[Groop]Groo shirts

jonthekingdon jonthekingdon@attbi.com
Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:23:23 -0400


i have backordered one of the t shirts i just wanted to know if anyone could
send me a pic of the shirt i dont know what it looks like but i'd buy it
anyway cause its a groo shirt!

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>   1. Groo buttons have me confused...well, amongst other things (carl)
>   2. Re: Groo buttons have me confused...well, amongst other
>  things (Chris Schechner)
>   3. Life/Death of Groo (Charles L. Klein)
>   4. Re: Groo buttons have me confused...well, amongst other things (Gary
Grossmann)
>   5. groo products (scott sutor)
>   6. Groop Night Out (Larry Steller)
>   7. Re: Groop Night Out (Nate Piekos)
>   8. Re: groo products (Gary Grossmann)
>   9. Trivia Question for M.E. (sac@foolarchy.com)
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> Message: 1
> From: "carl" <clippert@island.net>
> To: <groop@groo.com>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:34:22 -0700
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Subject: [Groop]Groo buttons have me confused...well, amongst other things
>
> I have not been reading the groop messages for long so I am not how-we-say
> "in the know", but I have gathered a few things. For the sake of
tradition,
> I'll number them.
> 1> In case contributing members are not already aware, the contents of
this
> groop is a testament to the intellectual worth of this technology. It
seems
> to be proof that ANYTHING can be discussed intelligently.
> 2> Conventions are interesting and exciting ways of meeting like-minded
> people and exchanging ideas. The contributing members are fortunate enough
> to attend and reflect on these events, which come in very handy to people
> living in backwoods islands in the Canadian pacific. Having never been to
a
> comic book convention, it serves as a bittersweet tool in vicarious
living.
> 3> My mother would laugh her army-boots right off if she knew her adult
son
> was living vicariously through people at comic book conventions.
> 4> There has been reference to groo buttons. This is the point to which I
am
> most focused. I will do ANYTHING for a groo button for my daughter. The
> first noises she made (with my help) were gwaa (groo) and aii-yah (stab).
We
> read groo all the time and she has learnt to respect paper by tearing my
> books to shreds. So long as they're legible, we're happy. If there is
anyway
> of getting a groo button to British Columbia (but not Vancouver) I would
be
> ecstatic.
>
> I may never get the chance to see any groop members at a convention, but
> that doesn't mean I won't keep enjoying this wonderful groop.
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:22:10 -0500
> To: groop@groo.com
> From: Chris Schechner <schechnr@flash.net>
> Subject: Re: [Groop]Groo buttons have me confused...well, amongst other
> things
>
> >  If there is anyway
> >of getting a groo button to British Columbia (but not Vancouver) I would
be
> >ecstatic.
>
> Ruben would probably want to argue this point.
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> Message: 3
> From: "Charles L. Klein" <cklein@mn.rr.com>
> To: "The Groop (E-mail)" <groop@groo.com>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:40:12 -0500
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Subject: [Groop]Life/Death of Groo
>
> I finally got mine today # 234 - is that better than # 123 but worse than
#
> 345?
>
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> Message: 4
> From: "Gary Grossmann" <grossfam@olywa.net>
> To: "carl" <clippert@island.net>, <groop@groo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Groop]Groo buttons have me confused...well, amongst other
things
> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:22:51 -0700
> charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
> > 4> There has been reference to groo buttons. This is the point to which
I
> am
> > most focused. I will do ANYTHING for a groo button for my daughter. The
> > first noises she made (with my help) were gwaa (groo) and aii-yah
(stab).
> We
> > read groo all the time and she has learnt to respect paper by tearing my
> > books to shreds. So long as they're legible, we're happy. If there is
> anyway
> > of getting a groo button to British Columbia (but not Vancouver) I would
> be
> > ecstatic.
>
>
> Hey!  You are closer to me than most Groopies.  I'm in Olympia WA.  All
you
> have to do to get a Groo Button is give me your address.  It's a promo
item
> I will pick up for free.  Welcome to the Groop.  -Gary G.
>
> PS  Having Groo read to you as a child seems to have the opposite effect
> that it has on us adults.  I read Groo to my kids and one is an electrical
> engineer and the other one is a biology major and my highschool age
daughter
> is real smart too.  As to the effect it has on adults, well...look at me.
> (AHH!!)
>
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> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 23:10:40 -0600
> From: scott sutor <scottsutor@sk.sympatico.ca>
> To: groop@groo.com
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> Subject: [Groop]groo products
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> I was looking at the Swedish Groo site and it had old news from M.E.  He
mentioned Groo magnets and Groo bookends.  Are these out yet or were they
ever produced??
> Scott Sutor
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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was looking at the Swedish Groo site and it
had
> old news from M.E.&nbsp; He mentioned Groo magnets and Groo
bookends.&nbsp; Are
> these out yet or were they ever produced??</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scott Sutor</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:11:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Larry Steller <lawrencesteller@yahoo.com>
> To: groop@groo.com
> Subject: [Groop]Groop Night Out
>
> Attention Groopies going to GrooFest (Otherwise known as San
> Diego Comic Con International):
>
> For those of you who are unaware, for the last 2 years The Groop
> has gathered Friday Night for an early dinner at Dick's Last
> Chance, a pub that encourages Groo-like behavior, and then heads
> out to cheer on the Groo Crew at the Eisner Awards.
>
> Let's do it again! What's the final roll call of Groopies who are
> attending?
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:47:51 -0400
> To: groop@groo.com
> From: Nate Piekos <natepiekos@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Groop]Groop Night Out
>
> I'll try my damndest.  Depends what time though.  I have to sit dutifully
> at my booth til 7pm, then clean up a bit before I can split.
>
> Something tells me,  "early dinner" means before 7pm.
>
> ~N
>
>
>
> At 05:11 AM 7/30/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >Attention Groopies going to GrooFest (Otherwise known as San
> >Diego Comic Con International):
> >
> >For those of you who are unaware, for the last 2 years The Groop
> >has gathered Friday Night for an early dinner at Dick's Last
> >Chance, a pub that encourages Groo-like behavior, and then heads
> >out to cheer on the Groo Crew at the Eisner Awards.
> >
> >Let's do it again! What's the final roll call of Groopies who are
> >attending?
> >
> >
> >
> >=====
> >-Larry Steller
> >
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> Message: 8
> From: "Gary Grossmann" <grossfam@olywa.net>
> To: "scott sutor" <scottsutor@sk.sympatico.ca>, <groop@groo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Groop]groo products
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:27:24 -0700
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> Magnets, yes.  Bookends, no.=20
>   ----- Original Message -----=20
>   From: scott sutor=20
>   To: groop@groo.com=20
>   Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 10:10 PM
>   Subject: [Groop]groo products
>
>
>   I was looking at the Swedish Groo site and it had old news from M.E.  =
> He mentioned Groo magnets and Groo bookends.  Are these out yet or were =
> they ever produced??
>   Scott Sutor
>
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> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Magnets, yes.&nbsp; Bookends, no. </FONT></DIV>
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>   href=3D"mailto:scottsutor@sk.sympatico.ca">scott sutor</A> </DIV>
>   <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dgroop@groo.com=20
>   href=3D"mailto:groop@groo.com">groop@groo.com</A> </DIV>
>   <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 29, 2002 =
> 10:10=20
> PM</DIV>
>   <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Groop]groo =
> products</DIV>
>   <DIV><BR></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was looking at the Swedish Groo =
> site and it had=20
>   old news from M.E.&nbsp; He mentioned Groo magnets and Groo =
> bookends.&nbsp;=20
>   Are these out yet or were they ever produced??</FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Scott =
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> Message: 9
> Reply-To: sac@foolarchy.com
> From: "sac@foolarchy.com" <sac@foolarchy.com>
> To: groop@groo.com
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:41:16 -0400
> Subject: [Groop]Trivia Question for M.E.
>
> Hi M.E., I'm not even sure you're going to answer this since it's one day
> out from the Con start, but there was a question posted at Nates message
> board. It is a tough question.
>
> In the old Hulk TV series, why was the Hulk called "David Banner" instead
> of "Bruce Banner"?
>
> I figure if anyone knows this obscurity, you will! :)
>
> shane
>
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> Message: 10
> From: CrazySketchbook@aol.com
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:06:58 EDT
> Subject: Re: [Groop]Trivia Question for M.E.
> To: groop@groo.com
>
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> I'm looking at a book I have on the history of Marvel with a sidebar on
the
> Hulk TV show.  That reads "Bixby... portrayed the scientist David Banner
> (whose name was pointlessly altered from the original Bruce of the comic
book
> series)."  Apparently someone just didn't like the name...
>
> - Ty
>
>
> > Hi M.E., I'm not even sure you're going to answer this since it's one
day
> > out from the Con start, but there was a question posted at Nates message
> > board. It is a tough question.
> >
> > In the old Hulk TV series, why was the Hulk called "David Banner"
instead
> > of "Bruce Banner"?
> >
> > I figure if anyone knows this obscurity, you will! :)
> >
> > shane
>
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FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I'm looking at a book I have on the history of Marvel
with a sidebar on the Hulk TV show.&nbsp; That reads "Bixby... portrayed the
scientist David Banner (whose name was pointlessly altered from the original
Bruce of the comic book series)."&nbsp; Apparently someone just didn't like
the name...<BR>
> <BR>
> - Ty<BR>
> <BR>
> <BR>
> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT:
5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hi M.E., I'm not even sure you're
going to answer this since it's one day<BR>
> out from the Con start, but there was a question posted at Nates
message<BR>
> board. It is a tough question.<BR>
> <BR>
> In the old Hulk TV series, why was the Hulk called "David Banner"
instead<BR>
> of "Bruce Banner"?<BR>
> <BR>
> I figure if anyone knows this obscurity, you will! :)<BR>
> <BR>
> shane</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
> <BR>
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> Message: 11
> From: Mark Evanier <mail@evanier.com>
> To: groop@groo.com
> Subject: Re: [Groop]Trivia Question for M.E.
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:53:24 -0700
> Reply-To: mail@evanier.com
>
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:41:16 -0400, "sac@foolarchy.com"
> <sac@foolarchy.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi M.E., I'm not even sure you're going to answer this since it's one day
> >out from the Con start, but there was a question posted at Nates message
> >board. It is a tough question.
> >
> >In the old Hulk TV series, why was the Hulk called "David Banner" instead
> >of "Bruce Banner"?
> >
> >I figure if anyone knows this obscurity, you will! :)
>
> ME: I do.  At the time, the name Bruce was turning up in a lot of gay
> jokes.  This has changed since Bruce Willis, Bruce Springsteen and a
> few others have come to prominence.  But when they did the show, the
> producers thought "Bruce Banner" sounded like a joke name.
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