say 3 times. <<
>>> 
>>> No, it's "Bloody Mary" in the urban legend long told at slumber
>>> parties (and "Candyman" in the relatively newer film).  Guess that
>>> joke fell completely flat!
>> 
>> I thought it was 13 times. <<
> 
> It's a regionalism.  Just like the way the story of The Hook is told
> in every locale about an escaped patient from the area's creepiest
> mental hospital (Creedmor for my neck of the woods), "Bloody Mary"
> legends vary by area.  Some say chanting it three times is the magic
> number, some say seven, some thirteen.  Personally, I think that three
> is scarier because you can easily imagine doing it almost by accident
> or jokingly, while saying something _thirteen_ times in a row takes
> real forethought and determination. 

True. But saying it thirteen times, especially accompanied by some of the 
rituals I've heard described, could begin to have a trance-inducing 
effect.

-- 
Methuselah
"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
  -- Mark Twain
                
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