From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: yow.c Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:18:10 -0500 Message-ID: <87psh8hpu5.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> References: <87irn51bjs.fsf@jurta.org> <87zmgf6umy.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> <86lkrzne2o.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150485516 26915 80.91.229.2 (16 Jun 2006 19:18:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:18:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: belanger@truman.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 16 21:18:33 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FrJpq-0003dH-15 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:18:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FrJpp-0003UC-GF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:18:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FrJpf-0003Tt-0S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:18:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FrJpc-0003Sr-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:18:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FrJpc-0003Sm-NQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:18:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [150.243.160.94] (helo=uranium.truman.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FrJzJ-00063Q-6t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:28:13 -0400 Original-Received: from uranium.truman.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id A0E1F57B29 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:22:11 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from vh213602.truman.edu.truman.edu (vh213602.truman.edu [150.243.64.4]) by uranium.truman.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F03F57B26; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:22:11 -0500 (CDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <86lkrzne2o.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> (Randal L. Schwartz's message of "14 Jun 2006 23:11:11 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:55939 Archived-At: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes: >>>>>> "Jay" == Jay Belanger writes: > > Jay> As near as I can tell, the Zippyisms are bizarre phrases with random > Jay> words in all-caps. I'm sure there's more to it than that, though. > Jay> What sort of lines belong in yow.lines? > > The point is that it's a non-sequitor. To what? The lines appear by themselves. > Imagine your dumbest friend, but then saying something that made you > chuckle, perhaps because of the emphasis on some part of it that's > completely obvious to you. Okay. > The easiest way is to let your brain free-wheel: > > When I TIE my SHOES, shouldn't they STAY TIED? If I DRINK a SODA, it helps to OPEN the BOTTLE. ?? > It helps to read the existing file for a few hundred samples. :) The current file only contains two samples, which is why I want to find out how to add them. (It doesn't yet include your: There's NO TELLING where my DOG runs in his SLEEP!) It was suggested that it'd be unlikely the original lines would be released under a license suitable for inclusion in Emacs, but would there be an objection if I wrote and asked? Jay