> From: Ulug M Unligil <ulu@lec.med.utoronto.ca>
> Subject: Re: ML members
> 
> I had a dream recently where the whole Ranma ML came over to my place for
> an anime marathon!  We were all having a great time (okay, not so great,
> Ottawa isn't the best place for anime), until the assassination attempt on
> one of our trusty members! I won't reveal who the target was, but I think
> that everyone can guess.  Anyways, the last thing I saw before waking up
> from the shock of the whole situation, was that he was wearing a
> bulletproof vest, and was uninjured.  Phew!  What a way to ruin a party. 
> ^_^;; Anyways, I think that the stress of falling hundreds of messages
> behind in my ML reading had gotten me stressed out, not to mention some 
> bad sushi I had that night... 

That's a weird dream, Ulug.  And this comes from a guy that once woke up 
screaming, "Get 'em off of me!  Get 'em off of me!", because he played one 
too many games of the video game, "Alien Syndrome".

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> From: Steve Pearl <starbuck@cybercomm.net>
> Subject: Ranma ML members
> 
> >This, of course, is Steve Pearl.  Why he is on a ML like Ranma 1/2 is 
> >beyond me.  To me, this is too silly for him.  ^_^  I think that he 
> >deletes my mail, too.  ;_;
> 
> Nonsense!  I read (and am on) most of the anime mailing lists.  I don't
> participate much because I download my mail 1/day and by the time I read it,
> most of the questions have been answered. (Besides, the Ranma Help Desk does an

> *excellent* job!)

Wai, wai, wai!!!  Steve reads my mail, too!!  And he thinks that the 
Ranma Help Desk actually serves some useful purpose!!  (Maybe he's crazy, 
too.)  ^_-

> You'll see me post to the list every now and then, to defend the
> honour of Lady Shambaugh. But if she lurks, then I suppose I should
> let her have the honor.  After all, if she is around, Sue is one
> person who needs no help!

Hmmm....  Sue and I don't get along.  That's somewhat understated, of
course.  I try not to talk about the little problem with her and JAILED
too much, as it wrenches my gut and my face contorts like Dr. Slump when he
gets really mad. 

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> From: Kyle Matsumura <kylemats@hcc.Hawaii.Edu>
> Subject: Re: Ranma at Animation Clubs
> 
> Okay, Here's the thing.  In the Romeo Romeo issue, Kuno is carrying a 
> real sword instead of his wooden boken.  Now why and when did he get the 
> real sword?

It's just a stage prop, just like Akane's sword.  I guess that
Takahashi-sensei just didn't find it funny for Kunou to use his kendo
blade for that story. 

> I mean what's the point since the wooden one could break 
> cement...  Does this make him Ten times more deadly?

No, no, no.  I guess Kunou wanted to look "in character", so he used a 
real sword.  It's not for any other reason but that.

> And also in the sceen where Kuno is making his reappearance and 
> making Ranma drink sake, a truant officer comes running out of the 
> audiance.  Kuno Now has a flag on his back.  If I'm not mistaken, don't 
> you normally put the family mon on there?

Something like that.  Yes, "Veritas" means "Truth", which is the motto of 
Harvard University, I think.  I can't read the original manga's kanji.

Having a flag on his back shows what kind of an idiot he is.  It's to 
further emphasize how out of character he is.  Kunou's dressed like a 
samurai when he's supposed to be dressed like a medieval European.

FYI: In Urusei Yatsura, Momotarou has a similar banner on him: "(I'm) 
Japan's Number One". 

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Kevin "Grouchy Bear" Lew -- The Idiot/Savant of the Ranma 1/2 Mailing List
     To live.  To die.  To be silly.  That is the way of the Otaku.
         kasumi@eden.com           (Ranma 1/2 Stupid Help Desk)
         ra1628@email.sps.mot.com  (Other Stupid E-Mail)

Hitoshi Doi's E-Mail Nightmare:
(Or: "What To Send Hitoshi Doi to Make Him Scream For Ten Minutes Straight")
   "Hitoshi-san, I was reading this character named 'Kikuko' something in 
some magazine.  Boy, does she look like a cow.  Does anybody like her?  I 
mean, I think Hayashibara Megumi is so much better.
   "By the way, I was searching on your homepage, and I couldn't find any 
nude pictures.  I think that you should go put more hentai things on it."

(^_^;)