William Hung crowned king of the Artichoke Festival

Oeditpus Rex

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Mon May-22-06 12:09 AM
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William Hung crowned king of the Artichoke Festival

How far we've come. The first Artichoke Queen was a young actress named Norma Jean Dougherty. :eyes:

http://www.artichoke-festival.org/

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In_The_Wind

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Mon May-22-06 12:12 AM
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1. They have kings & queens for that stuff?

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Mon May-22-06 12:24 AM
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2. Oh, yeah

The Garlic Festival has a queen. She has to actually... wait, lemme look it up.

Well, it's not on the web site, but I've seen it in press releases. Something along the lines of "living a lifestyle espousing the wonders of garlic."

The site does say this: "Contestants are judged by a panel of five judges on personal interview, talent, garlic speech and evening gown at the Annual Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Pageant."

Oh, garlic, my garlic...

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Mon May-22-06 12:31 AM
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3. Oh my.

Is there an instruction tape on garlic naturally speaking?
I wouldn't want to be misunderstood while I'm trying to buy some ice cream. :)

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Mon May-22-06 12:32 AM
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4. That reminds me

I gotta call Garlic World or the Garlic Shoppe tomorrow to see if they can ship garlic ice cream.

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In_The_Wind

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Mon May-22-06 12:34 AM
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5. How far do you want to ship it?

Ice cream was my business.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Mon May-22-06 12:38 AM
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6. I may not have to

It's for a bet.

But if I lose, Seattle.

But I ain't gonna lose. :evilgrin:

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In_The_Wind

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Mon May-22-06 12:42 AM
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7. *giggle*

and what do you get when you win the bet?

BTW ~ dry ice in a good cooler would do the trick
not that you'll need the information

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Oeditpus Rex

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Mon May-22-06 12:51 AM
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8. A Slug Sucker

Don't ask. :shrug:

I know, but I'd rather trust the pros to ship it.

And, hey — how do you get that different font?

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In_The_Wind

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Mon May-22-06 12:56 AM
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9. *shudder*

I won't ask about the Slug Sucker.

It's always better to let a pro do some things.

Which font are you talking about?

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Oeditpus Rex

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Mon May-22-06 01:23 AM
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10. Any of 'em

I dunno the code to change fonts. :blush:

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In_The_Wind

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Mon May-22-06 01:30 AM
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11. This should give you a start.

(<)font color="color" size="size" face="face"(>)Text(<)/font>

leave out this ~> ( and ~> )

It's listed in the HTML lookup table on the Message options just above the Subject.

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Mon May-22-06 01:33 AM
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12. Yeahbut

How do you know what typeface to specify? It can't be just any old face, can it? :shrug:

Or the color codes; can I specify, say, chartreuse?

There oughta be a list somewhere, dammit. x(

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In_The_Wind

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Mon May-22-06 02:41 AM
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13. Unfortunately I can't help you with that part.

I use teal for my color and roman for the face. When you use script as the "face" you'll need to step up the size more than you need to do for roman. Try adding italics or bold to change it even more. Have FUN!

Please let me know when you find a list. I do it all by trial & error.

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