Shour:

>When I say, "yet another newbie (it must be that time of year again),"
>then it means:
>
>We have yet another newbie.  (Spoken crisply, with no derogatory tone
>whatsoever.)  There have been many newbies in recent weeks, which as in
>previous years within the ML, is common: a period of about one month comes
>up about twice a year in which new people appear at a higher-than-usual
>rate. (Spoken matter-of-factly, as if to say, "Oh look - it's raining.  I
>guess it's that season again.")


<Bradster deletes his mail detailing his 'Cyclical Theory of the ML'>



> > Coorection [sic], 2040 was not 24 eps long it was 26 eps long.  Know the
> > facts before you report them.
>
>(See Ed - here's a case in point...now I AM going to ride a newbie,
>because now they're begging for it.  Not to mention...they're an AOLer,
>and they're acting like an AOLer...anyways.)
>
>Ooooh, know your facts, huh?  Let me ask you a few questions, since you
>want to nitpick.

The email in question said 24 TV eps and 2 OAVs.  So is it 26 = 24 TV + 2 
OAV, or 26 TV + 2 OAV = 28 total?  I ask merely for clarification- BGC 
never really interested me.
=========

Kemrain:

>     As apparently is IS that time again, so I suppose I'll step up as
>well.  If you choose to call me anything, you can call me Kemrain, or
>R.  Whichever you prefer.  I was anxious about joining a mailing list,
>because I detest spam, but this seems to be slow enough for my tastes.
>especially in six hour blocks.

Hoo!  Go here:
http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/stats/stats.html

to see how slow this truly is, when compared to 1997 and '98.  We'd get 
more spam in 2 days than total email for the latest recorded month.


>     To get to a point, I'm here because of curiosity.  I want to learn.
>When I want to learn about Ranma, I have a place to go now.  Whee, and
>all that.  What kinda things have been discussed already here, though?

Your best bet is to assume we've covered everything, and ask anyway.  The 
FAQ is a good place to start for overdone topics, but it hasn't been 
updated in years.  (wasn't h-k supposed to be on top of that when he came 
back, guys?)


>  I want to know as much as I can about the Jusenkyou curses.
>
>   How much water does it take?

I think Ranma's changed with as little as a glass of cold water.

>  How fast is it?

I seem to remember Ranma jumping through a spray of water, and coming out 
female on the other side.  Less than 2 seconds then?

>What does it feel like?  How disorientating is it?

We can only guess on these, but Ranma never seems to be adversely affected 
by the change itself- just the consequences of being female/male at 
inopportune times.

If I had to guess, it'd be very painful to go through these Procrustean 
changes in height in so little time, not to mention the gain/loss of 
various gender-specific body parts during the change.

I think someone once suggested that the curse affected DNA, and it was a 
near-instantaneous rewriting of his genetic makeup that switched him from 
male to female.

An hour or two with the search engine on Hitoshi's page might net something.


-Bradster