EEFL Session C, Original Division From: wickart@ichips.intel.com (Bill 'Prune' Wickart) Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1991 01:41:33 +0000 EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE ORIGINAL DIVISION SESSION A RESULTS Team Pts W D L GF:GA CP TP Cash ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Minutemen 15 7 1 1 16: 2 4.0 3 $ 730K FC Adelaide 15 6 3 0 7: 1 4.0 4 $1262K Adirondack Automata 14 5 4 0 10: 2 4.0 4 $1101K Marauding Math. Maund. 11 4 3 2 11: 6 4.0 6 $1944K Smurfs and Friends 9 4 1 4 8:10 2.5 3 $ 395K Cleveland Plankton 8 3 2 4 9:10 3.0 3 $ 525K Overwhelmed by Task 8 2 4 3 5: 7 4.0 3 $ 560K Washington Capitals 7 2 3 4 9:12 2.5 4 $ 459K Golden Horn 6 2 2 5 10: 9 3.5 4 $ 307K Hampshire Eagles 6 0 6 3 4: 8 3.0 3 $ 465K Anime Hentais 5 1 3 5 5:14 4.0 6 $ 485K Westminster Uknighted 4 1 2 6 6:19 2.0 3 $ 223K ----------------------------------------------------------------- MVP bonus: SF, TMM No Moves Received: TMM Roster changes: none You did *not* misread that ... the Smurfs earned a dude point this session. Details are in the box scores below. Jon Gibson got his orders in just in time to trade one set of strangeness for another. AA has returned to their old form, giving us 3 draws this session. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Errors and Fines: AA: free: Tried to coach or train an ineligible player AH: free: Tried to coach or train an ineligible player FCA: free: Overspent on CP or TP GH: 25K: Tried to use multiple centers in one area free: Tried to coach or train an ineligible player SF: 10K: Tried to use a starter twice in one match 25K: Tried to use multiple centers in one area TMM: 10K: Forgot space after "@" 10K: Misspelled a player's name WC: 10K: Misspelled a player's name free: Tried to coach or train an ineligible player WU: free: Overspent on CP or TP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 7 AH at MMM 0 - 1 (7 - 11) GK D. Openshaw (0:0 0 2) GK N. Gibb (0:0 0 2) SW K. Otonashi (0:0 0 2) SW C. Parseval (0:0 0 0) DF Y. Godai (0:1 0 0) DF A. Cauchy (0:1 0 1) DF L. McNichol (0:1 0 0) DF T. Kohonen (0:1 0 0) DF S. Lhardott (0:0 0 1) DF H. Poincare (0:0 0 0) MF R. Saotome (0:1 0 0) MF F. Klein (0:2 0 0) MF E. Takanaka (0:1 0 0) MF C. Kanuka (0:1 0 0) FW H. Ken (0:1 0 0) FW K. Worley (0:1 0 0) FW A. Rei (0:0 0 0) FW R. Pilatus (0:1 0 0) FW L. Kei (0:1 0 0) FW E. Galois (0:2 0 0) UT K. Weierstrass (0:1 0 0) UT D. Hilbert (1:2 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 7 OBT at HE 1 - 1 (3 - 5) GK B. Bartok (0:0 0 2) GK I. Kipnis (0:0 0 0) GK S. Ozawa (0:0 0 1) SW A. Martin (0:0 0 0) DF H. DeSanctis (0:0 0 0) DF M. Crow (0:1 0 0) DF G. DeSanctis (0:0 0 0) DF B. Rook (0:0 0 1) DF M. Marietta (0:0 0 0) MF Z. Barolo (0:0 0 0) MF T. Bateleur (0:0 0 0) MF D. Quayle (0:0 0 0) (bk) @ 88 MF H. Goshawk (0:1 0 0) (bk) MF J. Napier (0:0 0 0) (sub) FW I. Newton (0:2 0 0) FW I. Wright (1:2 0 0) FW H. Szeryng (1:1 0 0) FW J. Swift (0:0 1 0) FW G. McClellan (0:0 0 0) UT S. Noodle (0:0 1 0) UT R. Aitken (0:0 0 0) UT B. Godwit (0:1 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 7 GH at SF 0 - 2 (8 - 7) GK S. Hamam (0:0 0 0) (sub) GK B. Smurf (0:0 0 1) GK Y. Direk (0:0 0 0) @ 60 SW F. Bahce (0:0 0 0) @ 30 SW M. Smurf (0:0 0 0) SW K. Koy (0:0 0 0) (sub) DF G. Tepe (0:1 0 0) DF S. McDuck (0:0 0 0) DF K. Cekmece (0:0 0 1) DF G. Rasputin (0:0 0 0) DF S. Yer (0:2 0 0) DF E. Smurf (0:0 0 2) MF Y. Yurt (0:1 0 0) MF K. Smurf (0:2 0 0) MF S. Li (0:1 0 0) MF R. Smurf (0:0 0 0) MF E. Onu (0:1 0 0) MF B. Simpson (0:2 0 0) MF B. Adasi (0:0 0 0) (bk) FW T. Kapi (0:0 0 0) FW M. Mouse (2:2 0 0) FW B. Koz (0:2 0 0) FW B. Cat (0:1 1 0) FW P. Smurf (0:0 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 7 TMM at FCA 0 - 0 (12 - 4) GK P. Glass (0:0 0 1) @ 18 GK D. Miller (0:0 0 3) GK S. Prokofiev (0:0 0 0) (sub) SW A. Schweitzer (0:0 0 1) SW G. Mills (0:0 0 1) DF P. Casals (0:2 0 0) DF C. Miller (0:0 0 0) (RC) @ 0 DF C. Davis (0:0 0 1) DF A. Tobin (0:0 0 0) DF C. Ives (0:0 0 0) DF P. Okon (0:0 0 0) MF L. Janaczek (0:2 0 0) MF A. Vidmar (0:0 0 0) MF P. Schickele (0:1 0 0) MF D. Mori (0:1 0 0) MF A. Segovia (0:4 0 0) FW H. Berlioz (0:0 0 0) FW C. Veart (0:0 0 0) FW G. Gould (0:1 0 0) FW Z. Ilic (0:1 0 0) FW P. Agostino (0:1 0 0) FW D. Lowe (0:1 0 0) UT F. Valenti (0:2 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 7 WC at AA 0 - 0 (1 - 7) GK J. Hrivnak (0:0 0 2) GK C. Machine (0:0 0 0) GK A. Byron (0:0 0 1) SW S. Cote (0:0 0 0) DF C. Johansson (0:0 0 0) DF G. Flyball (0:1 0 0) DF B. Houlder (0:0 0 0) DF B. Butterfly (0:0 0 0) DF K. Hatcher (0:1 0 0) DF N. Wirth (0:0 0 0) MF R. Pearce (0:0 0 2) (bk) MF A. Deetoo (0:1 0 0) MF M. Pivonka (0:0 0 0) MF G. Hopper (0:0 0 0) MF M. Ridley (0:0 0 0) MF N. Dale (0:0 0 0) (bk) MF D. Hunter (0:0 0 0) FW D. Khristich (0:0 0 0) FW T. Tok (0:2 0 0) FW S. Maltais (0:0 0 0) FW M. Wollstonecraft (0:1 0 0) (sub) FW B. Atanasoff (0:2 0 0) FW T. 99-4A (0:0 0 0) @18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 7 WU at CP 1 - 3 (2 - 6) GK T. Heath (0:0 0 0) GK C. Fahlen (0:0 0 0) SW P. Ashdown (0:0 0 0) SW P. Mondrian (0:0 0 0) DF D. Steele (0:0 0 0) DF A. Burkhart (0:0 0 0) DF G. Howe (0:0 0 0) DF S. Kokoska (0:1 0 0) DF D. Hurd (0:0 0 0) (sub) DF A. Holt (0:0 0 0) MF N. Kinnock (0:0 0 1) MF K. Engleman (1:2 1 0) MF J. Smith (0:0 0 0) MF D. Czerniawski (0:0 0 0) MF T. Benn (0:0 0 0) MF N. Draper (0:0 0 0) FW T. Dayell (0:0 0 0) FW M. Calabretta (0:0 0 0) FW K. Livingston (1:1 0 0) FW P. McDonnell (2:2 0 0) FW D. Healy (0:1 0 0) UT J. Archer (0:0 0 0) @ 45 UT L. Engleman (0:1 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 8 HE at AH 0 - 0 (2 - 5) 1pen GK A. Greenshank (0:0 0 2) GK P. Harlock (0:0 0 0) SW D. Montagu (0:0 0 1) (bk) SW K. Otonashi (0:0 0 0) DF M. Crow (0:0 0 0) DF Y. Godai (0:1 0 0) DF S. Owl (0:0 0 0) (sub) DF L. McNichol (0:0 0 0) DF R. Muti (0:0 0 0) DF L. Yuri (0:0 0 0) DF B. Redshank (0:1 0 0) @ 45 MF T. Kestrel (0:1 0 0) MF C. Kanuka (0:2 0 0) MF H. Goshawk (0:0 0 0) MF Y. Shogo (0:0 0 0) MF N. Purpleton (0:0 0 0) FW R. Fleck (0:0 0 0) FW H. Ken (0:3 0 0) FW J. Swift (0:0 0 0) FW A. Rei (0:0 0 0) FW L. Gyrfalcon (0:0 0 0) FW K. Uraki (0:0 0 0) UT B. Godwit (0:0 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 8 GH at MMM 0 - 0 (3 - 1) GK Y. Direk (0:0 0 0) GK N. Abel (0:0 0 1) SW F. Bahce (0:0 0 0) SW C. Parseval (0:0 0 0) DF H. Pasa (0:0 0 0) DF A. Cauchy (0:0 0 0) DF B. Cekmece (0:0 0 0) DF P. Wasserman (0:1 0 0) DF K. Cekmece (0:0 0 0) DF C. Babbage (0:0 0 0) DF H. Poincare (0:0 0 1) MF B. Tas (0:1 0 0) MF G. Mittag-Leffler (0:0 0 0) MF E. Onu (0:1 0 0) MF S. Kovalevsky (0:0 0 0) MF B. Adasi (0:0 0 0) (sub) MF S. Ahmet (0:1 0 0) @ 30 FW B. Oglu (0:0 0 0) FW R. Pilatus (0:0 0 0) FW M. Pasa (0:0 0 0) FW E. Galois (0:0 0 0) FW K. Toprak (0:0 0 0) UT A. Kolmogorov (0:0 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 8 FCA at OBT 1 - 0 (2 - 2) GK D. Miller (0:0 0 0) GK B. Bartok (0:0 0 0) SW M. Ivanovic (0:0 0 0) SW B. DeSanctis (0:0 0 0) DF P. Shillebeer (0:0 0 1) DF S. Sparc (0:0 0 0) DF T. Vidmar (0:0 0 0) DF G. DeSanctis (0:0 0 1) DF P. Okon (0:0 0 1) MF J. Mullen (0:0 0 0) MF G. Worley (0:0 0 0) MF R. Aloisi (0:0 0 0) MF Z. Barolo (0:1 0 0) MF J. Aloisi (0:0 0 0) MF V. Override (0:0 0 0) (bk) MF J. Napier (0:1 0 0) FW E. Tapai (0:0 0 0) FW I. Newton (0:0 0 0) @ 30 FW Z. Ilic (0:0 0 0) @ 60 FW D. Worley (0:0 0 0) FW P. Agostino (0:1 0 0) FW M. DeSanctis (0:0 0 0) (sub) FW D. Lowe (1:1 0 0) (sub) UT S. Noodle (0:0 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 8 AA at SF 0 - 0 (7 - 1) GK A. Byron (0:0 0 0) GK W. Smurf (0:0 0 2) SW J. Thurman (0:0 0 1) SW M. Smurf (0:0 0 0) DF N. Push-down (0:0 0 0) DF A. Smurf (0:0 0 0) DF B. Butterfly (0:1 0 0) DF G. Rasputin (0:0 0 0) DF E. Smurf (0:0 0 0) MF J. Loom (0:1 0 0) MF D. Smurf (0:0 0 0) MF Z. Worley (0:0 0 0) MF S. Ette (0:0 0 1) MF N. Dale (0:1 0 0) (bk) MF R. Smurf (0:0 0 0) MF V. Smurf (0:1 0 0) FW M. Wollstonecraft (0:1 0 0) FW B. Karlof (0:0 0 0) FW 5. Dalek (0:2 0 0) FW L. Smurf (0:0 0 0) FW B. Atanasoff (0:1 0 0) UT T. Machine (0:0 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 8 CP at TMM 0 - 2 (0 - 4) GK G. Fennemore (0:0 0 1) GK P. Glass (0:0 0 0) @ 72 GK S. Prokofiev (0:0 0 0) (sub) SW A. Schweitzer (0:0 0 0) DF A. Burkhart (0:0 0 1) DF A. Borodin (0:0 0 0) DF J. Dunsby (0:0 0 0) DF C. Davis (0:0 0 0) DF M. Roth (0:0 0 0) DF P. Tchaikovsky (0:0 0 0) DF A. Holt (0:0 0 0) MF H. Stickles (0:0 0 0) MF F. Delius (1:1 0 0) MF D. Czerniawski (0:0 0 0) MF L. Janaczek (0:1 1 0) MF B. Franklin (0:0 0 0) FW P. McDonnell (0:0 0 0) FW H. Berlioz (0:1 0 0) FW D. Hopkins (0:0 0 0) (bk) FW T. Paine (0:0 0 0) UT C. Whittall (0:0 0 0) UT N. Paganini (1:1 0 0) UT J. Kockelmans (0:0 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 8 WU at WC 2 - 3 (13 - 9) GK T. Heath (0:0 0 1) GK D. Beaupre (0:0 0 3) SW P. Ashdown (0:0 0 0) SW S. Cote (0:0 0 1) DF R. Jenkins (0:0 0 0) DF M. Ferner (0:0 0 1) DF D. Hurd (0:0 0 1) DF B. Houlder (0:0 0 0) DF W. Whitelaw (0:0 0 0) MF N. Kinnock (0:0 0 0) MF R. Burridge (0:0 0 0) MF M. Foot (0:0 0 0) MF P. Bondra (0:1 0 0) MF D. Skinner (0:2 0 0) MF D. Hunter (0:0 0 0) FW J. Major (0:3 0 0) FW D. Khristich (1:2 1 0) FW K. Livingston (0:4 1 0) FW S. Maltais (1:3 0 0) FW D. Healy (2:4 0 0) FW S. Leach (0:1 0 0) FW J. Druce (1:2 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 9 AH at GH 0 - 7 (3 - 21) GK N. Romanova (0:0 0 4) GK Y. Direk (0:0 0 0) (sub) GK G. Saray (0:0 0 0) @30 SW L. Minmei (0:0 0 1) DF S. Lhardott (0:0 0 2) DF H. Pasa (0:0 0 1) DF L. Yuri (0:1 0 0) DF G. Tepe (0:0 0 0) DF A. Moroboshi (0:0 0 1) DF B. Cekmece (0:0 0 1) DF S. Yer (0:0 0 0) MF E. Takanaka (0:1 0 0) MF B. Tas (1:6 1 0) MF Y. Shogo (0:0 0 0) MF Y. Yurt (0:1 0 0) MF N. Purpleton (0:0 0 0) MF S. Li (0:2 0 0) FW L. Kei (0:0 0 0) FW B. Oglu (4:7 0 0) FW H. Ichijoo (0:1 0 0) FW T. Kapi (1:3 1 0) FW K. Uraki (0:0 0 0) FW M. Pasa (1:2 0 0) (sub) FW Y. Va (0:0 0 0) (RC) @28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 9 HE at FCA 0 - 0 (3 - 4) GK I. Kipnis (0:0 0 0) (sub) GK M. Bosnic (0:0 0 0) GK A. Greenshank (0:0 0 0) @ 45 SW A. Martin (0:0 0 1) SW G. Mills (0:0 0 0) DF B. Rook (0:0 0 1) DF M. Brooks (0:0 0 0) DF R. Muti (0:0 0 0) DF A. Tobin (0:0 0 1) DF B. Redshank (0:1 0 0) MF T. Bateleur (0:0 0 0) MF A. Vidmar (0:2 0 0) MF T. Kestrel (0:0 0 0) MF R. Aloisi (0:0 0 0) MF J. Aloisi (0:0 0 0) MF D. Mori (0:0 0 0) FW I. Wright (0:0 0 0) FW R. Blair (0:1 0 0) FW R. Fleck (0:1 0 0) FW C. Veart (0:0 0 0) (bk) FW L. Gyrfalcon (0:1 0 0) FW Z. Ilic (0:1 0 0) (bk) UT R. Aitken (0:0 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 9 MMM at AA 1 - 1 (8 - 14) GK N. Gibb (0:0 0 5) GK C. Machine (0:0 0 3) SW J. Thurman (0:0 0 1) DF T. Kohonen (0:0 0 1) DF G. Flyball (0:0 0 2) DF P. Wasserman (0:0 0 1) DF N. Push-down (0:1 0 0) DF C. Babbage (0:0 0 0) DF N. Wirth (0:0 0 0) MF G. Mittag-Leffler (0:2 0 0) (bk) MF J. Loom (0:0 0 0) MF F. Klein (0:1 0 0) MF Z. Worley (0:2 0 0) MF S. Kovalevsky (0:1 0 0) MF G. Hopper (0:6 0 0) FW K. Worley (0:0 0 0) FW T. Tok (0:2 0 0) FW 5. Dalek (1:2 0 0) UT A. Kolmogorov (1:2 0 0) UT T. Machine (0:1 0 0) UT K. Weierstrass (0:2 0 0) UT D. Hilbert (0:0 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 9 OBT at CP 0 - 0 (6 - 6) GK S. Ozawa (0:0 0 2) GK G. Fennemore (0:0 0 1) SW B. DeSanctis (0:0 0 0) SW P. Mondrian (0:0 0 2) DF S. Sparc (0:1 0 0) DF J. Dunsby (0:0 0 0) DF H. DeSanctis (0:1 0 1) DF S. Kokoska (0:0 0 0) DF M. Marietta (0:0 0 0) DF M. Roth (0:0 0 0) MF G. Worley (0:1 0 0) @ 45 MF H. Stickles (0:1 0 0) MF Z. Barolo (0:0 0 0) MF K. Engleman (0:2 0 0) MF D. Quayle (0:0 0 0) MF J. Napier (0:0 0 0) (sub) FW I. Newton (0:1 0 0) FW M. Calabretta (0:3 0 0) FW H. Szeryng (0:1 0 0) FW G. McClellan (0:1 0 0) UT C. Whittall (0:0 0 0) UT L. Engleman (0:0 0 0) UT J. Kockelmans (0:0 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 9 SF at WU 2 - 0 (5 - 8) GK W. Smurf (0:0 0 1) GK J. Callaghan (0:0 0 1) SW B. Gould (0:0 0 0) DF A. Smurf (1:1 0 0) DF R. Jenkins (0:0 0 1) DF S. McDuck (0:0 1 1) DF D. Hurd (0:1 0 0) (sub) DF G. Smurf (0:0 0 3) DF W. Whitelaw (0:0 0 0) DF K. Baker (0:0 0 0) @45 MF D. Smurf (0:1 0 0) MF J. Smith (0:1 0 0) MF K. Smurf (1:1 0 0) MF D. Skinner (0:1 0 0) MF V. Smurf (0:0 0 0) MF T. Benn (0:0 0 0) FW M. Mouse (0:0 0 0) FW J. Major (0:3 0 0) FW B. Karlof (0:1 0 0) FW N. Tebbit (0:0 0 0) FW B. Cat (0:1 0 0) (bk) FW M. Tudor (0:0 0 0) UT M. Hesseltine (0:2 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Match 9 TMM at WC 2 - 0 (7 - 6) GK S. Prokofiev (0:0 0 2) GK J. Hrivnak (0:0 0 0) SW J. Jay (0:0 0 0) DF A. Borodin (0:1 0 1) DF M. Ferner (0:0 0 1) DF P. Casals (0:1 0 2) DF C. Johansson (0:0 0 0) DF C. Ives (0:0 0 0) (bk) DF B. Houlder (0:0 0 0) DF K. Hatcher (0:0 0 0) MF F. Delius (1:2 0 0) MF R. Pearce (0:0 0 0) MF P. Schickele (0:2 0 0) MF M. Pivonka (0:1 0 0) MF A. Segovia (0:0 1 0) MF M. Ridley (0:0 0 0) FW G. Gould (0:0 0 0) FW S. Maltais (0:1 0 0) FW S. Leach (0:1 0 0) FW J. Druce (0:3 0 0) UT N. Paganini (0:0 0 0) UT F. Valenti (1:1 0 0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AA: In keeping with the spirit of Xmas, EEFL, and UEFL, the Automata present the final stanza of "The 12 days of Christmas." On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 12 Forwards scoring 11 Keepers saving 10 Lemmings Leaping 9 Fullbacks Marking 8 Double plusses 7 Mascots dancing 6 Shocker's Cups 5 MVP's! 4 Training Points 3 Blow-outs 2 1st round picks and a huge win over MMM! AH: [I accidentally lost the press from Anime Hentais. Here's a substitute one.] ----- Begin substituted press The Pet Shoppe A customer enters a pet shop. Customer : 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint. (The owner does not respond.) C : 'Ello, Miss? Owner : What do you mean "miss"? C : <pause> I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint! O : We're closin' for lunch. C : Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique. O : Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it? C : I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it! O : No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting. C : Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now. O : No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! C : The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead. O : Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting! C : All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...(owner hits the cage) O : There, he moved! C : No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage! O : I never!! C : Yes, you did! O : I never, never did anything... C : (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call! (Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.) C : Now that's what I call a dead parrot. O : No, no.....No, 'e's stunned! C : STUNNED?!? O : Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major. C : Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk. O : Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords. C : PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home? O : The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage! C : Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there. (pause) O : Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee! C : "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised! O : No no! 'E's pining! C : 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!! (pause) O : Well, I'd better replace it, then. (he takes a quick peek behind the counter) O : Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots. C : I see. I see, I get the picture. O : <pause> I got a slug. (pause) C : (sweet as sugar) Pray, does it talk? O : Nnnnot really. C : WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!? O : Look, if you go to my brother's pet shop in Bolton, he'll replace the parrot for you. C : Bolton, eh? Very well. The customer leaves. The customer enters the same pet shop. The owner is putting on a false moustache. C : This is Bolton, is it? O : (with a fake mustache) No, it's Ipswitch. C : (looking at the camera) That's inter-city rail for you. The customer goes to the train station. He addresses a man standing behind a desk marked "Complaints". C : I wish to complain, British-Railways Person. Attendant : I DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS JOB, YOU KNOW!!! C : I beg your pardon...? A : I'm a qualified brain surgeon! I only do this job because I like being my own boss! C : Excuse me, this is irrelevant, isn't it? A : Yeah, well it's not easy to pad these python files out to 200 lines, you know. C : Well, I wish to complain. I got on the Bolton train and found myself deposited here in Ipswitch. A : No, this is Bolton. C : (to the camera) The pet shop man's brother was lying!! A : Can't blame British Rail for that. C : In that case, I shall return to the pet shop! He does. C : I understand this IS Bolton. O : (still with the fake mustache) Yes? C : You told me it was Ipswitch! O : ...It was a pun. C : (pause) A PUN?!? O : No, no...not a pun...What's that thing that spells the same backwards as forwards? C : (Long pause) A palindrome...? O : Yeah, that's it! C : It's not a palindrome! The palindrome of "Bolton" would be "Notlob"!! It don't work!! O : Well, what do you want? C : I'm not prepared to pursue my line of inquiry any longer as I think this is getting too silly! ----- End substituted press [Ha! Fooled you into reading this, didn't I?] (AH) -- This reporter found the doors to the Anime Hentais training room locked from the inside. Knocking only produced the following response: "Go away!" This reporter was unable to determine who's voice it was. CP: HE: -- St. Andrews Herald -- With the onset of inclement weather as the holiday break approaches, little is to be seen or heard from the Eagles ground - more likely than not because the ground is cut off by the snow. This does of course, make it a tad interesting for the visiting fans and team of OBT in session C. Maybe the cold weather is going to upset the League high fliers and finally, make the Eagles take proverbial flight from their lofty nests. Stay tuned! -- End -- MMM: We notice MMM has come to it's sences. Now we're gonna watch Cosby on TV... eh... maybe we should attend a match? OBT: OBT Management expressed its outrage at the conscious and malicious decision by the Minutemen to play the same lineup against OBT as they had played against the Automata by refusing to generate any offense whatsoever against FCA. Quoted Manager Buffum, "We hadn't unveiled the patented Overwhelming Stall this entire season, so we felt it only appropriate that we pull out all the stops, especially in a session where the inspirational Plankton were an opponent." Apparently proper, understandable grammar was added to Buffum's list of Overwhelming things over the weekend. As a parting shot at the Minutemen, Buffum quipped, "I had been pronouncing their team name incorrectly, obviously. I thought it was Min' ut men, but perhaps My noot' men is more appropriate. Besides, they had an entire cheering section from Lexington or Concord which kept yelling, 'The British are coming! The British are coming!' every time Ike Newton touched the ball. It was very disconcerting." Added forward George McClellan, "I don't see how they expect to win over a world-class opponent with uniforms like that." A second disappointing showing by GK Seiji Ozawa against Westminster further fueled rumors that Bela Bartok would again take over as the #1 keeper for OBT, especially after a fine but wasted 5-save effort against the Tiny Team. Ozawa was blaming the lone goal on the unevenness of the unorthodox stone playing surface at the Abbey, but whispers behind the scenes surmised that Ozawa may not yet be over the "hotfoot" incident of a week ago. De- fender Martin Marietta was unavailable for comment, but after consulting with agent Legal System, he did mention that if Exxon can avoid $1 billion in damages in Alaska, then OBT may actually owe HIM money. On a lighter note, talks have begun with noted cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the lovable Peanuts gang, to star in several promotional slots for the team. "Have you seen his strip in the last six months?" Buffum explained. "The man is obviously totally senile. He would be a perfect team spokesman." Schulz was unavailable for comment, but in- siders say that Schulz may consider the offer if it includes care, feeding, and pederasty. SF: TMM: Boston (UPI) - "We have not yet begun to fight," announced Manager Gibson. When told by rookie MF Ben Franklin that we were already in Session C, he corrected himself saying "Oh, I guess we already have. How are we doing?" After the realization Gibson said that maybe the Minutemen should start playing their draft acquisitions. Franklin said that he thought it would be a good idea. At a later press conference, Gibson, after being updated on the season so far, said he was proud of how the club was doing and wished he had more trainers. He was upset about losing the SHOT 'on goal' TOURNEY to Golden Horn but was glad to hear that the Minutemen had come back firing and had beaten GH in the first match of the season. He was amazed that the only loss the club had so far was to AA. When asked what he thought about this session, Gibson replied that he hoped to play FCA well while visiting them and that he was worried by the Capitol's GKs as they have blocked an impressive number of shots. WC: Y'know, this is the third consecutive home stand for the 'Caps. Come spring... WE'RE GONNA DIE!!!! WU: Following a relatively successful outing in session B, Westminster go into session C full of confidence. Manager Watts has been giving press interviews all week. He was reputed to have told one reporter that the Smurfs were in for a drubbing this session, but we'll have to wait and see - WU have two tough away matches prior to meeting the Smurfs in front of a sell-out home crowd. Intel phone: 6-4668 wickart@ichips.intel.com Up