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User	phil askew | 2005-08-04 |
Subject	Refresh!
Message	Some folks have no sense of humor. Let’s get these conversations going again!

User	Learah | 2005-01-18 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Phil, I’m disappointed to hear such narrow minded views. I retire from this topic.

User	phil askew | 2005-01-17 |
Subject	Retreat!!!
Message	Leahrah - Being as my hometown has a less than favorable reputation as regards concern for witches, I will now withdraw. Any panel you wish to have is yours. I do not want to be turned into a goat, a horse, or a monkey, though some say this is easily done with the addition of just a little fur. I know nothing about Wicca, though I do have lawn furniture made from the stuff, and the dark side always scared the crap out of me. Who wants to look like Darth Vader anyways. So, I yield to your mystical powers, allowing you to seat whomever you wish on your panel.

User	Learah | 2005-01-17 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Sorry about the delay in getting back to you... Gerald Gardner is considered the father of Wicca as he was the first ever public witch after the repeal of the UK’s anti-witchcraft laws in 1956. He went public, releasing a book called Witchcraft Today. Wicca today is considered anything that uses a pentagram as its symbol, but Gardner’s Wicca, which he invented and therefore which is the "true" Wicca, is very strict and rigid in its rules. There was none of the "eclectic" choice which modern wicca allows. Nowadays Wiccans can take certain areas of Witchcraft, Paganism, spirituality, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, anything, and tailor it to suit them. They call themselves Wiccans but it is my opinion (and many others) that unless you follow Gardnerian (and to some extent Alexandrian/Dianic Wicca) you are not entitled to call yourself a Wiccan because the religion practiced is not Wicca. As a witch, I would like to hear Gardner’s stance on this.

User	phil askew | 2005-01-15 |
Subject	gerald gardner
Message	Don’t know much about him, or the Wicca religion. Did he have mystical powers, for if so , he may have to be disqualified? At any rate, how could you possibly win at Monopoly? I don’t think Frank would mind singing a few requests, maybe "My Way". Maybe he could "tour" and sing for all the panels, sort of cabaret style. Dinner and Live entertainment.

User	Learah | 2005-01-14 |
Subject	untitled
Message	But what if Frank was annoyed with being asked to sing those songs, because surely everyone was always asking him to sing? I’d rather ask him to sing me something of his choice, just to see what it’d be... I’d ask Layne the same thing, to tell me what music and bands and influences he had. I’d ask Dahl the same thing, but about writing... Darwin, I dunno, I’m bored of Charles Darwin now, I don’t know if he was such a great choice... I’m booting him out and replacing him with Gerald Gardner cos he’s served his purpose and I would have such glee regaling GG with tales of what his beloved wicca has been reduced to by the bastardising Llewellyn Neo-Pagans... I’d play... monopoly!

User	besodemuerte | 2005-01-14 |
Subject	untitled
Message	i’d have to play either pictionary or twister with my guests... twister eases tension

User	Apocalyptica | 2005-01-13 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Thanks for the welcome Phil! Arrange something better, hmm... I guess I would have to say the entire Rat Pack, Frank, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. We’d all sit around with a martini and cigarette, making toasts all night, cracking jokes at each other the entire time. Frank would have to sing either "New York, New York" or "Fly Me To The Moon" to make the night more interesting. The whole experience would have to be tied up with a game of pool before last call. That would be Heaven for me.

User	phil askew | 2005-01-13 |
Subject	After Dinner Games
Message	Learah - I think I said in an earler post that we’d play Texas Hold’em. I think it would be interesting to see what kind of poker players these men would be. Beyond that, since there are four of us, and a more cerebral game is required to entertain this lot, and not wanting another card game, I’d choose Scrabble.

User	Learah | 2005-01-13 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Nope! But you said we ain’t had any men of Char! Char-you-tree... for the Dark Tower fans... Okay, this is my next step... what after dinner games would you play with your guests?

User	phil askew | 2005-01-13 |
Subject	Character
Message	Learah - Are you trying to say that Sinatra, Belushi, and Capone were less than honorable?

User	Learah | 2005-01-13 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Oi! Layne Staley and Roald Dahl had HEAPS of character!

User	phil askew | 2005-01-13 |
Subject	Welome
Message	Apocalyptica _ Welcome to this thread. I like your choices. It’s about time we get some men of character. Well, since you’ve chosen the topic for discussion, and the music is obvious, Frankie, all the way, what about Food and a place to meet, Belushi will eat just about anything, and Al will need to have the meeting in his cell. Maybe you can arrange something better? Again, welcome and hope you have fun.

User	Apocalyptica | 2005-01-13 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Frank Sinatra, John Belushi, and Al Capone. We’d talk about interior designing.

User	phil askew | 2005-01-12 |
Subject	The test
Message	Gees, and I got Anna Nicole Smith! Where’s the justice?

User	Learah | 2005-01-12 |
Subject	untitled
Message	LOL Beso, I got the Japanese emperor’s daughter, I forget her name....

User	besodemuerte | 2005-01-12 |
Subject	untitled
Message	i just took a quiz to see which woman in history i would be most like... i got jeanne de arc.... just thought i’d share that..

User	TZPhelps | 2005-01-10 |
Subject	untitled
Message	We would probably met up at a bar some where, so Bill could check out the ladies. Napoleon was only 5ft 2, so George and I would have to help him on his bar-stool. We would just relax and talk about different stuff, like how to take over the world, how to fix a failing economy, and those 7 magical words you mentioned earlier.

User	besodemuerte | 2005-01-10 |
Subject	untitled
Message	with joan, burroughs, and cash.. i would have a general conversation about their thoughts on the class system... and homelessness... and evil (in general).. i would hand out with burroughs in Tompkin’s Square Park (NYC) and sit with some take out from the pizza shop across the street... (on avenue A, i believe)... then i would talk to him about everyday life... addiction... running scams to get drugs.. and invite some of the local junkies to ask some questions and see how interesting things would get... i would talk to joan about women’s equality and what she thinks of people like madonna... i think i would want to have a fancy dinner with her... and then maybe go out to a strip club... and johnny cash... i’d talk to him about just about anything.... the sadness of realizing that though you were a famous man, you realize in the end that none of that really mattered... i’d talk to him about my life... get some advice... with johnny cash, i think if possible, i’d like to talk to the him that did the live from folsum album... not the last few things he did after he returned his life to god... but we’d have a good home cooked meal....

User	phil askew | 2005-01-09 |
Subject	Subject Matter
Message	Di Re - Einstein, Jefferson, Frost, all brilliant men, all innovators. I’d talk "Concepts", of the universe, of governments, of poetry. "Relationships" of sciences, polittics, and the arts. And then we’d drink beer and play a little "Texas Hold’em".