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Apollo BBS Archive - May 10, 1989


Mail from Ann Oudin
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 08:22:31

You really thing Jeannie is Sandy? How interesting. I will have to look at
her posts more closely in the future.
Re: the liberals vs the others - your right! The liberals do make points and
the others just go about tearing them apart. Of course, they never come
across with answers themselves! -=*) ANN (*=-
P.S. OOPS! I just thought of something - how can Jeannie be Sandy when Gary
has claimed to have met Jeannie? 
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Mail from Dean Hathaway
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 20:59:43

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  I would have to change everything about it for general publication.
   See You Later
      Dean H.
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Message: 176
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Sibel
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 16:04:00

What ever happened to your relationship with Dean McCarron?

Message: 177
Author: $ Peter Petrisko
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: LAST
Date: 05/11/89  Time: 00:35:33

     More importantly, what ever happened to Dean McCarron?

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Message: 2228
Author: $ Ralph Blehm
Category: Kontest
Subject: Stories
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 05:40:51

All the stories were very good, now if all would put their heads together
they could write the great American novel. They would have to use all of
this boards members to make it great.

Message: 2229
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Gary
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 08:51:07

Who you voting for handsome? -=*) ANN (*=-

Message: 2230
Author: $ Dean Hathaway
Category: Kontest
Subject: Gary J.
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 21:02:42

  I thought Apollo Nights was terrific. If the author didn't still owe me
ten bucks I might even vote for it myself.
   See You Later
      Dean H.

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Message: 3080
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Dandy Sandy
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 08:49:38

Most of the movies of this sort are strickly turn ons for men not women. Now
if I made a porno movie .........! -=*) ANN (*=-

Message: 3081
Author: $ Todd Reese
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Debbie/Dallas
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 23:18:52

Is everybody's fingernails really dirty like Syskel and Ebert (sp?) said
they were?

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Message: 58627
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Steve/contests
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 06:16:13

Wish I had said that! Well put Steve!

Message: 58628
Author: $ Jeannie Innajug
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: CONTESTS
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 07:53:42

Hey.....................Annie..................

     To continue your comparison, the short story contest on the ART SIG
could just as well be considered exploitation since it favors those with a
literary bent over those with a musical talent.

     The sole object of a contest is to provide a selection by narrowing the
field of contestants down to a manageable size.  The Miss America contest is
a case in point.......

     The object is to select a good looking young woman who can interface
well with people.  The winner of the contest is given a bunch of prizes and
then is required to act as sort of a national chamber of commerce booster. 
If one of us old bats were selected on the basis of personality or literary
talent (I'm sure you's be the winner, Annie) something would be lost in the
whole process.  Let's not be jealous of another's looks or age, but
continue to promote our own talents and assets as well as we can.

     The constitutional guarantees of equal opportunity are only that,
guarantees of opportunity.  We could both enter the Miss America Contest if
we hadn't thrown away the opportunity by getting married first.  The
competition is to select a winner according to preset criteria.  As old
Harry said, if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen!  Should we
have a Ms. Apollo contest?  See Y'aa.......Jeannie  (how's your bikini?)

Message: 58629
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Answer!
Subject: James H.
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 08:23:55

I do not think women are forced into prostitution either. -=*) ANN (*=-

Message: 58630
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: JT/women
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 08:32:35

Well as a woman, I feel that being taken seriously and equally by men is
being free/part of freedom! 
Re: being occupationaly used: If a woman poses in a swimsuit on the front of
a Hunting magazine, the said magazine is using a woman's body to advertize
their wares! It is totally irrelevant to the contents. In cases like this, I
blame the woman. -=*) ANN (*=-
P.S. BTW - look at women in swimsuits or totally naked for all I care! I see
nothing wrong in this, but go get a magazine for this purpose - not Sports
Illustrated! 

Message: 58631
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Steve & Jeannie
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 08:46:43

Regarding contests: your discriptions is not what I mean at all. Can you not
see a difference between Mr. & Miss America contests and women & men muscle
buiding contests? The America contests are based solely on looks FIRST! Ever
seen an ugly Miss America? Jeannie: hell, theres a lot of ugly people out
there that can interface well with people! Muscle builders have something
they worked hard and years for - muscles! So do motorcyclists - race drives
- divers - skaters etc. etc. Their looks have nothing to do with their
skills. These kind of contests are fun and interesting. I've never seen a
Miss America contest where the contestant was nothing but a puppet that
walked around like a stick was up her back, with a fake smile and she's
supposed to depict the American woman? Come on - get real! If this were so,
what does she need to appear in a bathing suit at all for? -=*) ANN (*=-

Message: 58632
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Question?
Subject: Story Kontest
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 09:38:50

        Are there any more users out there still working on a Kontest story?

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Message: 58633
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Answer!
Subject: Ann
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 10:53:26

Have you ever seen a skinny, non-muscled Mr. America?

Message: 58634
Author: $ Steve MacGregor
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Ann/Contests
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 11:48:38

  No, I cannot see a difference in principle between beauty contests that
judge entrants on looks first, and weight-lifting contests that judge on
strength first, and races of all sorts that judge on speed first.
  There are a lot of ugly people out there who are not strong enough to win
a weight-lifting contest or fast enough to win a race.  Their looks have
nothing to do with their skills.
  And Miss America is not depicting the American woman; she's just won a
beauty contest.
  Totally aside from all this, I think beauty contests are as silly as air-
guitar contests, and pay little attention to them.

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Message: 58635
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Ahhhhh
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 14:49:08

        Just back from shooting an ASSAULT 30 clip 223...  Man, that was FUN
to the MAX.   Too bad people who don't know anybetter are selling our
freedoms down the river, while the judicial system lets the criminal run
free or get out on some silly technicality.
        By the way, the rifle did not kill a thing, I being of sound mind
pointed it only at a paper target 50 yards away. (someone on this system
said they could only be used for killing and were no fun)  The exercise I
found most fun was the rapid fire precision shooting.  By that I mean taking
aim as soon as one could after the recoil and fire when the bead was again
on the target, not just pulling the trigger as fast as one can.


Thank you Bob H.  

Message: 58636
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Oudin
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 16:03:24

So let me see if I have this straight.  It diminishes freedom when a woman
poses in a swimsuit for Sports Illustrated, but not if she poses in a
swimsuit for a swimsuit magazine, or naked for a skin magazine.  It does,
however, diminish freedom for a woman to participate in a beauty contest.
So, let's just make a list here.

OK                      Not OK
Swimsuit magazines      Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
Pornography             Beauty contests

I still do not understand, but perhaps I'm just slow.  Please try to explain
one more time.

Message: 58637
Author: $ Beauregard Dog
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Stivo/rakontoj
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 18:11:57

Mi entajpos kelkajn el ili.  Mi ne havas senliman tempon.
 
Cxu vi scias ke ekzistas grupo en Fenikso por Esperanto?  Ni kunvenas kaj
babilas kaj mangxas ktp.  Vi estos bonvena!
 
Ronaldo

Message: 58638
Author: $ Bob Thornburg
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Ann
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 21:28:22

Re:  "get a magazine for this purpose - not Sports
Illustrated!"

I agree.  But the reason Sports Illustrated has a swim suit issue is it
sells magazines.  The swim suit issue probably sells more issues than any
other single sports event.  You see, a lot of men wouldn't be caught dead
reading Playboy, etc.  Some because their wives won't let them, others
because they think it is not respectable.  But sports!  Any *man* can read a
sports magazine and even subscribe to it without risking their wives anger
or loss of respect.  So they get to ogle the girls and still be respectable.
 They will gladly buy a subscription even if they don't follow sports at
all.  I know some guys wouldn't be embarrassed to look at anything no matter
how degrading or perverted it might be.  They would probably protest my
opinion the loudest.

Message: 58639
Author: $ Bob Thornburg
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: James H.
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 21:29:58

Re:  "Have you ever seen a skinny, non-muscled Mr. America?"

No.  Neither have I seen an ugly Miss America.

Message: 58640
Author: $ Bob Thornburg
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Steve
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 21:32:56

Re:  "I cannot see a difference in principle between beauty contests that
judge entrants on looks first, and weight-lifting contests that judge on
strength first, and races of all sorts that judge on speed first."

I can see one.  An ugly person can win a weight-lifting contest.  An ugly
person can win a speed contest.  An ugly person can not win a beauty
contest.  There is a difference.

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Message: 354
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: last
Date: 05/10/89  Time: 07:03:31

        Hawley 'active' status, now that's funny!  Rod, you win, I could
never think of anything as silly!