1) THE FAQ

Q: What's a FAQ?
A: A FAQ is a list of Frequently Asked Questions.

Q: Is this the FAQ about Mystery Science Theatre 3000?
A: No. That FAQ is maintained by Chris Cornell and Brian Henry, who do a damned good job on it, and can be found at http://www.mst3kinfo.com

Q: What sort of questions are answered in the MST FAQ?
A: Anything related to MST3K, essentially. The RATMM FAQ is for answering the Frequently Asked Questions about RATMM; the MST FAQ, which can be found at http://www.mst3kinfo.com, answers the Frequently Asked Questions about MST3K and Best Brains, Incorporated.

Q: Then what's this FAQ all about?
A: The major newsgroup for discussion of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is Rec.Arts.TV.MST3K.Misc. There are a number of people who post to this group, and have been on for quite some time. This FAQ was created to answer questions that new people may have about the newsgroup and/or its regulars but that do not fit into any of the MST3K FAQs - i.e., that are about the group or related topics rather than the show itself, and which the regulars do not want to have to keep answering. (If you haven't read the MST FAQ first, read it now and then come back to this one - it'll make a lot more sense if you do)

Q: Is this FAQ on a Web page somewhere?
A: Thanks to our own Greg Gershowitz, yes, it is - you can find it at http://www.oocities.org/Area51/5207/ratmm-faq.html

2) THE NEWSGROUP

Q: Is RATMM the only newsgroup devoted to MST3K?
A: No. The two primary MST3K newsgroups are Rec.Arts.Tv.Mst3k.Misc (for miscellaneous information) and Rec.Arts.Tv.Mst3k.Announce for official announcements. There are three other newsgroups, Alt.Tv.Mst3k (ATM), Alt.Fan.Mst3k, and Alt.Tv.Mst3k.Mstings but they are not available at all sites.

Q: What's the real difference between Rec.Arts.TV.MST3K.Misc (RATMM) and Rec.Arts.Tv.MST3K.Announce (RATMA)?
A: RATMM is the general forum for discussion of MST-related topics. RATMA is a moderated newsgroup whose function is to pass on official announcements about MST. The FAQs will be posted there, as well as official announcements from Barbbb (the Best Brains' Info Club Poobah) and MST3K's broadcast schedule. RATMA is moderated by Mike Pearce, who will do nasty net.god things to you if you try to post non-relevant drivel there.

Q: Should I post at Rec.Arts.TV.MST3K.Misc, Alt.Tv.Mst3k, or Alt.Fan.Mst3k?
A: For a wider reading audience, you should post at Rec.Arts.Tv.Mst3k.Misc, and crosspost to Alt.Tv.Mst3k. Some people posting at Alt.Fan.Mst3k will receive an error message from USENET stating the newsgroup is redundant or bogus.

Q: What's the Charter for RATMM?
A: The following:

Description

Discussion of TV's Mystery Science Theater 3000. The newsgroup Rec.Arts.Tv.Mst3k.Misc will be used as a forum for discussion of: (1) the television show, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K), and memorabilia, trivia, and persons related to it; (2) MST3K fanfics, until such time as they get their own newsgroup; and (3) any other shows produced by Best Brains, Inc., until such time as the shows get their own newsgroups. Off-topic ads, surveys and 'spams' are forbidden in this newsgroup.

3) GENERAL NEWSGROUP INFORMATION

Q: Why do you all spend so much time off-topic?
A: Ours is a free-wheeling newsgroup, with many ongoing conversations about very different topics. We like it that way. Restricting our conversation to just MST3K has always seemed too limiting to us.

Q: Are any of the Brains on RATMM?
A: The current Info Club Poobah, Barb Tebbens (Barbbb), is here. Ms. Tebbens' email address is Barbbb@aol.com, which is also the email address of the Info Club itself. Kevin Murphy very occasionally posts here. It is rumored that other members of Best Brains, Inc., lurk here, but this has not been substantiated.

Q: Can I ask Barbbb stuff about new episodes or Season 11 or---
A: No. (Please). She'll tell us about stuff when it's time for us to know. Remember that being on-line is a very small part of her job, and is done as a favor to us. We don't want to end up pestering her with a lot of unnecessary questions.

Q: Does RATMM have any commonly-used colloquialisms, acronyms, or slang I should know about?
A: Yup:

ACEG:

Amazing Colossal Episode Guide - the book that the Best Brains put out about the show.

Baconization:

a game, along the lines of Six Degrees of Separation, connecting Kevin Bacon to every movie actor/actress who ever lived.

Barbbb:

Barb Tebbens, the current Info Club Poobah of Best Brains, Inc.

BBI:

Best Brains, Incorporated; the company that makes Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

Blounge:

to, ahem, strike with your breasts.

Bloungie:

An award, given by our own Catherine "TCurryFan" Johnson; it involves a gentle & lascivious striking of the breasts against the recipient.

juliewa:

Julie Walker, the former Info Club Poobah of Best Brains, Inc.

MJN:

Michael J. Nelson, the actor who plays Mike Nelson on MST3K.

MJP:

MJP: Mary Jo Pehl, who plays Pearl Forrester.

MST (also MST3K):

Mystery Science Theatre 3000. A little cow-town puppet show.

MSTed (also MSTing):

This indicates a post containing something to which newsgroup members have given the MST3K treatment.

RATMM:

Rec.Arts.Tv.MST3K.Misc, the name of the newsgroup itself.

SOTA:

Sign Of The Apocalypse. Something indicating the world is coming to an end. Something bad.

*sugh*:

kinda like a sigh, only not

*thud*:

to be so taken with someone that you faint at what they've said or done, your body creating the *thud* sound effect when it hits the floor.

Tskwm:

Tom Servo Kevin Wagner Murphy; the voice behind and operator of our beloved Tom Servo.

AFAIK:

As Far As I Know

BION:

Believe It Or Not

BTW:

By The Way.

crosspost:

a message sent to more than one newsgroup.

emoticon:

an ASCII diagram of a facial expression (like so: :-) ) (look at it sideways if you still don't get it). Used to convey emotion if a message's words are (or might be) insufficient.

FAQ:

A Frequently Asked Questions list.

flame:

an insult.

<g>:

a grin. Meant to have the similar effect as an emoticon.

IIRC:

If I Recall Correctly

IMHO:

In My Humble Opinion.

IMNSHO:

In My Not So Humble Opinion.

killfile:

to configure your newsreader so as to ignore every post by the target of your killfile.

LOL:

Laugh Out Loud. What you say when a post made you Laugh Out Loud.

lurking:

reading the newsgroup without posting to it.

netiquette:

Net etiquette; polite behavior on the Internet.

newbie:

A newcomer.

Ob:

Ob: Short for "obligatory." A grace note put in to an off-topic post to bring the post nominally on-topic to the newsgroup. For example, if I post something wishing one of the regulars on RATMM a happy birthday, I might put "ObMST: When is the video disc coming out?" to make the post at least a little bit on-topic.

OTP:

Off-Topic Post. A header in a post's subject line notifying people that what you are about to post doesn't have much to do with the subject of the newsgroup. A little-used but much-appreciated device.

*Plonk*:

the sound of someone falling to the bottom of your kill-file. Generally posted as notification that you are kill-filing someone.

ROTFLOL:

Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud. What you post when something someone said was really funny.

RTF:

Read The FAQ! A common response to a Frequently Asked Question.

SDCOMN:

Sprayed Diet Coke Out My Nose. When something made you laugh so hard you Sprayed Diet Coke etc etc. (Thanks to Carol Bourgeois for suggesting SDCOMN's placement here - thanks, Carol!)

spam:

to post a completely inappropriate message to a number of newsgroups.

thread:

an article and its follow-up articles.

troll:

a deliberately provocative post, one guaranteed to provoke a reaction due to its sheer stupidity or offensiveness. Also refers to a person who is known to routinely post in this manner.

WOTP:

Way-Off-Topic Post. When what you are about to post is extremely off-topic.

YHBT:

You Have Been Trolled. When you took a troll seriously and responded to it.

YMMV:

Your Mileage May Vary. Which is to say, "you may feel differently than I do."

4) NETIQUETTE

Q: What is netiquette?
A: Netiquette is the slang among the regulars on Usenet for proper etiquette in on-line usage - that is, what is and is not considered polite. The following is a list of basic netiquette that you should follow on every Usenet newsgroup:

1. DON'T post private e-mails without the permission of the sender. This is regarded as a gross violation of the person's privacy.
2. DON'T unnecessarily waste bandwidth with "me too" posts - that is, posts that reprint a long post only to add a "me too."
3. DO killfile people rather than engage in a public exchange of insults. Public arguments and unpleasantries waste everybody's time and bandwidth and make the combatants look stupid and/or immature. Take any unpleasant discussion to e-mail. Or killfile them. Please.
4. DON'T post trolls. Trolls are universally seen as a pain in the neck, because they annoy everyone on the newsgroup and don't produce anything positive. And please DON'T feed the trolls by responding to them; they become dependent on us, keep coming back for more, and then we just have to take them out back and shoot them. (Sad, really)
5. DO be careful of crossposts. In rare cases a crosspost may be of interest to every newsgroup that the post is sent to; but usually the crosspost is relevant only to one newsgroup, or (more often) the responses to the original crosspost are relevant to only one newsgroup. Always edit the "To:" or "Newsgroups:" line post to make sure it goes only to those newsgroups to which it is relevant.
6. DO think about what you're going to post before you post it. Is it likely to have been discussed ad nauseum? Is it likely to provoke an argument or bad feelings? Is it going to be unnecessarily insulting or rude or offensive to someone? Is it likely to be answered in the MST or RATMM FAQ? Is it something you really should be discussing with a therapist instead? If the answer to *ANY* of these questions is "yes," don't post them.
7. DON'T use offensive language. While we're all adults, we usually prefer the fun and creativity of euphemisms.
8. DO be careful about the wording of your posts. Remember, people can't see your face when you post; all we have to go on is the phrasing of the post. So what you may intend to be humorous may not be taken that way and what may be an unconscious error on your part may be taken as a deliberate insult by somebody. Basically, be careful in what you say and how you say it.
9. DO edit out material, in an article to which you are replying, that is not relevant to your answer; that is, don't include 80 lines of text and respond only to the last line. That wastes time and bandwidth.
10. DON'T post binaries to non-binary newsgroups.
11. DO put in spoiler space if what you're posting about is relatively new, or unlikely to have been read/seen/heard by some of the people on the newsgroup.

5) NEWSGROUP DOS AND DON'TS

Q: Oh, is the great FAQ-keeper going to dictate what I can and can't talk about?
A: Yes. Well, sort of. See, we don't want to discourage discussion of MST - and we like the newsgroup to be free-wheeling - but we've learned (the hard way) that certain topics and actions only lead to unpleasantness, insults, and pointless arguments. So we ask that you follow these guidelines - obviously we can't force you to adhere to these guidelines, but in the words of RATMM Goddess emeritus Clarinda Carrington, we *STRONGLY SUGGEST* that you follow these rules:

1. DO keep in mind, when posting your comments about any MST episode, Sampo's theorem, which states: "For every MSTie who thinks a particular episode is the worst work BBI has ever done, there is another who thinks it is their finest hour." In other words, your mileage may vary.
2. DON'T bring up RATMM's Taboo Topics. These are matters of opinion, rather than fact; bringing them up inevitably causes pointless arguments and unpleasantries rather than fun discussions. Therefore, we respectfully and humbly ask that you *not* bring up the following topics:
   1. Who's better, Joel or Mike?
   2. Why did Josh, Joel, Frank and Trace *really* leave?
   3. Why don't they get rid of Mary Jo?
   4. Who's better, Joel or Mike?
   5. Who's better, Frank or Pearl?
   6. Religion.
   7. Politics.
   8. The merits of one type of computer versus another - i.e., the Mac-vs-PC debate.
   9. Who's better, Joel or Mike?
   10. The merits of one sort of on-line service versus another - no AOL or WebTV bashing, please.
   11. Why Mike or Mary Jo or any other cast member "sucks."
   12. Who's better, Joel or Mike?
   13. If you have *ANY* doubt about whether a topic is Taboo, read the FAQs, or (as a favor to the group) don't post it. We'd like to maintain a good level of newsgroup harmony on RATMM, and that can be difficult when faced with the Taboo Topics.
3. DON'T insult the regulars. This is the quickest and easiest way to earn the enmity of the rest of us, to get yourself kill-filed, and to make yourself unwelcome.
4. DON'T act like your opinions are facts.
5. DON'T insult any of the cast members of MST3K. Our ninja squads will get you if you do.
6. DO respond to already-existing posts, and let everyone get used to you and your sense of humor, rather than posting new things immediately and starting your own threads, and then being upset because nobody is responding to you. Also, DO lurk for at least a week before posting, so as to get a feel for what is and is not acceptable behavior on the newsgroup.
7. DON'T flood the newsgroup with posts and expect an immediate response. Ease your way in to RATMM.
8. DON'T post something sexually graphic on the newsgroup. We're happy that you're in love, really, but none of us want to read the written equivalent of phone sex. It's far more amusing to arouse by implication or joke than to write pornography, anyhow.
9. DON'T make jokes about physical and/or mental infirmities. They're not just in bad taste, but will often rebound on the "joker" and make him/her unpopular with everyone else. (Thanks to Rick Thorne for suggesting this entry)

Q: Sheesh! Is there anything I *can* talk about?
A: Sure - lots of stuff! But we regulars have had to deal with certain topics over and over and over again, and we're tired of them. By not mentioning them you make us happy, and we'll thank you for it.

Look at it this way: say you're at a party. Someone comes up to you (while you're standing underneath a clock) and asks you what time it is. You tell them.They wander away. Five minutes later, someone else asks you what time it is. They wander away. Then someone else asks you what time it is. This is what it feels like to the regulars here when they have to answer various Frequently Asked Questions.

Q: What about flames?
A: We respectfully ask that you not engage in this practice; it only ruins newsgroup harmony.

Q: But what if someone is consistently obnoxious, mean-spirited, lying, hateful, or just plain evil? What do we do about trollers?
A: The only effective way to deal with people like that is to ignore them; they do this for attention, and if they don't get it, they'll go away. If a particular person goes beyond civil debate and discussion and into the realm of personal attacks, you also have the option of informing his or her service provider. This is usually done by emailing "postmaster@[name of service provider]". Most internet service providers have policies that prohibit their customers from posting abusive comments or personal attacks on Internet newsgroups, and will immediately warn the individual. That sometimes is all it takes to stop the attacks. If the individual ignores the warnings, repeated complaints could lead to that person having his or her Internet account cancelled. Be sure to include the name of the newsgroup where the abusive material was posted and forward the *ENTIRE* post in which the offensive material appears.

Q: But don't they, and we, have the right to free speech?
A: Yes, and we have the right to ignore them, or ask them not to be unpleasant.

Q: That didn't answer my question - don't they have the right to say what they want?
A: To quote from _Zen and the Art of the Internet_: "Usenet is not a right. Some people misunderstand their local right of `freedom of speech' to mean that they have a legal right to use others' computers to say what they wish in whatever way they wish, and the owners of said computers have no right to stop them. Those people are wrong. Freedom of speech also means freedom not to speak; if I choose not to use my computer to aid your speech, that is my right. Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one."

Q: You guys are kinda cliquey, aren't you?
A: Well, yes and no. RATMM is a community of friends - a virtual family of sorts - many of whom know each other (or have at least met) in real life, and the threads on RATMM are, in essence, ongoing conversations between friends. This does not mean we are hostile or unwelcoming to newcomers. *EVERYONE* was a newcomer to RATMM at one point or another, the FAQ-keeper included. Many of the most popular/famous/well-received people on RATMM were newcomers, not too long ago. We welcomed them with open arms, and will similarly welcome you.

There are a few folks who would object at this point, saying that they were treated rudely by the regulars, or ignored, and that they didn't feel at all welcome here. That is unfortunate, but in almost every case the newcomers did something to deserve their poor treatment - usually not following the Newsgroup Do's and Don'ts.

6) COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS

Q: Who are The Community Supporters?
A: These are most of the folks who are regular contributors to RATMM - those who make up our happy family, who contribute positively to the community that is RATMM. Although Yr Humble FAQ-keeper tries to make this list inclusive, it's not, and he acknowledges that; there are some people I just forget about or haven't noticed yet. Not appearing on the list is in no way a slam at anyone; it simply means that I missed or overlooked that person.

Q: Who are Noah Singman and Jungle Goddess?
A: The William Powell and Myrna Loy of the newsgroup.

Q: Who is David Anderson?
A: A guy who's ready for some football. He also taught Jet Li how to fight. Ving Rhames.

Q: Who is Sampo?
A: Co-FAQ keeper; Info Club #48; first among RATMM equals. He's just this guy, ya know? William B. Davis

Q: Who is Brian "Erhardt" Henry?
A: Co-FAQ keeper, and someone to whom you should listen.

Q: Who is Laurelyn Smith?
A: She walks in beauty, like the night/Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright/Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light/Which heaven to gaudy day denies. Ingrid Bergman.

Q: Who is Jeffrey Johnson?
A: Panderer. Nutmeg smuggler. Wanted in Joplin, Missouri, for manslaughter (he shot a man for snoring too loudly). Peter Sellers.

Q: Who is the other Jeffrey Johnson?
A: He's the guy in the corner, watching our every move, ready to pounce at the first sign of fear, weakness or free nachos. (Thanks to David Anderson for the editing assist here). James Mason.

Q: Who is Carol Bourgeois?
A: Secret Agent Supergirl Dragon. Jean Harlow.

Q: Who is Tammy S. Davis?
A: The Voice Of Reason - if she rebukes you, you have done wrong - and multiple winner of the Croix de Guerre (with oak clusters) for efforts above and beyond the call of duty in fighting against newsgroup evil. Marian Andersen.

Q: Who is Bill Livingston?
A: The master of the pan pipes. Oogy pawn. Lee Marvin (kidding, Bill, kidding). No, actually, he's Alain Delon.

Q: Who is Barcode?
A: Beware the Barcode, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! John Cleese.

Q: Who is Shelby Forsyth?
A: A woman so accomplished that she got counties in Tennessee, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina named after her. She's RATMM's Rosalind Russell, although I personally think she's actually our Katharine Hepburn.

Q: Who is nicklby?
A: Nobody seems to know for sure. RATMM's Ralph Bellamy.

Q: Who is Kevin Mowery?
A: Professor Bobo. Vincent Price.

Q: Who is Greg Gershowitz?
A: The magnificent blond beast, avidly rampant for spoil and victory. William Holden.

Q: Who is Stephen Cooke?
A: A man of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. Alan Ladd.

Q: Who is Chris Gleason?
A: The best kisser in the entire universe (BKITU). Also the group's Resident Kenny. James Dean.

Q: Who is TomR?
A: The man who taught Chris Gleason how to kiss. Steve Buscemi.

Q: Who is Steven (thor) Thorpe?
A: Friend to those who have no friend, enemy to those who make him their enemy, Steven Thorpe is the man behind the voice known (to his constant companion Margot Lane) as The Shadow. George Sanders.

Q: Who is Julia?
A: The face that launched a thousand ships, and burned the topless towers of Illium. Jessica Lange.

Q: Who are EvilJen and Kelly Donaghue?
A: The perfect women. Isabella Rossellini and Joan Fontaine.

Q: Who is the Rob "Midnight Rambler" Fontenot?
A: He makes haste on decay; not blameworthy; life is good, be it stubbornly long or suddenly A mortal splendor; meteors are not needed less than mountains; shine, perishing Rambler. Dr. John.

Q: Who is Sheryl Gere?
A: Ambassador Delenn of the Minbari (The Delenn of "Be somewhere else" and not the Delenn of "Oh, John"). Louise Brooks

>Q: Who are Joe Blevins, Hunter A. Felt, JimL2, Robert Hutchinson, and Jester?
A: The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Sorrell Booke, Parker Stevenson, Matthew Broderick, Pernell Roberts, and Mike Ralls?

Q: Who are Doug Barkes and Doug Elrod?
A: The Dougs. We don't know much about them, but at least three regulars have met their deaths at the hands of the Dougs, so we kinda tiptoe around them. Matt Damon and Dennis Leary.

Q: Who are Mike Barklage, Mike Ralls, and Mike Grasso?
A: The Mikes. They're even more dreaded than the Dougs; Mike Barklage alone has killed 56 men at last count, and is so mean he once shot a man for using too much ketchup. Richard Dean Anderson, Eddie Deazen, and Charlton Heston.

Q: Who are Bob "Bice" Eichler, Jim Ellwanger, and Paul Duca?
A: Give them your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to them; they left their lamps beside the golden door. Chuck Barris, Arte Johnson, and Jaye P. Morgan.

Q: Who is Chad "Soundwave" Gould?
A: Peace, peace, he is not dead, he doth not sleep. He hath awakened from the dream of life. 'Tis we who, with vain phantoms, keep unprofitable strife. Michael Feinstein.

Q: Who are Rick Thorne and Col. Di?
A: A happily married couple - proof that the institution of marriage is still sometimes a good idea.

Q: Who are Diana, Cambot, creepygirl, Tracy Deuel, Norb, Sarah Heiner, Angela (ACMCE & film goddess), and Judith Jacobs?
A: Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, and Polyhymnia. Rene Russo, Kate Bush, Merle Oberon, Janine Turner, Janeane Garofalo, Laura Dern, Betty Hutton, and Susie Plakson.

Q: Who is Bryan Lambert?
A: RATMM's Official Wuss. The young Orson Welles.

Q: Who is Alicia?
A: She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers, At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers. Gillian Anderson

Q: Who is Kathy Evans?
A: The real tabasco, a real pip of a girl. Meryl Streep.

Q: Who are Pat "From the top rope!" Flanagan, Rick Hodge, and Claye Hodge?
A: DGX3K, the new team of wrestlers who've taken the WWF by storm. Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin.

Q: Who is Stephen Ratliff?
A: A writer sui generis. (Just read one of the Marrissa stories).

Q: Who are Rachel Ward, JC "Antaeus Feldspar," Matt "Pinwiz" Elcock, Rich Sheridan, and Jim "tjats"?
A: Five of the front seven for the 1972 Miami Dolphins, still the only undefeated team in pro sports. Eva Gabor, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Horst Bucholz.

Q: Who is Chris Mehring?
A: Astonished to see you in Baghdad, for you have an appointment with him tonight in Samarra. Kirk Douglas.

Q: Who is ikaros?
A: The Rev. Dr. Sherwood Forrester. Jeremy Davies.

Q: Who are Andrew "No Sig Man" Perron, Jules, Brenda "BleeK" Krause, Heather Holder, and Michael Clear?
A: The original cast of Oh, Calcutta. Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Mamie van Doren, and Joe Piscopo?

Q: Who are Dawn Acevedo, Delius (alan) and Ramirez/Soulcoffee?
A: The wife-and-husband-and-kept-boy team now appearing in the Grand Guignol version of The Sound of Music.

Q: Who are Phil Russell, Walter Sorrell, Robert Tilley, Roger M. Wilcox, John SD Wilson, Catherine Johnson, Christine OdiePal, Mellie, Katherine Harris, and Vermin Boy?
A: Why do you keep asking me these questions? (Gabe Kaplan, Jeremy Piven, Robert Hegyes, Ron Palillo, George Carlin, Bella Abzug, Anne Baxter, Christina Ricci, Nicole Kidman, and Henry Kissinger?)

Q: Who are Roland Warner, "Unofficial RATMM Prop Diva" Lori Holuta, Ysidro, Adam Schillinger, Reaper G, Jesse "Sir Stack," Eric Lowe, and U2Shark?
A: Urban myths. They don't really exist. Alan Hale, Jr., Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, Buck Henry, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Michael Hurst, that guy who played Rossdower, and the kid who tagged along with Rossdower?

Q: Who are Jonathan "L is for Lovable" Bare, BioKen, "Average" Joe Barlow, M-D November, Erin Evans, Guillermo Quiej, Ada "Adzag" Aguilar, Joel Woemcats, and Peter Milan?
A: The Mahavishnu Orchestra. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, John Gorka, Johnny Cash, Samantha Mathis, Prince Albert of Monaco, Selma Hayek, Roger Whittaker, and Pete Best?

Q: Who are Epona Harper and David Crowe?
A: Siegfried and Roy, of course. Don't you know anything?

Q: Who are Derek Janssen, James A. Wolf, Jonah Falcon, and Jamie Plummer?
A: RATMM regulars.

7) NEWSGROUP MISCELLANY & ESOTERICA

Q: Is there an IRC channel for RATMMers?
A: Yes. IRC on over to ewox.scene.org or amnesia.scene.org, port 6667. Type "/join #RATMM". The FAQ for our IRC channel is done by the singularly wonderful Laurelyn Smith, and can be found at http://www.mindspring.com/~laurelyn/ratmmircfaq.htm.

Q: I've seen some people MiSTing Usenet articles. Is there a guide to the proper format for doing this?
A: Yes, it is available from Michael Neylon and can be found on the Web. In addition, there is a mailing "dibs" list. To subscribe, mail with "subscribe dibslist" in the body of the message.

Q: What's the deal with all the marriage proposals flying around the newsgroup?
A: Well, we're mostly all friends here, and we like each other. A marriage proposal is a way of signalling your admiration and respect for another person. And since most of us have agreed to marry more than one person on RATMM (we aren't bound by pesky monogamy laws here), we're all married to each other. We're just one big happy polygamous family, albeit not without some Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor couples.

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