TRADING QUIPS IN A CROWDED CHAT ROOM.Humor columnist and author Dave Barry For the English musician, see . David Barry, Jr. (born July 3, 1947) is a bestselling American author and Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist who wrote a nationally syndicated column for the The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. ventured into cyberspace Tuesday, fielding questions and trading one-liners with dozens of fans in an online event on the Daily News site on America Online's Digital City Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Sitting in front of a laptop computer in a Los Angeles hotel room, Barry typed frantically for 40 minutes, trying to keep up with the barrage of messages flowing in from across the country. Here is a sample portion of the transcript of that chat. TwoRMax: Dave, where are you in L.A.? DaveBarry0: The actual Dave, who will be here later, of course does not do his own typing. Shleprrock: Dave, what do you think about the show ... is it as close to your real life as I think? WhipSsmart: latitude, longitude? DaveBarry0: Dave's typing is done for him by Tina Turner. WhipSsmart: wow and she can type too? Laptam: When she's not doing Leggs' commercials MarkBarn: Ike was a good typist too WhipSsmart: Tina Turner, Typer DaveBarry0: The show that most resembles my life is of course ``Baywatch.'' Shleprrock: LOL "Laughing out loud" or "lots of luck." See digispeak. (chat) LOL - "laughing out loud", or "lots of love" or "luck". GStarBob: Thanks for chapter on Mom in DB Turns 40. I gasped, then I cried, a lot. Carol (not Bob) DaveBarry0: IMHO "In my humble opinion." See IMO and digispeak. (chat) IMHO - (From SF fandom via Usenet) In My Humble Opinion. Also seen in variant forms such as IMO, IMNSHO (In My Not-So-Humble Opinion) and IMAO (In My Arrogant Opinion). DNLA DNLA Digital Living Network Alliance DNLA Discovery Networks Latin America DNLA Discovery of Natural Latent Abilities DNLA Danish National Library Authority DNLA Dalia & Nathaniel Lichfield Associates (UK) Life: what aspect of baywatch? daily rescues? DaveBarry0: RPTFL Laptam: Drownings DaveBarry0: PMFJI PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In David 516: Big fan here, I still can't read a book without convulsing. WhipSsmart: dave rocks JReas: Dave, do you actually do all of your own swimming or did they hire a professional swimmer SMHalloran: PMFJI? JReas: for you ScreenRavr: hmm, this side ... no tingle DaveBarry0: I just do the drowning roles. David 516: I read your blurb blurb n. A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket. [Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.] blurb v. on Doug Lansky, the travel writer and I agree he's very good WhipSsmart: you make it look so real DaveBarry0: Do you ever wonder why anybody still swims on that beach? With daily drownings? Deb4usc: Mr. Barry - I saw you on KTLA KTLA KCBS TV in Los Angeles this a.m. - sorry to hear the Rose Queen gig didn't pan out DNLA Life: glad to see you finally coming up for air? WhipSsmart: thrill seekers David 516: Clearly a clone, but we need more clones Laptam: Just to see you, Dave! DaveBarry0: I was SOOOO upset about not being named Rose Bowl Queen! JoeBulls: huge under tow JReas: That could be a good role who does the rescuing MIMI Mimi her love for Rodolfo ended by her early death. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, La Bohème, Westerman, 348–350] See : Love, Tragic 4alm: It's not drowning that scares me ... it's the bacteria. JoeBulls: were you a contender, dave? DaveBarry0: This is like 49 years in a ROW I didn't get it! It is FIXED Mik darick: Maybe you can be the Orange Peel ... Laptam: Dave Barry in Jaws IV DNLA Life: you need longer hair for rose queen Deb4usc: Had you practiced the queen parade wave and everything? CM Susan: ? DaveBarry0: That's not their hair. JJPresnall: I was at a Los angeles book signing and told you that you looked thinner in real life. WhipSsmart: you're the susan lucci of pageants, dave ScreenRavr: perhaps the doo-da parade?? HennSun: dave, what's your favorite subject to write on?? ... JoeBulls: I wish i had the power to fix the Queen selection DaveBarry0: And I will never forget that, JJPresnall. DNLA Life: who's hair is it? WhipSsmart: call travis bickle, he's a doer ... Laptam: And a thinker JReas: How does it feel to be famous dave ... DaveBarry0: They should have the JJPresnall Diet, wherein JJP JJP Juvenile Justice Programme (Ministry of Home Affairs; Sri Lanka) just tells everybody they're thinner. DaveBarry0: And we can all just keep on pigging out. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: no caption (Book cover - DAVE BARRY IN CYBERSPACE) |
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