03 Aug ā€™23

"they have kazoos"

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From: Sysadmin @VOLEwtf
Subj: Ba-na-na-na-na-n-na-naaa, ba-na-n-na-naa, hey, Jude

This is ART

Banana skin is, undoubtedly, the most satisfying surface to draw on with a ballpoint pen. If youā€™re not nodding in agreement, youā€™ve clearly never tried it.

Weā€™ve set up a gallery highlighting this important art form:
Biro + Banana = Art

Anyone can create a fruit-based masterpiece, take a photo and upload it, so get doodling!

- Vmail Sysadmin

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From: cowjam
Subj: Tanks!

When I was a teenager in the late 90s my mates believed that there were a load of abandoned Russian tanks in the Black Forest, and you could just go and take one if you wanted.

Anyone else hear this? Any truth to it?

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From: anonymous
Subj: review of my music class

perfection

10/10 they have kazoos

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From: anonymous
Subj: Joke

Why does 0=1? cos 0=1

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From: Your local human being
Subj: I'm bored tell me a joke either dark or normal

I'll start:
What do you get when you cross a pig and a cactus?...
... a porcupine!!

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From: anonymous
Subj: Re: we have such spines to show you

pob wrote:

every time i pass this cactus i wonder if i stuck my face in i'd come out looking like pinhead

do it

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From: Alison
Subj: Re: we have such spines to show you

cat

My cat must have jumped on a cactus- he came home one day looking like this and has never been the same

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From: anonymous
Subj: Re: The Best Film Youā€™ve Never Seen

Matt Round wrote:

No. 5: Seconds (1966) This really shouldnā€™t be an obscure cult film. John Frankenheimer is a famous director whoā€™d ...

Rock Hudson didn't die he had plastic surgery to look like an old banker and lives in the suburbs

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From: Matt Round
Subj: The Best Film Youā€™ve Never Seen

Evolution (2015)

No. 6: Evolution (2015)

This isnā€™t the 2001 sci-fi comedy of the same title starring David Duchovny, or a Dragonball film, or part of the Underworld series, or the 2021 Hungarian drama.

Itā€™s the French sci-fi horror film about a young boy living by the sea who thinks heā€™s seen a dead body in the water. Gradually it becomes clear that this is a somewhat creepy coastal community; no arcades or ice cream vans, but they do have a nightmarish hospital and weird rituals on the beach.

You wonā€™t see a more beautiful horror film, from the volcanic rocks and white houses to that dingy hospital, whether bathed in sunshine or a murky greenish light. Thereā€™s a plain minimalism to the clothing and decor, but weā€™re clearly somewhere near the present day in a world somewhere near ours.

As usual, I donā€™t want to spoil the surprises and bewilderment. This is very much a film that doesnā€™t spoon-feed, you have to go with it, pick up whatever clues you can and accept the unknowns it leaves you with. At its core, itā€™s about unsettling adults projecting a sense of normality onto children experiencing the bizarre and horrific.

On Rotten Tomatoes its audience score is a ludicrous 44%, possibly the lowest Iā€™ve spotted for a film I really like. In the words of Super Hans, ā€œPeople like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you canā€™t trust people, Jeremy.ā€

Evolution (2015) is on Shudder and BFI Player, or can be rented from Amazon or AppleTV, itā€™s not hard to find.

Next time: is there anybody there..?

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From: Fatih
Subj: chess

let's play chess 1.e4

lichess account:elfyus4

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From: Uhm
Subj: Re: it's been almost a month since the last vmail

StrangeRTY7 wrote:

I don't know what I was thinking Leaving my vmail behind Now I suffer the curse and now I am blind With all this anger, ...

Omg I love u for this is must have taken so long

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From: Pizza Lover
Subj: Cost-cutting Hater

pizza

This cost 95p, how bad do you think it'll be??

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From: Feathers
Subj: I wonder

A fluffy white dog

Itā€™s been a sh-t week. A couple of sh-t weeks actually. So please send me your best comfort food recipes? Iā€™m going to comfort cook when I get them. Thanks. In the meantime I will hug my dog.

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