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                  The Great Skippy


                               
            Date: January 11, 2000 05:12 PM
            Author: Skippy (mephisto@skippycorp.com)

            I'm offering a commission of a million dollars and 73 cents to
            anyone who writes an opera glorifying me.





               
              Date: January 11, 2000 09:32 PM
              Author: Robert Petersen
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Have you approached Harbison on this matter?





             
            Date: January 12, 2000 07:12 AM
            Author: Alan Bromberg
            Subject: The Great Skippy

            I suggest Andrea Bocelli and Charlotte Church to sing the lead roles
            in the premiere.





               
              Date: January 12, 2000 01:31 PM
              Author: Jeff Grove
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Either one would *sound* as bad as Skippy, but I doubt either one
              would have the acting chops necessary to portray such
              deeply-rooted evil.






                 
                Date: January 12, 2000 02:38 PM
                Author: Alan Bromberg
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                I agree with your point, Jeff, but I figured Skippy deserved
                that sort of "talent." If we're going to have a real singer, I
                suppose Samuel Ramey would be a natural for the role after all
                those performances as the devil. Or perhaps Saddam Hussein knows
                how to sing.






                 
                Date: April 14, 2000 04:22 PM
                Author: Grace Krey
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                How about Henry Kissinger as Skippy???






                   
                  Date: April 14, 2000 04:35 PM
                  Author: Odeen
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  I think Ronald Reagan would be better.
                  In any case, I can't believe this Skippy thread is reaching
                  Anna Moffo/Charlotte Church proportions. Surely this must be a
                  sign of something?






                     
                    Date: April 14, 2000 09:23 PM
                    Author: Don Operatico (operatico@hotmail.com)
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    I think Donald Trump would be better. Or Bill Gates. But the
                    CEO of Philip Morris would probably be best of all.






               
              Date: January 14, 2000 08:06 AM
              Author: Warmgoy
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Either of them would be sort of like the Saddam Hussein voice in
              the South Park movie.
              No, for Skippy I think we need one of those very dark, deep bass
              voices like Kurt Moll or Gottlieb Frick. Only this sort of voice
              could convey the evil depths of this person.






                 
                Date: January 14, 2000 09:07 AM
                Author: Jeff Grove
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                Well, if you're going the black-voiced bass route, why not get
                *really* creepy, dig out a Ouija board, and try to channel the
                late Martti Talvela?






                   
                  Date: January 14, 2000 05:04 PM
                  Author: Skippy (mephisto@skippycorp.com)
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  Actually, my voice is rather high-pitched than not. But I'm
                  thinking of getting it altered. Rumors that I am planning to
                  clone myself are, however, false.
                  (http://www.operanews.com/Forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=60143)




             
            Date: January 12, 2000 03:46 PM
            Author: Michael Williams
            Subject: The Great Skippy

            The following is from the Rush and Molloy column in yesterday's NY
            Daily News:
            "White House Chief of Staff John Podesta's birthday bash on Saturday
            blurred fiction and reality. The 51-year-old presidential aide was
            sent a videotaped birthday greeting from Rob Lowe and the cast of
            'West Wing', NBC's prime-time drama about the White House, sources
            told The News' Ken Bazinet. Podesta was sent a taped gag by CNBC
            anchor Maria Bartiromo in which the 'Money Honey' announced 'a
            hostile takeover' of Podesta's body by his evil alter ego,
            'Skippy'".
            Taped gag my aunt Fedora! What gives, Skippy? If you've been on the
            loose in the White House, much is explained.





             
            Date: January 12, 2000 05:29 PM
            Author: Skippy (mephisto@skippycorp.com)
            Subject: The Great Skippy

            Charlotte Church and Andrea Bocelli will be the greatest singers of
            all time, once I have completed my experiments. Samuel Ramey would
            need a little re-education. His standards are too high.
            I approached Harbison, but what I really need is someone with no
            honor, integrity, or self-respect. Those things are totally uncool,
            anyway.





               
              Date: January 12, 2000 06:00 PM
              Author: Robert Petersen
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Well, how about Philip Glass? HA HA HA HA !!






                 
                Date: January 12, 2000 06:07 PM
                Author: Skippy (mephisto@skippycorp.com)
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                Is he still composing? I thought that, like Bach, he was
                decomposing.
                Sir Arthur Sullivan stole that joke from me.






                   
                  Date: April 04, 2000 09:14 PM
                  Author: Joan Abel
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  No, he's decomposing!






                     
                    Date: April 04, 2000 10:46 PM
                    Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    Are you a composer? If so, and if you have no principles,
                    you could hit the jackpot.






               
              Date: January 13, 2000 01:47 AM
              Author: Jeff Grove
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              A composer with no honor, no integrity, and no self-respect ...
              sounds like a job for Skippy himself!






                 
                Date: January 13, 2000 10:09 AM
                Author: Alan Bromberg
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                No honor, integrity, or self-respect - are we looking for a
                composer or a politician?





             
            Date: January 12, 2000 05:32 PM
            Author: Don Operatico (operatico@hotmail.com)
            Subject: Reality

            The dull truth is that I didn't invent the idea of the evil twin
            Skippy. It comes from Doonesbury. Back in the Bush era, Trudeau
            humorously attributed Bush's inconsistencies to an evil twin Skippy.
            However, Skippy's personality, such as it is, is my own invention.





             
            Date: January 12, 2000 05:35 PM
            Author: Skippy (mephisto@skippycorp.com)
            Subject: Reality schmeality

            Do you think you can fool us with those lies, Don O? Trying to make
            out that the greatest tycoon of the age is a figment of someone's
            imagination. I will crush you underfoot.





               
              Date: January 13, 2000 12:48 AM
              Author: Donald O. Peck
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Would Andrew Lloyd Weber compose this schlopera for only ONE
              million?






                 
                Date: January 13, 2000 12:52 AM
                Author: Sheltie
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                Skippy could be a pants role for Sarah Brightman.
 





                   
                  Date: January 13, 2000 08:31 AM
                  Author: Donald O. Peck
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  With that great ll o'clock song: "Memories, Schmemories, It's
                  Like I Forgot to Say Hello".
 





                   
                  Date: January 13, 2000 10:20 AM
                  Author: Jennifer Anderson
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  Skippy would be too busy trying to get into Sarah Brightman's
                  pants.






                     
                    Date: January 13, 2000 01:25 PM
                    Author: Jeff Grove
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    She's probably got more 'nads than he does.
                    (And I mean that as an insult to both of them.)






                       
                      Date: January 14, 2000 03:35 PM
                      Author: Jenn
                      Subject: The Great Skippy

                      Oh... is *that* why Webber divorced her after she said she
                      was going to leave Phantom?





             
            Date: January 13, 2000 06:56 PM
            Author: Masked Baritone (The Baritone-Cave)
            Subject: The Great Skippy

            I think we have some great ideas here. But how about making it a rap
            opera, and having Skippy sung by Ice T? There's a rumor that really
            anti-social prisoners will be forced to attend the premiere of The
            Great Skippy.





             
            Date: January 13, 2000 06:57 PM
            Author: Skippy (mephisto@skippycorp.com)
            Subject: The Great Skippy

            Hello! Is this sort of personal attack tolerated at this website?
            YOU'RE ALL FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





               
              Date: January 13, 2000 06:58 PM
              Author: Don Operatico (operatico@hotmail.com)
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Your threats make us laugh, Skippy.
 





                 
                Date: January 14, 2000 10:29 AM
                Author: ALAN BROMBERG
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                I suspect Skippy is the guy who broke into CD Universe's system
                and stole all that customer information. My next credit card
                statements will probably show charges for 10,000 copies of every
                Bocelli and Church recording.






                   
                  Date: January 14, 2000 05:01 PM
                  Author: Skippy (mephisto@skippycorp.com)
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  Try 'em, you'll like 'em. Unfortunately, they won't last long,
                  as I intend to abolish the rather low-tech instrument commonly
                  called a "singer", and replace it with more advanced
                  technology that won't charge high fees and won't cancel
                  (though it might be offline for much needed repairs).





             
            Date: January 16, 2000 05:55 PM
            Author: Skippy (mephisto@skippycorp.com)
            Subject: I need women ...

            ... for a very important breeding experiment. Any volunteers?





               
              Date: January 16, 2000 08:28 PM
              Author: Jennifer Anderson
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Ha ha. That is very funny.






                 
                Date: January 16, 2000 08:43 PM
                Author: Don Operatico (operatico@hotmail.com)
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                Typical of Skippy's subtle wit.






               
              Date: January 17, 2000 01:09 AM
              Author: Jeff Grove
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Skippy, I would rather sit through a week-long festival
              performance of Philip Glass' arrangement of Andrew Lloyd Webber's
              stage adaptation of the Manhattan White Pages than allow such a
              nefarious idea as yours to reach fruition. The line must die with
              you, you evil bastard!






                 
                Date: January 17, 2000 07:05 PM
                Author: Skippy (mephisto@skippycorp.com)
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                We talkin' about one mega flame war here, pal.
                And with regard to Jennifer Anderson and Don Operatico's
                "postings" above, I was not joking. I wish to apply the fruits
                of genetic science to the salvation of the operatic art form.
                Everyone talks about the future of opera, but when I try to do
                anything about it, they turn on me. Indeed, I alone can save it.






             
            Date: March 31, 2000 11:25 AM
            Author: Pippo
            Subject: Skippy takes over SR Options

            I tried that thing of searching back 365 days and got this evil
            thread.
            Then I went back to Options, entered a different keyword ... and got
            the Skippy thread again. I tried again using another keyword ...AND
            SKIPPY RETURNED.
            THE EVIL ONE MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO TRIUMPH.
            Pippo





               
              Date: April 04, 2000 08:00 PM
              Author: Don Operatico (operatico@hotmail.com)
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              LOL!!! But of course I completely agree. SR must unite in order to
              defeat this abomination for once and for all.






                 
                Date: April 04, 2000 08:02 PM
                Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                I am deeply offended. Someone owes me an apology.






                   
                  Date: April 05, 2000 09:18 AM
                  Author: Pippo
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  Hey Skippy,
                  The day anyone on SR apologises to you is the day you finally
                  manage to subject us all to your evil experiments.
                  Trembling in fear( NOT),
            Pippo





                     
                    Date: April 05, 2000 11:44 AM
                    Author: Jennifer Anderson
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    I apologize to you Skippy.
                    I apologize to you for the sanity that was stolen from your
                    mind. I wasn't responsible for this. But I officially
                    apologize in the place of whoever it was.
                    AND STOP DRIVING BY MY HOUSE PLAYING LOUD RAP!!






                     
                    Date: April 05, 2000 08:22 PM
                    Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    How do you know I haven't done so already? It would explain
                    a lot about this site, wouldn't it.
                    And Ginevra, I told you before; Only when my demands are
                    met.
                    <MARQUEE>SKIPPY THE GREAT</MARQUEE>
                    PS. I HEREBY FLAME EVERYONE ON THIS SITE






                       
                      Date: April 07, 2000 07:27 AM
                      Author: Trick of Fate
                      Subject: The Great Skippy

                      flame you.
 




             
            Date: April 07, 2000 12:14 PM
            Author: Alexandra Vasquez  
            Subject: The Great Skippy

            Oh, so this is the infamous "Skippy," the Master of All Evil... No
            offense, but why the name "Skippy"? Do you like peanut butter, or
            something? I mean, "Skippy" sounds like something one might call a
            pet, like a hamster, or something... Or a rabbit... Hey, do you
            (looks around nervously)... "hop"?
           




               
              Date: April 07, 2000 01:23 PM
              Author: Pippo
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Skippy, for once and for all, GET OUT OF MY E-MAIL!!!
              ( Just keep driving past those other TH fans' houses at 2 a.m.,
              okay??? )
              Pippo






                 
                Date: April 07, 2000 01:29 PM
                Author: Jennifer Anderson
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                YOU ARE EVIL!!!
                And I considered you a sister what with the whole Pippo
                thing.... yet you are encouraging him to terrorize me?!!!
                That's it!! I'm taking me and my music and going to the Diva
                Room!!!
                ;)
                (P.S. There really is the Diva Room here...the choice rehearsal
                room. And I really am going there. I need to work on "Smanie..."
                some more. Ugh.)






               
              Date: April 07, 2000 06:27 PM
              Author: Don Operatico (operatico@hotmail.com)
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              The boring truth is that he's named after George Bush's evil twin
              in "Doonesbury".
              Also he's responsible for all those skipping CDs -- and he owns
              Skippy's peanut butter. Used to make it himself -- don't ask out
              of what.
              Scarpia was originally named Skippia before the censors forced
              Sardou to change it, since that name is too loathsome to be
              mentioned on the stage.






                 
                Date: April 07, 2000 06:29 PM
                Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                I'm sick and tired of all these scurrilous lies. I will triumph
                since I have money and you don't.






                   
                  Date: April 10, 2000 05:10 AM
                  Author: Pippo
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  Skippy darling,
                  You have money?????
                  Let's do lunch and talk about this exciting opera project.
                  I have no principles. ( ... and no money.)
                  Pippo






                     
                    Date: April 10, 2000 09:50 PM
                    Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    Finally someone on this site talks sense. Let's do lunch at
                    my favorite expensive restaurant, the Toxic Waste. Your
                    meals will be served by Imelda Marcos in person. You
                    couldn't say no to that.
                    At last the operatic art form will be reformed. Then I'll
                    finally get some gratitude.






                       
                      Date: April 11, 2000 07:05 AM
                      Author: Pippo  
                      Subject: The Great Skippy

                      Skippy dearest,
                      The Toxic Waste?? I think I've eaten there - didn't they
                      hire Saddam Hussein as head chef recently? Just send me
                      half the million dollars and 73 cents in advance and I'll
                      see you there Friday at 1pm.
                      Now, don't you think it's time you dropped these
                      ridiculous demands on our talented Ginevra? And be a good
                      boy and hand me that machine gun - you know these
                      baritones aren't worth the ammunition.
                      The avaricious Pippo






                 
                Date: April 10, 2000 10:59 AM
                Author: Alexandra Vasquez
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                Don O.
                He was named after a character in the comic section of a
                newspaper??.... So where's Garfield? ^_~
                As for the Skippy peanutbutter, I never liked that stuff anyway,
                and now I'm glad.
                On the more serious side, Skippy, how dare you cause skipping
                CD's??!!! Actually, could you tell me how to do that, so that I
                can sort of stop my neighbors from playing loud rap? Thanks
                bunches!
                Alex ^_^






                   
                  Date: April 10, 2000 09:53 PM
                  Author: Don Operatico (operatico@hotmail.com)
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  Garfield is probably a tenor gremlin (see "The IHTC Opera" and
                  be weirded out).
                  Skippy plays loud rap all the time. Damned annoying.






                     
                    Date: April 10, 2000 10:21 PM
                    Author: Jennifer Anderson
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    *gasp!* a tenor gremlin?! but I like Garfield!!






                       
                      Date: April 10, 2000 10:35 PM
                      Author: Don Operatico (operatico@hotmail.com)
                      Subject: The Great Skippy

                      It's only a rumor as yet. They haven't corroborated it.






                     
                    Date: April 11, 2000 02:26 PM
                    Author: Alexandra Vasquez  
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    Garfield?? A Tenor Gremlin??? NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
                    ... Darn! I guess Skippy won't help me learn how to shut the
                    LOUD rap fans up. >-( ... Heheh! That remeinds me of the
                    time I lived next door to someone who used to play loud
                    rap... I put on, and at full blast, BOTH recordings I have
                    of Beethoven's 5th symphony on both floors of my parent's
                    appartment. ^_^ Let's just say they never played loud rap
                    again. Way to go Beethoven!!! ^.^
                    Sincerely,
                    Alex






                       
                      Date: April 11, 2000 04:14 PM
                      Author: Odeen
                      Subject: The Great Skippy

                      If you wanted to punish them you should have played
                      Wozzeck or Moses und Aron instead!






                         
                        Date: April 11, 2000 04:25 PM
                        Author: Alexandra Vasquez  
                        Subject: The Great Skippy

                        Umm, no, sorry... That would mean I'd have to punish
                        myself, too, and that wasn't my goal. ^_^
                        Thanks for the suggestion, though!
                        Alex






               
              Date: April 07, 2000 06:52 PM
              Author: Robert Petersen
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Skippy AIN'T peanut butter !!! Believe me!!!!!! He's an ingredient
              taken out of Doonesbury stew!!!!!!!!!!!





             
            Date: April 11, 2000 09:16 AM
            Author: Darth Tenor (darth@evildomination.org)
            Subject: The Great Skippy

            I will be happy to compose the Skippy opera for one million dollars
            and 73 cents.
            My only demand is that the cast will be made up entirely of tenors.
            And the closing emsemble finale will consist of 25 tenors all
            holding a high C for 10 minutes.
            (then we'll see who's REALLY evil)





               
              Date: April 11, 2000 09:57 AM
              Author: Pippo
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              GET YOUR EVIL HANDS OFF MY MILLION DOLLARS & 73 CENTS, DARTH
              TENOR!!!
              (although I could probably supply you with six or seven Irish
              tenors for your ensemble. Who's singing the High C while the
              others are holding it? *snicker, snicker*
              Pippo






                 
                Date: April 11, 2000 07:18 PM
                Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                You can both compose operas for me. Why not? I just literally
                cut down my libretto costs. I have no objections to a cast of
                tenors, but baritones are banned from my opera. But I want pop
                tenors, please, none of that "classically trained" stuff.
                I will not pay in advance. I've been cheated before. That Philip
                Glass guy is something else. Nor will I hand over my machine
                gun. You can't be too careful these days.





             
            Date: April 11, 2000 04:55 PM
            Author: Sage
            Subject: The Great Skippy

            Skippy, while you're waddling around looking for cash for your
            erstwhile composer. You will need a librettist. I am at your
            service...and I needn't money. (We can chat later.) I'm quite civil
            when it comes to evil, but the Loss of Grace Under Pressure is more
            my style. Give us a scribble, and keep your wenches at bay...they
            will all have delicious parts.





               
              Date: April 11, 2000 07:13 PM
              Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              I was going to have the libretto done by sweatshop labor, though
              all that $1.05 an hour business does add up. So I'll just kill
              them off and replace them with you. That will be cheaper.






                 
                Date: April 12, 2000 04:21 PM
                Author: Sage
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                I didn't say it would be cheap. I wrote you wouldn't need cash.
                Don't kill off your sweat shop laborers. Give them to me. I'll
                use them to chum the seas and heavens for my thoughts.






                   
                  Date: April 12, 2000 06:48 PM
                  Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  I don't know...they eat into my overhead. Last year I spent a
                  total of $ 120, 000 on them, reducing my profits to a mere
                  $453 billion.






                     
                    Date: April 12, 2000 09:09 PM
                    Author: Jennifer Anderson
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    Hey, Skippy!! With that kind of money you can buy me a new
                    car and pay for my psychiatrist!






                       
                      Date: April 12, 2000 09:19 PM
                      Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                      Subject: The Great Skippy

                      I could, but it would decrease my overhead ... on the
                      other hand it might make good PR ... if I make any extra
                      money from my louse job, maybe I'll consider letting you
                      have a small portion of it if you poison Don O. for me.






                         
                        Date: April 12, 2000 09:28 PM
                        Author: Jennifer Anderson
                        Subject: The Great Skippy

                        Do I do the poisoning before or after I get my new car?






                           
                          Date: April 12, 2000 09:32 PM
                          Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                          Subject: The Great Skippy

                          Before, natch. But it's quite a car, fully automated,
                          sings when you leave the door open or don't fasten the
                          seat belt, and has a large likeness of me on the roof.







                             
                            Date: April 13, 2000 06:12 AM
                            Author: Pippo  
                            Subject: The Great Skippy

                            Skippy,
                            Lunch is off. I thought we had a deal, but I find
                            you utterly untrustworthy. Who are all these
                            no-hopers you are promising jobs to?
                            ...Is that Darth Tenor on the phone? Must fly!!
                            Pippo






                             
                            Date: April 13, 2000 11:41 AM
                            Author: Jennifer Anderson  
                            Subject: The Great Skippy

                            A large likeness of you on the roof?
                            *sigh*
                            Nevermind then. That's worse than driving around in
                            my wounded car.
 




             
            Date: April 13, 2000 08:27 AM
            Author: Dr. Bartolo
            Subject: The Truth About Skippy

            I feel it is time for Standing Room to know the truth about the
            poster known as Skippy. I am sure by now you all realize he is not
            the derranged billionaire megalomaniac he pretends to be. I'm also
            quite sure most of you correctly suspect the truth. Skippy is, in
            fact, a precocious and highly creative nine year old boy from
            Queens, with an intense love of opera and the computer skills to
            match.
            Sadly, this young man, desparately in need of the kind of treatment
            our clinic so skillfully administers, is a very unhappy, troubled
            child, despondant over his unsuccessful audition for the
            Metropolitan Opera children's chorus. He was admitted to our clinic
            yesterday (we are, of course, unable to give out any more specific
            information about our facility) and the child is proving to be a
            most interesting case study. It seems that the little genius has the
            most incredible ability to access the internet no matter what means
            of confinement we attempt to employ, so bear with us. Eventually,
            we'll manage to get him under control and force him to apologize and
            play nice. In the meantime, please disregard any of the absurd
            messages he posts here, as well as those from his alter ego, Darth
            Tenor.
            With sincerest apologies for any inconvenience and stress our
            patient has caused you,
            Dr. Ceclia Bartolo, MD, PhD Clinical Research Director
            ------------ State Hospital





               
              Date: April 13, 2000 11:07 AM
              Author: Darth Tenor (darth@evildomination.org)
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              > In the meantime, please
              > disregard any of the absurd messages he posts
              > here, as well as those from his alter ego, Darth
              > Tenor.

              I resent that remark! How dare you insinuate that I am the alter
              ego of Skippy. I am in fact a figment of the imagination of a
              completely different psychotic! Please make sure you check your
              facts!






               
              Date: April 13, 2000 12:07 PM
              Author: Nurse Battle (strega@psychoward9)
              Subject: The Great Skippy

              Oh dear, oh dear, Dr. Bartolo has escaped again.
              As you can see, she is a sadly delusional mezzo with some very
              strange facial tics. Skippy is not now, and never has been, in our
              care here at the locked ward facility. This talk of nine-year-old
              computer experts is a lunatic attempt to lull people in the
              outside world into a false sense of security.
              I'm sorry to inform you all that Skippy is very much at large. The
              threat is real - the Evil One is out there!!!
              Time for my medication rounds,
              Nursse Battle






                 
                Date: April 13, 2000 01:03 PM
                Author: Dr. Bartolo
                Subject: The Great Skippy

                Very funny, "Nurse" Battle. Escaped from your ward again, did
                you? You're to stay away from our third grade patients. "Skippy"
                has a long road ahead of him to recovery, and you're not helping
                him by doing this.
                Dr. Sanderson will be very unhappy when he finds out you've gone
                back on the internet again. We may even end up having to report
                this to Dr. Chumley.
                Dr. Bartolo






                   
                  Date: April 13, 2000 01:17 PM
                  Author: Nurse Battle (strega@psychoward9)
                  Subject: The Great Skippy

                  See what I have to put up with?
                  Makes me wonder why I ever gave up my promising stage career.
                  Just let me check my list ... ah yes, I see you're down for a
                  double dose of medication today, Dr. Bartolo, my 'favourite'
                  patient.
                  *smiles grimly*
                  Nurse Battle






                     
                    Date: April 13, 2000 02:46 PM
                    Author: Ben Schuman
                    Subject: The Great Skippy

                    I'm so confused! I don't know who to believe anymore!






                       
                      Date: April 13, 2000 09:31 PM
                      Author: Skippy (skippy@evilone.com)
                      Subject: The Great Skippy

                      That's the whole idea, of course. Excellent work. Dr.
                      Bartolo has well earned her bonus. Confuse 'em, then
                      conquer 'em, is my motto. Very good, especially making
                      them think "Darth Tenor" and I are the same person.






                         
                        Date: April 13, 2000 11:47 PM
                        Author: Jennifer Anderson
                        Subject: The Great Skippy

                        NO!! I WON'T LET YOU TAKE BEN TO THE DARK SIDE!!!






                         
                        Date: April 14, 2000 07:27 AM
                        Author: Dr. Bartolo
                        Subject: The Great Skippy

                        Skipping our ritalin again, are we, young man?
                        That's why we call him "Skippy."
                        We made some good progress in yesterday's session,
                        didn't we? Now show Dr. Bartolo what a nice little boy
                        you can be, and then maybe you can try for another
                        audition with the Met Children's Chorus.






                           
                          Date: April 14, 2000 12:11 PM
                          Author: Nurse Battle (Strega@psychoward9)
                          Subject: The Great Skippy

                          WHAT IS GOING ON HERE???
                          Can Dr. Dolecamara and I not have five minutes' peace
                          behind the linen closet without "Dr" Bartolo getting
                          delusions about herself again?? ( I believe this
                          troubled mezzo may have skipped a couple of passages
                          once in a 5,000 year old aria she insisted on singing
                          before Maestro Muti, who nicknamed her 'Signorina
                          Skeepy' as a result. Herein lies the source of her
                          deep seated paranoid fantasies. )
                          Now let me see... where did I leave that straitjacket?

                          * Mmmmm, this medication tastes good - wonder what Dr.
                          Dolecamara has come up with this time?*
                          Nurse Battle






                             
                            Date: April 14, 2000 09:28 PM
                            Author: Don Operatico (operatico@hotmail.com)
                            Subject: The Great Skippy

                            If Skippy's a delusion, whom did I prevent from
                            killing Dwayne Croft and Thomas Hampson? Who locked
                            me in that experimental dungeon (luckily the IHTC
                            got me out)? Whom did I film performing bizarre
                            experiments on Charlotte Church to make her sound
                            like Deborah Voigt? Oh, how I wish Skippy were just
                            a delusional nine-year-old. But his many victims can
                            testify that he is not.