The Map of the Village

In <20031231160249.924471519495459.RemoveThis@earwigs.org> IKE wrote:

 >50,000,000 earwigs are proud to present:
 >THE MAP OF THE VILLAGE!

Wa-hey! Well done those 'wiggies!

May I ask: if I were to fish out of the various interstices of this
machinery accounts of various Events of Moment (such as the arrival of the
Giraffe) and put them into some sort of order, would there be room on the
website of the 50,000,000 for a sort of Alternative FAQ, not about Tom Holt
and his work, for that is already most adequately and excellently covered
by Nick Boalch, but about the collective mania here, otherwise

"Abthite: the Newsgroup Village"

?

Beetle

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in article 20031231170623.389467282527225 DeleteThis @firedrake.org,
anon2765 DeleteThis @firedrake.org at anon2765 DeleteThis @firedrake.org wrote on 31/12/2003 9:06
AM:

 > In <20031231160249.924471519495459 DeleteThis @earwigs.org> IKE wrote:
 >
  >> 50,000,000 earwigs are proud to present:
  >> THE MAP OF THE VILLAGE!
 >
 > Wa-hey! Well done those 'wiggies!
 >
 > May I ask: if I were to fish out of the various interstices of this
 > machinery accounts of various Events of Moment (such as the arrival of the
 > Giraffe) and put them into some sort of order, would there be room on the
 > website of the 50,000,000 for a sort of Alternative FAQ, not about Tom Holt
 > and his work, for that is already most adequately and excellently covered
 > by Nick Boalch, but about the collective mania here, otherwise
 >
 > "Abthite: the Newsgroup Village"
 >
 > ?
 >
Oh yes, please do that! If the wiggies can't host it, surely someone else
will. Are there any plans for giving the names of the various features on
the Map? "Here be dragons" in the appropriate places, perhaps, among other
labels.

--
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Lesley Weston <brightly_coloured_blob DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
news:BC1847FA.1D64A%brightly_coloured_blob@yahoo.co.uk:

 > else will. Are there any plans for giving the names of the various
 > features on the Map? "Here be dragons" in the appropriate places,
 > perhaps, among other labels.

That indeed, would be nice. I have to know which buildings I tear down next
year for the Christmas tree..

TTFN,
B.

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Belsambar <wdebREMOVEathetREMOVEnet.nl> wrote in
news:Xns9462C03F26B2AwdebREMOVEathetREMOV@194.109.133.29:

 > VV - Unsure where the Hide-Out is located...

It's not even on the map

TTFN,
B.

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In <Xns9462C1DD569E5wdebREMOVEathetREMOV DeleteThis @194.109.133.29> the VV wrote:

  >> VV - Unsure where the Hide-Out is located...
 >It's not even on the map
 >VV - Sad...

But Belsambar *dear*.... What sort of a *hideout* is on a *map*? you
wouldn't want just anyone turning up at your door, now would you, men in
white coats, all that hassle disposing of the corpses...

You never told me where it was, so how could I put it on the map?

Beetle

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In <BC1847FA.1D64A%brightly_coloured_blob@yahoo.co.uk> Lesley egged me on:

 >in article 20031231170623.389467282527225 RemoveThis @firedrake.org,
 >anon2765@firedrake.org at anon2765 RemoveThis @firedrake.org wrote on 31/12/2003 9:06
 >AM:
  >> In <20031231160249.924471519495459 RemoveThis @earwigs.org> IKE wrote:
   >>> 50,000,000 earwigs are proud to present:
   >>> THE MAP OF THE VILLAGE!
  >> Wa-hey! Well done those 'wiggies!
  >> May I ask: if I were to fish out of the various interstices of this
  >> machinery accounts of various Events of Moment (such as the arrival of the
  >> Giraffe) and put them into some sort of order, would there be room on the
  >> website of the 50,000,000 for a sort of Alternative FAQ, not about Tom Holt
  >> and his work, for that is already most adequately and excellently covered
  >> by Nick Boalch, but about the collective mania here, otherwise
  >> "Abthite: the Newsgroup Village"
  >> ?
  >>
 >Oh yes, please do that! If the wiggies can't host it, surely someone else
 >will. Are there any plans for giving the names of the various features on
 >the Map? "Here be dragons" in the appropriate places, perhaps, among other
 >labels.

The wiggies have replied privately that they and the Firedrake between them
will sort out something in the way of website space for information about
the Village as well as for the map and the list of denizens, so...

As I understand it, the idea is to have every house linked to its
inhabitant, and a list of the inhabitants (and the denizens who haven't yet
chosen houses), and click from one place to another, offering the denizens
the chance to put in links to for example pictures of important dogs like
the Werepup by their names... Not being webbed I haven't the faintest idea
what they are talking about, but it all sounds very organised.

They have all gone out drinking for the evening now, so how organised it
will be tomorrow is anyone's guess, though.

I feel a rousing chorus of "What shall we do with the drunken earwig?"
coming on.

Beetle

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anon2765.RemoveThis@firedrake.org wrote in news:20031231213035.168653138055564
@firedrake.org:

> But Belsambar *dear*.... What sort of a *hideout* is on a *map*? you
> wouldn't want just anyone turning up at your door, now would you, men in
> white coats, all that hassle disposing of the corpses...

But..but..but... I have all those wonderful traps (booby- and otherwise)
and really stupid guards who are fooled by the simplest disguise, I dress
them in coveralls (helmets included) so heroes can penetrate it, so it
needs to be on a map, doesn't it? Else how can they find it? Do you have
any idea what maintaining a good Evil Lair costs these days? At least allow
me some fun from it!

> You never told me where it was, so how could I put it on the map?

Well, on our last rendez-vous I left your blindfold off, so you could see
the route and location, remember?

TTFN,
B.

VV - Resetting Booby-trap computer
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In article <20031231213037.109641529227705.TakeThisOut@firedrake.org>,
<anon2765.TakeThisOut@firedrake.org> wrote:

 >They have all gone out drinking for the evening now, so how organised it
 >will be tomorrow is anyone's guess, though.

At this point I should just like to say "wheeeee tiddly BANG" and fall
over gently in the corner, clutching the remains of a portfire.

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Isambard Kingdom Earwig <16180339.RemoveThis@earwigs.org> writted:
 >Beetle drew it...
 >
 >The Firedrake scanned and hacked about with it...
 >
 >and we nibbled around the edges so that it would fit...
 >
 >50,000,000 earwigs are proud to present:
 >
 >THE MAP OF THE VILLAGE!

<Opens a can of applause>
--
Harry
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In article <20031231170623.389467282527225 DeleteThis @firedrake.org>,
<anon2765 DeleteThis @firedrake.org> wrote:

 >May I ask: if I were to fish out of the various interstices of this
 >machinery accounts of various Events of Moment (such as the arrival of the
 >Giraffe) and put them into some sort of order, would there be room on the
 >website of the 50,000,000 for a sort of Alternative FAQ, not about Tom Holt
 >and his work, for that is already most adequately and excellently covered
 >by Nick Boalch, but about the collective mania here, otherwise
 >
 >"Abthite: the Newsgroup Village"
 >
 >?

That should certainly not be a problem. There are various rumblings
about "irregular Polly" coming from the Drake's cave at the moment which
may be something to do with all of this. (Apparently she's not the shape
she ought to be, or something.)

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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:08:13 +0000 (UTC), Isambard Kingdom Earwig
<16180339.TakeThisOut@earwigs.org> wrote:

 >Beetle drew it...
 >
 >The Firedrake scanned and hacked about with it...
 >
 >and we nibbled around the edges so that it would fit...
 >
 >50,000,000 earwigs are proud to present:
 >
 >THE MAP OF THE VILLAGE!
 >

Wohoo! BB, get these people the largest bottle of TS you can find!

Nice to see that the hutch in its nice, central placement, too...
Nicely within range of the library, and probably wiithin catapult
range of the bookshop too. I hope there's something shielding it from
the cricket pitch in the summer, though. A cricket ball to the head is
especially painful when the cricket ball is bigger than your head...

--
Matthew Francis
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In article <20031231160249.924471519495459 RemoveThis @earwigs.org>,
Isambard Kingdom Earwig <16180339 RemoveThis @earwigs.org> wrote:

 >http://www.earwigs.org/map/

And now he has enhanced and improved it, to wit by linking it to a list
of some of the places _in_ the village. If you don't like what's written
about your dwelling, or it isn't there, please let him know.

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in article 20040103223935.470409924238087.RemoveThis@earwigs.org, Isambard Kingdom
Earwig at 16180339.RemoveThis@earwigs.org wrote on 03/01/2004 2:44 PM:

 > In article <20031231160249.924471519495459.RemoveThis@earwigs.org>,
 > Isambard Kingdom Earwig <16180339.RemoveThis@earwigs.org> wrote:
 >
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.earwigs.org/map/</font" target="_blank">http://www.earwigs.org/map/</font</a>>
 >
 > And now he has enhanced and improved it, to wit by linking it to a list
 > of some of the places _in_ the village. If you don't like what's written
 > about your dwelling, or it isn't there, please let him know.
 >
I'm a bit young for the almshouse, so I assume the Hovel is mine.... unless
someone else claims it? If they do, then I shall move in an ostentatiously
uncomplaining manner, or possibly start a revolution.

--
Lesley Weston, Deserving Poor of the Village.

Brightly_coloured_blob is real, so as not to upset the sys-apes, but I don't
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