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  • Re: Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub

    From Titus G@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Mon Nov 11 17:36:47 2024
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
       https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

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  • From Jay E. Morris@21:1/5 to Titus G on Mon Nov 11 18:37:31 2024
    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
       https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Jay E. Morris on Tue Nov 12 00:39:44 2024
    Jay E. Morris <[email protected]> wrote:
    Talking animals aren't SF?

    It depends what they have to say.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Nov 12 01:14:31 2024
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 11/11/2024 6:37 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    I would call talking animals fantasy.

    Koko would probably disagree.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Nov 12 02:03:47 2024
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 11/11/2024 7:14 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 11/11/2024 6:37 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    I would call talking animals fantasy.

    Koko would probably disagree.

    Why would I care about "Koko", whom I do not know of ?

    Because she is a recognized authority on the subject. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)
    --scott

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Titus G@21:1/5 to Jay E. Morris on Tue Nov 12 17:01:07 2024
    On 12/11/24 13:37, Jay E. Morris wrote:
    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
        https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    Not unless they write or feature in books, rather than comics.

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Nov 12 04:56:41 2024
    In article <vguju3$1e0co$[email protected]>, Titus G <[email protected]> wrote: >On 12/11/24 13:37, Jay E. Morris wrote:
    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
        https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    Not unless they write or feature in books, rather than comics.


    It's a lot closer to relevant that most of the other threads here!
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to Titus G on Mon Nov 11 21:10:13 2024
    On 11/11/24 20:01, Titus G wrote:
    On 12/11/24 13:37, Jay E. Morris wrote:
    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
        https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    Not unless they write or feature in books, rather than comics.

    Koko is/was a gorilla taught to communicate in sign lanuage.
    You should look her up. Many hours of TV devoted to her and the person who taught her ASL. She is, unless something else happeneed to
    her enconsonced in a Zoo where she talk via ASL with those who
    happen who may know her story.

    bliss



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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Nov 12 05:09:33 2024
    In article <vgunme$1edqi$[email protected]>,
    Bobbie Sellers <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 11/11/24 16:51, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 11/11/2024 6:37 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
        https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    I would call talking animals fantasy.

    Lynn

    I think you mean speculative fiction.

    One of my early favorities was Freedy the talking pig books.
    That must have ben in the later 1940s.
    A bit before I read Destination Moon and the books featuring
    King Arthur and Robin Hood.
    Then of course we had all sorts of comic books featuring
    talking animals and when TV came along talking cars, mules and
    horses.
    Myths and legends are full of wise animals and other non-hominids. So
    is SF with aliens and robots.

    bliss


    And in the case of OTH, they are talking animals with time machines
    & shrink rays.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Mon Nov 11 21:05:17 2024
    On 11/11/24 16:51, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 11/11/2024 6:37 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
        https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    I would call talking animals fantasy.

    Lynn

    I think you mean speculative fiction.

    One of my early favorities was Freedy the talking pig books.
    That must have ben in the later 1940s.
    A bit before I read Destination Moon and the books featuring
    King Arthur and Robin Hood.
    Then of course we had all sorts of comic books featuring
    talking animals and when TV came along talking cars, mules and
    horses.
    Myths and legends are full of wise animals and other non-hominids. So is SF with aliens and robots.

    bliss


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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Nov 12 09:11:36 2024
    On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:05:17 -0800, Bobbie Sellers <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 11/11/24 16:51, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 11/11/2024 6:37 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
    ��� https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    I would call talking animals fantasy.

    Lynn

    I think you mean speculative fiction.

    One of my early favorities was Freedy the talking pig books.
    That must have ben in the later 1940s.
    A bit before I read Destination Moon and the books featuring
    King Arthur and Robin Hood.
    Then of course we had all sorts of comic books featuring
    talking animals and when TV came along talking cars, mules and
    horses.

    There were movies about talking mules before TV.

    Myths and legends are full of wise animals and other non-hominids. So
    is SF with aliens and robots.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Tue Nov 12 10:42:07 2024
    On 11/12/24 09:11, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:05:17 -0800, Bobbie Sellers <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 11/11/24 16:51, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 11/11/2024 6:37 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
        https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    I would call talking animals fantasy.

    Lynn

    I think you mean speculative fiction.

    One of my early favorities was Freedy the talking pig books.
    That must have ben in the later 1940s.
    A bit before I read Destination Moon and the books featuring
    King Arthur and Robin Hood.
    Then of course we had all sorts of comic books featuring
    talking animals and when TV came along talking cars, mules and
    horses.

    There were movies about talking mules before TV.

    Indeed there were and race horses that talked to losers to
    make them winners. I well remember Francis the Talking Mule.


    Myths and legends are full of wise animals and other non-hominids. So >> is SF with aliens and robots.

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Nov 21 15:09:52 2024
    On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:37:31 -0600, "Jay E. Morris"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
    �� https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    I'm not sure Pachelbel's Canon (which I do like) is SF either.....

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Nov 21 15:12:33 2024
    On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:10:13 -0800, Bobbie Sellers <[email protected]> wrote:

    Koko is/was a gorilla taught to communicate in sign lanuage.
    You should look her up. Many hours of TV devoted to her and the person
    who taught her ASL. She is, unless something else happeneed to
    her enconsonced in a Zoo where she talk via ASL with those who
    happen who may know her story.

    Wish my late wife (who was hard of hearing and knew some ASL) had had
    the chance to 'talk' to Koko - could have been fun for her.

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Nov 21 23:24:23 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    The Horny Goat <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:42:07 -0800, Bobbie Sellers ><[email protected]> wrote:

    Then of course we had all sorts of comic books featuring
    talking animals and when TV came along talking cars, mules and
    horses.

    There were movies about talking mules before TV.

    Indeed there were and race horses that talked to losers to
    make them winners. I well remember Francis the Talking Mule.

    Was he before over after Mister Ed?

    When my children were small I used to embarass them in front of
    friends by singing TV theme songs to them - so of course I know "A
    horse is a horse of course of course...." (the first line of the
    Mister Ed theme song) in front of their friends.

    According to WP the Mr. Ed showrunner wanted to do a Francis show, but
    the rights weren't available so he licensed another talking horse IP.

    And don't forget the proposed Unix 'errno' value:

    EMR.ED A host is a host,
    From coast to coast
    And nobody talks to a host that's close,
    Unless the host that isn't close
    Is busy, hung, or dead.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Nov 21 15:15:09 2024
    On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:42:07 -0800, Bobbie Sellers <[email protected]> wrote:

    Then of course we had all sorts of comic books featuring
    talking animals and when TV came along talking cars, mules and
    horses.

    There were movies about talking mules before TV.

    Indeed there were and race horses that talked to losers to
    make them winners. I well remember Francis the Talking Mule.

    Was he before over after Mister Ed?

    When my children were small I used to embarass them in front of
    friends by singing TV theme songs to them - so of course I know "A
    horse is a horse of course of course...." (the first line of the
    Mister Ed theme song) in front of their friends.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to The Horny Goat on Thu Nov 21 19:32:40 2024
    On 11/21/24 15:15, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:42:07 -0800, Bobbie Sellers <[email protected]> wrote:

    Then of course we had all sorts of comic books featuring
    talking animals and when TV came along talking cars, mules and
    horses.

    There were movies about talking mules before TV.

    Indeed there were and race horses that talked to losers to
    make them winners. I well remember Francis the Talking Mule.

    Was he before over after Mister Ed?

    Before and better because he was on the Big Screen.
    Framcis the Talking Mule was an Army mule and had learned
    a lot from his service.


    When my children were small I used to embarass them in front of
    friends by singing TV theme songs to them - so of course I know "A
    horse is a horse of course of course...." (the first line of the
    Mister Ed theme song) in front of their friends.

    bliss

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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to The Horny Goat on Thu Nov 21 19:41:10 2024
    On 11/21/24 15:09, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:37:31 -0600, "Jay E. Morris"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 11/10/2024 10:36 PM, Titus G wrote:
    On 11/11/24 15:54, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
       https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10

    No peeing in the hot tub !

    Lynn


    I let you out of my killfile to say this:

    "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
    Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
    (AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)

    Talking animals aren't SF?

    I'm not sure Pachelbel's Canon (which I do like) is SF either.....

    Well talking animals are certainly speculative.
    But the Island of Dr.Moreau and how that bad man blended humans
    and animals. Dr.Doolittle could talk to the animals and they to he.

    And Cordwainer Smith was not the first to use uplifted animals
    like C'Mell to stir a storylline.

    Other folks have uplified animals, David Brin I think
    though my ankle hurts to much to walk across the room and
    get a check on that then I remember I was connected to the
    WWW and checked from my comfy task chair. Uplife Wars series
    is by David Brin.

    bliss



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