[AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale

[Wayne Johnson]

I have forgotten.

Could Briscoe actually read and write?

wgJ
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From: "michele mason" <yaya.m at earthlink.net>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s" 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale



> Wasn't that "Dolph"? He was the last gov my mom worked for.  mm

>

> On Nov 20, 2006, at 11:09 PM, Jon Ford wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> Micael-- Are you speaking of Doph Briscoe, onetime governor of Texas?  As 

>> a child,age about 14,  I spent a pleasant time recuperating  from  the 

>> notorious Mexican "tourista bug" at his family's desolate ranch in  South 

>> Texas. This was the only time I ever "went Texas," but I  was 

>> unfortunately unable to climb aboard any gigantic longhorn steers or 

>> rope any broncos as I was sick as a dog the whole week.

>>

>> Jon Ford

>>

>>

>>> From: micael at micaelpriest.com

>>> Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>>> 60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>>> To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net

>>> Subject: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale

>>> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:14:52 -0600

>>>

>>>

>>>      FIGI house is at 27th and Whitis, big white colonial...i lived 

>>> next door at the Rhea house in 69 ,3 or 4 doors down from the Campus 

>>> Guild(Socialist dorm with the constantly running LSD driven Bridge 

>>> Game). FIGI's had the toga partys all right. fixt em up with a little 

>>> herb from time to time. all ex highschool jocks though and generally 

>>> pretty thick. We got in a snowball war withem the one time it snowed 

>>> that winter, we whipped their asses, they responded by shooting an 

>>> arrow through one of our guys' window upstairs with a note on it 

>>> claiming victory. Bill Narum's Dad was a FIGI, his roomate was Dolf 

>>> Briscoe, i knew Dolf was a football player but i was a little  mystified 

>>> about what kinda jock mr. Narum might have been...he was a  fencer. I 

>>> was a fencer at UT freshman and senior year. still have the  back 3/4ths 

>>> of my foil.

>>>

>>>       As i recall, the first Casino Royale was a send up of Bond 

>>> movies...maybe w/ Peter Sellers?

>>>

>>>        aidedoo,

>>>                 micael priest

>>>

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>>>>    2. Re:  movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>>       (Fontaine Maverick)

>>>>    3. Re:  movie intro, don't go without a quality check (Frances 

>>>> Morey)

>>>>    4.  Movies (Igor Loving)

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>>>> Message: 1

>>>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:57:06 -0500

>>>> From: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh at shentel.net>

>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

>>>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

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>>>> The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.

>>>>

>>>> wgJ

>>>>   ----- Original Message -----   From: Fontaine Maverick   To: 

>>>> survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s   Sent: 

>>>> Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:51 PM

>>>>   Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>   Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a fraternity toga 

>>>> party!     ----- Original Message -----     From: Frances Morey 

>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 

>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 PM

>>>>     Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>     I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future 

>>>> reference. I trust what ordinary people say about movies more than I 

>>>> do critics or other industry types practicing hype. PF seemed to me 

>>>> like the very definition of sacrilege. Antipathy to religion was  what 

>>>> made it so popular but violence for the sake of violence, shock  value, 

>>>> fundamental disrespect for an institution offends me. The  military and 

>>>> fraternities were originally established to teach men  how to be men 

>>>> however one became "selective" [read: enlist the  already civilized who 

>>>> don't need such training] and the other a  model for Animal House 

>>>> [read: drunken druggies disrespectfully  acting out towards women and 

>>>> society.] Religions were "organized" to  discourage "sin" whatever that 

>>>> is thought to be, past and present.  Now no one is teaching males how 

>>>> to be men, women are in ascendancy  in the education and the 

>>>> professions because women seem to have  better instincts for applying 

>>>> themselves to learning and having s

>>>>  uccess in school training for the professions.

>>>>     I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to heaven 

>>>> when I die since I have never had an abortion nor got paid for  having 

>>>> sex. I have no regrets about the former.

>>>>     Frances

>>>>

>>>>     Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:

>>>>       Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I don't 

>>>> think Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen it) It is a 

>>>> comedy, for one thing - but the tomatometer is currently at 92%.

>>>>

>>>>       Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews - 

>>>> usually over 100 of them for each movie.

>>>>

>>>>       http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

>>>>

>>>>       And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff  when 

>>>> you can't remember the name of some actor, or want to know what  year 

>>>> something was made, etc.

>>>>

>>>>       http://www.imdb.com

>>>>

>>>>       And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in the 

>>>> Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. It is the 

>>>> first Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>       ----- Original Message -----         From: Frances Morey 

>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 

>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM

>>>>         Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>         Thanks, Fontaine,

>>>>         What does the tomatometer register for that B movie Simmons 

>>>> was raving about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? Borok, or 

>>>> something like that, is the name. I don't think I'll like it in the 

>>>> same way that I found Pulp Fiction reprehensible.         Frances

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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>>>> Message: 2

>>>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:16:11 -0600

>>>> From: "Fontaine Maverick" <fmaverick at austin.rr.com>

>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

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>>>> I dated one frat guy, and the frat was much like animal house -  strong 

>>>> non-conformist thread running through the membership- they  had a house 

>>>> south of campus - an old granite castle-like place. Went  to one toga 

>>>> party.Don't think it was Fiji, though.

>>>>   ----- Original Message -----   From: Wayne Johnson   To:  survivors' 

>>>> reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s   Sent:  Sunday, 

>>>> November 19, 2006 10:57 PM

>>>>   Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>>

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>>>>   The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.

>>>>

>>>>   wgj

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>>>> Message: 3

>>>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:31:22 -0800 (PST)

>>>> From: Frances Morey <frances_morey at yahoo.com>

>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s

>>>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

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>>>> No, but I did go skinny dipping once.

>>>>   Frances

>>>>

>>>> Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:

>>>>       Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a fraternity 

>>>> toga party!     ----- Original Message -----   From: Frances Morey 

>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 

>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 PM

>>>>   Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>   I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future 

>>>> reference. I trust what ordinary people say about movies more than I 

>>>> do critics or other industry types practicing hype. PF seemed to me 

>>>> like the very definition of sacrilege. Antipathy to religion was  what 

>>>> made it so popular but violence for the sake of violence, shock  value, 

>>>> fundamental disrespect for an institution offends me. The  military and 

>>>> fraternities were originally established to teach men  how to be men 

>>>> however one became "selective" [read: enlist the  already civilized who 

>>>> don't need such training] and the other a  model for Animal House 

>>>> [read: drunken druggies disrespectfully  acting out towards women and 

>>>> society.] Religions were "organized" to  discourage "sin" whatever that 

>>>> is thought to be, past and present.  Now no one is teaching males how 

>>>> to be men, women are in ascendancy  in the education and the 

>>>> professions because women seem to have  better instincts for applying 

>>>> themselves to learning and having

>>>>  success in school training for the professions.

>>>>   I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to heaven  when 

>>>> I die since I have never had an abortion nor got paid for  having sex. 

>>>> I have no regrets about the former.

>>>>   Frances

>>>>

>>>> Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:

>>>>           Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I  don't 

>>>> think Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen it) It  is a 

>>>> comedy, for one thing - but the tomatometer is currently at  92%.

>>>>      Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews -  usually 

>>>> over 100 of them for each movie.       http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

>>>>      And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff when 

>>>> you can't remember the name of some actor, or want to know what year 

>>>> something was made, etc.

>>>>      http://www.imdb.com

>>>>      And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in the 

>>>> Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. It is the 

>>>> first Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.

>>>>            ----- Original Message -----     From: Frances Morey    To: 

>>>> survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s    Sent: 

>>>> Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM

>>>>   Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>   Thanks, Fontaine,

>>>>   What does the tomatometer register for that B movie Simmons was 

>>>> raving about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? Borok, or  something 

>>>> like that, is the name. I don't think I'll like it in the  same way 

>>>> that I found Pulp Fiction reprehensible.   Frances

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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>>>> Message: 4

>>>> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:17:38 -0600

>>>> From: "Igor Loving" <lovingigor at hotmail.com>

>>>> Subject: [AGL] Movies

>>>> To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net

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>>>> Oh, Oh, Movies. The last one I saw was some Indian thing at Alamo 

>>>> Draft House that came with Indian Food, before that was some stupid 

>>>> thing about penguinos marching around in the snow. Not much of a  movie 

>>>> freak and I never ever rent the things. I have a collection of  movies 

>>>> in boxes that have been gathering dust for years and years  and my 

>>>> computer has over sixty five movies in memory. Real gems I am  sure.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Charlie Loving

>>>>

>>>>

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